4 Years Ago İn An Unknown Forest

A boy with brown hair and black eyes was running this way and that through the forest. Jumping over trees. swinging from the branches like a monkey. Sometimes he would fall, but he would get up again as if he was not in any pain. He had a smile on his face. He was enjoying the wind on his face. He liked the way his long black hair fluttered in the wind. But there was something strange in this forest.

There was no sound in the forest.

No matter how much the boy ran around, he could not meet anyone except the trees. There were no people. The beast was full. There was no living creature. There was only him. The supreme human being.

The boy looked to be about 9 or 10 years old. His brown hair was so long that it completely covered his body and touched the ground in the same way. Although the sweet smile on his face would occasionally fade, he would hug Koro, the bear in his hand, and be happy again. This was the way it had been all his life.

This boy was, of course, Orion. After Orion rested a little, he started running again.

After running for a long time, Orion was about to sit down to rest again when he realised that Koro was not with him. He had a worried look on his face as he hurried back the way he came. Koro was his only friend. He was the only thing that existed besides these trees and greenery. He was the only person who made her happy all her life. He could not lose him.

Orion searched for Koro for hours without resting, but he could not find him. As it was getting dark, it started to rain. Orion forced himself to keep walking. He was almost going mad. All these years of loneliness had gone out of control with Koro's disappearance. He was angry and wanted to destroy everything, but he had no power.

He was about to embark on a path of self-destruction.

Orion was trying to walk when his foot hit a mud puddle and he fell into the mud. Mud got into his eyes. That's why he started crying. He was crying both because he had lost Koro and because of the loneliness he was suffering. He didn't know how to shout or talk. Just cry. That was the only way he could express himself. But that wasn't enough either.

"Hey! Son, are you okay?" Orion was startled by the voice he heard. For the first time in his life he heard a human voice. He was hearing a voice for the first time in his life. He found himself in this unique timbre. It was something marvellous! What was it? What was what he had just felt? When he heard the voice, he passed out for a moment. He couldn't answer because he didn't know how to speak, but he could tell that his eyes were burning from the mud.

"Huh? Are your eyes burning? Let me help you." After the thick voice spoke, Orion's eyes felt a tingle and the pain in his eyes disappeared.

As Orion slowly opened his eyes, he was shocked that the pain in his eyes was gone. He was even more shocked when he saw the burly middle-aged man in front of him. It was a human being! Just like him! However, he looked different.

" Aaaggatgfgf... " Orion tried to speak, but he couldn't. He wanted to say something. He wanted to shout like crazy because he saw someone like him. The burly man in front of him couldn't help but feel sad when he saw Orion's condition. Suddenly he bent down until he was Orion's height. He extended his hand towards Orion. He had an expectant smile on his face.

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"Do you want to come with me? There's lots of kids like you there. You will have friends. Friends for whom you would do anything, a family..." As Orion looked at the hand extended towards him, he understood what he was being told. He did not understand what the words meant. But he realised that this man was calling him, and only one of the words fit his tongue. Strangely enough, it was the word he needed the most.

"F-friendd... " The thick voice looked at the boy and inwardly felt very sad. Slowly he taught his mind to read and write. He slowly engraved the reading and writing that would take his whole childhood, the sounds of birds, the voices of people in his mind. She taught him. She taught him how people lived. When he saw the boy's memories, he could not stop the tears from flowing from his eyes. How cruel such a life was. How did this boy end up here?

When Orion saw that the man was crying, he rushed forward and put his hands on his face.

"Don't cry...."

Orion wiped the man's tears and the man looked at Orion.

"My name is Michael. Would you like to come with me to the Red Lightning Academy?"

Orion couldn't believe what Michael said. He had lived here all his life. He had always wanted to leave. After all these years.... So he was going to be able to leave?

No, he didn't even think he could leave. He didn't think this was a place where he could go. He was alone here and this had become his world, but after seeing the memories, he realised he was suffering.

He realised he was alone.

He had to leave.

Orion couldn't bear it and jumped on Michael as he started to cry. He hugged Michael tightly, afraid that he would give up.

No, even if Michael gave up, he would not leave him. He had to take him with him or kill him.

Waking him from his ignorance and abandoning him to this world would be worse than what his parents had done to him. He would live in eternal agony. Orion wouldn't last a month.

"Yes! Take me with you! Ben wants to come with you!" When Michael saw Orion in this state, he took him in his arms and travelled away from there at a speed that could not be seen. Orion fell asleep on Michael's lap.

A soft place at last. A soft home. He always wondered if there were people like him. There were trees like trees.

Orion woke up to find himself surrounded on all sides. It looked like the cave where he lived. He started to look around, afraid it was a dream.

"Don't worry, it wasn't a dream. We are in a car now." said a voice. Orion turned round and saw Michael.

"This is something that allows us to move from one place to another. Don't worry, I'll put everything into your mind soon."

As Michael walked away to drive the car, he saw the other 2 boys sitting next to him. One was completely bald and the other had white hair. The bald one looked a year older than him. The one with white hair seemed to be the same age as him. The bald boy also looked like a monk. It was the first time Orion had seen another boy besides himself. Both children were sitting sadly with their heads bowed. They looked tired of life.

"M-hello, I-I'm Orion. What's your name?" Although the white-haired boy did not react at all, the bald one looked at him with a frown.

An aura at the peak of yellow lightning emerged from the bald boy's body and began to oppress Orion. Orion couldn't even breathe under the pressure.

"Stop it, Alvar! He's practically your friend!" said Michael. Alvar lifted his pressure after hearing Michael's voice. A few words came out of his mouth as he bowed his head back. He was rather gruff and grim. Not very much like a monk.

"Now you know my name. "

When Orion saw them, he said no more. He just looked at the white-haired boy and the bald boy.

"I apologise if I said something wrong. I was just happy to see a boy other than myself. Maybe.... I thought maybe we could be friends. I've never had a friend before. In fact, I don't really know what it means. "he said.

The 2 children were ecstatic when they listened to Orion. They had both had a very bad life. But no matter what, they had family and friends with them. They had never been alone. They listened to Michael before Orion woke up. Orion had been alone all his life. While Alvar felt a little remorse for what he had done, the white-haired boy extended his hand towards Orion. When he lifted his face, the wound from his cheek to his nose was revealed. He also had light blue eyes, almost white. He too had suffered. He suffered not from loneliness, but from pride. Alvar suffered for his bad temper and disloyalty. Although Reina's appearance was frightening to some people, Orion was not afraid. He had never seen scary people before. He had no prejudices.

"My name is Reina. I apologise for my behaviour just now. Perhaps... Maybe it's time to make some real friends," Reina said. When Orion heard him, he quickly shook Reina's hand. There were traces on his face that showed how happy he was.

Orion and Reina chatted the whole way. Reina was telling what he knew about humans. After a while, Alvar joined them and started to correct their mistakes. He was more experienced than both of them among humans. Even though he sometimes insulted them - Reina was quick to put words in Alvar's mouth - they got along well. By the time they arrived at the academy, there was already a trace of friendship in the car.