In the dark Layla, could only see faint outlines interior of the building. She could only visualize things through sound.
Moving up the staircase, the man reached the second floor and saw an old woman with a haggard expression standing in front of the door.
"What do you want, Maria? The kids are sleeping."
The old woman knew a man in front of her is nothing but a beast in human skin. When he is drunk, he would regularly harass or even beat kids up for no reason.
'If he wants to beat someone that bad, then it is better to beat me than kids.'
An old woman had a grim expression as she already prepared herself in both body and mind. As the only caretaker in this hell hole called orphanage Maria Kobayashi had enough of seeing children getting tortured, she was determined to protect them, at least this time.
"Fucking bitch, you better be grateful as right now I am in a good mood. Take those two and don't damage it."
Said man left to sleep after dropping two baskets in front of her. Seeing the man finally disappearing, the old woman felt all of her strength left her as she slowly sat on the floor.
"Ma! is he gone?"
A young boy and girl about five or six age peeked behind the door along with other kids. Those two were the current oldest kids in the group.
"Yes, he left."
Said Maria observed two baskets left in front of her.
"Fei, Lin, can you bring our new members. Sorry, your Ma's legs gave up."
"Okay, Ma!"
Fei and Lin walked towards two basked and bought it towards Maria.
"Oh, you poor ones. Another one got tricked by this monster."
Observing the two little baby girls in the basket, Maria let out a big sign. She thought the parents of those two babies cheated by the advertisement and outlook of the building.
With curiosity, other kids began to surround two babies in the basket.
"Oh, it is two girls!"
"Lin, you finally got little sisters you wished."
"Ma, it is something under her blanket."
The kid pointed to a faint bulge under the blanket of the girl. Under the blanket, they found a small envelope.
"Bo, I am sorry."
"So, her name is Bo seems like something happened to her family."
"Then what about the other one ?"
With curiosity, they searched other one and found a small bracelet with an unknown number on it.
"18119? "
"What is that even mean ?"
"Maybe is she some kind of super-soldier ?"
"Heh, like a child weapon created by a secret organization that I saw from a TV store."
Kids began to throw all kinds of weird fantasied they thought of without knowing they already hit a nail.
"Now, now kids, it is time to go to bed. Ma needs to change two's wet clothes and let them sleep."
"Okay~."
'Kid's imagination is scary.'
Layla thought while having her clothed changed to the dry one. After finished changing her and Bo's clothes, Ma fed them with diluted baby formula.
Layla waited for both Ma and Bo to sleep as she can't open her package and receive the gift in front of them. Thanks to her luck, both went to deep sleep quickly due to how tired they are.
Would the host like to open a one-time package ?
'Yes.'
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Opening the package
Layla calmly observed a package opening in front of her with a cute pop sound.
Congratulation host you got!
/Legendary/ Blessed body of Oumitsunu Grants host a body constitution of Oumitsunu, the demigod and grandchild of Susan-o
/Rare/ Mark of Slayer Special soul mark of an ancient cult.
It enhances host physical strength, vitality, and mind. It grows stronger for each feat host accomplished.
/Uncommon/ Bass Reeves's Colt .45-caliber revolver Weapon once owned by its famous person as such it possesses extraordinary ability related to the man's legend. Invincible Marshal: While holding this weapon host is protected from all kinds of a sneak attack done by criminals. The more sin and crime they committed without punishment more protection hosts will receive Hammer of the Law: Shot from this gun cannot be dodged or stopped by the criminal. This weapon cannon harm the innocent.
/Common/ Prayer Rope A simple prayer rope made out of silk and wooden bead submerged in holy water. Calms mind of wearer and grants protection from weak spiritual attack.
/Uncommon/ Super Ration Fist-sized box full of small pellet-sized ration packed with a high amount of nutrition, protein, fat, and other substances. Each pellet contains substances that the trained body needs for the day.
/Rare/ Monk Fist
Old type of martial art used by the Buddhist monks. The techniques and strikes are both martial art and a form of prayer.
It enhances vitality, constitution, and mind. If trained right, the practitioner gains ability to injure demons and aetherial beings.
Items sent to host's temporary inventory
Followed by the system's message, Layla immediately felt an intense pain through her whole body like something breaking every bone in her body. She wanted to scream in pain, but there was no voice.
'Ah! W-What are you doing to the body of 1-year-old, you insane system!'
Don't worry, host it is just the effect of your body going through a heavy transformation. Thanks to the hyper vitality of the Oumitsunu, the host can 100% sure this transformation is non-lethal.
'Non-lethal? I felt like sandwiched in between two cars!'
Due to pain, Layla could only curse her luck drawing such a thing.
(The system recommends the host to train its body and mind early to use the gift at full potential.
'Then at least please do something against this pain!'
Sorry host right now, you don't possess any kind of points to purchase and use painkiller. The system recommends the host to practice holy sutras of Monk Fist to redirect focus from pain.
'Really ?'
With no choice left, Layla began to practice the holy sutras of Monk First. Force herself to change her focus from the pain.
The seconds passed, minutes passed, hours passed while practicing Monk Fist until Layla realized it is morning already when the pain finally disappeared.
"Ugh! what is this smell ?"
"Did someone shit in their bed ?"
"It is not me, I promise."
Immediately kids have woken up by an unknown bad smell and began to search the source.
"Oh my, what happened to you, my child!"
Said Ma when she woke up and saw the current state of Layla.
Her whole clothes and basket, she slept in became disgusting after getting mixed with her swear, pee and shit. While her eyes became bloodshot due to spending the whole night fighting against the pain. A previous healthy-looking child from last night now laid in front of Ma looking like it came out after dropping in sewers.
"Quick, Lin bring your used clothes. Ma needs to change her clothes quickly. As for you Fei, go to the kitchen and bring me warm water."
Ma quickly changed Layla's clothes and began to feed her diluted baby formula with the hope of help to recover the fluid baby lost.
"Poor child, what happened to you?"
"GA! /I returned from hell!/"
Said Layla while trying to drink much of the liquid out of the baby bottle. But of course, an old woman Ma never knows the baby in her arm went through that kind of torture.