- 10 years ago
Cole loaded up the carriage to head home and they finally found their final orphan which they plan to take into their family. They have searched all of the nearby kingdoms looking for children with high affinities and healthy bodies. His Rose has wanted kids for a while, but since she was born with a bare womb they turned to adoption. He was able to talk her down to only adopting four children, two girls, and two boys. They had more coins than most nobles but they had to stop taking jobs to raise their children. He could already see the piles of gold and silver being needed to feed and train them. After finishing up the loading he hopped up on the front and looked into the carriage where Rose was sitting with all four of the kids.
Rose has not felt this much happiness since her love Cole asked for her hand in marriage. She was currently sitting in with her new children, and they all slept peacefully. Luna was laying her head on her lap and gripping her dress with her little hands. She has not stopped holding on to Rose since they picked her up this morning in Haven City. Rose smiled maybe she thinks if she lets go she will lose her new family. The trip home went along with no problems and if someone would be dumb enough to attack them they would not have had time to understand their fatal mistake. There would be hell to pay if someone touched a single hair on her children's heads.
Cole opened the carriage door for her taking Danny and Klaus into his arms and taking them into their new home in a small town where no one from the Empire would find them and drag them into their conflicts. This also was the reason they had to travel in a carriage they could not bring attention to themselves. Rose followed Cole in with Mae and Luna still fast asleep in her arms. I hope we can give them a good childhood before they find out who their new parents truly are Rose thought as she laid them down into their beds.
She joined Cole in the bedroom it has been a long trip but now everything is done and she can finally start her family.
Cole joined her on the bed, we got lucky finding all of them, who would think there are four 5-year-olds with their level of affinities? We should have no problem teaching them magic and all of them have rare affinities that nobles would kill for.
Rose sighed. We have plenty of time we should let them have a childhood which we never had. Hell if we can get their magic manipulation for their own affinity to apprentice tier before their system fully unlocks at 15 we will not have to worry about them even pissing off some lower nobles.
Cole laughed. We both know you would wipe out the full bloodline of anyone who would hurt them and besides we are going to teach them the way of the Shadow Sect. Once they leave us for the guild there will be no one in the same tier who can stand against them.
Also, love, I do not want to make my babies into monsters but we both know power is the only thing in this world that you can rely on. Now let us get some sleep we have a full day tomorrow I do hope they all get along.
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Klaus woke up in a bed so soft he thought he was floating on the clouds. So it really was not a dream he was adopted along with three other children his age. He was in a room with the other boy if he remembered correctly his name is Danny he was the last one his new parent picked up yesterday. He was around the same height as Klaus but that is where the things they had in common ended. Klaus had light brown hair and blue eyes while Danny had pitch black hair and emerald green eyes. He was about to wake him up when there was a knock at their door, Cole walked in and told them breakfast was ready. Danny and Klaus got out of bed and followed their new father to the dining room.
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After all of the children sat down at the table Rose brought out breakfast and it was magnificent. All of them came from poor Orphanages where oat mush was the majority of the diet.
Mae could not believe her eyes there was meat and a lot of it. She could only remember one time when she had meat. It was when an old lady brought stew to the orphanage during last year's winter festival.
She could see the same reaction in the faces of her new siblings. Just how rich were their new parents to serve this much food just for breakfast?
Rose's heart ached a little to the reactions to breakfast. It took a bit of pushing on her part but they ate more food that morning than they probably ate in the last couple of days.
After breakfast, Cole and Rose took the kids outside to introduce everyone to each other.
Luna felt like her stomach would explode if someone would punch her there. She has not eaten much in her life. I wonder if we are going to eat like for every meal, I might get fat then. Her attention was brought back when Rose started talking to them. Luna was the last to introduce herself. She did not have much to say besides her name. She did not remember anything before her life in the orphanage. She just hoped her new family would not take her back.
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Their new parents took them around the town where they stopped for lunch at a small cafe. It was evening when they got back to their home.
Cole asked them if anyone had questions for Rose and him.
Danny was the first to speak and his question was probably something they all wanted to know.
Why did you choose us?
Danny regretted saying it as soon as he saw Rose’s reaction. It looked like it hurt her.
Cole answered him, well son we picked you and the others because Rose can not have children of her own.
Danny could not believe that there was no other reason. So he spoke up, we all come from different parts of the republic why not just pick up the first four children from the first orphanage you come to?
That got a laugh out of Cole, well aren’t you a sharp one? Well, the reason is that you all have very high affinities to certain types of mana.
So are we going mages? Asked Luna
Yes and no but that is for when you are all older. Now let me get dinner ready Cole you answer any more questions they have?
There was a few more question asked like how old are you guys and can you do magic as well. Soon Rose called them for Dinner which was a pasta dish with vegetables. After they ate they were put to bed.
After a while, Klaus woke Danny up. So do you think there is something weird about our new parents?
Danny laughed I have seen rich people before and by looking at their clothes and the meals they give us I would say they are more than what they seem.
Klaus had to agree, well it can not be worse than what we have gone through at the orphanages.
Goodnight Danny.
Night Klaus.
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