The three girls were scared about our presence around them, and the boy tried to calm them down. I walked behind him, and started to approach the girls closer. I got down and talked to the girls.
“What’s your name, little girls?” I asked them
They just shook their heads, the boy answered for them..
“They don’t have names like me..”
“My!!!!” I was surprised “Since when do they live in the streets?”
“I don’t know since when, but I found them in the streets, so I brought them here.” The boy answered.
I put my hand to his head and started to pat him “What a kind and amazing boy you are.”
The boy was blushing with my pat. I stood up, and turned my face to Adel and Lady Octavi.
“This type of case where children are being neglected on the street, is it common here?” I asked them.
I saw that their faces seemed hard to answer.
“I believe not, my lady…It is so rare for children to be neglected on the street, it’s almost impossible..” Lady Octavi answered.
“Back then, Lady Octavi said ‘that kind of street is gone, so there is no kid living in the street anymore’ why can you say that?”
“Because it is what it is, my lady. His grace, my lady father, has fixed this problem.”
“Fixed? How did my father do that?”
“I believed his grace provided a foster care and orphanage for these children.”
“Foster care and orphanage?”
“His grace built some orphanages in this duchy to take care of these children..”
“What about foster care?”
“His grace built some training centers for people who want to treat these children, and become their foster parents, so these people were trained and capable to take care of these children in their home or in the orphanages..”
“If my father did all of that, WHY ARE THERE STILL 4 children being neglected in front of me right now?”
“That is the one I didn’t know, my lady.”
“What If there are more children in the streets than these 4 children?” I asked and tried to cool my composure from being angry..
“I think it’s impossible, my lady..”
“But it’s possible too…I will talk with my father later about this matter…but right now, what are we going to do with these 4 children?”
“I think it’s good for them if we take them to the orphanages..”
I was thinking about it for some moments.
“NO! I want to bring them home..”
Lady Octavi and Adel’s faces were surprised..
“My lady…is my lady’s act little selfish?” Adel said..
“Little selfish, What do you mean about it Adel, huh?”
“I know, my lady is worrying about these children, but to take them, I think it’s a little selfish of my lady. Surely my lady wants to save all the children in the streets, taking them is not the answer my lady, what happens if there are 8 children, will my lady take them all?
“So what are you suggesting about this matter, Adel?”
“Like Lady Octavi said, it’s better if we take them to the orphanages..”
“Orphanages? I know it will be great, when I heard what Lady Octavi explained about it, but to see 4 children in front of me, I ask myself, why did my father’s plan about this matter fail?”
“I believe His grace’s plan will not fail, my lady..” Lady Octavi said.
“Yes it will not fail, Lady Octavi, but once more, I will ask you from this mouth, why are there 4 children in front of me?” Suddenly I felt a little bit emotional and angry inside me.
Lady Octavi’s face showed fear “Ab…ou..t…tha..t” Lady Octavi stuttered with her words and couldn’t face at me “I’m afr..aid..I..don’t…Kno..w.”
“Even a Claudi Family member cannot answer it to a person who they swear allegiance to.” For some no reason, I said that..
“My lady…I think it’s inappropriate to talk like that to Lady Octavi…” Adel said…
For some no reason, my body walked closer to Adel…
In her face “So how must I talk to my subject who swear their allegiance to me, huh Ade?”
Lady Octavi tried to separate me from Adel…
“Forgive my words, my lady, but they swear their allegiance not to my lady, but to his grace, and Lady Octavi just got ordered by his grace to take care of my lady, so she is still not your subject, my lady…” Adel said.
Lady Octavi was surprised by what Adel said.
It felt like I could not control my body and my mouth…I grabbed Lady Octavi’s hand in my chest who tried to separate me with Adel, and threw her hand. I moved closer to Adel until my face was in front of her…
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I blinked my eyes, and suddenly in front of me was just Lady Octavi on kneeled lean it at her sword, her clothes were in a mess, and there was some bruise on her face, her hair was in disarray. I turned my back to the children, and I saw Adel hug them, Adel’s clothes were in a mess too, and there was some bruise on her face too..
“What was just happ—” I felt sucked out from the world…..and black force came to my vision….
I heard Lady Octavi kept calling me, and suddenly…that calling was gone.
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“You……”
“Are an interesting mortal…”
“But….”
“Who…and what…Are…You??”
“I don’t…Recall…that…there…is…a…interesting…mortal…like…you..”
“You…are…worthy…to…be…oversee…by…me…mortal…”
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I opened my eyes, and suddenly there was a headache in my head. I looked around, I was in my bedroom, and it was already night. I tried to get up. When I got up from laying down, I saw Adel was sitting on the couch in front of my bed, and our eyes met……Suddenly she was surprised, and made a haste to leave the room…
“Adel’s face seems fine right now…” I tried to recall what was happening. “I believe in that street, I saw Lady Octavi and Adel’s got some bruises on their face and their clothes……after that my vision was gone…” Suddenly I remembered something “I heard some voices in blank vision…” I tried to remember what I heard from it…But it hurt my head.
After some moments, I saw there was father, mother, Sofia, and Adel rushed to my bed.
Mother was the first to hug me “My Aurelia, you finally awake…”
I saw there were tears in her eyes…
“I am alright, mother…”
“Are you sure, darling?”
“Of course…..Can I know what was going on?”
“You were unconscious, Aurelia…” Father said..
“I was unconscious..?”
“Yes, you are, Aurelia … .Can you recall what was going on before you were unconscious? ” Mother said.
“I was in the street, and met 4 children…..Ah yes, what about the children? Are they alright?”
“The children are alright, right now they are in the servant’s quarter…” Mother said..
“It’s a relief that the children are alright..”
“Can you continue your story?” Father asked..
“Right..After met 4 children, I had a discussion with Adel and Lady Octavi about what happened with the children. I made up my mind to take the children, but Adel and Lady Octavi prevented me from doing that, and we exchanged words about it. Suddenly I blinked my eyes, Lady Octavi already kneeled on the ground with some bruises, and Adel was behind me hugging the children and she had some bruises too. After that I felt sucked out from the world, and a blank vision came to me..”
“Do you not remember what was happening? Why could Lady Octavi kneeled on the ground?” Mother said.
“I can’t recall anything about that..”
“Adel and Lady Octavi told me that you lost your control, and they saw you like your mother…” Father said.
“Like mother?”
“Yes, your mother is so scary, if she loses cont—” Father said…
Mother turned her face to father and smiled “I think it’s exaggerating that I am scary, when I lost control.”
“But Adel and Lady Octavi recalled Aurelia in back then like Madam…right Adel?” Father turned his face to Adel..
Adel didn’t answer it and turned her face to somewhere.
“Ehmmm…In other words, you could not remember anything about why Lady Octavi kneeled on the ground.” Father said.
“Yes, I am, may I know what happened there?”
“You lost your composure, Aurelia, and made Lady Octavi and Adel hurt…” Mother said..
“How could I hurt Lady Octavi and Adel?”
I saw mother and father trying to avoid the answer..
“There is time, your father and I will tell you, right now It’s better for you not to know.” Mother said
“But I had just hurt Lady Octavi and Adel, I want to know how I could hurt them.”
“I believe there is time for you to know, but not now, it’s better if you are getting better first.” Mother said “And there is Sofia in here, she will examine your condition..”
Sofia walked forward beside mother…
“Hello my lady, we meet again…”
“Hello to you too, Sofia..”
“Can I examine your condition, my lady?”
“Sure..”
Mother went back, and Sofia was sitting beside me..She examined me like checking my pulse, my temperature, and my tongue..
“Does my lady have something bothering you?”
“Bothering me?”
“Yes, When my lady was unconscious, is there any memory, any feeling, or anything that my lady experienced, while in blank vision.”
“I don’t recall anything like that happening while I was unconscious….”
“Right…if–”
“But I felt there was something weird about me today..”
“Weird?”
“Yes, when I exchanged words with Adel and Lady Octavi back then, it seemed I could not control my body and my mouth..”
“So what my lady did back then, was out of control of my lady, and my lady’s words too.”
“Yes, and while I was unconscious, I felt there was a voice emitting in my head.”
“Was that voice Lady Octavi calling my lady?”
“No, I didn’t recognize the voice..”
I saw everyone’s faces was surprised…
“My lady didn’t recognize this voice, and what was this voice emitting had to my lady head?”
“I cannot remember all of it, but I believe there was a word ‘mortal’ that was emitting in my head.”
It seemed Sofia was shocked about it..
“Mortal?? It was weird to hear while in unconscious..”
“Does Sofia know about this?” I asked
“Hmmmmm…”
I saw Mother’s hand tapping Sofia’s shoulder..
“I am sorry, my lady, that I don’t understand and know about the voice that was emitting in my lady’s head…Don’t worry, I will try to find out about it, my lady…May I excuse myself to search about this matter, my lady?”
“Sure, you can excuse yourself..”
Sofia excused herself and left the room…Mother was sitting beside me…
“Aurelia, you need to take a rest right now…”
“Mother, do the little two know about this matter?”
“No, they don’t know, when you were brought back to the house, their maids distracted them to bring them in the garden…so they didn’t know about this matter.”
“It’s a relief then…”
“Don’t think too much, just take a rest…” Father said.
“Yes, just take a rest, darling…” Mother said and kissed my forehead..
Mother stood up from beside me. They were walking toward the door..
“Wait!! Adel” I said to Adel..
“What’s the matter, my lady?”
“I want to say, I’m sorry that I hurted you back then…”
“It’s okay, my lady, it was my fault too that I couldn’t control my words to my lady…”
“It’s my fault, Adel…so I’m sorry…”
“No my–”
“I think there is no one fault here, it was just an incident where everyone got hurted..” Mother intervened “Just take a rest Aurelia and don’t overthink about this matter, Good night..”
They left the room and closed the door. I backed to lay down in bed, and tried to sleep
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But, I couldn’t fall asleep, I kept overthinking about what had happened back then.
“You cannot fall asleep, huh??” An unknown voice came from in front of the bed..
I got up from laying in the bed…
“Who are you?? And where are you?” I asked
“Hmmmm I wonder who I am…”
I took a look in front of me, and I saw a figure in front of me. I tried to focus on that figure…
