Chapter 53

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Lucas had said that the boy was abused by his father, that's why they brought him to the orphanage instead of giving him back to his parent.

The carriage stopped at the said orphanage. It looked like a regular orphanage nothing suspicious about it, cheerful children playing at vacant land on the side of the building.

But the cheerful screams and laughter vanished when an angry shout came in.

"So this is where you went hiding?!" A man holding a small boy's arm while his other hand held a bottle of alcohol. "You ungrateful brat!!"

I stepped out of the carriage and look a little closer as I ignore Ruiz calling.

I made an eye contact with the boy who refused to get dragged by the drunken man. He was adorably cute with white hair and large bluish-grey eyes. The boy then broke free and ran towards me with tears falling down to his cheeks.

"Come back here!" The drunken man bellowed making the other children frightened.

The shorter boy tackled me into a hug almost losing my balance. He then looked at me with wide glossy eyes.

Having him clean and eat a proper meal he definitely looked different.

My smile falter when I heard something disturbing came from the man's mouth.

"I should have cut your legs rather than your tongue! You're like your dead mother, useless!" He stomped towards us reaching to get the boy away from me.

Pulling the boy behind me I glared at the man.

"Move aside. I'm taking my son with me," he snarled at me for getting in the way.

"No. From now on you shall not call him your son. The ties between you two will be cut-off," I said in command as I stare at him dead in the eyes.

He looked startled at first. Because I was a little girl, my words didn't much make him back down. He smiled down sinisterly, "A kid ordering me? Let's see if you're still high and mighty when I bash your head with this!" He lifted the bottle spilling some of the alcohol.

On my peripheral vision, my escorts had already drawn their swords, ready to strike.

I was not dumb enough to stand there and wait to be saved. I was still furious at what he did to the child. The thought of him cutting his own child's body part was sickening.

My hand grabbed the thing that children shouldn't grab. I grabbed it hard, making him release a scream. The bottle fell off the grassy ground with a soft thud as it spills the contents in it. The smell of the liquor mixed with the air.

At the sudden extreme pain, he fell to his knees and that's where I pulled my hand back.

Tilting my head I looked down at him with a smug face. "How small~"

His face turned to red because of the embarrassment and at the same time furious. "Y–you little sh—" He was about to attack me when Leo placed his sword on the man's throat.

"I dare you to continue and I'll make sure you'll die a slow painful death."

"My lady! We must disinfect your hand and soak it with holy water for an hour!" The panicky Ruiz held my wrist and started covering it with his white buttoned shirt.

I looked at the half-naked Ruiz and said with an even voice, "I don't think that necessary, Sir Ruiz."

But he wasn't listening and lifted me up. "We need to go back, my lady!"

"Ah–! Wait, the child. He'll come with us," I said.

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