Blood Of Platinum
Chapter 60. Unity of heart
In the empty building that the children lived in, Stelani and Fabil sat with the others. The children showed their happy faces that morning with a topic they found most pleasant.
“Huwaa~its”
“Kue was good yes. I want to eat it again”
“Although it can't be bread from Justin-sama today, I think it doesn't matter. Yes, right?”
“True!”
All of the children kept talking about the cake they had eaten some time ago.
Stelani and Fabil only listened to what they were talking about with forced smiles. Michaela who realized that approached the two and asked.
“Stelani-neechan, Fabil-niichan, are you two okay?”
“Michaela..” Stelani saw the boy approaching her
“Since you guys came back from the bar, your faces have gone pale. Did Justin-sama scold the two of you?”
Michaela looks worried about the two people she already considers her older sister. His age is easier than both but when it comes to feelings, you could say his sensitivity is not inferior to others.
Fabil looked towards Stelani and answered what Michaela had asked.
“We. As we said that Justin-sama received his money and told us to come back first. For the bread, we'll take it tonight. Theo hasn't come back yet. Chances are he'll be back tonight again like yesterday so you better get some sleep if tired”
“Fabil-niichan not tired?” Michaela looked at the face of Fabil who was still smiling at her
“It's okay. You guys go to sleep first. Stelani and I will take turns looking after you. If indeed you are hungry again, we both will find money to buy warm bread”
“So. Alright. I'm going to sleep first. Good night, Stelani-neechan, Fabil-niichan”
“Good sleep, Michaela”
Michaela went to her place and laid herself down on a thin cloth as a base. The other children who saw it eventually followed him and went to sleep. It was impossible for all the children to fall asleep. For some time, the place was silent again.
Stelani got up and walked up and took two bottles of water that were near where the children were sleeping and gave one to Fabil.
“Minum first. This should make us calm down a little”
“Thank you” Fabil received it
After drinking a few sips, the two of them decided to go downstairs so as not to disturb the others. Carrying a water bottle in each hand, the two descended towards the first floor.
On the first floor, Stelani sat on a wooden chair while Fabil sat on a wooden table there.
Stelani took a deep breath and exhaled before speaking.
“Haaa..”.
“Stelani?” Fabil who was sitting next to her asked
“Fabil, I'm getting worried about our fate now. What should we do to be free from Justin-sama and give protection to Michaela and the others?”
“……”
Stelani looked sad and depressed while Fabil could only silently hear the question from the girl. Although there was no object of any kind that could indicate the time, they at least knew that it had been about thirty minutes or an hour since they had returned from the bar.
With a silent atmosphere around them, the two recalled the incident after returning home from the bar this morning.
Stelani and Fabil ran with all their strength to go home with pale faces. Ever since they returned, there had been none of the things that the two of them had said to the other children even though the children asked.
As the best diversion the two made, they immediately had the children eat the cake they got from Kino, including the part that was supposed to belong to Theo.
Of course the result of the diversion ended as already known above. Once they were satisfied and full, the two people were able to come out quietly and this was where they were now.
Back again in the condition of Stelani and Fabil now, they are still pensive.
“Nee, Fabil. Should we ask Kino-niisan for help?”
“What?!” Fabil was shocked to hear Stelani's words
“Kino-niisan says that if we need something, we can find it right?” Stelani already looked so desperate as she said those words
“You didn't mean to say everything to Kino-niichan did you, Stelani? While at the restaurant, you tried hard to ask Michaela not to discuss Justin-sama in front of Kino-niichan. We even yelled at Michaela too because of that!. I don't think that's the way that..”.
“Then what should we do now?!” Stelani raised her voice
Before Fabil finished with his sentence, Stelani cut him off. It showed that he was really depressed and desperate. Stelani resumed her sentence.
“You know Justin-sama won't let us if we keep this up, right?. It's only a matter of time until he gets bored and does something bad to us!. With such cruel nature, weak children like us will not be able to save ourselves!”
“Stelani..”.
Stelani had already let out a tear the sign she was already unable to control herself. Fabil who saw it could only fall silent while biting the bottom of his lips held back the emotions.
“I..I know we can't do anything if it's not free from Justin-sama. But, isn't involving Kino-niichan in our problems also a bad act?”
“.....” Stelani listened to what Fabil said without saying anything
“We first met him. Honestly, I also really hope Kino-niichan can help us. Since he gave us that kind of money so that we wouldn't have to bother begging at the altar, I'm pretty sure that Kino-niichan is a very good person. He even invited us all to eat in a nice place with good food. An orphan like us who has never gotten such good treatment would definitely think of him as angel”
“It. I really like Kino-niisan despite only knowing him for a few hours. I'm sure everyone likes it too. You don't forget, they whined for Kino-niisan to stay in this city. That's why I told you!. We can ask for his help to do something on–”
“It is precisely because of that that we must not involve Kino-niichan in the matter with Justin-sama, Stelani!”
Fabil who was sitting on the table immediately got up and stood in front of Stelani by staring at her face while hardening his voice again. A serious expression was shown by Fabil when he saw Stelani's face.
“Fabil...” Stelani was surprised and stared at Fabil's face
“Whatever Kino-niichan is, he's still a stranger. If we get him involved in danger, I can't imagine what Justin-sama would do to him. You didn't forget what we heard last night, did you?”
“.....” Stelani fell silent with teary eyes as if she was going to cry
“Even a foreign man with a sword never seen alone can make Justin-sama to kill his own men and ask all his other men to look for him. I don't want to put Kino-niichan in danger and you should have the same thoughts as me, Stelani!”
“.....” Now Stelani starts to lower her head and cry
Fabil did not mean anything to her, but he could do nothing. That's a reasonable logic for him right now.
Stelani who heard that while crying finally started to rethink.
‘If anything happens to Kino-niisan, I will definitely feel guilty as well. Fabil's right, I can't be selfish and involve other people. But if we don't ask for help, we won't all be able to do anything!’
Fabil saw the girl in front of him crying and he could only look sad. After a while, Fabil drank all the water in the bottle he held until it ran out and began to behave normally.
“Already!. I think we should end the conversation right here. Michaela and the others had just gone to sleep. If until they wake up because of our loud noise, it will be a problem later”
“Mmm...” Stelani nodded slowly while wiping away her tears
“No. I'm the one who apologized to you. You're right, Fabil. I shouldn't think it's selfish to involve Kino-niisan in this matter. Even so, I still have not given up on freeing ourselves from Justin-sama” Stelani spoke in a serious tone
“.....” Fabil only listens to what Stelani says
“Listen, Fabil. Even if we don't involve Kino-niisan, we must still find a way to escape the shadow of Justin-sama. I want us all to live a normal life like any other child. I'm sure Theo also always think of various ways to escape the torture in the hands of Justin-sama”
“I know you're as hard as Theo”
Fabil could only cover his face with one hand while shaking his head, but he did not oppose it anymore.
Stelani stood by holding a bottle of strong-held drinking water.
“Arkan-niisan said that Justin-sama's feelings have been bad lately. We have to be quick before we also accept unpleasant things as sapnya”
“I understand, I understand. We'd better get here and talk about it later. So, how now?” Fabil asked Stelani
“I think we're trying to go to town again to find Theo. I want to tell him about Kino-niisan and think of the best plan to save ourselves. You don't mind, do you?”
“I understand. Better we go now before the other kids wake up”
Leaving behind his water bottle and Fabil's empty bottle, the two of them went out into the city again.
Unexpected things actually happened during the two people talking below.
From behind the wall on the second floor, who would have thought that Michaela and the others heard everything they were talking about. Apparently, all the children were just pretending to sleep because they felt something was wrong with their two older brothers.
After Stelani and Fabil came out earlier, Michaela and the other children followed and listened to everything from beginning to end.
It turns out that in any world, children do have a great curiosity, so they can listen secretly to serious adult talk. A frightening talent.
“Stelani-neechan and Fabil-niichan seem to be in trouble. I'm sure it's because their attitude is weird. It turns out that my guess is right” said Michaela
“Then what do you want to do, Michaela?”
“You didn't mean to do anything dangerous, did you? We're kids, Michaela. We can't possibly fight Justin-sama even though it's been six like this”
The other children continued to stare at each other out of fear. They had heard it all and knew that their two brothers were in trouble, but the fact that they were small and could not do much was true.
Michaela is the only one who doesn't think so. He is more sensitive to the feelings of others and more critical than a child his age. You could say he is the type of child who is old before his time because of the demands of circumstances.
“Then if we were little we should just shut up and see Stelani-neechan and Fabil-niichan confused alone?! Theo-niichan even comes home tonight to earn some money so Justin-sama doesn't get angry!. If we can only cry, later we can not protect ourselves”
Michaela looked at all her friends with a serious look. The other five friends could only stare at each other back without being able to reply to Michaela's words.
“Nee, Michaela. Even if you insist on helping them, what do you want to do?”
“I...I want to find Kino-niichan!”
Michaela stood in a waist-pull pose with a face full of confidence. Suddenly, the others were shocked with panicked faces.
“What?! Search you say? Where are you looking for it?!”
“Don't tell me you want to come to town just to find Kino-niichan? We don't know if Kino-niichan is still in town or not”
“But, I'm sure that if we ask Kino-niichan for help it will be fine!” Michaela tried to convince the others
Not much help, all of Michaela's sentences sounded like something dangerous to them. They just sit back without giving a response.
That made Michaela become irritated and go down the stairs alone.
“I don't want to talk to you anymore!. I will look for Kino-niichan and ask for help to Theo-niichan and Stelani-neechan alone!”
“Mi..Tu...Michaela!! Don't go alone like that! Wait a minute!”
The other children shouted from behind with panicked faces.
Michaela who had reached the bottom and walked towards the exit looked and shouted.
“I'll do something so that Neechan and Niichan don't all bear it alone! If you want to come I don't forbid, but if you just want to stop me it's free! I want to be a person that all Neechan and Niichan can count on! I don't want to be considered weak just because I'm a kid!!”
Michaela cried as she spoke in a loud tone. She held onto her dress tightly and her face turned tomato red from being annoyed while crying. Seeing that, the other children went to tears as if they were going to cry and finally came down to hug Michaela who was crying alone near the exit.
“Michaela..huwaaa”.
“Don't cry! We.we will help you too. Don't be a strong ass alone!”
“You're right, Michaela. We have to help all Neechan and Niichan. We'll help you so don't cry”
“Huwaaaa..”.
As expected, the names of the children even though they tried to be cool but still crybaby. Before they were satisfied crying, they all hugged each other.
About five minutes or so, they began to settle for crying and hugging until finally the eyes filled with excitement adorned the children.
“Then, our destination is Kino-niichan!!”
“Ooo!!”
The six children finally came out of their home to meet their goal, Kino.
Had everyone there known that basically they were all already in one area there would have been no drama among them all.
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Kino who was still walking with increasing his speed chose to pause and think again.
‘Should I go deeper? I decided it but I still don't know if this place is safe or not. Besides seeing an empty building like this, I now so think of the most impossible’
Kino said the impossible thing in his mind with his mouth.
“I think there is a possibility of goblins or other terrible creatures are here. Even if there is no, because this place is very suspicious I so think that there is a possibility of strange creatures that could resemble the form of a human”
Strange innocent thoughts in such a situation.
But, instantly all his strange thoughts were instantly brushed aside by him himself.
“But if there really was, Theo-kun would have been hurt by now. I think my thinking is too much. You can't think bad, Kino. You should be able to think positively and find Theo-kun!”
Finally, the innocent mind returned to the right path.
Kino starts running now to find Theo as soon as possible. In fact, Kino knew that running aimlessly was more dangerous than getting lost. But he did not want to bet on the situation because he was worried about Theo.
“I hope in front there later, I can find Theo-kun”
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