Around a month has passed. Seiko's morning routine is the same as the first day. When he wakes up, seizures kick in and go to the forest.
One day, after delivery, he came back to the bakery.
"Wow, Ali, I'm very busy. Sorry, I can't give you the time you want."
"I don't need your time, you pervert." With a smile on his face, he says "You won't be busy after this month."
"Why?"
"You see, The king of this city is arranging a party. There, he will choose his son-in-law for his daughters. That's why lots of nobles are coming. That's why you are busy."
"When will this party occur?"
"At the-"
Ali notices someone stole some food from them. Ali shouts "Thief!!"
Instantly, Seiko starts to follow them. There are 2 children, they are around 6-8 years old, and they are fast too. Because of their small size, they get lost in-crowd.
While breathing heavily, one of them says "Is he still following?"
"No, I don't think so. He was very fast, he didn't use any mana too."
"Is he a human?"
"I don't, but I know he couldn't catch us."
"Yea."
They went to an abandoned house, which was broken. A boy around Ali's age is sitting near the house. His hair is a little white.
One of the children says, "Big bro!!"
"You look exhausted."
They breaths heavily and say, "We- We- We were chased by-"
While grinning he says, "No need to talk. Now, take rest."
Those children tried to get ease. The white hair boy noticed they were shocked. He asked, "What happened?"
They are shocked to see Seiko on the roof of their house.
Seiko said, "They took food from us."
He gets down but he can't move. Then he found out, his legs were frozen.
"Wow, someone is fast."
"Have you come here to take the bread?" Angrily he said.
Seiko breaks the ice and says "Chill man. Looks like your power is based on chill."
With a smile on his face, he said, "I have come here to give you more food. You must be hungry."
His eyes showed kindness, his smile showed sympathy. They felt as If those eyes talked to them and said "It must be hard for you, don't worry you can rely on me. He won the hearts of the children.
"Let's go inside and have a talk shall we?"
They go inside. There were 3 more children there. They were around 4-5 years old. As they eat, The white hair guy says "What do you want?" Seiko was deep in commemorating their eating. "Oh, sorry I was distracted." With a serious face, he said, "I want you to stop stealing."
Angrily he said, "I knew it. So who will feed them? You? I bet-"
"Yes, I will."
The boy is stunned. His eyes didn't lie. He feels guilty for being rude. While hesitating he says "How will you feed them by yourself?"
"Who said I will feed them by myself you will too."
"How?"
"You will work with me."
"Do you think I will get that job?"
"Yes. By the way how old are you?"
"15, why?"
"Is there anyone older than you?"
"Yes."
The boy older than him comes. He looks very calm, calm as a pond.
"Speak of the devil and the devil is here."
"I'm not a devil. Who are you?"
With an enthusiastic tone, Seiko said, "Oh, hey I'm your new boss."
"Oh."
"You don't have any objection?"
"Why would I?"
He had a paper in his hand. Seiko heeds that and says "What's the paper about?"
"Oh, My report card of the test I took for the magic academy."
"Oo. Let me see."
After seeing the result Seiko says "80+ in all attributes, not bad. So did you get the chance?"
"Yes, I got the chance."
"Won't you join?"
"No, I won't join."
"Why?"
"I need to look after the children."
"Fear not, I have come. I will feed them with him."
"Then count me too. 3 will be better than 2."
"You don't understand. If you get out of the academy and become a member of the military, then you will get money to feed them. You cannot earn that much by doing what we're doing. It's like an investment."
"So I should join the Academy?"
"Without a second thought, Yes."
He leaves the place.
"Where are you going?"
"To the Academy."
"Why?"
"Because it is the last day to join."
"At least say "goodbye" to the children."
From outside of the house he says "See you, everyone."
"That was too easy to convince him."
Seiko plays with the kids. After some time he said, "So, Kids what do you want to do?"
One of the children said, "I want to eat every day the way I ate today."
After hearing this answer Seiko felt sad, it was kinda reasonable too because of the way they grew up. He pats that child and shouts "From today, you don't have to worry about food. You can eat as much as you can. Do you want to fill your tummies? Fill it but in one condition you have to become big, bigger than anything. You have to complete your dream. What is your dream?"
One of the children says "I want to become strong."
Others found it hard to decide what they want to be. To inspire them Seiko said, "The world is a big place, there are places where it snows all year, there are places where the night doesn't come, there are places where it doesn't snow at all? Don't you want to go on an adventure? Do you know that some stars have ice, some have water? And you see lots of stars at night. Don't you wanna know what those stars have? Don't you want you to be remembered by people even after your death? You can be the doctor who can save everyone, Who can cure every disease You can make the tastiest food in the world. Don't you wanna do something that no one has ever done?"
They said with a lot of enthusiasm "is that possible?"
"As long as you can think of it, it is possible. But don't do anything wrong and before you do anything, talk about it with us."
All of the children start to chat with one and another.
"Let's talk about this later. Let's play some new games!"
They shout with excitement.
Seiko played with them until the evenings.