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Chapter 14 - Elements

"Hope, Hope, wake up"

"Auu~"

"Good morning, little girl"

"Auu!"

"Little girl, I have someone to introduce you"

I let down Hope and grabbed her by the hand.

"Hope, this is Leyla, she will be living with us from today onwards, say hello~"

"Hello Hope, my name is Leyla" Said Leyla with a smile.

Hope looked a little bit afraid of Leyla and hide behind my back.

Leyla looked a little detached, I could only smile bitterly.

"Hope haven't been able to be attached to anyone besides me since she was born, people use to give us the cold gaze and that seems to have develop in Hope a bit of a trauma, please have some patience" I said.

"I, don't worry, master Noah, I will do my best" Said Leyla.

"Just Noah is okay"

"No, it would be inappropriate" Said Leyla with resoluteness.

I tried to convince her for some time, however, nothing that I said would change Leyla's smile. She could be pretty stubborn indeed.

"Hope, this will be our new home!"

"Auu!"

Hope run with happiness through the grass.

"She seems happy" Said Ana.

"Yeah" I said with a smile.

"How about you?" Asked Ana.

"Me? Of course, I am happy" I said.

"You don't want to run and play with her?" Said Ana.

"… I guess that I just watching her be a normal happy kid is enough for me"

I looked back at Ana who grabbed me by my cheeks.

"Anash?"

"You also deserve to be a happy child!" Shouted Ana.

I looked back at her and then at Leyla who also looked at me.

I guess that this is their way to tell me that I can take a break.

"Then… Can I rest? Just for a bit?"

"As much as you want" Said Ana with a smile.

She grabbed me from behind and put my head on her lap.

I looked at the beautiful scenery and suddenly feel very tire.

"I guess I am just tired…"

I quickly fall sleep under this warm sunny day.

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{Ana's POV}

Sometimes this child seems so adult like that I tend to forget… that he is just a small child.

However, when he sleeps like this, he seems so carefree…

"He is quite cute" I murmured.

"Master Ana, who exactly is master Noah?" Asked Leyla.

"A mage… and my friend"

"…" Leyla didn't say anything and she just nodded.

"Leavesh brothsher!"

Suddenly, I heard a voice coming through me, I looked up and saw Noah's little sister, Hope looking at me.

"You don't see that your brother is tired? Let him sleep" I said.

"Brothesh…Hope's!... brothesh… Hope's!" Said the little brat.

"…" I didn't quite understand her.

She looked at me once more and then walked towards us.

"Leavesh brothersh!" Said once again while grabbing my arm.

"Miss Ana, maybe I am mistaken… but… it seems that she is… jealous?" Said Leyla.

"Jealous?"

"Yeah, like master Noah said, Hope had only him as a paternal figure, so… maybe she thinks that you are going to take her brother away from her?"

I looked back at the little brat… maybe she is right?

"Don't worry, I won't take your brother away… I don't think that anyone can do that" I said.

"Brothesh… Hope's!" Said the little brat once again.

For some reason, this brat little get on my nerves, maybe I am not good with kids?

However…

I looked back at Noah

"How come every time I see this child, I felt happy and somehow at easy?"

I looked back at Hope and smiled.

"You want him, right? Then, wait until you are big enough to let him sleep like this" I said with a cheeky smile.

"Uhhh!" Hope looked at me with some anger on her eyes.

I am being childish?

I think I am…

"However, it doesn't bother me, hehe, how strange"

"Anash! I hatesh yosuh!" Said Hope.

"Same here, little brat" I said while I stroke Noah's hair.

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Its been a couple of days since I came to the magic Academy, tomorrow, I will finally go to pick my uniform and measure my element.

I am a bit concerned about that.

I know the history of Karl, he was a genius that divided the elements of all the universe in t here big ones.

Quas, Wex and Exort.

However, these elements don't exist on this world. I asked Ana and she told me that there are six elements know by the man.

The four natural elemental ones and also the most common ones Fire, Water, wind and earth.

And the universal elements space and time.

However, these two apparently are super rare, however, although they are super rare, everyone can use them, it's quite curious.

For example, someone with the element of Fire, can't use the element of water, because it contradicts the nature of the element, the same goes for wind and earth, so, in other words, people can use, at most, two natural elements.

On the other hand, you can use the universal elements of space and time, they don't contradict each other, in fact, they complement each other. Apparently, the way you get your element selected has to do with the spirits of this world and the environment you are in, for example, if you live in a dessert, its most probable that you have interaction with the spirits of earth, so, your main element is going to be earth.

The fact that the principal manage three elements, indicates that she has either the element of space or the element of time.

They sound pretty cool.

As far as I know, there aren't any heroes in Dota that can use time, except for faceless void and weaver.

And they are not magicians, so… my possibilities of getting the element of time and space are practically zero.

"Anyway, I don't gain anything thinking about it, also, I have a plan to go away with it"

Ana is going with me to pick the uniform, of course, Hope is also coming with me, the original plan was for her to stay with Leyla, however, it seems that, as soon as I go out of the house, she cried… A LOT.

So, Leyla came running with some on her eyes… what can I say, it seems that she doesn't dislike Leyla, however, she is having a hard time staying without me, I can understand it though, I also feel a little bit lonely without her, however, I need to be a little more firm.

I won't be able to go to my classes if she follows me like a shadow, right?