Daffodils symbolism=New beginnings , New relationships and Uncertainty
One month later
Khione's pov
I looked at myself in the mirror .My earl grey almost black hair was now till my waist.I brushed my hair and decided to go to the orphanage which I was sponsoring one last time before I left for the National Academy tomorrow.I was sponsoring this orphanage under an alias and nobody knew about this except Samara.I made a lot of money from writing a few romance and bl novels as this world does not have a decent romance novel collection.These novels were an instant hit and I had enough money to buy a mansion for myself but I currently didn't need one so I decided to sponsor this orphanage when I heard that Samara had been brought up there.Of course my parents had no idea about all of this because they would have never allowed me to work so hard therefore I used the alias CJ which were the initials of my previous name.
I let my hair loose and wore a black jacket with a green vest and a pair of white pants.I was gonna use my mana to transport both Samara and me outside the house so that no one would suspect me .
When we reached the orphanage the owner who was a old woman in her late sixties saw me and smiled warmly.I walked towards her and gave her a hug.She was one of the few kind people in this world and i greatly cared about her(I always had a spot for old people).We said our hellos and then I asked her why were the kids not here today .They always would wait with grandma Fiona at the gate whenever I informed them of my visit but today there was not even a single child waiting near the orphanage gate.
Grandma FIona chuckled and said ,'I'm afraid a good - looking guy who has been paying us visits since last week is gonna steal your kids and become their favorite.' I frowned playfully while I replied, ' So that guy has declared war against me huh , lets see who wins at the end of the day ." To my joke both grandma Fiona and Samara started laughing.
Thats when a small boy with navy blue boy ran towards me and hugged my waist.I looked down as I smiled and bent down and hugged him back.This small boy was Felix who was one of the kids who belonged to the orphanage .He was the child I was closest to as he thought of me as his mother because I had found him on the street stealing food and then I had sent him here where he was given proper care, food and education. I was smiling thinking about my first encounter with Felix and how he had initially tried to bite my hand when I had caught him.
Thats when I saw him, Eugene Callisto with his hair messy and his eyes full of worry and the most shocking part was ,he was carrying a child on his shoulders.When he saw Felix he sighed and then smiled and said, 'Felix I told you not to run away like that'.
Then he looked up and saw me and he almost tripped.We both said at the same time , ' What are you doing here?'
I made a face and told him in an offended tone ,' What do you mean by what am I doing here ? I have been visiting this orphanage for a longer time than you .'
When he heard my response he opened his mouth to say something but then he didn't. We just stood there for like 5 minutes then suddenly he put the child that was on his shoulders on the ground and quickly turned around and walked away.Even though he tried to hide his red face by walking away I had already noticed it .His actions really surprised me as this clumsy side of him was never even mentioned in the novel.Whatever these changes shouldn't even surprise me anymore .I walked towards the nursery so I could spend some time with the children.
All of the children surrounded me as I started telling them a story .I didn't realize that Eugene had also joined this group.When my story finished all the children clapped and I smiled at them and then my smile wore off when I saw Eugene sitting there and clapping his hands.I walked towards him and whispered , 'meet me outside in 5 minutes.' and then I went to say my goodbyes to the children.All of them started sobbing while I reassured them that I would be back after 3 months during the fall vacations .I promised to bring them gifts from the capitol .Most of them stopped crying and got excited when they heard me mention gifts after all they were kids but Felix still looked at me with his eyes full of tears and asked me if I really had to go .To which I replied that I had no choice but to go.He then stormed off with tears in his eyes.Afterwards all of them were called by grandma Fiona as it was time for their supper.
I was going to go when I saw Eugene Castillo waiting for me.I walked towards him and then told him, ' I would really be grateful if you didn't tell anyone that you saw me here today as my parents are unaware about my visits and if they come to know about it from someone else it would cause quite a big trouble for me.'He looked at me and said, 'Okay I won't tell anyone.' I thanked the gods that Eugene wasn't as big of a jerk as Kaelean was.The novel had always described him as a person who didn't like interacting with new people and always kept to himself. I silently thanked the author of this crappy novel for making Eugene this way.
I was expressing my gratitude to the author when all of a sudden Eugene cleared his throat in order to capture my attention.When I turned my head towards him in order to hear what he had to say , his serious face broke into a mischievous grin and he asked , 'But why should I do that? I have no reason to conceal your little secret.How about we make a deal ?'
I silently cursed myself for thanking the gods one second ago.They truly hated me didn't they.
Thanks for reading ' Not even a Villainess.'