As planned, I always crawled into the library every day in the middle of the night and no one discovered me.
Well, that's what I thought-
Until one night, in the second week of my second month living in the estate, when I crawled into the library as always and started reading my third book of the night, a male voice startled me.
"So I was right. He indeed took you in because you're something else."
When I turned around to face the person, I saw Sir Gregory sitting relaxed in the armchair, looking straight at my eyes.
I swallowed since I hadn't yet crawled in front of him or Rae.
I tried smiling to ease the tension, but he didn't smile back.
He just continued to stare at me with his suspicious gaze.
"After following you here during all this time, if you can read I think you may be able to understand all we are saying."
I nodded.
He's one of Eirwen's trustworthy guys, and I also don't feel comfortable lying to him.
To be honest, the same goes for Rae.
"I'm curious to know why did you hide that you were already able to craw."
Would he be surprised if I talked back, telepathically?
"And why were you crawling in the middle of the night into the library since the first day we got here."
Shit-
So he indeed followed me since that day?
But how?
["How did you follow me without me noticing, Sir Gregory?"]
For a brief moment he looked scared, but then he took a deep breath and said:
"You have telepathy?"
["Yes!"]
I said with a smile.
"Then you'd read all of our thoughts since we met?"
["Exactly. It was funny, but in some moments I just wished I didn't have this power."]
"Does Eirwen knows?"
["Of course."]
["Since when are you able to do this?"]
I laughed when he tried to talk to me like this.
["Since I was 9 months. One month after I met Eirwen."]
["Why did he adopt you?"]
["Why are you asking me something you already know?"]
He raised his eyebrows in surprise.
["Oh, don't be like that. I know what you think about me since I first saw you. It was funny to see all of you struggling over trying to guess why I am here. But you were the only one who was close to the answer, you just couldn't prove it. That's why you followed me, am I right?"]
"Frighteningly, yes."
["So, how did you do it?"]
"My power is a simple one, but rare and way too useful. I can become invisible and intangible. That's why you didn't felt my presence."
["That also explains why I couldn't hear your thoughts while you were here."]
"Mm-hmm. So you are really a special kid."
["Well, yes. More special than you could ever guess, but you can simply resume me as a special person."]
"You, also, has a very good vocabulary for a baby, well saying."
["Pfft, I know."]
"Where are you from?"
["I don't wanna lie to you, so I cannot tell you where I truly come from- but you can know that Eirwen found me in the Desert of Tywod."]
"I understand that. But what about Eirwen? Does he knows?"
["Theoretically? Yes. Literally? No."]
I smiled at him and he laughed confused.
"What is that supposed to mean?"
["Who knows?! So, can you keep this as a secret between us?"]
"Yes, of course, don't worry about that."
Well, this situation ended up much better than I thought it would.
"But I must tell you that, as your personal knight, I'll follow you every night."
["Okay, I just like to read those stories and records, because up there wasn't the exactly same. The perspective is kinda different."]
"Up there?"
["Nothing you must worry about."]
"If you say so."
He said with that soft smile and his mind was clear this time, so I went back reading.