- Mira!
Riox put his hand on hers.
- I can't be your son, like you my mother, even if I don't remember who she is or where to find. I can't call you mother either for the same reason ... but I can see you as a mother figure ...
Mira just sobbed, but she raised her head after Riox's final sentence. Her expression on her face turned from sadness into something different.
Ayla stood behind the door, listening to everything what Riox and Mira spoke about. Suddenly she walked into the kitchen with teary eyes and hugged Mira as much as she could.
- Aunt Mira! Don't be sad!
Riox felt a little warmth from this scene. His face still couldn't show any emotion, especially a smile, but he followed Ayla's doing and walked to the other side of Mira, and hugged both of them tightly. Mira heard something that she never imagined.
- I'm glad I'm surrounded by such kids!
- Did, did I ... did I miss something?
Mira's brother has finally arrived from the hunting with a horrible timing, and asked them strangely, because the first thing he saw was that they were hugging each other. The children let Mira stand up, she walked next to his brother. Riox sensed some danger, and Mira just hit his brother's head as hard as she could and talked to him with a sinister tone.
- Did I not tell you, what should be the first thing you do after you come back from hunting?
That creepy smile was truly a misunderstandable signal of relationship between the older sister and younger brother. Ayla bursted out in laughter.
- F-fine, you don't need to mock me everytime ... huh.
- Lok, give some food to Fuff before you come back.
- I understand, madame ...
- What did you say?
- Nothing!
The sarcasm reflected back the words. They are truly a lovable pair of siblings.
- Who is Fuff?
Ayla asked about who they mentioned before.
- Fuff is a Black-Tailed Hound. The best partner for Lok. He can smell the traces of a magical beast too!
- Magical beast?
*I raised my head in an instant to something I have never heard before. This world shows me more and more impossible possibilities.*
Lok walked back into the house, and while he took off his bow, quiver and bag, answered with a little boredom.
- They are animals who absorbed magic and evolved into stronger beings. How do you don't know? It's common sense ...
Mira walked next to Lok again and hit him once more.
- AAARG! Why did you do that?!
- You deserved it.
- But ...
- There is no but. Put the meat in the kitchen.
- Haa ... Being single sounds easier than living with someone under the same roof.
The argument was short but eventful. Lok did what Mira told him. Ayla became tired from laughing, while Riox just stood.
- Okay guys! I will prepare the meat for tomorrow, you should go to sleep. Tomorrow the first lesson will start!
- Understand, auntie!
- You can sleep together in the back. Good night!
Riox and Ayla answered as one, but with different tones. Both of them went to sleep in the back room and went to sleep together while Mira headed to the kitchen, preparing the meat for cooking and storing. Lok just changed his clothes to a clearer one in the hall. He walked next to a chair and fell on it. The chair gave out a squeaking noise at that moment, Lok took a deep breath and sighed.
- So, Mira. How are the kids doin' ?
- They are fine and filled with energy! Ayla is really excited for everything as she experiences these for the first time, but it's not strange since they both lost their memories. As for Riox, something's off.
- What do you mean?
- His thoughts are sorted and clean, but the expressions of his body and face are emotionless. He hides something, but I can't tell what it is.
- Do you think he lied ?
- Based on Ayla, I think he didn't lie. Instead he didn't tell me everything.
- Can we settle them as strangers or familiars?
- Don't be so strict! Even if they did something, they're still children! Do you have a little sense about what I discovered about them?
- No, I have absolutely no clue ... but you will tell me either way. So let's hear it.
- Both Riox and Ayla have a special body that I have never seen before! I bet they can utilize mana after a little guidance!
- That's all?
Lok seemed a bit bored as he heard Mira's speech. Even if they are siblings, they are completely different. It's understandable since Mira achieved the highest she can, the Tier 2 level while her brother has 0 affinity for magic. As said, without magic, a person becomes a useless thing like a broken tool, but heaven was not so cruel with Lok. He may be lacking in affinity towards magic, but he is still a Tier 1 leveled person.
- No! Stop joking around!
- Why do you care so much about them then?
- I-I ... lost my control ...
Mira began to tear as she said those words. Lok stood up an instant and grabbed her hands.
- Are you okay now? Do you have more potions? What happened now? Did you try to ...
The questions poured at Mira as rain, but she stopped Lok. She became relaxed and smiled when she thought about them hugging her.
- These kids are really amazing. Riox is like a big brother to Ayla. His thinking is much more developed and deeper as you can imagine. He seriously said he can't be a child of mine, because even if he doesn't remember, he still has a mother somewhere. He is much mature as his age should tell ...
- So, what is your plan about them? Because I see that you don't want to send them away. They can give you something you wished for a long time ... Fine, I approve of it! You don't need to say anymore.
Mira surprised about what her brother told.
- Do you agree with it without more questions or conditions? Are you still my idiotic brother?
- I'm sure it is! Who would be retard enough to allow his sister to take 2 children to raise them as hers?!
Their meeting was like the water of the ocean, the calm and clean one turned to stormy and dangerous back and forth. They settled this matter and went to sleep. The next morning felt like a refreshment when the sun rose. Mira was still in the bed while Lok get up earlier, so he went to the kitchen and started to cook something for breakfast, making an enormous noise. His doings wake up everyone, as he not sensing the coming danger he caused, Mira stood behind him, and with the power he caused and made her completely pissed off, punched his back as hard as she could. Thanks to this kind action, Lok head knocked on the wall of the kitchen while his left palm was pressed in the hot pot. His shout was a refreshing sound for Mira, who just stretched her back and shoulder after that.
- Why ... are ... you ... so ... cruel ... to ... me ...
- Learn how to be silent but not with just your mouth! Are you a hunter or a jester? Gosh ...
Mira buried her face into his hands with a heavy sigh as she has the greatest blessing with a brother like him. In the meantime, Lok just tried to regain control of his own body. Ayla and Riox also arrived and watched them with curiosity as to what happened here. Mira just pointed her fingers to the chairs with happiness on her face.
- Sit down, just a minute and breakfast will be served!
She said and walked before the furnace. She gently kicked the side of the suffering Lok to move further as she needed some space to cook. With a dramatic tone as someone is dying, Lok talked back to his sister.
- Why do I deserve this cruelty ... ?
Ayla just dropped from the chair as she laughed as hard as she seemed to scream. Riox just closed his eyes and stayed in silence, even the scene he saw was a really funny one. Still, he kept his cool, but a little grin popped up on the edge of his mouth. After the comical breakfast, they ate the food and left the house with Mira's lead. Lok followed them with a distance as he was afraid of losing his life. After what happened nearly 30 minutes ago, it was clear and sat on a bench near the entrance of the house. Mira clapped once to take both kids' attention.
- Let's start the first class!