At the time, he didn't know how he had been counted among them; later, he remembered that the day the dean brought in a new child who hadn't yet been registered, it was probably because of this that they managed to deceive everyone.
After all, he was just a child who had just experienced a kidnapping. Now, he had witnessed the friends and teachers who had been with him for half a year burned alive in a big fire. He couldn't bear it and fainted on the spot.
When he woke up again, he had been transferred to the Angel Orphanage in G City. When others asked his name, he wanted to say he was Noah Wilton, but what blurted out was Mason Parker instead.
Noah Wilton died, perished in that fire.
He lived in the Angel Orphanage for many more years. Many childless families came to see him and thought about adopting him, but he refused them all. He didn't want to go with anyone; he thought, maybe, someday, Ellie Wilton would find him.