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Chapter 4 - ch.3 I've returned

FALCO'S POV

'Sir Henry Lynch has returned!' They excitedly announced.

I stayed in this building for about a few weeks now. After learning the truth i can't still able to express a single emotion.

They told me that i wasn't 6 years old but 12.

It means i was kept onto that room for almost 8 years. Without a single rest the torture and experiments they did to me continued for 8 whole years or maybe longer.

*Knock *Knock *Knock

'Sena, someone's looking for you.' The kind lady said.

I nodded and went down my bed, I was too emersed straing onto the window infront of me.

'Sir, Miss Sena is here.' The lady said, her hand trembled a little.

💭 'Is this what they call nervousness?' I stared, studying her movements.

'Enter.' They answered.

The lady kneeled infront of me and smiled, touching my cheek.

'Sena..Be a good girl now, i'll see you outside.' She smiled. Patting my head as she stood.

'Shall we?' She nodded, opening the door.

(System: Please be careful, the person inside is a ranker.) It said.

As she opened the door, a man in his 20's stood inside.

His eyes widened as he see me enter.

💭 'Oh? He looks like me.'

He walked towards me with shivering hands.

'F...fal...falco?' His voiced quavered.

He kneeled in stupor, touching my face.

💭 'His hand is warm..'

'Sir, is she..?' A man wearing black suit approached him.

He nodded in dismay, staring at my face.

'What happened to you?' He mumbled.

Even though the system warned me, i could tell..That this man is worried.

(System: Initiating defense barrier.)

(Warning!)

His eyes sparked for a second, as he walked back. Protecting the man behind him.

'S-Sir! That is..!' The man pointed with a shocked expression.

'Yeah, she's a ranker. Just like me.' The man replied.

My body was surrounded by a blue barrier.

(Ranker detected.)

'Zen, step back for a minute.' The man commanded.

'Falco, don't worry..we won't hurt you.' He gestured.

His eyes looked sincere as he walk towards me slowly.

💭 'Star..please deactivate the barrier, i'm fine.'

(System: Deactivating barrier.)

The blue barrier melted.

The man smiled as he walked towards raising both of his arms.

'My little sister! I've finally found you!!' He said, hugging me tight.

'Let's go home, hm?' He added, carrying me onto his arms.

'Sir! What about her data?' Zen his assistant intervened.

'Kept it hidden.' He replied, not sparing a glance at his panicking assistant.

'B-but! The higher-ups are going to ask!' He added.

'Do as you are told.' Henry replied sternly.

His body was reeking of blood lust.

Without a single thought, i held his cheek and stared at his face blankly.

He closed his eyes and smiled.

'Okay, okay.' He added.

As he walked outside the metal door, the people who took good care of me for the past few weeks waited outside with a bunch of gifts.

'Congratulations Sena! You can finally go home!' They excitedly said.

Although i still can't express emotions, i remembered their genuine smiles in my memories.

'Sena, take good care of yourself. If you're having a hard time, you could always come back.' The lady whispered through my ears.

After leaving the building a few hours later we finally arrived at home. It was a place i could barely remember.

'Were home.' He said, as he carried me inside.

'Brother! Who is that?' A child pointed.

'It's your elder sister, Falco.' He said, gently placing me down the marbled floor.

'Sister?' He titled his head.

'Yeah, she's back.' He replied.

'I have a family?' I mumbled, glancing at my eldest brother who stood to call our mother.

Henry stared at disbelief and kneeled once more, holding both of my arms.

'F-falco..you don't remember?' He asked with a trembled voice.

I shooked my head, and stared blankly.

Henry covered his mouth as his eyes widened.

'Sister?' The child beside me called, as he grabbed my shirt.

Minutes later a woman around her 30's ran towards us with tears on her eyes.

'Who are you guys?' I asked.

The woman heard what i said and fell down the floor.

'Mother!' Henry ran.

After that reunion, brother Henry gave me a room filled with pink frills and toys.

I sat on the pink bed, and swayed my feet.

*Creek

The door was barely opened, but i can hear their voices from a distance.

(System: Voice control activate.)

'Is she a doll?!' The woman screamed in disbelief.

'Mother! She's your child!' Henry replied with a bit of annoyance.

'She's lifeless!' She replied, she continued to fight with Henry.

'She suffered too much! If only you knew the sufferings she experienced ever since they went missing!' He added.

Their voices drilled through my mind, even though it is understandable.

'Is this the reason why you refused to take her here before?! Is that it? Is it because she's this lifeless!?' Their mother angrily replied.

'If your father sees this he'll be in shock!' She added, her gestures were getting rougher.

'Father would get mad at you if sees you like this!' Henry replied.

💭 'Papa? He's here?'

'Father? But he's not even here!' She replied.

'That's the point! I'm still working to find brother Al and father! And this is what i hear? Aren't you happy that your only daughter was found?!?' Henry grabbed his mother's wrist.

'Ha! I see! So you we're expecting father and brother to return aswell huh?' He added, scuffing his hair while holding their mother's wrist

As she wiped her eyes, she saw me walking out of the room.

'F-falco?' My brother looked behind.

'I'll leave.' I replied.

He immediately released mother's hand and walked towards me.

'Why?' He replied, his hands we're trembling again.

'I'm not welcomed here. I should leave.' I replied, glancing at my mother who was covering her mouth from shock.

'Y-you heard?' Our mother asked.

I paused for a moment and nodded.

*Sigh

'Mother, i'll take falco to my apartment.' He replied.

Mother didn't utter a single word, as he carried me outside the house.

My little brother Roy, followed us outside crying. While mother continued to kneel down the cold floor.

'W-what did i just d-do.?' Mother mumbled.

After that day, we only often visit her as she still can't accept the fact that Falco was the only one who returned.

Roy followed us and we grew as a family of three.

Brother explained that our family went bankrupt after we went missing and that he took the responsibility to take care of my mother and younger brother financially.

He wasn't awaked until he turned 18 that was why he worked into crates to barely afford food and bills.

When he reached the age of awakening, he immediately fought and closed gates one by one. Creating a large guild that produces hunters.

As he took his mother's surname, he remained as Henry Lynch. To keep his identity hidden from both his mother and brother.

At same time he secretly searched for us. Years passed and finally he found me, in one of his facilities which nourishes future hunters.

'Falco, from now on i'll take care if you both. Until i find Al and father.'

Elder brother Henry was patient, he waited until i slowly gained my forgotten memories and taught me emotions.

Fast forward from the present, we now live in this grand mansion. Roy also awakened at a young age. But we all kept our identities a secret, Roy is now Roy Sena. I kept my old identity as Trovana Sena and Elder brother as Henry Lynch.

'Mother, i'm here.' I opened the door, it was our old home where me and my siblings left.

It was a memory i could never forget.

'Who is it?' A woman's voice heard in a distance.

'Oh your back?' She smiled, placing the plate she wiped onto the racket.

'Yes, I'm home.' I replied.

We finally reunited and apologized to each other, but remained distant. Keeping our identities a secret to her.