"Papa." Aria clutched my arm suddenly as she sighed with exhaustion, she turned her gaze toward me and said.
"I'm feeling hungry,"
"You are feeling hungry? Well, it's already late afternoon and there isn't anything at home that I can't cook... Let's eat something from outside,"
"Food from outside? But..." Aria wanted to say something, but she held back.
We headed towards one of the popular restaurants in City Plaza. It was a very crowded and expensive place. Even though the dishes were excessively overpriced, people were spending their money without a second thought.
After checking the money I had, I found it was enough for only one person. I sighed and told Aria to wait in one place. She nodded with hesitation as I immediately left and brought some affordable snakes for Aria.
But to surprise me, all eyes were on her and her hidden face under a hat, people couldn't take their gazes away.
Even some groups of student were gossiping about her beauty and couldn't control their curiosity. There were boys and girls in the group, they looked at Aria and thought.
"That little girl looks so cute,"
"Is she lost, let go and take some pictures."
"Wanna go and talk with her? She seems alone."
Some boys and girls walked toward Aria, she stood there with a pale face, she was unaffected by people's gaze as she looked toward the sky.
"Aria!" I called her name and went toward, people when suddenly looked at me walking toward her and thought what business do I have with her. They judged me by my old disheveled school uniform and thought of me as some idiot trying to make an attempt to make Aria impress.
"Huh? What does this brat want?"
"Is he thinking of impressing her? That disgusting guy seems got some nerve."
"He approached her before us, let go and teach this f#cker a lesson!"
Their rage and ego hurt witnessing me going toward Aria while holding some cheap snakes, this made them think of me as vile, especially the girls in the group, who were more disgusted by me.
They started to walk toward us without showing any hesitation or doubt about their idea. However, their step were halted and the people present there became shocked at the next moment.
"Papa you are back! I thought you left me, please don't leave!" Aria abruptly jumped into my embrace and began to cry, it's been only minutes and she began to cry without me.
People were surprised and hesitant to believe that the cute little girl was hugging me as if we were a family, The group of students were stifled and looked at each other with complex expressions.
"My little girl, I only left for a few minutes and you thought I left you? I won't ever do such a thing to my little princess. Stop crying and eat these snacks." Wiping her tears gently and caressing her face, I smiled gently and brought the snakes closer to her.
"Why is that little girl clinging to that f#cker,"
"Has he even seen his face? Why would such a cute girl stick with a disgusting guy?"
The group stood in the distance, their eyes lingered on me full of hatred and envy, I noticed them and saw they were the only ones, everyone there even the restaurant workers.
"Seem people in my world don't like seeing Aria's exquisite appearance with me. According to their mind, I as poor shouldn't be around such a beauty." I pondered about their thoughts and threw the ideas of their mindset. It doesn't matter about them, it's about me and Aria. They are not gonna live with me anyway.
"Here open your mouth, Ahhh~" I brought the snake closer to Aria's mouth. She opened with some hesitation and took a small bite.
She chewed the snakes in her mouth and swallowed with discontent, She looked at me and said. "Papa, it's bad, I don't wanna eat them, they aren't like you cooking, I wanna eat something you make."
"Huh? Is it that bad?" I glanced at the snake and examined it closely.
"The dish consists of vegetables that are overly fried in oil, and the ingredients seem randomly added. Although it's a cheap snack, I noticed that the quality of others' orders reflected the expensive food." I thought and pushed the snack away.
"You are right Aria, this food isn't edible, I need to make something for you, let's go back to our home."
"Yes, I wanna eat Papa's cooking. let's go hurry." Aria replied in joy as she held my hand and we proceeded toward home. However, suddenly a gust of breeze blew Aria's hat away, and her long black Aria danced in the air as her exquisite face revealed to everyone's presence.
"My god, that little girl is extremely beautiful."
"Her skin is so pure and clean, why am I not like that? I'm so jealous yet so amazed."
"Wow, when she grows up, I'm pretty sure she will become a beautiful woman that will make all men in the world go wild."
"I need to become her boyfriend, it doesn't matter she is a kid. But I need to secure that beautiful girl for myself."
All the people present there lost their minds when they saw Aria's appearance, all men's manhood was hardened and their minds were filled with lecherous thoughts toward Aria's body. Even women were envious of her appearance and cursed with the thought of not getting such a beaut like Aria.
"Papa My hat!" Aria said and saw her hat was on the ground. She didn't want to lose the hat I gave her, for her it was a gift that she wished to keep as a treasure.
Witnessing people's malicious and lusty eyes, I followed behind Aria and called her name. "Aria!"
"Stop you there!" Suddenly the group of students who previously wanted to intervene loudly shouted at me. The crowd looked toward me with cold eyes as if I were a villain.
Aria immediately hid behind me, while holding her hat. She looked at the crowd with a cold expression.
I gaze at the boy in school uniform as his friends and crowd stand behind as his support.
"He is a child kidnapper, he has been given candy to that little girl and trying to take her away." The boys spoke with a smirked smile, people present there believed in his word without a doubt.
They judged me on my attire and looked as if they thought I was poor and trying to kidnap Aria, she seemed foreigner and rich, even beautiful, thinking I was innocent, their blood boiled.
"What! He is a child Kidnapper!"
"This bastard! He is thinking too much of himself!"
"Little girls come here, I take you to your parents"
"You motherf#cker have forgotten your status!"
I saw the crowd had gone mad and angry, they surrounded us from all directions and some people tried to take Aria away. I held her hand tightly and didn't panic, I knew I I made any small mistake, this could cause a fight or even blood rain, I remembered how Aria killed Alan and her immense power.
"Stop!" I spoke, and my cold yet determined voice made the crowd stop unknowingly, they looked at me with surprise at my calm demeanour.
"I don't want any fight or disturbance, I'm not a kidnapper! This girl is my—" However, before I could even complete my words the boy in a school uniform interrupted me.
"Lier!, This f#cker is lying, even though is kidnapping, he is not afraid of his act."
"He is right, this brat needs to learn some lesson."
The crowd again lost in rage, the boy in school uniform led the crowd toward me intending to fight and take Aria away from me.
"Shit! This bastard is seeding anger and jealousy in people's minds. I need to escape from here... Huh? Aria where are you going!" I stifled and saw Aria walk toward the boy in school uniform with a cold expression.
The boy's face lightened up with joy after seeing Aria standing before him. However, what happened the next moment shocked everyone and me, including the boy in the school uniform.
"Die you human for hurting my Papa." She spoke in a strange language that no one could understand in the crowd.
Aria released her slightly profound aura when it was unleashed everyone was their presented choked as their mouth filled with foam.
"Auuuhhh!"
"My... Mouth... I can't talk... Auh!"
"What... Is this... Aaah!"
Many people fall on their keens from a deficiency of air. I saw all this happening from went to stop Aria.
"Aria, stop your Aura or you will kill them!"
"No, I won't stop they were about to hurt you! I need to kill them so no one can harm you." Aria spoke, and the anger was visible in her voice, she wanted to make sure to kill any threat that could harm me from the world.
"Aria pleased stop!" I hugged her from behind and said gently. Aria stopped her aura after feeling my warm hug, she flushed and clung to my hand tightly. I picked her up in my arm in a princess carry, her face even more turn red as she caressed my chest in joy feeling of being loved.
I fell immediately from the crowded place and walked into the empty valley.
"Papa," she called my name in a low voice.
"Aria, don't kill those humans," I said while looking into her eyes.
"Why, they were about to hurt you." She asked with greater rage toward them. If I wouldn't have stopped her, those people would have died by now.
"Because humans a jealous and greedy creatures. They don't like seeing Gold in poor's hands, if they get a chance, they wouldn't be hesitant to steal other's happiness." my words sounded vague but for some reason, Aria understood and nodded.
"I... I will not hurt those humans, unleash they try to hurt you or take you away from me."
"Okay, now let go home, I need to make a meal for you."
We smiled and headed toward our house. When suddenly Aria squeezed my butt once again.
"Aahh~ Aria Stop doing that!"