*[soldier's health center]*
"Hail to the Lord," soldiers bow to Count Zen and admire him.
"Where?" Count Zen questioned with a straight face, " This way, Lord." The assistant led the way to a room where the boy was staying, thus the soldiers diverged from the way with respect. As they entered, Count Zen stared at the boy in the room, who was firmly holding onto himself while sitting on the floor in the corner of the room. Even though there were lots of beds to sit on, he barely lifted his head to glance at the count.
"Leave me alone!... take me back to my mom and dad…I want to go home ..sob ..sob," the boy wept.
"Everyone should leave this room except Assistant Lamont," a command given by the lord, making silence fill the room. Count Zen reached to the boy, lending a hand. "Don't be scared, I'm your father's brother and your uncle… sorry for the late introduction, but I promise you that I will never be late to protect you again… never and ever." He tried to comfort the child, letting him know he was not alone and his uncle was there to protect him.
The boy tearfully looked at the count while hesitating to hold his hand. Count Zen pulled and hugged his nephew solidly as he missed his brother dearly.
*[Count Zen]* "What's your name, son?"
*[The boy]* "Bruno!!…. Bruno Willden, Lord!"
*[Count Zen]* "You can call me uncle when nobody's present, okay? Don't tell anyone your full name until I tell you to… bad people are watching, and they will try to take you away." He tried his best so the child could understand. Bruno nodded his head lightly. "And… I would like to adopt you… what do you say?"
*[Bruno]* "When some bad people attacked us, mom and dad couldn't wake up and there was blood… so much blood… I called so hard, but they didn't respond… can't I go back home? …back to mom and dad?" The boy was terrified and wanted to go home to his safest place.
"Mom and Dad are hiding from bad people, well they left you with me so I can protect you… will you stay with me until they return, right?" Count Zen felt empathy for the child but couldn't give direct answers to his nephew who longed for his parents, who didn't exist anymore.
"Oka…ay!" [hesitantly] the word came out of the four-year-old child, not knowing his parents had died while protecting him. He lived in the illusion that his parents were hiding somewhere, but when time passed, he would understand the true meaning of hiding. Could he handle it?
*[Count Zen]* "If you want anything, ask my assistant Lamont…"
"Take Bruno to Blue Sky Mansion (Aries's mansion) as my wife has no intention of visiting her baby anytime soon. He will stay there until I give my orders." Assistant Lamont led the young master Bruno to Blue Sky Mansion.
*[Bruno]* "Sir Lamont, where are we going?"
*[Assistant Lamont]* "We are going to Blue Sky Mansion, to your cute baby cousin… and young master, please call me Lamont."
*[Bruno]* "Ahh.. Mister.. Lamont."
*[Assistant Lamont]* "Lamont."
*[Bruno]* "Mister Lamont." *giggles*
*[Blue Sky Mansion]*
While Lady Aries peacefully rested in her bed, "I have a brother now… brother?... BROTHER?" She lost her mind.
"Who lost her mind? Aha…?" [aggressively]
"There is no bigger shock than me… the great spirit reincarnated into a human to lose my mind for having a brother… I'm just thinking, will he be as rude as my sister?" She pouted.
*Bam!* [door opened with force]
"Oh my god! That scared me."
"Madam Jain!? Madam Jain! … Did you hear? Sir Lamont brought a child to this mansion." A maid rushed into Aries's room.
*[Lady Aries]* "You might be wondering who this Jain is… She is?… Tada!… My personal maid who takes care of me, in her mid-twenties."
"And I think I know the maid who rushed in just now… Where did I see her? … Ah, from last night, the one with the sword. Oh no! Are they crime partners?"
*[Jain]* "Asha, calm down, it's time for Lady Aries to sleep."
*[Asha]* "But madam… Lamont."
*[Jain]* "Miss Asha, last time you told me that you heard noises of struggling from the lady's room, and YOU… you went to her room holding a sword to fight some so-called never-existing assassin by yourself instead of calling for the soldier? … You know! If someone had seen you like that, they might think you were the assassin, and you would have died by now."
As Jain lectured Asha, Lady Aries was relieved. "So… her name is Asha… Thank god it's a misunderstanding… they are not crime partners and they're not going to kill me… ...wait for a second... wait! Wait! Wait! (quickly).. why am I thanking god? I'm here because of god in the first place, it's your mistake for taking a happy spirit life from me, and you know what… it's your responsibility to look after me." Well, god closed his ears with pods, listening to the song, and playing dumb.
*[Asha]* "Sorry, madam Jain, but this time, truly, they are shifting a 4-5-year-old boy to our mansion. If you still don't believe me, go ask Sir Lamont yourself."
"Oh! It's my brother," Lady Aries realized. Jain hurriedly went to Lamont to disclose the facts."