"what? Can you come speak in private, dear?" Dad said to mom while walking in the living room.
Gabriel's pov:
"We can't keep that many kids."
"Why? I can take care of all of them."
"We don't have enough money to take care of them. It costs us around 10-20 gold coins a month to live here and buy groceries. If we take 7 more kids we would need way more money than i make." I try to explain to her.
"You are the strongest man alive. Can't you make enough money?"
Well i could, but i don't have enough energy for that many kids, this boy already gets in a lot of trouble because of my rep. I can't protect 8 kids at once. Or?
Raymond's pov:
"Ok everyone, lets tell eachother our names."
"But you are the only one thst doesn't know all our names." One of the kids said.
"Then just tell me your names." I tell them while trying to be charismatic.
"Why?"
"There is a high chance we will see eachother more from now on."
The kids stop and think, the youngest boy gets up and walk to me, he reaches out his hand.
"John, good to know you." He said as i shake his hand.
"I am Raymond, good to know you." I smile while shaking his hand.
This kid can be respectful.
The kids all introduce themselves.
Dad and mom come out of the living room and tell us to sit down at the table.
"We got some good news."
"What are the news?" I ask.
"All of you can stay here if you want!" My mom yelled out.
"Can i leave then?" I ask jokingly.
"You stay here, doesn't matter if You like it or not." My dad said in a serious tone.
One of the kids lifts his arm.
"I want to go back to my old home. I miss my parents." The kid named dean said.
"Sure, do you know where you're parents live?" My mom asked.
"They live in Florida. Its 2 cities west of hainsfeild."
"We will get you there with the help of the knights order. We will report to them tomorrow."
"No one else? Well that is ok. You should all go to sleep."
"Where should we sleep?"
"Ummmm, we have a guest room, but it won't be enough."
"I can sleep in the living room." I said to my parents.
"Yeah me too." Said nate
"Well, then, you have enough space for a while, we will move to a bigger place next week." My dad said with a smile on his face.
I prepare some blankets and pillows for me and nate and try to go to sleep.
"Can you sleep?" I asked Nate.
"Nah, i am excited to live here. You on the other hand, you didn't get over what happend did you?" Nate asked me.
"Did you?" I asked Nate
"Nope."
"Its scary to close my eyes, i can't even blink a lot." I confess.
"Same, it's almost Impossible to sleep. I can't stand the idea that more people like debbie exist in this world."
"I wish we could just get rid of them. Make sure they can't hurt anyone."
"Can't we?" Nate asked.
"How?"
"You are trained to fight, i am also pretty strong."
He is right. He broke those chains while being exhausted, and he didn't even try. We could catch more people like debbie.
"Look, in one year. We will both train so that we are at our best, then we start catching predators like debbie. You in?" I asked him, i was hoping he would say yes, i wanted to get some closure by killing the ones like them.
He smiled and said "bet."
We, then, fall asleep, it was much easier now.
I wake up hearing people everywhere
I see everyone at the table eating.
"Hey, goodmorning." I say as i sit down at the table.
"Today we will go to the adoption center, we need legal documents for the others." My dad said as he poured himself some milk.
"Ok"
I look around at the others, they seem so happy, for me, it's a normal day, for them, it's a dream come true.
I smile as i pour myself some orange juice.
After we are done eating i grab my sword and go outside with nate.
"What are we doing?" Nate said
"We gon' spar, i need to see how good you are." I told nate as i handed him my sword.
"Why do i need to sword?"
"Would you like to use another weapon? Well, we only have two swords here. We can buy you one later."
"No, i mean, why do you have to fight bare-handed?"
"I am already trained, so you need an advantage."
"Ok" nate said right before jumping at me and started slashing at me.
"He is strong, even stronger than me... But his technique with the sword is bad, i would lose if he hits me right now though." I think to myself as a dodge every attack nate thrown at me.
Nate throwed away the sword and charged at me.
He punches me in the stomach so hard i get thrown 20 metres away.
"He is faster whit his hands."
I am no match for him, not like this.
"Engine!"
I yell before dashing at nate.
He catches my hands and we start pushing eachother, he is standing his ground, we are about at the same level strength.
"Why is he smiling?" I think to myself.
"I am giving it my all, how can he smile right now?"
Nate plants his feet in the ground and twists my arms, i yell out, but he grabs my torso and throws me in a tree. The tree falls down after i smash into it.
My parents come out of the house to see what is happening in our front yard.
My mon starts screaming.
"What are you two doing! Get in the house right now!" I immediatly run in the house.
It's better i explain to her what we were doing, in the house.
Nate heads inside aswell after seeing me run inside.
"We were just training. Sorry about the tree."
Mom calms down a bit, but she still was furious about it.
"Don't train like that! What if you or nate get hurt?"
"But how can we get stronger if we don't train at our full strength?" I ask her while thinking that i won the argument.
"You can work on dexterity."
"Really? It's not how it works, dexterity is part of fighting, but it isn't as useful as strength and speed."
"Ohh really?" She asked with a grin on her face.
Before i could answear my shirt was cut in half, my skin hasn't been touched.
"What!" I said with a shocked expresion on my face. I look over at nate and he is trying to understand what just happend.
"Can you do that?" Mom asked me.
"How did you do that? I wasn't even able to see you do that, where did you get the knife from?" I asked her in amazement. In my last life i couldn't do this, how is she able to do that?
"Well that's a secret, maybe i'll tell you when you grow up. Till then, i can train you two in dexterity. We start training next week." My mom said while putting her small dagger back into the scabbard tied to her leg.
"Now Lets go to the city adoption center and the knight order."
Then we left for the knight's headquarters, we ended up getting Dean on his way back to Florida, We said our goodbyes and left.
We then went to the adoption center to get documents for the others, it is nice knowing i'll have many siblings now.
Dad woke us up and told us to pack our bags.
"We are moving! You will love the new place!" He exclaimed with a grin on his face.
"Where is it located?" I ask him excitedly.
"In the middle of hainsfeild, so about 1 hour away from here."
"That's about 45 minutes away from school." I say as my excitment leaves my face.
"It's not that far away." Nate says
"I wake up 1 hour before school starts..."
"Are you dumb?" Nate said like a real brother would"i had enough time before!"
"No you didn't! How the hell did you. Get ready in like 40 minutes?"
"Showerig only takes about 10 mintues, and i brush my teeth while in the shower." I try to argue but nate's expresion goes even more amazed.
"Who the hell does that!"
"I do!"
Dad just yells:
"Shut up both of you!"
We stop and look at him.
"Thank god, it's easier to listen to your mother than this."
"Just pack your things, we need to go."
"Yes sir!" We both say in unison.
After about 1 hour or so we arive at our new home, it was a big mansion, i didn't even know how much gold it was, i was truly amazed.
"How big is this place?"
"10 bedrooms, 5 baths, one 50² meters training room, one dining room and a 30² meters library." He says as he looks towards the mansion with a smile on his face.
"How much did it cost?" I ask dad.
"About 10.000 gold." He said while smiling.
"That's a lot! Its about as much as a slave with a good ability, on the black market."
"Where do You know?" Dad asked me.
"That's what i was sold for." looks like i am worth a mansion.
We moved in the mansion. My room and Nate's were next to eachother.
"Well looks like we will start school tomorrow." I say to nate before going in my room.
1 year later, both me and Nate are the strongest in our school.
"Who will we target as our first?" Nate said while putting on his clothes.
"I will walk outside, near the bars, at night, there is someone that will try to kiddnap me, we let them kiddnap me, and you follow them, i get sold and we kill the guy who bought me. It will be easy."
"Lets go. Take care out there."
I leave the house and wear some ripped clothes, i need to look like a homeless person.
After about 2 hours i hear some familiar voices.
"Hey wolfgang, do you think it's ok to try and get more kids from here?"
"Yes it is, it's been a long time since then."
"Bingo!" I wishper to myself.
The idiot squad hear me and turn to me.
"Hey kid, you shouldn't be outside at this time." Wolfgang says.
"Yeah, You could end up in a sack like this one." The guy Wolfgang spoke to tells me before throwing me inside the sack.
"Easy prey! Hahaha." They all laugh.
Little do they know, the predators became prey.