Anarek MaEk's POV:
"Who are you and why are you doing this" I said while coughing blood out.
"You bought this upon yourself human, I've lived for a long while in this society and hoped that the discrimination would get better but for a millenia only your technology has improved and not the society. I just cant stand watching the poor become poorer and the rich become richer. I want to change this world where the powerful bully's the powerless, I want to change this world into a world where equality exists and that journey starts by eradicating all the bullies from this world, killing all the powerful beings is how I will bring equality in this world, let it be children, adults or old people nobody will be spared in my eyes of justice." said a voice which was of pure evil.
"Justice, equality, you are the one saying those words, you call killing innocent children and innocent people justice." I shouted as loudly as I could because my blood was boiling just from hearing him say the word equality and justice.
"Petty beings like you can never understand my goals. I am just doing this so that no more people will suffer from discrimination. You are going against my goals meaning that you dont want equality and justice in this world."
"People like you tell your crimes as some noble work for a better cause but what you are doing is still a crime and people who commit a crime must be punished."
'I leapt from the ground and towards the thing which looked like demon, it was the same height as me but its mana strenght seemed much much more than me, it's body shape was similiar to what a human looks like, it had two legs and two hands but the material that made up his body looked completely different. Its body was made up of some sort of blackish shiny rock which I have never seen before, it also had magma oozing from inside its body, overall it looked like a terrifying creature from the underworld. Yet still I striked at the demon who was hovering in the air with my sword reinforced by mana but the demon was unscathed not only that even my sword, which was supposed to be unbreakable was crumbled when the demon clasped it in his hand. The demon then held me by my throat.'
"You are more stupider than I had thought, you have clearly seen my strength so why are you still attacking me instead of fleeing." said the demon
"You think I will flee from the person who killed my whole family in such a miserable way." I said while choaking.
"Well its not like you could've escaped from me with that deep gash in your chest. Its sad that the MaEk family's legacy ends here but dont worry other families will also be joining you soon." the demom said that and decapitated me
'I was losing conciousness and my eyes were closing. My head fell on the ground with a thud and it started but my eyes didnt close yet, letting me see the decapitated and crushed faces of my grandchildrens, sons, daughters, maids, butlers and my wife, Alice. I am sorry all of you I couldnt protect you I am sorry, the last of the blood that was left in me turned into tears. I knew that Kren family would imprison all of us today for sure but why did this monster come instead of the Kren family, this monster was so powerful that he even shattered the obnium sword that was made by a master swordsmith.
The only person who has a chance in defeating this monster is Alek, please son save us or else this continent will be covered in blood.
My head finally stopped moving and I saw the morning sky covered in blood mist, the once happy and cheerful home was now reduced to corpses, an area filled with horror.
The demon after decapitating me released what looked like a mana bomb and detroyed what was left of the mansion.'
Alfred Sian's POV:
"What do you mean by you are staying at the mansion. They will imprison or worse even kill you, so why are you insisting on staying at the mansion." I asked being very surprised and a bit furious
"Dont act like a child Alfred you know that even if I hide they will find me eventually, so why give them so much trouble. As for my family, the Kren arent that cruel they will probably turn all the MaEk family into Kren so need to worry."
"But master are you ready to be hanged or imprisoned, you werent even responsible for the crime so why are you being punished."
"I was responsible for the crime in a way or another so I should punished, let the punishment be imprisonment or death I will take it wholeheartedly."
"But master it was Ale..."
"Calm down Alfred, you know its useless trying to persuade master, he does what he makes his mind on no matter what happens." said Kell for the first time in the conversation
"You are right Kell Its impossible to persuade master." I sighed knowing that master wont listen to me
"Now that thats over I want to ask either of you for a favor can you do it for me."
"Yes, ask us anything master." we both said together.
"Okay then the favour I want to ask is that can any one of you adopt my grandson, Clay as your son."
'What? us adopting Clay, the next and the only heir of the MaEk family.'
"I know both of you are confused but the reason I am doing this is because Clay doesnt have a father or a mother and I want him to feel the love of parents. I just dont want him to turn out like Alek, so my request is that can you give the love of a father to my grandson."
'Me adopting a child, will Eleanor and my children be happy if I adopt him, well even if I adopted him then what will I say the reason, I cant tell my family that I adopted so he could get a father's love.'
"I am sorry master, I want to adopt him but I dont think that I will be able to give him the love of a fathet." Kell spoke immediately after master asked for the favour
'This means if I dont adopt that child he would be in the Kren mansion, his childhood would probably be ruined but what will I tell the reason to my family.'
"Master I will adopt him after you tell me a reason that I should tell to my family for his adoption."
"Its easy, tell them that he is a beggar you found while coming back to the mansion, say you just couldnt stand a child being on the streets alone so you brought him with you and now you want adopt him out of sheer petiness. Your family will believe you because of how kind you are sometimes."
"Okay but will he be able to manage so much time without his actual family and also lie to my family about being a beggar."
"Dont worry he is a very smart child he can difinetely keep it a secret. He might feel alone or excluded in your family but isnt it better than going to the Kren mansion."
'I agreed to adopt him.'
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'I thought the journey would be boring or annoying because of the kid but instead it was quite interesting. This kid has a lot of potential, he learned how to channel mana in just 12 hours and that too at such a young age, if I train him properly he could become as strong as Alek.'
"Lord Alfred we are at the mansion you can get out of the carriage now." said one of the soldier.
"Wait I've worn this rag but the soldiers havent seen me enter the carriage so if I get out wouldnt they be suspicous." said the boy
"Just stay quiet and listen."
'I picked the boy up and opened the door of the carriage. I walked out of the carriage and headed straight to mother and father to tell them that I adopted this boy.'
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"Its fine with us but what did Eleanor and your children tell, are they okay with him and also will he be able to adjust with us." said both mother and father
'I told them that I found the boy while I was taking a walk through a forest, the boy was in a pathetic state so I picked him up and brought him with me and that the boy's family abandoned him so I want to adopt him. But what actually happened in the forest was that I found a rock which was two feet long, I picked it up and hid it in my robe, I told the soldiers that I found a boy who was unconcious in the woods. I brought the rock in the carriage so the soldiers thaught that I took the unconcious boy into my carriage hence none of them were suspicious of the boy when we came out of the carriage.'
"Son but the boy looks perfectly healthy to me, shouldnt he be skinny if he was abandoned by his family." my father asked me suspiciously
"Father thats because I learned a new mana art that lets you digest food ten times faster, he ate a lot of food and I used the mana art and that is the reason the boy looks completely healthy and fat."
'This is the first time that I have lied so much in just one day and its all because of master.'
"Boy can you tell us your name" my mother asked Clay
"Mother he doesnt talk much and he also doesnt remember his name" I replied
"Oh thats too bad, then what should we keep his name."
"Mother the boy's tired and I am too so lets talk about that tomorrow, shall we."
"Okay son. Rean take this boy to an empty room in our mansion and give him something to eat if he wants to."