A norm and A genius [1]

Catching the depth of his words.

Flora's determined expression broke into a small grin.

And at that moment she remembered a precious memory of her past which made her heart skip a bit and also filled it with genuine joy .

And that happiness was completely visible on her pink coloured eyes .

It was like a twinkling star in dark midnight.

In that certain incident she first came to know a special someone.

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Inside a ground that was surrounded by many types of trees .

Numerous types of pants were also planted there.

And finally different variety of plaything for little children situated.

At the edge of the ground,

A little girl could be seen sitting on bench with her head down .

Her face was slightly flushed and looked like she was holding her cry.

She looked no more than 6.year old.

The cheerfulness which a child carry , she seemed to have lost it .

And looked broken from the inside.

Her heart ached at the thought of her parents.

Because they died 4 days ago due to an attack of some vampires and because of it she became an orphan.

She didn't have any other family than her parents and now they were gone and left her alone in this world .

Having to deal with this type situation in early age was very hard for her.

There were many children on this orphanage but not a single one tried to talk to her .

But then he came.

"Hey!! Why you look like you want to cry?!"

His lovable voice reached her ears and she raised her head to see his face.

Dark blue hair , grey eyes and a face resembling more a girl than a boy.

"...."

"...."

She didn't reply and just stared at him and responding to this he also stared at her .

"Ummm... Is there something on my face"

"....."No reply.

"Why aren't you saying anything "

"....."

"Oh... Don't tell me you are mute .

I am sorry for my crime "

He tried to pull a joke and surprisingly it worked.

"You should say mistake not chrime "

She quietly said barely audible.

"So you could talk ,huh ! I am glad to know that."

And then he smiled.

Gazing upward she saw his smile.

It was the most genuine smile she had seen except her parent's.

She kept gazing at him.

And realising that she was staring attentively, she instantly lowered her head again.

Louis chuckled at this and found at amusing.

" My name is Louis and I am 6 year old."

He introduced himself and beamed at her.

"Now tell me , what should I call this cute girl?"

He asked with a sweet smile.

Immediately, flora blushed at the word 'cute'.

"Flora"

But she still responded barely audible with a blushed face.

Louis nodded and met her gaze.

"Okay flora, Now tell me why were you holding your cry?!!

Did anyone trouble you?!"

Louis asked her.

" No , I just remembered my parents and wanted to cry but for some reason couldn't "

'Oh shit' Louis cursed in his mind.

" I am sorry, I didn't mean to..."

Before he could finish his sentence flora interjected him with her words.

" You don't have to worry about that ,

I just need sometime."

She said with a slight smile on her face while wiping her eyes with her little hands.

But then in Louis's mind a voice rang out.

{ You don't have to force yourself ______, you are just a child. If you want to cry then don't hold it back and let it out. I will be with you until you are done!}

And then a hazy image of a certain girl passed his mind.

But he couldn't grasp anything related to her.

So he shook his head a little.

But then_his mouth moved subconsciously.

"You don't have to force yourself ,flora .You are just a child and if you want to cry then don't hold it back and let it out. I will be with you until you are done!."

"....."

She lowered her head and kept silent.

"Huh! Did I say something wrong.

I am sorry for that they came out of my mouth subconsciously so..."

Again before he could continue a sobbing sound reached his ears .

He lowered his head a little and found that she was now crying hard and aloud.

"Waaaah...buaaa....sob...hic....mom...hic.....dad..hi...cc..I .I ....miss...yy...you..hic..hic..waaah...sob..sob.."

It appeared to be she was holding a lot.

And then that went on for more than two hours , Louis stood there patting her back lightly.

But again he did it subconsciously.

It felt him like he had experienced it before .

Someone did the same thing he was doing.

2 hours Later~

Now ,she had stopped crying and looked a little better.

There was some snort on her dress because used it to wipe her nose.

'She is just a little so this should be expected'

He just chuckled at her behaviour.

After adjusting herself, Flora then casted her gaze on him and asked:

"Louis, do have any friend?"

Louis understood her intentions instantly and grinned.

"Yes ,I have a friend now"

"Who?!"

She asked in confusion.

"You!! Who else ."

He answered while chuckling.

A smile bloomed on Flora's face and then she also joked and laughed with him.

The atmosphere changed and became lively.

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That's how they became friends and get to know more about eachother.

As much as time she spent with him she came to know more about him , his nature, his character ___

And the facts that:

He was weird.

He was hopeless.

He was pitiful.

But also ___

He was desperate.

He was determined.

And most importantly, he was different.

Different than any other child in the orphanage she met.

At that time they were only 6 years old but even then she could sense something dark inside him that made her shivered everytime she recalled it's presence .

Despite that existence inside him he always had a cheerful smile on his face like he was trying to enjoy this life to it's full extent.

Even if something was wrong he would always wear a smile and would try to find it's solution.

And she liked that thing about him.

So she chose to be become very close to him.

And began to interact with him more.

Eventually they became best friends.

After becoming that close with him she beganll to realise the value of his suffering and helplessness but_ there was also something she didn't get it __

'his uttermost hardwork and grave obsession with becoming strong '.

When he trained himself with his small body which lacked nutrition every single day, at that particular period of time he looked different for some reason,something dark but also not____.

Let's not talk about that for now.

Then_

For strength he did everything in his capabilities and seeing his hardwork, she also wanted to do something for him , to help him in become strong.

For that she had read over more than thousand books in last two years ,trying to find a way to develop a mana core for him but in the end she didn't find anything.

However ,

she continued to search it and also keep working hard on her knowledge which was increasing incredibly ;mostly about mana core, of course!!!.

___

And finally today when she was reading a recent article she found something amazing.

A way , no ; not exactly but the article contained information about a person who could use mana without a core.

The said person was a girl and also sole daughter of the Strongest human on Alvora.