The warmth of a kind heart heals all wounds of the soul

Mom and the old man saved my life, the old man found me in a swamp and took me with mom, he trusts mom a lot and mom trust the old man a lot, mom took care of me when I was sick, she comforted me when I cried, she was not afraid of my strength, she was the first person who did not see me as a monster.

Since I escaped from the West I had always been alone because of my strength, people fear what they do not understand, loneliness hurts, I always cried at night when I was alone and I was afraid when I thought I would die of hunger the old man found me, at first I was afraid of him but I had no more strength to fight and escape, I was weak and sick, so I was taken to my mother and she took care of me when I was sick.

Mom hugged me when I cried at night, stroked my head, and sang songs to me, after recovering I started living with mom, she also takes care of many children who did not have a mother and father like me, so I started to meet other people who helped mom, Sister Amy, Sister Didi, and Uncle Filip all take care of the other children and are good people.

So I stopped being afraid, I could play and laugh with the other children, I could eat delicious meals that Mom prepared, she was not my real mother I knew, but that didn't matter because I really loved her and we could all live together as one big family, for the first time I had a place that I could call home.

Sometimes the old man comes to visit mom and helps her by giving her money when I grew up I wanted to help mom too and I asked the old man to teach me how to earn money, the old man first talked to mom about it, then he said it would help me become a warrior, so I could help weak people, the cornflower was not afraid of me either, he said that he should see my strength as a blessing.

So when I was training with the old man I met the witch, she works for the old man and also helps mom, I don't like the witch but mom considers her friend and I didn't want mom to feel bad because of me, but the witch has a sinister aura and when she spoke it made me get goosebumps.

Thanks to the old man and the witch I learned to better use my strength and magic, the witch told me that I was the strongest and that I should only use my strength to help people, mom also told me the same thing, that I should never use my strength with evil, the witch also taught me to read and write, I really didn't want to learn anything from the witch, but Mom encouraged me to do so, she said that it was very important that I learn to read and write.

We lived happily for several years but then something bad happened, bad people started to scare mom at night, but she couldn't do anything, I didn't understand it, no matter how many times I scare away the bad guys, they always came back to bothering mom when she wasn't there, it made me feel frustrated and insecure, I thought that just by killing them like bandits I could get rid of them but Mom would stop me, she said it would only be worse if I had done that.

Mom said that the old man and the witch would find a solution and we would all live in peace again, I wanted to help Mom but she told me that my strength alone was not enough to solve the problem, she told me to pay attention to the old man and the witch, that they would take care of everything.

I missed mom, I felt uncomfortable being away from her for a long time, but we needed money, mom was in trouble and my strength was of no use, the witch also told me that they need information, the witch uses many complicated and difficult to understand words, sometimes I had to ask mom what they mean.

I hate the witch, she is really scary, she saw everything, heard everything and knew everything, when she looked at me I felt that her gaze pierced me, it was as if he could see my whole being, my body, and my soul, the old man sent me to do a job outside the city, he said that the witch discovered a person who works for the boss of the bad guys, if she caught him and handed him over to the city guards then the witch could get information that would help mom.

I did not like to leave my mother alone but she convinced me to do the job for the good of all, it would also be something easy because no one could escape from me since I am the strongest, I went to where the old man indicated me and I caught the person he asked for, he had many bandits with him protecting him but they were all weak and I easily killed all of them.

I went back to the city and handed the scared man over to the guards, then I went to the Mercenaries Guild to warn the old man, at first when I went to the Guild there were several fools who tried to mess with me and tried to flirt, but I always sent them flying with one blow, after a while, no one else dared to bother me.

I reached the great hall of the Mercenaries Guild and when I entered everyone was silent and avoided looking at me as always, it is good that everyone knows their place, but then I realized that there was someone looking at me, it was a person that I had never seen before, I approached the person and took a closer look.

He was a young man, in his early 20s, wearing a very unusual leather outfit with small pieces of metallic armor covering his chest, boots, legs, and arms, at first glance he looked like a hunter, he had somewhat tanned skin, blue eyes, and striking platinum hair, He was holding a cup of coffee and had a surprised look when he saw me, he did not seem to be a weakling like most of the mercenaries who were in the room, so one of the secretaries of the guild called me and I approached the reception.

While I was waiting I saw the new person approach the door of the old man's office.

"WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?", I yell.

The young man turned to see me, but ignored me and walked through the door.

"HOW DARE!", I will hit him, I will definitely hit him.

"Calm down, Mademoiselle Aetós, ​​Monsieur Greenhill has been waiting for Monsieur Sancor since very early, besides, we have already announced it to you, you have nothing to worry about because you better not drink a tea", said one of the secretaries nervously.

Damn it, he didn't want to do it but there was no choice but to wait.

I waited a long time, they had never made me wait so long before, finally, that unknown person left the old man's office, now he will see them with me !.

"Who do you think you are to get ahead of me!", I said loudly as I pointed at him.

"It was not my intention to offend you miss, but I was called directly by the Sancor supervisor in person for a matter that I was in charge of solving", said the stranger while giving a stupid smile.

Seeing that stupid smile on his face only made me even angrier.

"Everyone knows their place in the guild, you too must respect the established order!", I scolded him harshly.

This wouldn't happen if you acted like everyone else, just shut up and look away!

"Excuse me, I am a newcomer to the city, I am also new to the mercenary trade, I promise you that it will not happen again", said the stranger again making his stupid smile.

What the heck was so funny to him? does he make fun of me? a newcomer and a rookie mercenary on top? how do you dare!.

"A rookie dares to want to threaten my position with the supervisor", I said, almost shouting.

"Please the bad mood will ruin your beautiful face", said the stranger while smiling stupidly.

I couldn't take it anymore! makes fun of me! he's like the other fools who tried to tease me by flirting at first, I'll teach him a lesson he'll never forget!

"Miss Aetós?", said the stranger.

Do you dare to call me so familiar ?! Now you see, I gathered a lot of strength in my right arm and prepared strength magic, I would send him flying with one blow, that would be your punishment! I threw a direct blow to the chest but the unknown man reacted with incredible speed and deflected my blow with his left arm, I couldn't believe it, that man was really strong!.

I threw more and more blows but the unknown man deflected them all, he was a very skilled fighter, I was moving faster and faster but I could not overcome the defense of the unknown man, then something incredible happened! The unknown man managed to hold my right arm, then he placed his right leg behind me and tried to push me to the floor, but I managed to deflect the arm that was pushing me with my left arm and hold on to him with my right leg, at least we were tied, but what do I do now? I think I am stronger than this man but he is much more skilled in combat!.

Then a voice pulled me out of my thoughts.

"Mademoiselle Aetós is enough", was the voice of the witch.

He was staring at me from the door of the old man's office!