Who finds a true friend finds a treasure

-"Mademoiselle Aetós is enough"-, the voice of the witch! it left me with the creeps.

-"Apologize to Monsieur Greenhill"-, said the witch sternly.

Damn you force him to do that! But I must or the witch will say bad things about me to Mom.

-"I'm sorry"-, I said to the unknown man.

He bowed slightly accepting the apology, I was led to the old man's office and the witch congratulated the unknown man for some reason, but the unknown man also seemed to fear him, he must have good senses to understand the true nature of the witch.

I sat on a sofa in front of the old man, he was holding several papers in his hand and he seemed very cheerful for some reason.

-"Welcome mademoiselle Aetós"-, said the old man.

-"You don't have to use complicated words with my old man"-, I replied.

-"Ho ho ho sorry is the custom of work, I see that you did well in the mission we gave you"-, said the old man happily.

-"If it was easy, I left it with the city guards"-, I replied.

-"Excellent! I'll go visit him later"-, said the witch.

He brought a tray with a jug of tea, a few extra cups, and sat down next to the old man.

-"I have good news for you Ariadna, we have found a way to help mademoiselle Edena and end the problems forever"-, said the old man as he put down the papers and had a cup of tea.

-"Really!"-, I replied happily.

I could not believe it! What good news, I have to go tell mom as soon as I'm done here.

-"If we get help from a rather peculiar person"-, said the old man.

-"A person who helped?"-, I asked puzzled.

-"That's right, I managed to convince Monsieur Sancor that this was the right person for the task"-, said the witch.

I was very curious, how did that person achieve all that? Was there really someone capable of doing such a thing?.

-"And who is that person?"-, I asked curiously.

-"You just met him a few moments ago"-, said the witch with a scary smile.

-"WHAAATTTT!!!"-, I shouted stupidly !.

I could not believe it! That fool is the one who helped ?, But how ?, Does that person know Mom ?, He held my head with both hands while trembling.

-"Calm down Ariadna"-, said the old man.

-"That's right, I turn out to be a very competent person"-, said the witch.

-"But is Mom okay?"-, I asked desperately.

-"She's fine Ariadna, they won't bother her anymore and we already have a plan to end all this problem once and for all"-, said the old man.

-"That's right, Monsieur Greenhill is a very capable person but we will also need your help"-, said the witch while pointing at me with her pen.

Then the witch told me everything the rookie had done while he was out of town, how he had helped Mom and the plan he had prepared.

-"I'm certainly very impressed, not even we have delved that deep before"-, said the witch with a smile.

-"If he is an intelligent person with good instincts, besides being a good fighter, to think that he would even beat Orlan"-, said the old man.

-"If definitely, Monsieur Greenhill has what it takes to solve this problem, how he behaved in combat in the mountains and now this confirms it"-, said the witch.

Fight in the mountains? What are they talking about? Orlan? He was a very bad and well-known person, but until now we had never been able to find him, he was very cunning to hide, but the rookie had found him and also defeated!

-"Ariadna, listen carefully, right now we will start a war to rid this city of these pests!"-, said the old man with confidence.

The old man was right, we should fight to protect the people who are important, it is the duty of the strong to protect those who cannot, I would fight to protect mothers and children.

-"For that reason, we have decided that the best thing will be for both of you to work together"-, said the witch with a scary smile!

-"What do you mean by that?"-, I asked reluctantly.

I already knew what the witch wanted to say but I couldn't think of anything else to answer.

-"Ariadna I will be very clear on this, I want you and Monsieur Greenhill to form a team to fight this war"-, said the old man with authority.

-"What do you want me to do?"-, I asked doubtfully with a pout.

-"Don't make that face Ariadna"-, said the old man.

-"You do not have to worry about anything, as he is someone quite strong I am sure he will not be a burden for you, you will also be able to think of something on the fly in case things get complicated, we only ask you to cooperate with him, it will be the best for Mademoiselle Edana and the children"-, said the witch.

-"If that helps mother and children to live in peace again"-, I said as I lowered my head.

-"Wonderful little one, why don't you call Monsieur Greenhill back, it's time to formally introduce them"-, said the old man as he looked at the witch.

-"Besides, you don't think it's a good match for you"-, the witch whispered to me, laughing as she got up.

I wanted to scream! but I have no way of defeating the witch with words!

The witch came back with the newbie, I told him to sit right next to me, the rookie was also surprised after all this furniture is very small, we are too close!, I gave a disapproving growl but that witch winked at me which caused me to get excited and almost ended up making a scene! damn witch, you will pay me one day! The old man laughed a little when he saw me, it is a complete defeat.

The old man introduced us both, the rookie bowed his head in greeting and I returned the greeting, then the witch and the old man talked about many complicated things about money, it was a long and tedious talk, I didn't quite understand it but the rookie seems that if he understood it, it was annoying, so the rookie talked about getting more information today and meeting again in two days to make the final decision, it seemed like a good decision to me, with that I would have enough time to spend with mother and children.

I end the meeting and left immediately after saying goodbye, the witch called the rookie and they seemed to be talking about something serious, I really hate the complicated words the witch uses, I'll ask mom about them later, I left the Guild and went to buy some meat and vegetables with the reward money, then I went straight to the orphanage where I was happily received by everyone, It was wonderful, everyone was fine! I said hello to everyone and finally got to hug Mom.

Then mom told me everything that happened while she was away and how the rookie had helped her, I take care of the orphanage, he played with the children, he even gave him money to give it to the bad guys, I couldn't understand why the newbie would do that for a person he didn't know, but for some reason, mom thought he was a trustworthy person, even sister Amy, sister Didi and uncle Filip seemed to trust him, uncle Filip had told me that he had also helped him with his work and with cleaning the place.

We all had lunch together, then I went to play with the children in the yard, the children told me about their older brother who had taken care of them, he had played with them and told them many stories of his travels, the rookie was undoubtedly a very strange person, he seemed very suspicious to me, so while we were playing I saw the rookie walking towards the entrance of the orphanage, he turned to see where I was, wanted to get away but when the children saw him they called out to him.

The rookie just wave at me and end us both playing with the kids, when the children got tired of playing he made them sit in the yard and began to tell one of their stories, I could see that mom was looking at us from the door with a very happy face, after that mom invited the newbie to have dinner with us, after dinner when the children went to sleep the newbie retired to the terrace.

-"Why does he have to interfere in our lives?"-, I asked my mother angrily.

-"You shouldn't always distrust everyone, Ariadna, there are also good people in the world"-, Mom replied happily.

-"But I can protect you all!"-, I answered with some anger.

-"Sometimes there will be situations where we can not do everything ourselves, no matter how strong you are, we will always need friends to trust"-, Mom said with a smile while gently stroking my hair.

I stayed hugging Mom for a long time while I thought about her words, I decided to go up to the terrace and I saw that the novice was covering his clothes with black fabrics that gave him a sinister appearance when he realized my presence he greeted me with his hand.

-"Rookie can we talk?"-, I said as I looked him in the eye.