It was already evening when Esther, Avent and his son came out of the cemetery.
"I'm going to pick up Kratos and Logan."
"I don't know how the two of them are adapting to the new school?"
Esther opened the door for Aventura first, and after watching Avant get into the co-pilot, he got into the driver's seat and said to Jason and Arras.
Jason didn't have much contact with the two children, and he didn't speak a word.
Instead, Aras laughed.
"Don't worry, the two little guys are very strong and won't be bullied."
Arras promises.
"no no."
"Aras, you misunderstood."
"I'm worried about what trouble they'll cause."
"This transfer used the relationship of Senior Edmon to get in. If you are expelled, you really have to stay at home until the next school year before you can choose a school again. It is very difficult to enter a good school. hard."
When Esther faces the two little guys, he will always unconsciously assume the role of the old father.
Avant on the side noticed this keenly.
"Who are Kratos and Logan?"
Avent asked, thinking again in his heart, am I going to be a grandfather
I just became a dad, and now I'm going to be a grandpa... is it too soon
"no."
Esther shook her head with a smile.
Avant's uneasy mood last moment disappeared, but he was inexplicably disappointed.
"they are?"
Avant continued to ask.
"They are the orphans of our comrades in arms."
"Their fathers are all bachelors. After the sacrifice, senior Edmund and I can only take care of them, and there are some other people. In order to hide the truth, we had to set up a so-called 'brotherhood'."
Est explained.
"Orphans?"
"The 'Holy Temple' again?"
Avent frowned behind the mask.
"Um."
Esther nodded, the smile on his face subsided slightly, and he started the car.
Seeing the sadness suppressed on his son's side face, Avent sighed slightly in his heart.
Obviously, after losing him and his wife, although Esther has grown up strong, there are still some hollow and unspeakable scars in his heart.
So much so that after Esther saw Kratos and Logan who had experienced similar experiences to himself, he couldn't help feeling pity in his heart and substituted himself into it.
Thinking of this, Avent narrowed his eyes slightly.
He hated that 'temple' more and more in his heart.
Originally, he had a happy family, a virtuous wife, and smart children.
And now
His wife died.
His children have also grown up, and he missed the most important period of growth for children.
Although his children are equally sensible and intelligent, the more they are like this, the more he hates the 'temple'.
It was they who made him lose the opportunity to teach his son by example.
Just look at his son's strength. Although he is stronger than ordinary people, he doesn't have a single bit of his swordsmanship inheritance. There is no doubt that his disappearance is too sudden, so suddenly that there is no inheritance at all.
Guilt rose again.
Mixed with hate for the 'temple'.
Now he can't wait to find the lair of the 'Holy Temple' and slash his sword hard.
But more important is Esther in front of him.
My son's strength is too weak, if he is in danger...
Thinking of this, Avant said by himself.
"Starting tomorrow, you and I will learn swordsmanship."
"ah?"
"Father, can I still learn swordsmanship now?"
"Isn't it too late?"
Esther, who was driving, asked in surprise.
"Others will, you won't."
"Because you are my son."
Avent said lightly.
"Um."
Esther nodded logically, as if it should be so.
Jason, who was sitting in the back row, looked at this scene, and couldn't help but want to spew out the energy of continuous complaints in his heart, but in the end he held back, and in order to divert his attention, he had to say: "Kui What's the name of Toth and Logan's new school?"
"Xavier School for Gifted Youth."
Est replied.
…
Kratos, who finished the day's class, packed his schoolbag and was ready to go to Logan.
For Kratos, the school in front of him is no different from the previous school.
Except that the course taught is a little bit difficult.
genius
Kratos frowned puzzled at the school's signboard.
Such a difficult course can not be called a genius.
Maybe it was he and Logan who had been in pre-school, though.
When you get older, it will be better to enter the formal class or advanced class.
With this in mind, Kratos walked towards the next classroom.
Because they were transfer students, Kratos and Logan could not be placed in two classes with the same number of people, so they entered Class 1 and Class 2 respectively.
Kratos is class 1.
Logan is class 2.
The two classrooms are only separated by a wall.
The class is over, and the doors of the two classrooms have already been opened. Kratos can see everything in the classroom by standing directly at the door without pushing the door, but Logan is not found, only a few students who have not left are together Whispering.
The topic of conversation is Logan.
"That newcomer is miserable."
"How dare you provoke 'Da Wu' and the others."
"It's 'Da Wu' who bullied people. I'm going to tell the teacher."
"Um."
"We have to hurry up, or the newcomer will be beaten."
The children's conversations told Kratos everything.
"Where did they take Logan?"
Kratos came over and asked directly.
"The grove behind the school."
The children around were startled by the tall and strong Kratos, and one of them said timidly.
"Thanks."
After Kratos thanked him, he turned and ran out.
The moment he turned around, Kratos became gloomy.
Careless!
I even forgot the characteristics of each school!
Don't worry!
With such a cry from the bottom of his heart, Kratos ran even faster.
Even when going downstairs, he jumped down the stairs like parkour.
It's hard to imagine a five-year-old doing all this if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes.
No!
Even as an adult, it's hard to do all this.
But Kratos is used to it.
because…
He is a real fighter!
Soon, Kratos rushed to the woods behind the school.
He saw Logan who was surrounded by four or five children, sobbing while pulling out a knife.
"do not come!"
Logan cried, but the knife in his hand stabbed the nearest child.
The tip of the knife pointed directly at the throat, ruthlessly and crisply.
The child who was the perpetrator never thought that such a thing would happen, and he was immediately stunned.
The rushing Kratos' face changed drastically.
What he was most worried about still happened.
He was not worried about Logan being bullied at all.
I just worry that those who bully Logan will not die too badly.
In a way, Logan is the scariest one.
While sobbing and pretending to be the best bully, he drew out a knife and stabbed the opponent's vitals without hesitation.
I really don't know how the other party's father educated the other party.
Kratos, who was thinking in his heart, threw out his schoolbag.
Snapped!
The schoolbag hit Logan's arm, the knife was crooked and missed the target.
But it made the child fall to the ground in fright.
"Wow!"
The child cried and peed his pants, then got up and ran towards the teaching building, and the children around him ran away completely when Logan took out the knife.
"I'm going to tell the teacher!"
The kid who wet his pants yelled at Logan when he passed Kratos.
Kratos raised his eyebrows and stretched his feet calmly.
thump!
The brat who turned his head back didn't see the kick at all, and was tripped and fell to the ground.
Kratos looked down at the teary-eyed bear child, and suddenly showed an extremely fierce expression on his face.
"If you dare to talk nonsense, I will kill you."
Kratos said word by word.
The bear child who had forgotten to cry because he fell to the ground, cried again with a wow, then got up and continued to run.
However, this time, he didn't say anything more.
Obviously, the bear boy was frightened.
"They did it first, and I..."
Looking at Kratos walking towards him, Logan was too timid to look up.
"Don't cause trouble for Esther and Uncle Edmond."
"do you know?"
Kratos said.
"Oh, I see."
"I will endure."
Logan nodded.
"Why be patient?"
"you're not wrong!"
"I'm just telling you that you can't use a knife in this situation next time. You still have hands and feet. Beat them hard. If you can't beat them, tell me and I will help you!"
Kratos' voice rose suddenly.
When you are right... Warrior, never back down.
Logan froze for a moment, then, with a teary smile on his face, he smiled.
"good."
He nodded.
Then, the two picked up their schoolbags and slapped the dust on them.
They don't want to be seen by Esther and Uncle Edmond.
And at this moment, the two looked into the depths of the grove in no particular order.
There, a 7- or 8-year-old girl was quietly watching here.
The little girl had shoulder-length blond hair, and her eyes were beautiful gray-green, and there was a sense of timidity in her eyes at the moment.
"Students in the regular class?"
Kratos thought about it, but didn't have any more thoughts about asking, and greeted Logan.
"Let's go, Logan."
"Oh, got it, Kratos."
Logan nodded, but before turning to leave, he showed a smile to the female student who should be in the formal class, and waved his hand as farewell.
This is what his father taught him, and he should be polite.
The little girl who was quietly watching here was startled for a moment, and then immediately responded by waving her hand.
After watching the figures of Kratos and Logan disappear, she disappeared into the grove.
Whether it was Kratos or Logan, they just regarded this as an unexpected encounter.
But that little girl was not.
She thought she had made friends.
We will definitely meet again!
The girl thought so.
Then, Logan, who was walking side by side with Kratos towards the school gate, suddenly raised his hand and touched his trouser pocket, and he found that his knife was missing.
"It must have been careless just now, and it fell there."
"Kratos wait for me, I'll be back in a while."
Logan said.
"I'll go back with you."
Kratos sighed like an adult, and returned to the grove with Logan.
And then...they saw the girl again.