ARCHDEUS

FUNCTION HANDKERCHIEF(5)

The thunder woke him from the darkness he had been through. A rumble that sounded close and he could feel. A rumble that somehow made him feel uncomfortable.

Osp ... Osp ....

A boy who was about seven years old frowned as the rumbling intensified. He wanted to sleep again, he was very sleepy but the rumble came back.

Osp ... Osp ....

Who would have thought, the rumble came from his stomach. A natural alarm that reminds him to carry out his duties as a living being. He was hungry, he wanted to eat.

The boy slowly opened his eyes with a faint look. The first look he saw was a large and beautiful room.

The boy knew, this was definitely not his residence.

Osp ... Osp ....

Worms in his stomach were demo asking for a drop in food. The boy dazedly came down from the soft bed that had accompanied him in the dreamland.

He walked to the door and opened it. The boy looked to the right and to the left, watching every corner there was. But there was no one there, only a clean and tidy roomy hallway.

The boy decided to go somewhere. He walked and continued walking without direction and purpose.

Osp ... Osp ....

Demo of worms as hard as it is, it seems that there is a reformation in his stomach.

The boy finally smelled something that stirred his hunger. It came from the room in front of him. The door of the room seemed a little open.

The boy walked slowly trying not to make the slightest sound. He looks like a poor little thief.

The boy slowly but surely opened the door. After the door opened until at least his head could enter, the boy slowly peered into the room.

This room was much larger than the room he was staying in. Far more expensive furniture and decorations. But right now he doesn't care about any of that. He looked around to see if anyone was here, but he found nothing at all.

Feeling safe, he decided to go inside. But as he had expected, there was really no one here.

He then searched where the source of the tantalizing aroma was, until he finally found a lump of meat on the table. In addition, there are colored drinks and several types of vegetables neatly arranged to accompany the meat.

The child's outer water instantly flowed when it found its purpose. He immediately approached the meat that had been grilled perfectly and had become a steak. There was still hot steam from this steak so he knew this meat had just come out of the grill.

Without further ado, the boy ate all the food at the table without exception.

***

Alex felt bad today. It had been three days that he had continued to eat the flesh of the magic beast. The mastermind over all of this was Harol who greedily hunted so many magic beasts. Magic beast meat is actually quite tasty if processed properly, especially if it is Red Urours meat that feels soft and has a distinctive texture when bitten or Rangifer Snowalker meat that feels cold when in the throat. However this was not without effect, the mana content in the body of the magic beast prompted a significant cleansing of the body. It's been three days that Alex has had to defecate more than 10 times per day. He initially suspected that he currently had diarrhea but the texture of his stool was not liquid and he did not experience nausea.

Maybe this is the cleansing process of his body. He never did anything like meditation or anything like that. Although there is an assumption that dirt in the body can reduce the quality of the aura and mana in the body, Alex does not really care about it. From the beginning he had no intention of becoming a hero or anything, he just wanted to live quietly like a pig wallowing in the mud.

The constant urination made Alex feel that maybe his butt had been eroded. Alex is out of his garderobe. But when he looked straight at the breakfast that Justin had prepared for him and his son, it turned out that the figure of a black-haired tuyul was busy hanging out among the pile of food.

"...."

Of course Alex knows who the kid is. The boy was rescued by his son and had been sleeping for 3 days.

According to the story he heard from Merry and Justin, it turns out that the boy had injuries all over his body. Fortunately, treatment was given on time.

But what Merry and Justin do not realize is clearly very visible in Alex's eyes. That this child ....

A talent!

Alex could see which circulation the child was in was very dense. But at the same time the circulation where it was experiencing chaos. Seen several broken pathways causing some mana to exit the child's body and causing waves of mana around his body. Even if it was not a magician even if at least they had studied or controlled other supernatural energies such as aura, they could sense this extremely unstable mana turmoil.

"Grad ...."

The child was shocked to hear a coughing sound that appeared suddenly. His body fell silent when he saw the tall figure standing up while looking at him with a serious look. The boy swallowed his saliva but ....

"Uhuk! Uhuk!"

The boy coughed as the rest of the oil and sauce went into the larynx. His throat felt sore and he kept coughing.

Alex who originally wanted to give a little intimidation to this little thief finally sighed. He then came to the boy, sitting on the side banging on the boy's back.

The boy immediately took the drink Alex gave him. He drank all the juice in the glass quickly. It looks more like a thirsty person than someone who is choking.

"Huh ...."

The boy heaved a sigh of relief after the pain slowly subsided. He then realized that a stranger who seemed to be the owner of the room was sitting nearby.

The boy's body was tense with fear. He glanced at the stranger but he did not feel the serious gaze like before.

"Huh .. little thief."

"!!!"

"What are you doing?"

The boy became nervous when he heard the question from the stranger. From any angle it was seen very clearly that he was a food thief. He could not possibly avoid that fact.

"It's .. it doesn't matter. I know you must be hungry after three days of sleep and you must be very surprised to wake up here all of a sudden, right?"

The boy nodded. He felt guilty for stealing food but more than that, he wondered why he was here. So he seriously heard the next sentence from the stranger.

"Yeah ... short story my son saved you after you appeared in front of him with a body full of wounds in the forest. What are you doing there?"

The boy was surprised to learn that the man who looked like this older brother had a child. But from all the surprises, he still told his story to this stranger.

The boy twisted his memory. He then fled into the forest but there he met a creature that resembles a bear, hairy red, and has crystals in his body. He realized after several attacks, he could not defeat the creature. His body was covered in wounds from the fight with the monster. That's why he tried to save himself but the creature kept chasing him.

Alex who heard the story could only smile bitterly. He suspected that it was this son of a bitch who brought the Red Urours to him while hunting.

The stupid bear just kept running and roaring like crazy.

Alex hides his anger. It's not good to be angry in the morning. It's over anyway so forget it. Alex asked something else.

"Why did you run into the forest?"

The boy suddenly shivered. He did not answer but clenched his teeth. His face was filled with terror as if he was experiencing persecution.

"Are you okay?"

Alex saw the boy who was very scared. He guessed it was most likely that this child was running away from somewhere unfriendly.

But the boy just nodded weakly. He lowered his gaze down as if he wanted to hide all the expressions on his face.

Alex switched the conversation because he did not want the boy to continue feeling sad.

"G ... Do you want to eat again? No problem, you can eat more."

The boy was touched after hearing this stranger's offer. He had never had such kindness before. The child feels increasingly guilty for stealing food from someone good.

"No, I'm not hungry anymore. Sorry for taking your food without permission."

The boy shook his head while still looking down. He did not dare to look at that person directly. He was also at least aware that this stranger was older than him but not too old to be called sir.

Alex could only smile.  He thought that this child had a conscience and could feel guilty for stealing food.

"No problem. Whatis yourname? I don't know what to call you?"

"So you can call me Alpha."

The boy was actually a bit hesitant to mention his name. He knew that this was not his real name but he still mentioned it to this stranger.

Remembering all the past memories he went through, the boy felt angry, scared, and sad in his heart. He was used as an experimental creature in a laboratory filled with human specimens. Many people like him died in experiments. All those strange experiments caused his brain to lose its past memory.

'Alpha' is actually the name of the group of specimens the boy was in.

He became an experimental human

at least when he was 4 years old until declared as a successful experiment when he was 8 years old. He was the only successful child during the experiment. During his lab experiments, he was indeed taught to read and write but that was not the point. All the experiments he had done on his body made him suffer. He realizes that his brain is slowly being washed so that he forgets all his past, his early identity, and all the things about him in the past. He wanted to escape, he did not know how long he would stay alive if he remained there. What if one day the experiment fails? Doesn't that mean he's going to die? Doesn't that mean the body will be thrown away as if it were just worthless trash? He doesn't want that!

But he doesn't know where he's going. So armed only with instinct, when he escaped successfully, he went into the forest. He is an otherwise successful specimen. The experiments he went through made him have an amazing strange power. It was mana, he could produce mana with abundant amount within his body. But he still has no experience in using mana, plus that his mana is not natural but comes from the results of human experiments. So after forcing his body into controlling the unstable mana, he finally experienced a deviation of mana. If not for the spell that Feodora had cast on him, he would have died even if his physical injuries were successfully healed.