Survive In The Last Days: My Second Life
|(13) Adoption|
Warning: This work is my original work and is only a fictitious work. Language can be harsh so please do not imitate it.
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“I have decided I will save you, Brother Mia! Whatever will happen I will make you live happily with brother!” I said with determination.
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“Here?” zen said as he looked at the orphanage that was very uninhabitable in front of him.
Why is it called unworthy? Simply put, this place is just a small house that is not well maintained. His courtyard fence was already eroded which caused it to be extremely vulnerable, it could even be broken with just a single swing of the hammer.
The trees around it can be said to be dry or even dead (?) leaves dry leaves that cover the entire road to the house. After a while walking, you will see the house with paint that has been dull or even eroded.
The roof of the house is even very scary, very fragile even without you knowing it will fall on you. The whole house was covered with dust. Even the floor that is now being climbed by Zen creaks lightly, making Zen's feeling more anxious.
Now he was standing facing a large wooden door with chipped paint at the bottom of the door. With a feeling of fear he raised his hand to knock on the door very slowly, afraid that if he became black, the wooden door would collapse and fall on him.
‘Why is this orphanage more similar to a haunted house?’ inner Zen while trying to knock her door back.
If you ask why Zen can be here, the answer is to adopt Leo and Lin. What about the school? Of course he took a day off.
‘It so happens, today is Friday which coincides with the full annoying subjects one day full,’ inner Zen rejoicing.
Let's discuss what subjects are on this Friday. The hour 07.30 is the hour for his first subject and it is compulsory math for 3 hours. Then continued at 10:30 the second subject, physics for 2 hours.
After that rest for 1 hour and do self-study until 2 pm. Then followed by the third subject, English is mandatory for 2 hours. And last is the closing lesson that is chemistry for 1 hour 30 minutes.
Oh for your reference, on thursday and Friday, the school only held 1 break.
‘Good, good thing I took my leave on the right day!’ inner Zen with imaginary tears.
Remember, Zen is not a smart kid, he only has the ability to remember better than other humans. So if faced with the subjects above it is certain that he will wave his hand surrender happily first before starting.
This is also one of the reasons why Zen can memorize the old book despite having a large number of chapters and this is also the reason why Zen can use his lung breathing technique easily.
The sound of an open door distracts the rejoicing Zen from escaping the ghostly subjects.
After the wooden door opened wide, now in front of him stood a middle-aged man with a distended stomach who was holding a glass of beer in his left hand.
‘Bir? Does he drink in the middle of the day like this?’ inner Zen wondered.
“Excuse me, I am here to adopt a child,” Zen said with a plain smile on his face.
“You? You want to adopt a child? Are you not wrong?” asked the man while looking at Zen in surprise.
‘Yes, no mistake anyway, it would sound strange if a 17-year-old went to an orphanage to adopt a child,’ Inner Zen.
“Iya! Can't it?” zen asked stared directly at the distended man.
“How old are you?”
“17 years, this year.”
“Well you can adopt it,” the man said as he opened the door for Zen.
“Excuse me,” said Zen then walked into the orphanage.
‘If viewed from the inside, this orphanage is really not worth defending,’ inner Zen while looking at the surrounding conditions.
Not infrequently in every way he found a child who was sitting on a wooden floor wearing an unworthy shirt.
Even among them there are children who look very thin like malnutrition. The children stared at Zen as if they were being wary of him.
‘Sadly children,’ Inner Zen while glancing faintly at the children who were staring at him.
Ah, seeing them made Zen recall his life. Slums are not habitable, thin bodies are malnourished, used clothes are not even rare on each side there are fabric patches.
‘Sial, they all remind me of myself,’ Inner Zen snorted with annoyance.
His footsteps stopped when he saw the children sitting in a corner of the room who were staring at him with alertness and fear.
‘That eye gaze, khe, really makes me feel nostalgic,’ inner Zen.
Well, Zen remembered, the look in his eyes he always showed as his two masters stood before him while scoffing at him about how useless he was.
A gaze that hinted if he was angry as well as afraid of the two people standing before him.
“Oh, do you feel interested in the kid in the corner?” asked the man who was taking care of the parlour, making Zen's consciousness back.
“Ah, no! I'm here to adopt Leo and Lin,” said Zen with a cheerful innocent smile that was very unsuitable with the seedy and gloomy place.
“Leo and Lin? Ah you mean Leo Rodriguez and his brother Lin Rodriguez?” tanyanya.
“Well, can you deliver me to them?”
“If you want to meet Leo it can't, he may be at his workplace, but if Lin is possible. Usually he is in his room,” is obviously the man.
“Good, it's okay. Then I'll just meet Lin, can you show me the place?”
“Sure, pass here.”
Not long after the man guided him until he reached a small wooden door that was even smaller in size than Zen's height. The man then knocked on the wooden door violently which made Zen flinch in shock.
‘Hoi, is it okay to knock that hard? What if the door collapses?’ inner Zen asked the man's behavior.
“Lin, come out anyone wants to adopt you,” said the man.
Then the wooden door opened slightly with Lin only taking out her small head from behind the door.
“What's up?” asked Lin coldly.
“This child! Come outside! There are people who want to adopt you,” said the man with annoyance.
With Lin moving herself out of her room. After that Zen looked at Lin's appearance perfectly.
A dull white shirt that covered her up to the part of her thigh that Zen believed belonged to Leo and her disheveled hair that was inversely proportional to Lin's appearance when Zen was met at the time.
No, what caught Zen's attention was a blue bruise on the shoulder next to his right. It made Zen's eyes ache when he saw it.
‘How can the bruise be there? If I remember the last time he didn't have bruises like that. Then if so there was only one word that explained everything, the inner’ of Zen silently looked at the male with a distended stomach sharply.
“Hoi, greet the person who wants to adopt you,” said the man rudely while pushing Lin closer towards Zen.
The driven Lin immediately slapped the hand of the caretaker of the parlour and looked at him very coldly.
“Don't push me around recklessly! Your hands don't deserve to touch me,” sizzled Lin while tightly gripping the end of the shirt he was wearing.
“Basic, useless child! How dare you be so rude like that!” said the man then raised his right hand to slap towards Lin.
Lin who saw him started to close his eyes tightly with a trembling body. Zen who saw the excessive action of the caretaker swiftly held back the pace of his hands and gripped tightly which made the man scream in pain.
“You should not be allowed to raise your hand to such a small child,” Zen said coldly.
Lin who heard the familiar voice in his ears tried to open his eyes slowly and looked at the person who was now standing firmly in front of him.
“Kakak...” murmured Lin looked at Zen with a complicated feeling.
Lin who heard him involuntarily nodded slowly as if declaring that he was fine.
“Hehhh? Really?” tanya Zen released the grip of the man's hand then turned towards Lin and aligned her body to be on par with him.
“But I see you're not okay,” Zen said as he looked at the bruises on Lin's shoulder.
Lin who noticed his gaze immediately pulled on his shirt to cover the bruises present.
“Ah .. it was accidentally hit with the table really, yes stumbled on the table earlier,” said Lin lying nervously.
“Hmmm, really?” Zen asked then turned his gaze towards Lin's left arm which was covered in bruises as well.
Realizing her gaze Lin became panicked back and tried to cover up her bruises.
“Ah .. it was also accidentally hit by the table,” said Lin while nodding his head in a panic.
Zen who heard the reason just chuckled softly.
“You know? It's not good for a kid like you to lie, ” said Zen with a faint smile.
“It...” Lin lowered his head in fear before raising his head upwards staring at Zen.
His bright brown eyes trembled as he watched the owner of the parlour lift a glass bottle (?) and direct it directly towards Zen.
“Kakak, beware!” shouted Lin.
It was a pity, but the glass bottle landed first on Zen's head before Zen could dodge. The sound of a broken glass bottle resounded loudly even Zen's head slightly lowered due to the punch.
“Kakak..!” murmured Lin with eyes that had now shed tears.
“HAHAHA, feel it! How dare a young man like you to argue with an older person like me, you are not so-“
//Bughhh!
A blow was struck directly by Zen just below the man's chin which made him stagger backwards. Zen stared coldly at the man who was now lying before him.
“I did not expect that a man like you would attack children like me,” Zen said as he wiped the remaining red water dripping from his head.
“Ck, this alcohol is too pungent,” murmured Zen immediately took the tissue tucked in his pants pocket and rubbed the alcohol that might have been mixed with his blood.
After finishing his activities, the tissue that has now changed color to red he threw towards the male caretaker who fainted due to his punch. Then turned to face Lin who was standing looking at him with watery eyes.
“Hehhh? Did I scare you? To-please don't cry!” zen said frantically trying to wipe away the tears that were still flowing in Lin's eyes.
“Hiks...”.
“Aigooo, my life..”.
After a few minutes of crying, Lin was sitting in the living room of the caretaker's office. Lin who had reckless eyes was now staring at Zen who was moving around looking for a file in the desk drawer in confusion.
“Emm, sister, is it okay to ruffle this place?” asked Lin confusedly the article is now the caretaker room which was initially messy added mess because Zen ruffled the files in the desk drawer.
“You don't have to worry Lin, of course this is okay, just think of this as a reply for the manager of the fat home,” said Zen who is still faithfully looking for the file he wants.
“Kakak is actually looking for what file? Let Lin help find for brother,” said Lin while getting off the chair he had been sitting in.
“I am looking for an adoption file on behalf of you and Leo, no need to help, let me do it,” Zen said without noticing Lin who now has a moved facial expression (?)
“Kakak really want to adopt us?” asked Lin to make sure once more.
“Of course, if not why did I skip my school?” zen asked who Lin did not answer.
‘Actually my main goal of wanting to truant is to shy away from those perverted lesson hours anyway,’ Inner Zen remembers its main purpose.
‘Luckily I ditched, because today there's a chemical replay! I can be sure I am very lazy to think about the answer,’ continued Zen in my heart.
“But what does big brother adopt us for? We are useless for brother and again brother is only 17 years old .. must be heavy for our parenting sister,” said Lin made Zen movement stop.
Lin who saw Zen's movements stopped inevitably lowered his head sadly.
‘Of course you will have doubts, besides which person will adopt two children when you are 17?’ inner Lin was unaware that Zen was moving closer towards him.
Zen who had aligned his height with Lin raised his right hand and placed it directly above Lin's head and rubbed it gently.
“Uhhh?” Lin who had been looking down now looked at Zen who was in front of him.
“Lin, you must not say such things again, all humans are useful, not least you and your brother, you are useful humans,” said Zen with a bright smile.
“But ... if me and brother are useful why are we here? Why did mom throw us away?” asked Lin with tears welling up in both of her pretty eyes.
“Err... I don't know about it, it's possible your mama doesn't deserve to have a child as beautiful and smart as you, as well as your sister,” said Zen scratching the back of his head that does not itch.
“What is certain is that you are useful, maybe not now but there must be a time when you are useful whether it is for yourself or for others,” said Zen while standing back up, continue searching for Lin and Leo adoption files.
‘Of course in the future they will be very useful, I don't know what power Lin will raise but I feel it will be a great advantage for me,’ Inner Zen while breaking–actory table drawer contents back.
‘We are useful?’ inner Lin while touching the place where when his head was wiped by Zen.
‘That's right, we're useful, we're all useful,’ Inner Lin smiled brightly.
“Then I will save-“
“Whoaa! meet!” zen's shout cut Lin's words.
“Mana? Whereabouts? I want to see it too!” said Lin excitedly and ran over to Zen.
Zen who heard him crouched down again to let Lin see his adoption letter.
“Hm? Do we need the caretaker's signature too?” asked Lin with a frown.
“Of course, any adoption without the signature of the caretaker or the owner of the parlor will not be legal,” replied Zen.
“Then how do we make the caretaker sign this paper?” asked Lin unwillingly to think about the owner of the parlour who was still fainting in front of his room.
“Hooh, in addition to the signature there is also a way to certify this adoption letter,” Zen told Lin.
“Hm? How's that?” asked Lin while tilting her head.
“With thumbprint! Well even though it is rare to use but it still applies in the eyes of the law and there is the law as well in the country" Zen explained to Lin.
“Hooh, then let's do it, brother!” said Lin looking at Zen with an evil smile on his face.
“Sure! Let's do it!” reply Zen with an innocent smile with unpleasant air.
Well, I don't know what they're thinking but it seems like their minds are connected in the same place. That's for sure not a good thing.
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