The Artificial God

Little Girl

"The thief! go after the thief!" shouted from one of the fruit merchants who had just opened his merchandise. There was a little thief who covered himself a brown-colored robe running, and hiding on the sidelines of the building. The thief had already stolen a lot of people's merchandise, and he was already an elite-level fugitive.

"Hihi, these fresh fruits are mine now" said the little thief, hiding in one of the sidelines of the building, who was speaking to the fruits he had stolen.

Tap!.., "What are you doing here little boy?" I said as I approached the little boy after hearing someone yell about the thief. At that time I was mopping the floor, but as soon as I heard the sound of people asking for help I immediately ran as fast as lightning, this was a good time for me not to clean the inn all day.

"Eh!? wh-what? since when is uncle here?" said the little thief who was surprised. He covered his face with his robe, and opened a little to see me through the sidelines of the robe. Just hearing from her voice I knew she was a little girl.

"Huh? y-you're a kid? and again a girl?" I said, who then forcibly removed the robe that covered her until I could see the figure of the little boy. I was so shocked to see a little girl in her shabby clothes, and her yellow hair like Boa Boa, and Tygruth. Then looking at it from his ears, it seems he is from a dog nation.

"Please don't arrest me! I'm just starving!" said the little boy who whined to me while asking for help with a parched face. Since she put on such a pitying face, and again she was a little girl, it made my heart feel sorry for her.

"Well, but you have to promise not to steal anymore, little girl" I said as I stroked her hair gently while giving a sincere smile to the little boy. Then the little boy's face smiled happily at me, and nodded his head at me.

"But..how can I survive if I don't steal?" said the little boy, who was singing his lips to me.

"You don't have to worry about that, because from now on we will take care of you" I said confidently, and showed my cool side in front of the little boy.

"We? isn't uncle here alone?" said the little boy who then suddenly all my friends came to me using the teleportation power of Elysna. But somehow their existence makes me cramped.

"That's it they've come" I said while putting on a cool pose.

"Hey daresay you're gone, while your work isn't done!" said Elysna who looked upset, as well as others except Boa Boa who was dumbfounded while staring at the little boy.

"Ah!? i-it.. let me explain" said my resigned. Then we finally returned to the inn, taking the little boy, and I told him all about it with the little boy. Then the little boy also told his sad story during his lifetime.

The little boy was only ten years old, and he was born in this kingdom without knowing what happened. He said that then he had consciousness, he was already on the side of the road, and was only four years old. The little boy has been abandoned by his parents since childhood, and made us touched to hear his sad story.

"Alright, from now on he will stay with us" said Elysna who had decided this after hearing the story of the little boy.

"But by the way, what nation is he from? his ears are like a dog's ears" said Tygruth, who examined the child's ears closely.

"Ja-don't touch him.. uh. and I'm not a dog, but a fox" said the little boy, whose ears seemed to be a sensitive part of him. Because he immediately hugged his ear after Tygruth held it to research what nation he came from.

"Dome!?" I was surprised, because I thought he was a dog just like Tygruth thought.

"Then...What's your name, little girl?" boa Boa said with a sweet smile to the little boy.

"Well! cute.." said Elysna, and Boa Boa simultaneously as Yuki showed her shy face when introducing herself.

"Well then shouldn't we introduce our names as well?" my spoken.

"That's right. My name is Tygruth the handsome, and cold. Then she's Elysna the. ah, no. Then she's Boa Boa my most beautiful lover in the universe. Then the last one's stupid, silly, Goddamn it, that jerk is Gernath!" said Tygruth who introduced us with his flat face.

"Hey what are you saying! why is my nickname like that! while you call yourself handsome, and whatever" said I, who was upset, and could not accept Tygruth who had given me an ugly name.

"Well Yuki, let's play there with me" said Boa Boa who grabbed Yuki's hand, and took him away to play together.

"Hey, I'm coming too!" said Tygruth who then left, and did not want to apologize to me. Then the three of them left me, and Elysna in the room. Tygruth held Yuki's hand on the right, and Boa Boa held Yuki's hand on the left. I don't know why it makes me think that they both already have children, and have a family.

"Well look at that. They're like a happy family... hey Elysna, when do we have children?" my words were unconsciously saying the things I should have said in my heart. This was because I was too carried away by the feeling of watching the three of them. Because their hair is all blonde, they look like a happy family.

But Elysna who heard my words immediately blushed in embarrassment. Her face was red like a fresh tomato, and she bit her lips in shame, "What are you thinking!? we're not married!" elysna said with a small voice out of embarrassment.

"Eh!? ah!? I-I mean it's not that! ahaha! I-I just just spoke up!" I said it with a sigh of panic. Then after that we were just quietly in the same room, and turned our backs to each other in shame. Sometimes we also glanced at each other, but then immediately threw away face again.

"Elysna. promise me..."

"Promise for what?"

"Promise to stay alive"

"Well, you promised me, too, that you should stay alive!"

"Of course, but if your life is in danger, then I will save you first"

"I'll save you too if anything happens"

"Hmm. It turns out we do love each other huh, haha"

"Uh.. in-secret!"

The timid atmosphere continued until we forgot our job assigned by the innkeeper. Finally we were angry because he thought it was lazing, and not working. Therefore, we instead had to work overtime today as our punishment.