A WAY BACK HOME

Chapter 14 - Aniki -

"Alright!" I took a deep breath. "I actually have an elder brother... He was very strong, wicked and smart... and I somewhat owe him part of my raw skills. He was the one who trained me initially..."

I noticed the eager gleam in his eyes changed into slight disappointment and confusion.

"You really do lie a lot..." He spoke. "You told everyone that you had no family and the only one left with you back in your hometown was your childhood friend. Why lie about it? It's not like you'll not get hired the moment they figure out you actually have your own family... If there's any reason you'll get rejected, that'd be because you lie a lot..." He pursed his lips to the side, giving me a confused look.

"I used to have a family." I clasped my hands together. "That childhood friend I mentioned that I was taking care of was actually my younger brother... but I ran away and started my own journey. I was supposed to bring him with me, but after some time outside, he realized he preferred to stay at the comfort of our home, and gave me his full support and best wishes for my journey. I finally went out on a new life with my friends, free from restrictions, free from rules, finally free to choose how do I live my own life and what to do with it... I don't think its necessary for me to mention and talk about my family when I'm already a completely new person now, right?" I smiled at him.

"You have friends?" He raised a brow with a slightly disgusted look.

"Yeah..." I rested my head on my palms, looking up at the sky. "And they are people I'm always happy to be with."

"Hmm, I see..." He continued eating his snacks. "You left your family to run away with your friends... I'm not allowed to have friends. Let alone run away with them... That's strictly prohibited..."

"Haha! Because you're no ordinary person!" I slapped his back lightly. "You're an assassin and friends will just get in your way, rather get involved and get endangered. That's just normal for you to be prohibited from having one..."

"I don't know..." He shrugged. "I never talked to other kids... Getting them into trouble for me being an assassin isn't actually my concern... I just see no reason for me to hang out with them..."

Yeah, cause he's a complete weirdo...! So he really enjoys the idea of not having friends and that's why he was forcing me into that logic! Even dad permitted me to stay with my friends and even told me never to betray them! It's best I should not let him see other children... God knows what he would do to them!

"Well, people differ. What's fun for the other might not be fun for some..." I shrugged.

"People are meant to betray each other. I was told by dad not to trust anyone outside this mansion. I can somehow tell he's right. Like, for almost every babysitter sent here to take care of me, only YOU were trusted by dad and the rest THIS much..." His huge eyes stared right through mine. "You really must be something..."

Hold on, did he just say, EVERY babysitter? Does this mean that the previous babysitter he murdered was someone with an ulterior motive? But this family when it comes to security is everything! I was told that the previous babysitter was proven clean and wasn't found of any ulterior motives or acted any suspicious since then... does this mean that only the little devil knew about the babysitter's ulterior motive? Or does this has anything to do about 'betrayal'? Something rather personal?