Mask Guy

Leaving for the capital -3

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The heated discussion was close to breaking a fight, so I decided to step in.
I've put on a cute smile and sneakily walked to their table. When all of the attention was on me I spoke.
" Hewwo ewyone! Mway I ask why are mwommy and dwaddy fighting with their friends? It's making me reawlly swad." after I spoke those words I've pouted. Of course, it's all an act, I can already talk like an adult and I'm not as childish as to show such expressions.
They all looked worried and weren't eager to speak. Unexpectedly Johnny was the first to speak. He sat on his knees and bent towards me.
" Hello, Aloir! Please don't be sad, we aren't fighting! See? We are all friends here —everyone at the table nodded —. We were just talking about..."
As I put on a smug face I confidently spoke, not like a two-year-old, but as a strong individual.
"About my birthmark, is that right?" I stopped for a second and spoke again, this time with a bitter expression that I unconsciously made "It's a bad sign... right?"
They were shocked, but still quick to clear the misunderstanding. Irene sadly spoke.
"It's not... That birthmark, it's a sign from the Gods. It's something that the Hero of this world is born with. Having it means that you'll have to leave us for the capital and get training to someday fight with the demon lord..."
Alfred stepped in and said:
"That's right! That's why we were arguing like that... Everyone suggested that we'd announce you to the guild master who will then talk to the king... Doing that we'll be sending you away..." shortly after saying that Alfred burst into crying. Big heavy tears fell out of this strong man with the speed of light.
I panicked. I wasn't ready for such an answer, I wasn't ready to see dad crying... that made me really sad. Soon tears fell down my face, they wouldn't stop. I just sat there on my dad's lap, comforting him with everyone around trying to comfort me. I never experienced such a thing in my previous life, it made me feel wanted and loved.
I thought that it wasn't right for me to feel this way, that it wasn't right for me to be childish, to love my new parents. I might have been nineteen when I died, but I was still a child no matter how I look at it...so it might be fine to feel loved, just a little bit...
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After things calmed down I told everyone that I'm fine with them telling the guild master about me.
"If I was born with it, it means that it's my duty to protect mom, dad and everyone from the demon lord! I'd like to train as soon as possible in order to do that..." Those couldn't be the words of a two-year-old no matter how you look at it. I dropped every sign of me being a child, I want them to trust me and I really want to train as soon as possible.
Mom and dad eventually agreed, though with the condition that it'd be told about only when I'm 3.
After that, the party gradually stopped visiting and I spent all of the time as a normal child with dad and mom.
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Today is the day that I turned three. I thought mom and dad were just making a big deal out of nothing when they fully prepared me. The party was telling the guild master about me on the same day as mom and dad seemed to believe they'd pick me up.
They... weren't making a big deal out of nothing. It was a big deal! It's just a little past eleven in the morning and they are already mobilized in front of my house!!!
I opened the door with Alfred and Irene behind me, the second they saw me they all bowed. There were around fifteen servants on each side of the pathway; in the end there was a big puffy carriage with one of the symbols I saw in the book I was reading some time ago. The symbol was a golden isosceles trapezoid with a sword and a magical staff in the middle. The sword and staff were one over the other; you know like the usual fork and spoon sign. It was from the Astra family, a house full of swordsmen and mags, or so I've read.
A few seconds later out of the carriage came a tall suple young boy. His hair was blonde and shiny and his eyes were silver, he was sparkling from head to toe. He came close to me and bowed. Irene and Alfred panicked as they never saw me bow before, but I've got plenty of experience from my past life. I, too, elegantly bowed showing my respect; I wasn't expecting a reaction, but the young boy suddenly made a weird face. I panicked for a second thinking that I've done something wrong. Suddenly, I was... flying? The boy picked me up with the speed of light and shoved me into his arms. Tears started falling down his cheeks and he squeaked.
"You... are just so cute!!! The way you bowed so perfectly with your little body... so moe!!" M.. moe??!! I was petrified... what's wrong with this person!!
Mom and dad looked worried but didn't dare to make a move. The servants instead seemed like they were used to it.
I had to pull myself together and show my parents that I'm fine. I reached my hand to his head and went ahead to pat him. He was so tall that I only got around his bangs though. As I was patting his head gently I smiled and said:
"Big bro is cute twoo! Big bro's eyes are jwust so prewtty!"
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He was the one petrified now... It was like I just critical damaged him; he just stopped working with me in his hands.
It took some time but the young boy pulled himself together, I was already behind Irene and Alfred when that happened.
He bowed once again to my parents raised his head and spoke:
"I am sorry for my late introduction, I am Alan von Astra. The oldest boy of the Astra family." Alan looked so dignified, he was sparkling all over giving off his noble aura at every word he spoke; totally different from the person before if you ask me.
As dignified as he was he couldn't hold back from smiling when I came out from behind Irene.
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My parents talked to Alan for a while; in the meantime I was playing with two of the maids that were going to be in my care... or more like they were playing with me. They both looked young and were from the beastmen race. They kept on tickling me with their tails until Alan came and scolded them for playing with me by themselves.
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As it was time to leave I said goodbye to my family and promised that I'll see them soon, it wasn't just them holding back their tears, I was doing my best too.
That time I promised myself that I'll get stronger and protect everyone, that I'll become someone they'll be proud of!
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Author's note:
Thank you if you've read this far. I hope you enjoyed it and please remember that all opinions are welcomed.
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Soon to be continued