“What did she say?”
“It might be a foreign kid….”
The danger from the boys who were grouped in a discussion had already disappeared and only a feeling of confusion was left but, Latina hadn’t noticed in her panicked condition. She was struggling desperately as she shouted out.
“”
“What are you doing!!”
Hearing Latina’s shrieks, a young girl around the same age as the boys came rushing out from a nearby house. As soon as she saw the ghostly pale Latina she rushed right into the middle of the group of boys.
“To such a small kid, bullying is the worst!”
“Uwa, stop, Kuroe!”
“That’s not it, it’s a misunderstanding”
Apart from the brown haired boy who got away quickly, the other two were sacrificed to a punishment of fists by the young girl named Kuroe.
To Latina who forgot about the panic and staring blankly, the young girl called Kuroe was cool.
As the one who was helped Latina ended up becoming the mediator.
“It hurts? … Are you ok?”
“I’m alright! It’ll be fine if I just spit on it!”
“You would say that Kuroe”
In front of the two boys who Kuroe punched and kicked, Rudi and Marcel – the round-faced boy – squat down Latina who was looking gloomy with a seemingly worried face.
“Latina, we didn’t give you a proper reply so… sorry…”
“Making you scared, it was our bad so.…”
After Marcel bitterly laughed, Latina made an even more apologetic face. In front of him, pointing her small palm, tightly straining her expression. Wetting her lips, she spoke graciously.
“”
From the palm of Latina a gentle light escaped, surprising the surrounding kids.
Latina also used the same recovery magic on Rudi. Afterwards she frowned and fell down on the ground.
“Are you ok?”
“Ok. Only, a little tired”
Smiling happily Latina answered Kuroe. Taking advantage of that the young boys all unanimously and excitedly surrounded Latina.
“Amazing! A magician!”
“You can use magic even though you’re so small, amazing! Who taught you?”
“I… this is the first time I’ve seen magic!”
Kuroe took a step forward, glaring at them after seeing that their enthusiasm had frightened Latina.
The young men suddenly stop moving and Latina looked out from behind Kuroe.
“Amazing? Latina just, used a simple, healing magic?”
Latina tilts his head and answered.
“Able to use magic, is amazing?”
“Most of the people on the streets can’t use it. Except for the people who work at the temple or the Feudal Lord’s place, or people belonging to big companies. And adventurers I guess”
Even though Anthony – a brown haired young boy – was the one who taught that to her, Latina was nodding like ‘Exactly’.
(Dale is an adventurer. So that’s why he can use magic)
And then suddenly she remembered. That she was a lost child.
“Latina, lost sight….. way back, don’t know”
“Where did you come from, Latina?”
“Nearby… ocelot shop….”
Looking at Latina’s dejected face, the kids look at each other.
“Ocelot?”
“There are no shops like that around here, right?”
“Maybe over there? The place with the green flag”
“The adventurer’s shop?”
Latina brightened up at those words.
“Yea. Adventurer, a lot of shops, come”
The kids look exchanged a look with each other.
The Adventurer’s Shop is a dangerous place where outsiders who do dangerous work gather. Their parents forbid them from playing around that area.
But this is helping someone.
It’s definitely not just them wanting to go and see what it’s like.
–After all, kids hold an interest towards things which adults forbid them from doing.