The secret of the new family

After being adopted by the count, we went to his mansion in his carriage driven by two very well-kept white horses as a sign that he came from a wealthy family.

"I think I already have the right to call you 'my son', right?"

"What did you say to that man to make him give in when he wanted to adopt me?"

"Oh, what are you talking about? I just told him that I would pay him more than you cost."

"It's a lie, if you had told him that, his reaction would be one of happiness or exaltation and not fear and concern like the one he had, what's more, that employee looked less tense when we left the place. So, what's going on?"

"How insightful and intelligent for a boy your age."

"I have my moments. Now, are you going to tell me why?"

"You won't stop asking until I tell you, won't you?"

"That's right, we are already getting to know each other 'father'.

"Very well I will tell you, that orphanage is not a pink place like people and children think it is. It is a seedy place for the boys and girls who live there, the employees of that place receive the children without any problems. children, they feed them, dress them, provide them with water to wash and a bed to sleep in, but without the children noticing them, those people who apparently take care of them also observe and evaluate them in order to sell them as slaves to neighboring countries or if in the case that children have talent for magic they also sell them but at a higher price than being part of their armies."

"I see, so you threatened him into revealing the secret of the place in case he didn't sell me."

"I didn't do it specifically for that reason, the king doesn't have to know how shady this place is, that guy got scared because it's not in their interest that no one knows his secret hahahaha."

But then since this earl found out how dirty that orphanage is, where did he get that information from? How is it that he is so unconcerned in this situation? And the weirdest thing, why not bother to tell the king what's going on? All those questions are ruling my mind right now, without a doubt something doesn't add up between this guy and everything he can know.

I spent the whole way thinking about possible answers to those questions but I did not find any answer, but finally we arrived at the count's mansion and what would become my new home, two people were waiting for us at the entrance.

"Very well, my son, this is your new home. You may be wondering who are these two people who are at the entrance, this slender and beautiful figure is my wife who will now be your mother and this pretty girl here is my daughter who will pass to be your sister."

The count said that pointing to a very beautiful woman but also very young it is as if the woman had barely passed twenty years and there was also a girl who almost seemed my age although she was also very cute, she is like a small version of her mother .

"Welcome dear and welcome son."

My new mother said that with a very soft and attractive voice that made me blush all over.

"Hello my name is Aoi Kiyotaka, I am seven years old, he is a treat brother."

The little girl said all that making a little blushing bow.

"Kyotaka?"

"That's right, that's our family name. By the way I didn't ask your last name, would you mind telling me what it is?"

I think it would not be a good idea if he revealed my last name, if this earl finds out that I am the son of a whore and the best scammer merchant will probably dislike him and who knows what will happen next.

"I don't have… Last name, I have no memories of my family before you."

I had to lie, I have thought now to start from scratch and the bad memories will only make me carry unnecessary mental weight.

"Very well my son from this day your name will be Shun Kiyotaka."

"Thank you...for adopting me."

The days passed and I did not feel that my life had changed much beyond the food prepared by chefs recognized throughout the country and the expensive clothes, I kept concentrating more on practicing and improving my magical abilities, so much so that even my new sister said that it was boring every time he wanted to play or talk to me.

"Brother, can we play in the garden today?"

"Sorry I can't I'm busy. Maybe another day."

"You're boring brother, geez. Why bring home a child who doesn't know how to play."

Obviously if I knew how to play but with such a mature mind I wouldn't waste my time on games and would spend a lot of time studying, reading and researching everything related to this world. At that exact moment my father arrived.

"My children, what are you doing here?"

"I practice magic".

I say that by casting a spell modifying a piece of steel into a knife while my sister continues her tantrum.

"Dad, my brother is boring. Tell him to play with me."

My father is surprised by my spell and at the same time pays attention to Aoi.

"Shun from time to time you should play a little with your sister, believe me she inherited her mother's character and you don't want to know how she gets if she doesn't get what she wants."

"Okay, I'll play with her."

"When you're done, I want you to go to the basement, I'll be waiting for you."

After an hour of playing with my little sister, I head to the basement as my father had indicated.

He knocked on the door and my father speaks to me on the other side.

"Go ahead, you can come in."

"Father, what did you need me for?"

"That spell you used a while ago, I want you to use it again but using this material."

He says that, handing me a type of shiny crystal that seems very delicate to the naked eye.

"What is this father?"

"It's called magitonite and it's a magic conductor stone, you can use it in many ways such as to transform it into a weapon or to enhance any spell, besides that it's very hard, in fact it's the hardest material that has ever existed."

"And why do you give it to me?"

"Try to modify its composition, if you concentrate your magic well it can be quite malleable and you can turn it into any weapon or even any object that is useful to you."

With the magitonite in my hands I began to focus my magic directly on the stone to change its shape. It didn't take me long to transform it into a firearm, more exactly a pistol similar to the ones from my old world.

"Ready I finished".

I showed the gun to my father and he began to examine it.

"Interesting, quite a sophisticated weapon. What is it?"

Apparently in this world there are no firearms, although that would be better for me, I imagine that would be seen as something innovative in this world and it was created by me.

"Very well, now that you have created a weapon I must show you what we do in our family."

My father heads into a much darker corner and invites me to follow him. Deep in the room he shows me something that any normal person would be traumatized by, and I say normal person because he doesn't seem the least bit scared to my father.

"This is part of the job."

He says that pointing to a man with his arms and feet tied to a chair, both hands only had three fingers as if the others had been cut off, his toes were complete but something in common that all fingers had was that they all their nails had been pulled out.

"What is this? Father why are you showing me this?"

I asked so that I was very scared by the scene, that man was covered in blood everywhere, he was still breathing, he was alive, the light in his eyes was already lost, he was just dying and begging for a quick death so as not to continue suffering.

"Doesn't this man look familiar to you? Take a good look at him."

I began to analyze the person still having a panic that I could barely concentrate. But if he seemed very familiar to me.

"No, it can not be...".

"That's right… he's the person who didn't want him to adopt you, the same orphanage worker you were from before."

"I don't understand why you did that to him."

"It's simple, I'll explain it to you along with what I do at work. My son, in this kingdom I am a murderer, but not just any cold-blooded murderer, I only dedicate myself to ending the worst of this kingdom, what doesn't matter to me. brings nothing to this world."

I looked at my father with angry eyes and confronted him.

"Father who gives you the right to kill people just because you want to or because you simply say they are useless."

"To answer your question, it is enough to tell you what this man did in that orphanage, he was dedicated to the trafficking of children to other kingdoms and neighboring countries, the boys and girls were sold to be slaves and those who saw that they had talent for magic they sold them for higher value to become part of their armies and be overexploited to death. Tell me what you think of that?"

"It is clear that a simple pardon is not enough, but why not just stop the owner of that dark business?"

"That's what I did, I caught the mastermind of this whole thing."

Without being able to do anything and my father being clear about his position, I keep asking him questions now upset by the situation.

"Mom knows? Or does my sister know too?"

"Your mother already knows about this and Aoi is still too young to show her this scene."

"But you plan to tell him in the future, right? And how can mom agree to this?"

"Shun, being a murderer is not for everyone, the Kiyotaka family has been a family of murderers for many decades, it is something that is passed down from generation to generation. However, being a murderer you don't just put your life at risk, you also put the lives of your loved ones at risk, that is why we work under a special protocol for these jobs that I will only tell you if you decide to follow my steps".

"What? Follow your steps? What are you talking about?"

Every time my father says something it causes me confusion and doubt about this family.

"I'll let you make the decision here and now and you're going to do the following: this man you see here suffering so much that he wants us to end his suffering once and for all. If you finish the job I'll consider you ready but if you don't you do is because you are not suitable for this job, but I will not force you to do anything that you do not want nor will I be disappointed in you by the path you choose, I just want to know if I adopted the right son".

My head is full of doubts and crazy thoughts, I never believed that in this world I would kill someone, go through an orphanage and have a family where the man who adopted me to be his son would end up being a murderer.

"What do you choose? If you don't finish the job, I will. I just want you to keep in mind, how many people like this trash here are going to end up harming the lives of innocent people or helpless children with a future ahead of us. We murderers can change the world from the shadows".

"One last question, does the king of this kingdom know what you do?"

My father gave a small laugh and responded.

"Very good question, who do you think is the person who authorizes me to clean the city of unnecessary things at night.

Although let me ask you: why do you ask that?"

"It's obvious, isn't it? You speak very confidently when you say what you do, an ordinary murderer would be stressed and worried about what could happen to his family or why, even being a murderer, you haven't sent your family away from the kingdom , so I concluded that someone must be protecting you from the highest and you are an earl and the highest to an earl is the king himself, so it is evident that the king has all the knowledge of what you do, both share the information that each other knows and execute the plan.

"Hahahaha hahahaha hahahaha, incredible deduction. Everything you just said is true but you forget the most important ones."

"And that would be?"

"The family, I do this because I want a safe environment for my family and that I have to be the one who gets my hands dirty with blood and not my wife and children, and I know that I am contradicting myself but as I said before I will not be disappointed in the decision that you take".

After that conversation I tightly grip the gun, point it at the suffering man and pull the trigger.

The sound of a bullet was heard throughout the room and the suffering of that man was already over.

"Looks like you've already made up your mind son. Will you follow the path of being an elite assassin?"

"I think the question answers itself, but there will be a slight change."

"A change? And what would that change be?"

"You have your way of being a murderer and I'm going to have mine."

"Sounds good to me then, I'd like to see that."

"When we start?"

"Calm down Shun, I know you're excited but there's still something you have to do."

"What should I do first?"

"Well, it's obvious, before being a professional in anything you must study and it's just what you're going to do, study in an academy."

The serious expression I had on my face immediately changed to one of disappointment and surprise at the same time. How about a professional school, that is to say that in order to kill I have to study?

"Don't worry, you still have a few years to go before you can enter the academy, but we are going to use those years to train you in such a way that you will be a little bit ahead when you enter."

"Sounds good to me father, let's get started."