550. Diabetic Hug

Alexander took his office and quickly did a full-on search and firing. All those who were found to be spies of other high ranking officers or directly the Fuhrer were made to leave by either getting fired or accepting a transfer to some faraway place.

This way, he truly made his office his own. Now, not many people were working in there but those that were there were enough to do most of the task.

Not just that, he also wrote a special transfer order. Specifically for Colonel Roy Mustang.

Alexander knew the man was ambitious but also knew his character. He was not fully sure, but after the events of Hughes's funeral, he started liking him.

If a man can cry in front of others, then that man knows humility. And those who know humility rarely go bad.

...

Dublith,

*BAM*

Edward received a punch to his head from the lady who suddenly came out of the door.

"TEACHER," the Elric brothers exclaimed.

"Teacher? She is your teacher? But you two said she's a monster. However, all I see is a pretty aunty." Ajax exclaimed.

"So I'm a monster now?" Izumi Curtis asked while cracking her knuckles.

Izumi was a grown woman with a slender yet well-toned figure and tall height. She had fair skin, sharp dark eyes, and upper back-length black hair often worn in box braids tied in a ponytail. Above her left breast was a Flamel tattoo.

She wore a long white-collared, button-up blouse that revealed her cleavage with flowing backsides, form-fitting grey pants reaching her ankles, and open-toed sandals that had the letters "W.C." on them.

The Elric brothers shuddered in fear. Alphonse quickly tried to save himself. "Ahaha... teacher, Ajax is just making stuff up. We never called you a monster. We respect you a lot."

She turned around and saw Alphonse's armor. "Oh, look how tall you have grown, Al. Come here."

Alphonse was fooled by her amiable voice and went forward.

*BAM*

She slammed him to the ground by his wrist. Then she looked at Ajax.

"Oh, beating me is child abuse, I'm just 5 years old," Ajax warned her.

"LIKE I CARE" She shouted and tried to pick him up. But she couldn't.

"What the hell, kid. How heavy are you?" She asked in shock.

"Haha, I drink milk twice a day. I am growing. I told Ed to drink milk too, but he's too wussy," Ajax proudly replied.

"WHAT DID YOU SAY?" Edward got up and ran to Ajax, only to receive another punch from Izumi.

*UWAAAA*

Izumi vomited blood suddenly.

Her husband quickly took out medicine, "You shouldn't push yourself."

She looked at her giant of a husband lovingly, "How sweet of you to worry for me. Thank you."

After that small incident, they were invited in and spent the night there. They found out that Elric brother's father was alive and kicking. This made them a bit depressed but also motivated to find him and give him a beating.

The next morning. The Elric brothers told Ajax that they suspect that Izumi has also practiced Human transmutation and that is why she can also use alchemy without making a transmutation matrix.

So, they went out to confront her. She brought them to the backyard. Ajax didn't have much to talk to them about so he just stood at the side.

But to their shock, she conjured a spear and attacked Edward, who also turned his metal arm into a blade and cut her spear.

Izumi stopped and looked at the two sternly, "As I suspected, you can transmute without a matrix. On top of which, Al is now a suit of armor and two of your limbs are made of automail."

The two were shocked, "T-Teacher, how did you know."

"Oh, please, I can tell from sparing with you. I can feel your metal limbs and the empty armor." She replied angrily.

"You saw it, Edward, didn't you? YOU SAW IT?" She asked him about the truth.

"YES YES!" Edward cried.

She turned sad, "It seems both of us are beyond help."

"Teacher... you... saw it too..." Edward muttered.

They went back to the home and she told them what happened. Her husband stood beside her.

"For a while, it seemed we were barren, we wanted a child but couldn't conceive one. When we were finally able to conceive, I ended up falling gravely ill. And our child... well, he was not able to take a living breath in this world. And so, I committed the taboo. As a result, I lost parts of my inner organs. What an idiot I was. Now I realise, I should have told you sooner. It must have been awful."

She looked at Edward and Alphonse sadly. Ajax, who was sitting beside Izumi, also felt bad for the two brothers and this aunty. He decides to smuggle out a philosopher stone from Phixheim for them. He didn't know if it could help them or not, but he wanted to give them hope.

Edward forced a smile on his face, "Nah, I did it to myself, after all. It hasn't been that big of a deal actually."

"Besides, now I have this long list of things I want to eat after I get my body back. Right brother?" Alphonse spoke.

"Yeah, it's nothing." Edward agreed. They were desperately trying to not make Izumi feel guilty. But it didn't seem to work as she came to them and hugged them like a worried mother.

"You darning little idiots. It's okay to feel hurt." She said.

Edward tried to hold back his tears. They hugged her back.

"Forgive us," Edward said.

"We are sorry, teacher," Alphonse added,

"YES. IT IS HUG TIME." Ajax also jumped into a hug with time.

"Don't worry, whoever this truth guy is, Grandpa will give him a beating soon. Also, don't worry, I will get you a philosopher stone. Just wait for me till morning. I will be back." Ajax announced firmly.

*POP*

He suddenly disappeared.

"Where did he go?" Alphonse asked worriedly,

Hats was still there, "Ah, ignore him. He'll be back here in no time. You guys continue your group hug. Just leave me out of this, it's too diabetic for me."

Hats ignored them all and went out to check the neighbourhood. He roamed around like a normal cat while hiding his smile because he knew how most humans react to it. The only exceptions were people in Phixheim.

He did what normal cats do. He stole fish from people's houses and got into fights with cats in the neighbourhood and accidentally became the cat king of the neighbourhood.

"MUWAHAHA... Call me Lord Hats from now on. Now, go and steal all hats in the city. Go, my minions." Hats ordered his followers.

All the cats bowed to him and ran away.

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