17 The boy became stingy like his father

The maids in charge had arrived. They opened the door as if they didn't care and watched the Prince sitting at the desk reading. They had brought dinner and, incidentally, to gossip.

They left the plate on the table pushing the Prince with everything and books, he looked at them with surprise as he did not understand the situation.

-His highness, here has your dinner, already put that book down at once-

Ray feigned ignorance and internal mockery was imminent. Although there was someone who, observing the treatment of the child, felt a deep anger rather than a bad joke. There was a kitten hidden in a drawer on the top shelf. One of the maids who was inspecting the place noticed something moving in the box on the shelf, she approached to lower it and found a bad looking kitten inside.

-And this...what does mean, his highness? -

The maid tried to get the animal out of the box but it was fierce. He was defensive and very aggressive showing his teeth and claws. These women earned their hatred the first time around. Their mistreatment of his father instinctively caused his hostility to these lower creatures to surface. He tried to scratch the woman and would have jumped at her face to gouge out her eyes had it not been for thw voice that he heard in his mind.

[Don't do it, save your aura and let me take care of it]

The animal curled up, glanced at the woman holding the box.

-Damn cat! I will...-

-Don't hurt him, mother...she said I could keep it if I studied a lot. If you do something to him, I'll tell her it was you-

It was a complete and utter lie, but the terror of facing the queen left them paralyzed. This recurring save called "mother" would not exist much so he should think about how to get rid of them next time. Then I hear Meraki's voice:

[Dad, if I can't kill them, can I play with their memories?]

[Oh! Go ahead and practice with them until you get fed up]

Meraki stared at the maid and she froze. The same happened to the other two who accompanied her. The women's eyes turned deep black. For about fifteen minutes they were like guinea pigs until Meraki reached the edge of limit and warned Ray that they would soon regain consciousness.

When they woke up they were stunned and saw the Prince sitting on the bed getting ready to sleep.

-Your highness have a good night, see you tomorrow-

-Thank you and see you tomorrow-

The maids turned off the lights and left, confused with a headache. In the dark the only thing that illuminated the room was the moon and the eyes of an angry and disgusted Meraki. He had witnessed the queen's atrocities from the perspectives of the maids. He aside, he obtained extremely important information that he shared with Ray.

-I see how the panorama inside the castle is going to be handled, interesting. I did not know that that heartless bitch could do that, besides that it was not enough to disappear one, that others appear to annoy us. Do not worry this is nothing compared to what we will do next, they are not rivals for both of them so calm down my child-

Meraki's breathing had quickened and he was about to burst into tears when Ray stroked him and pulled him close to his chest to sleep.

-What you see will cause you pain but remember that none of that will harm you while I am here for you, they will lose their heads before they can reach you-

The kitten snuggled into the arms of the child who now showed himself in his true form and who was looking at him with golden eyes that exuded a warmth and tranquility that gave security.

**

The weeks passed repeatedly. The maids arrived, left food and left. Added to all this were two private tutors for the Prince who found that instructing him was getting more difficult as classes progressed. For them it was as if the child did not understand or had a hard time understanding.

Even reading was slow, the little boy would squint and bring the books up to his face but still he couldn't form words correctly and he got stuck. The Prince complained of a headache and not being able to see well. The Hohem doctor, upon learning, arrived immediately and concluded that the Prince had myopia and, to put an end to all hope, he had signs of dyslexia.

The doctors got together to try to somehow resolve the matter. They would rather do everything possible to save their heads than end up as Fersa. They hid the evidence of the Prince's problem until they found the solution, in the same way the tutors were silent for fear of dying and stopped teaching until the doctors solved the dilemma.

Thus Meraki and Ray obtained temporary tranquility. They spent the afternoons at home having luxurious snacks, studying the files and contrasting the information they had been handling up to now. At other times they would go out to the bay to walk and swim to clear their minds and when they did not, they would go to the maid area to steal money and valuable belongings that they could sell at any time.

Ray had become very stingy when it came to the inheritance that lay in Winca's vault, he preferred to steal from others who would not know what to use the money for than to spend the one in the vault with the excuse that that money was there for an expense. urgent and necessary and not to spend for pleasure. Meraki had learned that ugly trick of greed, and it gave Ray the feelings of a proud father.

Filling his pocket was his another dream of his. The last years of his life in his original world, he was poor and the money he earned was hardly spent on food and lodging. Despite this, he took on the task of having a small emergency savings and for this sometimes, he did not eat or simply sleep on the street in order to have money for medicine or similar needs.

He now he began to keep what he stole but he he knew that later he would use it to pamper himself and Meraki. It was a necessary expense, the boy did not know and he had to learn to manage his personal finances. Then Ray assigned him a fortnight of approximately 100 gold nevas (USD1000) and for each achievement he would give him an extra payment of 50 nevas, which motivated the boy to work more for tomorrow.

Between each robbery he became a little rich and joy mixed with illusion floated in Meraki's mind, which visualized himself buying valuables, stocks or properties to put them to work and generate more profits.