chapter 15: a dream

Finn returned to the hut tired and sweaty from the Mana gathering, all he wanted now was to get some rest. He entered the hut and Randolf was not there, Finn didn't know where he would go.

'He may have gone to gather some wood or something."

Fin did not occupy himself in thinking and threw his body on the bed and finally slept.

...

"Finn! Wake up!"

Finn quickly opened his eyes as he was surprised by the sudden scream.

He looked around, he was in a normal room, the floor was wooden while the ceiling was made of stones, there were many beds in the room scattered throughout the room, they were all two beds above each other, and the room was empty. He was wearing black clothes that usually suited his dark look.

"Finn, come on, wake up, we'll be late."

He looked at the sound source, and saw a boy with slightly yellow eyes, he could not see his features properly due to the lack of light in the room. But he distinguished his voice among hundreds of people, he was named Leonard, another boy in the orphan, and he was like finn's brother.

"I'm awake, no need to scream."

Finn spoke in a slightly exhausting voice, he obviously wanted to continue his sleep.

"Come on lazy, let's go."

"Huh?" Where to?"

Finn was surprised, where could they go.

"Did the burned cake affected your brain?

Leonard said in a sarcastic way.

"We're going to steal old Noel's house, remember?. We've planned for a whole month for this."

Finn opened his eyes by realizing now that he has remembered, that they were planning to steal the house of a rich man for a whole month, he almost forgot this thing.

"Oh, I almost forgot that."

Finn rube the back of his head, with a little embarrassment.

"What a bad memory you have, it's good that you don't forget your name and where the orphanage is."

Leonard said sarcastically, he was used to Finn's memory of surprisingly forgetting some things.

"Well, let's go, I heard that old Noel is on holiday in the eastern part of the city, it's a good opportunity for us, since there's no one at home now."

Finn and Leonard took a backpack, they were planning to put the things they would steal inside the bag, it was neither large nor small in size, but it would do the purpose. Leonard opened the window and climbed out, grabbed the barrel on the wall and skated down, Finn did the same but closed the window before going down.

Finn and Leonard walked through the dark alleys. The orphan was on the edge of the slums, between the neighborhoods of the rich and the poor, so it did not take long until they reached a huge bunk house, the house was designed in an old way for the houses of the rich next to it. There was a huge fence surrounding the whole house and the top of the fence was pointed edges to prevent anyone from climbing. Leonard walked around the fence while Finn was following him, they quickly reached a tree that was higher than the fence itself, from the first sight, Finn could know what they were going to do.

"Come on, climb my shoulder."

Leonard said that before he rested his back on the tree and leaned his head to the right. Finn put his foot on Leonard's shoulder after helping him with his hand, Finn couldn't climb on any torso because of his height.

"Damn, I can't get there."

After Leonard heard that, Finn grumbled, raised Finn's feet with his hands and tossed him upwards, helping Finn to catch one of the twigs that was thick and could bear his weight. Finn jumped from the branch to behind the fence, landed on the grass and felt a little pain in his feet, not long before Leonard followed him.

"Are you sure you're not a monkey disguised as a human being?"

Finn asked sarcastically, he could not explain Leonard's ability to climb despite his young height and age.

"I can confirm that I am not a monkey.

Leonard laughed a little, before starting to move towards the house.

"Come on, let's go."

Finn followed him quickly. That's when they got to the back door.

Leonard took out a hair clip and inserted it into the key opening after a little while he was able to open the door. Leonard entered and Finn followed him. the house was very huge, the kitchen alone was larger than the reception room in the orphanage .

The old Noel was interested in history and monuments, so Finn was able to see some strange statues and oil images hanging on the walls.

"Well, I guess we should sperate and look for something of value. Just to leave quickly"

He said as he looked at his surroundings.

" no need to be hurry"

"I feel something bad that will happen if we stay here for a long time. So let's finsh quickly "

"Stop being negative my friend, nothing will happen."

Leonard said with a smile on his face.

"If you say so."

He didn't argue much and started moving towards the staircase to the second floor. Leonard was looking on the first floor and picking up the pottery and anything similar to that could be sold.

Finn searched the second floor and there were only a few rooms, two bathrooms, and there were no valuables in it.

'Damn you old man, do you take all the valuables when you go out? And also why are there two bathrooms, do you get bored from one so you go to the other.'

Finn grumbled a little inside his head, until he reached the door of a room he hadn't searched yet, the door was relatively large. Finn took out a hair clip and tried to open the door, his skills at opening locks were not like Leonard but he was finally able to open the door.

The room was very large, there was a giant library that reached the ceiling from the right, while there were huge windows on the left, the windows and curtains were designed in an old way and not like the modern way that could be seen in any house of an average family, there was a medium office at the end of the room and behind it there was a fireplace, there was a computer and a few books and files on the office. A regular office for any rich person.

Finn arrived at the office and there was nothing precious but the computer but of course he could not put it in the bag. He saw a few drawers and tried to open them, but of course it was locked, he opened it with a hair clip.

'This hair clip should be upgraded, to become Mr.hair clip, how can he open any door and lock.'

Finn think a little and laughed at his bad joke before opening the drawer. there were a few files and precious things like a necklace and... It was just a necklace

'Is this old man economical or what, I didn't find anything precious in this fucking house.'

Finn grumbed before seeing something caught his attention.

It was a book above the desk like any other, whose cover was dired green as if it would ever be torn apart, there were a few words on it, but it was surprised by it.

"The General Guide to the Black Iron Union.

It was written in a strange handwriting, as if a painter had written this.

'Black Iron Union? What is this?'

Finn opened the book, there were a lot of things he didn't understand, which made his head feel dizzy.

'Laws of peace? Convention on the Prevention of Infringement? What is this shit?'

Finn didn't bother himself much and returned the book to his place, when he saw a small box next to him. The box was dark and invisible with the almost no light in the room, Finn extaned his hand and hold the box and open it. There was a small ball that could be hidden in the fist, which was crimson in color, like a blood cell.

Finn raised his head slightly, saw Leonard enter the room in a hurry, his face was full of sweat while he was closing the door.

"Leonard? What's wrong?"

"We have to go out. While I was down, I heard someone open the main door."

"Huh?" Is the old Noel back?"

Finn had started to be stressed .

"I don't know, I don't suggest that. Anyway, we have to go out."

Leonard went to one of the windows and opened it, the distance was high from that floor to the floor. Finn put the box in his bag and he came behind him.

"Damn, I hope you're not thinking about jumping from here."

"Surely no, you idiot."

Finn looked at the walls outside, and saw a pipe connected to the ground.

"There, we can climb that pipe. But it's relatively far away."

They began to hear the sound of feet approaching the room, until they apparently stopped in front of the door.

Leonard looked at Finn while saying

"So we have to jump into it"

The room door got pushed, and several figures appeared behind there, they were all tall while they were wearing masks to hide their faces, the group looked at the duo at the window.

Leonard jumped and grabbed the pipe and went down.

Finn tried to catch up with him, but one of them grabbed him out of the bag. Finn tried to get away from him, but that led to the bag being taken off. Finn jumped towards the pipe and went down.

The man looked at them then towards the bag and opened it, and looked back at them, and then he went away from the window.

Finn and Leonard ran towards the back garden, fortunately the fence was not very high and they could climb it without being damaged by the landing.

The duo ran towards one of the nearby alleys, to capture their breath, Finn took a look towards the road they had taken.

"It looks like they're not going to follow us."