You’re my father

" The king has requested that I hold a few fights between you all, he wishes to see your level. Whoever wants to participate step forward, but please keep in mind that if you do poorly you'll be embarrassed in front of the king, so i suggest you step forward only if you're truly confident of your abilities!! "

Ean yelled, announcing the start of a soon to be, small tournament, to which the children replied to by looking at each other a bit nervously, and after half an hour, only four kids stepped forward

" Alright! let's begin! "

" Uh—master? "

One of the four children questioned as he raised his hand up slowly, only to receive a head tilt from Ean who stared deeply at his eyes

" Can i make a request? "

The child questioned as he stepped forward; the kid had very bright red hair and light pink eyes, with a very pale looking skin color

" Yes you can, but before can I ask you a question? "

Ean said as the kid would simply tilt his head with complete innocence

" Whatever happened to your manners? The king is in your presence and this is how you act? "

Ean said, with a overpowering tone which made the kid laugh and smile nervously

" Ah yes, my apologies your majesty "

The child said as he would then quickly bow his head down, being stared down upon by both Shu and Ean; the two men had become interested in this child, not only for the fact that he stood out, but also because he was bold enough to step up to the two of them with such a laid back tone and body language.

" My name is Raven, and I am 5 years old "

The boy now known as Raven said whilst slowly standing up straight, giving the two powerful figures in front of him a small smile

" Now what was your request? "

Shu questioned, becoming interested in the boy whilst leaning forward a bit, resting his chin on Ean's head, looking down at the boy with his cold and emotionless eyes which frightened the child a bit

" Uh—instead of having a tournament, can I just fight the other three all by myself? "

He replied, only for Shu to open his eyes wide in surprise, before slowly letting his eyelids rest

" No, the king specifically said that he wanted a tournamen- "

" Let it be Ean, I wanna see this "

Shu said, Interrupting the man he was sitting on, before jumping off of Ean's shoulders, landing on the ground with his hands shoved inside of his pants

" Raven, was it? "

Shu whispered as he walked over to the red hair boy, looking down at him with a calm expression, only to receive a nod from the kid

" If you can defeat these three boys, I will grant you one wish "

Shu said, loud enough for everyone in the crowd to hear, which of course wounded the other children's ego.

How come that weird looking boy was getting the attention of the king? Were the thoughts of the the other three kids as their anger and jealousy began to manifest

" Any wish? "

The boy asked

" Any wish that I could grant, of course you cant wish to be the king haha, but you can wish to be a noble or you can wish for land, anything you want "

Shu replied, which made the kid think a bit, feeling a really hesitant to reply, wasn't this too easy?

" What's the catch? "

Raven replied, to which Shu smiled, proceeding to point at the other children

" You just have to defeat them "

" Any how, you boys can begin "

Shu said before jumping back onto Ean's shoulders, to get a better view of the fight that was about to occur, soon the fight started and only a minute into it and everyone was left speechless, including Shu and Ean.

Before them were the three children, beaten to a pulp, with a bunch of cuts and bruises all around their body, one's arm was broken and the other two had all of their legs broken, and above them stood Raven.

He had an almost devilish smile on his face, his fists and cheeks were covered in blood, his clothes was completely dirtied in it.

For the past minute, he was ruthlessly beating the three children up with just his fists.

All of a sudden Shu's heart skipped a beat, as his blood began to accelerate, the more he looked at Raven the faster his heart beat, not because he was attracted to the boy, but because the mere sight of him caused a sort of boost in his adrenaline .

Shu would the look away, in an attempt to get rid of all his pumped up adrenaline, which to his surprise it had worked, soon after he looked back at Raven and the feeling was gone

" I did your majesty, now can I be granted a wish? "

Raven questioned as his smile slowly faded his breath started to be heard due to the fact that he was panting heavily, it seemed like the fight had taken a lot out of him even though earlier he didn't show said signs of fatigue

" Yes, what do you want? "

Shu said, proceeding to levitate out of Ean's shoulders, only to float toward the boy, levitating in front of him with his legs crossed

" Huff, huff, can you—huff, huff "

The boy tried to speak, but his tired self wouldn't allow it so he held onto his chest, trying to regain back his energy

" Its okay, take your time, you aren't in a rush "

Shu whispered as he would then place his right hand on the boys shoulder, trying to calm him down

" Well—can I ask you to come with me? "

The boy asked

" What for? "

Shu replied, tilting his head, confused at the boy's wish, certainly his company wasnt worth as much as receiving the status of noble or receiving land, right?

" I need you to come meet my mother, she needs to you see "

Raven said, as Shu would then straighten his head, looking into the boy's eyes with a serious expression

" Why? "

" She says you're my father "