Departure and new home

Chapter 5 – Departure and new home

Simon's starting plan was quite simple, if he wanted to die. His plan to sell gold or silver was unfeasible, he could transmute some coins, but still, a 6-year-old boy walking alone draws a lot of attention.

Besides, without a place to live, he would end up becoming another stray, and he didn't want that. Simon spent the next few months planning his departure as he continued to improve his alchemy and tried to find any signs of magical activity around him.

He also started to use magical energy with more affinity as he got older. He knew that to cast spells, a wand was necessary, but he wanted to try anyway. Likewise, he was sure that the wand, as well as the transmutation circles, were just channelers of the energy present in his body.

Eventually Simon found a good spot—an old 3-story industrial building that, although old, seemed to keep the water supply and heating system working. The only problem was that it became a meeting place for the worst kinds of people.

There were a lot of addicts, drug dealers and prostitutes in the region and the building was the place where they gathered, but he didn't care and already considered that place his. Simon waited until his 6th birthday to take action.

He wanted to have one last birthday party with his friends before he left.

- Simon, come on. It's his birthday, and everyone is waiting for the cake.

- I'm coming, Claire.

- What did you order as your main course?

- A roast pig Seriously?

- That's great, I love roast pork

- I know

Simon exchanged a few words with Claire as they both descended the stairs.

Claire was one of the older sisters at the orphanage, she was 17 years old and had beautiful brown curly hair. Her green eyes and fair skin made her seem to glow when she smiled. Simon liked her because she was one of the calmest and most helpful of the elders, always helping the younger ones.

He had his diaper changed by her more than once. Even though he spent most of his time alone, he still had those he liked at the orphanage, and without a doubt, Clara and Heloise were his two favorite older sisters.

Thinking about things from the past and looking at everyone at the table smiling and celebrating their birthdays, Simon smiled and started to enjoy the food before sharing the cake with his brothers and then going to sleep.

The next day, when they all went to have breakfast together, Claire noticed that Simon was not present. She looked around for a while before beginning to eat. After finishing, she went upstairs and went to Simon's room, but she found nothing there besides a sheet of paper with a single word written on it.

- "Farewell!"

- Principal Victoria, Principal Victoria!

Victoria, who was sitting behind a table keeping track of the month's expenses, was surprised to see Claire, who was normally so calm, become so anxious.

- What happened, Claire?

- It's Simon. He's gone

- How did it disappear?

- He didn't come down for breakfast, so I figured he was still sleeping. When I went up to wake him, I found this on the table.

Looking at the note handed over by Claire, Victoria got up and called all the staff to search the house and surrounding area, while she called the police and reported a missing person.

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Meanwhile, Simon moved through London's sewer tunnels toward the other side of the city, toward his newest property. He was wearing a protective suit that he made for himself, being careful about possible illnesses and things like that he could acquire when walking through the sewers, and he had a map that he made with some notes and a small compass to guide himself in the sewers.

He had to walk a long way to reach an old steel door, which gave access to the basement of the building.

Taking a small chalk from his pocket, Simon drew a circle on the door before touching it and transmuting it into a new door, giving him access to the building. In the basement, Simon found himself surrounded by a lot of rubbish and old things, it seemed like nobody had been in here for a few years, which was good for him.

Taking off his clothes and throwing them in a corner, Simon took a sealed iron box out of his backpack and opened it to reveal a sandwich that he ate greedily. Finishing his lunch, he found a spot and did some simple cleaning before checking and confirming that the building's walls were hollow and had some space for him to move around.

Leaving the walls, he rested a little before returning, this time via another path. It would be a busy night.

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At around 4 a.m., Simon got up and began stretching. In the last few hours, although not much, he has seen and heard several things within the walls of the building, people arguing, fucking, and using drugs, he even heard of a case of gang rape of a girl who didn't look 20 years old but was destroyed by drugs.

Simon made a point of watching every naughty action done by everyone in the place.

Not because he was a pervert; rather, he was just once again convincing himself that soon he wouldn't be killing humans but rather animals.

Sensing it was time, Simon got up and stretched a little. He was wearing a simple set of clothes, dark pants and a black shirt. He was also wearing a pair of gloves with a strange circle sewn onto them.

Leaving the basement, Simon climbed the stairs that led to the first floor. Most people in the building were either sleeping or too high to notice him. Coming out of the basement, the first thing Simon saw was a man walking in a confused way while scratching himself.

He had dirty, dry skin, long hair and rotten teeth. Simon glanced briefly at him before walking toward him. Sensing someone coming toward him, the junkie turned and looked at Simon with those dull, unfocused eyes.

Simon didn't mind the look, and as he approached, he lightly touched the man with his right hand, who, before he could say anything, fell to the ground, bleeding from every orifice.

This was a way that Simon found to kill in the quietest and fastest way possible, destroying everyone's organs with just one touch.

Simon went to the door before pulling out the chalk and drawing a circle on it. At that moment, two men entered and saw Simon.

- Who the hell is that?

- He must be the son of an addict.

Come on, let's go. Simon stopped drawing and turned to the two of them before walking up to them from behind and touching each of them.

- What the fuck is this, you...

Before he could finish speaking, he fell to the ground dead, with all his internal organs destroyed, just like his friend. 

Simon returned to drawing in silence, and when he finished, he sealed the building's entrance door before continuing on his way. Leaving the corpses behind, he continued wandering around the first floor for a while before going upstairs and starting to search room by room.

In one of them, two young women hugged an older man, they looked like they had just gone through adolescence, but they were already destroyed. Simon walked over and lightly touched all three of them, causing them to spasm, before moving on to the next room.

There were some drug dealers and prostitutes who were still awake, but Simon took advantage of his short stature, his lack of attention, and his surroundings to move silently.

Man, woman, young or old. Simon killed everyone he found. The smell of blood started to spread around the place, but the stench of everything covered it well. In the end,

Simon didn't even have to fight; he just lightly touched each one before killing them. Of course, when he entered the room where the young addict was raped, he made sure to torture the rapists a bit before killing them.

Let's just say that having your pain receptors fed information to the point of death doesn't seem very pleasant, but he was surprised that one managed to last 2 hours before finally dying. In the end, Simon dragged all the bodies to the basement and then decomposed them all into a mass of blood and other things that he threw into the sewer before sealing the door leading to it.

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Yet another chapter. It won't take long for him to go to Hogwarts, so I just ask you to wait 5 more chapters.