Chapter 8

The class ended, with everyone introducing themselves and singing along with everyone. As Vin left the classroom, he immediately went to the next room, where Andrea could be found.

Upon checking, Vin realized that the class hadn't ended yet. And so, he went to the middle of the school where a field could be found.

There were many students that played among the field. The school ranges from kindergarten to high school which is why Vin could see a wide variety of people around.

Suddenly, someone shouted from afar. With Vin occupied from observing the students on the opposite side of the incident, he hadn't taken notice of it. And so, there was a gust of wind along with the shout.

Something was flying...

Vin bowed. Along with this, he raised his hand with full force, which was more like a slap as his palms were visible. Bam! Something was hit.

The ball used in volleyball was hit, going back to where it came from; More precisely the location where the shout was heard.

There were different stares that looked at Vin. Not just the person who accidentally threw the ball at him, but also the others from the whole school who saw the situation.

"I thought the guy who threw the ball would go to the disciplinary office for hitting a child."

"What's up with that young boy? Those moves were something you don't see in everyday life."

"Was there a camera somewhere? You sure this isn't some sort of a prank?"

There were different reactions and opinions that surfaced among the crowd. Vin, who had realized what happened, decided to walk the same path he was going earlier.

I don't need a lot of attention for returning a ball, jeez...

Suddenly, someone tapped the back of Vin. Even with his instincts as a warrior suppressed, he still moved, dodged, rotated his whole body and prepared for a battle stance.

"Cool..."

"Oh, hi Andrea."

"Hi, Vin."

The one who tapped the back of Vin was no other than Andrea. Her class seemed to be finished as there were children coming out of her classroom. With Andrea noticing something, she then talked.

"Let's go home."

"Yeah."

Vin, who had planned to do the same, abandoned his battle stance and walked side by side with Andrea.

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"You're not going to school."

"..."

The large man said, looking down at his "son". It did not take long before he turned around and left the room.

"That's unfortunate," said the boy around 10 years old who saw the situation.

"Well at least, you could check our notes in case you wanted to learn," the other boy said around 12 years old who's beside the previous one. "That is, if you even understand a thing at all!" he added with a screech of a young person.

The boy they are mocking at is a child around 4 years old. Even as a young kid, he resembles an adult which is the reason for him to be bullied by the other boys.

In response to him being mocked, he went silent, closed his eyes and started cursing someone repeatedly in his mind.

I'll kill you, Vandyr... I'll kill you, Vandyr... I'll kill you, Vandyr...

After reciting those words in mind, he left the room without notice. The two boys who were looking at him disgustingly, had their gaze away from him.

The boy left the house. He then started walking across different parts of the street familiar to him.

To release stress from what happened previously, his mind wandered while looking at the ground.

How do I escape from these premises?

This is what he had been thinking ever since he got into the household he's currently living in. As a child around this age, things like this won't cross his mind. But the fact that he's different from the others makes it possible. And so, he took a sigh.

Unexpectedly, something shining took notice of the boy. He looked closer to check the thing. Seeing what he had expected, a grin showed in his face.

With this, I could do that thing!

Taking the shining object, the boy turned around and went to his destination.

Standing in front of a slightly ragged building, was the same boy with a grin on his face holding a shiny thing. He entered the place through the entrance with an opened door.

What approached him upon going inside was a commotion of teenagers. Ignoring the noise, the boy went straight to the counter whose height was higher than him. Because of this, he pushed a chair and stepped on it to be seen by the person in charge of the place.

"What is it, lad?" the person asked.

Without speaking, the boy showed and gave the shiny thing. The person acknowledged this and started speaking.

"That's 20 minutes. Occupy number 13."

There was a bit of a silence but eventually, the boy said "Yes."

He started counting the numbers around. Each spot has a screen, keyboard, mouse and headphone. The place the boy went to was no other than a computer. And the shiny thing he found on the ground earlier was a 10 peso coin(0.2 dollars).

Finally, the boy found the cubicle number he was assigned to. As the computer was already open, he immediately went to the internet browser which took around 5 minutes to do so upon searching for the application. He then started typing on the keyboard.

"Where am I?" was typed on the search bar. The boy clicked "enter" and the searching began.

In an enlarged font and being the first one to pop up among any other results, was the location he was searching for.

How do you read this?

The boy sighed as he lacked the knowledge of the world he was in. He was about to give up when out of his senses, a teenage boy appeared on his back.

"Manila, Philippines... Why are you searching for such a thing?" the teenager asked.

"..."

"But still, for a child, you're weird, huh. Searching for your own location and such. Kids at your age are probably watching some animated kids show right now..." the teenager explained. And then, he asked. "What's your name?"

"Grax-" the boy cut himself. He then came into his senses. "Gino."

The teenager smiled.