04-The Decision

Orzel, after a nights rest was sitting in the dining section of the inn. Eating a simple breakfast consisting of toast with coffee.

Hana was still asleep, she might be more tired than he thought.

After last night he already had an idea about what to do. And was just waiting for her to wake up.

He had planned to adopt Hana as his own daughter.

'But what if she rejects..?'

This was another thing that concerned him . If she refuses then that would be heart breaking.

'I should get some clothes for her to wear.'

'Can't have her staying in the rags now.'

Orzel thought, as a slave , no matter where , one would be looked down upon by people. He didn't want Hana to go through that.

No one seem to have noticed yesterday as she was covered by his coat. But she might get noticed today.

Thinking that, Orzel went to the counter lady who was maintaining the register.

"Excuse me, can I ask you something?"

"Yes, what is it, mister.."

"It's Orzel. I wanted to ask if there are any clothes shop nearby?"

"Yes , there are quite a few here."

"If you go left from the entrance, you would be able to get some cheap clothes in the town square."

"For higher quality clothes though , you would have to go to the inner side of the town."

The lady replied with a gentle smile which seemed to have been forever plastered on her face.

"Thank you."

Orzel, not wanting to waste too much words on her left for the exit.

After coming out, He, as instructed went left and found a small square with a fountain in the middle which gave the place a peaceful atmosphere.

There were some stalls lined in the corner of the square, where their owners were setting the products to start their sales.

He saw many stalls with different articles. There was a stall which sold accessory or some which sold day-to-day articles .

Finally, Orzel spotted what he was looking for, The clothing stall.

He went to the stall and saw the owner , who was a fat middle-aged person, taking out different clothing materials and clothes to put it on the display.

"Excuse me."

"Yes, what is it, young man? You sure are early."

The fat man said with a hearty laughter, he seemed like someone nice.

"Well, I wanted to buy some dresses for a 4-year old girl."

Orzel said with a smile, he didn't want to come of as someone rude.

"Well, I do have some here, take a look."

The stall owner replied while rummaging through his bag, to take something out.

He took out three dresses which were same in the design just in different colors.

"That's all I have for a 4-year old."

"There are not many kids in the town now a days , wonder what's wrong with the youngsters of now."

The fat man kept rambling on, he seemed to really like to talk.

Orzel obviously ignored him, and checked the dresses out.

They were in three colors, white, red and sky blue. All three looked good and would make Hana even cuter.

Orzel smile at the thought of Hana in these clothes.

"I'll take them all." He said decisively, He was not some one to care about money.

He had too much anyway.

The owner who was still rambling about the town's population, heard Orzel and was now smiling from ear to ear, which made his fat face look quite ugly.

"Yes! Yes! I see you are a very decisive person."

"For all three dresses, It will be 9000 jewels."

The fatty was excited to earn money this early.

Orzel just paid 10,000 jewels upfront and left for the inn, Leaving a happy fatty behind.

'Hana must have woken up by now..'

Orzel smiled thinking about how Hana will react to the gift.

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In Honeyworks inn , in Orzel's room, sunlight seeped through the window illuminating the figure on the bed.

Hana, due to sunlight woke up from her sleep and rubbed her eyes dazedly.

She was still a bit dizzy after just waking up.

After some time , she registered that shewas in an unknown place and looked around curiously.

She remembered that she slept while being the man's arm who helped her and fed her good food

"Oel?"

She called out but didn't get any response.

Not seeing anyone in the room, and not being fully recovered from the previous incidents she was really panicked and looked around to find him.

Not seeing him she was scared and her eyes were a little red.

As she was just about to cry, the door to the room was opened.

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Orzel, carrying a tray with with some milk porridge and the bag with clothes entered the room.

He was confused seeing Hana who had woken up panicking and on the verge of crying.

He soon understood what was happening though.

He put the tray and bag on the table and sat down next to Hana on the bed.

"Good morning, Hana."

"I'm really sorry for leaving you here alone."

He said while patting her head.

He was feeling bad for leaving her alone, he seems to forget that she is just a kid and needs a lot of attention.

He needs to be careful in the future.

"I-It's alright. Hana was not scared"

Hana said in a bit choked up voice, which made Orzel feel even more bad for leaving her.

"Look, I brought porridge for you."

"You must be hungry right."

He said trying to distract her with food, which worked pretty well.

Hana's eyes were glowing and she was looking at the bowl eagerly.

"Hana wants to eat."

She said looking at him.

Orzel was relieved looking at her.

"First, let's go and get you cleaned up."

He said before picking her up and taking her to the bathroom to clean her up

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After some time , Orzel was done giving her a bath and was now dressing her up in the dress he just bought.

Hana was now dressed in a white knee-length frock, with no sleeves and a brown belt to go with that.

She, after taking a bath was looking really cute in her dress. And from her smile one could tell she liked it very much.

"Thank you, Oel."

A beaming Hana said to Orzel with a smile which made her look even more cute.

Orzel was really regretting not having a camera to capture this moment.

"Don't thank me, it's what I shoul do."

"Let's eat the porridge now."

Orzel heated the porridge a bit before handing it to her, who without wasting time begin devouring the porridge in front of her.

She even threw away the spoon and started eating with her hands.

Orzel didn't mind it, she had a healthy appetite and that's a good thing. Manners can come later.

He just waited for her to finish and thought about how to ask her the question.

Soon enough Hana finished gobbling down the porridge and let out a satisfied sigh, feeling the afterglow of the food she just had.

Orzel just smiled at her and wiped her face and hands with a tissue and water magic.

"Hey, Hana."

"Hmm?"

Hana, who was still immersed in the bliss of food , turned towards Orzel wondering what he was going to say.

"After this, I will be going to some other places."

"So I was wondering if you would like to go with me or leave yo-"

Orzel hadn't finished his words when he heard her shout.

"Nooo! Don't leave Hana behind!"

Hana was very panicked when she heard he was going to leave her. She didn't have anyone and he was her only support.

She jumped on him and started crying loudly covering Orzel with snot and tears.

Orzel was taken aback by her outburst.

"C-come on, don't cry!"

"No ones going to leave you behind."

He tried to be as gentle as possible to not scare Hana.

Orzel really wanted to kick himself to make Hana cry. He should have put it in a more soft way.

After some consoling and patting her head, Hana who was still in his arms had stopped crying and was looking at him with her big eyes which were still a bit red.

She was glad he was not going to abandon her.

Orzel seeing this heaved a sigh of relief.

After contemplating for a bit he decided to be a bit more direct.

"Hana, would you like to be adopted by me?"

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