Ditti. Dotti. Dotti,

rrrrrr....

--==-==--

"I am most thankful, Marquis," I said. "I'll not forget this goodwill of yours."

I said that and stood up—

"Kid."

Fuck.

I sat back down as he gestured at me to.

"Do you truly not want to hear about your mother?"

"I don't care," I said. "I'll care about it if it affects me. As far as her adoptive family goes, they can try coming at me. I'll clear them away."

The Marquis seemed slightly shocked.

"You already know a bit."

I nodded. I already knew how this bit added up. He wasn't one to give me a family, but he kept his responsibility as a parent.

"You can stop holding them back. I'll be fine."

The Marquis struggled a nod out of himself.

"I won't be stopping," he said.

Then, the man reached into his pockets.

Yes! My giving tree was giving more!!

The Marquis pulled out another box from his pockets, a small ring box. He opened it up and revealed the beautiful purple stone ring. It's black body with silver embossments paired exceptionally well with the purple stone on it.

"It's your mother's. I have no idea what it does or what it's made of. But she asked me to hand it to her heir when the time is right."

"I see..."

A gift from the dead.

"I don't know what she meant by the right time, but I'm guessing it must be when you are strong enough to protect it."

"I understand," I said, taking the ring out and putting it on my finger. To my surprise, the ring fit perfectly on my middle finger on the right hand, almost as if it were changing shape to fit me.

"Do you want to know if I find out anything?" I asked, feeling kind.

The Marquis shook his head. "I'd rather not know anything else about that woman."

"Alright. Thank you again."

I kept sitting on his chair.

The Marquis stared at me, and I stared back.

"What?" He asked.

"Nothing else?"

"Get lost you brat!"

The Marquis growled and I jumped out of the seat.

"Hormonal imbalanced old bastard."

"You said that out loud!"

I stuck my tongue out and rushed to the door.

"Well then, faaaather! Till next time!"

"Get lost."

I laughed and swung out of the door.

"We'll meet when you go to school anyway."

I think I heard something stupid but didn't care much about it as I left.

Maybe I could get along with that guy a tiny bit.

Just a tiny bit.

-----

--==-==--

"Well in my humble opinion, of course without offending anyone who thinks differently from my point of view, but also by looking at this matter in a different way and without fighting and by trying to make it clear, and by considering each and everyone's opinion, I honestly believe that I completely forgot what I was about to say."

"I kind of feel offended that you forgot what you say."

"Second most meaningless paragraph I've ever laid eyes on, don't know what is the most, but definitely not the most boring."