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The food is not great. That is my impression of this restaurant. To be precise this is not a restaurant but an Inn.

At least I had my fill. I also rent a room, I need a plan so I can proceed. First I need people.

It's already morning, I need to move again. I go back to the slums, but this time instead of a dirty man, I wore clean clothes.

Since I need people, the slums are the best option. I roam the slums to find some suitable people but I couldn't find anything.

"Please help my brother, please. I will do everything."

A saw a boy, he's thin, so skinny. He is kneeling and banging his head in the corner and shouting so loud 'Please help my brother, please. I will do everything'

He keeps repeating those words. He picked my interest so I glanced at him.

<< Master, that boy has a special body that is suitable for mana. It is just pure of impurities that's why it's blocked, after cleansing he can absorb mana naturally. >>

'ahh?'

<< It's a true master. If he studies magic he will become a great magician. >>

I am shocked, didn't expect that my luck will be this good. I approached the boy.

I am now in front of him standing, I didn't speak and he continued banging his head. Until the time he notice me he stopped and look up at me.

He was dazed when he met my eyes, he's in that dazed for two minutes before coming back to reality and immediately pleaded.

"Mister, please help my brother. I will do anything, please just help my brother."

"Lead the way" my tone is not soft not intimidating but you will feel that I spoke it without emotion.

The boy nodded and didn't ask any more questions. Even though he felt no emotions toward me he still leads the way, 'cause I'm the only one who approached him despite banging his head and pleading in the streets.

Soon I found myself in a dark area, it reeks of garbage, there was a disgusting smell everywhere, there are even people who are naked and doing something to the girl. The girl is not pleading but there's ecstasy on her face. It is four against one.

In the other corner, there are kids eating leftovers. All of them are thin. Some people will glance at me but didn't dare to move or even speak.

The boy that I follow stops, he is now facing a wooden house so small. It is smaller than the one that I use. He opens the door, there's no table or chair, only three boys. One of the boys is lying on the floor and there's a look of pain on his face like any time he will die soon. The other two are not that bad, the one has bruises and scratches all over his body while the other is taking care of them even though he has dark circles under his eyes.

And all of them have the same faces, their only difference is their bodies. The boy that I follow is skinny, the one lying on the floor is all bones, the guy who has bruises and scratches is more masculine, while the one who is taking care of is agile like I can lift him with my finger.

"Brothers"

"Oh Cin, you're already back? You didn't find anyone who will help us again right? Those trash people" the ones with the bruises.

"Cin sorry we don't have food anymore, I know that you didn't eaten for the last 4 days and I know that you're hungry but if Din didn't eat I think he will be dead by now. Even I and Ain didn't eat since it is only a small portion, if Ain didn't snatch food in the bakery Din will be dead by now. I am sorry Cin" the one who has dark circles under his eye.

"It's fine Bin, and Ain you're wrong I come back here because some mister approach me and he said lead the way," said Cin.

So Cin is his name, the guy that I follow is Cin. And Ain is the one who has bruises, Bin is the one who has dark circles. And Din is the one who is lying and sick.

After organizing my thought I follow Cin inside the house, it was cramped here, but there are still spaces so it didn't matter.

Ain and Bin look at me and I glance at them too. They keep silent for a minute before coming back to reality. The first to speak up is Ain.

"Mister, can you help my brother?"

I didn't answer and just glance at the boy lying on the floor. Then I heard a voice in my head.

<< Master, the kid with the name Ain is suitable for swords, as the kid with the name Bin is suitable for assassination due to his agile body. I already analysed them and they have potential. As for the kid lying on the floor, he is suffering in mana brain. There's the mana that is entangled in his brain that makes him unable to speak. This happened 2 years ago, this happens to those people who can't hear their thoughts thus resulting in entangling the tiniest mana in our brain. But the mana in his brain is too many, I suspect that they feed him food with mana, a suspicion that it will heal him but it only worsens. >>

Although I didn't ask anything, my skill had already done his job and already explain it to me. I take it for granted.

'By the way, can you cure it?'

<< Yes. Would you like to cure it? Yes/No >>

'Yes'

I choose yes, and in the next second my hand glowed and a small sphere of mana floated in my hand and continue to float until it fly to Din's head and penetrated its head. The next second Din open his eyes and got up.

His head is clear and he didn't feel any more pain. He tried to speak.

"Hh-hello" he covered his mouth and began crying. "I can speak again, I can talk again. I'm cured, my mind that is always in chaos is now clear."

Even the three brothers started crying. The three approach Din and hug each other, I just watch them silently. It is now decided.

After checking himself, Din approaches me, he kneels and starts kowtowing.

"Thank you mister for saving my life. I will forever be grateful."

"There's no need" I immediately dismiss his misunderstanding, and I glance at Cin "You should say goodbye to your brothers"

Cin who heard those words get petrified before nodding his head solemnly. The other three get what I am saying and they all glance at Cin who is now bowing his head.

"Cin, what did the mister mean?" Ain said there's a frightening tone behind his voice.

"Cin?" Bin and Din.

Then Cin started explaining what he is saying while finding someone who will cure his brother. And he also explains that it seems that he will now follow me for the rest of his life.

The three couldn't help but be shaken by Cin's words. Then they immediately kneel to me and plead.

"Mister, please take me too. I will do everything, I just don't want to separate from my brothers."

"Mister, me too."

"Mister, I am eternally grateful that you've saved my life, so please take me too."

I glance at them, there's no hint of emotion in my eyes.

"Are you all sure?"

All three of them nodded at the same time, Cin wants to ask something but stop in the middle.

"Then follow me."

After saying those words I go out of the house, and the four of them follow me behind. They're quadruplets siblings. They have the same mother but who died when they are in their fifth years old. That's what I know since they tell their story even though I didn't ask.

I stop at a nearby Inn. Then I order food, I let them eat. At first, they were hesitating but I just keep staring at them and didn't say anything then they start eating like a glutton.

After eating I let them wash in the inn, now that I look closely at them after they clean. They have black hair, and yellow eyes and they look like each other. The difference is they all have tattoos or should I say birthmarks on their forehead. Ain have a sword shape mark, Bin have three dots in a shape of a triangle, Cin have four clover mark and each petal have a different colour from Blue, Red, Green, Brown and the middle is black, Din has a cross mark in his forehead.

After examining them I let them follow me into a room. This room that I rent is the biggest but it only cost a couple of coppers. After entering the room it has 1 bed and a spacious area. I sit in the bed while they're standing in front of me.

I take off my veil and let them see my face. They dazed and stared at me intensely, after seeing my face they never took off their eyes to me. I smile slightly which causes them to redden a little.

"I am Ciel Clente. Now that you know my name take off your shirts."