Chapter 37 - Family replenishment

"Are you leaving already?" Emilia asked, lying in bed completely wrapped in a warm blanket that hid her naked body.

It was still early in the morning, but when she was sleeping, she heard a rustle, which caused her to wake up. The sunlight that made its way through the curtains brightly outlined the strong figure of Victor with his tattoos, who was putting on a shirt.

Noticing that the girl had woken up, he went to the blood and sat down next to her, looking at her with his gentle gaze. Raising his hand, he gently removed her long curls from her face and said, "Yes.. I have a job waiting for me.. "

"You're working too hard! You need to rest more often, I don't want you to overload yourself too much." the girl said and slipped out of the blanket, hugging him around the waist like a child.

She sensed the urgency in his actions. Especially in recent days. It seemed to her that he would soon break down at such a pace. All she wanted was for them to be able to live a comfortable life in this house.

But knowing Victor's character, he definitely will not sit at home doing nothing, especially since he is a man with great ambitions who will go to his goal to the last.

Seeing that Emilia was behaving like a kitten, he gently took her body in his arms and carefully laid her in bed.

Having completely wrapped her in a warm blanket, which left only her face visible, which was now a little dissatisfied, he kissed her on the forehead and said: "Be patient a little longer.. I have nothing left and I will be able to spend more time with you again. Do you promise you won't mess around anymore?"

- "If you promise yourself that you will end everything soon!" - she said, fidgeting in bed to get out of the blanket that Victor was holding tightly.

- "I promise.. Just wait until I settle everything." - quickly kissing the girl on her lips, he ran out of the apartment at a fast speed.

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- "111, 112. A total of 112 children, 34 girls and 78 boys. There are too many of them... I don't think there's enough room for everyone here. " Artie said standing in front of the children.

A large number of children from the orphanage were now standing in the main hall. All of them were still children from 10 to 14 years old, there were even some who were still 9 years old. Each had its own characteristics and each stood out in its own way.

- "Why not enough? We still have plenty of spare rooms. Most of us have bought our homes and few people still live here. I don't think it will be difficult to make several children occupy one room at once." - Oscar answered holding a form in his hands.

All the information about these children was written on it. Name, age, gender in which shelter they lived and so on. He calculated that in such a short time to find so many children, it could already be called a success.

- "Poor children.. The war took their parents away, leaving them orphans.. I hope Victor won't use them as material."Artie said.

"He took them because he can help them get a home and a family, isn't that enough?" Oscar asked, clearly disagreeing with his friend's words.

"I hope so.. Artie replied and sat down in a chair.

As they continued to talk, a large number of pairs of eyes were looking at them. All the children looked at the people who took them in. They hoped that they would get a house, a family, there was hope in their eyes.

"Ben, do you think it was a good idea to go with them?" a little boy with curly hair asked.

He was now standing next to his friend with whom he grew up in an orphanage. Ben was the only one he knew, among all the children present in this hall.

- "I hope so.. But I don't understand why we were gathered here.. " - replied a boy with short blond hair whose name is Ben.

"There are so many of us here.. Maybe it's something dangerous..Ron. I'm a little scared.." - said turning to his curly-haired friend, he felt like he was getting a little scared.

"Don't scare me like that.." Ben replied to his friend's words, lightly rubbing his shoulders.

When the children continued to communicate with each other, Victor's tall figure entered the hall. His face in recent days has returned to its normal state again instead of the tired one he had a few days ago.

He took Polly's advice to tire himself less. He agrees with this, but he was also a little afraid, since the most unpleasant thing in the events of the Shelby family will soon begin, and since he is also a part of it, it means that he will also be connected with all the showdowns one way or another.

- "Victor, we did as you asked, here's the whole list." - said Oscar when he noticed Victor's arrival. He quickly approached him at a brisk pace and handed him a form with the children's personal information.

- "Have you arranged places for them to live?" Victor asked, continuing to leaf through the form.

"Yes, we have already chosen a place where they will stay. We have already decided who will sleep in which room. We also allocated a floor for the girls, as we thought it would be better, instead of putting them together. " Oscar said, looking at Artie who hesitated to say something.

- "Em.. Victor, you're not going to use them for something dangerous, are you? They are children.." - Oscar began to say, but he was suddenly interrupted by the piercing gaze of Victor, who was looking at him with his gray eyes.

- "When in the war I gathered all of you into a big family.. Have I ever done anything that could hurt you?" Victor asked.

- "No.. You protected us.. You were the one we could rely on.." Oscar replied, beginning to realize that Artie's thoughts were meaningless.

Yes, Victor may be cruel and straightforward, but this only applies to those who are trying to harm him. For those close to you, he has always been someone you could rely on, trust your back in a difficult moment of life for you, and one way or another he will definitely help and support you.

- "Sorry Victor.. I.. those were my thoughts.. Artie began to crumple as he looked down at the floor, when he suddenly felt a hand on his shoulder.

Looking up, he met Victor's warm gaze, who said, "I understand your concerns.. But trust me like you did 2 years ago.."

- "Okay.." - Artie replied and looked down again.

Having finished reading the information about the children, Victor looked at each of them. Clapping his hands a couple of times so that everyone would pay attention to him, he said: "I am very glad that many of you decided to accept our invitation."

- "Each of you is an orphan without a family, home, relatives.. "

"But now that you're here, each of you now belongs to this big Romanov family."

"I will give you a family, a home where you will become brothers and sisters for each other."

- "All I ask of you is that each of you should help each other and if someone has a problem, share it with your family."

- "After all, the more united you are, the easier your life will be."

- "Once again welcome to the Romanov family.." - after finishing speaking, Victor waved in the direction of Oscar and added: - "This is Oscar, he will be your older brother, follow him and choose a room in which you will sleep."

After all the words, Victor left the hall, dozens of children with bright eyes were now looking at his back. There was a little hope in each of them.

- "I like him.." - said Ron, patting his timid friend Ben on the shoulder.

- "Yes.. He looks cool.. Ben replied, nodding several times.