5 Arca Weiss (1/2)

Paul glanced at Weiss with an apologetic look but he was ignored.

”Okay, Ms Sandra I shall grant your wish if you do your job correctly.”

Sandra looked up at Weiss with a surprised expression, ”Thank you, your lordship. Thank you very much.”

”Do away with this formalities.”

Sandra nodded repeatedly.

Paul also heaved a sigh of relief, ”Good, but where is this little fellow now?”

”I asked Camilla to clean him up, he appears to have spent a night in the forest.”

A gentle knock was heard on the door.

”Come in,” Paul called out.

Camilla opened the door and ushered in little Chiyo who was all cleaned up and dressed in a pair of leather pantaloons and a cotton tunic. He looked around curiously and ran up to Weiss upon finding him.

”Haha, little brat didn't I tell you I'll take you to visit a beautiful sister? This is big sister Sandra, say hello.” Weiss pointed at Sandra and spoke to Chiyo.

Chiyo looked up at Sandra following his finger and was immediately drawn towards the kind and gentle pair of golden eyes. Those were the most beautiful pair of eyes this fellow had ever seen, he inwardly judged them to be better than Weiss's piercing grey eyes.

Looking at his expression, Weiss chuckled and said, ”Ms Sandra looks like even this fellow is mesmerised by your beauty. Rightfully so, I must add.”

Sandra smiled towards Chiyo and cupped his cheeks gently.

”What is your name, young sir?”

She found the little fellow very pleasant to her eyes. It could be because of his small oval face that perfectly fit in between her palms, round and dark eyes and his smooth black hair that fell to his brows. Or simply because he was her only chance to become a junior apothecary.

”He does not speak Kapro,” Camilla hurried to answer.

Sandra recalled that Weiss had already asked her to teach this cute fellow Kapro. She had ignored that piece of information in her surprise and joy. She patted Chiyo's head and told him affectionately, ”No problem at all. We will slowly learn to speak, read and write.”

Paul opened a drawer to his right and pulled out a big register. ”So let us finish the formalities we need to follow.”

He opened the register and started filling in the date and other general information. Then looked up from the thick book and asked Weiss, ”What is his name anyway?”

Weiss didn't know himself so he stared at Chiyo wondering how he could find out the little brats name. Seeing Weiss silent for some time, Sandra sat on a chair and made Chiyo face her.

Pointing at herself she said, ”Sandra.”

Then pointing at Chiyo she wiggled her eyebrows. Doing it a couple of times, she got her answer. Chiyo pointed at Sandra and articulated slowly, ”Sandra,” then pointing at himself he said, ”Chiyo.”

Upon hearing that Camilla spoke up, ”Chiyo? What does that even mean? The Almighty Father said to his sons that, 'You must only support and do things that you understand'. We can't call him something that we don't the meaning of.”

Paul thought of this as a small matter but looking at Camilla's stern face, he dared not suggest otherwise. Weiss thought for a bit and said nonchalantly, ”Since we don't know the meaning of his name and it is a mystery now. let us call him Arca, which means mystery.”