3 Aily Fields (1/2)
2 years have passed now and Reed Aniston was now 7 years old. During the past 2 years, Reed hasn't been doing nothing. He has been cultivating everyday since he started and now after to years he has finally reached to the peak of Bronze five. It has been talking Aniston longer and longer to breakthrough but since he was using a superior level cultivation manual he has been getting stronger at a faster pace than the normal person.
The youngest person besides Reed to reach the peak of Bronze five was 11 years old and he was considered a genius. But if he's a genius then what would that make Reed then? If people were to know that a 7 year old reached the peak of bronze, they would think that Reed was a child of god.
On the streets of Nova City, Reed was walking around to get look of what the outside looked like. As he was stuck in his house for the past 7 years cultivating and learning from a teacher hired by his family. Reed was getting bored of it and wanted to have a change to scenery. After begging his family for days non-stop, they finally broke down and agreed but only if he had some people protecting him.
The bodyguards assigned by the family were all groomed by the house ever since they were kids. They were loyal to the death to the Aniston Family and would always follow their orders. With those bodyguards protecting Reed, his family didn't have to worry about him.
So right now Reed was walking the busy streets looking around and absorbing everything he saw into his brain.As time passed walking through the city, Reed was bound to get hungry. Reed then turned back to one of his bodyguards and asked.
” Where's the nearest place eat? I'm rather hungry right now”
The bodyguard respectfully replied. ”Young master, if we keep on walking down this road there'll be a restaurant that you can eat at.”
”Ok then, let keep walking and stop by there,” Reed nodded and then kept on walking. As they walked down the streets towards the restaurant Reed saw a of homeless girl, she stood holding a cardboard in her hands with the words ”Please help me” trying to get people attention. Sadly no one helped her even though she been standing for more than a few chapters. Even though Nova City was prosperous it didn't mean that everyone was living a happy life in a warm home. It was a pity life didn't work that way.
As someone who grew up as an orphan and went through hell and lived, Reed couldn't help but pity the girl. The girl was wore uncleaned clothing that looked like it hasn't been washed for days, and looked really malnourished. He stopped before the girl, gaining her attention and asked
”Why is a kid such as yourself outside all alone? Where is your mom and dad”
Hearing the question asked by Reed, the girl couldn't help but tear up and cried while she replied
”My parents don't love me anymore, they kicked me out of the house and said that I should fend for myself. I begged for for a long time, pounding on their door crying and they still never let me back in.”
Hearing the girls story, Reed couldn't help but pity the girl more than he already did. He was abandoned in his past life as well, but he didn't have any memories of them so he never felt saddened by it. But this girl grew up with her family only to be tossed aside to the outside world telling her to fend for herself. This will definitely leave a mental scar if she doesn't recover from it soon.
Even the guards couldn't help but pity the girl. They couldn't help but think what would happen to them if their parents did the same thing the girl's parents did to her. Would they still be alive today? They couldn't help but cherish their parent even more.
Reed took her hand and pulled her in to embrace her. Ignoring her smell, Reed starts caressing her head and talks to her in a soothing tone.
”Stop crying, don't worry, you won't be alone anymore. Follow me and I'll take care of you. I promise that you'll live a happy life if you do.”
After a minute or two of crying the girl finally stopped crying and stepped away from Reed to look into his eyes.
”Do you promise that? If you do then pinky promise” The little girl lifted her left pinky finger for Reed.
Reed couldn't but smile at such a childish act but said nothing about it. He then took his right pinkie finger and intertwined with hers.
”I pinky promise” The girl then hugged Reed and started crying again. She has been suffering for a week of no warmth and as a child no less. To her it felt like years, she barely survived the code and had nothing to eat except for the scraps she would fine now and then.
Now that she had someone to lean on and take care of her, all of the pain and tears she has been holding now busted out like a damn. Reed answered back and hugged her back and waited until she stopped crying.
The guards watching this couldn't help but feel warmth in their heart and respect their young master even more. They thought that he would grow up into a typical haughty and selfish young master that are born in the great families. Knowing that they were wrong, they couldn't but feel proud to be working for the heir of the Aniston Family.