Chapter Twenty-Three: The Spark of Hope! (Ask for a monthly pass~)
Brotherhood!
Esther muttered the name under his breath, and he looked up at Ett Dmund.
This former senior C-level personnel, now the site director of Ang Thanh, said word by word: "Those who join the club are all brothers, and those who join the club are all family members, and we are united to fight the crisis together!" β
Hearing such words, Esther's eyes lit up.
Isn't that what he wants?
Isn't that what he expected?
Call!
Esther took a deep breath.
"As you deserve, your kindness has always been my guiding light."
"It's the luck of my life to be able to meet you."
Esther said seriously.
"If I could, I would like to continue the salted fish...... The past, present, and future are all salted fish. β
Aitdermon said with a wry smile.
He didn't hide anything in front of Esther, and was honest about his thoughts.
"But there are always people who don't allow it!"
"I also want to live to be 100 years old, but there are always people who stand in the way!"
"It's not us that's wrong, it's the world that's wrong!"
Esther nodded, agreeing with Edmon.
In fact, he also wants salted fish.
What's so bad about salted fish?
The feeling of messing around is simply not too cool.
Therefore, in order to live a better life, all threats must be strangled in the cradle.
"There's one thing we need to do right now."
Aitdemont became serious.
Esther, who had guessed something, immediately stood up and bowed slightly.
"Follow in your footsteps."
β¦β¦
Patsy stood in front of the balcony of the apartment, raising his hand and gently stroking his already bulging belly.
This is the crystallization of her and Valen's love.
Although it was an accident at first, it was full of surprises.
It's a gift.
Percy still remembers the helplessness of Valen when he learned that he was about to become a father, and he cautiously approached him, pressing his ear to his stomach to listen to the birth of that little life.
Then, he worked harder and harder.
He wants his children to have a better environment.
She also hopes.
However, she preferred that he be safe.
After getting married, a non-disclosure agreement allowed her to guess her husband's work slightly.
This scared her, but Valen always smiled and said it was fine.
Because, he has a group of reliable comrades-in-arms and partners.
And she can only support him and wait for him to come home.
Today is no exception.
At five o'clock in the afternoon, the door rang punctually.
Knock, knock!
With a smile on his face, Patcy walked briskly to the door, and then he saw Aether and Aster.
This is Valen's colleague and superior, and she has seen both of them at the wedding.
And then...... Didn't see Valen.
The faces of the two were solemn and sad.
Patsy's face turned pale.
"Valenta......"
"I'm sorry."
Aether Dermon and Esther bowed their heads.
Patsy's eyes turned red and tears began to flow.
"It's his pension."
Ettemon handed Patcy a letter with a check on it.
Patsy didn't answer, and Aitdermon had to put it on the side of the cupboard.
"This Valen's life is nothing compared to it, but it can make life better for you and your children."
"Valen's death doesn't mean you're helpless."
"The 'Brotherhood' takes care of you, including your children."
Ait Simon crouched down, approached Patcy in a half-kneeling position, and said softly.
"The 'Brotherhood' is Valen's organization?"
Patcy asked.
"Nope."
"It was because of Valen's death that I decided to form the 'Brotherhood', and I don't want the tragedy to happen again."
Aitdemont confessed.
"It's not just Valen who is dying?"
Patcy quickly regained her composure, and she asked, touching her stomach.
"Well, I lost a lot of friends today."
"Valen is one of them."
Etdermon nodded.
"Will I be able to join the 'Brotherhood'?"
Patcy asked.
"Of course."
"Whether you join or not, the Brotherhood will always have your back, and ...... Your child. β
Aitdermon looked at Patsy, who had been stroking her belly, and guessed what Patcy was most worried about.
"I'm joining!"
Patcy said without hesitation.
Valen is dead.
Valen's children are still there.
She wants to make Valen's children safer.
Women are soft, but mothers are strong.
Esther looked at her mother, who was quickly restraining her emotions, with admiration, and she fell to her knees.
"Those who join the club are all brothers, and those who join the club are all family members, and we are united to fight the crisis together!"
"Varen's children, we will treat them as our own children."
"Him or her?"
"Him!"
Esther's solemnity made Patcy breathe a sigh of relief, and she replied in a low voice.
"Does he have a name?"
Esther continued.
"Yes, Valen named him."
"Stark."
"Stark?"
"Good name, I swear in the name of 'Brotherhood', Stark you will grow up healthy, you will receive the best education, and you will have everything that other children have."
Ett Dermon and Esther fell down on one knee and swore an oath to Patsy and the child in their wombs.
Patcy held her stomach and knew she had to control her emotions, but at this time, she couldn't hold back the tears.
"Thank you."
She wept and cried.
β¦β¦
Valen's house was the first one visited by Aite Demont and Esther.
But just the first one made the two feel suffocating grief.
"Senior Aitdemon, can you let me rest for ten minutes before I go to the next one?"
Esther asked.
"Yes."
Aitdemund nodded.
He's also a little unbearable.
The atmosphere inside the car is quiet.
It's so quiet that it's oppressive.
Eventually, Esther, who had just said to take a ten-minute break, offered to drive again.
Aitdemont did not object.
Quake is the second person, a single dad living with a five-year-old boy whose wife has long since disappeared into the other's life.
When Aether and Esther appeared in front of the kindergarten, they saw a boy who was much stronger than his peers standing at the door of the kindergarten, with a standard posture and no squinting, like a small soldier.
"Quake is not a good father."
Aitdermon said.
"yes."
Esther nodded.
"Uncle Ettemon, Uncle Esther."
The little boy had seen the two of them, and they were called by a slightly stereotypical name.
"Children have to laugh."
"Remember ......"
"Did my father have an accident?"
Esther was about to say something when the boy interrupted her.
Esther looked at the little boy in surprise.
"My father would pick me up on time every day, and if he didn't show up, it meant something was wrong with himβhe said that, and then he told me to go find Uncle Ettemon."
The little boy said as he walked towards the two's car.
This stunned Esther, who had prepared many drafts and was even ready to use white lies.
"Bastard Quake."
Aitdemund cursed in a low voice, and strode up.
"Kratos, you sit in the back, remember to wear your seatbelts."
Aitdemund admonished.
Esther made the co-pilot, watched Kratos fasten his seatbelt, and then signaled that Ettemon could drive.
The third is Clive.
His ordinary-looking girlfriend received Aite Demont and Esther very calmly.
"Will I be able to join the 'Brotherhood'?"
The woman asked.
"Yes, but you're still young, and you can start a new life again......"
"Is life still called life after the loss of a loved one?"
The lady interrupted Esther.
Aitdemon, on the other hand, stretched out her hand, and the lady shook it without hesitation.
"Welcome aboard, Danvers."
The fourth is Edison.
Ettedmond and Esther need to face an old couple who have lost their son, which makes Ettedmund and Esther hesitate, and finally, Ettemon gritted his teeth and stepped forward to ring the doorbell.
The door was opened by Edison's mother, an old man on crutches.
His father, wearing reading glasses, put down the newspaper in his hand and looked here.
Under such gaze, Ettemon and Esther's legs were like lead, and it was difficult to move a single step.
The two old men, who had been through decades, saw something.
"Come in and have a cup of tea."
The old woman said.
The elderly man silently put away the newspaper, took off his glasses, and motioned for the two to sit down.
Ette Dermon and Esther sat on pins and needles.
The former pulled out the envelope containing the check.
"If you need to, you can contact us."
"I formed an organization called the 'Brotherhood,' and it will treat you like family, I swear."
Aitdemund assured.
Esther swore the same thing.
The two old men were sad, but under such sadness, they patted them on the shoulder.
"We believe."
"Edison will believe it too."
The old woman said, and then, as if the old woman on crutches had thought of something, she said, "Edwin should be called Medivan, he remembers wrongly, he has remembered it since he was a child, but Edivan is also very good." β
About fifteen minutes later, Ettedmund and Esther left the place.
Facing the old couple, the powerlessness of the two reached an extreme at this time.
While driving, Esther glanced at the house number.
"It's really Medivan, not Edison."
He whispered.
Then, Esther said straight away.
"Jones' sister is in college, not in Ang, so let's go straight to Rodney?"
Esther was a little lucky.
There is enough grief today.
It's also good to be able to encounter a little less.
"Hmm."
Aitdemund nodded.
Ett Damon was very familiar with the Rodney family, and he often went to deal with the house's barbecue on weekends.
"Uncle Ettemon."
As soon as the car stopped, a good-looking boy ran out.
He smiled, but soon that smile was replaced by a cry.
Like Quake, Rodney is also a single dad.
But Rodney's education is obviously much more normal, but it is precisely because of this normality that Ettemon and Esther become helpless, and at this time, the back door of the car is pushed open.
Young Kratos walked down.
He looked at his peers who had met several times.
"Don't cry."
"Tears only make a warrior weak!"
"We should be fearless!"
Kratos raised his hand and took the hand of his peers and walked towards the back of the car.
Esther opened her mouth to say something, but couldn't say anything.
Aitdemund only said a word.
"Logan, fasten your seatbelts."
The car started again.
This time, the car drove to the fight gym.
It's not that the two children are left in the care of Jason or Arras.
Ett Dermon was crazy to give the two children to Jason, the 'masked man'.
Arras?
Yes, in biological sex, Arras is a lady.
However, Ett Dermon never thought of a woman who could resist a small-caliber pistol bullet with her muscles as a woman.
He just wanted to talk to Jason and Arras about something.
It's about gluttony, hydra, and brotherhood.
The Brotherhood will be in the light, the Hydra will hide in the dark, and the gluttony will reign supreme.
He'd already thought of such a rhetoric.
Because, he understands very well that if there is no high-end stand-up like Jason, an organization like theirs is just a joke.
Bang, bang!
Just stopped in the back alley of the fight gym.
A burst of gunfire sounded inside the car.
"Don't worry."
"This is a rehearsal of Lord Jason and Lord Arras."
"Their fighting...... It's a bit intense. β
Esther explained to the two children in the back seat.
However, contrary to Esther's expectations, both Kratos and Rogan were attracted to attention at this time, and the two children looked directly at the lighted fight gym.
Logan, who was crying quietly just now, completely left the crying behind at this time.
He raised his hand and climbed on the window.
Kratos did not hesitate to show his yearning.
Looking at this scene, Aitdermon couldn't help but smile.
Boys, even if they are young, they are engraved with some things in their bones.
For example: fighting, firearms, etc.
It's the same as a little girl who likes dolls.
However, Aitdermon still won't let the two children enter the fight gym.
"Look at them."
Aether instructed Aist.
"Okay, senpai."
After watching Estherbe make a reassuring gesture, Ett Dermon walked to the fight gym.
Knock, knock.
There was a knock on the door, and the sound of fierce fighting stopped slightly.
Moments later, the door opened.
Jason's figure appeared behind the door.
Shirtless, sweating profusely and wheezing slightly.
Without any inquiry, he stepped back and motioned for Aitdermon to come in.
Jason was there when Esther received the notice of the 'asylum', and although he didn't know what happened after that, Aether Dermon's presence here was enough to explain everything.
"Mr. Jason, I'm sorry to bother you."
"But there are some things that I have to tell you."
"I set up another organization outside of the Hydra and Gluttonous Society."
Ett Dermon told Jason everything in detail.
Aitdermon was apprehensive when he said this, he was worried that Jason would refuse, but to his surprise, Jason simply nodded.
"You don't object?"
Aitdemund asked.
"What reason do I have against it?"
Jason asked rhetorically.
"......"
Aitdermon was about to say something, when he suddenly saw Jason twitching his nose slightly, and the corners of his mouth turned up unconsciously.