Chapter Twenty-Four: The Welfare House, First Lesson

"Your Highness!" Claudia screamed, panicking when she saw the blood coming out of the corners of Alan's eyes.

"Your Royal Highness!"

"Damn little ghost, dare to hurt His Royal Highness the Prince!"

"He should be banished, such a fellow !!"

"I'm fine, don't talk!" Alan raised his palms and motioned for everyone not to move.

"I ..... I—" The boy's lips trembled as he wanted to say something, and Alan saw the remorse in his eyes.

Alan smiled and put his hands on the boy's shoulders, "I know, you didn't mean to, it's okay. ā€

"I'm sorry!" The boy bent down violently, tears welled up, from the memory to the present, he had never been understood like this, he had never experienced such warmth, but just this time, he hurt the person who gave him the warmest experience, his regret was immeasurable.

"What's your name?" Eren wiped the blood from his face, soothed the wound with magic, and still crouched, touching the boy's head with one hand.

"Kidd." The boy looked up at the wound in the corner of Allen's eye, "My name is Eustace Kidd!" ā€

"Kidd, would you like to do me a favor?" Alan smiled.

"I do!" Kidd nodded without hesitation.

"I'm going to run a welfare home, I'm the director myself, if you have friends like you, bring them all over, I want to make your life better!"

"I will, I will!" Kidd nodded quickly, his eyes filled with excitement.

Alan got up with a smile and looked around at the bustling crowd around him, "Everyone, if you see orphans or lonely elderly people around Le Pu Harbor, please send them to the office building, I will build a welfare home next to the office building, all orphans and lonely elderly people can live in it, and I will take care of them until they are old or adult!" ā€

"Oh~~" The people cheered and applauded at the same time, extremely happy and excited about the actions of Allen, a good citizen, and people were shouting and talking excitedly.

"What a kind prince!"

"It's such a blessing to have such a prince."

.......

After Eren left, the crowd quickly dispersed, and he returned to the city lord's office to begin deploying his improvised decision.

The shops next to the office building were bought, then destroyed, and overnight, hundreds of people began to build the welfare home according to Allen's request, and the next morning, there were as many as 2,000 people involved in the construction, many of whom were ordinary residents of the town, and many people who had contributed supplies, and even many children and the elderly came to help.

In just three days, a three-storey building, made of stone and wood, was built with great skill and sturdy by skilled craftsmen, and could accommodate thousands of people.

On the day it opened, almost the entire port of Lepp came to watch.

The newspaper also reported on the incident, and Alan also took a group photo with the first batch of residents of the welfare home, 43 orphans, and 26 elderly people.

The next day, the welfare home officially stepped into the form, the old people can cook, and even the chef does not need to be hired, and Allen, as the director, gathered all the orphans in the big classroom and attended classes!

Forty-three orphans sat honestly in their chairs, dressed in their shabby clothes, looking at Allen with blazing eyes, and Kidd sat in the first row.

Alan said with a smile: "You used to be alone, but in the future, it will not be, the welfare home is a family, all of us are each other's family, everyone may fight with each other, fight, but don't really get angry." ā€

"I don't know what I'm supposed to teach you, because I've already found the teachers to teach you. However, I'm going to tell you some rules, the welfare house doesn't forbid you to go out, but you are not allowed to steal again! ā€

"The dining hall is open to you all day. In addition, I will organize labor on a regular basis, such as cleaning up the street garbage, delivering newspapers and deliveries, and all these jobs will have Bailey, and you can use these Baileys for whatever you want. ā€

"You have two classes a day, both in the morning, you have to go to class before you graduate, and in the afternoon you have free time, you can go playing, learn other things with the old people, or go to other places!"

"I want to fight!" Kidd raised his hand and said, "I'm going to be stronger!" ā€

"What, do you still want to be the king of the pirates?" Alan said.

Kidd shook his head, "I want to protect everyone, if everyone is my family, then I will protect everyone, only if you are stronger!" ā€

"Hehe, your idea is good!" Alan touched his head and said with a smile: "But you are too young now, when you are older, after you are sixteen years old, then if you want, I can make you a trainee soldier to participate in the training of the soldiers of our kingdom!" ā€

"I'm amazing!" Kidd shouted, "Many adults can't beat me, Prince, let me be a soldier of the kingdom now!" ā€

"No, you're too small!" Alan still shook his head, an eleven-year-old kid, saying that he could beat an adult?

"Lord Prince, if you don't believe me, let me challenge it!" Kidd shouted.

"Challenge?" Alan laughed, "Challenge a soldier? ā€

"That's right!" Kidd nodded, "If I defeat a soldier, His Royal Highness will let me join the Kingdom Army!" ā€

Alan paused for a moment, remembering that Kidd's strength was a little different from that of ordinary children, and thinking about this unscientific world, it seemed that the children in this world might be very strong.

After a pause, he said: "If you challenge, you can, as long as you defeat a reserve soldier, I will let you join the Kingdom Army, but you have to start with a trainee soldier!" ā€

Challenges happen from time to time in the Kingdom Army, and those who think they are strong enough can challenge their superiors, and if they succeed, they will be eligible for promotion.

But this time, the challenge is that of a child against an adult kingdom soldier......

Alan called a reserve squad, ten people in all.

In the welfare home, ten people took off their weapons and stood on the floor empty-handed, standing in a very uniform manner.

The audience was the entire staff of the orphanage, and Alan smiled at Kidd, "If you regret it now, the challenge can be canceled." ā€

Kidd: "I don't regret it! ā€

"Good!" Alan smiled, "Choose your opponent!" ā€

Kidd got up, walked up to the strongest of the ten, and said, "I'll choose him!" ā€

"Plenty of courage, good!" Alan smiled.

"Little ghost, I'm going to beat you in the ass!" The selected soldier looked depressed and was challenged by the child, and it was not glorious to say that he had won!

Kidd grinned and grimaced, "I'm going to kick your ass!" ā€