Chapter 84

84 Good Nobles Seeing those children Cassian understood why April had taken them in, those children were so thin they looked almost skin and bones.
They must have suffered hunger and hardship while they were on the streets.
April was a person with a big heart, she was kind, sweet and cared about others, even when those people wanted to hurt her, he knew it perfectly well since he had wanted to hurt her when he met her, but she still took care of him.
That reminded Cassian a bit of his mother, a good woman who always cared about others before herself.
That morning everyone had breakfast together, the children seemed shy at first, but April made them feel comfortable, when they finished eating Otis told her.
_Thank you very much for everything you are doing for us, it seems not all nobles are so bad, not all of them want to hurt us.
Alessandro was interested in that and asked him.
_ What do you mean by that, Otis? _On the streets they say that the nobles were taking the children and that they do nothing good with them, that is why we hid, but we had to go out every day to look for food, but every time we saw a noble we hid, for us nobles are terrifying, although she was different, she did not look like a noble, she is good.
Otis said as he looked at April.
Joe who had been eating silently spoke.
_Miss Abril is an angel, that’s why we came with her.
April stroked Joe’s head, he was certainly a lovely boy, she wondered how anyone could hurt a child, they were all goodness and innocence, to hurt them you had to be a monster.
Alessandro had also heard strange rumors, that was one of the reasons why he had stayed in the temple, he did not want to alert the nobles of his presence, he did not want to give them time to hide whatever they were doing in that place.
_ Otis, do you know where they took the children they kidnapped? Otis nodded.
_At Baron Terren’s mansion, I met a child who managed to escape from there, he said that what they did to children in that place was horrible.
_ And what did they do to them? _I don’t know, he never wanted to tell me, he got really upset every time he remembered that.
_ Where is your friend Otis now? Otis remained silent, he didn’t want to give away his friend.
Alessandro told him.
_Otis, we have come to catch the bad guys and give them their punishment, but we can’t do it if we don’t know what their evil deeds are, could you take me to your friend? _But Onil made me promise not to tell anyone where he is hiding.
_I understand that you want to keep your promise, but I need to know what’s going on, otherwise I won’t be able to do anything.
Otis was not very convinced about betraying his friend, he put a hand on his shoulder reassuringly and said.
_ Otis, do you want your friends to stop hiding? Otis nodded vigorously, she caressed his cheek and said.
_So help us put an end to the bad guys so that the other children don’t have to suffer or hide for fear of being caught.
Otis had lived in hiding, afraid that some noble would find them and take his brother away, that they would do horrible things to him.
April was a good person, the kindness she showed him was undoubtedly real, it was not fake, he told her.
_Okay, I’ll take you to where Onil is hiding if you promise that nothing bad will happen to him.
_I promise you, nothing bad will happen to your friend.
Alessandro replied.
_Then I’ll take you to Onil.
There was still a lot of food on the table, Otis asked.
_ Could you take some food to Onil? With a smile Abril said.
_Of course, you can bring him whatever you want.
Alessandro asked them to arrange a basket of food for Otis’ friend.
Afterwards he called his guards to accompany them to the village, Otis thought it could be dangerous so he asked Joe to stay, he was reluctant to separate from his brother, but April convinced him to stay.
Cassian couldn’t go with them as he wanted to return to the information guild, so he said goodbye to them.
Before Alessandro left with Otis and the guards to the village, April gave Alessandro a kiss and told him.
_Take care of yourself.
_I’ll be fine, don’t worry, I’ll see you later.
When they arrived at the town, Otis guided Alessandro and the guards to Onil’s hideout.
He was hiding in a cave near the town.
When Onil saw the guards, he wanted to run away, but Alessandro stopped him.
_ Where do you think you’re going? _Let me go.
The little boy struggled, trying to free himself from his captor.
Otis stepped out from behind the guards and said to Alessandro.
_Let it go.
_! Otis!, Did you sell me? _It’s not like that, they just want to help us.
Otis raised the basket he was carrying high and gave her _We have brought you a gift.
Onil stopped struggling and said to Alessandro who was holding him by the shirt.
_Let me go.
_You’re not going to try to escape? _No.
Alessandro put it on the ground, Onil approached Otis and took a look at the basket and when he saw that it was full of food his mouth watered, he took the basket and whispered to Otis.
_ What are you doing with these men? They are nobles, you know what they do to us.
_They are different, they want to help us, I already told you, they want to finish off the bad nobles.
_And you trust them? _Yes, they are good people.
_They didn’t buy you with food, did they? Otis scratched his head and said.
_They gave me delicious food, but that’s not why I say they are good, I don’t know how to explain it, but I assure you that they will not harm us.
Onil took an apple out of the basket, took a bite and said.
_I hope you don’t regret trusting them.
_I don’t believe it.