Chapter 3 - Adoption
Seven years passed since he was reborn into this world.
The head mistress named him Faust since he's the 6th child left behind in the orphanage, as the 6th letter in the alphabet, she chose a name that starts with letter F.
At first, he wasn't able accept his new name because it was so cringy he could die from shame just by hearing it. He swore it sound like a side character in Castlevania or something, but later he became used to it when he heard it's meaning which is 'Lucky' when he asked the head mistress, though he still hate the name.
Speaking of which, the head mistress name is Matilda and they call her Sister Nana. He asked why her name and nickname didn't match. She said it was some kid who started it first and she is used to it now.
At this time ,He is looking at his own reflection and saw a young innocent handsome face. He had black wavy hair, fair skin and green eyes looking back straight at him. He got the most rare eyes in the world.
'At least I was blessed with nice appearance in this life.' He thought while looking at the Mirror.
Don't get fooled by his appearance. The mistress was so kind but when it comes with his pranks, she can't help but going Rambo with him.
She was also strict on certain matters that kids do. The best examples are drawing on the wall, hurting somebody, and sleeping late.
Despite this, he loved her so much since she's the only mother figure so far in his life. Although he pull some pranks on her sometimes, he knows when to stop and when to behave at the right time. Besides, those are just simple pranks and he just wanted to make the old lady lively.
She knew it, but didn't say anything about it. Like all mothers do, she just pretended to scold me so I didn't take it to heart either.
Aside from this, one of the things he was doing in the past seven years is to learn what world he is in. He thought he was in a magical world, with nobles, knights and dragons because most of the people he met was Caucasians.
To much of his surprise and to his relief, he was still on the same earth, only that he was in the other side of the globe. He was not an Asian anymore, rather he is a full pledge American citizen. He current location is in an orphanage in Dallas, Texas United States.
After that, he began to practice how to walk and speak like a normal person at the age of one and half years old.
The result was, the head mistress deemed him a genius since he was able to speak at the age of 2 years old and run around. Not the two word kind but the whole sentences like a normal conversation.
Never could she have imagine that the soul residing in his body was of a middle age man that's why it's that easy for him.
She also noticed that he was always reading some books which she was proud of, but worries her at the same time. In his age, he was supposed to enjoy his childhood playing with other kids. Yet here he is always alone in the corner reading something.
Though he was rather a behaved kid not causing any serious trouble. She often saw him acting weird.
There was a time when he came out to the courtyard with other kids, he looked normal but not normal at the same time. His gesture and behavior feels like an adult in a group of kids. It was like a guardian babysitting the other kids than a child playing together with them.
When he was bored, he run along with the kids but it was systematic kind of run, not the reckless one. He said its a form of exercise for him.
Who can blame him for trying to have a balanced body since he was tired of being called Fatty in his past life.
As much as he want to start shaping his physique at a young age, he couldn't do it. He once read in a book he borrowed from the head mistress that hard muscles from a young age can hinder growth. He chose to believe it since his gut tell him to do so. Now, he was somewhat in a helpless situation since it was not yet the optimal age for a child to work out. He doesn't want to be midget either because of some simple mistake. He needs to grow more, high enough to tower an average girls in a club for his 'to do-list' sake.
For now, he could only settle for running occasionally and enriching his knowledge through books. Thanks to his old soul, he somehow had sharper mind that can clearly memorize the books he read.
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Today, the reason why he is looking at the mirror and dressed up properly is because, a couple is coming to the orphanage with the intention to adopt a child.
The head mistress called the all children in her office for the selection.
The kids line up in two rows. When the couple arrived, they introduced themselves one by one. When it's Faust turn, the couple noticed that he is quiet like he wasn't expecting to be adopted and can't wait to go back to what he was doing. This made the couple interested in him.
They tried to engaged a conversation with him.
"What's your name, Little man?"
It was the middle aged man that spoke to him.
When Faust looked at him, he could see a confident successfull demeanor on his face. He had brown eyes, thick brows and a heart shaped hairline. There are rows of wrinkles beside his eyes and smiled kindly at him. He had few streak of grays on the side of his hairs. He wore a business suit with a yellow tie. He was tall so he have to crouch down when he asked him his name so he could talk to him on eye level. It's a gesture of respect so he made a great impression of him.
"My Name is Faust, Sir. Thank you for asking" He answered.
Then he look at the woman beside him. She have a long wavy golden hair tied up in a bun, she had a light make up. Her eyes are big and their color is sparkling blue. She look at him kindly but with an excitement in her eyes. Like she couldn't wait to pamper him. She smiled at him kindly and he could feel the maternal aura radiating from her.
He lean forward to whisper on the gentleman's ears although everyone in the room could hear it.
"You have an excellent taste, Sir. "
Then he wink at him like an adult.
Everyone was dumbfounded looking at him.
The head mistress couldn't help but have face palm. She couldn't decide whether to scold him or laugh at his antics like his pranks.
When the couple heard him, the woman had to cover her mouth as she chuckle non-stop.
The gentleman was flabbergasted at first then he laugh loudly.
"We seem to have come into an agreement."
He grinned at him and ruffle his hair. He stood up and patted his knees.
The head mistress noticed this and went further to whisper something to the couple. They learned that he was quite a genius in his age and he was able to answer the questions a kid wasn't supposed to know.
A few minutes later, the head mistress let the kids go out of the office to resume their play. Obviously, the couple selected Faust to adopt and went to settle the papers for adoption.
He learned that the couple was unable to bear a child so they decided to adopt and they are quite rich to his surprise. They have a large villa in the outskirts of Dallas and they have a ranch next to it. It looks like luck has finally smiled at him. At least, he will be able to do his to do list much easier.
As he peeked at the adoption papers, he was able to know the name of his soon to be parents. Their name appears to be John and Margaret Valentine. They have a peculiar surname, now added with a cringy name Faust and there you have it. He really think that the author is messing with his name.
A/N: No I'm not
'Faust Valentine'
Sounds like a count with a potential to become a vampire.
'Should I make a unique villain laugh to match it up?' He amusedly thought.
He swore he's gonna add to the list of 'what do' to established a cool nickname to cover up this shameful name.
After the papers were all signed, he went back to room to pack his things and got ready to move. Then he followed his foster parents going to to their vehicle. It was now time to say goodbye. He stopped midway and thought that he's gonna miss the head mistress and the kids somehow. So he turn around ran back to them and then gave them each a hug. He it was the head mistress turn, he hug her tight and said.
"I'm gonna miss you so much, Nana."
The head mistress answered wiping her tears while smiling.
"I'm gonna miss you too, kiddo and your antics."
Faust held her hands and reassure her.
"I will be back, I'll visit you often."
"Okay, go on child. Be kind to your new parents, okay?"
He nodded before returning to his foster parents. His parents just watched this and smiled at them. He promise to himself that he won't forget to visit them if he have time.