Omen: 4, 20

  ‘hough the Omen tickled Adam, he knew not to tempt Fate, and so decided against using it. ‘Right, I have to do that…’

  Adam worked out lightly in the m, along with the older children, before he went to bathe. He carried Jirot and Jarot back from the baths while his triplets followed him. He fed them all, including his sister, resisting the urge to also feed the other children around.

  “Adam,” Jurot called, following Adam out. “You must use yic upon the gem.”

  “The gem?” Adam asked. “Ah, the ohat Crowseer gave?”

  “Yes, but also the blood gem.”

  “The blood… ah, that gem?”

  “Yes.”

  “ht. I’ll do that ter tonight then. Thanks for reminding me.”

  Jurot nodded, before letting Adam leave to ent. Crowseer’s words had burned into his mind. The young Iyrman was uain if their talk in the night had helped his brother, but hopefully this would do something. He was uain if he should trust Crowseer, but with what he had said… ‘I will inform Elder Zijin.’

  “Lovely to see you again, Fawyx,” Adam called to the Iyrman who was apanying him.

  “You as well, Adam,” the Iyrman replied. He wore lighter clothing and carried a bde at his side. He was one of the few Iyrmen who was thin rather than muscur. He was one of the tusked Iyrmen, with greyish green skin.

  “Did you miss me?”

  “I enjoyed my time with my family so was uo miss you,” Fawyx replied.

  “Ouch, harsh.” Adam preteo winbsp;

  “I am sure you ha, Unrivalled Und-,”

  “Lovely weather we’re having,” Adam interrupted, almost ging at the title.

  A shadow of a smile crept across Fawyx’s face. “Yes. It is.”

  Adam ented that day, passively enting as he had dohe previous year’s end. Fawyx bliowards the young half elf, having never seen him do such a thing before. The Iyrman recalled what Elder Zijin had told him, something which sounded so impossible that it could only be something Adam could do.

  “…”

  Adam’s spent the three days enting a Basic modifier, a typical +1 to hit and damage. Due to his passive enting it required only three days to ent su effeto a on, which was already great enough, though it did not reach the likes of the fire giants, who could ent one Basic on each day.

  Adam went to see Elder Zijin, who he would see every evening whenever he expended his Health and Mana into the blood gem. This time the Elder had his books in front of him, cheg the ledgers, making sure the families he was watchful over had their aken care of.

  Mana: 19 -> 9Health: 91 -> 57

  Adam winced as the blood gem drained his Health and Mana, and the pulsing gem pulsed with more life than it had done so the day before. Each day Adam fed the gem, it grew more powerful, more lively. Adam did his best not to look at the shadows, uanding the Iyr probably had a few warriors nearby, just in case something happened. ‘I wonder if that old dy is also here.’

  “Would you be willing to sell the magical ons at the same rate as the previous year?” Elder Zijin asked.

  “A hundred gold for eae?”

  “Yes.”

  Adam raised his brows, smirking at the Elder. However, he thought better than to joke about the Iyr, not when he was still in the process of feeding a mysterious gem which required his blood and magic. “Of course. Such lovely ons they were, each identical to the other.”

  “We thank you for your assistan these matters, Adam. You have done so much for us.”

  “As long as you’ll keep being o me.”

  “The Iyr never fets.”

  Adam bowed his head. “The Iyr’s always dht by me. Mostly.”

  “Thank you.”

  “Any time.”

  Elder Zijin pced a diamond onto the table. The diamond, with its gleam, was identical to most of the diamonds Adam had in his possession. The half elf eyed it up for a moment before he picked it up and slipped it into his pocket.

  “Thank you,” Adam said.

  Elder Zijin bowed his head, and with their business over, the half elf began to leave.

  “Adam,” the Elder called.

  “Yeah?” Adam turo face him.

  “If you have trouble sleeping, you may request night tea from a warehouse.”

  Adam slowly bowed his head. “Thank you.”

  Elder Zijin bowed his head and allowed the half elf to leave. The Elder reached into his poud felt the diamonds within. There were many ways the Iyr could have paid Adam, from gold s, to all manner of gems, but a single diamond worth three hundred gold? Such was a rare gem, and it was a gem which meant ohing in particur. It was the least he could do, sidering how much Adam was doing for them.

  Elder Zijin pulled out a little bck book, and wrote within it. Though Adam was treating them well, they still o judge him. As the Elder wrote within the book, a thought came to him. He leaned bato his chair, gng to one side, where Shaool waited, hidden in the shadow.

  ‘ it be done?’

  Omen: 10, 12

  Adam awoke early the m, and noting the looks of the nearby Iyrmen, realised he should take the day off. ‘I should probably still do the gem ter, though.’

  “Papa, look!” Lanarot called, pointing towards the blob of purple. “Is you.”

  “Oh wow, look at that, it is me! You drew me so handsome too. Am I really that handsome?”

  “Yes! So handsome. Papa so handsome.”

  “That’s right, that’s right, I am handsome, aren’t I?” Adam slowly nodded.

  “Daddy!” Jirot shouted, pointing up towards him, her eyes narrowed with suspi.

  “Yes?”

  Jirot narrowed her eyes further. “Okay.” She stormed off towards the nearby wall and stared at it, crossing her arms behind her as she fell deep in thought.

  “Jurot, there’s o be jealous,” Adam said, gng to his side, only to find Jurot had left.

  “Papa w.”

  “Right, he is w…” Adam frowned. “How e no one bullies him when he works so much, but they bully me?”

  “Is papa.”

  “You’re absolutely right, Lanababy.”

  “Yes.” Lanarot smiled before returning back to her drawing. “I draw Gurot, okay?”

  “Okay.”

  “Adam,” called a familiar voibsp;

  “Elder Zijin,” Adam replied, getting up to meet the Elder, who remai the entrahe Elder’s gaze was fixated on the pair of goblin twins, each who were staring at the wall, jabbering towards one another. No, one was jabbering to the other, who listened ily to his elder sister, nodding his head every so often.

  “The Iyr wishes to test something.”

  “What is it?” Adam asked, following the Elder, who had motioned for the half elf to follow him.

  “We wish to know if another enter ent the ons once you have pced the base entment upon them.”

  “Ah, right,” Adam replied, slowly nodding his head. The Iyr had already figured out they could, but they hadn’t tested his current enting ability. “So you want me w today?”

  “Yes.”

  “Lanarot is going to be so annoyed…”

  Lanarot pouted up towards her brother once she was informed. Her nieces and he triplets, assisted by pouting up towards him.

  “Papa always w!” the little girl accused, her lips pursed together, threatening to cry.

  “Ah, I will try to work less so I py with you, Lanababy.” Upon notig the triplets pouting further, Adam dropped down to embrace the four. “I’ll py with you all tomorrow, I promise. You hear that, Elder Zijin? You o protect me tomorrow so I py with the children!”

  “Okay,” Elder Zijin replied.

  “Did you hear? Elder Zijin will make sure I py with you tomorrow, so don’t be sad.” Adam kissed them all over their faces.

  Lanarot turned her head away from him, pouting towards her mother, before she rushed up to her to hug her leg. “Mama! Papa so mean!”

  Sonarot picked her up, gently patting her back. Her grandchildren also walked over towards her to hug her leg, hoping she would assist them. “Adam must go work today, but tomorrow he will py with you.”

  Adam sighed, before narrowing his eyes at the Elder. “I hope the Iyr doesn’t fet how much distress they’re causing my children.”

  “…”

  Adam huffed as he made his way to work, Fawyx esc the young half elf to the shrine. Adam met the Elder in the evening, handing him the three ons the Iyr had provided for him to ent that day.

  “What’s this?”

  “Payment.”

  “They’re not do.”

  “It does not matter in this case.”

  “Well, alright,” Adam said, pocketing the diamond, gd he was still making three hundred gold, about a year’s sary for someone maki ine in this nd. ‘Damn.’

  “Papa!” Lanarot shouted once he returned, with Jirot following after with her own shout, before he was swarmed by the six children.

  Adam dropped to his knees and lifted them up, sh them with affe, before letting them go. “Were you all behaving today?”

  “Papa, look!” Lanarot grabbed Adam’s hand while Jirot replied with her favourite word, before Adam was dragged away. “Look!”

  “Ah?” Adam replied, staring down at the picture the girl had drawn. The girl began to point out each of the people she drew to her brother. “Where’s Inakan?”

  “Here,” Lanarot pointing to one of the scribbles, which just so happeo be where she had poiurot, Jaygak, and her grandfather.

  “Of course. Where apa Jurot again?”

  “Here,” Lanarot poio the blob she had said was Kavgak, and also Gurot, again.

  “Gosh, your drawing is so amazing!” Adam lifted her up and kissed her face all over.

  Lanarot squealed with joy, while Jirot rushed up tangak, who had e to visit the children.

  “Babo?” Jirot asked.

  “He is at the estate,” Gangak replied.

  Jirot hugged Gangak, kissing her cheek, before pointing towards a seat. Jarot remained hugging her neck as he sucked his thumb.

  “Yrandfather tells me you are w hard again,” Gangak accused the half elf.

  “Whose grandfather?” Adam replied, crossing his arms.

  Gangak smiled. She dodged a few of Jirot’s pokes, before she brought the girl’s head to her bosom. “Do you think you bully me?”

  “No,” the girl replied, cag.

  “That is right.” Gangak rubbed her cheek against the girl’s head. “You must listeo your father.”

  “…” Jirot smirked slightly and whispered. “No.”

  “Do you pn t more chaos to the world this year?” Gangak asked ohe group settled together to eat.

  “Is that up to me?” Adam asked, feeding Kavgak from his p. The girl looked up towards Adam, before shyly looking to the side, opening her mouth for the spoonful of pe.

  “Your way of causing trouble is just like yrandfather’s.”

  “That old man…” Adam found his triplets looking up towards him, and his twins were also staring at him as they drank from their bottle. “I’m not sure that sort of thing is up to me, but I would prefer not for things to get too chaotic.”

  “Not daddy!” Jirot said, pointing towards Kavgak. She poiowards her nano. “Mama?”

  “I am her grandaunt, like I am yreataunt, my Jirot,” Gangak replied with utmost affe.

  “Even though Kavgak is not my daughter, she still love me so much, isn’t that right?” Adam pnted a kiss against her cheek. “She gave me a lovely little gift.”

  “You ged her clothy?”

  “Not that kind of gift, but even if she gives me that kind of gift, I’ll still love her forever.” Adam held her closer to him, while noting the envious eyes of his children. “I’ll hug you too, but right now it Kavgak’s turn, okay?”

  “Okay,” Konarot replied, but she tio pout, her tail swaying from side to side. Her face darkened as she gred at Kavgak, before her grandmother rubbed her head, and wiped her face .

  “Jaygak, you should give me Kavgak since you’ll just bully her. Raygak, we should protect little Kavgak, shouldn’t we?”

  Raygak nodded his head, while Jaygak reached out towards her brother subsciously, but instead of bullying him, brushed his hair gently, having caught herself. She could sense her father was ready to act too, but he had remained seated while she brushed her brother’s hair.

  “Taygak, Adam is trying to steal Kavgak from me.”

  Taygak’s eyes widened as she gred at Adam, as though daring him to try. “No.”

  “Taygak, you ot do this to me.”

  Taygak looked towards her nana for support, the older Iyrman brushing Jirot’s hair gently, while Jarot clutched at her shirt with a vice grip, slowly drinking from his bottle of milk.

  Gangak’s eyes the Adam’s. “I will take Jirot and Jarot, you take Kavgak and Maygak.”

  “…” Adam remained silent for a long moment. “If their babo agrees,” Adam replied, his tooo serious.

  “What a shame.” Gangak gently rocked the pair within her arms. “I should have taken you when I had the ce.”

  An air of awkwardness filled the air, while Gangak grinned wide, enjoying the moment of chaos she had created. She pulled the goblins closer to her chest, the pair she was ready to adopt whe family had initially refused.

  ‘Damn. Old people really don’t care, do they?’

  I hope you ehe triple chapters today!

  The wo chapters are rather crazy, 709 especially.