3rd Pov
A few days have passed since the day Claude was adopted by Yuna. currently, Yuna has just dropped by to check on Claude and see if his condition is better or not.
"Why did you change your hairstyle?"
Claude said while looking at Yuna's new hairstyle. Her long blonde hair that was let loose before, was now braided beautifully in a side plate hairstyle.
*A/N:For reference, her hairstyle is the signature hairstyle of dead moms in anime.*
"It looks good, right? Of course, a woman as beautiful as me would look good with any hairstyle." Yuna said narcissistically.
"You do look beautiful but please change it."
Yuna pouted and frowned as she heard her son's statement.
"Why? you said it looks good."
"I did, but It just makes me feel weird as if something bad is going to happen."
"You worry too much it's just a hairstyle. Surely nothing bad will happen cause of it."
"If you change it I will call you mom once per da-"
Before Claude could finish what he was saying, Yuna's hairstyle had already gone back to the old one.
'That was quick.' Claude thought to himself.
"Don't go back on your words~" Yuna said while winking at Claude, making him sigh in defeat.
"Sigh... I won't Mom."
"Yay, my son finally called me mom." Yuna exclaimed happily while hugging Claude tightly "Call me mom one more time please."
"Nope, that was it for today." while looking away from embarrassment.
The main reason for Claude's embarrassment was simple. He didn't have anything close to a mother or father in his life, so calling someone he met recently who had also adopted him his mother, felt new and odd for him.
Yuna pouted again "You're so mean to your mother. "
Her mood then changed quickly as she smiled at him "Your recovery is going as smoothly as possible, I think in a few days you can get out of bed and move freely. We can start training you from then."
"Training?" Claude asked curiously as he was clueless about it.
"Yep. I'm not going to let my kid grow up as a loser who can't defend himself. We also are going to see an associate of mine, he can help us to see if you have an ability or not."
"But I don't have any mark on my body that would show I have an ability."
"You might be a special case who knows? Let's try it, it might be worth it. also just because you don't have an ability it doesn't mean that you don't have an affinity for elements."
"Ok."
"Good. Today I will teach you more about the history of our world. Tell me do you know anything about races other than humans?"
"Hmm, I think I know a bit. While I was stealing food from different stalls I listened to things that people gossiped about. I know that there are different races with each having its kingdom but I don't know anything else."
"I see. We will talk about the stealing part later but for now, it's learning time. Before our world began to change hundreds of years ago, the only humanoid race that existed was humans. Due to the mutation accident, the earth completely changed and as you know many people began to awaken their abilities. Some of the people developed abilities that had a relation with animals or supernatural beings and by spreading those abilities and passing them on to their descendants the new races began to form."
"So the origin of all races is humanity?"
"Yep. For example, let's talk about the vampire race. During the first year of the mutation accident, there were several people who awakened an ability that was related to bats. In exchange for consuming the blood of any species, they would get their physical aspects empowered for a short duration. If the consumption of blood is persistent, the boosts they get will remain and won't fade away after a short time. People with this ability began to stand together as the act of consuming blood was something unacceptable by other people."
"So they grouped up and made their own society?"
"Exactly. And more importantly, they kidnapped people with abilities and used them to make the next generation stronger. Due to this pure blood vampires and half-blood vampires were born and they inherited the same ability of their ancestors as a physical gift, not an ability that they are destined to get. So not only did they get stronger due to consuming blood, some of them even awakened their own abilities which took the vampire race's power to new heights."
"So to have an ability it doesn't necessarily mean to be born with one if you are from a different race. It's only like this if you are from the human race. Was this the reason you told me we were going to meet that person to see if I have an ability or not?"
"Indeed. I told you I did a background check on you right? Well as we both know you're an orphan so we don't know anything about your parents, so we aren't sure if you are human or from a race that you don't know about. If you're from a different race than humans, then it could be possible for you to awaken an ability later, and by meeting the friend I talked about, we can possibly get more information about your lineage."
"Anyway, it's been a while since you bathed so it is a good idea if you clean yourself today." Yuna suggested "How often did you wash yourself when you were living in the slum district?"
"Hmm probably once a week at most."
Yuna moved her head sideways and clicked her tongue "Tsk, that's not enough. From now on you will at least take a shower once every two days."
"Why?"
"Why? A clean body is the symbol of a healthy body. If you're not clean then you're not healthy."
"What kind of logic is that?" Claude asked, bemused by Yuna's reasoning.
"My logic. Now let's take you to the bathroom."
"I can go by myself."
"No, you can't. You're still injured so I can't let you bathe by yourself. I will come with you."
"But-" Claude wanted to refute but Yuna didn't give him a chance
"No buts. Also as your mother, it's one of my responsibilities and privileges to wash my child."
"Really?" Claude asked, clueless about such a thing as he never had a mother, well a mother that took care of him.
"Of course." Yuna lied shamelessly "You didn't know that?"
"Did you forget I'm an orphan? If I had a mother or father I probably would have known about what you are talking about."
"I'm Sorry." Yuna apologized hearing Claude's answer.
"No need at least I have one now." Claude said with a faint smile which made Yuna hug him tightly.
"Aww, my son has opened up to me." Yuna said while hugging Claude tightly which made breathing for Claude hard as his head was in between her bosoms.
'I can't breathe. This was definitely a mistake.'
she then got up while carrying Claude in her arms as if she was simply carrying a bag.
"To the bathroom!" she exclaimed
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A few more days passed and Claude had completely recovered from the injuries he suffered, which came as a surprise to him. but more importantly his appearance had changed.
The reason for it was Yuna's idea to change Claude's hair color to the same color as hers so people wouldn't suspect him for not being her child. Hence why Claude's hair was dyed blond.
Today Yuna had taken Claude out of their home to meet up with the person she talked about.
But Yuna being Yuna, forgot about the main reason they had gone out and instead had taken Claude to various places that he couldn't dream of before meeting Yuna.
As of now, they were in a restaurant and while Yuna was somehow munching her food gracefully, Claude had hung his head down as if he was dying from embarrassment.
'She ordered everything on the menu and said it was for me so I could try them, but she's eating them all by herself like a glutton.' Claude thought to himself while sighing as he watched his mother eat nonstop.
"How are you even eating that much? If one looks at you they won't believe something like this."
"What do you mean? This much is normal. I usually eat a bit more." she then put more food in front of Claude "Eat up, You should be eating more so you can grow up better."
Claude sighed again as he looked at the food that she had put in front of him.
"If I eat more than this I'll get sick."
"No, you won't." Yuna said nonchalantly while clearing yet another plate.
"Haa can we at least order less next time? People keep staring at us."
"That's because of our attractive appearance." Yuna said which made Claude give up on continuing the conversation and he also began to eat his food, at a slower pace than his mother.
After a few minutes, Yuna stopped eating which didn't go unnoticed by her son.
"Claude."
"Yes?"
"Does people's gaze annoy you?"
To say he was annoyed wasn't exactly the right word. He didn't mind the stares if they were normal. But the way those people looked at Yuna, made him feel disgusted.
"It's not that it annoys me, I'm just not accustomed to being the center of attention."
"I see. When something annoys you what course of action should you take?"
"Ignore them because they are just a nuisance?"
Claude said as he nodded to himself, thinking that was what Yuna probably wanted to say to him.
"No, if you ignore them they will grow confident and continue pestering you."
"Then what should I do?"
Yuna smiled, that smile was different than the usual smile she showed him which made Claude unconsciously shiver.
"All it takes is a simple beating session."
She then got up from the chair and looked at the people that were still looking at them.
"Look and learn how to deal with these pests."
As she said that, she began walking towards other tables in the restaurant.
She stood in front of the table that was occupied by several men.
During the time that Yuna and Claude were busy eating their food, these people were staring at them and some had the audacity to laugh at them.
Who did they think they were to do this in front of her and make her son uncomfortable?
One of the guys who had an average appearance whistled upon seeing Yuna approaching them.
"The glutton beauty has come by herself to amuse us." the others at the table laughed hearing this.
Yuna smiled gently while asking, not caring about their remarks
"You guys were staring at my son and I. May I know why?"
"So he indeed is your son. What happened to his dad? Did his father leave to buy milk?"
The man said, trying to earn another laughter from the people at the table which he was indeed successful with.
*A/N:Technically his parents did that.*
One of the men while looking and admiring Yuna's body smirked in a perverted way, making people at other tables uncomfortable.
"That guy clearly didn't know the value of a beauty like you. How about you come here and give me a chance? I promise I won't bite haha."
"Alright."
And true to what she said, she walked slowly towards the man.
The Other man at the table glared at the man with jealousy, while he himself just smiled widely from what was happening.
'Today is my lucky day. first I won a bet and won a large sum of money, and now this beauty is willingly going to turn into my puppet of pleasure.'
The man thought to himself and began to fantasise about the possible events that will happen tonight.
But before he could continue his daydreaming he saw the beauty had arrived in front of him and had picked up a kettle of hot tea.
"Would you like some tea?" Yuna asked and the man nodded, after all who hated being served some tea by a beauty?
But what Yuna did after that, would leave the man and the rest of people at the table traumatized for the rest of their life.
Yuna poured the hot tea on the man's pants, specially on an important place to the man, thus burning his little brother.
"Aaaaargh!!!"
The man yelled from pain while dropping to the ground and holding his crutch, tears began to form in his eyes as he felt the burning sensation in his lower body.
"You bitch wha-" Before the man could speak any further more hot tea was poured on him which made him cry from pain.
Yuna crouched down and looked at the man that was growling in pain in the eye while smiling at him, making him shiver.
"What happened to your confidence?"
"I-i please let me go I'm sorry." He begged while being in pain.
"You see, the problem with you people is that you lot are all bark and no bite. It looks as if you guys know what you're doing but it takes just a single moment of humiliation for you to learn your place."
She then grabbed the man by his hair and pulled him up, before proceeding to crash his face to the table.
The sound of bones in the man's face made other people wince at the sight, while the victim himself had passed out from the sheer amount of force Yuna used.
Yuna then cracked her knuckles and looked at the other men that were sitting at the table with a smile that didn't meet up with her emotionless eyes.
"Alright, that's one. Who's next?"
The men, while being scared of her, couldn't let go of their dignity and rushed at her, only to get the same treatment as their friend.
'I'll take that as a note to never mess with mom. Though she won't get mad at me like these guys but it's good to know what could happen.'
Claude thought to himself while watching Yuna beat the hell out of these guys. Then, a small smile formed on his face.
'But I do have to admit that my mom is cool.'
Only if Yuna could hear that, she would have been more happy to do this every day.
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A few hours later after the little accident in the restaurant and after visiting several shops and buying clothes for Claude, they finally arrived at the end of their destination.
Claude looked at the enormous building in front of him while holding Yuna's hand.
The building was one of many skyscrapers in the city, so it wasn't anything new to him.
The duo entered the building and stood in front of an elevator and patiently waited for it to arrive.
After a few seconds, the elevator arrived and the duo stepped inside. Yuna pressed the button that had the number thirteen written on it and the elevator began to move.
Seconds passed till the elevator reached the 13th floor and they walked out of it.
"Here we are. No need to be nervous alright?" Yuna said while patting Claude's head.
She then walked towards the door that was in front of them and knocked on it.
After a few seconds, a small crack noise was heard and the lock on the door had opened automatically.
"Please come in." said the voice from inside of the room.
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