Disclaimer: Is on 1st chapter!(which represents the story)

READ: oh yes, if anybody remembers from the previous chapter what I said about red eyes being demonic: it was a mistake I made. Now to correct, red eyes ((in this fanfic)) would indicate non-human blood in general. In other words, Star's red eyes would mean that she has some sort of abnormalities ((meaning anything but humans)) in her blood.

--also, the term "booty" actually means something like stolen treasure, items. Loot is another definition. Just so all the people who use slang too often won't get a horrid idea of what I'm trying to portray in this story.

Hee hee...just read...

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Since this fanfic is in Kharl's POV

Italics are Master Kharl's thoughts

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My Only Son

Chapter 3

I sat around the cave. Yes, quite boring since I didn't bring any of the ingredients that I brought to work on.

"Are you awake?"

It was the girl, Star, wearing her usual plain, black dress. She put on her gray coat, and informed me, "I'm going to work." Simply, like that.

This basically happened everyday. Sometimes I would wonder if she ever thought that I was an incompetent being. For once in my life, I was afraid. It wasn't like the feeling of death, but that...I was afraid to hurt her.

Hm...now that I think of it, I think I made Garfacy very worried about my disappearance because one day Star brought up a conversation. Her bringing up a conversation was very puzzling to me because she rarely ever spoke.

"There was a man: very short, tri-colored hair, no eyebrows...," Star paused, "did I mention he was short?"

He must have been very short indeed.

"Um..." I thought for a moment. I couldn't remember who I would know who is very short, tri-colored hair, and has no eyebrows, "I'm sorry, no."

"Well, he was asking if I saw you. He never said your name but he did give a description. Oh yes," she paused again, "what is your name? I believe I've never asked you."

"Kharl."

"Hm...you're Kharl the Alchemist, aren't you?" she started to smile as she spoke. But that wasn't really what surprised me. How did she know I am the Alchemist?!? I supposed she read my feelings easily, and explained, "There is a book that I've read, and it has a chapter about you."

I may have been hearing things but I heard a hit of admiration in there. A human? No.

"Meet me at the library tomorrow, when the sun is high." Star said.

"Right." I nodded.

I left from the cave early...cave? I was living in a cave...anyway, I left from the cave early because I wasn't too sure of the location of the library.

Even though Kyloro is a small town, the streets were fairly busy. While trying to look for the library, I had a few obnoxious merchants holler in my face about their extremely, low prices. I had to buy a few things...let me see...a bouquet roses, they're quite nice actually but I wouldn't really buy this kind of thing. A few snacks like moon-cakes, just-add-water ice tea packs.

Oh yes, please, I ask all readers not to...think worse, or badly of me: condoms. I did not want it! Some youngster, okay maybe not that young, was running, and knocked into me. It turns out that a shopkeeper was running after that youngster. So once the young thief knocked into me, his booty landed beside me. The youngster didn't bother to pick up his condoms, and left it with me. Me. So when the shopkeeper found me with the stolen item, he accused me of stealing, and demanded a payment. I paid him.

Apparently, my guess is that he never saw the thief, and only heard the youngster run out quickly without going to the counter declaring nothing is in one's hands. In Kyloro, when you enter a shop, you must go to the counter when you leave to either buy the desired items, or declare you have nothing on you so you can leave.

Now let's get back on track, to the library? I got there eventually, a bit late though, as I saw Star waiting on the steps in front of the main entrance.

"You're late," she stated the obvious, "what have you gotten yourself into?"

She was looking at the bag of snacks, condoms. Then the most noticeable were the bouquet of red-purple roses sticking out of the bag.

"You've been badgered by the street markets, right?" Star asked.

"Yes, I suppose."

"Don't go there if you're not interested in shopping, or every other merchant will bother you, and try to get you into a buying spree. What's with the bag?"

I carefully picked a box of moon-cakes, and stuffing those embarrassing condoms to the bottom of the bag, "Just some snacks." I said.

There was a brief silence, Star was thinking.

"We can go over there," she pointed at a cafe, "to eat those snacks you bought since you're not allowed to have food in the library."

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Next, Chapter 4: At the Library

--ohhhhh, so happy.