This chap is unedited so all mistakes are wholly my own.

Development; while the children are less than well

Chapter Five

Frankenstein left school the moment it was out, citing that he needed to collect his nephew from childcare. It was a good reason, he could use it every other day as long as the paperwork was finished.

Returning home he was pleased to note the newest adoptees were well behaved. Everything at home was as it should be. With a hurried thank you to Takeo and Tao -who looked at him as if he had grown a second head- Frankenstein checked on his boys.

Their temperature was still up but that fit with what Master had explained and his own hypotheses. That was not all Master had explained. Master also, thanks to Lukedonian and its echoing of mental communication, revealed quite a bit about how it was possible for their bond to create soul fragments. It was not a normal or natural occurrence for bonded to be so completely out of touch.

Frankenstein was enormously proud of Victor; the child definitely deserved the name he gave himself.

Now if everything was going well, yes. There were some minor changes in Cadis' and Victors' appearance. No difference large enough to get the human children's attention thankfully. There were some blue specks in Cadis' eyes and red in Victors'. They both had developed a rim of purple at the outer edge of the iris and gained some height. It looked more like a small growth spurt than anything supernatural as long as you didn't look too closely.

The fever should break soon but they may still need to hibernate for up to a month to recover from the energy they had used. He would be able to weigh them when they were well.

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M-21 found himself in the hall way with Takeo and Tao; they wanted to know about the kids. Honestly he still suspected that they were clones but he had also developed a few more ideas on that front. Still, given all the members of the household the safest guess -he didn't want to anger these people dam it- was really harmless.

"It is possible they're the nobles' kids, Frankenstein at least is very possessive of them. Honestly, I don't know for sure it didn't seem right to ask." M concluded with a shrug of his shoulders.

"Vampire children? That doesn't seem right." M-21 stared, shocked. These elite members had been given the same generalized information he had? He needed to correct them immediately; if they inadvertently insulted Rai Frankenstein might kill them.

"I could try to find their writings, even if they don't say anything about the kids it would be good intelligence." Tao was looking contemplative. It took a few moments but they noticed how M-21 was staring at them with growing fear.

Actually he would need to tell them all the house rules wouldn't he? The words alone they may be forgiven -after all M had been given permission to ask questions- but if they acted on those thoughts? Entering their personal rooms and rummaged around or god forbid set up cameras' like this was a base! He had only asked Frankenstein to let them stay in the house last night; it wouldn't do to let them commit suicide.

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"Seria, would you mind looking after dinner tonight?" She looked up at the sound of her name; was the house owner a noble? It seemed likely when he served someone with an aura to rival the lord.

She nodded her confirmation of agreement. His smile turned to one of praise and she found herself blushing. Ishibil sucked in a gasp from where he had just walked out of the hallway.

"You're skipping dinner?" The house owner turned to frown at him. Did the modified human not understand the importance of children? Ah, they hadn't mentioned children during their exchange. There was no reason for him to connect the house owners request with the children when the other two mod humans had been put in charge of them.

"Of course, the boys are members of my family. Their wellbeing is important." The house owner continued looking at Ishibil but eventually turned away when no more questions were asked. The mod human was looking at the house owner in a manner she couldn't place. How had she failed to realise what a unique situation she had found herself in until the simple answers had dissipated with the power revealed by those she had thought were human?

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Morning came and the infants fever was over but they had entered hibernation to recover the energy spent over the previous 24 hours. Their auras were weak enough that Raizel informed his bonded that he intended to stay home with them until they were more adjusted.

Frankenstein seemed pleased that he would be there to personally oversee the children -all four of them- while he was attending school. Raizel's 'parental leave' note for skipping class stated he would be taking the rest of the week off to attend a birthday back in his home country. This would be the infants' birthday but he had no intention to return to Lukedona yet, it must be more half truths to abide by the agreement made with humans.

The day progressed slowly with no notable change in the infants. The children on the other hand were very loud as they studied the texts Frankenstein had given them on the duties they would be taking up when the infants no longer needed direct supervision.

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Three days later running footsteps sounded inside the house. Frankenstein twitched, running indoors, it better be important. Tao burst out of the hallway having come from his search on the union; did he finally discover who would lead the investigation into DA5's sudden silence and their faked deaths?

"Dr Aris is coming to Korea for the investigation!" Who was Dr Aris? There were enough people in the room that Frankenstein didn't need to be the one to ask. Apparently her arrival here meant faking death would be insufficient. She considered DA5 her children...if that's how she treated her children. The rest of the union would be no better- it was going down.

Frankenstein smiled; Master and he wouldn't even need to lift a finger. If he just put the thought in Tao's head... Everyone was edging away from him again and he hadn't even released his aura.

He was scaring children so it was no surprise when Master sighed at him.

*Wild hope* Everyone can tell whose POV the sections are done in. So many plot points so little Victor and Cadis *cries*. I would love to hear you opinions on the story so far. - Sim