There was a warm greeting when I returned. I was absorbed into a large group hug before I was even fully I to my house. "Miss Aduy!" plenty of high voices cried my name. I was the head of an orphanage, I had a branch in almost every country, and trying to get one in every country. I didn't want any child to grow up without parents, like I had. It also is a nice cover for all my traveling. I would go to see if families were able to properly take care of a child, or try to convince the government to allow me to open an orphanage. That's how I keep a good relationship with most of the countries in the world.

The time when Sin was in Kou went by simply. Aladdin would come visit me with his friends every now and then. I would take care of the children, and AR business whenever it was necessary. I got everything in order with Hasim after a week, so I just enjoyed life at home.

Soon the day Sin returned arrived. I didn't think it would change much, but it did. I was helping, Mei, an AR member and someone who helps run the orphanage, make lunch for everyone when kids started running in. "The monster of the south sea is attacking!" they cheered.

"You can't go alone!" I screamed as all of them were running out of the house. I left trying to follow the mass of fifteen children varying from five to twelve. Within my arms was the youngest child, Seru, a four year old girl who had recently arrived from Partevia. I have people beyond the AR helping with my orphanages.

"Have you seen the rest of them?" I asked the group of single diddgets, as the older ones had dispersed through the crowd. They all shook heir heads. I started scanning the crowd trying to locate as many children that I could.

"Why don't you ever do that Miss Aduy?" one of the children asked as they pointed at Sharkan and Yamriha were taking care of the sea monster with ease. "You are as good as a fighter as any of them."

"Kid, it's not about skill, but stature. They are the generals representing the countries in the alliance. I may know King Sinbad, but my stature is not as high as the generals," I told the kid, just getting a confused look from them. "I'm not allowed to," I gave them a simple answer, which they understood completely.

I suddenly felt a hand on my shoulder. I turned around to find the other Sindrian AR member, Kansi. He was more incharge of my merchant business. I was in a lot of businesses. I was a merchant, second right after Sindria Trading company. I own a casino in Reim. I am known as a respectable royal consult on forgein interactions. I am also the owner of a well respected international orphanage. The last was my main concern. The others are just more of covers for Atiyah's Rift.

"I thought you could use some help with all the kids," he said with a smile. I sighed and handed him Mei, to pick up a kid tugging on my sleeve, begging to be picked up.

"Can you go gather the double diets, those five went running off," I told him, "Or would you prefer to watch these ones and I can go find them?"

"You know the children better than me," he laughed in an awkward confession. He took the kid I had picked up from me. "You'll have an easier time gathering all of them." He was right, I had easily gathered all of them, but then they all started running around, playing a game of tag. I unwilling became it.

I was done with chasing five over active preteens. "Don't you guys want to go back to prepare for the festivities later?" I asked them.

"But this is fun," a voice I did not expect laughed. Within the running mass was my brother and his two friends.

"Aladdin, you are not part of this," I scolded him plucking him up by the arm. "Nor is this helping."

"Sorry Oneechan," he easily apologized. His sad face only pulled on my heart strings.

"It's fine," I said setting him back down, "These kids just do this way too often."

"Because it's fun Miss Aduy," one of the younger of the older ones told me. They had all stopped running and were teasing eachother.

"Just imagine if Mei came instead of me," Mei was much more strict than me, but one of us needed to be. All of them ran off to Kansi in playful fear. I just shook my head.

"You take care of a lot of children Miss Audria," Alibaba commented, that I took as a compliment.

"You can just call me Audria Alibaba," I reminded him, "But I don't take care of them alone, there's about five of us taking care of them all. I actually do the least."

"But even so, all their lives would be so different if you weren't taking care of them," Alibaba pointed out.

"I wonder how you would have turned out if there would have been someone like that for you?" Sin came up behind me and asked. I turned to look at him with a smirk.

"That's a question we'll never learn the answer to,"I told him with a peppy depressed tone." So how was the Kou Empire? "

" It was fine, " he answered, expremely vaguely.

" You hot drunk didn't you? "I deapnanned.

" No, " he snapped," I drank in moderation." He held his head up like it was something to be proud of, not something you should normally do.

" A normal person's moderation, or your moderation?" I questioned. He started sputtering in possible pain of rejection." It was nice seeing ya Sin, but I gotta get going," I patted him on the shoulder, "We should meet up sometime." I gave Aladdin a pattern on the head and ran off, knowing my assistance would be needed.