Chapter 23 - Aidan Sad Story

Aidan grew into an ace for the Devil Rebel gang. How come? His presence greatly affects the condition of the Devil Rebel, it can be seen from the first year of his arrival that Devil Rebel has triumphed, and gradually mastered the territory they want. Until now, the Devil Rebel was able to control almost half of the government area.

Aidan is highly respected by all of the conspirators from Devil Rebel, even though it's like that, Ron doesn't want Aidan to be made as a leader. Because he was still hesitant to hand over his leadership to the child who was then only nine years old, which in the end made Ron hand over the power to his own friend Vernandes. It happened when Ron fell ill and eventually died of his illness, Aidan could not help him after finding out that Ron was seriously ill and made Aidan take a lot of time to heal him.

Ron had deliberately kept it all a secret from Aidan and the rest of the Devil Rebels. Thus making Ron's death very surprising to many parties and including Aidan himself who was very devastated by it. Only one message said by his father to him, "Do your best, you are a true warrior and save all the things you love." that was the last message said by Ron to Aidan before he finally breathed his last.

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The last words Ron said to Aidan kept ringing in his head, and almost every night, Aidan thought about and remembered them. Words that he will never forget for the rest of his life.

Aidan's life became very sad, and even sadder when Belinda died of a heart attack one week after Ron died, which of course made Aidan a lone child at the age of nine, which made Aidan a more silent person. compared to other children who were the same age as him at that time.

Like tonight, Aidan sat contemplating in the chair where his father always sat watching or talking with him. Both of Aidan's eyes were now on a door when he heard a knock from the door, which made Aidan finally get up from his seat and walk to the door of the room that used to be Ron's room, which is now being used by him.

Aidan opened the door and saw that it was Vernandes, the man who was now standing right in front of him, bringing Aidan dinner at that time.

"Uncle!" said Aidan calling Vernandes who was now spreading his smile towards Aidan,

"Aidan, why don't you go to the restaurant?? I'm waiting for you there!" said Vernandes, which made Aidan now frown upon hearing that, because he felt that his uncle rarely looked for him.

"What is wrong?? was there anything discussed there earlier?" Aidan asked Vernandes who was now exhaling and then nodded his head in response,

"Yeah… I plan to expand our territory again!" said Vernandes to Aidan who was now frowning at those words,

"What is wrong?? is our territory not wide enough right now??" A question asked by Aidan also made Vernandes nodded his head quickly to answer the question,

"Yes! Certain! We will always lack Territory, and as long as our seizure of territory returns, I need your role here." said Vernandes to Aidan, which made Aidan understand what the uncle meant, because he was the medicine, of course, those who were injured would need energy and healing from Aidan.

"I will always help for the well-being of all members, Uncle," said Aidan to Vernandes who was now smiling at his words,

"So… you're coming right??" Vernandes asked Aidan who was now nodding his head in response to his uncle's words,

"I will always come along," Aidan replied to Vernandes who was now smiling happily while muttering,

"Yes ... ok, be prepared because later you will move to the border with Dhan." said Vernandes to Aidan who now nodded his head again in response to the words that were said by his Uncle at that time.

Aidan was immediately prepared to be moved to the border area because his uncle asked him to move from there. It's true, since the death of Ron and Belinda, Vernandes is a man who takes care of all the needs of Aidan, which makes Aidan will always obey all the words that Vernandes throws at him, and even now he thinks he is leaving the house. only to stay on the border and help the soldiers to expand their territory which of course made many parties including Dhan slightly objected to the decision from Vernandes regarding the move from Aidan at that time.

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"I became clueless! Why do you want to be moved here, Aidan??! You should have asked me this first!" the words that were thrown by Dhan at that time, made Aidan just turn his head to look at him with a gaze that was quite tired of the chatter that was thrown by Dhan that night,

"I became unable to defend you after you received everything that Vernandes ordered, Aidan!" the ravings would never stop there, and Aidan knew Dhan all too well.

There is nothing Aidan can do at this time other than nod his head in response to Dhan's words while saying,

"Yeah… this has all happened Uncle Dhan… I can't go back on my words right now, anyway… isn't that great?? I don't have to take a long time to run to the border because I now live in the vicinity." Aidan said to Dhan who was now only able to shake his head in response to what Aidan said at that time. While Dhan who heard it now could only shake his head in response to the words that Aidan said to him,

"Whatever… I can't tell you, you are a difficult child for me to tell, and that is normal for a child your age at this time." Dhan muttered trying to understand the nature of a nine to the ten-year-old child from now on, which of course made Aidan chuckle now at that.

"Thank you, Uncle Dhan!" said Aidan to Dhan who now nodded his head and lay down beside Aidan while saying,

"I'll be coming along… so don't worry, you have me now, Aidan." that's what Dhan said to Aidan that night. And Aidan who heard it now smiled while nodding his head in response to the words that Dhan said to him.

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