Omen: 6, 7

  “Damn,” Adam whispered as he awoke, staring at the Omen numbers.

  “Are you feeling unlucky today?” Sonarot asked.

  “Yeah…” He sighed. “I guess I’ll…” His eyes fell to Sonarot and Lanarot. “Could I see what you do with Lanarot today?”

  Sonarot stared at Adam with a little fusion. It would be quite b to follow her around as she looked after Lanarot, but he had been close to the girl.

  ‘To think my Nephew is so sweet.’ She wondered just how jealous the other Iyrmen would be. It was always difficult for them to have their older children to take i in their siblings when they were babies.

  “Okay,” she said. “Since you are so eager.”

  Adam smiled. He didn’t really know the daily life of his sister, but it would reveal much about how a mother and a child worked in the Iyr. At least, that’s what he had hoped.

  “You go and train for a short while, unless you wish to see her sleep?”

  “Alright,” Adam said, nodding his head. “I’ll be back soon.”

  Adam and the others went to train, Dunes and Jonn joining them as per usual. They had been w out daily, with some light workouts, though Dunes and Jonn were eager to train harder, joining Jurot, Kitool, and Jaygak to spar harder.

  Adam bathed quickly before heading back to the Rot house, where he saw Lanarot and currently feeding from her mother.

  Adam, feeling awkward, went to che his items, which had bee into a chest which had been locked and ed in a b.

  “Oh,” Adam said, staring at all the gems. “I fot I was so rich.”

  “You have so much gold,” Sonarot said, smiling at him. “Don’t spend it all.”

  “I won’t,” Adam said. “I o make sure I have enough for retirement.”

  “Sometimes I worry you might spoil Lanarot too much.”

  “Is there such a thing?”

  “As long as you do not starve, it should be okay.”

  “If it means she won’t starve, then that’s fine.”

  “You will not be in such a situation.”

  “I hope not.”

  “You worry too much, Adam.”

  “Perhaps I do…” Adam rubbed his . “I’m not super stro, so I’m worried that I ’t protect her, especially with these ears of mine.” He wiggled his ears at his Aunt.

  “Your race is quite hated in this nd.”

  “Yeah.” Adam sighed. “I don’t want that b her.”

  “Who would bother Lanarot with such matters?” Sonarot asked.

  “Those who shoot first and ask questions ter. I could see a time when someone sees me with a child, notices my ears, and they do something bad to her. I don’t trust the people of this nd that much.”

  “You are more cautious than I expected,” Sonarot admitted. “If it means Lanarot is safe, I do not mind it so much.” She brushed her daughter’s hair, looking at her sleepy face.

  Adam couldn’t help but feel a sense of dread. “I ’t bee too powerful too quickly either…”

  “Due to Chaos?”

  “Yeah,” Adam whispered. “Just in case everything ends up worse.”

  “What an unfortunate choice you have to make.”

  “I’ll py it safe for now.” Adam was gd that he could speak his worries with Sonarot. Having someoo speak with put him at ease, even if there was no resolution.

  Eventually she was doh feeding her daughter, patting her back as she carried Lanarot outside to bathe the girl, which also made Adam feel awkward, so he began to write in his recipe book, trying to figure out some recipes he could bring into the Iyr.

  “Chip butty?” he whispered to himself. “ I truly bring that to the Iyr with a peaind?”

  Adam thought for a long moment.

  “No.”

  After Lanarot and Sonarot bathed, Lanarot sat to py with her blocks as Sonarot knitted beside her.

  Lanarot picked a block up and stared at it. She held it with her other hand and raised it up, before pg it down on top of another block. She giggle and ughed, grabbing another blod khe other block over before stag it again.

  Eventually she crawled onto her mother’s p, reag up towards the knitting tools, only for Sonarot to pull them away and she picked up her daughter.

  Thee food which Jogak had made, and ohey were done, Sonarot picked her daughter up.

  “e, Adam,” she said, carrying Lanarot out towards a nearby estate, pg the girl down with some other babies who were around her age, each of whome were on a b with all sorts of toys nearby.

  The babies didn’t really aowledge one another, sometimes gng at one another, but otherwise pying alone.

  “Let me introduce you to Lanarot’s uncles and aunt,” Sonarot said, motioning a hand to the others.

  Adam was surprised to see them, but sat down on the chair prepared for him. ‘When did she mao set this up?’

  “I was waiting to introduce you,” Sonarot said. “This is Citool, Jogak, Shikan, and Lojin.”

  Sonarot introduced eae.

  Citool was the mother of Kitool, and looked so much like her, though her hair was cut into a bob and she was not quite as lean.

  Jogak looked as sour as he always did, still staring at Adam with suspi.

  Shikan and Amokan looked extremely simir too, though Shikan held a short, but thick beard.

  Lojin looked nothing like Timojin, but was equally as muscur as the Orcish Iyrman, if not more.

  “Hello, everyone,” Adam said. “Adam, son of Fate, Nephew of the Rot family.”

  “We know who you are,” Jogak said, almost growling.

  Citool threw Jogak a quick look. “It is a pleasure to finally meet you properly. I have heard much of you from Kitool and Katool.”

  Adam recalled how much he had bullied Katool. “I hope they view me in a positive light.”

  iled, unsure if she should tell him how much Katool cried about him. “I thank you for saving my daughter’s life repeatedly.”

  “So you heard about that?” Adam gnced aside awkwardly. “It’s alright, you don’t have to mention it.”

  Katool stared at Adam, who gnced away. “Why are you looking away?” It was too suspicious for her not to ask.

  “Oh, you know. It’s just a little weird being thanked for that.”

  Citool stared at the boy. “It is a great honour.”

  The other Iyrmen gnced between one another, w why he was squirming.

  “I know, but it’s still a little weird. It’s embarrassing.”

  Sonarot smiled, beaming at the others, showing off her sweet o them all.

  The other Iyrmen stared at her, w just how lucky she had gotten.

  “You should not be so humble,” Shikan said. “You should accept the pliment into your story.”

  “My story…” Adam replied. ‘Right. I’m a Nephew of the Rot family, so my story will be in theirs too?’

  “It is good to see you are finally resting,” Shikan said. “Sonarot keeps telling us that you work too hard and have yet to rex appropriately.”

  Sonarot narrowed her eyes slightly towards Shikan who had slipped out her worries.

  Adam cleared his throat. “Yeah, I don’t feel lucky today so I nning on taking it easy.”

  “Lucky?” Shikan asked.

  Adam nodded. “Fate isn’t on my side today, so I decided against doing anything too important.”

  Citool nodded her head. “You have done so much for us already, Adam. Why?”

  “Have I?” Adam asked, rubbing his . “Well, I think it was quite fun to py with the children. I think it’s a good idea for older siblings to py with the younger siblings every so often, so when I saw that no one was doing it, I thought I may as well py with them. Plus, I got to learn the games that the children py, so I learnt a little more about the Iyr.”

  “I eaking of your enting,” Citool said. “Seekerstaff.”

  “And Bloodseeker,” Jogak said.

  “Oh,” Adam said, flushing slightly red. “Right, I did that too, didn’t I?” He scratched his cheek.

  iled, w if he was doing it on purpose, but seeing as he was so embarrassed, it robably actal.

  Adam shrugged. “I didn’t want to die, that’s all. With Kitool and Jaygak wielding magical ons, ces are I’ll survive the enter. Plus, it would feel weird that Jurot and I have a magical on when I could make a magical on for the two and still have plenty of money leftover.”

  “Which we thank you for,” Jogak said, though he was still suspicious of Adam.

  “Yes,” Citool agreed. “We ot thank you enough.”

  “Don’t worry about it,” Adam replied. “It was my selfish desire that I wahem to have magical ons.”

  “When my son is worthy, I will e to request a on,” Shikan said. “How much will you charge?"

  "Offer me a fair prid I'll accept. Since you're my Aunt's friends, of course I'll give a dist." Adam nodded.

  "There is no need for it,” Shikan said.

  "They may be no need for it, but there is a want of it," Adam replied. “Since I’m the one f the dist, you don’t have to worry about it.”

  “Our sons have already goo adventure,” Lojin said. “They have gone far to the east to make their name, and they will not return for many years. When that time es, I will also hire you.”

  Adam smiled. “When that time es, I hope I’ll still be able to face them both at the same time.”

  Lojin threw his head ba raucous ughter, causing the children to turn to him, and some began to cry due to how much it sounded like a roar.

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  Adam begins to seduce the other uncles and aunts.

  FYI, I'm still figuring out capitalisations for different stuff. I try to capitalise titles, races, and names of beasts.

  However, for the Iyr, they have awkward naming schemes.

  Adam is a Nephew, which is different to a nephew, because Nephew is a title within the Iyr which has a specific meaning.