After breakfast Robin asked Ivana to wait for him in the living room. Robin entered the living room shortly after Ivana did and sat beside her “I'm sure that you are still confused about what happened till now… in this world there are people who have some abnormal powers like me and Al, and we always have something odd in our appearance as a mark that we own powers. Most normal people aren't aware of that so they treat us like monsters. You are one of us and your eyes are the proof… Your power… seems to be imitating any other power you see… that explains how you got wolf ears and tail after seeing Carl who can transform into a cat… you imitated his power and that also goes for my power and Nightmare's power." Robin said but Ivana didn't say anything as she was confused. Robin kept observing her reaction trying to figure out if he can tell her now about HIS decision after HE knew about her. At the end, he decided tell her later. He took her to the town to buy her new clothes. He bought her a skirt and a hoodie. She was so happy. When they returned home, Robin started preparing for lunch but Albert wasn't there. "W… Where is Al?" Asked Ivana "He went to work." Robin answered without looking at her "W... What's h… his job?" Ivana asked. Robin ignored her at first but she asked again "You should ask him when he comes back." He said and continued preparing lunch. Ivana didn't ask again and decided to do as Robin told her. A week passed since then but Albert didn't return Ivana was worried but Robin told her that it was Albert's habit to disappear for a while because he has no sense of directions. During that week, Ivana became closer to Robin, he began to teach her several things like cooking. After another two days Albert returned, he was as cheerful as always but Robin was pretty angry. The evening Albert returned Robin decided to tell Ivana what HE decided so he sat with her and Albert in the living room and started talking "You asked me before about Albert's work right? " "Really?! She did?" Albert interrupted Robin "I and Albert work as bounty hunters." Robin said ignoring Albert "Bounty h... hunters? " Ivana asked "Yes… bounty hunters' work is to kill or arrest the bad people who are wanted. HE gathered people with powers like us and made an organization of bounty hunters Nightmare and Inesco are part of this organization as well." He said then kept silent for a moment as if he was trying to know what to say. "HE??" Asked Ivana "Yeah… We call him The Reaper, none of us actually met him, only Nightmare met him in person." Said Albert "Yes and ... He heard about you and… decided to make you join us" Robin said expecting her to panic but surprisingly she didn't. "W... What does kill mean?” She asked as she didn't really understand the meaning of the word kill. It was the first word Robin and Albert discovered that she didn't understand but it wasn't the last. Robin was confused how to tell a four-year-old kid the meaning of such a word "Kill....it means ..." he said " It means to end someone's life and send him to the afterlife so he can no longer exist in this world, like by cutting his neck or something" Albert said simply interrupting Robin who glared at him "Oh… don't be such a worrywart… She'll understand sooner or later" Albert continued simply "Well you could AT LEAST explain it a little nicer!" Robin said angrily "B… but why do you k... kill people?" Ivana asked, Robin looked at her not knowing what to say "Well.... Uh....The people we kill are… bad people.... They hurt others so we kill them as our work." Robin said hesitantly "Y… you kill any bad p... person?" Ivana said "Technically...yes" Robin said "W… will you k… kill m… me b… b… because I w… was a b… bad c… child?!" She asked in a terrified voice. Albert burst into laughter while Robin panicked from her reaction and got pretty angry of Albert's reaction. It took Robin a while to explain the idea to her and to erase her fear. "Anyway, you'll start going on missions with me and Albert, he'll teach you swordsmanship while I'll teach you using guns and we both will try to help you to learn using your powers… Go to sleep now, it's really late now " Robin said finishing the talk then he stood up and left." So, I'm supposed to teach you swordsmanship? Don't worry I'll go easy on you but we should get you a sword first. I'll take you tomorrow to get one… Goodnight" He said then went to his room. Ivana went to sleep as well. When she fell asleep she saw someone in a black cloak, he seemed huge and scary for her, she couldn't see his face and with a deep scary voice he said "A bounty hunter huh?" Then began to get closer to her then she woke up screaming. She was shivering and crying. She stayed in this state for several seconds then then door opened in a rush "WHAT HAPPENED!!" said Robin with a fright as he entered Ivana's room and Albert followed him in "I... I s… saw a s… scary m… man w… with a b… black c… cloak" Ivana said while crying. Albert and Robin looked at each other then Albert laughed while Robin became angry. "Don't worry kid… it's just a bad dream, Nightmare in fact, calm down." Said Albert while laughing "Don't worry, I assure you that it won't happen again." Said Robin with a sigh. Ivana was going to say something but she didn’t, Albert noticed that "If you're still scared you can sleep in my room I won't let anything hurt you." Albert said with a smile. " C… Can I?" Asked Ivana "Yup sure, if you want to." Albert said. Ivana ran to him and grasped the edge of his clothes, he patted on her head. Robin walked with them to Albert's room "I'll go to sleep take care of her, Al." Robin said then left. The rest of the night went without any nightmares as Ivana felt safe when Albert was with her and she slept soundly. Next day after they had breakfast they took her to buy her a sword and a gun. Of course, Albert drove Robin crazy by walking in the wrong direction again and again. After about half an hour of being lost -because of Albert- Robin became extremely angry and argued with Albert. Ivana felt that it was her fault and wanted to stop it but she didn't know how. "What are you doing here?" Someone behind Ivana said. she turned with a fright to see the owner of the voice who turned up to be Carl. Carl looked at her wondering why she was frightened that much. "W… we were going to b… buy somethings." Said Ivana "What were you gonna buy?" Asked Carl "A..... s… sword and a g… gun." Said Ivana "Really?!" Said Carl with an excited smile, she nodded, she was surprised from his reaction "So you're gonna be a bounty hunter too!" He said with the same expression "Y… yes" answered Ivana not knowing how he knew about it "Great! I'll be one too!" He said with a big smile. "By the way, isn't that the man who was with you the other day?" He asked, she nodded "Who is the other one with him?" He asked " T… that's Robin. T… they both take care of me." She said. "So, they're your family." He said. Ivana looked surprised for a second as she didn't realize that fact but then she smiled and said "Yes!" "Why are they arguing?" He asked "B… because Al keeps m… making us lost." She said. Carl thought about something for moment then said "I have an idea! Come on!" then he dragged her along with him leaving Robin and Albert who didn't notice what happened. After a while, the argument finished with a hard smack on Albert's head "That's why I hate going with u anywhere" Robin said angrily then turned to where Ivana was standing and said "Sorry for this idiot… Let's get goin.... Ivana?!Hey where are you?!"
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