XXIV: Mr. President Remembers It Clearly!

"William, from now on, this child will be your study companion."

William can clearly remember how his father introduced Vincent to him. At that time, the eight-year-old young master of the House of Lopez doesn't know where this weak and spineless-looking creature came from.

Vincent as a child was a skinny one. Aside from his pale complexion, his body is full of bruises and wounds. This made him covered with bandages. But what bothers the child the most is Vincent's pair of dim eyes, like it all, used up its brightness. From William's vision, he sees through the other's melancholy.

"Study companion?" Hearing the word study, William's bright face turns into a long one. "I don't want how that sounds, father." Just like any other typical child, William once hated to study as well.

Others say learning is fun. But maybe it only applies to those children who get to go to school with other children around their age. William, however, has a different case. His mother is very prot