"A deal?" I asked him because I was not expecting him to offer me a deal, and I really wanted to know what he would offer.
"Yes, a deal that would benefit you and my family," Bruce answered me calmly, and I do not doubt it at all because, in the three years that I have known him personally, he has never given me a reason not to trust him. Plus, I really doubt that Tim would ever let me get used like some fleshlight that heals by Bruce.
"Wait, before you offer this deal, I want to know if you've got something to dry plants with to make them into tea?" I asked because I can use this chance to turn those lavender I got into tea to see what the effects are. Plus, everyone in this family needs some kind of tea that can relax them.
"Yeah, we do. But why?" Tim was the one who answered me and asked me.
"I got some magical lavender."
"How the fuck did you get that?" Jason asked me as he looked at me confusingly, and that is a valid question, in all honesty, because you wouldn't expect some broke kid with no parents like me to have magical plants.
"I'll tell you that later."
"Follow me to the kitchen, boys," Bruce said to us, and we followed him like a bunch of ducklings following their mother—but you didn't hear that from me at all.
"Gelena, I would like to know how exactly you got your hands on that type of thing?" Damian asked me.
"I think that I said to Jason I'd tell him later. What makes you think my answer will change?" I asked him.
"Because unlike my idiotic brother and his foul language, I asked politely."
"Fuck you too, brat," Jason said to Damian.
We entered an elevator that I'm going to assume leads to the manor, and the elevator is big as fuck—like, I think it can fit about 25 people in here at once and not be full.
"How much did all this cost?" I asked because this is crazy, and yes, I know that Bruce is rich as fuck.
"It cost money," Bruce said to me, and I just deadpanned at him because that was corny as shit.
"Bruce likes to use dad jokes that are really bad, so you'll get used to it," Tim said to me.
"Of course, I'm doing dad jokes because I am a dad, and I'm making a joke—aka dad jokes."
I just decided to make myself blackout until we got to the kitchen because I did not want to hear those jokes at all with how bad they are.
I shook my head as we entered the kitchen, and Bruce led me to a machine that I'm going to assume is used to dry plants to make tea. So I summoned my Magical Backpack, then I reached into it, took out a whole lavender spike, and put it in the machine. Then Bruce started it.
"Now we can talk about what you were talking about," I said as I sat on a chair because I wanted to know what this deal was about.
"I want to adopt you," Bruce said to me very calmly.
"What?" all of us said at the same time.
"Yes, I believe that if I adopt you, then I would be able to train you to your full potential and many other things, and you can be our healer and other things."
I just stayed quiet as I thought about this because this deal is a big thing. Like, I would be rich, I could finally put the Essence of Crafther to use because I would have all the tools that I need, and with the Bat supercomputer database, I could make crazy shit like Superman one-shot weapons. But...
"Thank you, but I will have to say no," I said to him as I looked him straight in the eyes.
"May I know why?" Bruce asked me with a smile.
"Well, as much as it would be very good for me to accept, I will not leave Sona, Veronica, and Sophie to be left alone without me to protect them because this world—mostly this fucking city—has too many dangers for me to leave them alone. Also, if I were to get adopted by you and somehow our identities got leaked, then villains would use the girls against me to control and use me to do some crazy shit. Plus, if you know, word on the street is that our government sometimes kidnaps metas or powered people and blackmails them," I said to him honestly because those are real fears that I have. The government here is basically almost on the same level as HYDRA because they are run by the Light.
"That is a valid reason," Bruce said to me.
"But I've got a counter-deal for you. I will train, work, and do other things with you, but I want a proper house for me and the girls in a neighborhood where it is safe for them—that is, outside of Gotham and likely around these neighborhoods. In return, I'll do stuff for you," I said to Bruce. And yes, I know that I am kind of using him in a way, but it is for a good reason. Also, I want my girls to be safe and happy.
"Let's say that I do accept that—what would you like in this house?"
I just started to smile happily as I said, "I would like it to have a workshop, a backyard big enough to have a few greenhouses that I can build myself, a pool for the girls, a good-sized kitchen, and a gym."
"Why a workshop?" Tim asked me.
"Damian, can I get that bokken that you are holding?" I asked Damian, and he handed it to me. Then I asked them, "One of y'all got a pocket knife?" and Jason handed me a knife from his hip.
I took a deep breath as I thought of a rune to use to make the bokken heavier—to where it weighed a little bit more than a katana—and once I got the rune, I started carving it into the bokken's side slowly. As I did that, I used SHU, which, if you didn't know, is basically a better version of Ten that covers an item like it's a part of your body. Plus, it makes what you are holding better—like if you had a knife, then it would be sharper. Anyway, using SHU is really easy because the blade was working like a hot knife through butter on this bokken.
Now, how this rune works is that the weight depends on the amount of mana that it has inside of it. So once I was done, I poured a little bit of mana into it, and I could feel the bokken getting heavier. I made it to where it weighed about 6 pounds, and it didn't really take that much mana either.
I handed it back to Damian, and he handled it in his hands. Then he swung it and asked, "Is it stronger?"
"Nah, the rune I put on it is to increase the weight depending on the amount of mana that is put in it," I answered him. And honestly, I think I'm going to make a pair of workout clothes with this rune so I can train my body. I'm throwing away the whole Lookism body idea because I plan on having a natural body—eating as much as I want and just doing full-body workouts to make my body stronger and not really muscular.
"Wait, first you can heal, then you've got a magical backpack that you can summon, and now you can do runes and use mana? What else can you do?" Jason asked me.
"Things. Many things," I answered him.
"I will be sending movers to your apartment to get yours and the girls' things," Bruce said to me. Then he asked me, "What kind of plant seeds do you want?"
"Any that are health-related, really. Plus, the girls have been saying that they want a puppy—a St. Bernard."
"I'll give you all of that, and in return, you will be a healer and craftsman for us. And the first thing that I want you to make is a wooden sword that acts like a real one."
"Well, I believe that we've got a deal," I said to him as I reached out my hand for a handshake, and he took it and shook it.
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[AN: Hello goblins, it your favorite Hispanic Daddy here with new chapter.
Now some of you will say that Bruce is acting out of character but he is really not if you know his character like how he is really soft for kids and mostly those without parents, and the reason why he going to give the house to Gray is because he want to have a good eye on him at all times. Also he is going to call his magic friends to look at the rune that Gray put on bokken to see if it is bad in anyway and other stuff.
Give me some names for the puppy here and it will be a boy:
Here is the list of important things to Gray:
1. The girls
2. Hexes
3. The Batfam (Mostly Tim)
4. Food
Gray will be putting the girls above everything because of how important they are to him. Also, yes, he is a simp for them and he is not afraid to admit it at all. Plus, it might be a poly-type harem, and Gray is the type of man to yearn without shame. Also, he lets them do whatever they want with him.]