Chapter 212
1. < Evade the Hero and Flee! 212 #25. Other's Stories (1) >
#1 Their circumstances: the circumstance of Wieref Lil Vereiden, a man who used to be a hero
I was always alone since my childhood. By the time I became fully aware of who I was, there was no one beside me. To survive, I did my absolute best every day.
If I got lucky, the local churches provided me with food. On ‘normal' days, I picked up discarded… things that couldn't be called food to eat. On those unlucky days, though, I had to do everything in my power to steal food.
Sometimes I got caught. On some days, I didn't. If I got caught by a nice person, they only gave me a little bit of a lecture before letting me eat the stolen food. On the other hand, not-so-good people catching me meant I'd get beaten up within inches of my life.
Where I lay my head was my bed. Sometimes, I had to sleep in the middle of mountainsides. Living in the wilds wasn't all that different from where people lived. I could find a little more food in the mountainside, but there were also more dangers here.
Some fruits and mushrooms looked edible but some of them were poisonous. I hadn't run into any monsters but did encounter many wild animals. And so, when I began to wonder what was the point of struggling so hard to live every day…
"We shall give you a place to sleep and food to eat." A man kitted out in black showed up in front of me one day to make an offer. "In return, you shall give us your life."
I looked up at the man and pondered my options.