Nox Renerio.
But there were also times when Khaled wished that Nox would reach out to him as he lived so miserably. Khaled clenched his empty stomach and sat down on the alleyway. His stomach felt sour from not having eaten anything for days. He wasn’t sure if it was because he couldn’t eat anything or because he saw Nox.
Khaled’s mind was so exhausted that there was nothing visible in his eyes. He didn’t want to die in a place like this. He would rather die on his knees in front of Nox, begging to be killed.
If I die like this, without anyone seeing me, it would be meaningless. He didn’t want to disappear and be forgotten in a place where no one could see him.
“Master, please save me….”
But different words flowed out of his mouth. Save me. Nox. His voice was dry and hoarse. Khaled continued to speak as if praying to the empty air.
“Please help me….”
His voice trembled.
“Please come find me. Please….”
Tears that he thought had completely dried up suddenly started to flow. Khaled lay on the ground and began to plead to the empty air. Save me. Rescue me. Please, grant me your presence. But of course, there was no response. His master had abandoned him. The realization hit Khaled sharply. The feeling that he had already known that he had been abandoned gnawed at his insides.
“Off-topic.”
And just when he was pleading with all his might. The last words he had spat out flashed in his mind.
“Your love for me, that in itself is the problem.”
“Ah, ah, ahaha….”
Khaled sobbed with half-closed eyes. But there was nothing left to comfort him, no warm hands to look at him. Khaled clasped his hands together, knelt on the ground, and continued to plead, only to accept the fact that his voice would never come back.
“Why me.”
Why do you bestow this suffering upon me? Did you hate me that much?
He stood up from his hunched position. Then he grabbed a large stone lying on the ground. He had to survive. If he survived, he would be able to do anything. But going back to Nox Renerio’s side was impossible. The snake that was coiled inside Khaled, having been abandoned by him, lifted its head.
“…I hate you.”
Khaled whispered.
“I hope you suffer more than me.”
I hope you live a life much more painful than mine. Khaled thought as he tightly clenched the stone.
Just then, someone entered the alleyway. Under the belief that he would survive, Khaled threw himself at them, giving everything he had in the thought that he would make Nox Renerio as unhappy as himself. And he stood in front of the two people who had just entered the alleyway.
“What do you want?”
“What a beggar.”
First, he had to solve the problem of not having eaten anything for a few days. Khaled spoke with a hoarse voice.
“If you have something or anything to eat, please leave it and go.”
“Huh?”
The mercenary men in leather armor laughed. But Khaled’s eyes were determined. Amidst his extremely emaciated face, only his blue eyes flickered as he looked at them.
“…Are you serious?”
“We’ve come across someone who’s desperate to fight even though he’s so young.”
“That’s not really something to be proud of. If we lose to a young bandit, our leader might tear us apart.”
Saying that, they attacked Khaled. Khaled grimaced and tried to escape from them somehow. However, with a sudden movement, his vision momentarily blurred.
“Ah….”
Whether it was anemia or something else, Khaled’s vision turned yellow, and then…
Plop.
He collapsed and fell to the ground, turning black. The two mercenaries stood there staggering, looking at the collapsed Khaled. Their scratching hands were filled with helplessness.
“…It turned out like this.”
“Hey, let’s go. It’s embarrassing to say that we fought seriously against a little kid like this.”
“No, wait.”
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