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A collapsed wooden fence.

Old wooden buildings.

The girl entered a rural village that was no different from a village.

‘It’s an unsightly place.’

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I also followed suit.

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The culprit who made the girl cry must be here.

The culprit who bothered me.

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Tat tat!

To avoid detection, he climbed over the collapsed fence and hid in the bushes. It was a small town with less than 500 people, so it felt desolate.

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Have you been staying in a place like this this whole time?

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“Hello. Lady Ferret!”

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After following them for a few minutes, the girl greeted the villagers with a bright smile.

“Am~ Is Ronika here? oh. You have to be careful in the forest. What are those wounds on your body?”

“Ehehe… ︎… ︎.”

Ronica.

It’s the first girl’s name I’ve heard in 10 days.

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Even though the wound was not from the forest, Ronica walked back into the village without any excuse. I also jumped off the roof and chased after him.

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He went from house to house, exchanged the herbs he collected for various items, and finally got four pieces of bread.

“Hehe. Since I didn’t get to give it to you today, I’ll have to give you two tomorrow.“

… ︎A strange feeling again.

Take care of yourself.

“Keyu~”

I let out a small sigh so as not to be heard.

Don’t worry.

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What is important now is why Ronika had to come to the forest alone and cry.

It’s annoying when he comes to me and cries every time.

That’s it.

Ronica, who had a bright personality, seemed friendly to the villagers on the outside. Although there was a tendency to look down on him as a child, it wasn’t a problem.

‘Is there another problem?’

As her curiosity grew, the girl stopped in front of an old house in a deserted corner of town.

At this time, I had a gut feeling about Ronica’s expression.

An uncomfortable expression, as if he was thinking about something.

I flinch as if recalling a bad past.

There is a culprit in that house.

Ronica smiled sadly for a moment, but instead of going into the house, she picked up a stick nearby.

Woe!!

The stick is swung crudely.

Abrupt action.

Are they practicing swordsmanship?

Ronika hit the stick and swung it repeatedly. I watched the movement closely from the roof.

‘… ︎… ︎… ︎That sucks.’

He didn’t show any particular talent. His clumsy emotions were coming out of the sword, as if he was simply swinging it to vent his anger. It was an extremely ordinary talent, neither outstanding nor inferior.

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‘It seems like you’re in big trouble.’

The guy swung the stick non-stop for about 10 minutes. I swung it randomly and tried to imitate neat movements on my own.

It was all clumsy.

Jump up!!

“Hey bitch. What are you doing when you’re not coming in? ”

Suddenly the door of the house opened and a man came out. He was a middle-aged man who looked to be about 40 years old, and the smell of alcohol that seemed to have just passed through his uvula was wafting up to the roof.

Ronika flinched and then timidly opened her mouth.

“I told you not to come in yesterday… ︎… ︎… ︎.”

“Don’t you have to prepare rice!! Hey, I raised it. I had a hard time raising a child like that. Oh my~ What is all this about my arms?“

A quote is obtained.

They are like weeds who get drunk on bad days and make trouble for those around them with one excuse or another. Ronika was raised by such a person.

There are no other signs in the house.

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If the two of us had been living alone like this, we must have had a hard time. If a father was that strong, it was obvious that he would have been raised like a puppet.

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But Ronica rebelled head-on.

“I don’t like it… ︎ Dad only drank alcohol at home today, right? I heard you raised me. I also paid for all the drinks. Who is raising whom now?”

“What? This guy!!… ︎.”

A scared face.

But the look in his eyes that says he will never back down.

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Seeing Ronika’s determined appearance, the man got angry and kicked out the door again.

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Bah!

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Right hand coming closer and soaring upward.

He seemed to have a personality where actions speak louder than words.

At this time, Ronica raised the stick and pointed it at the man, as if she would not be taken lightly.

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“Don’t come near!!”

“Ha. Are you going to beat me up with that now? OK. Try it!!”

Taaa!!

Sigh!!

Ronica threw out the stick with all her might, but it was caught in vain by the man’s hand and smashed.

“Ah… ︎.”

There was no way we could be opponents from the beginning. It doesn’t make sense for an ordinary kid who hasn’t even grown up to beat an adult man.

“This must be absolutely correct to come to your senses!! Oh!”

Wow!!

“Keuuugh!… ︎.”

Ronica, whose head was caught by a powerful maw, was dragged forward.

“Should I sell it? Okay!!”

“Kya!!”

The man threw Ronica forward as if throwing a ball. Naturally, Ronica, who lacked strength, was unable to properly resist and rolled on the ground.

The skin was torn and blood flowed.

The wounds increased again.

An expression holding back tears.

This is it.

It’s annoying.

It’s annoying.

Pajik.

I must have exerted too much force without realizing it, and the roof board was torn off by my front feet.

In the meantime, the man walked up to the fallen Ronika and took a step back as if he was going to kick a ball. The intention is to beat them further like this.

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Is that why?

Whiik!!!

I carelessly threw away the torn wooden plank.

Sigh!

“Quaaa!!!”

The sharp, torn end of the wooden plank got stuck in the man’s ankle. Soon, the guy stumbled on his ankle, lost his balance, and fell to the ground.

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Ronica got up just then, looked at her father who had fallen, and immediately shouted loudly as if everything had gone well.

“You were punished!! Please start your rehabilitation right now!!!”

“This!! You really die today-”

The man, who felt humiliated, openly showed his life and raised his hands to raise himself.

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For your information, I am very sensitive to life.

I can’t help but take action when it causes such annoyance.

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fault!!

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As soon as he leaps, he lifts his front foot.

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By name.

Hitting the bear’s paw.

Bah!!

“Wow!!?”

The man who was hit in the back of the head hit his head on the ground and fainted.

As a result of recent training, my strength has exceeded 20. With just a little bit of technology, this level of destructive power was natural to me.

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however… ︎

I committed it.

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I should have been more cool-headed.

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“Uh… ︎… ︎… ︎.”

Ronica looked down at me, who was crushing the man’s head, as she expressed her doubts about the inexplicable situation.

“Oh, black guy?”

“Kian~”

“It doesn’t make sense… Is this what you did?”

Ronica blinked her wide-open eyes and expressed embarrassment.

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It might be a little uncomfortable. No matter how much I hate to see it, it’s a situation where I stabbed my father in the back.

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Should I leave first?

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Wow!!

“Good job. Black ah!!~”

“Keeng?”

Expectations were spectacularly wrong.

Ronica smiled brightly and hugged me as if she had never done that before.

“You saved me! I’m so happy!!”

This is not what I expected.

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Why do you embrace me instead of your father?

Isn’t this situation suspicious?

Something.

Something something.

Something something something.

It felt like electricity passed through my body.

Strangely, my whole body felt tingly.

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I thought it wasn’t bad.

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“This person needs to be punished. Let’s leave it like this!”

Ronica boldly left her father in the yard and went into the house with a bright smile. The fact that I hit his parents didn’t seem to matter.

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I’m so confused whether to laugh or not.

Ronika, who came into her old room, sat me down on her lap and gave me bread in a wooden bowl.

“Eat this! This is my thanks for saving me.”

I didn’t ask for something in return.

I just saw a piece of trash so I cleaned it up.

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I looked up at Ronica with that feeling.

“Hee hee. It tickles when your tail wags~ Come on, don’t hesitate and eat as much as you want!”

The guy, who took it in a completely different light, stroked his head and held the bread in front of his mouth with one hand.

The hand stroking my head was rough.

It was a hand scabbed with wounds.

… ︎… ︎… ︎Intrusive.

‘recovery.’

ᚻᚢᛇᛒᚮᚲ.

Faaah!~

Ronica was enveloped in yellow light.

“Wow? What is this!? Yes, it’s pretty… .”

As she stared blankly at the light spraying into the air, Ronica’s wounds began to heal quickly.

I’m not doing this because I’m worried.

It’s just to pay for food.

Since I am a benefactor, I can give this much.

“Black Aang!! How did you do this? It’s so pretty~!! uh? For a moment, the wounds on my body disappeared… ︎ Eek!?”

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“Sniff~”

Various exclamations can be heard from Ronica as she glances at her hands and arms. I burst into laughter at the ordinary reaction of a country girl who had encountered magic for the first time.

It was the moment I realized that ordinary reactions were more rare than I thought.

Afterwards, Ronica made all kinds of fuss, and I quietly ate the bread.

The smile he showed today was not forced.

It was much better.

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“Negro is so warm~”

“Keuung?”

I was picked up by Ronika and laid down on the bed.

I was planning on finding some opportunity to escape, but he didn’t let me go until the sun went down, and instead took me to a bed covered with a piece of cloth and laid me down.

This isn’t it… ︎… ︎… ︎.

He hugged me like a pillow and closed his eyes, as if he had no intention of letting me go.

It seemed like he was planning to fall asleep like this.

However, I had no intention of showing myself from the beginning. If I fall asleep like this, let’s sneak out… The moment I thought that, I heard Ronica’s quiet voice.

“Negro… ︎… ︎… ︎ What should I do next?”

“Kang?”

Is it a complaint steeped in nighttime emotions?

I listened to their complaints for a while.

“I have no idea~ I don’t know how I will change if I live like this every day.”

This was followed by several long sighs.

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As the uncomfortable silence continued, Ronica rubbed her face against the back of my neck.

“It’s warm… ︎… ︎ I want to have a family where we can say warm words and hug each other, but it’s not easy.”

It’s family.

Is it really necessary?

I don’t know because I’ve never had it either.

But I can tell you one thing. Instead of living with that trashy father, live alone.

“This is something only I know… ︎ My mother died after being beaten by my father a long time ago. I wanted to stop him, but I was scared that I was going to die too. I hate myself so much.”

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A drooping voice.

A little strength went into the hand that was tightly hugged.

He seemed anxious.

“Adults say they feel sorry for Dad. My dad gets along well with the village people. So, even though I blame my dad, I was young and went crazy from the shock… No one believes it. So I pretended not to notice. Because I have no strength.”

Does telling me these things mean that you are that lonely?

Was I desperate for someone I could open up to?

So much so that I want to talk to myself who can’t even talk.

Was it really that desperate?

“But I don’t give up. I once saw a warrior who came to town. People believed anything he said. I believe I can be like that too.”

Warrior.

I don’t really want to recommend it.

It’s just a deep job. At least that was the case when I was a warrior.

A former mercenary who became a warrior and was despised.

While climbing the tower, I was even betrayed.

“I want to become stronger. I want to be a warrior.”

“Keying… ︎.”

A job full of hardships.

I want to tell them not to do it, but I feel uncomfortable with my body not being able to communicate.

Why is a young girl worried like this?

“I… ︎ I want to become stronger.”

It’s all useless.

Now forgotten feelings come to mind. Didn’t I also become a warrior with that feeling?

“I will become a warrior.”

With those words, Ronica fell into sleep.

I wasn’t curious at all.

It’s annoying again.

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Early moning.

I followed Ronica, who was heading into the forest alone.

“Do you want to go together? Peck!!”

I thought deeply about it last night and made a decision. He said he would at least pay for the food.

I will protect you from that trash father for the time being.

The reason why this child is annoying is simple.

Because I also went through a similar past.

So, I plan to help him just a little bit and then leave. Unlike helping, I don’t want to make a kite.

I’ll help you until then.

Rustle, rustle.

“Cancan!!”

“Huh? What’s there? omg!! oh my god. This is hemp!?”

Knowledge acquired at the tower.

I have mastered the knowledge of numerous herbs and poisons. Helping a little girl is not even a task.

“Kang!!”

“Huh? Is this your first time seeing this? Why do you keep putting it in your mouth? Try it? Wow!! For some reason, my body gained strength!!”

Today is also half a day.

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After gathering together, Ronica returned to the village carrying an armful of mushrooms and grass. After that, after exchanging bread and food ingredients, he returned home and prepared a meal for his father.

“How dare you crawl here-”

Bah!!

“Kaaa!!!”

Although violence almost broke out due to a disagreement with his father, he was easily subdued by hitting him in the back of the head.

“Fuuhu!… ︎ Black guy. You are really strong. How does such power come from this small body?”

As if to feel relieved, Ronica committed the betrayal of leaving her father on the ground and entered the house. After that, he brought me some bread and smiled brightly, telling me to eat a lot and become stronger.

Whick! Whiik!!

But he said he couldn’t lose, so he came out and waved his stick crudely.

“Ugh~ When will I be able to become stronger?”

Complaining again.

“As expected, black people are warm~”

He hugs me and falls asleep.

Tiring!

◎︎ We had a high-quality rapport with the target.

◎︎ When you select Ronica as your owner, you can acquire the additional skill ‘Possession’.

“… ︎… ︎… ︎Keng?”