"You ungrateful brat!" the woman shouted as she forced me out of the car. I lost my balance and fell onto a puddle of mud, staining my clothes while the heavy rain soaked my body. I glared at the woman and yelled, "You can't do this to me!!!"
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"You think you still have your daddy's support, huh?" the woman rolled her eyes and scoffed while smirking down at me. "Guess what, you little brat?" she continued with a cruel smile, her tone dripping with mockery as she looked at me like I was nothing.
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"He's dead." She smiled while narrowing her eyes at me as if waiting for my reaction, her expression cold and unchanging. My mouth slightly opened as I panted and tried to wipe the rain from my face while attempting to stand, my hands trembling slightly as I struggled to regain my balance. "You!"
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Before I could get close to her, she threw a tumbler toward me hard, hitting my shoulder and causing me to stumble again and slightly whimpered from the pain. She then closed the car door and drove away, leaving me alone in this unfamiliar place.
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"SEHAN!!!" I shouted at the top of my lungs as my tears mixed with the falling rain, my voice breaking as it echoed into the empty space around me.
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That's how I ended up living as a poor person for half of my life. It was unfair. I was born to inherit my father's wealth and continue the business my ancestors built, only for Sehan to deceive my father and take everything from us.
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"One day, when the time comes, you'll continue our business, my flower," my father said gently as he patted my head, and I smiled brightly.
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"Yes! I'll make sure to make you guys proud!" my younger self said happily...Innocenty.
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She thought she could deceive me too?? But I couldn't do anything... I was only 15 at that time after all. What could a mere 15-year-old me do? It was difficult for me to even eat after being cast aside since I had to survive on cheap food.
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"If you let me take control in the future, you can relax for the rest of your life," Sehan told my younger self with a sweet smile. I felt uncomfortable and uneasy, but I didn't say anything back then before I became stubborn and stopped listening, and she cast me aside...Fortunately, I was lucky enough to be taken in by an old lady named Merry.
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"Oh my... Are you lost, young lady?..." Old lady Merry said as she slightly tilted her head to the side and looked down at me while I sat in the corner of an alley, hugging my knees tightly. The alley was cold and quiet, and I didn’t even bother looking up at first. Merry's hair was completely white, reminding me of Elsa... but Merry was old and not beautiful at all. She was shorter than me too, and looked like she could barely handle much.
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I didn't have a choice and followed her anyway... If she did anything strange, I could just push her old body and take her money.
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15 years passed... and I still couldn't do anything. I didn't have the talent or some kind of miracle that could help me carry out my plan to take back everything that belonged to me. Sehan, that woman, probably didn't even see me as a threat at all. Of course... to her, I'm just a spoiled brat who relied on her daddy all the time and can't do anything about taking everything back. And I hate to admit that she's right. But throughout the years, I learned how to live as a poor person and survive on my own.
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Lady Merry died from a heart attack when I was 21, and I ended up working... actually working, using these delicate hands to earn money! If I didn't work, then I would starve. It was exhausting and frustrating at first, but I didn't really have any other choice if I wanted to keep living. Every day felt like a struggle just to get by, and I slowly realized there was no one left to rely on anymore.
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At 28, I got arrested for attempting to rob someone's purse. I was desperate, but of course I didn't have the skills for it and ended up being thrown into prison for 2 years. It was supposed to be a quick way to survive, but it only made everything worse and pushed me even further down than before... Well at least I got fed in the prison...
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"You're out, Dina," the police officer said as he let me out of the cell. I stood outside the prison entrance and sighed heavily. I'm 30 now, and I'm a fucking criminal. How great. When I was on my way to Merry's house that she left for me, I found out it was gone, and construction was already happening there. Now I'm fucking homeless too. I just... didn't want to keep living like this anymore.
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At night, when I decided to sleep in an alley since I had nowhere to stay, I suddenly woke up in an unfamiliar place. The room was cold, dim, and smelled strange. Great, I got kidnapped too. These people are insane! What do you mean they're going to sell my organs?!
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"S-seriously?..." I muttered as I let out a bittersweet chuckle and slowly slumped onto the floor, my hands slightly shaking. My chest felt heavy, and my mind couldn't even process what was happening anymore. I'm actually scared... I wanna go home.
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"Hey, you dude," I called out to the guy watching over my door. He glanced at me with an annoyed look. "What?"
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"Could I at least do something before I die?" I asked with a lazy smile, trying to act calmer than I actually felt. He stared at me for a moment without saying anything before turning around and leaving. Tsk, did he just ignore me?... I clicked my tongue and rested my head against the wall.
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But after a few minutes, he came back and tossed a book toward me. It landed right in front of me with a dull thud.
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"Read that. Your schedule got moved anyway. Once you finish that book... your organs gone..." he said before closing the door again, leaving me alone in silence. I slowly looked down at the book and slowly took it. It was titled "Sigil."
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I scoffed. "A fiction story? Are you serious???" I said, slightly annoyed, my brows furrowing a little. I've never read these fake stories; I never even bothered to. But... I ended up opening it anyway as I leaned my back against the wall. I had nothing to do anyway, so I might as well read it, even if it felt pointless.
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Page after page, it was a story about some talented kid in a magical world, how realistic. The writing felt simple, almost like something meant for children, the power or magic system doesn't even make sense..yet oddly detailed in a way that kept pulling my eyes forward even when I wanted to stop. Though I only finished it in 4 days but I'm still alive.
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"The doctor is out, he'll be returning next month." The guard guy said. His voice echoed slightly in the quiet space. And I end up reading the book from the beginning again, flipping the pages slowly as I tried to piece everything together properly this time. I didn't really understand it at my first read since I just skimmed over it all... I end up reading the book 3 times. At least they let me take a shower and kept me heathy... Because they need a healthy organs anyway...
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At my last day... I just flipped through the book without reading it, just to stop my hands from shaking too much, the pages turning one after another under my fingers in a dull, repetitive motion. I didn't cry or anything, it was pointless. I flinched when I heard the door opening, the sound cutting through the silence like a sudden crack. I didn't look up, I refused to, I can't hear anything other than my heart beating so fast, loud in my ears as everything else faded away.
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When the man got close, I immediately smacked his face with the book and tried to run to the door, my movements rushed and desperate as my body reacted before my mind could even think. Only to hear...
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BANG!
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I fell to my face... I didn't feel anything as I felt myself getting dragged, my body scraping and sliding helplessly across the floor while my strength gave out. "Fucking hell..." I cursed before I closed my eyes... everything going black now.
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But then, I opened my eyes and saw a young man with dark blue hair and his eyes... were sparkly? I felt kind of tired as I glanced around, a forest? What's this light around me? The air felt strange and unreal, like everything was too quiet and too bright at the same time. Then before I could properly look back at the young man—the blue lights around me suddenly gathered above, then a heartbeat—I was blasted away by these blue lights on top of me, forcing my body to get slammed into the ground, the impact cracking the earth beneath me.
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What the heck... is happening... I can feel the pain, and I've never felt such pain in my entire life. Electric? No... Fire?? I can't describe it. My body trembles as I try to lift myself up, my hands shaking uncontrollably as I struggle just to move even a little.
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"W-wait," I managed to say. But I immediately paused when I heard my voice—a male and... very old voice... What... THE FYCK IS HAPPENING?! The young man slowly approached but stopped at a safe distance, his posture tense and alert. "It's over, teacher," the young man said, slightly narrowing his eyes as he looked down at me. "I have to stop you before you get stronger." The young man continued as he started to cast something, blue light gathering faintly in his hand. T- teacher?? What is he talking about???
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"S-stop! Listen to me!" I said, slightly desperate, my voice cracking. That thing! those glowing light-like effects in his hand were the same ones that hit me. Nuh uh, I don't want to experience that again. "I don't know what's happening!" I continued while trying to get up, still feeling weird hearing this voice come out of me.. but let's ignore that for now.
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The young man paused as he looked at me, slightly confused rather than suspicious, his posture stiffens just a bit as he tried to understand the situation. Then the light disappeared from his hand, which made me feel relieved, my tense body loosening slightly. "What are you talking about?" the young man said, his sparkly eyes slightly glowing as he observed me closely.
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“I don’t know what’s happening,” I repeated. I was sweating so much, and I didn’t know what else to say, I just didn’t want to get hit by that thing again. "I don't know why I'm here!"
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The young man paused, then slightly tilted his head to the side while looking at me, his expression shifting into something more uncertain. “It seems like…” he said, then stopped again, more hesitant this time. I don’t know if I looked pitiful or something, but his gaze lingered on me like he was trying to figure it out.
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“I’ll call your people,” the young man said, then turned around, his back now facing me. “Let’s forget about this.” He continued, and then blue lights appeared around him, forming a swirling pattern that tightened around his body like bands before it fully enclosed him. In an instant, the light flared and he vanished from the spot, leaving only faint traces of glowing particles in the air.
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I blinked in surprise, staring at the empty space where he had been. What?... People? What was that light that hit me? Then my body gave out again, my strength draining as the pain and exhaustion spread through me. My vision 123Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEUHIQMcuSA
darkened at the edges, and everything slowly faded as I lost consciousness.
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