▷ My life does not have the word 'happiness' ◁

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Kim Dokja Pov's

I do not know...

I don't want to understand either

I was born and raised as a normal human being

But why are there misfortunes that seem to be deliberately seeking me out?

Everything is so bad that I wish it is just like a simple nightmare of mine and then someone will wake me up from this nightmare

The constant stream of curses rings in my ears, it's so loud it's like I have to take in a huge amount of sound. My whole body aches as someone pushes me against the wall, I have no strength to resist, I know that

And even if I stand up and try to resist, everything is meaningless, I just get beaten up more. The old wounds are not yet healed, and I have to face new wounds...

There was a time I still hoped someone would come to rescue my life from these unfortunate times

Any kind of guy

I hope someone will save me

But who will stand up to save a person that they don't even know?

Nobody...

I don't care if they hit or curse, now I just know how to shrink back like a beaten dog, just know how to tuck my tail and hide in a corner...

- Oi? What are the kids playing so happily?

... What? Who...?

Who is that? The kids of the same age who were bullying me suddenly stopped and looked in the direction of the voice. An adult man wearing a thick-looking suit and with dark hair with a hint of gray at the tail of his hair, his eyes showing a beautiful amber yellow color. It seems that he is not familiar to them...

I was suddenly startled when I saw the man's eyes looking at me, in just a second I felt everything around me stop, all the sounds around gradually became blurry and disappeared, as if it was just me and that man in my world... strange, a strange man and a strange feeling

- Ah ah... so you're bullying, huh? What grade is the student in? Well, now you all gang up to bully a weak and frail kid, huh? Seeing that makes me sick...

The man's voice remained unchanged, speaking quietly as if mocking them, the corner of his mouth lifted a very small but quickly disappeared sneer

- Who is this uncle? This is not your business, please go away

- Oh ho?

I heard the voice of a kid in the group bullying me, that man not only didn't leave but also made jokes and approached us...

What's happening? Why isn't that man leaving?

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*pop*

I recoiled even though I knew I was sitting against the wall, the scene in front of me made me shiver and open my eyes wide, not daring to speak up, oh even if I spoke up it wouldn't mean anything. The mysterious man suddenly advanced and beat up the bullies on me, though it did not cause any casualties, at first glance they were beaten to bleed, each lying in a corner, unconscious

- It's true that kids are mischievous.... easily pretend to be strong

I looked at the strange man in bewilderment. What happened? Did he help me?

- Why... help me?

I timidly asked again. The man glanced at me for a moment, making me suddenly tense up. Wasn't he planning on hitting me?

- I don't know, because I see you as a weak puppy, even though you can't resist, you're really weak

I suddenly became speechless, oh yes... I am very weak, extremely weak...

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The perspective of   '???'

In a moment, I thought I was crazy, but I still stood up to help a boy full of wounds, even with a lot of dirt on him, out of the bullying crowd

The boy was beaten so badly by the kids his age, I just made a sound to tease those kids and then left, but then I saw that boy being bullied. In those big round black eyes, there was a darkness, a darkness like the sky every night, in a fleeting second I saw its helplessness... I guess that's it.

After beating up the bullies, when that kid finally spoke up, he spoke so quietly as if he didn't want me to hear...

- I don't know, because I see you as a weak puppy, even though you can't resist, you're really weak

Right, I also don't know why I stood up to save the kid when I don't know anything about him

Me and him are like two strangers

Don't know anything about each other

The boy remained silent, bowing his head. I looked at him for a while and eventually his weak appearance stirred pity in me

That's right, it's just pity that keeps people together

I looked over and saw the kid's bag being bullied by the gang, all the books seemed dirty, maybe there's no problem, right? I went to take the kid's books and left the bag, carefully pulled the bag closed and then walked in front of him

- Hey,look up for a moment?

-...?

The beaten face is also very heavy. Honestly, it's probably been beaten many times, even the face has old adhesive tape peeled off, and both arms too. The worst thing for a student is probably being bullied. I know that

- What's the kid's name? Where does he live?

Listen to me asking the kid cautiously, even if he thinks I'm a kidnapper, what then?

- ... Kim Dokja...

- Kim Dokja? The name sounds really strange...

-...

There, just said a few words and then dropped the face down

I put my hand on my head, really how did I get here? Am I trying to help a kid? To be honest, I don't have good feelings towards kids, or young children, they look very annoying and mischievous, in general, I hate them

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The wind keeps blowing gently into my ears, now I have to carry a kid on my back, oh yes, the kid was bullied earlier. Now I have to carry him back to his house, he's still lying on my back without saying a word, I've taken off his shoes and held them in my hand

- Hey kiddo - squid ,how old are you?

- If I say I'm 10 years old, do you believe me?

- Hah, 10 years old? Even a kid as small as this probably only looks 8 years old

Children in this area are very easily kidnapped if not carefully cared for, especially we will catch some 9-10 year olds, I'm not sure if recent kidnappings are related to that age group

I laughed weakly back at that kid, and when he heard my response, he got angry and used his small hands to continuously hit my back

- What!? I'm already 10! 10 years old already! Damn... 8 years old what?

- Oh? 10 years old? So that's old enough for me to kidnap the kid

-...

- Huh? scared?

- ...who wouldn't be afraid?...

- Does the kid think I'm a kidnapper like him for real?

-... who knows...

- Damned...

Do I look really bad guy!?

I don't care about it anymore and just walk away, this is really the time I spend my time for a kid...

- By the way... what's your name?

- Huh? oh... just call me Hae

- Hae...

I heard the kid on my back mumbling my name as if to remember my name

- But the kid remembers what to do... I'm not worth remembering for the kid

- Why?

-...

because I am a bad person

I am a gangster, sometimes I go out to fight others to find pleasure for myself, a mercenary who takes money from others to carry out their requests, I am a killer who only needs to hate a name to kill that name. I'm a criminal, why does a child like me need to remember a person living in the dark side of society like me?

- But if you want me to help later, you have to pay up, I beat up others to get money, got it kid?

-...

I don't expect the kid to understand that

but even though it's late, the kid gives me a strange feeling

The kid on my back suddenly hugged me and buried his head in my shoulder, which made me a little startled but then pretended to ignore it and walked away. Although there were many people around, to me, the whole world was just me alone

and somewhere inside me I accepted the presence of a stranger...

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Hello! Thank you for reading the first chapter, Tenku wishes you a happy day~