TLed by NolepGuy
Chapter 186
When I first fell into this world.
I raised my Middle Finger toward the God who must be somewhere.
-Does this even make sense….
I lived a good life, worked hard as an orphan abandoned by my Parent, only to be betrayed by God.
Even though I made donations as best as I could despite my poor circumstances, it wasn’t something a being called God should do to backstab an Angel like that, so I cursed at God with a reverent heart.
-Does this make sense…. Damn…
If I were to be possessed anyway, it should’ve been as the Protagonist or a Noble, but being possessed as a Beggar from the Slum left no room for me to feel good, absolutely none.
After a brief period of wandering.
I started to adapt to life in the Slum. Cursing at God didn’t change anything, and I didn’t even know why I was possessed, so blindly cursing felt ridiculous.
I think I had no choice but to accept it.
Life in the Slum, which began like that, wasn’t as difficult as I thought. Life in the Slum, which seemed like it would only be bleak and challenging, turned out to be more fun than expected.
-Hey, newbie!
-Informal speech?
-You should greet your senior when you see one.
-Ah…. You’re being awfully short with your words.
‘Thud!’
If I didn’t like it, I fought.
If someone picked a fight, I fought.
If I thought I’d lose due to a Difference in Weight Class, I grabbed a weapon and fought.
It wasn’t much different from the Orphanage in my Previous Life. The Orphanage was also a ruthless world where only the strong survived.
Of course, instead of a Teacher to prevent bigger fights, there were Vagrants, or there were Events where you’d be sold as a slave if you let your guard down, but being alone wasn’t much different in either my Previous Life or Current Life.
That’s why my personality was nasty.
I fought frequently.
I didn’t go easy just because someone was younger.
Thanks to the experience I gained as an Orphan in my Previous Life, I knew well how merciless kids could get if you went easy on them even once, so I deliberately treated them coldly. Besides, my personality back then wasn’t as good as it is now, so I’d easily lose my temper.
-I was wrong.
-I don’t know. Is that really your True Feelings?
-I said I was wrong!
-I said I don’t know.
A reasonable defeat through fists sometimes became a life lesson for the kids.
-I won’t act cocky anymore.
-Alright.
Perhaps thanks to the elite course I climbed step by step in the Orphanage, when I came to my senses, I had become the King of the Alley.
Of course, I also got beaten up a lot.
There were too many Restrictions to beat an adult Delinquent with a child’s body.
Bakery Mister.
A Delinquent coming to collect Tribute Money.
A Noble with a nasty personality.
I got beaten up by countless people to the point I couldn’t even count.
Even so, the only reason I could become the King of the Alley was probably my persistence in paying back twice as much if I was wronged.
I paid attention to the Delinquents, but that didn’t mean they didn’t pay attention to me either.
Whether it was my suspiciously excellent business acumen.
-This month’s Tribute Money.
-Have you seriously thought about working under us?
-F*ck off.
Or my ruthlessness in paying back twice as much if provoked.
-Hey, it’s Snake Eyes.
-Snake Eyes? That Crazy Bastard is that Little Kid?
-Yeah.
Because I grew up as someone people couldn’t easily approach, not many dared to mess with me.
Compared to other kids, I was more resourceful.
-Pretty Older Sister!
-Oh? Are you talking to me?
-Yes! Pretty Older Sister, please give me some money!
-You’re cute.
Thanks to my experience begging in my Previous Life, I became a perfect Beggar who knew no Shame, showing the kids the potential of the begging profession, and with my unique begging methods, I even became their material benefactor.
-Here, this is how you beg.
That’s why there were many kids who followed me.
There were also kids who didn’t like me, but I kept taking care of even those kids and continued to live diligently.
I met all sorts of people.
A Little Kid who would become an Antagonist in the Novel.
A Noble who kicked over my Begging Tin, calling it dirty.
I even saw the Protagonist of the Novel walking down the Street holding Father’s hand.
-Father!
-What is it, Yuria?
-Is the Capital City always this shiny?
-It’s been a while since I’ve been here too, so I’m not sure. Hold my hand tightly.
-Okay!
It was fascinating.
I thought, ‘I really have been possessed,’ and felt a grand sense of something being accomplished.
The Status Window visible before my eyes.
The Supernatural Ability to see others’ Favorability.
And the feeling of seeing the people who appeared in the Novel in real life—it was all new and exciting.
Among them, the person who left the deepest impression was the Young Lady.
I never imagined I’d meet the person I least wanted to get involved with, the one I most wanted to avoid, on the Street.
The day I first met the Young Lady was just another ordinary day.
A day when the mundane routine of begging and stealing bread, only to get beaten, swept through.
That’s when I first saw the Young Lady in her Fancy Dress.
-Ah, life is so f*cked~!
The Noble Lady in her Fancy Dress briskly walked over, muttering about missing the Democratic Society.
She’ll never know how terrified I was the first time I saw the Affinity Window of the Young Lady.
[Desmond Olivia Lv.6]
Job: Noble Lady
Favorability: -30
Favorite conversation topics: I’m beautiful./I’m the best in the world./Today, I’m the Fist King of this area./I’m bored./Hungry./Chocolate./Just wait and see./Fights.
Her interests, as a Villainess who walked around with more than 10 Bodyguards, were more villainous than any Little Kid I had ever seen.
The Young Lady kicked over my Begging Tin and shouted.
-Shut up! Beggar!
-What’s your deal?
Of course, back then, I wasn’t afraid of anything, so I didn’t back down. I thought it’d be a one-time encounter anyway, so I went all out.
-Kid? Did you just call me Kid?
-Who else but you?
-Eeeek!!!
The Victory was mine.
The experience I gained rolling around the Slum and the Dogfight skills I honed in my Previous Life led me to win.
Although the fight with the Young Lady, who had plucked the Hair of countless Nobles in High Society, wasn’t easy, I managed to win.
The Young Lady, now covered in dust, wiped the dirt off her lips and glared at me.
With an expression that screamed she was dying of frustration.
-You, I’ll kill you.
-Go drink your Mother’s Milk first.
-You go eat it!
-I don’t have a Mother.
-Uh… Um…! Here’s some money, go buy some!
That’s how I started building a relationship with the Young Lady.
It wasn’t a normal encounter.
Becoming friends after fighting—what are we, fools? But Olivia and I became close in such a foolish way.
-You came again today?
-Yeah! Today, I’m going to beat you up like crazy.
-Pfft.
The Lady Villainess who came every day.
And me, who found it bothersome.
-You little bastard!
-Little bastard~
-Stop mimicking me!
-Stop mimicking me~
-Hmph… Sniff… Sob…
-Don’t cry. I’m sorry.
I must have been a Crazy Bastard. The very act of a Commoner fighting with a High Noble Lady was grounds for immediate execution.
If the Young Lady hadn’t yelled at her Bodyguard Knights, “Don’t touch this guy! If you do, I’ll kill you!” I might have ended up a corpse on the cold street by now.
Anyway, that’s how we became friends.
-Ddi-pal!
-What.
-What’s that? It looks different from the others.
-Limited Edition Begging Tin.
-Oh… Give it to me.
-No. What would you even do with it?
-Give it to me!
-I said no.
The Young Lady once sat beside me out of curiosity and learned how to beg.
-What are you doing?
-Begging.
-Why are you doing it?
-Because it looks fun.
I often laughed at the sight of the Young Lady, with her chubby cheeks, sitting on the street and holding out the Begging Tin to the Knights.
-Put some in!
-…
-I said, put some in!
Looking back now, I thought being the Young Lady’s Bodyguard wasn’t an easy job. It must have been tough to handle a Young Lady who caused all sorts of trouble just because she thought it’d be fun.
Maybe that’s why they slipped me some extra money.
-Today, it’s Rivershot.
-Huh?
-Hit her in the side today… The Young Lady caused another scene again.
-Hahaha…
The Young Lady was my main source of income.
Not knowing much about the world, the Young Lady would always give me 10 Gold Coins through her Knight whenever she visited, and I would chat with her as her conversation partner.
No matter what, the Young Lady was also my Benefactor.
-You’re really good at fighting.
-I know.
-Who taught you?
-I figured it out myself.
-Oh… Why did you learn it?
-Because I had to be strong to survive.
I said something like, “You’re a Greenhouse Flower, you couldn’t possibly understand me,” sounding like a moody teenager, but the Young Lady boldly responded.
-It’s because you’re a Beggar.
-You little…
-Eek! Why are you hitting me? I’m right!
-That’s it. Today, I’ll teach you what Judo is.
-Eeeek!
The Lady Villainess was dumber than I thought.
Innocent and foolish.
Of course, she still had the personality of wanting to have whatever she desired, but watching the Young Lady after being possessed, my perception of her shifted to “She’s better than I thought.”
Our friendship grew.
By the time we started looking forward to meeting each other…
A sudden event occurred.
It was a rainy day.
A day when the rain poured relentlessly.
Grumbling about the absent Young Lady, I sought shelter from the rain Underneath the Bridge and spotted a familiar The Boy.
[Mikhail]
Job: Orphan
Favorability: 0
Favorite conversation topics: Mother/Teddy Bear/I’ll definitely come back/I wasn’t abandoned/Fairy Tale/Prince.
Disliked conversation topics: Orphan/Abandonment/Loneliness/Bad Words.
-Ah, this is bad.
Today, I plan to talk about this story.
About my first meeting with Mikhail.