I'm a child that was born in the slum of Elisora. This year, I become 6. I am currently living with my mom. Mom tells me that my dad died before I was born. Mom works as a prostitute in the slum, so she can take care of me. Currently, I'm on my way back of buying the medicine for mom.
-Mom, I'm home. (Aya)
-Welcome home, Aya. (Mom)
-Are you feeling better now? (Aya)
Mom keeps coughing out much blood:
-I think I'm feeling better. (Mom)
-Mom? (Aya)
-Yes? (Mom)
-Why don't you stop being a prostitute? You go with a weird man every night and when you come back you got many bruises on your body. (Aya)
Mom caresses my cheek and speaks:
-I want to prepare for your future, Aya. (Mom)
She takes out a bag full of bronze coins.
-With this, you can attend magic school and become a mage. You can enjoy a proper life without selling your body like me. (Mom)
-Mom, I don't need it. I'm happy as long as you are on my side. (Aya)
-Silly girl, you need to see the world outside. I don't want you to live in this small slum. (Mom)
I try to change my mom's mind, but she never listens to me. Until one day.
-Ugh~ Ugh. (Mom)
-What's wrong mom? (Aya)
She keeps coughing a lot of blood.
-Mom, do you need more medicine? I will go out and buy more. (Aya)
However, she keeps holding my hand and doesn't let me go.
-I think my time is almost up, Aya. (Mom)
-No, mom you can still live much longer. Please don't give up so soon. (Aya)
-Silly girl. You are a good girl Aya. Since you were born, you have always been so obedient. I'm very proud to have a cute daughter like you. (Mom)
-No mom, what are you talking about? (Aya)
-My life is full of misery, but you are the only reason keep me living until now. (Mom)
-Mom...(Aya)
-Thank you, Aya. (Mom)
Mom starts closing her eye. Even before her last breath, she reminds me:
-Aya, you should take the money bag and go to see the world outside. (Mom)
After a while, I can no longer feel any response from her. Her warmth keeps disappearing at an alarming rate. I try hugging her to keep her alive.
-No, mom...(Aya)
However, mom never wakes up at the end. With the help of the neighbourhood, I take mom's body and buried her outside of the city. After that, I come back to our house, but this time there is no mom on my side. I'm sitting in my house and keep looking at the place where my mom used to be. I want to enjoy her last warm.
The day after my mother was gone, a man leads an army to the slum I live. After he goes around the neighbourhood and interrogates them, he finally comes to my house.
-Are you daughter of ***? (Nobleman)
The man asks me.
-I'm the daughter of ***. What do you want from me? (Aya)
The man coldly said:
-I'm your father. (Nobleman)
-Great joke old man! (Aya)
The man ignores me and orders the soldier:
-Take her! (Nobleman)
-Yes! (Soldier)
They tried taking me away from my home. When I try to fight back, the soldier hit me.
-Listen, you little brat, we need to go quickly. Don't waste our time. (Soldier)
The man continues looking at me being hit by the soldier as if nothing. He proclaims that he is my father, then what kind of father watching her daughter being hit?
After a while, I was taken to the big castle in the centre of the city. The man said:
-It's your home from now on. Remember, starting today you are a princess. (Nobleman)
My mind right now is on a roller coaster. One day after my mother died, a man self-proclaims that he is my father appears. He even uses violence to take me to the castle.
After a few days of staying in the castle, I realize one thing. Becoming a princess is not as great as people said. With the background of being a person from the slum, I am usually being looked down on by my servant.
-Heh, Do you know a low-life is adopted as our second princess? (Servant A)
-What? Why does the king need another princess when we have the genius princess sora? (Servant B)
-Ye, I prefer to serve Princess Sora over this low-life. (Servant A)
-Me too. (Servant B)
Apparently, there is another princess. She is considered a genius from the information that servant said. The attitude of the servant toward me keeps getting worse.
-Here's your dinner. (Maid A)
The maid throws the soup's dish to the table. She leaves right after she gave me the dinner.
That's the night I sleep while hugging myself. It's winter outside and I was only given an old and dirtied blanket by those servants.
-Mom, I missed you. (Aya)
I thought a princess would be treated nicely and live a life without thinking. However, in this castle, I'm being treated cold and terribly by everyone. I slowly fall asleep after thinking too much.
The next morning, I can hear many sword strikes outside:
-That's a good hit, Sora. (Nobleman)
When I look outside, it's the man who kidnapped me fighting against a girl with golden hair. The man smiles at the girl:
-Keep continuing like that, Sora. (Nobleman)
The girl keeps attacking the man with the sword and forces him into a defensive state.
-I'm lost. (Nobleman)
The girl merely nods at the man.
-You are getting better over time, Sora. (Nobleman)
He strokes Sora's head while complimenting her. I can merely look at their interaction through the window. So he treats that girl differently from me.
It seems the girl notices me through the window. I'm immediately going into hiding to avoid her line of sight. I'm hugging my knee:
-Mom...*Sob*Sob...I missed you. The people in here are cold...I missed the time, when you are always by my side (Aya)
That's what they call a noble slag, right?
I will never really understand why bullies are so fond of tormenting innocents.
In their place it would not even cross my mind, I would do the tasks showing the minimum of proper courtesy and if someone told me to try to treat her badly, I would think it is problematic and would be too lazy to even try it.
Thanks for the chapter
A person tends to act mighty in front of the one lower than them. He is the king who sees Aya a person from the slum only as an ant, tool. He doesn't bother to think about treating her normally.
If he has a normal mindset, he has received Aya's mom and her as concubine and princess since a long time ago.
@Madeus So, is this king really Aya's blood father?
How would this king look if he were caught in an illusion that manipulates his perception of time for 1 second = 1 day and forces him to experience all the negative emotions and memories that Aya has had since the day he adopted her?
@Gin0001 He won’t care much about it. He even did something even worse. You will know that latter
@Madeus What if it was Aya's mother's memories?
Would he still not care, after experiencing in detail what it is like to sell your body to sadistic men every day for years on end?
@Madeus I just remembered that nobles tend to value pride and reputation a lot. He's the same, right?
So, what if they humiliated him just like Prime Minister Warren of "Kyuuketsu Hime wa Barairo no Yume o Miru", when he boasted to MC and co that they couldn't just kill him without breaking the balance of the empire's factions and bursting a internal war. Making MC and co decide to avenge their dead and wounded subordinates, by:
Permanently remove hair from his entire body, hang him naked upside down, in front of the main gate with nothing but a sticker written "short and small" covering his groin, and with a ??? poking that in his lower half to make him regret being born as a man.
PS: I put "???" because this was censored in the novel, but it would probably be something like a rose, lily, mini flag, etc., or a tail since his victims were beastkin.
Would he still be indifferent after going through this?
@Gin0001 I think no, if he lost his pride and power while facing humilation he can no longer being sane
@Madeus Really? But Warren didn't go insane with this, he just shut himself up in his mansion until the dust settled.
@Madeus Oops! I forgot to write "in front of the main gate" before. I just fixed that.
What would Aya's reaction be if she saw Nobleman in the same state as Warren?
@Gin0001 The higher you be the more pride you have. Since it happen to Him. The king is like the face of the country, making going through that will make him unable to stand the humilated
@Madeus I understand now. Kufufufu!
That would be another reason why Aya would love to see Nobleman like that, right?
@Gin0001 Yup Aya desires revenge like that.
@Madeus Would Aya be content to just see him like this, or would she need to be the one to force him through this?
@Gin0001 She will want to force him to go through that. Since the interlude, she has witnessed the cruel world and starts growing up. But the hatred of her is still there.
@Madeus Was what you originally planned for Aya's revenge worse or smoother than my suggestion?
@Gin0001
The one who has revenge on him won't be Aya. That's my plan for now, and yep his end will be terrible