Evil God? My servants are players!

She said, "Hyacinth, are you still hungry? I have some more here."

"I'm not... not hungry."

Hyacinth responded, but the rumbling sound coming from her stomach still made 'her' chuckle.

"Really? But your stomach keeps growling. Here, have this."

She handed him a piece of potato.

"But..." Hyacinth looked at the potato, about to say something.

"It's okay, I've already eaten. Hurry up and eat, you can only grow up if you're full. I'll be counting on you to protect me then."

She ruffled Hyacinth's hair and handed the potato directly to Hyacinth.

"Um!"

Hyacinth happily hummed in agreement, then asked:

"You're so amazing! You always manage to bring back food. Why can't I? I've begged them so much, but they still won't give me any food."

As Hyacinth spoke, her tone gradually became somber.

"It's nothing, the hyacinth will be able to find food once it grows a little bigger, hahaha."

She laughed it off and tried to change the subject, but the strenuous activity made her back ache slightly.

"Damn it, couldn't you have gone a little easier?"

She instinctively touched her back and then saw bright red blood on her hand.

"What's wrong?" Hyacinth asked, puzzled.

"It's nothing, I was just a little dazed after eating."

She quickly wiped the blood off her hands.

"Why are you so nice to Hyacinth? Everyone else is trying to bully Hyacinth."

Hyacinth put down the half-raw potato in her hand and asked.

"There's no particular reason, I just thought of myself back then."

She said it casually, and then she said the second half of the sentence in a voice that only she could hear.

"Back then, I so desperately wanted someone to help me."

Hyacinth didn't understand what she meant, but she handed over the potato she was holding.

"I'm full, I can't eat anymore, you eat."

"Really? That's a real headache. I'm full too."

She took the remaining half potato, swallowed, and said...

But after hesitating for a moment, she still said:

"Since you're all full, let's save it for dinner."

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"Let her go! Several people are bullying a child! Aren't you ashamed!" she shouted.

"She's a thief! What? You want to get beaten up too?!" the gang leader said, grabbing the hyacinth's tail.

"Get out of my way! I'm not someone to be trifled with! I have a weapon!" she said, pulling out a piece of scrap metal.

"I'm a person of rank! How dare you threaten me!" The thug leader slapped her across the face.

"Beat them!" the thug leader ordered his men.

Despite being brutally beaten by a group of people, she simply held the hyacinth firmly beneath her.

Looking at the hyacinth curled up tightly, tears began to flow without her realizing it.

"Alright, stop killing him, it'll cause trouble later!"

------

"Are hyacinths fun?"

"Fun!"

She pulled a small wooden plank and ran quickly, while the hyacinth sat on the plank and giggled.

Hearing the hyacinth's silvery laughter, she couldn't help but smile as well.

After a while, the two of them got tired of playing.

She leaned against the hyacinth.

"I can't run anymore, let's play again next time," she said, panting.

"You're only a few years older than me, so why are you so smart? You can come up with fun ideas and often bring food back."

"Hyacinth asked."

That's because I have a treasure.

She pulled a piece of colored broken glass from her pocket.

"Look how beautiful it is."

She held the stained glass up to the sun, and the sunlight refracted through the glass, turning into colorful rays.

"Oh~"

Upon seeing this, the hyacinth opened its mouth wide in amazement.

"Do you like it? It's yours!"

She handed the glass directly to Hyacinth.

"But this is your treasure," Hyacinth said, staring at the glass.

"I don't need it anymore, because I'm smart enough, but you need it, so take it."

She handed the glass to the hyacinth.

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"It's so late, she should have been back long ago."

Hyacinth thought to herself as she looked at the setting sun.

"No, I have to go find her!"

Hyacinth then began searching for her in the slums.

I searched for a long time but couldn't find any hyacinths.

Just as the sun was about to set, the hyacinth finally found her.

She lay quietly beside a trash can by the roadside, as if she were asleep.

However, her limbs were irregularly twisted.

She was left there like a stray dog ​​whose limbs had been broken.

Since then, Hyacinth has never eaten potatoes again, nor can she remember what potatoes taste like.

Moreover, she became a loner, all alone.

She begged alone, stole alone, and was beaten alone.

Only when the night is deep and quiet will the hyacinth pretend to talk to a friend that doesn't exist.

Occasionally, suppressed sobs could be heard, mingling with the sound of the wind in the slums.

Much later, Hyacinth heard that there were many strange treasures in the underground city, and her hope was rekindled.

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Are you alright?

The sudden greeting interrupted Hyacinth's thoughts.

"I'm fine."

Hyacinth then came to her senses and wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes.

"Sigh, it's really nothing. Although I don't know what happened, you're still so young, it will all pass."

The adventurer uncle who had just summoned the hyacinth continued.

"Thank you, I'm fine."

After responding to the uncle, the hyacinth ran off in one direction.

Although many years have passed, Hyacinth still remembers that place.

That place she longed for but could never return to.

Then, Hyacinth arrived at a huge mansion.

The iron gate blocked her way.

Looking at the massive iron gate before her, Hyacinth couldn't help but swallow hard.

The place where "she" was buried had long been bought by a local wealthy businessman to build this huge mansion.

I tried to get in several times, but I was always kicked out by the gatekeeper, and sometimes I even got a beating.

Although Hyacinth was in a hurry, Luna's advice calmed her down.

Hyacinth was in a bit of a dilemma; she had left in such a hurry that she had forgotten to discuss this matter with Luna.

Hyacinth paced back and forth in front of the iron gate, pondering how she should go in.

"Ouch!" Hyacinth's huge backpack bumped into a passerby.

"Can't you see where you're going with such a big backpack?" Sasha said, rubbing her arm.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I was thinking about something," Hyacinth quickly apologized.

"Never mind, I'll be more careful next time," Sasha said, and prepared to leave.

But Hyacinth, looking at Sasha's appearance and clothes, immediately realized that this was the person Luna had asked her to find.

"Wait a minute!" Hyacinth called out to Sasha as she was about to leave.