157 157 "Memory of Ferid ①" (1/2)

FERRID speaks. It's the story of how he became a brave man, and how he became a great brave man.

It is also the story of what he lost on the way there.

Originally, FERRID was an abandoned child.

A baby abandoned in a village on the outskirts of a kingdom.

His class was below that of a commoner, and the kingdom to which he belonged was a country with a strict class system, a country where birth was everything, as was common in this world at the time.

A witch who happened to be visiting the town picked up the abandoned man.

Her name was Mime.

He didn't call himself a witch, though.

In that village, that person was simply called a witch and despised.

She lives with the demons deep in the woods, a short distance from the village.

Living with a demon that attacks people is a strange fact for the country, and the person who could make such a thing possible could be suspected to be a person affiliated with the demon king, a witch.

However, it is a fact that the person who occasionally comes to the village to sell valuable demonic materials, and for that reason, while despising her, she was not persecuted.

Still, no one in the village approached her and tried to get close to her.

Did she pick up the abandoned baby out of compassion or on a whim? Or was she just looking for a human connection too?

Either way, she picked up the baby, named it Felid, and raised it with care.

In the forest where Mime lived, there were many demons who loved her.

There were jack-o'-lanterns, devil carrots, mushrooms and almiraj.

They, too, adored FERRID and came to love him.

And so, raised by Mime, he looked up to her as a mother figure.

He also took her place and frequented the village, where he got to know some of the children and villagers.

But none of them would be his friends, assuming that Ferid was a child raised by a witch.

Some were frightened, some despised him, and some threw stones and bullied him for it.

Felid herself shed tears and was heartbroken many times by the punishment.

Why did he do this to himself?

Can't I make friends and live a normal life like the other children?

The demons and Mime occasionally comforted him, but he couldn't help but feel that his human friends were dazzlingly unavailable to him.

Then Mime, who was raising him, advised Ferid.

If you want people to like you, try to be a hero.

It was the only way for a person, regardless of birth or circumstances, to achieve greatness in this world.

The brave system.

The person who achieves a certain level of success or greatness in any field is awarded the title of hero by the state, and the person who obtains the divine skill called the creation skill is known as the great hero.

It was the only way for the despised demon girl, FERIDO, to gain the attention of the people.