The princess was staring at the people in the forest. The people were the heroes that were transported here. Then, she had closely stared at haru. She had remember that 4 years ago the she was save by haru from an orc, only to be punished by her grandfather. She saw him getting beaten up by the guards while being looked down by her grandfather. He suffered intense pain while tearing up as he soiled his pants. The king didn't care about him, only talked to the other nobles. The princess displeased by the king when her daughter's savior was beaten to death.

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That night, haru was walking towards an unknown building. He had left the heroes half-death and feel pissed that it will take a long time until they could defeat the demon king. As he entered, the sounds of people died down when he entered. Several rough looking men stared at the boy. Haru didn't care about the stares of the people around him and only walk towards the counter that an middle age man was wiping the counter.

"The usual..."

Haru sat down as he needed a drink. The man pause a minute before smiling.

"Look who we have here. Welcome back you little shit."

"Just came back just now you old fuck."

Haru revealed a grin as the men became merry again. This man was Hughes, haru's old friend. He met him a long time ago.

Hughes met haru when he was going outside for some fresh air. He spotted haru while sleeping outside. Looking haru's beaten body while crying, Hughes carried him while caring for him everyday. Haru respected him because he was the only person who didn't ignore him.

"Hey Hughes, do you have new today?"

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"Damn, you just came in time. I have a new drink called 'necromancer's concoction'."

"..."

Haru only grinned as Hughes said the drink. Hughes grabs a bottle and pours it on a mug, then, passed it to haru. Huru drank it in one gulp and put the mug down.

"Damn shit! This drink is fucking good. Now, that gave me a good shot."

"Damn, i fail to notice that you are underage to drink since you drank that strong drink in one gulp."

"Did you forget that i got strong stomach than these people."

"Haah, you right about that."

After haru said those words, some men were shocked that haru said those words. They challenge haru to a drinking contest, only to be humiliated by him...

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"I'm glad you came back."

"I didn't want to be back to this shit."

As they were only two people remainging at the counter, Hughes was cleaning a mug while haru stared into space.

"Yeah, considering what happend to you."

Hughes remembered when haru was publically abused. Hughes was angry that the king tortures the kingdom's hero. How could he do that to a child?

"Hey haru, did you visit Miaka? She really miss you."

"Nah, i don't want to see her again."

Haru never knew that tomorrow would regret his words...