Chapter 1 – Root
Do you guys have ever feels how to be treated as a trash?
Well you see, if you have read a lot kind of novels with a main character that been treated as trash and just endured it while suddenly become a shooting star who trample everyone beneath them and you said, “Man, that must feel awesome.”.
You’re truly wrong. Most of the main character in this kind of novel has this calm bearing that doesn’t even care if they’re being trashed around. Weird isn’t it? Well given most of them have like, a super-strong mental power or willpower or a cyborg-brain whom every human dream of, it is possible.
“Treated as a trash”, first let us define this word, trash. There is a lot of different meaning for trash, but when it comes to a general understanding, we can just say it as things that are no longer useful or wanted and that have been thrown away. You see, if you’re treated as trash, it means that you has no usefulness or any objective to be alive. Meaning that you should just die, if possible, don’t even exist from the start. Understood?
So our hero here, Root, is truly a trash. He lives in this world called Greatania where strength rules the world. Irony isn’t it? Though, most of the world in LIFE does work in this kind of principle. It just “strength” has a lot of different kind. *Snicker*
Continuing on, Root has no talent at all. Get that? No TALENT, like zero in everything. He doesn’t even meet with someone extraordinary or get a heavenly treasure or something. He is the definition of zero. You know that oval with nothing in it? Empty that’s it. Even his stat can be compared with a rat, wait should we call him rat then trash then? Ah whatever, anyway he is a trash, a zero.
But you see, if you learn math, everything start with zero. So Root can fill that empty space with anything to make them full. Even though he is a trash with no talent whatsoever, he still wants to be alive. That is what he has decides from the age of 10. He is born from a prostitute mother who been raped by a wild bandit which his mother leave him alone at the age of 4. Sad isn’t it? Still it kind of a miracle that his mother even takes care of him for 4 years.
So he started to become independent and take any work that he can get so he can eat. That what he think when he still a kid. He just wanted to eat and sleep comfortably. So he set his priority and work so he can eat and sleep. But he so clumsy that when working he always do mistake. Until one time where everyone calls him trash. Trash this, trash that. But he still keeps going. Obviously he doesn’t really understand the meaning of trash for being only a child. Still after the age of 8, he comprehends the meaning of trash. So he hated anyone who called him a trash. Who doesn’t? Haha.
But what can he do? He truly a trash, he doesn’t accomplish anything at all. Even when working he will always do mistake. Still he keeps going on until he almost becomes an insane child. So at the age of 10, he learned something. That he is truly a trash. But he didn’t know why, he doesn’t even felt any remorse for being a trash. He just wanted to be alive that’s all.
But what makes him to be a trash? For having nothing at all? So he only has to have something? That’s all? So then he can be alive?
At that moment, just like he is being given enlightenment, he had comprehended one of the greatest Edict of the game, the Edict of Living. Even though it’s only a tiny part of the Edict, it is still enough to make him be baptism and successfully breakthrough.
By the way, in Greatania, there is a peculiar kind of energy which is called mana where humans can collect to improve their body to a new level. Now then, let begin the story. *Smiles*
This story originates from Royal Road. Ensure the author gets the support they deserve by reading it there.
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“Huh…..Trash….What must I do to become normal? I can’t do work normally, I can’t cultivate normally, and I can’t even eat properly. What can I do? I just want to be alive that’s all. I want to have a comfortable sleep, delicious food and a peaceful life. Why does it so hard to achieve it? I admit that I’m a trash, but what can I do? I’m just like an empty wallet…..no one cares about empty wallet…..”
Sitting at the side of a cliff, a male child with unsaturated red wavy hair is contemplating about his destiny. His face is very ordinary if it is watched at the left side, but on the right side of his face, there exist a horrendous long scar on his right cheek connecting towards his mouth. The scar seems to be a side-effect of being cut by a knife. From the front, the child looks quite intimidating. Though the child himself have the opposite character where he is quite a carefree person.
“I just don’t understand….Even if I never bother anyone, someone will just bother me. So I bother them. And then it becomes my fault. Why? I know I do mistake all the time, but I apologize and bow my head. But I will still be beaten. Why? Someone one insult me and then I insult him back and then it also become my fault? Why? It’s truly weird….”
But I think it is much weird that I’m being calm right now. I just felt weird. Isn’t it weird? Really weird.*Chuckle*
“Hm….What should I do? If I become an empty wallet, what should I do so that I become useful? I want to exist, I want to be alive it as easy as that. Why does everyone can be alive while I can’t? Why do I have to keep being a trash? It’s weird. Does my destiny is being controlled? Can I really not change it? I’m just a small kid you know? God, why did I have this kind of life? Why? Can you at least tell me why?”
The child held his head up to the sky while slowly observing the clouds. His eye has a sense of loneliness and if a person watches him from the side they might started to pity him, though not at his right side.
“Are you picking on me? I didn’t even do anything wrong to you right? At least I think I’m kind enough. So why? Argh, my head feel sick thinking all of this.”
The moment he put his head down and keeps pondering, unknowingly a small rumble appears on the cloud above the child.
“If I’m an empty wallet……I just have to collect money for myself. But how do I move? Haha, what nonsense I’m thinking of.”
Slowly, a red light started to emerge from the distance cloud above the child. The cloud holds a tremendous amount of energy which it can burst at any time. And shockingly it is targeting the child!
“…..If I can’t move, do I need to wait for someone to pick me up? Depend on anyone else? What the hell, I can’t even control my fate….Hahahaha! Is this my destiny?! To be controlled? To be used by someone else? To be label as trash for all my lifetime!? IS THAT WHAT YOU’RE SAYING!? IS IT!?”
The child held his head up again but not with loneliness but proudness and domineering aura! You want to control me? Then I’ll crush you! That’s what his expression telling on.
“Then I’LL CRUSH YOU! I’ll NOT FOLLOW YOUR ORDER, I’ll CREATE MY OWN PATH AND- eh?”
Though, the expression only stayed a moment when a striking red lightning come towards him.
Even if it’s only a moment, his head start thinking something.
If I’m a total zero, I just need to add something right? At least he can do some math.*Snicker*