It's been a while, since I left my old city. Did I find any new jobs? No. Did I find any new friends? Maybe....as for where I live and sleep... well, I did had enough funds to find a comfortable inn...but.

(Few moments later)

"AAAAHHH HELP!!! A PERVERT!!"

wait what?...nonononono! IT SHOULD BE PRIOR NOT LATER!!!

(Few days prior)

My destination was Lyco, the city of freedom, this city was formed right after the great war and it's inhabitants were the survivors of the war, well this city did became a beautiful one in time.

Just as we were in the forest near the city, I heard a cry for help, from the sound of it, it was probably a girl's voice..

"SOMEONEEEE!! PLEASEEEE HELPPPP!!!"

'.... I don't have a good feeling about this..'

But as I was about to ask the coachman to stop the carriage, he Warned me.

"You shouldn't go there young man."

I was confused as the coachman who was a middle aged man, shook his head and repeated himself.

"I mean it, you shouldn't go there recklessly."

"What do you mean I shouldn't go? There's a girl in danger and if I didn't help her!! I'll probably won't be able to see myself as a man. Besides, I'm a seasoned adventurer."

As soon as I said this, the coachmen, stopped the carriage, and looked at me for few Seconds then said.

"Fine...suit yourself then."

After hopping off the coach, I decided to investigate and help the poor young lady who was probably being attacked by some bandits or wild animals or maybe monsters.

And when I reached the source of the sound, I found exactly what I thought.

" Knew it.."

A group of bandits were harrasing a young girl, from her clothes that those bastards were trying to tear off, I could tell that she must have been a noble.

' This is a good opportunity, if I help this young noble lady, I'll probably be rewarded!!'

I thought to myself as I moved forward to attack the bandits.

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"Hey you bastards!!! Get off that beautiful and lovely young lady!!"

I shouted as I tried to unsheathe my sword to show the bandits that I mean business....but just as they saw me reaching for sword, they let the girl go and ran deeper into the forest.

' well...that was strange..'

I thought to myself why would they suddenly run away but then my attention went to the young lady who was still sobbing... She must have been scared after experiencing such a terrifying incident.

So I decided to use my cape to cover her.

"*Sobs* uh..tha...thank you kind stranger... If.... it wouldn't have been for you... I... I've might.."

Seeing her in such a state was enough to make me feel bad for her so I decided to hug her to make her comfortable....but just as I crouched down, she instantly brought her face close to mine and blow some strange purple smoke from her mouth..

"What...what is this?!!"

Everything started getting really blurry and the last thing I heard was.

"Haha, thanks loser~"

And then everything went blank..

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After sometime, I opened my eyes, only to see the coachmen above me.

"You alright, young man?"

He said, as he looked like he was trying to find something then he suddenly picked up a cape from the ground and covered me with it.

And just as I stood up from the ground, I realised that all my money that I had earlier, along with my clothes, all of it was gone.

"W....hat?"

Seeing how confused I looked, the coachman continued.

"This is why I told you not to go kiddo."

Finally, my mind that was confused got some clarity when this middle aged man explained to me everything, apparently this is a new tactic that bandits use these days to loot stuff from unsuspecting travelers or rookie adventurers. Also, it turned out I was the first guy who got his clothes stolen along with his money.

In all my frustrations, I could only scream one word..

"....FUUUUUUUCKKKKKK!!!!!!!"

(Back to the present)

And so here I was, without any money to my name.... fortunately I still left another set of clothes at the carriage so atleast I didn't have to walk around the city in my underwear....

And after wearing my spare clothes I thought about going deeper into the forest to search for those assholes, but since I didn't had any weapon and the number of bandits was still unknown, I thought perhaps I should first get a weapon from the City.

The coachman, who I luckily paid in advance for this travel, found some sympathy for me and decided to spare me some copper coins.

Now, since I didn't had much money left, I thought why not try doing some job to earn some...but well, quick question...what would happen if you ask someone, who spend most of their life doing adventures, to do commercial jobs....spoiler alert they can't do it.

So, after using the copper coins I had on some food, I was left with no money, only one set of clothes and no job skills...

But it's not all bad, I could sometimes eat food thanks to this young kid that I became friends with recently..

Our first interaction was basically...

"Who are you, big brother? Are you homeless?"

I wondered where did this kid came from...but looking at him, the first thing came from my mouth was..

"Get Outta here!! Brat!!"

Well, he didn't ran away, then I found out that he was a kid from the orphanage. He noticed me trying to fight with a cat for food so he felt bad for me...well long story short, he gives me leftover food from orphanage.

And as time passed we became friends.

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Speaking of which, I think it's already night, he should be here at any point...

Soon, I noticed a young child's silhouette coming from the distance..

"Homeless big brother here!!"

The kid, who came with the food, handed it to me and sat right beside me.

"Thanks, elio."

As I said this, all I could see on his face was a bright smile.

As I start to eat, and elio began his usual talk about how his day went at the orphanage, well... At first, I only used to listen to his stories because he gave me food....but as time passed, I also started to find his stories and his company entertaining.

Today, he told me about how some kids were bullying his friend and so he went to help her, but well, he was weak so they started bullying him instead, then his other friend came for their rescue and saved both him and his friend from those bullies and we'll the rest of the day was how it always goes.

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"Oh no, it's already this late !! I should go now or else big sister Iris will get angry!!"

The kid got up and wiped the dust from his back then looked at me and said.

"Thanks for listening to me today, homeless big brother!!"

Well, I don't like how he calls me homeless big brother but when I see his innocent smile I cannot help but smile.

After seeing that elio was gone, I decided to finish my day with one final thing, I just need to wait for some time.

(At midnight)

I went to the fountain at the city center.

"Good thing no one comes here at night..."

After noticing that there's not a single soul here, I stripped my clothes and started to wash them on the fountain..

Well, it's good thing no one comes here at night or else I might never be able to wash these smelly clothes.

As I was busy washing my clothes while whistling, I noticed a young girl approach the fountain, in her hand was a letter and from the looks on her face it looks she's blushing, guess she's meeting her lover here but unfortunately for her.... she met me instead.

Her eyes went wide, and she screamed from the top of her lungs.

"AAAAHHH HELP!!! A PERVERT!!"

Well, it was good while it lasted...