Chapter 43

When I was five years old, Mom bought some fish back home and kept a few lively ones in the tank. A scrawny young boy and I lay near the tank and happily watched the fish swim about. We wanted to raise them and then release them into the ocean.

When I was seven years old, I got really into movies depicting powerful skilled female warriors riding on horses, roaming the world, and exacting justice with a sword in hand. So, I started practicing martial arts, wanting to become a famous, righteous Robin Hood–like vigilante.

But I ended up falling from a fence and hurting my kneecap. I wailed painfully on the ground.

Felix’s brother, Colin, consoled me with a lollipop. He said, Warriors never cry.”

I looked up at him and asked, “Do warriors eat lollipops, then?”

Colin thought about it for a moment before nodding. “They do. Warriors love lollipops.”

When I was ten years old, I skipped a grade. All my classmates called me a freak, someone who was more capable than them, even though I was younger. They gossiped about me behind my back, yet no

one wanted to play with me.

I sat on the field with my bag on my shoulders, crying. A young teen I had never seen before came up by my side and handed me an exquisitely boxed cake. “You’ll only have more energy to cry once you finish

luck to

finished eating the cake but forgot to continue

turned 13 years old in the blink of an eye.

allowance.

but knew to defend my wealth already.

to give

at me, a teen appeared out

He said to hurry up and run if

the three hooligans ran off, the teen carried me home on his back. I

actually be a princess.

hand to Aunt Mel’s house. It

the way to the school, yet I was never able to catch up. I

in dreams, Felix was still able to

wanted to cry.

he had been home. It had been so

I didn’t know how much Colin had changed. Was he still the boy who would give me sweets and

would only greet one another on

the only source of

followed the brightly lit road ahead. A sudden cloud of mist appeared ahead. I soon got lost

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