"Old man?" said Kordak, curious.

Regner nodded and said, "Yes, although I have been an orphan since I was a child, I am lucky to have an old man take care of me when I was a child, otherwise I would not be alive today anyway." ”

"The old man...... Is it your grandfather?" asked Kordak.

Regner thought for a while and shook his head and said: "Probably not, I don't know what the old man's real name is, the legend seems to be a famous rich merchant in Melindel, who is kind and charitable." But he was framed for offending some big person, and later he went bankrupt to pick up a life and came back, and has been living in the slum ever since. He also picked me up after that, and later he raised me and taught me to read. But the old man didn't seem to be in good health, he died when I was about eleven years old, and I have been living alone ever since. ”

"I see. ”

Regner said with some sadness: "Although the old man usually disciplines me very strictly, he is really good to me, and without him I would have starved to death." ”

Kordak patted Regner on the shoulder and comforted, "The deceased is gone, don't be sad." ”

After a pause, Kordak added, "That's why you're helping that Jehart, just like the old man helped you?"

"Sort of, and I think he's quite similar to me, both in character and in experience, so there's always a feeling of sympathy. Regner looked at his tent, where Jehart was sleeping.

"Character?" said Kordak disapprovingly, "that Ghart's temper is as smelly and hard as a stone in a pit, and so vicious and vicious, and it is a world of difference from your character of being a fool and occasionally being cowardly all day long. I really don't see anything like it. ”

Regnar didn't pay attention to Kordak's jokes, but said seriously: "I'm actually really similar to him, I was almost the same as him in the years when the old man just died, the same taciturn, the same cruel and vicious, after all, a child, no one teaches and no one cares, and my heart will be a little distorted by the white eyes of others all day long." ”

"And what happened?" asked Kordak, "how did you become the way you are?"

"Actually, the way I am now has been slowly formed over the past few years, but if I want to talk about the beginning, it should start when I met Irene, right? Regner had a look of remembrance on his face.

"Tell me, you can't sleep anyway, I'm bored. Kordaq said.

......

Regner trembled and crawled towards the garbage heap, he had been hungry for four days, and his only hope now was to dig out some edible food in the garbage. But in this slum where no one has enough to eat, who would waste that hard-won food?

Regner searched in the garbage heap for a long time, but still did not find any food, he was too hungry to crawl, everything in his eyes began to spin, the light around him seemed to be getting darker and darker, and the sharp pain from his body tormented his nerves, which was beaten by the shopkeeper when he was caught stealing food, and the smell of rancid rot in the garbage heap reminded him of death.

A wild dog next to him was watching Regner drool, and Ragner smiled bitterly and thought: Could it be that after living for twelve years, he finally became a pile of feces for wild dogs?

He felt like he was about to lose his eyelids, and he knew that if he fell asleep again this time, he probably wouldn't be able to wake up again. Just as he was desperately about to close his eyes and give up, the wild dog left, seemingly driven away.

Ragner turned his head to look, and a face that could only appear in nightmares came into his eyes, it was a little girl who had been badly burned, her whole face did not have a piece of good skin, the left flap of her nose was burned so that her nostrils turned out, and her left eye was also burned off a lot of skin, and her eyeballs looked like they could fly out almost at any moment.

The name "Silver-Haired Little Devil" popped into Regner's mind.

Regner didn't know what this ugly monster was called, but it didn't prevent Ragner from bullying her, because the ugly monster's adoptive father, the meaty coolie, always scolded the old man, and sometimes the old man's face was red and coughing when he was scolded. So he often threw stones at this ugly monster with a few orphans, and gave him the nickname "silver-haired little devil", this guy is not only as ugly as a demon, but also has a rare silver hair, and I don't know what kind of curse she has suffered to give birth to this ugly appearance.

At this moment, the "silver-haired little devil" was looking at him, and Regnar looked at her viciously, and he found that this guy's unburned right eye was still very beautiful, with a heart-warming clarity.

"Even if I'm dying of starvation, you can't bully me!" Regner grabbed the stone and tried to hit her, but he didn't have much strength anymore, and the stone flew out and smashed on his leg.

The "silver-haired little devil" seemed to have a sudden look on his face, and then ran away quickly.

Looking at the back of the "silver-haired little devil" running, Regner gradually breathed a sigh of relief, if he saw that ugly face when he was dying, I am afraid that he would go to hell, right?

But things didn't go as Regner expected, and it wasn't long before that terrifying and disgusting face appeared in front of Regner's eyes again, only this time, the "silver-haired little devil" had one more thing in his hand, a piece of dry black bread.

"I stole it from home, you eat it quickly, my father found out that he would beat me again. The "silver-haired little devil" handed the bread to Regner and said, contrary to her appearance, her voice sounding as crisp and pleasant as a flowing mountain stream.

Regner looked at the "silver-haired little devil" in disbelief, he couldn't understand why she would treat him like this, after all, Regner had smashed this ugly monster with a stone and cried many times.

The long period of not eating had made his hunger go away, but looking at the black bread in front of him, Regner thought that the greedy merchant had seen the brightest black pearl in the ocean, and he knew that it was what he depended on to survive. So he almost snatched the bread and bit his tongue when he took the first bite, but he didn't care about the pain at all, the aroma of the black bread mixed with the faint taste of blood in his mouth seemed so delicious to Regner.

The strength gradually recovered in his body, and his mind slowly cleared up, although Regner could not feel his hunger at the moment, there was no doubt that with this piece of black bread he had hope.

After regaining some strength, Regner took a look at the "demon" who had saved his life. The "silver-haired little devil" saw Regner regain his energy, and a smile appeared on his lips, even though the smile looked so hideous on her face. Ragner stood up without saying a word and stumbled away from the garbage heap, while the "silver-haired little devil" happily jumped away.

Over the next few days, Regner left the slum and took a job outside to wipe the door panels of the shops, and although he was not given copper plates, he was given enough bread to feed him every day. He deliberately left the best piece of butter-coated wheat bread, which he intended to return to the "silver-haired little devil".

But when Regner found her, he found that the "silver-haired little devil" had bruises all over her face, and Regner realized that the little girl had been beaten up because of the piece of bread.

"Hello, my name is Regner, this piece of bread is back to you, thank you last time. Regner said with some guilt, and he carefully handed the bread over, which would drool as long as he held it in his hand.

"Hello, my name is Irene. The little girl smiled brightly, and did not seem to feel any sadness at these scars.

Erin looked at the wheat bread handed over by Regner, she shook her head and said, "I have a mother at home, and I don't often go hungry, so you should keep this bread." ”

Regner pushes her back, but no matter what he says, Erin disagrees, and in the end, the two discuss and share this rare "delicacy" here.

Later in life, Ragner gradually got to know Erin, and he found that this ugly-looking little girl had a heart as clear as the purest diamond, she was gentle and kind, cheerful and optimistic, and always had a smile on her face, even if it seemed to others to be as hideous as the devil.

Regner and Erin soon became good friends, under Irene's subtlety, Regner gradually changed from a lonely and fierce boy to an optimistic and cheerful teenager, he learned tolerance and kindness from Erin, and Irene also had the first friend in her life, under Ragner's influence, she no longer cried easily.

In the days that followed, the other children in the slum would still throw rocks at Erin while shouting "Silver-haired Devil" when they saw her, but Regner would rush up and scuffle with the guys, shouting, "Don't bully her!"

Regner always puts himself in the position of a big brother, carefully and proudly defending Erin. In his opinion, this optimistic and cheerful little girl is the only sunshine in his life, because of her presence, Regner began to gradually have hope for life, and a smile slowly appeared on his face.

"And then, you've left Melindale, and is she still there?" asked Kordak.

"Later. Regner smiled a little bitterly and helplessly: "Later, she actually became the reason why I left Melindell to some extent. ”