I should go to the observation deck again.

Joshua said this to himself in his heart, but his mind was saying, "The Neuelle Empire is no longer there, 10,000 years is too long, and the land that was once is no longer what it used to be." Now you're just a vagrant, you should find something to do. ”

After a moment of hesitation between playing the game and going to work, Joshua unveiled the job posting.

An existence that he couldn't see through, Joshua had to care about.

He was born in the most glorious Golden Age, but it was not the best of times, the war between the gods and the demigods made everything bad, it was the most glorious era for the strong, but it was also the saddest purgatory for the weak.

From an early age, Joshua had high hopes from his father, hoping that he would lead the empire to fight its way through the war of faith with the gift of demigods.

Joshua grew up according to his father's expectations, but he betrayed his country and the gods of his faith—

He cut off the god's head.

Charged with the blasphemer, Joshua was exiled to the far side of the plane.

There was no light, no water, no living creatures, only a dead silence.

Joshua had forgotten how he had fallen into a deep sleep, and although he had embarked on the path of a lich in order to gain the power to rival the gods, he was not a demigod and had no eternal life.

When he woke up to find that at least 10,000 years had passed, he was more surprised than anyone else.

Joshua is not a curious baby who likes to get to the bottom of things, and his current life is lucky for him, but it is not so accurate to say that he doesn't care at all.

Perhaps the answer can be found in Philos.

Joshua thought so and passed the interview without a hitch.

*

"John! You come over to me!! ”

The mother's fierce scolding came from a distance of dozens of meters, he could already clearly foresee that he would be beaten when he returned home, John's body reacted much faster than his brain, he subconsciously wanted to run, but as soon as he stepped away, the crisp sound in his arms made him throw a mouse.

At the moment of hesitation, his mother rushed up with a stick, grabbed his ear with her big hand, and almost lifted him up.

John screamed and begged for mercy: "Mom, you have something to say, Mom-"

In the slums, scenes of older children can be seen almost everywhere, so they do not attract much attention.

John was dragged all the way home, and his mother was beating him hard with her hands, and tears flowed down her face.

John struggled at first, but gradually stopped moving.

"Say! Where did you go? Why don't you go to work?! Why make me so angry! ”

John's home was so small that it wasn't even called "home."

Anne cried out in fear as she watched her brother being beaten, hugging her mother's thigh and pleading. Mother also cried, but cried to beat John.

"Do you know how much I spent to get you this job?! How can you say you can't if you don't go?! ”

Three months ago, John's father and eldest brother died, crushed in the mine, and the bodies of a group of miners were crushed to the ground, and no one could tell who was who.

Accidents often happen in the mines, and everyone is used to these things.

The father and eldest brother died, the family had no pillar source of money, and the second month could not pay the taxes, so the eldest sister sold herself, and the fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl had the highest price, and she sold herself. Mother and younger siblings will be able to live longer.

20 copper coins, which is not the price of the eldest sister, but they can only get so much.

On the day the eldest sister left, she kissed John on the cheek and told him to take care of his sister and mother, and then she left without looking back.

John, who was only seven years old, was sensible, and he knew very well what it meant - he would never see his eldest sister again.

He wanted his eldest sister to come back, but the eldest sister's money from selling her body was enough for John, his mother, and his sister Anne to pay the month's taxes, and the remaining copper coins were used to buy gifts to bribe the foreman, and John could go to the mines to make money.

Mines are very dangerous, not only because the air in the narrow mines is difficult to circulate and easy to suffocate, but also because there is a risk that the mines will collapse and be buried alive.

Everyone knows it's dangerous, but it's not that easy to become a miner.

In order to arrange the identity of John's eldest brother as a miner, the family's small savings were used to dredge up the relationship, but when he was unlucky, he was so unlucky.

The eldest brother has only been working for half a month, and he has not even received a single salary, so he was stoned to death in the mine in an accident.

The only thing to be thankful for is that he was stoned to death on the spot, not buried alive, and was relieved before he had time to feel the pain.

It had cost the family all the money to dredge up the relationship with John's eldest brother, but fortunately, the foreman was willing to recommend John, who was not old enough, to go to the mine at a "very low" price.

He was so embarrassed that his mother smiled, but John found out that it wasn't the same thing at all when he went to work!

The newly opened mines were so small that only small children could drill into them, and they wanted child laborers under the age of nine, but the foremen took advantage of their misery.

John was resentful, but he did not dare to show the slightest dissatisfaction.

The mother only barely earns the taxes of the mother and son by working four jobs alone, and if there is no money to buy food, they will die!

Anne was only three years old, and even if she worked all day without food, she would not earn much money.

It's up to John.

John worked hard, but how much strength could he have as a child? After working all day, the ore that can be dug is only enough for a family of three to be half full.

If you don't do it, you won't even be half full.

Gradually, he adapted to the darkness of not being able to see the sun, to the heavy weight of the basket, and to this kind of life.

John gritted his teeth, and after only two months of going to the mine, his back was bent down.

Tomorrow...... If you don't do it, you'll die, right?

It was such a horrible death, but I don't know when John even began to look forward to its arrival.

But on this morning, as usual, a shop opened.

It was a shop that opened in the outer city, but it was so clean that it didn't fit in with the whole outer city.

The signboard is also lit up in the daytime, so you can see it at a glance no matter where you look up.

"Magical Boy-"

It was a text he had never known, but John understood its meaning the moment he saw it.

It opened at six o'clock in the morning, and John had to go to work in the mines before dawn.

The numb heart had already lost his curiosity, and he walked quickly past the door of the store, his mind full of what to do for today's dinner.

"Opening red envelopes, everyone can get a piece of candy sweet mouth~"

Keywords like "candy" and "sweet" instantly attracted a large number of people.

John felt that this must be some kind of joke, how could such a precious thing be taken out and given away for free?

But his body is more honest than his mouth, and his thirst for candy makes him run as fast as he can.

The clerk smiled and told them to line up, carrying a basket of colorful candy on their arms.

But in the slum-like outer city, theft, robbery, intimidation and murder are the answers.

Both adults and children stretched out their hands to grab it.

Then the disobedient adults were thrown out and screamed from the air.

"Ahh

The children were treated preferentially once, not thrown away, and the clerk's smile remained the same, but it revealed a fierce and terrible one.

The children began to line up in a good sense, and John was also scared into a cold sweat, his body was too thin to squeeze through the group of adults, so he escaped.

Thanks to the adults who grabbed it, John, who was missing a competitor, quickly lined up to get the candy.

It was a very beautiful candy, the candy wrapper was a fine shimmering red, and even reflected even more beautiful and magnificent orange and gold in the sun, and there was even a golden river surging when it swayed.

John was reluctant to eat it, and he wanted to take it back to his mother and sister, but he was surrounded by adults and children who were eyeing him, and he glared back fiercely, and then swallowed the candy in one gulp.

The clerk told him that it was a berry-flavored candy, and John didn't know what a berry was, but from this moment on, a berry was the most delicious thing in his world.

The taste of one point sour and nine points sweet diffuses on the tip of the tongue with a rich aroma, and the sour taste enhances the sweet impact, and John only feels that his gray life has become brighter because of this candy.

["Magical Boy-" Specialty Store]

John remembered the name in his mind, and his gaze passed through the transparent window, the shrewd bracelets glowing beautifully and unattainably in the transparent crystal cabinet.

100 copper coins.

It's so expensive, even more expensive than his eldest sister.

John didn't dare to look at it more, so he carefully stretched out his tongue and licked it on the candy wrapper, then put the candy wrapper close to his body, and pressed the small candy under his tongue before leaving, enjoying the happiness of the sweetness filling his mouth little by little.

John ran again with all his strength, perhaps because the sugar gave him strength, and although he was delayed for some time on the way, he finally managed to reach the mine before the start of work.

"It smells so good!" Hungry children have evolved a very keen sense of smell, both in their nose and mouth.

Just a hint of aroma can be captured and imagined by them.

This time, however, the fragrance was unimaginable.

Stared at by a group of "co-workers", John licked and licked the tip of his tongue with some regret under the tongue where the candy had been spared, and the vigorous aroma of his words came out of his mouth one after another.

The child laborers, who were about his age, were eager to stick their noses under his mouth and suck up all the scent.

John pushed away his head and said with great recollection: "There is a new shop there on Guangming Avenue, and the cheapest thing to buy is 100 copper coins. ”

"1, 100 copper coins?!" Such a high price shocked everyone, but soon someone reacted, "Do you have 100 copper coins?" How can you afford it! ”

John smiled: "The clerk's brother and sister said that they will give out free candy these days, but only those who report the code can get it." This is what I heard secretly, so don't tell anyone about it. ”

John gave them a string of numbers and tempted them with a taste they had never heard of: "The candy I got today is a berry-flavored one, and I heard that it also has grape, apple, lychee, and fiery fruit." ”

The children immediately became excited, chattering that they would go to the queue after work.

John couldn't help but grin.

It's true that it's free, and it's true that it's a code. Although each person can receive one candy, but there is only one candy, and if you want to continue to receive candy, you need to help publicize it, and pull five new customers to have a candy in the past.

Judging who brought in the new guests is naturally judging from the code.

"Shhhh Don't go around saying that if they run out of candy, you won't get it! ”

When the children heard this, they quickly covered their mouths and promised that they would not tell anyone.

John counted it, there were 23 people in total, he couldn't count it with his fingers, and when he went down to the mine, he touched the ore and counted it again, probably, maybe he could get three candies!

John was so happy that he told many people in such a simple way while others were not paying attention.

John is not afraid that they will retaliate against him after knowing the truth, anyway, they have no loss, if he breaks the jar and breaks the matter of pulling people's heads, everyone will make no sugar together!