Chapter 1 : Bin

Weij city is one of the most flourishing cities in the country, first of all, it has the famous magic academy known as Sel academy, though only the richest kids can attend it.

Technology is still the main thing used in this world but some people like Magic more, unfortunately, only special humans called the 'gifted' can use it.

Weij city is inhabited by millions if not tens of millions of citizens but what makes it more special is that it has all the richest people in M-Nation. It's always bustling with tourists of all kinds as it has many magnificent places to visit, especially the magic academy. Apparently, the academy opens its doors for visitors to sightsee and watch some fights between the students.

The city is filled with high buildings and monuments, but at the far edges of the city, there is only rundown houses or barely standing buildings, even the street is dirty and thieves and things like rape or stealing always occurs in such place.

The place is totally ignored by the high officials of the city and the government, it's like it doesn't exist, electricity is barely working there, as for water, only cold water works and you would be dreaming if there is hot water. The houses and apartments there are all owned by the rich people in the center of the city, and the ones living there usually have to pay double the price just to have a place to sleep.

Even after a lot of complaints from the people living there, nothing happened, except, in extreme cases, they would be kicked out of the house. Taxes were enormous even though the people there were living a miserable life but all they could do is just pay them and thank their 'god' they have someplace to sleep.

As for shops or anything of the sort, it doesn't exist in that place, all people living there have to go all the way to the center of the city to procure whatever they needed. It would be a lie to say life was easy there, in fact, everyone living there is by no means having an easy and carefree life, instead, they live day in fear the owners of the houses as they may come either to kick them out or raise the taxes.

In a 2 floor buildings, which was dusty and dirty all over, the building was made out of wood and whenever a strong wind passed, you could hear its whistling sound, adding that to the creaking of the old wood that seemed about to break, the place resembled a ghost building from a horror movie, literally. To access the small building you had to go up some stairs before finding yourself in a 10m or so corridor but even the stairs were in a miserable state, whether it's the part where several steps are broken or the part which there are some lurking cockroaches.

There were some doors on the left which apparently were apartments, and at the end of the corridor, there was a door slightly different than the other ones before it. This one was in a devastated state and everytime the strong winds came, the door seemed as if it would collapse at any second.

Just behind that door, there was a very small room, probably a 10x10 room or even smaller, there was no furniture, not even a television, just some blankets and a dozen or so books laid on the ground. Apparently, there was a small opening on the wall and it seemed as if it was a wardrobe, but if you peeked inside you would see a toilet, though it was a little dirty, nonetheless it was usable.

This small apartment was where Bin and his little sister Mina lived, it was a miserable place, that's for sure and not a day would pass without him wishing a better life, not for him but for his little sister who still had a long life to live, as for him? if he is lucky enough he only got a year left if not then he would die today or even tomorrow. What's more depressing is that everyday that passes, he feels his body worsening and he became fatigued way more often. It would be a lie to say he's not afraid of death as he was currently as its door but he could do nothing but hope for the best and wish for more time to raise his little sister.

His dearest wish is to see his sister grow into a fine woman who can take of herself, then he would happily die and rest in peace but currently, she was still a little and innocent girl, it pains him to even think of letting her live alone in such an unfair and cruel world.

He would feel exhausted pretty quickly, and sometimes he would cough blood or fall unconscious, though that didn't happen quite often, it still happened, and whenever it did, his mind would be worried about his sister, who would pick her up from school or cook her food? Who would help her wash or help her wear clothes? Who could buy medicine for her if she ever fell ill? Who would...

She's still 5 years old and goes to the kindergarten, everyday he would think of a way to earn money and save it to let his sister have a better life so that if he suddenly dies, at least there is some money left for her to live. In fact he was an orphan and has always been with his sister, well technically she was not his blood-sister but they grew up together and the orphanage they were living in 3 years ago, got demolished to build a bar in its location.

Obviously they were kicked out, with no place to live in, Bin could only resort to different jobs to sustain himself with her little sister, he cared for her more than anything and would never want to see her sad. When they were kicked out, they had to live in the streets for somedays, and Bin have never forgotten how those days felt, in the cold nights he could only hug his little sister who was shivering and just cry for having this miserable and pitiful life.

Nevertheless, he managed to find a place for both him and his little sister to live in.

Since then he never stopped working even in holidays, and would always buy cheap things to barely be able to pay the rent and the water. They didn't have electricity and he would use candles instead.

As for clothes, in 3 years he bought himself only 3 pairs of clothes, as he didn't need any, he would constantly change every day while washing the dirty ones, as for his sister even though it pained him to waste money on clothes, if it's for her sake it didn't matter, he bought her pretty clothes, they were not the most expensive or the prettiest but at least they were good.

Every day, he would wake up before sunrise, wash his dirty and sweaty clothes, prepare some food for his sister to eat then clean the apartments, if you may call it so. When morning came, he would wake Mina, help her change clothes and wait for her to eat breakfast, then he would escort her to the kindergarten, and as soon as he did that, he would sprint towards the location of his morning-job, he gets scolded everytime for beings late and his pay got reduced but there is nothing he could do about it.

All the jobs he worked at, are of course in the center of the city where it's flourishing, be it working in a bar, as a janitor or whatever kind of job, he would take them all, always overworking himself until he could not move, but even doing that he would barely be able to afford the living expenses. Of course, he managed to save up some money after some years passed, but they were all for his sister, for her high school and university expenses, though the sum he accumulated was only 1.4million won (1200USD), it was negligible but at least it would help his sister, even for a little bit.

Deep inside him, he knew when he will die, she would be left alone with no one to take care of her, and since she's a minor she would be sent to a faraway orphanage or adopted by someone and she would surely be sad and lonely but there is literally nothing he could do, heck! Even if he wanted to do something, he can't as he had a deadly illness with no cure.

He was not sure about the details of his illness but what's sure is that it's deadly and very rare, he had it since he was small and the doctors always told him that he'll not live long, despite that he persisted, it could be considered unbreakable will that he managed to live 19 years.

He even wanted to donate one of his kidneys or body parts, but was soon rejected as the doctor said that this illness may be contagious, Bin could only curse at the doctor while insisting but all he received was a beating from the security and a warning to never come again or he will be arrested.

One day, when he was working in a famous restaurant as a waiter, an accident occurred. Though it may be surprising he is working at a famous restaurant and how could the manager let him work as a waiter just like that, but in reality he only managed to become a waiter after 3 years of working in the kitchen, the manager approved of him and treated him kindly so he let him work as a waiter to see how he handles himself.

That day when he was delivering the orders of some customers, he was holding a plate in his hand and some pasta and salad fruit was on it, it would be a lie to say he wasn't jealous of the customers who were going to eat such delicacy but he didn't dare eat it or even touch it, for there are customers who would use anything to get a free meal, especially those arrogant rich kids.

In fact, Bin only ate instant noodles or some fruits the whole day, it is indeed unhealthy, but who cares right? He is going to die sooner or later so not eating enough wouldn't matter, as for his sister he tried to get her the best thing he could without using too much money.

While he was on his way to deliver the food, he unconsciously slipped on the shoe strings, Bin usually wears the old and rusty clothes, and of course some of them were tattered or ripped here and there but he doesn't have the luxury to get them to get repaired so he just wore them ignoring wether they were ripped or not.

And his shoes were always the one causing him problems, seeing he only have 2 shoes and he works constantly, both of the shoes are ripped and dirty, of course they would smell a lot but Bin just ignored it for he had no time for such problems. And today he managed to step on his shoe's strings clumsily, of course the plate also fell( AN : Yeh yeh cliché , no need to pester me about it, told you in the description! é_è) , he fell on his face but managed to cover it with both of his hands without minding the falling plate which contained food.

Just as he lifted his head, he saw the plate on the floor and some of the food which was on it, was now on a customer just beside him, almost all the pasta fell on her hair and white dress, which looked extremely expensive. You can even see some diamonds here and there but Bin couldn't say if they were real or not, though one thing he knew for sure, he got himself in serious shit and getting fired is the least of his problems.