Sylphiette grew up in Buena Village.
She had a good father and a kind mother. Her parents loved her very much, taking care of her and showing her affection. This made Sylphy's life simple and happy from a young age.
Of course, her family was not rich. Her father's income was barely enough to support them. Her mother had to do extra work to save enough money for them to live on.
Because of this, Sylphy helped her busy parents share the burden from a young age. She not only helped with housework but also often thoughtfully did things for her parents that she should do.
For Sylphy, this kind of life, although ordinary and without any big events, was happy enough. It even made her hope that it could continue like this forever.
However, Sylphy soon noticed something unusual. Her father seemed to intentionally not let her go to the village in Buena Village.
There were many children her age in the village, and her parents usually went to the village to work. Why didn't her father allow her to play in the village?
Yes, Sylphy actually hoped to hang out with children her age.
She admired those children who went out to play in groups and hoped to join them, becoming one of the smiling faces in the big group.
When she told her father about this idea, she saw an expression of worry on his face for the first time.
Laws seemed to be hesitating, not wanting her to go to the village but not knowing how to refuse her.
In the end, the understanding Sylphy decided to give up going to the village, not wanting to cause trouble for her father.
Laws was relieved by this, thinking that Sylphy was a good child.
But a question remained in Sylphy's heart. She couldn't understand why she couldn't go to the village, why she was different from everyone else.
In this confused state, Sylphy met the red-haired boy by chance.
That day, she was taking a lunch box to her father that he had forgotten. Because her father asked her to, she didn't take the main road through the village but took the small path to the tower.
Although Sylphy was not happy about it, she trusted her father and wouldn't do anything against his wishes.
When she got to the tower, she unexpectedly met Shirou, who was also there to find Laws.
Because it was the first time she had met a child close to her age, Sylphy was startled. She quickly realized that Shirou was several years older than her, old enough to be her brother.
When she saw Shirou, Sylphy was naturally nervous, not knowing how to act around a child her age.
The main thing was that because Laws had never allowed her to go to the village, Sylphy had a fear of children her age, thinking that they might do bad things to her.
However, Sylphy quickly realized that she was thinking too much.
Shirou didn't hurt her. Instead, he gave her something good to eat. He was as kind as her father, maybe even more kind.
From that day on, Sylphy longed for the village.
She wanted to go to the village to find Shirou and hang out with such kind people her age.
Of course, because of Laws' attitude, she didn't say this idea out loud but kept it hidden in her heart.
After that, the Greyrat family had a big fire, so Shirou and Rudeus stayed at Sylphy's house.
Sylphy then met Shirou and Rudeus, the two brothers.
She thought that both brothers were good people. Shirou was, of course, a good person. Even Rudeus, who always seemed unhappy with her, was actually a kind person at heart.
During the days that Shirou stayed at Sylphy's house, Rudeus not only took care of Shirou day and night but also often helped Sylphy's family with things.
All of this made a deep impression on Sylphy.
Therefore, Sylphy gradually began to doubt what her father had said.
Shirou and Rudeus were good people, kinder than she had imagined. Why didn't her father allow her to go to the village?
Sylphy spent a long time with this question in her mind.
Especially after Shirou and Rudeus went back to the new Greyrat house. Because they had to learn magic from Roxy, they didn't see Sylphy for a long time. Sylphy's increasingly lonely heart finally had an uncontrolled thought—
She wanted to find Shirou and Rudeus, to make friends with more people.
She didn't want to be alone anymore.
So, one day, when Laws went out hunting and her mother went to town to work, Sylphy secretly left home and went to the village in Buena Village.
The village was peaceful and quiet, full of crops and water wheels. It looked as beautiful as a painting.
Sylphy walked in the fields of the countryside, feeling like she was becoming one with the beautiful painting.
Her heart became more and more excited and joyful.
But one thing made Sylphy confused. When the adults and old people by the road saw her, their faces changed slightly. Then they would naturally take a step back and whisper to each other.
Sylphy couldn't understand the adults' reactions. But because they didn't do anything to her, she thought it probably wasn't a big deal.
Sylphy's goal was to find the Greyrat house. She wanted to find Shirou and Rudeus, to continue being friends with the two kind brothers, and even build a closer relationship.
However, Sylphy didn't know where the Greyrat house was. The adults around her avoided her, so she couldn't ask them.
Just as she was worried, she saw boys her age walking together from a country path in the distance, carrying bug-catching sticks and nets.
Seeing people her age, Sylphy was nervous and excited, unable to say anything for a moment.
But remembering what Shirou and Rudeus were like, she plucked up her courage and asked the children if they knew where the Greyrat house was.
When they heard Roxy's name, the group of boys paused, then showed hostile expressions.
One of the boys even pointed at her head and yelled, "Green hair! It's green hair! It's a Superd race person!"
"Oh no, it's a Superd race person. How can there be a demon here!"
"Evil demon, what are you doing in our village? Die!"
"Demon, get out of the village!"
The boys were originally nervous. They were even afraid of Sylphy, worried that this scary demon would eat people like in the stories.
However, they soon realized that this demon was not the scary kind in the stories. Not only would she not eat people, but she even started to shake when she heard them insulting her.
The children's interest was quickly sparked.
They surrounded Sylphy and punched and kicked her. Some children even threw mud at her.
They did all kinds of bad things while laughing.
"Damn Superd race person, you're no match for us humans!"
"Hitting the head is worth ten points!"
"I hit her! I'm a legendary hero!"
A group of boys surrounded Sylphy, doing all kinds of bad things, showing their natural malice to the fullest.
Sylphy covered her head the whole time, squatting on the ground, with tears streaming down her face.
She didn't know why this was happening.
Why was she being treated like this?
Why did they all see her as an enemy?
Why was she being bullied like this?
What really hurt Sylphy was not the children's bullying, nor the pain from being beaten, but the destruction of her spirit.
She couldn't understand why she was being treated this way.
She was human just like them.
Why could they beat her while still being able to laugh?
After letting out their anger, the children laughed and ran away, boasting about how they had defeated the evil Superd race person.
The adults generally thought that the children were just playing and didn't pay attention to what they said.
Sylphy dragged her tired body and limped home, where she met Laws, who was worried like his hair was on fire.
"Sylphy!!"
"..."
Faced with her father's concern, Sylphy remained silent.
She kept apologizing to him, apologizing for running to the village against his wishes.
She thought of herself as a bad child. It was because she was a bad child that she had suffered so much.
Her guilt and pain swallowed her whole.
From that day on, Sylphy completely shut herself off. She was afraid to take even one step outside. She could no longer feel her parents' love.
Until Laws couldn't bear it anymore and took her to the Greyrat house.
When she saw Shirou and Rudeus again at the Greyrat house, Sylphy was afraid.
She was afraid that the brothers would also bully and beat her like the others in the village.
However, she quickly realized that she was wrong. They were still kind, treating her the same way they always had.
So, before Shirou found Rudeus to practice fighting, Sylphy had already returned to her old self. But she was still worried, afraid that it was all just a dream.
Until Shirou and Rudeus showed her their fight, opening a new world for Sylphy.
She then realized that there were such unique things in the world, that Shirou and Rudeus were so different from everyone else.
Sylphy understood that the reason Shirou and Rudeus could treat her normally was because they were very outstanding people, different from ordinary people, with special talents.
Such people would not use their power to bully others around them but would move towards greater things.
Sylphy also wanted to become such a person. She wanted to keep up with the two brothers.
So she came to watch Shirou's sword training for several days, wanting to learn to swing a sword like Shirou. But she quickly realized that she had no talent for swordsmanship. She couldn't even lift the wooden training sword.
Luckily, she learned magic from Rudeus, and she had quite a bit of talent for magic.
Sylphy felt passion from this, and she felt a meaning to life.
If she continued like this, she should be able to come out of the shadow of the past and show very outstanding talent in magic.
However, accidents always happen unexpectedly, and happiness often changes and breaks down in unexpected times.
One day, news that Sylphy was staying at the Greyrat house accidentally spread to the village...
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