It was a very ordinary world.
A very ordinary world in the truest sense.
Here, there were no magicians hiding in the dark to study magic, and there were no puppeteers controlling dolls. There was only nature that people respected and feared.
As far as the era was concerned, it should be said that it was very similar to the year 2018 where Chaldea lived. Unlike the mechanical world, it was still in the steam era.
There were lively people in the city.
There were cars coming and going on the streets.
People lived an ordinary life.
People grew up in an ordinary way.
People experienced the ups and downs and smoothness of ordinary life.
There was no mystery, no magic, only reality in a modern world.
That was everything in this world.
In such a world, there was an orphanage in a corner of the Far East Island country.
It was one of the best orphanages in the area.
The so-called "one of the best" here did not mean that it was outstanding, or that it was the best among all the orphanages. Instead, it was because there were very few orphanages in the area. There were probably only one or two orphanages. That was why it was said to be one of the best.
Although such an orphanage wasn't excellent, it was enough to let the children who lost their parents grow up healthily.
However, there were two ways for the children in this orphanage to grow up.
One was to be raised before adulthood, until they became independent and walked out of the orphanage.
The other was to find an adopter before adulthood, become someone's adopted son, and get a different childhood.
Of course, these were things that the children didn't need to know.
The children only needed to live a carefree life here until one day they left alone or met their own adoptive parents.
Under such circumstances, the children in the orphanage often played together and lived happily every day.
However, just a few months ago, there was a strange child here.
It was a boy.
He was about four years old, right?
It was said that he was found on the street by the staff of the orphanage and brought back.
It was said that before this, he had been wandering alone for half a month. He was an orphan, but somehow, he was able to fork out money to buy food or search for a hotel on his own. Even though there were no adults around him and he didn't have an ID card, which was why he couldn't register and stay in a proper hotel, the orphan relied on words that were unimaginable to a child to convince others to give him a place to stay.
People also thought of calling the police to intervene, but the other party always disappeared without a trace, as if they knew everything was going to happen.
It wasn't until she was discovered by the staff of the orphanage on the street that she agreed to come to this orphanage after some consideration.
This was the reason.
"Since I can live and eat for free, I don't have to waste time thinking about making a living. I can also spend more time on my own matters."
That was how the other party agreed.
From then on, the child stayed in the orphanage, but he never played with the other children. He wasn't interested in toys at all. Every day, he would either hide in his room for god knows what or look like he was exhausted.
When the director was alerted and came to the orphanage personally to ask what he wanted, the child replied without a second thought.
"If you have a computer, give me one. I want to play games."
It was hard to believe that such a person was actually a four-year-old child.
The more unbelievable thing was, in the end, the director agreed.
The reason was even simpler.
"Even though I told him that he must study hard and play games when he grows up, this child solved the high school exercises that I prepared for him right in front of me, and he even got full marks. I can't do anything about it."
The dean could only smile bitterly.
Therefore, people could often see a four-year-old boy in the orphanage sitting alone in a corner while others were playing, holding a laptop, staring at the screen with full attention, playing all kinds of games that even adults found difficult to play.
Gradually, the news that there was an extremely intelligent and special child here spread.
Many adults came to the orphanage because of this, wanting to meet this child who was rumored to be smart and special. Some came because they were curious, some simply didn't believe that a four-year-old child could know high school knowledge, and get full marks, so they came to make things difficult for him.
In the end, these adults were all shocked.
This was because this child, with a face full of impatience, not only did he get full marks for the high school exercises, but he also solved all the university exercises brought by the busybodies in ten minutes.
For a moment, there was a commotion among the adults, and many even proposed to adopt the child on the spot.
There was no need to explain the reason, right?
With such a child prodigy, it was believed that many adults would want to adopt him, whether it was out of love or because they wanted a child who was destined to be outstanding.
Unfortunately, all of these were rejected by the child on the spot.
"I don't want to work in the future, I just want to eat and wait for death."
With just one sentence, all the adults looked at each other in dismay, and then retreated in defeat.
On this day …
"You're the rumored very smart child prodigy, right?"
When such a voice sounded in front of him, the young man who was immersed in the laptop game raised his head in a daze.
In front of him, there was a woman wearing a cotton shirt and jeans, with a winter jacket draped over her. She had light makeup, and her hair was combed back.
The woman should be around twenty years old, right?
But, the person said so.
"I'm a mother of two children, and they're both very smart."
Hearing such words, the young man was stunned for a while, and then he laughed.
"If that's the case, you still came to me, don't tell me you want to adopt me?"
The young man said this in an unbelievably lazy tone for a four-year-old child.
In return, this was the answer.
"It's not that I can't consider it."
The woman said with a smile.
"Although my two children are also very smart, I work in a computer-related job. I'm an information editor. I've been playing games since elementary school, so when I heard that a child prodigy like you likes to play games, I couldn't help but come over to take a look."
After saying such words, the woman began to introduce herself.
"My name is Kirigaya Tsui."
After saying such a sentence, the woman who called herself Kirigaya Tsui extended her hand to the young man.
"Do you want to come with me?"
Sure enough, this person also came to adopt me.
This was the first thought that came to the young man's mind.
However, the woman didn't come because of his knowledge, but because he liked to play games, which made Rozen feel a little special.
Therefore, the young man only said such a sentence.
"Do you have a computer?"
About half an hour later, the young man and the woman named Kirigaya Tsui left the orphanage together.
And the woman also gave the young man a name that was used to register in the household register.
The name was …
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