"Jessica is one year older than me. Her mother was like my mother, who helped people everywhere to maintain a basic life. Unfortunately, the stepfather she found for Jessica was a drunken alcoholic who was drunk all day long. According to Jessica's words, "This damn man used a dirty method to get the simple and stupid mother."

"So less than a year after the two got married, Jessica's mother added another daughter to the family. The stepfather's domestic violence began to worsen. You can often see Jessica's new injuries. Not long after she gave birth to a child, her mother was forced to become a "prostitute" with a higher income. Jessica began to take care of her sister while looking for work.

"Jessica hates her sister very much, because her sister has at least one father, although she is a scumbag, and she doesn't even know who her father is. Children often bully her with this, so Jessica can only expose her anger on her sister.

"A long time later, Jessica's mother died of the virus. Soon after, the drunkard stepfather also disappeared. My mother took the two sisters to the house and became a new family. Under the influence of her mother, Jessica slowly became cheerful and rarely beat her sister. The three of us and other children looked for a way out on the dirty streets every day. Thank you but very happy.

“Until one morning, everything changed.

"That day, as usual, was no different at the beginning. Suddenly, there was a commotion from afar. Many people stopped what was happening to see what happened, and then they only heard someone whispering, "It's really rare, there will be princes and nobles coming here."

"Then, there were people wearing heavy armor and holding spears passing through the crowd and splitting everyone into two directions. A gorgeously dressed man walked straight towards Jessica and me under everyone's gaze, and the man brought us outside the slum.

"The carriage parked there, with an exaggerated decoration, immediately attracted my attention. It was perhaps the most luxurious thing I have ever seen in my life, and it was a huge carriage that was enough to accommodate a dozen people. The carriages were all tall and big horses, and the groom was wearing clothes made of good materials. The surrounding scenery was completely inconsistent with it. Several children, including Jessica and I, were all stunned.

"The man who brought us knocked on the carriage door. I don't know what he said and the door opened. The man saluted us and asked us to go in.

"At that time, I felt my heart beat so fast for the first time. When I went in with other children, the first thing that caught my attention was the person who had a big hat on his head and decorated with many things that could be dazzling. Later I realized that it was called a crown. In addition to him, there were a few people on the carriage. Although they were dressed very carefully, they were still not as good as the one who wore a crown.

"After that, these upper class people told us the dirty children that something incredible was that the blood of nobles was flowing in our bodies, especially me, the man wearing the crown, the king's son! He even promised to take me into the palace and receive enough education.

"I said I need to consider it. After all, this kind of thing happened too suddenly. I need to discuss it with my mother. And I am the only one who goes to the palace, which is too unfair to the Jessica sisters and others.

"The king said "yes", but I hope I will bring my mother to see her. He hasn't seen her for a long time. If he can, he will keep her secret with her first.

"I ran home excitedly, and Jessica followed me home, but the moment I opened the door, we were both stunned by the scene in front of us.

"A strange man wearing a mask inserted a short knife into his mother's chest, and blood dripped from behind his mother's back. Jessica's sister was hiding in the corner and shivering.<

"The stranger noticed the sound of me opening the door, turned his head, and a cold light flashed in his eyes. He pulled out the chest of my mother and rushed towards me. My mother fell softly to the ground, motionless.

"If the king's guards had not followed us, I would have died at that time.

"After hearing about this, the king sighed helplessly, comforted me, who was still in shock, and told me that there was no way to take me into the palace, but the education I deserved would still be accepted, and I would also give me some pocket money every month.

"The next day, the king fulfilled his promise, but at that time, because of my mother's death, I had no intention of studying.

"One morning, when I was about to go out, Jessica called me and my sister strangely. At that time, I felt that I had become very mature and said in an adult tone: "You guys, I will protect you from now on."

"For a long time after that, I slowly accepted reality and adapted to this new life of attending classes all day. However, such a good day changed again.
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