Incompatible Interspecies Wives

1 – Childhood(1)

“Did you succeed?”

I am 11 years old.

I was living by stealing.

I showed the coin pouch while raising one corner of my mouth to Max, who asked me a question with twinkling eyes.

“Yes!! I knew you could do it, Berg.”

My colleague Flint also enjoyed this moment by slapping me on the back.

I checked the weight by flicking the coin bag in my hand.

It’s great.

This made it seem like I wouldn’t have to go hungry for a while.

As we checked the inside of our pockets, our faces bloomed with the greatest smiles.

This was my normal life.

For orphans like us living in the slums, this was the only way to survive.

I should have heard that there was an orphanage somewhere north of the city, but it had nothing to do with us.

“Berg. Look over there.”

While laughing like that, Max erased his smile for an instant and pointed somewhere.

At his fingertips, three people stood.

Children my age.

They were guys like us who lived in the slums.

It was also our rival group.

If there is one difference, they were werewolves unlike us.

The werewolves were smirking at the coin pouches in our hands.

“…Ac.”

Flint clicked his tongue quietly.

There is nothing good about knowing that you have obtained something.

Especially when the opponents are from the same slums.

To the extent that we do not abide by the law, it can be said that the law does not protect us.

Even if someone is beaten to death, the perpetrator will not be punished.

It was a slum where strength was everything.

So I said as I put a coin pouch in my arms.

“Let’s go.”

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That day, we hid the coin pouch.

It was the same even the next day.

You never know when they might start a fight.

Perhaps, even older brothers and sisters who are taller than us might be attracted to it.

There are ways to spend money all at once… But it’s a waste of money for that.

For fear of a fight, giving up money for a few weeks of comfort was not right.

Of course, fighting werewolves was always awkward.

Sharp nails and quick reflexes have always puzzled us.

In the first place, there weren’t that many races that we humans could defeat with our fists.

So me, Flint, and Max agreed to take turns spying on the rival gang.

I felt like I was going to have to live like this until I found out their intentions.

For at least a few days, you should be vigilant.

They’ll move quickly to get the intact coin pouch.

Like that, time passes and it becomes night.

It was the moment I would watch.

I was looking at the entrance of the alleyway where they live while hiding my body.

If you come out to attack, you must come out through that road unconditionally.

“…?”

While watching like that, an unexpected person appeared in an unexpected place.

A girl who looks two or three years younger than me walks from afar, looking around.

A human like me.

A frightened expression.

Clean clothes.

A clean face with no grime.

Drunk black hair.

Cute appearance.

I knew at once that I wasn’t from the slums.

The daughter of a wealthy family north of the city seemed to have lost her way and drifted into this slum.

“Mom…? Dad…?”

A girl who is the exact opposite of me.

In confusion, she looked around.

I looked at her terrified for a while without saying a word.

“…”

“Uh…Mom…? Are you there…?”

The wandering girl looks around here and there and stops in front of an alleyway where a rival gang’s hideout is located.

She swallowed slowly and began to move her steps down the alleyway.

“Are you stupid?”

Her moment, I couldn’t stand it and gave her her words.

“Wow!”

She was startled, then put her hand on her chest and looked at me.

I told her that.

“At first glance, this place looks dangerous. Why do you go in there?”

If a weak girl ventured into a dark alleyway, it was only natural that the consequences would be dire.

People don’t know what kind of crime is going on at night like this. It doesn’t matter where you come from.

It was a natural slum area where nights were more dangerous than mornings.

“Are you lost, are you?”

I asked.

Part of it was that she didn’t want to see her rival gang thrive, but part of that was that, to be honest, she was drawn to her.

She was so pretty that she couldn’t compare to the girls in the slums, so I just wanted to help her.

Because they are of the same race, they may have felt a sense of belonging on their own.

But she sees me and swallows her fear.

It hurts for no reason to react like that to favors.

“…It’s okay, take care-“

As I was about to turn around, three werewolves walked out of the alley with yellow eyes shining.

“What? This year.”

When the girl saw the three men rushing out of her alleyway, she was even more frightened and knocked her back as she stepped back.

“…Oh.”

One of the gang looked the fallen girl up and down her.

“Does the clothes look expensive?”

I intuitively sensed that work had become a nuisance, and I closed my eyes.

“Ha.”

They noticed my presence at the sound of a sigh.

“Isn’t that a bug?”

“Were you spying on us?”

The figure of the leader smirked and laughed. His sharp fangs stand out.

Then he shifts his gaze to the girl who collapses and trembles.

“Do you know him?”

“Okay.”

“…Well.”

The girl looked back and forth between me and her gang.

I think I instinctively felt that the group was more dangerous.

She looked at me and her eyes blinked anxiously.

“Wow… That’s really pretty. Do you think it will make money if you just take off your clothes and sell them?”

“Aww…!”

The girl squeezes the hem of her dress and closes her eyes.

The gang told me to enjoy the reaction.

“Hey Berg.”

“…Why.”

“We won’t take that coin pouch, so leave this human woman with us.”

“What?”

“What is it? You knew We’re looking for coins.”

“…”

The leader-type guy smiled and said to his gang.

“A few days ago, Auntie Maichell said she would give you a lot of money if you brought in a useful girl.”

“What, that prostitute?”

“Uh. I can bring him and sell him.”

“You seem like a good kid, but isn’t that causing problems?”

“If you are sold there, even a noble lady will not be able to find you.”

“Ah…Ah…”

I don’t know if the girl understood the phrase ‘selling to a prostitute’. Because it looks so pure.

But as if she understood the story of ‘Panda’, tears began to flow from her eyes.

When she saw that, she couldn’t go back any further.

It wasn’t because I was a good person.

I just didn’t want to be part of a rival gang.

“What is it, Berg? I still haven’t-“

– Puck!

I kicked one of the three people.

“Evil!”

And then I thought.

…I’m about to get seriously hurt.

Please fight moderately and I hope they take it out. Or maybe Max or Flint shows up.

A leader figure looks at me with her face blushing.

“… Hey. You said you wouldn’t take the coin pouch away.”

“You can’t steal it anyway.”

I was bluffing.

With that said, the opposing gang charged at me.

I had to fight back and forth with them for nothing.

****

“Two.”

Blood-mixed saliva protrudes from the mouth.

It was after the rival gang all beat me coolly and went back.

I was scratched, torn and bitten here and there.

Still, I resisted to the end, so the girl gave up and went back.

Should I say fortunately? Achieve one purpose.

“Hey. Wake up.”

I said to the squatting girl with her head covered.

The girl was sobbing and continued to drink tears.

I looked at her and scratched her head, as did her squat and then put her hand on her shoulder.

“Wake up. I will find your parents.”

At that, the girl raised her head.

Looking at it again, it’s a cute face.

But when she saw my messed up face, she wept even louder.

Repeating the words ‘I’m sorry’ and ‘Thank you’ over and over again.

Where did the image that was afraid of me go, and now it’s like this.

But that didn’t make me feel bad.

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However, it cannot continue like this.

I grabbed her arm and stood up.

“Stop crying and stand up. You don’t have to go back.”

But the girl shook her head.

“My legs…My strength…”

“It is varied. Really.”

I said this, but the desire to help grew more and more.

I gave her her back and said.

“Get up.”

“…Hmm…”

“Quickly. Before they come back.”

At that, the girl caught her breath, and she climbed onto my back with a thong.

She wraps her arms around my neck.

Her fragrance emanates from her, like the flowers of her field.

The more I do, the more I feel ashamed of the stench coming from my body.

This was the first time I felt shame for something obvious.

But as if she didn’t mind my stench, she sat firmly on my back and buried her eyes in her shoulder.

With her strong embrace, strength surged from her body.

I started walking through a familiar slum.

After walking like that for a while, she also calmed down her crying and asked me.

“…Doesn’t it hurt?”

“It hurts.”

“…Hmm…”

When she said that she was in pain, she shed tears again.

Her snort flows from her innocence.

It wasn’t because it was funny. It’s just amazing that there are people so pure.

“Why…Why are you laughing?”

I didn’t answer her question.

I asked.

“How did you get here?”

“Huh?”

“Didn’t you feel it while walking? If I’d seen the road getting messier and messier, I wouldn’t have gone back.”

Rolling bottles. Animal carcasses. Flies and bugs.

The girl did not answer.

“…….”

“All right. What do you know?”

In the first place, if you’re scared, you don’t even know what you’re doing. It seems that was the case with her too.

I walked like that for a long time again.

‘Ahhhhh…’

Somewhere, a werewolf burst into tears.

It was quite a creepy sound to hear in the middle of the night.

At that moment, I felt a strange coolness through my back.

It was damp…

“Hey! Did you pee?”

When I asked in surprise, the girl who had been quietly looking around her alley flinched and buried her face in my shoulder again.

“Ah…No…?”

She answers with a trembling voice. I sensed that she couldn’t stand lying.

I let go of her leg, which I was holding her to put her down for a while.

But the girl hugged me and clung to me.

“Ah…No…Don’t…Don’t throw it away…”

Then shed tears again.

For some misunderstanding, she eagerly clung to me.

I hate crying girls.

That’s why she should be so annoying…Why do I just laugh out loud?

I don’t have any strange feelings about it.

I sighed at her thinking that she would just wash her, and I put her back on my back.

You get used to the wet texture.

As we walked like that, the girl gradually revealed her curiosity towards me.

She lifted her head again, sniffed next to my face, and kept flinching at her profile.

When she was almost out of her slums, she started asking.

“You… What’s your name?”

“What are you? You look younger than me.”

“Lee…Inje? And, um… I spoke plainly first…”

“I’ll drop you off here if you don’t like it.”

“Ah…! Ah…! Oh… No. No… no.”

I was amazed at how easily she swayed, so I stopped and turned her head to her.

The girl who was sobbing comes right next to me and makes eye contact with her.

Your wet eyes sparkle.

…The children who live really well are so pretty.

“Are you a noble?”

So I asked first.

But she shakes her head in surprise.

“No? Oh, isn’t it?”

She was embarrassed, but it didn’t seem like she was lying.

I continued walking.

I thought our conversation would end there, but the girl persisted.

“So…That…What’s his name?”

“Okay, just speak plainly. I feel bad when I hear it.”

“…Then what’s your name?”

“…”

She’s really tenacious.

I’m showing tears right now, but the bright side seemed to be endlessly bright.

“You heard about it earlier.”

After I answered bluntly, he expressed his doubts.

“When?”

“When talking to those three people.”

Then she said carefully.

“…I couldn’t hear it properly because I was scared.”

I felt a bit awkward when I said the name.

Her This will be the last time she sees her anyway, so she has to answer.

Even now, her attachment to her seems to remain for a long time.

There is no need to create more regrets.

“Okay. If you go back anyway, we won’t even meet.”

“…Huh?”

“What a surprise. Will you come back to the slums?”

“…..”

I felt the strength drain from her arms.

This is the first time I’ve ever seen someone so easy to read emotions.

“But…but tell me.”

As expected, she was persistent.

I had no choice but to answer.

It wasn’t even a secret.

“…Berg.”

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I hung a girl and shot her all over the city.

I had no choice but to do this until she saw a familiar distance in her eyes.

“…Ah!”

And after a long time, the girl clinging to her back let out an exclamation as if the road she had been waiting for began to appear.

I put her down at her voice.

She also said, “Don’t throw it away like before,” And she didn’t stick to it as tenaciously.

“Can I go home now?”

“…”

For some reason, the girl who came down did not answer.

Since she doesn’t answer, it’s hard for me to leave either.

“Tell me quickly. Because I have to go back now.”

“Ah… That…”

She wiggled her fingers and shed me.

Then, he whispered, ‘That’s right..!’ And proposed to me.

“You are injured…would you like to come to my house to treat me?”

“Where is the house?”

“It’s a short walk from here.”

At the end, I turned around.

If she can come home, my job is done.

“Uh…Where are you going…!”

But the girl didn’t let me go.

She turned around and grabbed me by the wrist.

“So…Well, so…Well…There’s a doll at home, shall we play with it?”

“…What are you talking about, you?”

When I pointed it out, she gnawed at her fingernails.

“But… I don’t want to be separated…”

She immediately became teary-eyed and poured out her heart.

“Can’t we just be friends…? You’re my own…”

“…Are all members of the same race friends?”

“…”

Is it possible to grow up properly and do this?

Is it possible to have such a bright personality?

I was surprised by her simple request to be her friend.

For me, who lived in a slum, friends are limited to people I can trust.

If you trust anyone, you’ll get seriously hurt.

But maybe, this girl’s standard is different from mine.

Unlike me now, she may be suggesting lightheartedly.

Maybe this is normal.

“…”

She keeps fidgeting with her crying face.

But she had a hard time breaking old habits.

I was also thinking of a way to use her calculatedly.

I looked at her like that for a long time.

The girl turned around with an expression as if she would burst into tears, as if she had resigned herself to the silent me.

She said without even facing me.

“…Okay, then. Thank you…Goodbye.”

“What is your name?”

I ignored her and asked.

At that question, the girl quickly turned into rabbit eyes and looked back at me.

Then he answered, stuttering her words.

“Si, si… it’s shien.”

“Shishien?”

“Shien…! Just Sien.”

I offered her lightly, scratching her head at her.

“Then, come here with something to eat in three days. If that’s the case… There’s nothing I won’t be able to meet.”

Perhaps, through her, we may be able to supply her food.

If you don’t like this rude offer, we can go our separate ways.

But despite that rude suggestion, Shien looked brighter than ever and said with a big smile.

“Yes!”

That’s how our relationship started.