Ignorance is a Sin.

The long wild grasses growing in the meadow dance with the wind as the wind leads them. The butterfly kisses the sweet nectar and flies in drunken ecstasy. The mother deer grazes on the field to feed milk to her young. And the cute fawn depends on its mother to sate its hunger. These are natural beauties that a kid perceives. And the parent's heart melts as they watch their young-cute-little innocent child's assumptions and assume their child could never harm a fly. This is where things started going wrong for both the kid and his parents.

Because the child failed to see that within that beauty of nature there was another side to nature hidden. The darker side. Within the long wild grasses, there was a streak of tigers waiting in silence to eat their prey. As they started hunting they went for the weak fawn and bit its neck. The poor mother deer tried to fight back to protect her kid, yet she was killed by the Tigers. The rest of the herd ran away. The Tigers who had killed and eaten both mother deer and her young didn't even feel any regret but felt their stomachs full and slept happily. But still, the cruelty wasn't over. the hyenas waiting on the sidelines started to munch on the leftover bones.

The parents who visited the wildlife park deliberately hid this side of nature from their child to protect his innocence. The child who grew up only seeing the beauty of nature didn't understand the cruelty and the reason behind the cruelty was hunger, fear and love. So, the kid grew up to be an ignorant person and discriminated against other people who made mistakes. Never did he realize the sword he was pointing at them for their mistake would be turned towards him for the very same reason and was pushed into the depths of hell.

Well, that's enough of rambling, If only I Dae-Seong didn't grow up to be ignorant of people's feelings, I wouldn't be lying down in my pool of blood catching my last few breaths. And the person who made me this way is non-other than my close friend, well, at least I thought he was my close friend. And the reason he stabbed me repeatedly to death is because of my girlfriend. They both were having an affair behind my back. It is probably my fault for ignoring her and living in a fantasy of self-righteousness. She could have just broken off and gone on her way. I feel like coughing yet only blood flows through my mouth. I am in such pain, yet that adulterous couple and laughing and kissing. Psychos. Well, whatever!! I HAVE LIVED MY LIFE LIKE A KING. I have never felt any sadness when I saw people do wrong things. But I guess I win in the end because before these two bitches, I never begged to spare my life nor do I feel any sadness or anger towards them. The only thing I regret is not knowing or understanding this world completely. My vision is getting dark. I can't see or sense anything and I am not in pain anymore but it's completely dark. What's going on?

<<Do you want to understand this world?>>

'who is this? never mind.' "Of course, I do."

<<Host has accepted the system Hell Trainer.>>

"Hell trainer?" is probably a nickname. "When did I accept?", did I get cheated again?

<<Synchronizing with the host soul through hell lightning>>

"I don't even have a physical form. I have blended with darkness. How will you synchronize whatever you are trying to merge with my soul? hmm.. what is that white tiny spot. It is getting bigger, A mountain? No, a DRAGON!! A white dragon in this darkness..." It looked like a beautiful angel Morning-star. It is coming towards me? I can't even run!!... Just as Dae-Seong was shocked by the appearance of a dragon, It raised its massive white claws which were made of Silverly-white Lightning and tore open the dark matter space and the dragon dived into the hole.

"ARRR!!!!!! STOP!!!!! STOP!!!!!... The pain of thunder jolting through my soul lasted only a second? I can see my soul now and it's the same colour as the dragon."

<<Synchronization of Hell-Trainer with the host complete.>>

<<Searching for a shell to contain the host soul...>>

<<Search complete. Starting the reincarnation ritual.>>

As soon as the system started the reincarnation ritual, Dae-Seong's soul disappeared from the darkness and after a long time, he woke up in a seven-year-old kid's body in an unknown alley. Dae-Seong looked at himself and was stunned. "I didn't think this was possible and looks like the previous owner of this body suffered a lot of beating. And the worst part is... Based on this kid's worn & torn clothes I think he doesn't have a home" There were black and blue marks all over his body. "Someone beat this poor kid to death... what a cruel world!"

<<Ritual successful.>>

"Ki-moon! I thought you died after they beat you so badly. I wanted to help, but... but I am sorry. I was scared. My legs wouldn't move." cried the other kid running toward Dae-Seong and hugging him. Dae-Seong's new body was already full of injuries hence as soon as the kid hugged him, he felt even more pain and pushed the kid away in reflex. 'Ki-moon? Ki-Moon must have been the name of the previous owner of this body.' Dae-Seong guessed as he looked at the kid who hugged him and said "It is alright, I don't care." The kid wiped his tears and asked "Really?" and Seong nodded his head. "Anyway, What's your name and where are we now? The guys you were talking about must have hit me hard, I don't remember anything." The kid was taken aback by this information "You really don't remember anything?" Seong nodded his head again. "I- I see. My name is Jun-Seok and we both knew each other because we beg in the same area. Since you forgot about everything let me explain the rules to you and where we live."

"First, this is the Demon cult's territory, they say the place we beg is called Chungcheong. The Rat-Demon Chung is the head of our beggar's group. We beg for money and give it to the Rat-demon. If we don't meet the required standards, they will punish us. That is why they beat you and left you to die because you failed to meet two months' collection standards." said, Seok. "Oh, what are the required standards that I failed to meet?" Dae-Seong inquired further to gather information, because even though he was ignorant but after experiencing some betrayal in his previous life and death, he knew to survive this second chance in life and understand the world that he failed to understand previously, he should let himself float along flowing dark water currents.

"The standard that you meet is 100 copper coins but a minimum of 60 copper coins is acceptable." Seok paused for a moment and looked at Dae-Seong and continued "But you did not pay anything. ZERO!" Jun-Seok stressed the word 'zero' and said it out loud. "Not once but twice in a row. The rat demon was so p.i.s.s.e.d-o.f.f that he a cultivator personally slapped you." Dae-Seong was taken back and corners of his mouth twitched, 'what? This Ki-Moon kid was crazy! how could he not earn a single copper coin for two months? Did he become rebellious and tried to not pay the commission?' Dae-Seong looked at Seok with a baffled look blinking his eyes involuntarily. Seeing Dae-Seong looking at him confused, Seok explained " You earned more than the required standard commission for both months." Dae-Seong interrupted Seok "then how?..." Seok gestured his hand to stop Dae-Seong from talking and said "You gave all your money to a scammer. He said he will teach you cultivation if you gave him the money you had. I tried to stop you but you..." Seok stopped here.

Dae-Seong was even more stunned by this reply. Scammed? even the body I was reincarnated into got scammed? Man, what is with me and betrayals? Are we some kind of lovers?

<<Mission created: Kill Rat demon

Methods: Any method.

Target: To understand the darker side of the world, One has to become Darkness itself.

Reward: Restoration of broken Dantain & 5 strength.>>

The heck why are you giving a seven-year-old an assassination mission?

<<The host is 24 years old.>>

''-'' I have no words, forget about what I said.