1 Chapter 1. Sad life

"Eat this!!!" A man threw fruit and shouted. A domineering voice echoed throughout the entire building.

The master of this voice was a lean man that stood around 175 centimeters in height. He has carefully combed blonde hair medium in length. He has a sharp nose, thin lips, and a cold gaze. He was the perfect prince in the white horse every girl wants if it wasn't for him being the crazy man who thinks he is the most handsome man in the world. Due to him being like this he often buys a slave that has better look than him and beats them to pulps.

In front of the man was a cage. In the cage was a kid who looked no more than 10. The kid was seemingly malnourished and had a scar on every inch of his small body. If we exclude the scars, he was clearly a good-looking one. He has clear brown hair, tanned skin, and has beautiful golden eyes. But his right eye was closed like he was hiding a precious gem in it.

The kid crawls to the fruit in front of him, extending his small hands, took the fruit, and munched on it as the man, who is the scariest being in the world to him, ordered.

The fruit was large and had various exotic features on it. But most importantly it tastes like shit. It literally tastes like shit.

The kid looked about to puke but he held in fearing the man might beat him up.

The kid ate slowly as a little droplet of tear on the side of his eyes slowly descends and finally finishes.

"Why isn't he transforming?" The man shouted to the man beside him.

The man bowed down and said in a solemn tone "We have to wait for a bit before it takes effect. Saint Gregory."

Gregory nodded as he believed in his subordinate. Thus he decided to wait.

He waited. He waited. He waited for ten minutes before enraging and asks "Why isn't he transforming? Are you sure that was devil fruit?"

"100 percent. Saint Gregory." The man bowed.

"Then why isn't he transforming into that?" Gregory was in his utmost line of patience.

"I don't know. Maybe the kid is so weak that even the worst devil fruit doesn't want to give him power." The man lied through his teeth like nothing.

Lucky for the man every single higher-ranking person in this place was so stupid.

"I really wanted him to transform into that." What Gregory wanted was to transform the kid into an ugly monster and keep him in that form forever till he dies. But he couldn't as the kid in front of him was so trashy that even the trash devil fruit wasn't willing to give him power.

"Throw him from the Red Line. Alive and conscious. I want him to regret borning more beautiful than me." Gregory decrees before turning back and leaving.

Right after he decrees a guard who was standing near the wall walked to the cage before opening it and took the kid forcefully then pulled the kid from his thin hands out of the mansion.

Soon after they were standing in front of the end of the Red Line.

The guard threw the kid who he was pulling from his hand to the edge.

The kid stood up and plead for his life. But the guard was merciless and kicked him, making the kid fall from the Red Line.

While falling, the kid's short and unfortunate life miraged.

He was an unlucky kid born into a poor family. His parents were the worst. They never cared about their son, ordering him to do chores after he turned 5. But the kid was happy that they were relying on him. And was proud that he could help his always working parents. Though he lacked parental love. He didn't mind it as long as he had them. But when he turned 8, he was sold to a human trafficker for few thousand Berries by his own parents.

When he was being sold he asked them cried pleading for them not to sell him. He even promised he won't eat much food as long as they don't sell him. However, what came in return was their cold gaze. They were looking at their own child as if he was some kind of animal. That made the kid's heart broke for the first time.

Soon after he was sold to a human trafficker, he was sold once again. This time he was sold to a man with a gentle aura emitting from him.

When the man looked at the kid, his eyes were filled with sadness. The man hugged the kid warmly before telling him "You can cry if you want. Don't hold back."

His gentle voice made the kid cry and for the first time, the kid felt the warmth from others.

The man told the kid they will go to his home and live happily which the kid believed in full-heartedly. But he didn't know this would be the beginning of his never-ending nightmare.

When they arrived at the man's home, his demeanor changed into a cold and scary one from warm and gentle.

The man punched the kid right into his small face, destroying his small nose.

The kid couldn't even speak a single word as the man kept kicking him while yelling "How dare you!!!"

Like this, the kid's life in the mansion began.

Every day was filled with various torture and beating. No matter how loud the kid asks for help, no matter how loud the kid asks to stop no one came to help, no one cared about his situation. Neither those who serve for the justice, marines. This made his heart break for the second time. But he still had the will to live.

And when he was tossed from the Red Line, his will to live ceased, making him close his eyes and embrace the fate that was chosen for him by the god if there is one.

But when he came in contact with the ground which made him confused as everything around below the Red Line was water and he was fine even though he was thrown from at least 10000 meters from ocean level.

The kid curiously opened his eyes noticing an unfamiliar place around him. He was in a forest full of mighty trees forming an impenetrable fortress. Life was blooming in this forest in every direction the kid looked there was at least one small animal.

'Is this so-called afterlife?' the kid thought while appreciating the majestic view before hearing a 'Ding' sound.

"What is this?" Kid's eyes grew wider as he stared at the rectangular transparent thing floating in mid-air.

[Saving the host is successful.] was written on the rectangle.

[Congratulations on the host for getting the System.]

"System? Host?" The kid was confused after reading these unfamiliar words.

[System is a power that will help you to grow stronger. And host means you are master of the system.]

"Help me to grow stronger? I can become strong?" The kid asked. Though he was secluded from outside most of his life, he still knew about the pirates. The strong pirates feared throughout the world and most importantly, they can live freely. Without being shackled by the metal chains. Without being imprisoned in a wooden cage. That was what he wanted most. He wanted freedom and the power to live freely.

[Of course, if that is what you wish.]

[Initiating process to obtain power.]

As these words were written on the rectangle, roulette which was spinning at high speed appeared.

"What am I supposed to do?" The kid asked while looking at the roulette.

[Please press the red button on the bottom.]

The kid pressed the button without even thinking twice. After that speed of the roulette began to decrease as time passes by before finally stopping. There was an arrow that pointed at the section of the roulette.

[Congratulations on the host for getting power...]