《Undying Sentiment》 Obtaining innate skill "So... Hungry..." I feel so hungry... At least there are still free water being beside the comfort room, but food... It''s been three days that I didn''t eat any food since the day my parents abandoned me. It''s also been three days since I slept on a comfy bed. Right now, I''m only here sleeping by the side of road. Well, they say count your blessings so I think it''s not that bad. At least no one throws rocks at me or mocks me... But there''s no one who''s nice enough to give me food... Sigh... "Arf! Arf!" Ah, it''s that white dog again, since the day I feel starving, it always comes to me and snuggles with me when I sleep. It has thick fur and it''s also obviously starving judging from the thin physique it has. "Sigh... Sorry blaze, we still don''t have food to eat today... Again" I said as I embraced him close to me and rubbed his fur. I smiled. At least I have someone to accompany me with, right? There are still plenty of people who has it worse than me. I thought. I always think of the people with worse situations than me to make me feel that what I''m going through is not really that bad... *Grumble* Oh... That hunger comes again... ''Status'' As I said that, a set of words showed up in front of me. Name: Marshall Age: 10 Level: 1 Condition: Starving, Near despair Innate skills: Canvas abyss(passive) Learned skills: Sword rookie(passive) Near despair? Ha... Didn''t realize that... And also this innate skill of mine, it''s been with me since I was born but it never helped me even once.This text was taken from Royal Road. Help the author by reading the original version there. At least give me food! You have such a good name but have no use... Help me out here, will you? Sigh... I hugged Blaze tightly and shed a tear. Mom... Dad... If you''re gonna abandon me, why didn''t you give me away to someone else so I won''t starve?! Sigh... I shook my head and looked above the blue sky filled with clouds... I don''t know how many times I sighed, I just feel really tired... And hungry! But the sky looks beautiful though... I looked around me and saw the cars going back and forth on the street, students laughing with their friends and some even flying. I feel really envious when I see them but also brings a smile to me face. Atleast not everyone in this world is feeling the way I feel. "Come here Blaze" I urged the Blaze with an unkempt appearance, like me, to come beside me. I lied down on his body and went to sleep, after all, it''s the only way to not feel the pain of hunger... ... *Yawn* And... I''m up! The first thing I did was scanned the surrounding around me. It was already dark and are barely any people around. Huh, it must be midnight already. It doesn''t matter to me though. *Grumble* Ohhh, the hunger came back, that does hurt... Nevermind that! Yesterday, while I was walking down the streets, I saw some restaurants that may have some spare food that I can find that they threw away. "Blaze, let''s go find something to eat!" Hmm... Hmm... While walking, I hum and enjoy the cold breeze going through me body. "Food~ Food~" Oh! There it is. I didn''t observe quite closely yesterday but I think it''s a cafe. Its already closed and there are no people around. I went to the back of the cafe to look for the only place where they throw away their food, the dumpster! *Rummage* Aha! There we go, a piece of donut that''s only bitten once and thrown away. How wasteful! I guess more for me.... Yum! It''s so delicious, my first food in four days! "Aruu" Oh, I forgot about Blaze. "Blaze come here" I gave him a part of the donut and patted his head. Look at him! So happy that his waggling his tail. We then both sit beside the dumpster and enjoy our meal... "Hey!" I looked up from eating and saw three unkempt boys older than me looking at me angrily. I smiled widely, stood up and told them. "Fellow poor friends! It''s been so long that I talked to people! What do you need? Let''s share this dumpster!" Bang! Aw! Why did they punch me? Mom always told me that people who goes through the same stuff you do are always nice. They should be nice, we''re both dirty and poor! "Huh?! Share? You kidding me?! This is our spot! Get out! But as a punishment for eating what''s ours, you''re getting a beating!" After saying that they threw me to the ground. "Arf arf!" That could have helped, blaze if you weren''t looking so thin and weak... Sigh... Bang! Bang! Although I have trained the sword before, I''m too weak right now to even run. A result of not eating for so many days. Helpless to do anything, I hugged myself and formed into a ball so the damage will atleast lessen. Despite that though, this is the first time that I was being beaten up like this. Mom... Dad... Why did you have to abandon me?... Releasing all my grievances and helplessness that I have experienced, I finally cried... (Canvas Abyss activated) (Despair- innate skill obtained) Those were the last words I heard before passing out. Three brothers "How dare you steal from me! Get out of here!" Bam! An old man kicked me out a shop after he saw me took a piece of bread. But at least he didn''t take the bread. He he he... That hurt though. "Ted! Paul! Let''s go!" I urged two boys, whose as filthy as me and we ran out of the old man''s sight before he even changes his mind. After running for a while, we finally arrived at a back alley and stopped for a breather. "B-brother A-alex, what have you gotten?" Ted, my fellow friend who''s a bit on the shy side asked. I smiled and showed him the long bread I got. "Woah! Amazing! Let''s eat it now brother!" Paul, the one who seems to be amazed by everything, added. "Okay, okay, before that, we should split it evenly so we can have food for the night." I smiled at them and cut half the bread. After putting away the half, I split the other half evenly into three portions. "Okay, now that that'' done, let''s enjoy it" "S-sure" "Yeah!" ... Burp! Only a few moments later did we finish our meal and patted our stomach. We looked at each other''s dirty appearances and laughed. Although we don''t have any place to call home, at least we have each other. "Now that we''ve eaten, let''s move on with our training!" "Okay!" We then stood up and removed the three sticks that we placed in our lone dirty white bag. Although no one really taught us anything, everybody still knows the existence of the system. And knowing that, although we weren''t taught, we can still watch the children who go to school train sometimes. So after mimicking their training, although only with sticks, for five years already, this is what we got.If you stumble upon this tale on Amazon, it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. "Status!" Name: Alex Age: 15 Level: 1 Condition: Normal Innate skills: Learned skills: Sword rookie(passive) After we got this sword rookie skill, all three of our strengths went up so that''s why we train even though we can barely eat. And we only train when after eating so we won''t die because of starvation and having no energy. "Okay! Let''s start!" After that we swung our sticks forward over and over again like we did for 5 years already. ... "Stop!" A few hours later, we stopped and sat down to catch our breath. "Let''s sleep so we can regain our energy to find food the next time again" We huddled together in one spot and lie down. After one glance at the blue sky filled with clouds, we drifted into our dreams... ... "Help!" Huh? I rose awake as I heard a woman''s voice, I looked at my two brothers and that they are groggily waking up. I walked silently to the source of the voice that''s behind the wall alley. There, I saw a woman crying as she was being threatened by a black clothed man with a knife. "Give me all your money!" Oh damn, there''s a robbery! I hurriedly went back to my brothers and woke them up from their stupor. I leaned to their ears and spoke quietly. "Brothers, there''s a woman being harmed by a man behind there, the man got a knife. What should we do?" Both his brothers we''re shocked for a moment but afterwards, they looked at each other and said with determination. "We know what you''re about to do brother, we''ll still follow you though" "Pa-paul''s right, we''ll follow you, brother" I smiled wryly at their words. These guys surely know my personality well. I stood up and told them. "Let''s go then" We picked up our sticks and stealthily went towards where the crime is happening. We all saw the robber wearing a black face mask so we can''t identify who it is. We all looked at each other then nodded. Afterwards, we ran towards the robber while holding our sticks and before the robber can react to us, we struck his back. "Ack!" The robber froze for a moment after being pushed and got mad after he processed the whole situation. "Why you damn kids!" He then went to us as he threw away his knife. "This should be where our trained skills will do its work brothers! I don''t know why he threw his knife, but, let''s beat him up!" I said to my brothers as we charged at the robber. I was in the front so I dashed and slashed at him. I grinned. He''s so close, there''s no way I can''t miss. Huh? But just as I was about to hit him, he suddenly dodged so fast that I hit mid air. Bam! "Kah!" Without realizing it, he went to my side and suddenly hit my solar plexus. I dropped my stick and held my stomach as I knelt down. It hurts... Why is he so strong? With a blurry eyesight, I saw him beat my brothers senselessly, seeing this, I clenched my teeth and ignored the pain as I charged towards him. "Leave them alone!" Although I knew what the result would be, I still can''t stand to see my brothers get hurt. Without any resistance left, we we''re being kicked and punched by the robber. *Police sirens* "Oh crap!" After a few minutes of being beaten, we finally hear the sirens. Naturally, the robber took off as soon as he heard it. Feeling that the beating stopped, I looked at my brothers first and saw that we all look the same, and that is being full of bruises. We all smile sadly as we carry each other''s hands on our shoulders and went towards one of the places where we call our "base". Not too long after, we reached our destination. But what I saw there finally triggered me. I saw a kid eating our dumpster food! Food that should have been for my brothers! I think the kid said a few words but I ignored it and only looked at the food held within his hand with red eyes. Paul also said something but I couldn''t hear it since my mind was mostly filled with anger. Anger that''s pent up from the beating we got earlier and the life we''re leading up until now. Without thinking, we threw the kid to the ground and proceeded to beat him up.