The girl was searching on the desolate land.

This place is somewhere in the Eastern Continent, and in the future, it will be notorious for the power of the demon clan in the Western Continent. Many years ago, they had traveled here.

Although the girl had heard on her way here that this area had gone through a terrible famine, and anyone who could move had fled elsewhere...

But when she actually arrived here, she was still shocked by the ruins in front of her.

Collapsed houses and ravaged fields were everywhere. The damage caused by "human disaster" seemed to be greater than the impact of natural disasters.

It seemed like she had come to the wrong place.

The girl didn't come here to play, but to find food and bring it back to everyone.

Not to mention satisfying her picky comrades who only eat meat, even a single leaf of vegetables could not be found here. It seems that during the move, people took away everything that could be useful.

The girl has always been impatient.

She thought that since there was no food here, staying here was just a waste of time.

"Let's go! Before encountering a wolf pack or other fierce beasts, I better leave this place early."

The girl shook her feathers and planned to take one last look around the ruins with her eyes before leaving.

This decision to take a second look made her regret it later; there wasn't really nothing here.

In an open-looking place, there stood a small figure that looked like a person.

Curiosity not only kills cats but also tortures birds!

Impulsively, the girl walked up to that place and approached the figure.

She didn't see it wrongly; there really was a person standing here, a boy who was about the same height as bean sprouts.

He was a boy, probably seven or eight years old. It wouldn't be accurate to describe him as "immature"; "young" would be a better description.

But precisely because he was such a young child, it was even more bewildering that he stayed in this uninhabited wasteland.

Out of curiosity again, the girl crouched down and looked up at the boy, unable to help but ask him, "Where are your parents?"

The boy didn't turn his head or look at the girl, he simply replied in a weak voice, "My parents told me to wait here."

Just from this sentence, the girl understood that this fool had been deceived.

Parents who truly cared about their children would never abandon them and leave them in a place where wolves roam.

The so-called promise of "waiting" was just a heartless lie, without any goodwill or warmth.

It was just that the parents were tired of carrying the burden and had no way to directly drive the child away, so they bid farewell to him in the cruelest possible way.

From the child's point of view, he would never doubt what his parents said, and precisely because of this, it seemed even more pitiful.

The girl couldn't bear to see the foolish boy anymore and told him the truth, "Stop waiting, your parents won't come back."

The boy didn't respond because he didn't believe her.

Compared to the words of a stranger, a child's instinctive trust in his parents always prevailed;

In this world, "pleasing lies" are always more easily accepted than "harsh truths."

Once the advice was given, it was a pity that he didn't listen. The girl had no way to do anything about it.

"If you don't believe me, then so be it. I'm leaving!"

This small incident was not enough for the girl to hold onto it in her heart.

Her figure walking away seemed lacking in human touch, but she had made the most reasonable choice.

The boy's mission is to continue standing, while the girl must go in search of food.

At this moment, their figures do not coincide, but rather drift further apart.