The world was never a peaceful place, this was something Noah had known ever since he had been young enough to understand how things work. As a part of a family who could never get along and looked for ways to backstab each other, survival had been tough.
One could never know when they might be faced with a knife in their back, but it was the knowledge which hollowed one inside over time. In that family, no one ever smiled or spared you a kind gesture for kindness would often be mistaken for support.
But it had been far better than the street and he would choose that life over the slave traders always.
And then came Keito, the stupid optimistic king who never saw the bigger picture but there was something special about him.
He shines with an aura which Noah had never seen before and it left him mesmerized. He extended the first genuinely helpful hand to Noah and that had been a deal sealer for him.
