In a small village on the remote side of the kingdom of Bailiwick, we see a small boy surrounded by five kids. The boy, who was surrounded, was lying on the ground with bruises all over his body, while the other kids were laughing at him.
"Hey, Lilia! Why were you born with such a girly face and name, huh!?" one of the kids, a boy around 12 years old, asked while still laughing.
"He is such a weirdo. Look at his face and body. Nothing about him looks like a boy," another one of the kids, a thin boy with short black hair, said.
"Are you sure he is even a boy?" one of the kids asked with suspicion.
"Let's have a look and find out, then."
The chubby boy, who appeared to be the leader of the kids, made a move to strip the boy lying on the ground of his clothes, but...
"You kids! What do you think you are doing to my son?"
All the kids jumped in panic and looked to the distance. They saw a slim woman with black hair who appears to be in her early 40s running towards them.
"Crap, it's his mom."
"We've got to bail quickly before she reaches us."
"Don't just stand there... Run!"
And so, the kids all ran away from the boy who was helplessly lying on the ground.
The woman reached the boy lying on the ground but didn't bother to chase the kids that were running away. Instead, she focused her attention on the boy lying on the ground who was crying silently.
"Oh, my poor Lilia. What have those kids done to you!?" The woman squatted down and helped the boy stand up.
The boy looked down at the ground while crying tears of frustration. The woman's heart broke as she saw her son crying so bitterly.
"Those damn kids! When I find them, I'll tear them a new one for sure," the woman said with a pissed-off look.
Lilia cleaned his eyes and looked at his mom with a sad look. "Mom! Why am I the only one who is treated like this? Why am I hated by everyone in the village just because I like cute and girly things? I don't understand why people can be so cruel."
The woman immediately hugged Lilia with tears running down her eyes.
"Don't ever feel like you did something wrong, Lilia. None of this is your fault. You are my pride and joy, and no matter what anyone says, you'll always be my little angel. So what if you were born beautiful like a girl... The other kids are just jealous of you and are picking on you to make themselves feel better. But don't worry, sweetheart, mommy will talk to their parents and ask them to scold their children for what they did."
Lilia nodded as he listened to everything his mom told him.
After some time, the mom released him and stood up. "Let's go home, Lilia. Mommy will cook you your favorite food."
Lilia smiled at hearing that but he remembered something. "Oh, that's right, I forgot the basket of our harvest back on the farm. I'll go get it, mom."
"Eeeehhh!!! But what about your dinner?"
"Don't worry, mom. I'll be back before it is ready."
Lilia ran off in the direction of their farm, leaving his mother behind.
If only he knew that this would be the last time he would ever see his mom again, but I guess it was better that he didn't know.
A/N: My first original story on webnovel. Hope it goes great. Also, if you have read this work on wattpad, just know that I am also the same author as well.