In another part of the human settlement, there was an entirely different scenario playing out but related to similar circumstances.
It just came from an entirely different perspective as the sole focus involved someone from a lower-class family.
The family could not be considered as being too wealthy but could not be considered as poor either.
A woman covered in wounds was packing some things to head out when she heard the words of her parent's voices. "That child had better bring in the money soon otherwise we will have to throw her out along with that useless brat.
If only we had enough money to be able to get our precious son into the academy then he could be the hope for our family. All that daughter of ours does is bring us disappointment after disappointment. She should pay us back for raising her through such difficulties"
The woman walked out feeling pushed out by her own family and saddened to hear something that she was used to.
She may have not been a bad child when young but she was often scolded and treated unfairly by her parents who favored the younger child who was a boy.
She was born a Holo Pet type with a tiny canine Holo Pet which made her suffer more especially since her parents always made her feel bad about her existence many times throughout her life.
She was molded into someone who tried to be good and to pay back her parents.
She would give in to their demands and would have her younger brother getting his way all of the time at her expense.
Most of her money usually went toward her parents that she earned and that usually went toward her brother who was the favored but troublemaking one in the family.
If she did a tiny thing wrong she would suffer a great wrath but if her brother did anything seriously bad, he would be forgiven instantly.
For her usual job, she worked as a scout for a hunting party outside of the walls and had a child with someone she met during such tasks.
Unfortunately, her child was left without a father once the father of the child died outside of the wall and was reported to have never been found.
Not a single thing could be found of him so she had to go through childbirth alone while staying with her parents to save money.
The moment that her body recovered, she was pushed back out to work to pay back the family for their 'benevolence to her and her child who they had graciously taken care of'.
The truth was that a lot of them lived off the money she earned and they became quite lazy when it came to earning anything for themselves since they had become so used to making her do the work.
Her mood was not very good and even she was somewhat aware that she was being taken advantage of but then she was reminded about the things she was aware of.
People like her were usually abandoned and her family had told her many times that she should be grateful that they decided to keep her.
They always mentioned how terrible her life could be if she was sent away from the family and that it was far worse than the life she had been living.
The woman recalled the face of her daughter who was born the same as her and the same treatment that they would face.
The adorable face of her daughter was enough to motivate her to keep going no matter what difficulties she faced.
Her daughter would be safe with the family so long as she kept earning enough money to keep her and her daughter around.
Maybe one day, she hoped that she would be able to find a way to provide a better life for her daughter.
She left to go out on another task with a group she had joined after returning to her work.
After exiting the city walls, she let her canine Holo Pet out and others summoned theirs.
Holographic projections seemed to form in various forms as they formed from the nanoparticles.
Some took the shape of a gauntlet or chest guard piece of armor covering parts of their bodies while some others held onto swords and other weapons.
They began to move out as they entered the shaded forest area moving deeper.
Her tiny canine Holo Pet took the lead as it moved as silently as possible ahead of the team.
She used it to the best of her capabilities with what little she had learned herself.
Through her connection with the Holo Pet, she was able to know what was ahead of them as the Holo Pet experienced it.
It was like they had a special link between them that let them share some things like various senses.
She did her best to perform her duties but a battle soon began to take place.
It could not be avoided despite her guiding the group through the area and suggesting additional routes.
After so many detours, the group decided that they would push through since they had been delayed enough.
The group bit off more than they could chew and it resulted in them struggling.
Her Holo Pet was injured greatly causing it to be unable to maintain its form so it began to return to her body to undergo a period of recovery.
The group was beginning to regain some form of control as they wounded the creature they faced.
Everything seemed to be going better until the creature jumped toward one of the team members close to her.
The team member panicked and grabbed onto her tossing her in front of the creature.
Panic filled her gaze as she could see the sharp teeth closing in on her.
She felt regret that she would not be able to see her daughter's cute face anymore and would be unable to return with the money.
Her death resulted in an opening allowing for the creature to be killed and a very small amount of money was sent to the family as condolences for her death but also due to some feeling a little guilty for what they had done.
Meanwhile, the family received the money and were overjoyed to gain it but they came across another problem.
They did not want any of the money to go toward the child.
Without the mother being there to provide for them and there being a child left to them to raise, they began to feel like the child was going to be a big chore to raise.
They quickly decided that the baby would be sent to the orphanage on the outskirts of the settlement while they would keep the money for themselves.
Many other stories existed in the human settlement and many other human settlements that were almost identical or had very small similarities to each other but it was a common story for the children who were abandoned and sent away to one of many orphanages.
The lucky ones among them could be said to be those who ended up in an orphanage since some would be abandoned on a street or even in the garbage somewhere left to either be picked up by a stranger or left for dead.