Planet Ardh#73, that's how the sky realm dwellings call it. But here, most people call their home planet Bastardia. They consider this planet as the bastard son of God, just as their way of expressing their contempt toward the idea of God's existence.
Quite advanced in technology and sorceries, but there is no exact moral standard which can be used universally in this world, except for one, the weak has no right to speak about justice.
"There's no meaning to life anymore?"
A skinny young man with gray hair mumbles pathetically. His face is battered and bloody. Sobbing pathetically, he can't do anything as his head is pinned down on the ground by someone's foot.
"Now you get it, huh?" The bully grins. "Your life's worth is nothing here! Even the street dogs are much better than you! So, why don't you just kill yourself then?"
Suicide is almost like a norm in Bastardia. Some are triggered by a feeling of numbness due to boredom and a lack of clarity about the purpose of life. Some are triggered by the cruelty and injustices.
Just like this young skinny man by the name Irvine Donovan. Coming from a poor family with no connections to important figures in society…
"Not even your mom can save you! For I am the son of the Governor of Fracklosk, I can easily bend the rule if it's only for playing with your worth-for-nothing life."
…and with all the bullying he endures every day…
Bug!
Bam!
Dsh!!!
"Please, just kill me already!"
"What? Do you really have no pride to the point that you are incapable of ending your own life yourself?"
…and the betrayal he just had this morning…
"Your girl friend deliberately let us fuck her ass, and she enjoyed it doing it in front of you! What are you expecting from this world now?"
Usually, youngsters with this kind of background would have already chosen suicide before reaching 17. But Irvine had something that kept him surviving so far, which was the girlfriend he had dated since junior high school. But it's all in the past now.
"Why? Why did you have to do that to her?"
"You have no reason to be mad at me! It's what she wanted!"
"You lie!!!"
The burly man simply hits Irvine's temple with his big knuckle, slamming his head hard to the ground.
No one dares to help. The paupers and the weak try their best to kill their sympathy, closing their eyes right before Mathias's knuckle hits Irvine's head. But the nobles and the rich ones find joy like watching a sitcom.
A bald dude with dirty brown skin, having two horns that are fused to the top of his earlobes, throws a liquor bottle to the ground, right near Irvine's face. As a human, you may see him ugly. But this one named Oogorim is touted as the most handsome male amongst the Orcs.
And truth to be told…
"Yes! We fucked your girl's ass this morning! So what? I bet you were horny by watching us!" The Orc closes it by spitting on Irvine's face.
"What can he do? He is too weak to begin with," sneers another man named Myriil Gremenor, a male from the mountain elf tribe. This one is handsome with charismatic look, but has a sense of arrogance like the universe revolves around him.
And there's a two-headed fat ogre standing beside the Orc. "I believe that you saw it yourself how much she enjoyed it," says Kurok the left head. "It's something you can never give to her, I believe," Glokork the right head adds.
With their two heads, you can imagine what their two mouths can do to a girl's boobs. And yes, Irvine saw what this two-headed ogre and the other three dudes did to his girlfriend.
It's the reason he foolishly confronted them despite how weak he is. But now, their words effectively make him stop retaliating. Remembering how the girlfriend really enjoyed herself with them, kills off all his passion to continue crying.
Mathias Burke looks so amused just by watching Irvine's pathetic face. For a dramatic closure, he takes out his penis and then pees on his head.
Cuuuurss!
"Be grateful that I'm still generous enough to make your existence a little useful, even if it's just to catch my pee! Grahahaaa!"
It's not a shameful thing for this son of the Governor to do this in front of people. In fact, he feels so proud of how big his little brother is. The folks don't see it as something embarrassing either. They laugh at it. Some even commend Burke for his magnificent little brother.
After emptying his bladder, he walks away with so much satisfaction. He even takes the time to answer selfie demands from the chicks, acting like a celebrity.
"Make sure to find some quiet place to die, so as not to leave any burden on your family!"
Irvine, who is now really thinking about ending his life, knows the consequence of attempting suicide inside the city. Hence, he ultimately looks for a quiet place to die.
He limps quite a distance, intending to get out of the city border. The urine on his body dries, leaving behind a strong smell that hit the noses of some guards at the border gate.
"What's with the pathetic face you have? Wanna look for a place to die, huh?"
"Do you have a permit to leave the city?"
Irvine doesn't show any response. With a face looking so numb, he keeps walking lifelessly toward the gate.
"Hey, you punk!"
"No, let him be!"
"But…"
"Just look at his military uniform! He must be a student at Ezlenmir Academy"
Irvine opens a small door on the left side of the giant gate, and then climbs down the stairs towards the quiet and deserted street outside the border. Compared to the situation inside the city, here everything looks so chaotic like in an apocalyptic world. It's the aftermath of a great war involving all races in Bastardia a half century ago.
At dusk, the gray-haired young man finally reaches an abandoned district full of old ruins and empty tall buildings, a land forsaken by all but tragic memory. The ruins stand as crumbling monuments to time's indifference, without a single soul left but the whispering breezy, a perfect place for anyone to commit suicide.