I was weak.


    It''s no surprise that I was always on the side of exploitation in the underground city.


    I was at the lowest level in a world of weakness.


    Even though I was young, I had never been able to beat any of the kids my age.


    Even if I had food, it was taken away from me by an adult, by someone else my own age.


    But no matter how much was taken from me, I couldn''t give up.


    I had Ershe, I had a girlfriend that I had to protect.


    I took home even a piece of it and gave it to Elsie.


    I gave her all kinds of dirty, disgusting food.


    Still, Ershe was a beautiful girl, and it was hard to believe that she lived in the basement.


    I was dying to get some food to keep her smiling.


    It was in this situation that I met Nina.


    She was in a similar situation to me and we became friends.


    We gave each other a name, and I became Elena.


    Huh, Nina was the wrong gender for me, so I ended up with a girly name.


    Then we started to work together.


    But I didn''t tell Nina about Elsie.


    I didn''t trust her enough at the time to tell her about my one treasure.


    It was a bad thing for me to say to Nina.


    I was about to tell you when it was time to tell you, and then the incident happened.


    Ershe had been kidnapped.


    I didn''t see Ershe in her usual place, and I realized immediately that she had been kidnapped.


    Because it is almost certain that the disappearance of a person in this underground city is such a thing.


    Then I........don''t remember how I looked for her.


    But from that time on, I didn''t mind killing people.


    You''re going to be able to find out if you''re going to be able to get a good deal more than you''d like.


    It seems that I had killed those who kidnapped her, but Elshe was not there.


    It seems that they had already sold her to some nobleman.


    She''s such a pretty girl, she could have sold quickly and for a great price.


    The thought of it irritated me, and I remember swinging the knife I was holding onto the corpse that could no longer speak.


    I immediately went to that nobleman, but as expected, his guards were different from those who were kidnappers.


    I was easily defeated and captured.


    I would be killed, leaving Ershe behind...or so I thought.


    The nobleman kept me alive to use me as a test case.


    The experiment wasn''t going well at all, so he tried me for a bad idea.


    And fortunately or unfortunately, I was the best thing that could be done as a test subject.


    ''''Hahaha!　Excellent!　I never thought you''d endure so much!　Best pick-me-up ever!


    I can still hear the aristocratic man shouting this in the middle of my agony in the depths of hell.


    How many hours have I been in that hell?


    My heart broke and I was beginning to think I was going to die ... or rather, I was going to die, when the man said


    We can''t have our best test subject break down here. Well I''m not going to touch the girl as long as you''re alive. How about it?　You want to live, don''t you?


    -What?


    I had forgotten.


    In the agony of hell, I had forgotten.


    Yes, I''ve come to rescue Elsie.


    That''s not... that''s really... right?


    Huh, yeah, of course. As long as you''re alive.


    Well I''m sure... well I''m sure... I''m sure I''ll survive...!　Don''t you dare touch Ershe...!


    And I endured it all, desperately.


    I couldn''t even pass out from the torture of the experiment.


    The nobleman''s experiment was to create the strongest soldier he could find.


    He was given unidentifiable drugs of an unknown color, injections that were clearly dangerous, and so on.


    Just the thought of something indiscernible entering my body was enough to cause me a great deal of mental pain.


    And then it would take effect immediately, and I literally vomited up blood and vomit due to my body''s rejection and other factors.


    I couldn''t stop getting chills during the experiment and I don''t remember sleeping well.


    I can''t tell you how many times I wanted to die.


    And each time I thought I couldn''t possibly die.


    He couldn''t remember how many days he had been experimented on.


    I don''t remember how many days I was subjected to this experiment.


    ''''Ha, ha.......I wonder if Elshe is safe.......''''


    Yeah, I didn''t scratch it. If you don''t believe me, go check it out.


    I leave the basement laboratory and head to the room the man told me to go to.


    I''m a raggedy body, but I wear the clean clothes the man provided.


    I don''t want him to worry when he meets Elsie.


    I walk down the hallway dragging my heavy body and then.........


    ''''Onii-chan........!


    The moment I opened the door, I saw Ershe''s face staring at me with concern.


    ''''Ah...!


    I hug Elshe tightly as she runs towards me.


    The tears that didn''t come out at all while I was experiencing hell come out as if they were overflowing.


    ''''Onii-chan, that''s good...!　I''m sorry they took me...!


    ''No, I''m fine.......I''m so glad Elsie is safe.......!


    We cry to each other and talk with sobs.


    We hadn''t seen each other for several days since Elshe was kidnapped.


    It was the first time we had been this far apart, so we hugged each other tightly and strongly, as if to confirm our existence.


    ''Onii-chan, where are we...?　It''s scary...!


    Ershe must have been frightened when she was suddenly kidnapped and sent to a good room for nothing.


    ''''Don''t worry, Elshe I''ll be there to protect you, I promise...!


    I can''t protect Elsie if I''m dead.


    So I can''t let myself die.


    --I''m not going to die, no matter what they do to me.