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The sweet scent of chocolate was what woke her up that morning. She smiled when she opened her eyes to see the High Priestess bringing a cup of hot chocolate her brother made for her along with a stew she made, and it was the second most delicious thing she ever tasted recently. The Alchemist looked rather excited bringing her to the market for unknown reason. However, she couldn't hide the fact that she was rather excited as well.
Squeezing her eyes as the sun ray hit her vision, she started to wonder if the sun was always this warm. The Alchemist told him many things she didn't know about the town because she only reached the town last week when she registered to be an adventurer. The joyous laughter coming from the rookie adventurer didn't help at all. Glancing to her side, she saw a party made of a swordsman, a witch, and a priestess—exactly the same party she went with—talking about slaying goblins. Their eyes were brimming with dream and hope and she couldn't help but ponder if she looked like them back then.
"Hey." The touch on her shoulder startled her. She quickly turned around only to tripped on her own cloak and fell. "Sorry, are you okay? I didn't mean to startle you." The Alchemist offered his hand to help her up which she accepted.
However, she felt something different from the way people looking at her. They gave her pitiful gazes. Some whispered to another but she could hear something like 'goblin', 'victim', and 'sorry'. What hurt her was that one of them loudly said, "Wasn't she one of those goblins' playthings?"
"Yeah. Gross... They should've just leave her die than having her reproduce the goblins. We won't want that low creatures around us."
Goblins' plaything...
She should've just left died...
The words pricked her deep into her soul. She couldn't believe that the label as the strongest girl in her village was now replaced by them. The Fighter gritted her teeth and lowered her face, wishing that the earth could just swallow her away from the world that saw her nothing more than a dirt.
The next thing she saw was the guys were punched by something and was sent flying until they crashed the fruits stall behind them. Her mouth was gaped in surprise. She craned her head to see the Alchemist swatted his hand.
