The mills of his heart

"Who are you?" He was still frightened but had gathered enough courage to ask.
"Worry not, I'm here as..." The man, even though short, stood tall in front of the small kid, taking in his features, noticing his eyebrows twitching in fear. "... as a friend, I'll help you get out of here."

A broken man meets the odds the past.

Credit to the owner of the picture on the cover page.
All characters as well as the universeof Black clover belong to their creator, Tabata Yuki.

Tw// mention of child abuse, suicide, past trauma.