Summoners War: Only I Summoned Divine Beasts - Chapter 1343

Chapter 1343: Forgiving Oneself
“You useless brat!” A kick landed on 8-year-old Nathan.

“Gah!” Nathan clutched his stomach, tears streaming down his eyes. He coughed a few times. “I’m sorry, I’m sorry.”

His father looked at him as if he were some trash. He glared at him for a few seconds as Nathan kept apologizing. Only then did he stop.

“Hmph.” His father snorted and walked back to the couch before sleeping.

“…” Nathan gritted his teeth. His body was shaking as he got up and staggered across the room, reaching the fridge.

He tried to look for food, but there was nothing but cans of beer.

Nathan bit his lip while looking around the house. He wondered if there was anything left to eat.

From what he saw, there was a small biscuit that hadn’t been eaten along with some crumbs. Nathan could only eat this biscuit and gathered all the crumbs.

Still, he was too hungry. Sadly, he couldn’t find any more food in the house.

Whether it was fortunate or unfortunate, he saw someone dropping a plastic bag outside. He noticed some brands related to food on it. So, he waited until the person returned to his house before scavenging for food.

As expected, he got it. There were still some pieces and crumbs. In fact, he noticed there was a chicken wing that hadn’t been cleaned up.

Nathan bit his lip and took it out. With tears streaming down his eyes, he just stuffed everything in his mouth, getting everything he could to fill up his belly.

It was disgusting. Eating it made him want to vomit. In addition, the kick to his stomach earlier was hurting badly.

After he was done, he simply returned to the house and stuffed the rest with water.

Once he was done, he returned to his room before collapsing to the front, his hands continuously clutching his stomach.

‘I’m going to survive. I want…’ Nathan bit his lips. The only relief he had in this house was his mind.

He imagined a lot of things, such as getting adopted by a family and getting his belly full. He would adventure across the country, not having to worry about anything.

His imagination was endless, just for the sake of comforting himself.

When he managed to trick his father and imprison him, he thought he could finally escape.

He knew that his imagination was just imagination. There was no way it would become a reality.

Hence, Nathan didn’t mind if he had to work hard for it. He could probably sell some furniture in the house to give him some money before he could start searching for more money.

But the next thing he realized, he was already standing in front of a female.

“This is your mother. She is going to take you home after this.”

Nathan was still traumatized by his father, so having another parent taking care of him just reminded him of all the beatings.

Nevertheless, in his mind, there was a sliver of hope that things might be different.

Unfortunately, it wasn’t what he expected. His mother was as degenerate as his father. Even though she had never hit him, she never cared about him.

When there was no food, she would only buy food for herself. The only thing he got from her was one meal a day.

There were a lot of people who got involved in drugs around her.

Nathan feared his family one more time. However, he was not someone who would give up so easily. It was harder to trick his mother in this neighborhood. Instead, they would think of him as a snitch. It might result in him getting beaten much worse than his father beat him.

There was only one thing he could do.

He would risk his life to get some money by doing some chores for others. He would hide that money from his mother.

After three years, he finally accomplished his objective. The moment he saved up enough money, he would run away from home and hop onto a bus to go to another city where his mother wouldn’t find him.

It was because of this memory that the memory in this world was precious to him.

“Nathan.”

He could hear their voices ringing sweetly in his ears. They gave him warmth, making him forget his past.

It might be because of this that he got drunk in this warmth and did everything he could to avoid ruining it, even if it meant sacrificing himself or putting everyone above him.

He was addicted to the warmth. In one way, he might look normal. In another way, the way he would do everything without respecting himself would make him look no different from a gambling or drug addict.

They, too, would do everything they could to satisfy their addiction.

Nathan swept the tears that unknowingly came out of his eyes. At the same time, a smile formed on his face.

“Thank you, Xolotl.” Nathan raised his head. It felt like his mind had cleared up a bit. There was indeed something wrong with his thought process. He had made up all those reasons as an excuse.

Xolotl closed his eyes. After seeing his eyes, he was relieved. “It looks like my part ends here.”

“I’m going to do something first.” Nathan nodded. He stood up and jumped off the building to enter his room through the window, only to find Luna was already lying down on the bed. Her eyes were still open as if she were waiting for him.

“You’re back.” Luna lifted up her body.

“You’re not asleep yet?”

Luna nodded.

“That might be better for me. I actually have one question.”

“What is it?”

“Do you need the cores from this trip?” Nathan asked with a solemn face.

Luna shook her head without hesitation. “Not really. Right now, I’m forming my rules. So I don’t need cores right now.”

“In that case, I have a request.” Without Xolotl’s words, he wouldn’t have thought about asking this while giving a lot of reasons he shouldn’t even ask about it.

But thanks to him, Nathan could finally reveal this request. “I want to get your share of cores on this trip. It is important to me. I’ll pay you back later.”