Regret Comes After The Body Gets Cold

Synopsis

Trapped in a poor, remote mountain village for five years, I was finally found in a filthy pigsty, barely clothed, fighting stray dogs for scraps of food. At my first meal back home, my hands trembled so badly from not holding forks for years that I couldn't even pick up any food. Therefore, a few drops of soup splattered onto the tablecloth. Olivia, the adopted sister, screamed like she'd seen something horrifying and ran straight into Mom's arms. She sniffled, "Disgusting... It's so disgusting..." My mom, who once swore she'd love me more than anything, slapped my plate to the ground and yelled at me. "Are you some kind of starving dog? Can't you even eat properly? How badly did you scare Liv? Can you make up for that?" My brother, James, dumped the leftovers into the dog bowl and kicked it over to me. He said, "If you still want to act like a dog, then eat off the floor! Don't come to the table and make us sick!" I watched Olivia, the girl who had taken my place for the past five years, wearing my favorite dress, cuddling in my parents' arms, acting all sweet. Without a word, I got down on the floor and ate from the dog bowl, just like a dog. Because this was my last meal in this world. The voice in my head was right, this was no longer my home. "System, I accepted your offer. How soon can you take me away?"