Chapter 14- Father, I am just living peacefully.

Read the auxiliary chapter. I posted it to clear some misunderstandings that have been created.

Also, 50K YaY! Halfway through to 100K. Thanks for the comments. It's fun to answer your questions and it helps me improve. :)

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Simon was in a bad mood. He had tripped and through some actions, he fainted in the middle of the road. His hair was dirtied, the common clothes he wore had been ragged and stained with mud.

Finally, after fainting on the ground he looked like a beggar. He had discovered some things but couldn't care about them. He did not talk much after returning home.

He had cleaned himself and went straight to sleep. The thing is, Simon's family had had enough of Simon's way of living.

The teacher they assigned had complained about Simon not giving attention to what he taught and quit.

The butler they assigned complained that Simon was wasting his time and money every day like nobody's business.

The maid complained that Simon dirtied his clothes sometimes, made her buy new clothes for no reason when he already had plenty.

The cook complained that Simon rarely ate what he cooked. He ate breakfast, but he would either be outside or laughing inside his room for the rest of the day.

Of course, Simon didn't listen to the teacher because he was not interested in that boring stuff. He dirtied his clothes when he was walking in the slums/ fought the 'Arm' assassins/ laid near the man-eating tree to enjoy the sun.

As for being holed up in his room, He was experimenting with his powers and laughed. He didn't eat the cook's food because he ate most of the things outside.

Thus, A man visited the house that night. The servants bowed to the middle-aged man. He had brown hair and a handsome face. The man gave orders to the servants.

Soon, The butler woke up and brought a sleepy Simon. Simon instantly recognized the man. It was someone that the original Simon hated and feared the most.

He went towards the Man as he sat on the sofa. Simon was silent as he just stared at the Man. Soon, A servant came and served some tea. It was around 10 PM but the Man seemed to prefer tea at such a time.

After sipping the tea, The man looked at Simon as he said.

"You seem to be living really happily huh. Can I ask you what is the meaning of you wasting your time like that?"

Simon stared right into his eyes as he said.

"Father I am simply living peacefully."

The man no Simon's father, John Smith laughed at Simon. He then said with a sneer.

"You? And Peacefully? Pfft, stop making jokes and wasting your life. Do you want to get disowned? What will you do with your life after that? See your siblings. They all are better than you despite being younger. Your younger brother is an apprentice of a Mid ranked Knight-nim. As for you? You are just a stain to my family's name. If you don't work hard, then you will have to face consequences."

Simon remained silent. He was expressionless on the outside but his thoughts were moving rapidly. Simon remembered the original Simon's life.

A kid that had some resemblance to his father. But their hair color was completely different. His hair didn't match with either of his parents.

If not for some resemblance with his father, Simon would have been considered to be the son of another man. But, This man named John still hated him.

Simon's existence was something that John's rivals used to stain his name in the market. The mother was not good either. She was considered to be a whore for some time.

Her husband had despised her for cheating. Simon was proved to be their own son. But that had hurt their ego. They needed a space goat. Something to put the blame onto.

They looked at a child like he was a dirty curse that stained their life.

The woman had married John after seeing his talent and wealth. So, Simon was the thing that tied her to the man. But she gave birth to another child soon. This was enough for her. Simon was no longer needed.

John considered Simon to be a stain in his life. Angelina (his mother) considered him to be a useless no, a defective tool she once used. The siblings did not bully Simon like a cliche.

But they ignored him. They ignored him like he didn't exist. That was too much for a child Simon. He felt suffocated in the family.

That's why he did stupid stuff to be funny. In the end, all he got was beating. His family thought he was cursed. So they never held back.

Simon wasn't sent to a temple to be purified because it would be used by John's rival to defame John.

As Simon grew older, he realized his own position in the family. He requested to live alone which happened really quickly.

Simon had accepted the life of the Original Simon(OG!Simon). But, seeing the tragic life of this kid aroused pity.

Simon was also disgusted. He was full of disgust at these scum that defame the word 'Parent'.

Simon was an orphan. So he too had once dreamt of being adopted and having a loving family.

Until his dreams were shattered by reality, Simon had wanted parents too. Now that seeing some scums using their own son like that disgusted him.

He had made up his mind. He wouldn't be giving sh*t about what happened to these two. He described John and Angelina as

'A scum, slave to his image And Another scum, slave to her desires.'

'An idiot And A Thot' in simple words.

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TO BE CONTINUED

Also, A side story.

Simon had suffered after eating an excessive variety of food the first day. He forgot it was the 1st of April because of the stomach ache. So he missed the chance to troll some people.

Lesson We Learn: Stomach ache is terrifying.