Ties That Bind

To Rachel Cassowar, the boy named 'Arthur' was one of her very few friends.

After being adopted into the Cassowar Family, Rachel was put through various forms of training. Combat, Etiquette and pretty much everything the child of a Military Noble Family would be put through.

As for why she was adopted, it was due to her identity as the biological daughter of two deceased Divine Human Generals who had saved the Cassowar Family Head in the past.

This adoption was kind of their way of repaying her parents.

But Rachel would have honestly preferred to remain in the Orphanage that she was in than to become a Cassowar and go through all the bullshit she went through.

As an adopted child, it was only natural that the actual Cassowar children didn't like her; no surprise there.

There was her rigorous training too, so in the end, the girl grew up without any friends or people she could confide in.