SPECIAL CHAPTER

Alan was a boy that was born in poverty. He remembered slightly that he lived in a dilapidated room where three people felt packed out. This situation couldn't continue for a long time. His parents sell him to a whorehouse for a bit of money. Alan although he was young he understood his situation so he escaped. He remained in the streets with his body covered in dirt for several years. He was 12 or 13 years old when a beautiful woman picked him up. Her name was Johanne. She was a woman with weak health but she was unbreakable when she confronted her husband.

Their marriage was something fixed by their parents but Conrad never loved Johanne. He was in love before the marriage but his father forced him to break up with her. Johanne knew that he had a lover and that they even saw. Johanne didn't like her husband either. So she left him alone since he didn't overstep the marks. Of course it didn't work because her husband was an ambitious person. He wants the control of Johanne's family because she restrains Conrad and never allows him to supervise her family business.

Conrad was anxious because of her behavior so when Johanne got pregnant almost at the same time as his lover. He couldn't feel more happy. His lover and he planned to change the babies. But unfortunately Conrad's lover gave birth prematurely. The plan couldn't be completed. Even more after realizing that Johanne's baby was a girl and Conrad's lover's baby was a guy. So after Conrad thought for a while decided to kill that girl. He had heard that it would be difficult for Johanne to have another child. So he planned to force her to accept his son as heir.

The plan was a success and the girl was kidnapped but Johanne didn't act the way Conrad thought. She brought with her many children and trained them to in the future she choose one heir. She suppressed Conrad's family and sent him to prison. His lover and son were expelled from the city and she took all their wealth. She chose as heir a boy rescued from the streets that followed Johanne's last wish. Conrad probably turned over in his grave if he knew that the daughter that he tried to kill was alive. Maybe it happened because of the compassion of the nurse that kidnapped her. But Conrad's daughter was taken to a distant orphan instead of killing her as it was planned.

Alan was judged by many people because he was considered like an illegitimate child. Some people knew that he was adopted from the streets, others thought that he was a son outside of marriage. He didn't have an easy way even after going out of the streets. He beared all the problems and created the most important game in the world.

He always waited for Ashley like an opportunity to pay all the Johanne's help. He sometimes felt that his search was useless because he didn't find anything for several years. Exactly when he didn't think that she could be alive. He met Ashley. He looks like Johanne except by her eyes. Johanne has green eyes. But she didn't have her father's eyes either. It was luck because Alan would not like Ashley to look like that man. But it doesn't matter now. He found in Ashley more than the daughter of his benefactor. His only wish is to be with the person that made him so happy.

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Ashley was an intelligent girl and she realized soon that her appearance was dangerous for her. Because she stands out between the other children. She was the youngest in the orphanage so frequently she was intimidated by her elders. In fact she didn't get along well with her orphanage companions so she isolated herself directly and she covered her short platinum hair with dirt so that its color would not stand out.

As being a somber, quiet and isolated girl. She was never adopted. She graduated from the school and did slight work to maintain herself. She didn't have any close friends or acquaintances. This kind of condition always makes her felt unhappy. But when the plague appeared she felt a little relieved as she didn't see someone important die in front of her as other people.

She didn't have a reason to live but she didn't have a reason to die either. Of course it's human nature don't want to die. That wasn't different to Ashley. It's the reason why she joined the game. The possibility of starting a new life was tempting. Of course she didn't imagine that her life would change so much.

She met many people, some became irreplaceable to her and others became her enemies. She found a family, friends and even love here. She discovered many important things that she will never forget. In this world she found a reason to live happily. She matured and grew here. So she is going to protect this new life and the people that live with her. That is Ashley's wish.