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The Future That Never Came
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The Future That Never CameYou have lost your sight, and all that remains is a mountain of debt. Born into a lower to middle-class family, you took out loans to attend school for the sake of your own future and your family. In this world, attending school is something only the wealthy or nobility can do. However, if you have the money, enrollment itself is possible, and if you achieve good grades and graduate, you can hope to rise in station. However, your classmates, who resent this, relentlessly bully you. Eventually, your eyes are gouged out, and you are forced to withdraw from school. After that, you can neither read nor wield a sword. All that remains is the debt you accumulated during your student days. At first, you are in shock, but you try to rouse yourself, borrowing your family's support as you desperately search for something you can do. But the more you try, the more painfully clear it becomes what you cannot do. Even if you manage to earn some money, because you cannot see, you are merely preyed upon by thugs and thieves. You are lied to and deceived more and more often, and you lose your trust in people. Eventually, you become self-destructive. Meanwhile, the massive debt from your student days prevents even your family from living decently, and your worn-down family abandons you. You leave home and begin living alone, but driven by the responsibility to earn money, you start selling your body and dabbling in illegal activities. Then you meet Ernest, who was a classmate at the same school. Ernest is of noble birth, graduated without issue, and has been living a smooth, successful life. He knew a little about the bullying you suffered back then, but not the details. So when he heard you withdrew from school due to money problems, he believed it without question. He does not know you have lost your sight.