Zhi Peng had lost both his parents at a very young age. It was said that they had perished in a Source Beast Disaster.
Having lost his parents as a child, he had always been deeply insecure, yet he firmly believed in the justice and light of this world. Once, he saw a child fall from a great height, blood spilling from his mouth. Without a second word, Zhi Peng rushed over, hoisted him onto his back, and sprinted for the clinic in Small Town, successfully saving the child's life.
Yet when the child's parents arrived, they slapped him without a word, swelling his face badly. They accused him of pushing their child from that height and demanded that he pay with his life.
A child without parents was simply that lowly, even if his parents had died protecting others.
He no longer remembered how he had endured that long stretch of time. But he knew that even if he understood that saving someone would lead to being misunderstood, he would still rush forward without hesitation to save them.
But as time passed, he became timid and withdrawn. Though he desperately wanted friends to play with, he was afraid of being looked down upon and rejected.
Then one day, he suddenly awakened as a Source Mage—an exceptionally rare Fantasy System Trick Source Mage. After the Association's evaluation, his ability was named "Let's Be Friends."
It had little offensive power, and its combat ability was inferior even to that of a beginner Source Mage. Yet he discovered that whenever people learned of his ability, they looked at him with utter terror.
After reporting his ability, the chairman of Small Town transferred him to a higher-ranking city. He was imprisoned there for eight whole years. Only after everyone in that prison estate