User blog:SiRenfield/Albin

"I am sorry. I really shouldn't be alive."

Romycin is a peasant of the Kingdom of Elphegort, hated due to her lineage to Sateriasisa Venomania. He is a close friend of Michael and, following his death, joins a Levin Monastery of the Eldoh sect. He nearly commits the Deadly Sin of Wrath.

Early Life
Born in the Kingdom of Elphegort in EC 479, Romycin was despised and abused by the people of Yatski, unaware of why he was so hated. At some point, he was adopted by a foreign magician who loved and took care of him. At a young age, his foster father taught her how to read and write. As he grew older, he learned that his lineage, the characteristic hair and eye color of the Netsuma tribe, earned him everyone's disdain. Due to his clumsiness, he was only further hated, called a "demon's child" and threatened to be tied and burned on a cross. Sometime later, Clarith's father contracted the Goula disease. With his foster parent weak and ailing, Clarith worked hard to help take care of them both.

Grüne
In early EC 499, Romycin went out to the Millennium Tree Forest to pick trauben fruit. Injured from his town's cruelties, he murmured how sorry he was for being alive. While working, he found a small, green robin by the lake with an injured wing on the ground. Pitying the creature, he took it home with him and tried to bandage its wing before returning to his work. With a basket full of fruit, Romycin arrived home to find his father up and about, tending to the robin. The sullen boy told her father to rest in hid poor health but he retorted it was also unhealthy to be in the sun for so long, mentioning that the bird he found was now awake.

After his father tried and failed to feed the robin worms, Romycin offered some of his fruits. The robin immediately began to eat it and his father wondered if it was an incarnation of a forest spirit. Romycin told his parent that he spoke nonsense, repeatedly denying their and God's existence. Frustrated, he asked why his mother was so sick if they were real, relating that the trauben he picked were also not good enough to sell and he had wasted his time. Forcing himself not to cry, he turned to the bird and, seeing it, said birds had less problems than humans. As he prepared to leave, his father asked where he was going. The frowning boy responded the village had called him out and left. Over the course of two weeks, the condition of Romycin's father worsened and Romycin took care of him. Naming the robin "Grüne" due to its green feathers, Romycin constructed a cage for it out of junk he collected. He would come home everyday, smiling as he told the robin about his day and all his bad experiences getting scolded for her clumsiness.

One day, he chose to place the bird cage by the window on a sunny day. Later, while working in the fields, the other workers purposefully bumped into him and trampled over his work; ignoring the bullying, he continued before coming home and smiling at Grüne. The next day, Romycin put the robin's cage by the windowsill again before heading out to work. Confident in his relationship with the bird, he thought he could possibly makes friends with other humans. After making up his  mind, he invited his neighbor to dinner, hoping to build a relationship with a human. Instead, he was verbally abused and turned down, breaking his confidence again. When he returned home, Grüne had already escaped from his cage. Heartbroken and in despair, Romycin visited the Millennium Tree Forest and prayed at the Eldoh, telling him he had no friends before explaining his story. Afraid to be left alone should his ailing father die, Romycin begged God that, if he did exist, to have a friend.

Chance Encounter
Three months later, Romycin found a green-haired boy unconscious by the Millennium Tree. Realizing he had a fever, Romycin took the girl home and laid him to rest in bed. When he regained consciousness, Romycin told the boy to lie down, explaining where he found him. He asked the boy to accept his treatment, despite being from the Netsuma tribe, until his fever was gone. Thanking him, the boy asked where they were and Romycin described Yatski village to him before apologizing for his small, filthy house. The boy introduced herself as Michael and Romycin did likewise, asking why he had fainted in the forest.

The boy elaborated that she had been travelling to Aceid from the Kingdom of Lucifenia. Romycin stated he never heard of an Elphegortean living in the country and Michael replied that Lucifenia was inhabited by different races of people. In disbelief at the peculiar story, Romycin sat their quietly with tears building in his eyes. Embarrassed, he wiped them, shouting apologies to Michael for living. Interrupted by her father, Romycin was lectured for disturbing their "patient". Surprised by his ill father's attempt to get seasonings for Michael's soup, he took the bowl from him and seasoned it before giving it to Michael.

A knock came to their door and Romycin heard the village chief yelling for him, coming in with Eugen to tell him he hadn't paid his rent in a month. Apologizing, Romycin told him he had no money and asked for more time. The chief told him to leave then, qualifying that no other village besides his would tolerate him. Giving him the option of coming to his place at night to 'work' off her debt, Romycin became pale. Michael interrupted the conversation, asking for Romycin's help. The trembling boy passed Michael's bag to the green-haired boy. Like everyone else, Romycin was stunned as Michael offered a handful of silver coins to pay off the rent.

After the chief and Eugen left, Romycin immediately apologized to Michael and continued to thank him despite the boy's protests. The mysterious boy then told Romycin he had some pleasing news and, surprised, the white-haired boy jerked his head up, hitting the cupboard and lurching in pain. While holding his head, he told Michael he was fine and asked him what he wanted to say. Michael asked if he could stay with them for a while, offering to pay the rent. Agreeing to the offer, the three began living together. Shortly after, Romycin asked Michael if he wanted to help with the farm labor and he agreed.

First Friend
The two boys worked together in the fields and, at some point, Romycin had gotten into a conversation with Eina, the chieftain's faughter. Michael arrived and the three chatted about the harvest festival for a while. After Eina left, Romycin explained to Michael his difficulty dealing with girls and how Eina never spoke to her before Michael came around. Romycin told the green-haired boy that he believed Eina was using Romycin to get close to him and asked what Michael thought of the chieftain's daughter. When Michael responded that he wasn't that interested in women, the pleased Netsuma girl agreed with him. As they were about to enter their home, Kelsey, accompanied by his two friends, appeared and asked for a moment with Romycin. Following them behind his neighbor's house, Romycin was interrogated for speaking with Eina, bullied despite his denials and apologies to trying to earn Eina's love.

Trembling, the white-haired body curled up his body as Kelsey continued to insult him. After the boy grabbed Romycin's arm, Michael intervened and chastised the three boys for their abuse. Once they left, Romycin apologized to "Mister Michael" but the boy told her they were friends so it was just "Michael". Overjoyed to finally have a friend, Romycin embraced the green-haired boy and requested that he hold him a little longer, never hugged by anyone but his father before then. Michael complied. The two continued their duties in the fields each day. Sometime later, in the middle of the night, Romycin discovered Michael out of bed and found her on a hill nearly the village.

Hearing the boy singing, Romycin spoke up about its beauty. The surprised Michael asked why he was still up and Romycin reflected the question back at the mysterious boy. With Michael's insistence, Romycin timidly sat beside him and they spoke about Michael's time in the village, his obvious wealth, and his father's fatal condition. Curious, Michael asked who owned the mansion nearby and Romycin told him it was the house of Keela Sfraz, admiring the amount of friends she invited to her banquets every month. Michael asked if Romycin wanted lots of friends and he responded yes but states he knew he couldn't make any because of being a Netsuma and not being handsome and cheerful like Michael. His friend retorted that he still accepted him. Smiling, Romycin attempted to confess to the boy but a gust of wind drowned him out. Brushing his friend's curiosity aside, he said that he would be fine as long Michael was with him, earning the boy's thanks.

Noting the wind, Michael suggested they go home. Shaken by the statement, Romycin panicked and fell; Michael offered him a hand and the two walked together home. Not wanting to wake his step parent, he gently opened the door, frozen at the sight of his father on the floor. Crying out, he watched his father vomit blood and die. Sometime before the funeral was held, Kelsey approached Romycin and spouted how Michael was only being kind to him to appear more nicer. Despite knowing it was only his neighbor's cruel ramblings, Romycin began to doubt the validity of their friendship.

During the funeral, Romycin quietly attended with Michael, biting his lips as he bowed his head. After his mother's burial, Michael asked what he was planning to do and Romycin responded that he didn't know. In anguish, Michael asked if they could leave for Aceid and start a new life. Romycin rejected the offer, saying Michael should be living with his rich family instead, revealing Kelsey's words and Romycin's own thoughts on the matter. The Netsuma boy continued, saying that it was okay that Michael was only using him so long as he remained his friend. Michael, utterly speechless, reached out and embraced Romycin, tightly holding him despite his struggling. Reassuring him that he thought Romycin was a kind and wonderful person.

Hearing Michael's words, he began to cry, crushing his doubts about his friend. Crying out all his anguish and sadness into his friend's arms, he was happy to have a friend who cared for him, even if the whole world despised him. Romycin thanked Michael when he offered him a handkerchief, wiping his eyes and saying he would come with him to Aceid, asking what they would do afterwards. Michael said he didn't plan that far ahead, saying they could do whatever with the money he had. Although uncertain of what he could possibly do to help, he smiled and said they could overcome any difficulties together and that he would become stronger.