A boy is following the transparent map only he can see. Specially the marked location on the map. He is wearing baggy and tattered clothes and his palms have calluses. His hair is dishelved. He looked like a homeless kid. He gazed at the big house infront of him and the flower beds in the garden with a hesitant look.
Unsure whether or not to enter the garden to collect the Treasure chest there. His name is Damian Vane. He is left in an orphanage by somebody on the day he is born. When Damian turned 5, the orphanage is closed due to insufficient funds and he has nowhere to go. Desperate he started surviving on his own.
Trying to find some work, picking up scraps, trying to get fruits from the tree. These 6 years are very painful for him. He isn't allowed in parks or other places where the fruit trees are in. So he has no choice but to search dump, work at stalls as a server, and do small jobs to barely earn something to eat.
Just a few minutes ago, a system appeared in front of him. He thought he can survive with it, but his hopes crumbled when he saw it's a system that needs him to find gift boxes in certain areas and worst, in all london, he only saw 4 of them. 2 are very far even from the city, he can't find one because it seems to be underground. He tried going there by sewer but it doesn't work.
So he wanted to find the remaining one. Looking at the very good house, he is hesitating to go there. Fear they will think he is stray robbing their house. Finally steeling his heart, he decided to take a stealthy approach. He got around and climbed the wall near to gift box before taking it.
But then he saw a shadow fall on him. In an instant his face paled and he made a run for it. " Hey stop. Who are you? And why are you in the garden? Mum, Quick come out. There is a stranger in our garden ", Damian jumped over the wall and ran away but then he is hit by a car when he is going to turn and his vision went blank.
When he woke up he is on a soft bed covered with a warm blanket. He tried to bolt away but as soon as he jolted forward and tried to sit, his body creaked and screamed. " Gaahh ", he fell down onto the bed again. His body shuddered from the pain alone and he saw blood dripping from his head.
His hands are barely moving, he whimpered in pain. As Damian heard foot steps he immediately panicked. Thinking about how to escape he immediately asked his system to open the treasure chest.
[ Diamond Gift Box has been opened ]
[ Magic Awakening ]
[ Inventory (Solo leveling) ]
[ Spell : Protego Totalum Lv 3 ]
[ Spell : Expecto Patronum Lv 3 ]
[ 500 Galleons ]
[ Occlumancy Lv Max ]
Damian groaned as he received knowledge about Occlumancy and felt like he practiced for decades. And also received the knowledge of the two spells along with the user experience of them. And also received a strange energy in his body. For a few moments he floated from the bed before slowly descended.
As he is surprised he received Harry Potter world rewards he began to suspect something when the door opened and he saw someone who looked familiar. ' oh no. I'm screwed ', Damian thought as he saw girl who is at least 90% similar to the one he saw in the movie Harry Potter and the philosopher's stone. It's none other than Emma Wats-*ahem* it's Hermione Granger.
She looked at him and yelled," mum, dad. The theif woke up. Come quickly. Oh my god, he is bleeding. Dad come quickly ", Damian's face turned pale again. In this situation he possibly can't get out. Especially when his limbs aren't in a condition to support him. They're barely moving and he is bleeding from his head and other places too.
Damian tried to say something when a man and woman walked into the room. The man approached Damian. Damian looked at him in the eye and said," sir, i ", but he is interrupted when the man scolded him," why did you move? The wounds opened up again. Helen, go and bring some cotton and bandages. Also some of that medicine we applied to him in the morning ".
The man held Damian's head and tried to stop the bleeding. As the woman appeared they quickly removed his bandages and applied some medicine to him. " Easy boy, don't move. You're injured. We'll talk later about everything ". The woman then brought some soup for him before helping him eat it.
Damian looked blankly as they tensed to his wounds, took care of him for the next few days. Damian tried to escape but couldn't because his body isn't in a condition to. Now Hermione is reading a story book by his side.
" So then the knight killed the evil dragon. Saving the princess and then they got married living happily ever after ", as she finished Damian asked," aren't you afraid that I'll do something to you? ", the girl raised an eyebrow and said," you can't even lift your hand properly. What can you do to me? But I'm curious. Why did you try to rob our house? You can work outside and earn money right? Why choose to rob? ".
Damian burst out laughing as he said," if only it's that simple. I begged for work everywhere. Only few kind people will allow kids like me to work in their place. Others, they think we'll steal and drove us away. Some even show disdain, some beat us directly to drive us out and some fears the child labour. It's hard to live a life like this. You people are different. You got parents to take care of you and love you. But we, we're just burdens that people abandon, unwanted flesh and blood they will throw away without a blink. I lived six years outside and the only time I have a full stomach are these days I'm at your house. I lived those six years picking scraps, broken things that people throw away ".
" But aren't you robbing our house? Isn't that wrong? ", Hermione asked. Damian shook his head and said," I'm only trying to get the fruit on the tree in your garden. I'm very hungry at that time ". Hermione said," then you should've just asked for it ".
" Yeah, the last time I asked someone for fruit in their garden, they called cops and chased me all the way down the street ", Damian said before saying," i don't expect you to understand us. I'm grateful to your family for the care these days. I'll leave after I'm somewhat healed ".