But he never imagined that at the age of twelve, the boy he had seen potential in would suddenly be covered in purple marks.
At first, these purple marks resembled bruises, but they gradually spread, layering themselves densely on his skin like paint that couldn't be scrubbed off.
Only after treatment failed to determine the cause did the tall, thin man give up on the boy.
He branded a Slave Mark on the boy's face and threw him here to serve as hard labor.
In the years that followed, the boy was constantly bullied because of the purple marks on his body. Even his food was snatched away by the others.
The tall, thin man knew perfectly well why the boy was being bullied.
For one, the purple marks were indeed unsettling, and it was easy for people to mistake them for a contagious disease.
But the bigger reason was that the other slaves, having been branded with the Slave Mark, harbored a secret hatred for the Greenfield Tavern.
