I Pretended To Be Dead And Ran Away (22 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 42

Reniel had no memory of ever living as a girl.

Even at the orphanage, they never dressed her differently from the boys just because she was a girl.

She had even used the ring to live as a boy during the period when the orphanage’s director changed.

She had judged that living as a boy would be better than living as a pretty girl in this harsh world.

It was easy enough to see how pretty girls lived—even without looking far away.

Most girls, once old enough to leave the orphanage, usually went to farms, ranches, or else factories.

If skilled with their hands, they might become assistants in dressmaking shops, or, if especially lucky, be adopted into ordinary households.

Of course, adoptions mostly happened only to children under five years old.

In truly fortunate cases, some were even adopted into noble families.

But unlike the life Reniel had envied as a child, she later realized that the adopted girls who became maids lived lives drastically different from her vague childhood fantasies.

Children from the orphanage adopted into noble houses mostly endured difficult lives.

Even if the household was wealthy, they were seldom fully accepted as true nobles.

Moreover, there was only one reason noble families adopted girls: for marriage arrangements.

Innocent children became mere sacrificial pawns.

Having grown up witnessing such things, Reniel resolved to live as a boy.

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