Answer:
To 'just live' for him, would be to live as a normal boy and enjoy life how it is presented. Without being obligated to a responsibility. The text says that, "I can go to one of the villages and become one of the boys that are working and playing there". This implies that he could live a normal life of a boy his age.
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I really tried my best but I did not know what book/story this was from and I solely tried to answer it off of that one paragraph from the question! I'm so sorry if this is not the type of answer you expected :(
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