Chapter 10 : Unexpected encounter

My acting skills are truly extraordinary. Is it an inheritance from my previous life? I seem to be able to survive and take advantage of my pitiful act.I followed the rough path the middle-aged man had told me earlier. Along the way, I kept asking more people for directions.

The drugstore that seems to be not as easy to find as I thought. Even though I'm always asking for directions But many people don't seem to know much. But there are some people who can give me a rough way to go further. after a long walk I came into a small alley as people told me to go straight into this alley. Although it is not much distance from the main road. But the condition of the alley in front It looks shabby and different from the beauty on the main road.

Continue walking into the alley in front. It looks more like an alley entrance. because there are almost no houses along the way After walking for a while I came up in a clear place like a courtyard in the center of a small village where the condition looks shabby like it has never been taken care of.

But the strange thing is that even the entrance to the alley is almost not met with people. but here are full of houses surrounding the courtyard. and there were many people walking around.

The condition of the people's houses in this area was no different from the courtyard that i saw. an old house The condition is not different from my house at the edge of the forest. Although it looks good for a forest hunter like me. but compared to the houses in the middle of the town It looks so different.

At some houses there was a grandmother sitting in front of her house doing her own work. There were groups of children running around and playing. There's a drunk who doesn't seem to have showered in years and lies down talking loudly. Under the tree in the middle of the village courtyard

At that moment, a group of children walked past where I stood puzzled.

"Hey little one, is there a drugstore around here?"

"A drugstore? Yes, there is a drugstore around here."

"Can you give me directions?"

I hurriedly asked with joy. because I've been looking for a long time

But I noticed that the little boy in front of me was staring at me as if waiting for something.I'm not so sure, but I can figure out what's going on. So he opened the leather bag with the money and took out five copper coins.

The boy quickly reached out his hand and waited with determined eyes.

I put all the copper coins in his waiting hand.

"5 copper? Are you going to deceive a child?

He spoke with an expression of displeasure. I'm also very dissatisfied now. Because I only have 47 copper in my body, so 5 copper is a lot for me.

But I decided to add 5 more Coppers to that child.

"10 Copper? Alright, this brother seems to be poorer than us."

"The drug store is not far away. Walk to the left in that little alley and you'll soon reach the shop."

After speaking, the group of children rushed over in joy. would be quick to find a way to use the newly earned money

I walked in the direction the boy said. until I reached the entrance of a small alley It's even more shabby than the outer alley I just passed. I have no choice decided to walk in The deeper I walked, the more shabby the surroundings became. I hard to believe that there are people who really live in a place like this.

The more I thought about it, the more worried it was because the condition of this alley seemed to make me think that bad things could happen at any time. I pray in my heart that everything goes smoothly.

It seems that my prayers will pay off. I saw a group of people sitting not far under a decaying roof.

But before I shout for directions The crowd turned and stared at me. while getting up and walking in the direction I stand. with my eyes I could clearly see that these people were not friendly at first sight.

"Oh, young man, have you lost your way? Can I help you with something?"

"No, thank you very much. I have to hurry."

"Wait, let's talk a little longer. It's very difficult to find someone to talk to around here."

"Look, you are definitely not a kid around here. You must hurry on your errands. We don't want to waste your time. You're welcome to go, just..."

"Just leave the leather bag you're carrying with us to look at as a souvenir."

After traveling far from home I finally found what I was most worried about on this journey... Bandits.

*****

In the luxury corridor decorated with expensive flowers and lanterns

There was a maid standing in front of a large wooden door beautifully carved on the door.

"Knock Knock, Miss. Madam asked me to call you to learn flower arrangement."

"Knock Knock, Miss.?"

"Miss, I'm going to open the door."

After that, the maid opened the door and went inside, but found the empty room of the young lady that she had been looking for.

She swept her gaze around and immediately saw that at the large open window had something tied to it.She hurriedly walked over and saw that it was a long curtain that was tied together and lowered towards the bottom.

"young lady ran away from home!!"..."Again!!"

After realizing what had happened, the maid ran out of the little lady's room, wandering around in a very large house. until it appeared in the great hall At the very end of the room, there was an area that was raised higher than the others. and a large marble chair stood majestically

On that large chair, a strong-looking middle-aged man sat on it, talking to a man standing in front of him in the lower area.

"Albeto, have you checked to be sure that all the soldiers of the Lucius family have withdrawn from our borders?"

The man standing below was a tall figure. The muscles on his torso and arms were evident even when he was wearing leather armor.

"I have inspected until I am sure, my lord. I saw no sign of those soldiers. Even the thieves that used to be abundant They all disappeared together."

"Very good. It looks like the Lucia family has withdrawn they troops according to the peace agreement signed yesterday."

While the two talked The maid's voice shouted loudly in the distance.

"My lord,Young Lady has ran away from home again!!"

"Huh... again?"

The man sitting on the chair spoke with a sigh.

"This daughter of mine really likes to do things on her own."

"Albeto, you go after my daughter and bring her back. There must be only you in this castle. which she now listen."

"I'll go and bring her back, my lord."

****

Father, you think I'm just a small child? My sister was kidnapped in the middle of the road until now there is no news. But Father told me that there was nothing to worry about. Well, I didn't even know the news that Sister was abducted. If it wasn't for the maids secretly talking loudly

"Everyone rejoiced over the peace agreement with the Lucius family, ignoring my sister. I'll go find her myself."

My sister agreed to marry to save our family. although she did not want to marry She sacrificed so much for the family. But when she was kidnapped Father did not rush out to find her. And also blocking the news, not letting me know anything.

If you cut through this slum alley Soon we will reach the slum village area and then we will reach the alley leading out to the main road. From there, it wasn't too far from the Town Gate. But I can't go out through the gates of the town. The guards who saw me would have hurriedly informed my father about it.

But no one knew that last year when I escaped to play around here, I secretly found a small spot at the base of the city wall that collapsed. I secretly dug it until it was a channel to pass through the city wall to go outside.

"What's up ahead? Usually around here there are not many people gathered together like this."

As soon as I ran to take a closer look, I immediately knew what was going on.

"Always the same. These trash thieves Likes to bully people who have no way to fight back."

Looks like this time is a bad luck boy. To say that the luck is not good, it may not be correct. young boy like that Enter this dangerous alley. really don't know anything.I'm still quite irritable. Let me vent my frustration with these trash thieves.