Vendor

Chapter 127 Vendor Lucia urged Aleshia forward, gently pulling her head toward the nearest vendor. The excitement was clearly evident on Lucia's face. Aleshia finally gave in to Lucia's urging and approached the vendor. Standing in front of the vendor, Aleshia hesitantly spoke up, "Hi there!" Hearing a voice, the vendor turned to meet his customer and responded energetically, "Hello there, young lass! Would you like to buy some of my wares?" "..." "I'm sorry," the vendor said, trembling in fear. Aleshia's face was stone cold, and for some reason, she couldn't speak up. She felt herself shaking, her body trembling in fear. Noticing this unusual behavior, Lucia checked in with her. "Hey, Aleshia, are you okay? What's wrong?" Lucia subtly shook her, filled with concern. When Aleshia didn't respond, Lucia used their connection to manipulate her body and walked her away from the vendor. Once they were out of the vendor's view and lost in the crowd, Aleshia finally spoke, still slightly trembling. "I don't know what happened. Nothing like this has ever happened to me before. It's strange. It felt like I feared—no, this body was afraid to speak with people." Concerned by her words, Lucia gently patted Aleshia's head, trying to calm her trembling body while reflecting on what Kailey had said about her past. "Kailey mentioned that she was cursed, right? Maybe she was ostracized by the other humans in her town, which made it difficult for her to communicate with others. But she seemed fine speaking with you and me, and you were able to talk with Dahdin." With this idea in mind, Aleshia and Lucia started thinking as they wandered without direction. Then Aleshia thought aloud, "Maybe Kailey is afraid of humans." "Poor thing," Lucia replied, her voice full of sympathy. "Perhaps we can help her body feel more comfortable talking to other humans so she won't freeze up.." "I don't think we can do that right now. We still need to follow the adventurer. Wait, where did he go?" Aleshia frantically searched around her but couldn't find the adventurer she had been trailing from the forest. Just then, she felt a tap on her leg. "Hey miss, are you lost?" The voice came from a child wearing torn and ragged clothes. Just then, Aleshia finally realized that she had walked into the slums. While Aleshia was stunned, Lucia's voice was in her head: "Oh, what an adorable little human! Let's keep it!" "I don't appreciate your joke."