Huff… huff… huff
Run, run they shouldn't catch me.
"Where do you think you are going, come here."
They don't give up easily haa?
"Listen here, we'll go to that alley over there, then you carefully will follow me from behind, did you understand me?"
"Mhm!"
"... All right 1… 2, 3, now!"
It is dark, I can't see anything, where is he?
"Huff… huff where did they go?"
"I don't know ... ha those damn children, what are we going to do now, we would have made a ton of money."
"We will find them, don't worry, this is a small village."
...
Those men will not give up easily if money is their reason.
"Shhh I'm here, give me your hand, and let's go fast
They will not follow us inside here right? it would be dangerous in this darkness.
"Stay close to me, if you don't want to get lost, even though I hold your hand I don't know what will be ahead."
"Are you a little too close?"
"This is the first time you are talking to me and you only know how to complain. Tsk"
This boy. Can you be a little nicer when you talk?
"Aw"
"Be careful, there are some potholes ahead"
"It would be better if you notified them in advance"
"Oh forgive me your highness but I can't see them all"
*Tsk*
"A little more and we are out of here"
Haa finally, having him so close was uncomfortable. Hm?
"You can let go of my hand now."
"Huh ?! It wasn't that I wanted to keep it or anything, I just thought you could fall from the change of light."
Yes, yes of course.
"Ahem anyway now we have to go back to Mr. Oscar, I don't want to leave him alone for so long."
Oh yes Mr. Oscar, now that those men are following me, these two will not be safe if I stay with them.
"Hey come on, they can find us if you stay in one place."
"I can't come"
"What?"
"I can't come with you to that place"
"In that place? Tsk what a nuisance! If he hadn't asked me to follow you, who knows what would have happened to you. "
He asks him to follow me, why?
"...Aren't you afraid?"
"From what?"
"Of them, if I come with you they will find me anyway and you both will be in danger"
"Emm I don't know, I didn't think of that, but let's go back, Mr. Oscar is a smart man, he will know what we're going to do."
"…"
"Sigh don't worry, we are all like that, abandoned and hungry, and it's hard to trust someone on the street, especially you who were a slave, but Mr.Oscar is different and he has taught me everything it takes to survive...Let's go now."
*
"Mr. Oscar, we're back"
"Hm? Little girl, you couldn't find what you were looking for?"
"…"
"Even worse, two of the market vendors caught her, now they are looking for us everywhere."
"Oh, this is a problem"
"What should we do? I brought her here to find a solution as soon as possible."
"You did well Miko, but the best way would be for her to leave the village in a more remote place."
"Oh all right, I will tell her immediately which way to take to the nearest town"
"You have to go with her too."
"I'm going too… WHAT? Mr. Oscar, are you crazy what you're saying?"
"Little girl take care of Miko, he behaves badly sometimes, but in fact, he is not like that, it will take some time to get used to his behavior."
Huh? Say what now?
"Hey Mr. Oscar I'm talking here, what are you saying, I can't escape with a stranger and leave you behind."
"It will be better this way Miko, in this village, you will not be able to survive either"
"I'm good at finding food, you don't have to worry about me"
"Of course I worry, you are a child and I am old, I do not have much time to live, while you have your whole life ahead and the reason you are staying here it's because of me."
"…"
"So now the opportunity came, this girl is the same as us, so you will not be alone even if you leave me here."
"*Sniff*... Mr. Oscar me, I don't want to leave you here, come with me"
"No, it's better for both of us, you have to leave this place first."
"What do you mean?"
"Once you leave, I will leave too."
...
"*Sob*… *sniff*… you will not leave if I stay here or not?"
"Miko, you should know that something like this is inevitable, so be a good boy and go."
"Sniff… haa… okay!"
"Little girl come here a little, I want to tell you something before you leave…"
Huh? Me?
"Don't be afraid, I don't have much time, so listen to me please!"
"…"
"Can you tell me your name?"
"… R..raeliana"
"Raeliana! What a beautiful name, for a beautiful girl."
"…"
"Your eyes are made of amber and you have silver hair. That means there must be something under that mud that you don't want to show right?"
No way! Does he know?
"Keep this secret carefully, from Miko too, he can't find this out."
"…of course!"
"One more thing… thank you!"
I don't know why he is thanking me, I did nothing to deserve it.
After that, we did not stay long in that place. After Mr. Oscar told us what to do, we decided to take some food with us and wait until he fell asleep. He didn't want to let Mikon look at his teary eyes when we left, it would break the heart of the one who didn't want to go and leave him behind.
Miko was right, Mr. Oscar was really smart, he found out what I was, but instead of being scared, he left his most precious person with me and also thanked me. This made me feel bad about the way I behaved in the beginning. But now it was too late. Mr. Oscar didn't keep his promise.
That night he left before us.