Little Athena who was lying down on the ground with a bruised back felt his heart sinking deeper and deeper.
People walked by her side but none of them pitied her.
Rather than trying to help the little girl, they tried to maintain as much distance as possible from her as they feared that helping her might provoke the Priest and they would suffer his wrath just like her.
With a bloodied back and torn clothes at the back, she tried to look for her parents who she left a bit, after renting a room near the slums.
For a moment, she thought that it was good that she didn't bring them with her otherwise they might be beaten like her or may die due to heartache seeing her getting beaten.
She wiped off the tears from her face to avoid worrying about her parents.
Her parents were already on deathbeds, and if they saw her current look their hearts might not be able to tolerate that.
