Chapter 32 : BrainBox (2)
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Smiling Lily kept her hand on Natalie's shoulder trying to show her the reality,
" Well, you see, Artha also said, that master was drunk, then may be, he did that in a spur of moment, and now he regrets it, and so..."
[ TAK...TAK... TAK....]
Even before she could complete her sentence, the door was knocked at.
Lily walked upto the door, opening it, she saw Artha standing infront of the door.
Artha's eyes popped as she saw both of them dressed in rugged clothes. Her voice trembled, " wh.. why.. are you both dressed like this..? "
Lily, with a sad smile Lightly patted on Artha's head, " Master's order.." "It was nice knowing you."
" My guess is, master asked you to call us. "
Her eyes widened in shock, " Y..yyyess.."
With this word Artha ran downstairs, ignoring everyone who called for her she rushed in to the kitchen.
Morad stood close to his table, busy chopping the vegetables, as he saw Artha rushing towards him.
Her heart raced like a horse as her breath seems insufficient.
Morad rushed to the kitchen's door closing it and then held her hand and forced her to sit in a chair, then he reached out to the tap and filled a glass with water and offered it to Artha.
"Huff...Huff..." Breathless she sat on the chair,
" Here, my child.. drink this.." as she drank a sip from his hand, with a worried face Morad asked," now ! Calm down! take a deep breath and then, tell me what happened. "
Pointing her fingers in a random direction,
" Th.. they... Are dressed in rugged clothes..."
Confused, Morad calmed her even futher, "who are they...?"
" Natalie and Lily, they are dressed in rugged clothes... They said it's sir William's order."
Morad saw tears in her eyes as he hugged her tightly and patted on her head, " it's okay my child... it's okay..."
Artha broke into tears while holding Morad tightly, just like a scared child grabs and hugs their father. Her face got covered in her own tears, "After what happened yesterday night, I.. I.. thought sir William is a good man, that he will take care of both elder sister Natalie and Lily...."
" But.. but he is also just like others.... He also sees us like belongings, things that can be sold and bought..."
Morad kept patting on her head, calming her down, with a sad look he looked at the kitchen door, 'that is just how this world is.. my child, this was something that was bound to happen. '
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It was already Dusk, the red light scattered in the sky gave the sky a reddish glow.
William, with a stern face and unwavering eyes and firm steps, with a sword on his waist and a book ' the path ' in his hand, was closely followed by Natalie and Lily.
Natalie with a sad look on her face and teared up eyes stared at his lonely back, Lily on the other hand showed a calm and composed demeanor, with a random book in her hand, her focus was on observing the surrounding.
After passing some more alleys, the sun was nowhere to be seen, the sky turned black, the alleys were illuminated by mysterious glowing stones hanging high on long sticks, at the either side of the road.
Lily seemed stressed, her eyes desperately searching for something, ' I am sure, the market we just came across was ' trade market ' , the market which is officially allotted by the Imperia.'
Trade markets are places in every city or town where government helps the slave traders to sell their slaves at a profitable price, in return the government takes a cut of 30 percent from the sales amount.
' if we are not going in the market, then does that mean... '
William's footsteps stooped just at the beginning of a completely dark alley, it was the same alley where the Darkhaven previously had a conversation with William.
With no illumination stones on the road side the road ahead exuded a dark and chilling aura.
William kept walking as he reached in front of the house where they previously decided to meet .
Staring at the dark sky, William yelled, " as promised, I am here.."
Natalie and Lily, silently stood behind him.
" Ooooh.. you really came.." A man's voice came from the roof of the house. Dressed in a completely black dress he was close to invisible in this pitch black darkness.
Jumping off the roof, he stood right infront of Natalie and Lily, both of them shocked took a step back, their eyes constrained,
' this man's description, it's the same as the man that Artha explained, so he is the one who came to meet master...'
' but what promise are they talking about.? '
" hehehe.." with a crazy laugh and a loud clap he tilted his face towards their faces, staring at them with fixated eyes,
' ohhoho.. I can see why he was ready to pay such a large amount.. '
Turning his back towards them, " so.. boy did you bring the money..? "
Confused, Lily looked at William, ' Money.. why is he asking for money from master...'
Natalie wasn't able to contain her nervousness, she took a step forward asking, " what is going on master! "
" Hehehe..... Ooooyaaa boy this is not got good, did you not tell them why you have brought them here..."
All of a sudden William's demeanor changed, with a childish face he smiled, showing his gullible nature, " oooh I was nervous, so I think I forgot to tell them..."
Turning towards Natalie and Lily, he removed the cloth from his face, revealing his sly face, " oookkay.. then let me explain it you, but first... my introduction, my name is Darkhaven and I am here to help you both cross the border."
" Your master here, who has a very kind heart will pay me 2000 gold coins, and in return I will help you guys move to the demon kingdom, aah... That also off the radar..."
Natalie and Lily seemed even more shocked, unbelieving of what they had heard, ' the demon kingdom? This is completely different from what we thought, we thought we were going to be sold to someone else.'
Lily looked straight into William's eyes, who stood there silently with a plain face, confirming what the Darkhaven said, to be true.
' but this feels odd, Artha said, that the noble who came yesterday was paying 5000 gold coins, just to buy Natalie, but now this man here is promising that for just 2000 gold coins he would take both of us and set us free...! ? '
' This is bad... Something is definitely off here. '
" but first..." Interrupting Lily's thoughts,from under his coat he pulled out two hand cuffs made of some strange bronze colored metal. " you both need to be cuffed with these "
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