*Rosie*
At the end of the day it was time for Priest to leave and we were ready to go back to our rooms and sleep. Priest in the center with me on his right and Satoshi on his left. As Priest said goodbye and waved to the children, I noticed that the children's expressions changed from joy to horror.
I turned to look at Priest and he was smiling quite sweetly, so what was the problem? I leaned forward a little more and looked at Satoshi and was startled.
He was doing that weird creepy smile again, even though I've seen it dozens, maybe hundreds of times, it's even creepier when he closes his eyes...
Fucking maniac why are you smiling at the kids like that, it can't really be his real smile can it? It's not normal at all, I mean look at his face... He looks like he wants to slaughter someone's whole family and take away his purpose in life.
Should I talk to him about it? Doesn't he know how creepy he really looks? I guess I'm not going to do that, he'll make fun of me or something, I can't deal with it.
After the Priest left and as we were going back to our room, Satoshi said to me in a whisper,
"Did you see how scared the kids were? I bet this Priest is a fucking perverted''
"You're kidding, right?''
''Of course not, Oh surely a naive girl like you must be thinking he's a good guy because he's a Priest right?''
Of course not, does he never listen to anything I say? Religious leaders are like monsters in my eyes since I was a child but that's not the case, the children were afraid of you not him, you fucking idiot...
If you think I'm so naive, I won't stop you from getting into trouble,
"Oh yeah, this priest must be a pervert or something. What are you gonna do about it?''
"Nothing''
"Huh?!''
''What? It's not my problem, I was just wondering if you think the same way''
What did I even expect you to do anyway, to fix this whole corrupted system in this kingdom? You are not a hero after all... In fact, you're the furthest thing from a hero.
**
They went back to their room and lay down on their beds to sleep. Lucky for Rosie, there were two separate beds so she could finally get a decent sleep...
This time Satoshi couldn't fall asleep, grumbling, tossing and turning, occasionally taking deep breaths...
Rosie couldn't stand the noises any longer and called out to Satoshi,
"Hey, sleep already, what's wrong with you?''
Meanwhile, Satoshi's stomach growled loudly,
''I fucking can't, I'm starving to death, we played with the stupid brats all day and they didn't think to give us a piece of food. And I don't have the face to ask for it because we don't have a penny left.''
''Awww that's so cute, our majesty can't sleep with an empty stomach''
''Ha ha ha, you're very funny, but you're right, I'm not used to being treated as inferior being like you, I have to go find something to eat''
"Who the fuck do you think you are, calling me inferior?''
"Oh, how quickly you forgot I'm your majesty, know your place peasant! Anyway, I'm going out now, wanna come?''
"I have no energy left. I'm going to sleep. Good luck.''
"Good night then''
Satoshi went outside, passed through the church and reached the streets. He wandered through the city streets, not a single person was around. Even though it was evening, thanks to the architecture of the city, it was bright enough for Satoshi to see his surroundings.
The light of the moon reflected perfectly off the white and unique material the buildings were made of and lit up the streets well enough to see around.
At this time of evening, the streets looked so beautiful in the moonlight that Satoshi forgot his hunger for the time being. He was looking in the windows of the nearby stores, examining them to see what was for sale inside, thinking of finding a shop to dye his hair or something to wear on his head that would help him hide his hair...
He couldn't see anything about dyeing, but he found a shop selling something like a hat, it was a turban, and in the center of this turban was a blue gem. Probably this was also part of a religious outfit.
'Why isn't there a normal shop in this place, nothing but religious things for sale and I haven't seen a single restaurant yet' he thought to himself.
He was getting sleepy, which reminded him of his hunger,
'Everyone must be asleep by now, so it wouldn't hurt to go and check the kitchen of an orphanage'
Passing through the church on his way back to the orphanage, he heard Cedric and The Priest were having a conversation:
The Priest: Don't you think it's a disgrace that you increase your price so much every year?
Cedric: It's just business old man, nothing personal.
The Priest: Just because you're the only one doing it, you shouldn't abuse it so much.
Cedric: Like you said old man, I'm the only one doing this job, if you don't want to buy it, be my guest.
The Priest: Okay, okay, calm down, we'll buy it, but you should at least give us a little discount.
Cedric: I don't have a habit of giving discounts old man, and I probably wouldn't have given a discount to this church if it was the previous Priest, but I think I can make an exception for you. How about ten percent?
The Priest: That would be great, thank you.
Satoshi, who had been eavesdropping on the whole conversation, peeked inside, but there was no money in their hands and neither was there any material to sell. I guess they were only talking about price for the moment...
...
Satoshi didn't want to stay and listen any longer because of his hunger, so he made his way to the kitchen. After wandering a while in the Orphanage, he found the kitchen and went in. There was no leftover food, but he started eating the bread and tomatoes he found in the cupboards and thought to himself.
'I wonder what they were dealing in... something that only Cedric sells and a priest wants to buy... what can it be... Hmm, if he's the only one selling it, it can't be legal or common thing right ? Maybe he was selling some kids as slaves to that pervert Priest?!'
He shook his head from side to side and slapped both cheeks at the same time,
'Don't think nonsense Satoshi, that perverted Priest might have the potential to do something like that, but Cedric was Sven's old friend, he wouldn't do something like that...'
*Meanwhile, in the Church*
After Satoshi left, Cedric called to an assistant outside of the room and told him to bring the stuff. Priest asked a Nun to bring the chest,
Two chests were brought in the room. Cedric's assistant placed a chest next to him and Nun placed a chest next to the Priest.
Priest gestured to Nun to open the chest, which was filled to the brim with gold and precious jewels. Cedric opened the chest next to him himself, and inside was a massive red magical gem.
Both parties seemed satisfied with what they saw in the chests so they shook hands as a sign that the deal had been sealed. In the meantime, Nun took the chest with the magical gem and Cedric's assistant took the chest of gold.
*The Next Day*
Rosie slept comfortably for the first time in a long time, after she woke up she looked at Satoshi's bed but Satoshi was not there. Had he gotten lost outside last night?
As Rosie changed her clothes to go outside, a scream was raised in the orphanage,
''What do you think you're doing here, you disgusting creature?!???''
Rosie quickly changed her clothes, grabbed her wand and rushed to where the voice was coming from.
When she arrived she saw Satoshi lying on the floor and a Nun was poking him with a broom. As he poked him, he continued to insult him,
"Hey, wake up, you filthy creature, get out of my kitchen!''
Satoshi seemed hungover and started mumbling without opening his eyes,
''Let me sleep you ugly bitch, my head is pounding so bad''
"How dare you call a nun a bitch, you disgusting Northerner, get out of my kitchen!!''
The nun stopped poking with the broom and started hitting furiously,
"Ouch ouch ouch ouch!!! stop this shit, stop this shit, okay, I'll go!''
The Nun continued to hit him,
"Hurry up, I don't want your filth in my kitchen any longer!''
Satoshi stood up, covering his head with one hand while picking up bread, apples, etc. and headed for the door, while the Nun was still shouting at him and hitting him on the head from behind,
"Leave that food, it's for the children, not for disgusting creatures like you to eat!''
He ran into Rosie at the door and after a little eye contact he said,
"Ouch, Oh hey Rosie good luck with getting food.''
After Satoshi left the kitchen, Nun and Rosie locked eyes, Rosie's confusion written all over her face, the Nun shouted at her in anger,
"Oh another one, what is this? bring your pet to the orphanage day?! Get out of here, you fucking animal!''
Rosie shook her head slightly to come to her senses then she ran after Satoshi. After she caught up to Satoshi, she asked in a panic,
"Hey, what did you do last night?!''
''For God's sake stop yelling, my head hurts enough already''
Rosie nodded her head in agreement while Satoshi started eating an apple and answered,
''I didn't do much, I wandered around the city for a while, returned to the orphanage, found the kitchen, had a snack and saw a bottle on one of the top shelves... You can guess the rest, so don't bother me''
''Is that it?''
''Yeah and by the way we really need to find a place to sell that sword. You said you came here with Sven before, so do you have any idea where we can sell it?''
''Hmm I don't think there is such a place in this part of the city, the markets etc. are located in the area where the nobles or adventurers reside''
"What the hell is there in this area then?''
"Ermm religion?''
''Oh great my favorite thing!''
He sighed and continued,
''Do you at least know a way we can dye our hair or is there a place here that dyes our hair''
By this time they were outside of the orphanage,
"Even if there is we don't have any money, maybe we should ask to cedric ma-"
"Debt? From that guy? Thanks, but I don't want to work as a slave for the rest of my life.''
Satoshi narrowed his eyes and looked ahead. There were three children who had come out to play before breakfast,
"Hey Rosie, what's that on that kid's head?''
One boy and one girl were wearing a cute hat with two bunny ears on the top. Rosie looked towards the kids and answered,
"Oh a hat, maybe they'll give it to us if we ask them, huh?''
"Wow you finally started using your brain Rosie, I'm proud of you!''
Satoshi approached the children from behind and touched the shoulder of the boy with the hat. When the boy turned around and saw Satoshi's smile, he was frightened and fell to the ground,
"Hey kid, how about you give me that hat, huh?''
The boy was so scared he couldn't move on the ground, his eyes were full of tears, the slightest touch might make him cry. Rosie approached Satoshi from behind and hit him on the head,
"I forbid you to smile at kids''
''Huh, Why?''
Rosie ignored Satoshi, leaned down, reached out her hand to the boy on the ground and smiled,
"Hey kid, you okay?''
The kid looked a little relieved, he held Rosie's hand to stand up and said,
"W-what do you want?''
Satoshi, ''I just to-'' Rosie put her hand over Satoshi's mouth, shut him up then she gently approached the kid, She looked at him with a soft smile and said,
"Hello there, little one. You have such a cute hat. May I try it on? It's okay, I'll give it back to you."
The boy reluctantly handed the hat to her, he was still a little hesitant. Rosie puts it on and gives him a warm smile,
"Thank you so much. Don't worry, I'll take good care of it."
The boy was surprised,
"B-but you said you'd give it back!''
Rosie casually left with the hat, mumbling a song... Even Satoshi was surprised,
'So this is what I had to do...'
Satoshi approached the girl with the hat and tried to smile like Rosie, and before he could even speak she fell to the ground in fear,
'It's not fucking working, what the fuck am I doing wrong?'
Satoshi had a look of discomfort on his face,
''I'm sick of pretending to be polite, Hey brat, give me your hat!''
The girl with tearful eyes took off her hat and handed it to Satoshi, who rudely took it and left.
'This is a quicker and more effective method'
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