Author Note: I apologize again. Another short chapter...I promise, the next one is going to be longer! I'm just really busy now that real life has started it's gear...
Edit: added a poll. A friend of mine who read this says that my style is confusing...so I want to be sure about it. If that's the case, then I'll try to slowly change it.
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“Ehehehehe~ Now I’m rich! And I thought ten silver coins was too much for me to handle~! Hehehe, let’s see...the latest crystal gear is about six silver coins, while I to buy quite a lot of games, since two games is for one silver coin...not so expensive now!”
With that guy’s money, forget buying a few more games, I can buy the whole store without batting an eye!
However! I can’t stomach wasting money.
Sure, I might ‘marry’ off to the emperor...but what if she--yes, for my mentality’s sake, I’m going to refer to the emperor as she--treats me horribly? Worse, she might even refuse to give me any allowance and/or not allow crystal gears!
If that’s the case, I’ll escape the palace and live off the golden coins!!
Un, people are not kind. Look, my own mother sold me off...so treating your savior’s child like pure garbage is not farfetched at all.
“Now then...how the hell can I get out of this place?”
What I meant is, I’m still in the area where nobility do their shopping and have their afternoon cup of tea.
What I’m looking for is not a place where nobility do their crap, but a place where an honest citizen could waste a coin. As in, I want to go to the middle-class shopping area!
“I also want to get out of here before that bastard wakes up...Alright, let’s ask someone.”
Looking left and right, all I saw was haughty nobles either walking with servants in toe, or ladies who covered their faces with fans as they gossiped away.
“......Yeah, I can’t see myself approaching them at all.”
Ugh. Let’s just give up and walk randomly.
I decided to walk through the dark alleyways that are devoid of any human activity. Why? Because most of these are either dead ends or could very possibly be a shortcut to the middle class area.
“Young lady, are you lost?”
That’s the first thing I heard right after entering one unremarkable dark alley.
I did not stop, nor did I bat an eye. I continued forward instead.
Why? Because I’m scared.
Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck!! Why did I enter a dark alley? I really am asking for trouble! They might kidnap me and mess me up!! Sell me drugs, and do every single dark and disgusting thing I can imagine!!!
No no no no no no no no, I should not show any weaknesses to savages. Although If I turn around now, and take around five steps, I’ll return to the bright side of the empire...I embarked forward with stubbornness.
And by that, I actually meant that I made a 180 degrees turn and...
“...ARGH! Not again!! While I was stuck in my head, arguing with myself, I walked too far!!!!”
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It’ll at least take me over twenty steps to get to the other side!!
Ugh, really? I shouldn’t have entered...
If only I asked someone for directions!!
If only I brought that woman with me!!!
To begin with, isn’t she my personal bodyguard? Then where is she!?
“Not good...I’m going through the five phases of depression...!”
I turned around again to take a quick peek, and I can hardly see the bright light that leads me outside.
To begin with, this alleyway is weird! It’s dark! Are dark alleyways supposed to be dark? Also! Why am I still boldly striving forward?
“Umm, young lady, do you need help?”
The same voice spoke to me again, and I ignored it again.
This won’t do. This won’t do. He wants to kidnap me. I didn’t even look at his face, because this place is too dark, and I’m honestly too afraid to do so.
If I stop now...I’ll be kidnapped, forced to take drugs, and turn into their slave!!!!
Since I already embarked this dark path of mine, let me follow it till the end.
If I ever meet Angel again...I got to apologize for always calling her “Woman”.
I’ll also let the old man beat me in chess...
I’ll also forgive my mother for selling me...
That’s when I felt a tap on my shoulder, “IYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!! YOU HOMO, GAY, BASTARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
I turned around, and kicked upward with all my strength.
What did I aim for, you might be wondering? The kidnapper’s pride!
“Oww, that hurts! What was that for?!”
The voice shouted, and at the same time a finger snap was heard.
The dark alleyway simultaneously lit up, and the man I kicked was looking at me, a slight tear in the corner of his eyes.
He had short, black hair and purple eyes. He also looked to be around seventeen of age, quite young to be real honest. He wore long, black trousers and a simple shirt--the attire of a middle-class man.
“M-magic?!”
The ‘young man’ smiled as he said, “Do you need any help?”
I, of course, ignored his question as I began to look at the source of the lighting.
Fire balls were lined up on both sides of the alleyway, from the entrance to the exit. The alleyway can be crossed by simply walked straight, and the fireballs lined up with a space of around half a meter from each other. The total number of all fireballs...is over thirty.
Indeed, alleyway is really, really long. Perhaps, it’s lined up to be a shortcut from one side of the capital straight to the other...and this ‘young man’, who summoned this many fireballs without even chanting...is abnormal.
“Just one question...Umm...are you a girl...?”
Because I totally didn’t feel any sort of pride from my kick...
The boyish young girl flushed red, and the alleyway immediately went dark again.