Chapter 4
The blonde woman, the mother of Rohan, waited in the corner of a parlor to see if any desperate men would buy her.
The place she was currently standing at was within the Vindred district, the underground and black market of her city.
This is where rats, whores, slaves and other illicit activities happened.
"Hey! Estia! You stupid brat, why the hell are you on this street, you're gonna scare the men away!"
Estia, Rohan's mother, quickly looked toward the woman who yelled her name and stared at an annoyed older red haired buxom woman standing in revealing garments.
"L-Lady Relis, s-sorry, I n-need to get money fast today, p-please, could I just remain here for a bit longer, just after 1 client I-I'll go elsewhere! Please!"
The red haired woman, Relis, sighed after hearing Estia's remark.
She observed Estia and noticed how skinny she was, Estia's face looked hollowed as her cheeks were sucked in and appeared even grayish, she didn't even resemble a prostitute much less a normal person, and looked more like a beggar-no more like a diseased vagrant.
There was even a rumor going around how she had been raped and had given birth to a child, it would explain why she hadn't seen the skinny girl in a bit but she nudged the thoughts aside, as the blonde girl's tiny skinny body didn't even seem like it could handle holding her own weight much less giving birth.
'..Well, her time is coming soon...might as well'
With a sigh and gruff of breath let out, Relis showed pity towards the blonde and gave her permission to stay in the area but she had to leave after getting one client.
"T-Thank you, Lady Relis, thank you!"
Estia brightly smiled towards Relis showing off her haggard yellow teeth and dirtied tongue.
Relis winced in disgust but accepted the girl's gratitude and told her to move a little further from her, as her smell was making it nauseating to be within the same vicinity.
Soon, more and more prostitutes filled the street along with Relis, many of whom she knew and had close connections with, as she had been one of the veterans on this street for almost a year now.
"Hi, Relis"
"Heyyy Relis"
Many pretty and buxom ladies in revealing attires showed up and paid their graces to Relis and all of them curiously looked to the far side where Estia was standing.
"Is that kid..."
"Oh it's Estia! I haven't seen her in a while"
"She looks even worse than when I last saw her..."
"Tch...Thought she would have died in a ditch by now"
Many of the prostitutes showed glances towards Estia, the glances were a mix of surprise, pity, annoyance, and amusement.
However, eventually the whores lost interest and focused on the incoming of men that came their way.
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Relis was in bed with a man beside her as they had just finished their "bonding time" and she was massaging the man's body with the warmth of her breasts.
The man felt like he was in heaven, he couldn't help but look back at the beautiful face of Relis and instantly went to embrace her, followed by a deep tongue twisting kiss.
"Mmm...Heyy, stop that~"
Relis teasingly said.
The man kissed her neck and went back to his side and laid her head back on his shoulder.
"You're amazing Relis, the most beautiful woman I've ever seen!"
Relis sighed.
'So cheesy'
Relis slowly got up and sat on top of the bed, slowly beginning to brush her long hair with the tip of her nails.
The man looked at her doing this and got excited looking at the nape of her butt and her skinny waist.
He finally got an idea.
"Hey, why don't I buy you a brush"
Relis looked back at the man, as she tilted her bare chest towards him.
The man became even more excited at the scene of her busty body.
Relis smiled faintly.
"Will you...really?"
The man grinned even deeper seeing as how innocent she looked.
"Yes! Of course, anything for my darling"
Relis smiled as she then jumped into his arms.
"Yayy!! Thank you, Charles! I love you!"
The man, Charles, smiled as he received the hug and slowly made his way to her butt with his right hand.
"Then, let's go right away! I can't wait to get something from you!"
"Huh? Uh..You mean right now?", Charles flinchingly asked, as he paused his approach.
"Of course! This is the first present you're giving me, I want to remember this moment and cherish it", Relis smiled.
"Uh..", Charles hesitated.
"...Unless you don't...want to?", Relis pouted.
"N-No! Of course not! Y-Yes, Let's go get the brush right this moment!"
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It had now been an hour and Estia still hadn't managed to find a client.
She glanced towards her right and noticed all the other girls had already caught a man and some were even on their second or third one.
There were some men who passed by her but they showed her no interest. There were even times when she approached first but the men simply ignored her or told her they weren't interested.
Estia grew anxious as she thought about Rohan and wondered if he was awake or still sleeping.
She gripped her fists tighter and was determined to get at least some money to buy some milk and food.
She gazed at a couple of men walking by and tried her hand at seducing them but they just looked away in disgust.
Estia frowned and returned back to her corner.
If it was like this, no one would buy her and Rohan would...
Estia shook her head and clenched her fists. She looked at the street exit and convoluted a scenario in her head.
She had an idea.
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"Wow, this brush is so nice~ Thank you so much Charles"
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Charles erected his back and smiled deeper back to Relis.
"Of course Relis, you deserve it! Hahahaha!"
Relis smiled and wrapped her arms around Charles' Right arm, making sure he could feel her breasts pinned onto his skin.
Charles lecherously smiled at the sight of the peak of Relis' boobs and gulped some saliva down his throat.
Relis looked up at him and smiled noticing his eyes wandering at her breasts.
She inched closer to his ear and seductively whispered.
"Let's go back to our room.."
Charles' neither region instantly hardened and his face beamed with excitement.
"Y-Yes! Let's go back!"
As Charles and Relis decided to walk back, they heard bickering going around up ahead of their path.
They were currently in the Melodines Plaza, known for being a hot spot for merchants, stores and street vendors, as it was quite packed and rumbling with people, a bickering was easy to spot as it disturbed the social norm.
As they walked more, they got closer to the squabbling that was going on and finally saw what was happening.
There was a fight, well more of a one way beat down between a man, whom looked to be a vendor, and a blonde woman, who appeared to be a beggar.
"You fucking mangy rat, you dare steal from me!"
The man grabbed the woman by the collar of her gown and threw her to the ground.
"Ahh!"
The girl yelped as her back hit the ground hard, with her head bouncing off the pavement next, causing the girl to instantly grab her head.
By now many people had already gathered around and had a rough understanding of what was going on.
The man was a food vendor and sold all types of generic food and ingredients to the public, and the girl, whom looked like a street rat, had probably tried to rob him of his food.
The man looked at a small wooden barrel which he used to store milk and looked at the small hole that was drizzling out milk from the side, dripping lightly.
The man quickly took a piece of cloth and submerged the cloth into the hole, blocking the drizzles of milk from leaking.
He sighed in relief but then quickly turned his neck around and glared back at the girl that was holding her head still in pain.
"Hah, look at you acting all hurt, because of rats like you, us good people have to suffer even though we have done nothing wrong! You fucking trash-like bastard!"
The man got closer and immediately raised his foot to kick the girl already on the ground.
However,
He couldn't.
"Huh?"
Someone grabbed his shoulder and slid him back in one easy stroke.
The man grimaced as he felt the grip on his shoulder to be too strong for someone on the friendly side and much too tight to be someone normal.
He looked back and immediately saw a glare directed towards his face.
It was Charles.
"A-Ah, S-Sir Charles, t-this isn't...I'm t-the one w-who-"
"It's okay, I understand, she's the one who tried stealing from you right?"
"A-Ah Y-Yes sir, that's right"
The man breathed a sigh of relief as he found out that Charles knew the whole story and wasn't just gunning for him.
"What was it"
The man quickly stiffened and stared back at Charles.
"Sir..?"
Charles had an annoyed look on his face as he looked back at the man.
"What did she try to steal"
"A-Ah yes, it was milk, Sir Charles, from that barrel over there"
Charles looked at the barrel that had a cloth stuck to the side, allowing minute droplets of milk from pouring out.
'I see'
"Hmph this sneaky little rat tried to pull a fast one on me, but my eyes are better than that, these rats only have air in their heads it seems, hah!"
The man complained and switched his personality after knowing that Charles had a full grasp on the story and that he was the actual victim here.
"I'll buy it", Charles said.
"Eh?"
The man looked on in confusion towards Charles.
"The milk, I'll buy it"
The man smiled brightly.
"O-Oh of course! How many lites would you like-"
"All of it"
"Come again, S-Sir?"
"The whole barrel, I'll buy it"
The man's eyes instantly brightened up even more and he quickly began to dump the milk in the barrel into another empty barrel, as he gave words of gratitude towards Charles.
Charles ignored him and carried the barrel with one hand, and put it on his shoulder with ease, as his arm muscles flexed through his shirt.
Charles looked at the blonde girl and sighed when he realized she was quivering in fear looking up at him.
"You, Follow me"
Charles bluntly said.
"A-Ah Y-Yes!"
The girl immediately nodded and stood up but grimaced at the sudden pain caused by her head, as the world shook around for a brief moment, however she ignored it and continued on walking behind Charles.
After Charles walked a short distance and appeared in a corner without many onlookers, he dropped the barrel and looked back at the girl.
The blonde girl flinched and looked back up at him, still trying to keep her nerves down.
'W-Will he tell the g-guards?'
The girl knew who the man was as she observed his whole form.
He was a young man in his twenties, a handsome face with clear features, slightly long brown hair matching his brunette eyes, a muscular physique, and a personal guard of the Goldmers noble family - Charles.
She also knew that this man was a client that frequented Lady Relis a lot and was a regular of hers.
The girl gulped knowing what Relis would say to her knowing that she had interacted with one of her regulars.
"You're one of Relis' friends right?"
The girl quickly looked back up at Charles, confusion striking her eyes.
"Eh?"
The man titled his head at the girl's confusion.
"You're...not?"
"O-Oh...no..I-I'm not.. "
"...I see"
Charles sighed and closed his eyes for a short while, and then peeked back behind him.
He could see Relis standing a distance away behind a store's wooden hold, hiding and trying to peek at their conversation.
Charles smiled and tapped on the wooden barrel.
"Well, no matter - you wanted this right? Take it"
The girl flinched and opened her mouth but no words came out, as she just continued to stare at Charles in awe.
Charles ignored her and simply headed back towards the direction Relis was at.
"W-Wait!"
Charles stopped and turned back towards the yell.
"Ah..T-Thank you..Sir"
The girl hesitatingly said as she looked at Charles.
Charles simply waved and headed back.
The girl blushed and was stricken with wonder at how such a good person could exist, however the thought ended when another thought even greater pervaded her mind with even more wonder.
The girl looked back at the barrel and smiled deeply.
'Wait for me Rohan!'
Estia was truly happy.
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Charles got back to Relis and found her pretending to look at some goods at a street cartel.
"Well, you're friend's in good condition now"
Relis glanced back at Charles.
"I-I don't r-really know her..."
Charles smiled lightly.
"Suree"
Relis put on an annoyed pout but soon whispered something underneath her breath.
"Thank you..."
"Huh, what was that?", Charles asked.
"N-Nothing! Let's just head back..!"
Relis wrapped her arms around his arm again and started to drag him forward towards their location.
"Heheh, sure"
Charles excitedly smiled.
He looked back at the place where he left the girl and looked back at Relis.
When he first found the fight he was going to ignore it and let the normal district guards take care of it.
However, when the girl was thrown, Relis had immediately gripped his arms tighter to the point of her trying to strangle it.
Charles was going to ask her what was wrong but stopped when he looked at the expression she had on her face.
It was an expression filled with worry, anger, and hesitation.
It was directed towards the girl and the man that were in the confrontation.
Charles figured she was her friend so he told Relis to wait while he saw what the commotion was about. When he got closer to look at the girl, he saw that she was measly a beggar or a poor rat and contemplated if Relis just felt sorry for her.
He looked back towards Relis but she had a deeper worrying expression plastered on her face but it wasn't directed towards him but towards the girl who was holding her head in pain now.
That's was all that Charles needed, as he immediately took action to intervene.
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Estia carefully had rolled the barrel all the way to her hut and had taken only the most secluded routes she knew to avoid any lingering eyes.
Once she got inside, she looked towards the one thing that made her heart pound with joy and wonder.
"Rohan!"
Rohan was awake, as his irises' moved toward the side to look at Estia with no emotions to display on his face whatsoever, other than slight curiosity, however Estia had no way of knowing.
Estia went towards the baby Rohan and gently placed her hand on his forehead massaging him.
"Oh you must be so thirsty! Don't worry I have so much milk now, I'll give you lots and lots! So you can grow up strong!"
'Like Sir Charles...', Estia thought as she blushed.
Estia went to fetch the barrel and dipped a small crusty wooden plate to scoop up the milk.
She brought it back up to Rohan's neck and inched the plate closer to his mouth, however Rohan didn't take a sip from the plate no matter how long she kept it there.
Estia slightly frowned at this and then began to ponder.
'Ah Should I show him?'
Estia began bringing the plate back and forth away and closer to her mouth as if to demonstrate something.
She then pouted her lips into a sucking position and opened her mouth up again revealing the location of her tongue.
She then proceeded to drink from the plate to show Rohan how to drink the milk.
Rohan simply stared at her but didn't do anything else, as he simply continued blinking, as if he was pondering something.
"Rohan...?"
Estia anxiously poured more milk on the plate and brought it up to Rohan's mouth again but the plate immediately dropped, as Estia's face immediately hit the ground.
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Keaghen's eye's shifted over to the sight of the blonde woman as she had all of a sudden collapsed to the ground.
'Is she sick?'
He looked at her mouth and found that she was still breathing as the nozzles of her nose grew bigger and smaller, however minutely.
He observed the back of the woman and noticed there were more ruffles and dirt on one area of the gown than the others.
'She fell', he deduced.
To fall on her back, either she was clumsy, playing with dirt, or someone had pushed her.
He then went to the head and observed a small patch of blood, mixed with dirt, sticking to her follicles on the crown of her head.
'It's definitely a Concussion'
Keaghen deduced that she may have fainted due to brain trauma but didn't bother delving any deeper into the matter.
He continued to stare at the woman.
He knew the fate that awaited this woman. She would simply die and wither away.
He stared back up to the ceiling.
Keaghen couldn't care less, this woman was what he considered someone that was worthless to the world.
He had seen many of these types of people in his own lifetime. Beggars, drug addicts, the poverties'.
He closed his eyes and reminisced about his old life and about his own mother that had given birth to him.
She was a lousy woman, one of the many whores that his bastard of a father had inseminated.
He was abandoned by her before he had the opportunity to memorize her face but he eventually found her again when he was older.
At first it was out of curiosity and unknown expectation that he placed on the woman, however when he saw her face and the life she was leading, he simply grimaced to himself knowing that his mother wasn't anything special.
She was a drug addict, street whore, and homeless, it was pathetic to even think that someone of that nature shared a connection with him.
In the end, he simply killed her in a blazed manner as he threw a pebble through her forehead, without her even knowing what had happened, and simply continued on with his daily necessities.
Keaghen opened his eyes again and looked back towards the blonde woman.
'You're just another mutt fated to die, just like her'
Keaghen exhaled and looked back to the roof, as he steadied his eyes - welcoming his own fate.
Twitch
However, his sleep didn't come.
Chapter 4 - Non - Acceptance