Vol 1 Chapter 10 (1/1)

A Human’s Price

“She created e storms, and tsunami In my eyes, that person also appeared in different foriant octopus tentacles… but in the end we stayed in the sahtly Whenever I became scared, I would turn to look at hi as you believed fir was real, then the caster would not be able to cause real dae”

“Finally, the chief spent too ic, and had to stop and rest That was the moment, I used my powers What I showed them, was the desert Different from the beach, it was endless desolation No life, just a dried oasis, ani sun, ruthlessly re all the moisture”

“That was so the sirens had never seen before, but perhaps it was the fear of dehydration, that was part of our ingrained instincts They panicked, faces and skin started to dry and chap, followed by falling scales”

“The chief – ly made a male siren into the new chief But truthfully at that tiether, they would have easily killed us But perhaps only hu like that without concern”

“I exiledthe island, never to return Having regained their consciousness the sailors quickly repaired their shi+p, using the food and water left by the sirens to replenish their supplies In their eyes I was a local child, when I suggested that I wanted to board the shi+p to becoreed without suspicion”

“Even if it was just navigating on the sea, I felt like I had entered a different world Every day I would cli the hu techniques, froht me how to draw ate When we arrived at the Golden Capital, I could almost be a real sailor’s apprentice”

“When we entered the city, I knew I had overesti scenes, in comparison to reality, my illusions were colourless and dull I complained to that person, why at that time, did he not point out ain, and replied, ‘Because I believed that one day you would see all this for yourself’ ”

“We lived near the harbor, giving up sailing, just joining a s familiar with the sea, the shi+p we boarded always had much better harvest He said that if orked for three or five years, ould be able to buy our own shi+p Then we could explore the whole country sailing with the tide, even leave the continent to search for the legendary dwelling places of ical creatures”

“But in truth, just living in the hu, we ‘explored’ around the city, finding small exciteh but free lifestyle of commoners, like the pretentiousness of noble etiquette I really wished that days like that would last forever, until one day, he told o out to work anymore’ ”

“I didn’t understand what he was thinking, the second day he didn’t wakethe door when he left On the third day, heht he didn’t sleep, just stared at the door, when it beca, and told me not to leave the room”

“Though I didn’t understand I did as he told me I stayed in that room for two, or three days I was unable to sleep, because of nightmares whenever I closed my eyes In the dream someone continuously tortured me, I couldn’t see their faces, I just knew that they were sailors He never caone early on”

“About four days later, the nightroup of men rushed in I remembered their leader, he looked like someone orked at one of the other shi+ps Because th was at its limit, I couldn’t even cast my illusions, so I was taken by them”

“Then I ht e point was that room From that point onward, I was his slave I didn’t believe it at first, but the duke showed erprint were on there”

“ ‘To hu can be sold The difference is whether the offer was high enough’ That hat the duke said, ‘It wasn’t that he didn’t treasure you, it was just that in comparison, his own future happiness was more important’ ”

“I finally gave up, and wept for a long time The duke proold, I could leave The work load was not ens to nobles once every month Whatever situation they wanted, I could satisfy their fantasies 100 percent As long as it was body fluids from a siren it was possible, htly, “Spit on their faces, and watch the intoxicated”

“At that tiht, perhaps it was true In the duke’s ‘brothel’, a few coins can buy a night of wild abandon, 100 gold coins can allow you to do anyone you iine, if you had 100 thousand, even the Queen would kneel on the ground to kiss your shoes Hu, labor, body, soul, eh enough”

The knight shook his head, wanting to deny sohtly

“Cain, you are a good person, that old – But in the end, you still have a price When the offer is high enough, you would kill me, kill Ellen, even kill your family So, I’m sorry, I still can’t trust you”

“So you would rather believe in a vampire that was full of lies, than to trust that that person didn’t betray, right?” the knight finally said, his voice seeer, “Really, such incurable prejudice – If so, then I also have a story to tell you”