72 Alyssas Influence! (1/2)

Alyssa looked at the pendant in daze. The pendant felt very familiar to her. Maybe it was the pendant's unique design that its image has been etched on her mind.

Where have I seen this pendant?

Who is he?

These thoughts passed across her mind.

Suddenly, as if realizing something, she was taken aback by realizing the owner of the pendant.

The owner of the pendant at that time was a heavily pregnant woman whose house she has visited by carrying two dead bodies with her.

As if realizing something, Alyssa looked at the man who was kneeling on the ground clutching his stomach.

When Alyssa was busy figuring the owner of the pendant, at that time interval, the policemen had given the man some pretty hard blows.

Even after receiving such blows, the man was holding the pendant tightly in his palms. The rough, pointed edges of the pendant pierced through his skin, making him bleed. But he didn't let it go.

Alyssa looked at the man's familiar yet unfamiliar face,

Half a month ago when she had come to Fate Alley to buy some products, it was then she saw him getting beaten by the people of the tax collector.

And when his parents came to rescue him and to plead on behalf of him, they too were beaten. The man was young so he withstood their harsh treatment, but this case was different for his parents. They were old and weak. At last, they couldn't take their harsh beatings and they died.

Alyssa was there at that time observing everything from her very own eyes.

The people were brutal. None of the press reporters came to cover that story.

The man's friends and relatives started avoiding him like plague.

The man has lost his family before his eyes and that too because of the cruelty and unfairness of the Coral Bells government.

It was then Alyssa has realized the darkness lurking in the system of the Coral Bells. It was then she realized that the King and the governing system that they have now, needs to change. After this incident, Alyssa dug out the dark secrets of every person related to the Royal Family. The more she dug, the more secrets she found. Some of them were so dirty and so dark that Alyssa shivered at that thought.

It was then Alyssa realized that it was not only her that had gone through pain and mistreatment in this world. there are many whose stories are much more tragic than hers.

To date, Alyssa remembers the broken look at his face. Even though he was bleeding profusely at that time, he kept sitting on the road staring at his parent's corpses.

When Alyssa went there to take him to the hospital, he went crazy and started attacking her. Alyssa had no choice but to make him unconscious so that she can send him to the hospital.

Alyssa knew that it was not proper to inform the lady about the death of her parents-in-law. She might go into shock and it can affect the child's health. So, she brought the corpse with her, and with whatever money and power she had at that time, she bought a piece of land to bury the corpse. She even did the last ritual for them.

Alyssa had wanted to re-visit the man and tell him about his parent's burial place. She wished to tell him that even though they haven't lived peacefully in this land, she wished, they were peaceful now. But, she never got the chance to meet him.

She had even tried to visit their house too, but she got the information that the house was sold and was occupied by someone else.

At that time, even though he was poor, there was another type of self-confidence and a glow on his face. Now his face looks like a wrinkled, dry, fallen leaf. His eyes seemed hollow and his gaze was blank. But Alyssa could still see the fighting spirit in him by the way he was holding the pendant in his palms. This was just a common entertainment situation for the policemen, but for him, it was do or die situation.

After realizing who he was, Alyssa couldn't sit still. She removed her mask that was covering her face and loosened her ponytail. She removed her makeup that was giving her a younger look and approached the policemen.

”What's going on?” She asked with authority.

”Now, who the hell are you?” One of them asked scrunching his brows.

”Go away kid, go to your daddy.” Another one said sarcastically.

”Or if you want to stay, I can be your daddy.” Another one said smirking while the rest of them started laughing.

They thought that the girl present before their eyes will either leave the place while frowning or will wink at them mischievously. This is generally what happens when they tease young girls or any other woman. Either they get offended or take their offer. But it was Alyssa that was before him. Alyssa looked at the faces of each one of them and laughed.