Chapter 70. Roman Holiday (2) (2/2)
“Are your younger siblings blood-related to you?”
“No, we all met as runaways, but we’re like a real family”
Not bad If he was affiliated with a ‘family,’ then he would know a lot about Rouide? I’ll pay you in food”
“I-I’ll do it! I’ve memorized every street and alley in Roht of warm, delicious food
“Great But first, I need to see if you’re good enough”
“Ask whatever you want,” the boy said confidently
“I have a younger brother that I lost a long tie in Roe…” He listed off several orphanages, s for
‘Those are all orphanages in Rome, but that’s information I could search up online’
Obviously, shi+m Deok-Gu had looked them up online
“I’ve been to all of them Isn’t there anywhere else?”
“Ues around here…” The boy racked his brain, trying to think of so else “Oh! Maybe he’s in Paradise”
“Paradise?” Seo Jun-Ho tilted his head at the strange word
“Yes I’ve never been there s talk about it, but I know it exists”
“What do they do there?”
“Um, well, there are a lot of pickpockets like us in Rome I think there are about six fa his hands “Every o to every family They tell us they’ll make us clean of sin and take one person to Paradise”
“Priests?”
“Yeah I think they’re from the Vatican”
Vatican City was in Roht to see people in priest robes
‘So they wouldn’t see Seo Jun-Ho asked another question “What’s good about Paradise?”
“I heard that you can go to school there, wear clean clothes, and eat three o to Paradise?”
“I’m not sure They just choose on the spot” He paused, then o to Paradise”
“Why not? It sounds like a great place”
“The priests are a little scary” The boy shi+vered “They look very kind, butso about them makes me uncomfortable”
“For no reason?”
Seo Jun-Ho res out all the fear in people’
If those priests were fiends with dey, it made sense that the boy felt that way, especially because he had sharp instincts Seo Jun-Ho couldn’t lose hiain “I would like soht orders”
“Is that where your family lives?” Seo Jun-Ho looked at a shabby barn It s as if there was a farm nearby
“It smells a little bad, but it’s a nice place” the boy said
“Well, whatever Lead the way” Seo Jun-Ho shrugged
The boy skipped over to the barn and opened the door, carrying the food
“It’s Max!”
“Hyung!”
“Hey, what’s that? Soet to eat anything today, did you? Eat up!”
‘So his naer ones surrounded Max, and he grinned as he started to distribute the food A boy that was laying in the corner stood up
“Max, what is this?”
“Oh, Marco hyung This…” Max looked up at Seo Jun-Ho He didn’t seeht it, so don’t worry”
“So who are you?” Marco growled as he approached hi all the children, but to Seo Jun-Ho, he was still a child
“It’s uide This is the payment”
“Max, is that true?”
“Yeah Sorry I didn’t discuss it with you, hyung” Marco looked from Max to Seo Jun-Ho and nodded slowly
“Do what you want But you, if you do anything to , Marco stood next to Seo Jun-Ho and watched the children eat
“Aren’t you gonna eat? I bought enough for everyone”
“I’ll eat if there are any leftovers after they’re done”
Seo Jun-Ho had expected hiroup of pickpockets, but Marco was surprisingly prag for? You could’ve hired a professional guide with the money you spent on all that food”
He was clever Seo Jun-Ho shrugged “I’ht be in Paradise, so I want to meet the priests”
“Paradise?” Marco nodded “I see I understand now”
“By any chance, have you ever met any of the kids since they went to Paradise?”
“No So and ask the priests, and they givewell”
“Really? I want to ain?”
“You’re lucky They’re co in two days”
“Two days…” Seo Jun-Ho nodded “That’s Sunday,” heforward to his first Roman holiday
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1 Not a literal falish word ☜