98 SIDE Chapter 98 - From Cero to Zero (2/2)

Cero felt bad about abandoning the other homeless people but he knew from experience that guys like that would either pay off the local guilds that provided security in the slums or be under the guilds' orders.He wouldn't be able to win a fight against those men or free them now that they've been enslaved.The only thing that he could do was pray to the Goddess to save them and to thank the Goddess for sparing him from a similar fate.

The weather was slowly improving but it was still cold.Even with the blankets he took that were left behind at the stables, he was shivering every night.He was only able to survive because he found a structure made out of ice in an alley.

Cero didn't know how long he had been on the streets but he finally ran out of money.There was only one option left.He needed to sell his tools.There was also the wrist launcher that his master had designed but who would buy such a thing?It was only useful for someone in his old line of work.Well, it wouldn't hurt to try selling it.

Cero's luck seemed to be improving.Some strange warrior in an oversized fur coat was actually interested in the wrist launcher.”Is that a crossbow?No, it's a bit too small to be one.Hey, how much are you selling this for?”

Cero didn't think of a price to sell it at.”It's a wrist launcher.I don't know how much it's worth.It's one of a kind.It's pretty useful when you want to put a target to sleep.Just put some sleeping medicine on the tip of a dart and you can launch it from a distance.”Cero was pretty desperate to sell it since he didn't want to sell his sewing needles.The wrist launcher wasn't even that useful on missions because guards usually wore armor.

”How does two gold coins sound?It's not that useful to me but I like the design.”Two gold would last him a long time.He would be able to survive the Winter and rebuild his shack with that much money.

”You've got a deal!”Cero was smiling from ear to ear.

”Papa, hurry up!You're taking forever!”A little girl's voice came out from the cart that was behind the warrior.Hmm?FMC was written on its cloth cover.Why was that so familiar?

”Ah, sorry, I've got to hurry.Here's your gold.”The man handed Cero the money before running back to the cart.When he was close, Cero noticed something unique about him.

Green eyes.No wonder the FMC on the cart seemed so familiar.That was the new name of the business that kid ran.Cero was glad to see that he was doing well and thankful that his plot failed.The only reason why his life was spared by the Duke was that the boy wasn't harmed.Now he had one more reason to be thankful; his life would be saved by the money he received.

His life might not hold much purpose now but he enjoyed being a regular person.Maybe it'd be good to settle down and have children like that kid did.Wait, how old was that kid?How could he have a child that was already capable of talking?

Cero decided not to bother thinking about it any further.It wasn't his job to keep tabs on the kid anymore.From now on he was just Cero, the tailor.