episode_0382

Sigh-!

The door opened with an unpleasant scraping sound.

“It’s not common luck to get out with your limbs intact, so consider yourself lucky and live a good life from now on.”

The woman standing in front of the wide open door was unable to take a step out of the door.

The woman who opened the door said as if she was frustrated.

“what are you doing? “Don’t hesitate and get out now.”

He pushed the woman’s back with his hand, and when she went out the door, he mercilessly slammed the door! I closed it.

The closed door will not be opened for the time being.

Not just anyone could open that door and go outside.

“… … .”

Her rough, stiff hair blew in the wind from her shoulders.

A wrapping cloth held in one’s arms.

All that was inside was a few pennies and two sets of clothes.

It was a moment to escape from the horrible place I had been trapped in for several years, but I was not happy at all.

In fact, I was more afraid of going outside.

I thought it wouldn’t be a bad idea to just live there for the rest of my life, but out of nowhere, they kicked her out, saying it was her release.

When was the last time he was forcibly imprisoned, and why was he released now?

‘Is it because of that?’

I count the time by folding my fingers one by one.

“Exactly twenty years old… .”

Finally, all my fingers folded.

It was concluded that the longed-for child was 20 years old.

I suppressed it with the thought that I should forget it, but in the end, the child I could not forget was an awakened person who had to join the military when he turned 20.

‘That’s why you let me go. ‘Because I know we won’t be able to meet.’

Just twenty years old.

-Don’t talk about commoners.

This is what I heard from the time I was in prison until my ears got crusty.

Wouldn’t it have been easier if he had been executed and died?

The crime of stealing a nobleman’s seed and running away was very painful.

She was forcibly separated from her biological daughter and unfairly imprisoned for several years for giving birth to her child.

The fact that he didn’t kill himself means that he was only interested in the child’s biological father.

After hearing the report that he had been caught, wouldn’t they have told him to handle it on his own?

‘Where… Should I go?’

I don’t have a place to go or anyone I can contact.

While I was running away with my daughter, I also let go of all the friends I had.

In the end, I couldn’t even protect my daughter.

Thanks to this, there was no place I had to go or anywhere I could go.

I walked aimlessly away from the prison.

By the time the prison was no longer in sight.

I stopped walking.

A road that will definitely lead somewhere.

Still, I couldn’t get my bearings.

There were many roads, but none of them were allowed to me.

If there is a place that comes to mind.

‘no.’

But it was a place where I could give more than ten reasons not to go there.

‘What are you going to do there? ‘It’s better not to come near it at all.’

There was no way I could go there and see anything good.

If I were to find out that I had been wandering around that child, I would want to bury my nose in a plate and die.

‘You can never go there.’

Even if I die, I won’t go there.

‘If you get closer, you’ll eventually want to meet and talk. ‘I can’t be a burden to my child.’

I shook my head and completely dismissed the temptation.

Aren’t you even sure that your child welcomes you in the first place?

When I was young, I was never good to my children.

Because reality was harsh, the child was kept at home and left alone.

Is it really good for the child to meet such a bad mother again?

‘You might think it’s a nightmare.’

I didn’t want to make things difficult for my child who was doing well.

I had to choose somewhere else.

After thinking about it for a while, I was finally able to think of one more place.

But ironically, even that place was associated with a child.

‘… But wouldn’t it be okay there?’

Because he would have already left.

It is a place where I will never meet my daughter.

Nevertheless, the reason I thought of that place was because it was the place most associated with my separated daughter.

A place where you can be at ease because it is impossible to meet.

My decision has been made.

‘Okay, Academy… ‘I’m going there.’

Once the destination was decided, my feet moved without hesitation.

There was no longer a road blocking the way.

Neither my old shoes nor the cold that penetrated my bones could stop me.

※ ※ ※

As your abilities improve, you become more sensitive to signs.

Usually I used this ability to check if guests had arrived.

And when I felt a sign of presence at the door on the first floor, I picked myself up from rolling around on the second floor and came downstairs.

On the way down, I wanted to check on the incoming guests.

“… … ,”

“??”

The person who seemed popular did not open the door and come in.

‘what?’

Just standing still in front of the door seemed very suspicious.

I had all kinds of thoughts.

Usually, a guy who did strange things like this was most likely a thief who had come to rob a general store.

Since I couldn’t completely rule out the possibility that it was an innocent guest, I waited patiently without opening the door and going outside.

“excuse me.”

How long did they wait?

Finally the door opened and someone came inside.

However, contrary to expectations, the voice seemed thin and weak.

‘female? His behavior is shabby… .’

Her complexion is pale, as if she has been cold for a long time, and her lips are white with dead skin cells sticking out.

The woman with a small body looked like she was about to collapse at any moment, and she could be seen trembling in her eyes.

It seemed so difficult.

‘At least I don’t think I’m a guest.’

She was a woman who seemed to be in a worse situation than the beggar who had come recently.

Should I say that if I don’t get help, I’m going to collapse and die?

I had never given money to people who wanted to help me, but I felt like if I let this woman go, it would be like killing someone.

‘If you’re dressing like that for that purpose, I have nothing to say.’

Anyway, as I waited to see what the woman would say, she made eye contact with me and said.

“Ho, don’t you need someone to work?”

“… … .”

While I was away to subdue the hatchery.

Along with the expansion of the store, a new building was built.

I wanted to make my living space larger, so I built a new building and expanded it.

So, on the first floor of the general store, the staff warehouse that I use exclusively has grown in size.

And the exterior of the building was cleaned up a bit, but this seemed to be a problem.

Perhaps because it was a newly built building, more and more people came into the general store and wished for good fortune.

“I have no intention of saving anyone yet.”

“I know how to calculate, and I can serve customers well…” .”

“The store is small, so there is no reason to hire employees.”

“ah… yes.”

The sullen woman tries to control her expression, pretending to be okay.

It seemed like he had wandered around all over the place before entering my store.

The woman with an expression full of regret turned around obediently, probably expecting to be rejected.

I frowned as I watched the woman trying to open the door and leave.

‘If I keep walking around like that, I’ll collapse.’

Normally I would have just ignored it.

But when I noticed something on the woman’s face, I decided to trust my intuition and grabbed her.

“Wait.”

“yes?”

“How about taking a short rest and then leaving?”

“Here?”

“yes. Just because you warm up a little bit doesn’t mean it’s going to be a big problem.”

There was a chair to sit on on the first floor, so he pointed to that place and encouraged me to take a rest.

Originally, there were no chairs on the first floor, but it was one of the chairs that the kids brought in and out of their own accord.

The woman hesitated and thought about it, then said thank you, as if she had acknowledged that she was not in good shape.

“thank you. “I’ll just warm up and then go.”

“yes.”

He barely leans on the chair with a life-like expression on his face.

There was warm air circulating inside the store, so it would be a great help to her who was freezing all over.

I went up to the second floor for a moment, then came back down and saw the woman dozing off.

It was not unusual for me to fall asleep after thawing out in a warm place after being in a cold place.

‘It’s unsettling because they look alike.’

At first glance, it may seem that you don’t want to deal with her because of her scruffy face, but if you look closely at her face, you will realize that she has great beauty.

I don’t understand why they act like that with that face.

‘No, because the situation is like that, maybe they’re being annoying on purpose?’

If you’re a noble, there’s no reason to go around like that, so she’s probably a commoner.

If you’re a commoner and look that good, it’s understandable why people get around to it.

I carefully covered her body with the blanket I brought from the second floor.

New liquid- New liquid-

‘The more I look at them, the more they resemble each other. Is this why they say you can’t steal seeds?’

I’m not staring at her because her face is pretty.

It was a serious thing.

I wondered if such a lucky thing would ever happen, but I had a gut feeling that I would regret it later if I didn’t find out the identity of the woman who suddenly appeared.

“Don’t you think they look alike?”

-I don’t know. What do you know about human faces?

Useless Damon.

-Quack!

I held its beak tightly once and, after hearing it make a squealing sound, I let it go after I was satisfied.

Could it be that something so lucky could happen?

I thought I would send him out because he would feel better when he woke up.

However, I held on to it because I thought it would be less embarrassing to send it after finding out what it was, rather than sending it without finding out at all.

The woman slept for about an hour and woke up.

“What should I do after being blessed like this?”

“It’s nothing special, it’s okay.”

As soon as I woke up, the sound of my stomach growling resounded through the first floor of the general store, and in the end, I had no choice but to bring him some food to fill his stomach.

As I tried to feed him, I noticed his scruffy appearance, and I couldn’t help but think about cleanliness in a situation where we had to eat together.

In the end, the woman was even allowed to use the bathroom on the second floor.

Plus, the only clothes I had were clothes that smelled of sweat and were stained with dirt, so I had no choice but to lend them my own clothes.