I walked straight for the town square. anwhile, soone followed all the way. He was walking in broad daylight and seriously thought I wouldn't notice. I sped up, took a sharp turn, and waited for him. He walked right into a ters distance from .
"What?" I glared at him. He jumped a step backward, clearly surprised.
"I was kind of worried so…." He didn't look in the eye.
"SO you eavesdropped?"
"No-no I just, I just kept my distance and saw what you did. I thank you for your help. I couldn't have done that if you weren't there." He was the sa young man- Gorgan, who helped before. Obviously, I knew it was him but it still rubbed the wrong way when I saw his face. Jealousy? Envy?
But if he wasn't there at the right ti, I might have punched a hole in the large guy's stomach.
"Don't ntion it. Oh and you're a soldier right?" I didn't know much about him or his standing for that matter.
"Yes?" His answer didn't give off confidence either.
"His father was one too. But he never got the monthly money. And now his mother's dead. I'd look into it, if I were you." I gave him the gist of everything.
"Understood." He mumbled sothing. It went sothing like, "To think there were so many of such people…" Probably.
"On that note how co there's a slum like that in a big city like this?" It piqued my interest. I knew there were rich people and poor people everywhere but the contrast here was too much. Besides this town seed much better than the village too.
"A lot of soldiers have died over the years. Moire is the only city of Bromum which is said to have impregnable walls. Of course it cos at a cost. You can imagine what happens to their families. The state can't possibly cover all the families… And so the soldiers these days fight a little cautiously: enough to even call them cowards." Gorgan hesitated for a mont but in the end he told everything.
I could understand his reasons. No wonder their mother had to resort to that…. "But the people that gave their life did that to protect the citizens and you're saying this damn city can't even provide for the families of those martyrs? No wonder this city is rotting…." But just because I could understand it didn't an I could accept it.
"I'm sorry. It is not my place to say but… I do feel what you're saying. I'm sorry."
I don't need your damn apology. As far as I was concerned the whole system was to bla not so random pretty good soldier. "See you around." I turned around, and waved my hands.
"I could show you around if you need to go sowhere." He still offered his help though. Maybe he was nicer than I thought.
"I can manage." I didn't feel like talking with him. But there was a reason I didn't want him around anymore. At first he was a big help but now he was just a pain. He was literally the best looking guy I'd seen in this whole town. His hair was golden, his skin was golden, and even his face was like a masterpiece. Honestly if I had ovaries. They'd have exploded by now. Unfortunately, that only pissed off more. The re fact that he didn't notice the crowd of girls behind him and acted modest pushed off the edge even further. If punching for no reason was allowed, he'd have more than a few bruises on his face.
Gorgan made an awkward face, smiled, and left.
I finally found the hut too. Except it was closed. You got to be shitting ! Looked like, luck didn't favor one bit.
"Excuse . Do you know when this shop will open?" I asked a nearby store owner.
"Oh they just left yesterday. I don't think they'll be coming back in months."
Perfect. I smiled, grabbed my head, and sighed. So far life was full of sighs.
I didn't have any more leads, so I just walked around. Maybe I shouldn't have acted on such haste. It would have been more practical to learn more about the legends first. And yet I neglected all that. I walked around like a withered tree.
That's when I saw a familiar face. It was a face, I wanted to forget but I couldn't. It was also the face that haunted for the longest of tis. She was just standing there in the middle of the road.. She looked at , her expression emotionless.
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