Chapter 399: Orphan Boy
"This is it..."
After going deep into the slums, Avis once again observed the direction of fate and confirmed that the target he was looking for was in this area.
At this moment, he suddenly looked to one side with a sense of something, to an alley, where there seemed to be a small unexpected situation.
Under Avis's gaze, a boy of about fifteen or sixteen years old ran out of a nearby dark alley in a panic, holding something.
He has brown hair and dark eyes. Although his face looks ordinary, he is very attractive when you look closely. He is wearing a worn-out coarse linen coat that is obviously too big for him. At first glance, he looks no different from any other poor boy in the area.
"You damn dirty little rat, you still dare to run?! Stop right there, or I'll break your legs if I catch you!"
Behind him, two vagrants with fierce faces holding sticks quickly chased him out. While chasing, they cursed viciously and kept threatening the boy who was running away in front.
The young man in front turned a deaf ear to it, just tightened the things in his arms again and quickened his pace of escape.
When you look closely, you can see that what the boy is holding in his arms as if it were some kind of treasure is actually just a bag of ordinary black bread.
The moment the young man appeared, Avis's eyes were immediately fixed on him.
Although the boy's appearance is no different from his peers in the slums, from his perspective on fate, the amount of fortune that favors him can be said to be astonishingly strong, just like a brilliant sea of stars.
Apart from Fiona, he was the person who was most favored by fate that Avis had ever seen.
Anvis even had some doubts that he was able to predict this direction because of the strong favor of fate on the young man, which attracted him as an alternative "adventure".
It just seems that his story has not officially begun yet, which has led to his current embarrassing living environment.
At this moment, as if by coincidence, the direction in which the young man and the two refugees were chasing and fleeing was just right, rushing straight towards Avis who was standing in the middle of the road.
Without intervening immediately, Avis moved slightly to the side of the road to make way.
But in secret, Avis had used his mental power to leave an observation mark on the boy's body so that he could find him again at any time.
Without paying attention to Avis, the boy nimbly rushed across the avenue and entered another dark alley. Then he skillfully climbed over a low wall at the end and disappeared into a large area of messy and dilapidated shacks behind.
Although the two refugee men were adults, they were surprisingly not as agile as the boy. Having lost the boy's trace, the two men could only leave cursing after searching for a while.
Under Avis's mental gaze, the escaping teenager passed through a hidden passage between several sheds and emerged from another shed area.
After realizing that he had escaped from the pursuers behind him, the boy breathed a sigh of relief and walked towards his real home.
After entering a low shed at the foot of the city wall, the boy carefully closed the door, propped it with a wooden stick, and then entered the inner room.
"I'm back--"
Hearing his voice, a slender girl with silver-white hair, light green eyes, and a thin body walked out of the room to welcome his return.
Although her face was dirty, her facial shape still showed that she was a beauty. However, an ugly huge dark blue birthmark almost covered the left half of her face, completely ruining her beauty.
However, on the back of the girl’s left hand, one could see some shiny structures that looked like crystals.
That's a sign of crystallization disease.
"Brother Landon, you're back."
Seeing the young man, a hint of relief flashed across the girl's vigilant eyes.
The two originally lived with their parents in a small village outside the city and had a happy family.
But the good times did not last long. A group of roving thieves looted the village. The parents of the two fought hard and managed to help the two escape through a path in the back mountain, but they were killed by the thieves.
However, when the thieves were looting, a gust of crystallized wind suddenly invaded the village. Most of the bandits, who were not even professionals, were crystallized all over and died, and the remaining few fled in all directions.
The two people who escaped were also not spared, but fortunately, since they fled the disaster area in advance, the content of crystallized dust in the crystallized wind they encountered was already very thin.
It seemed that because of this, the boy was lucky enough not to suffer from crystallization disease, but the girl who was younger than him was not spared.
Their homes had been destroyed, and they had no choice but to leave their homes and seek refuge in the city of Malamos.
Since they had no money and no experience, the two were almost cheated and sold by the villains. Fortunately, they got help from a tavern owner at the critical moment and were able to find a place to stay in the slums. It has been several months now.
"Don't worry, Leah. I will definitely find a way to save enough money to ask the pastor to cure your strange disease."
Putting the bag in his arms aside, the boy took the girl's thin little hand, looked at it, and touched the crystallized part with heartache.
"It's okay, brother, Leah, it doesn't hurt anymore. Although it hurt a lot at the beginning, I don't feel it there anymore."
Shaking her head gently, the girl looked at her hands and put on a strong smile.
"Brother, let's cook quickly, Leah is hungry."
"Okay, let's start cooking now!"
As he spoke, the boy poured the contents of the bag onto the dark, tattered wooden table.
Thirty-seven Saint Mercia copper coins and two loaves of black bread were his daily wages as a waiter in Old Bill's tavern. Fortunately, he was familiar with the terrain of this slum, so he was not robbed by those villains.
He carefully poured out the day's harvest and counted it twice. Then he dug out a jar from the corner of the room, carefully poured the coins into it, and then buried it again.
Then, he held a black amulet of unknown material on his chest, closed his eyes and prayed earnestly to the God of the North Wind, hoping to bless himself and his sister's safety.
He picked up the amulet accidentally while fleeing. Although he didn't know what it was, it made him feel familiar, so he always wore it.
While the boy was doing all this, the girl started to light a fire and boil water, preparing to start cooking bread.
After the water boiled, the boy threw the black bread he brought back into the pot and slowly cooked it until it softened. He then put the cooked bread into two bowls, took out a small bottle hidden in the corner of the room, and sprinkled a little salt into each of the two bowls carefully.
After thinking about it, he sprinkled a little extra into the girl's bowl.
"It's time to eat."
Sitting at the table, the boy and the girl prepared to enjoy this humble dinner.
However, this meal was destined to not be eaten in peace.
Bang--
With a loud bang, the old wooden door was kicked open! The two thugs who had been chasing the boy appeared at the door.
"Aren't you a good runner? Little mouse, run for me again now!"
(End of this chapter)
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