Chapter 45: That Pragri
Seeing that the sky was starting to darken, Nya, who couldn't find another place to stay, decided to enter the city, even though it looked like a deserted city. But after all, Nia can still see some people walking around the city, which proves that the city is still inhabited.
When she got closer, Nia noticed that most of the people here were dressed in tatters, with patches on them, and most of them were women and children. After noticing Nia's clean and neat clothes, many people turned their heads to take a look. But they immediately turned around and went on with their own business.
"What the hell is going on in this city?" Confused, Nia walked into the city.
There were no guards at the gates, and the gates were wide open. Nia saw a lot of poor people like the people she had seen before, and they went straight into the city without thinking. There are no inspections, and there is no entrance fee.
The buildings are densely stacked together, and there is no order to be seen. Most of these houses are made of wood or stone, and the walls are dilapidated, and some even have holes, making it easy for Nia to imagine that she would never be comfortable living in them. The narrow alley is quite crowded, and the ground is full of all kinds of debris, which makes the already narrow alley even more difficult to walk, and there is even a lot of dirty water and stains on the ground. This is what Nia sees when she enters the city.
"Where the hell did you go?" Looking at the tragic situation in front of her, Nia couldn't help but sigh.
Walking in an alley that looked relatively clean with nothing to do, Nia wanted to find a hotel or something here to stay for the night, and by the way, she asked about the situation here.
Although the street is a little wider than the rest of the neighborhood, the pedestrians on the street are also dressed in patched linen clothes and have vegetable faces. also glanced at Nia and left the line of sight. It seems that even though this street seems to be more economical, people's lives are very backward.
As she walked, Nia suddenly found a figure she had never expected. A little girl in a gray robe with orange hair walked out of the intersection ahead of her, then disappeared into another alley.
Isn't this the little girl who stole her own money yesterday? She's supposed to be in Grazli, why is she here now?
I thought maybe I could ask her for a way back to Grazli. Nia ran towards the place where the little girl had just disappeared.
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It's a coincidence why Selma, the thief girl, is here.
Thelma was originally part of a small gang of thieves based in the city of Grazley.
She was taken in by their leader from an early age and taught stealing techniques. Later, because she has an almost innate talent for theft techniques, she becomes the best harvest in the small gang. Because of this, she was favored by the leader and became the eldest sister in the small gang.
But despite her age, she knew it clearly. The other party just took a fancy to his own ability, and maybe he still had her body.
If one day your harvest fails, you will be discarded like garbage. She had seen with her own eyes a sister who had her leg broken for stealing. Because he was lying in bed for many days and couldn't move, he was thrown outside by the leader by the collar.
A few days later, from an empty alley, Selma finds the long-dead girl.
Out of the affection they had lived together, Thelma hastily buried her in a corner of the city.
And after that day, Selma began to desperately improve her stealing ability every day. In this way, you can at least live a little longer, and you won't lose yourself because you fail one day or for other reasons. Still, when she grows up, she will become the leader's plaything sooner or later.
In this way, Thelma went through her days numbly.
Just yesterday, Thelma thought she was lucky enough to steal a huge sum of money. But in the evening, when Selma was walking in the food street and wanted to buy a piece of cake that she had loved for a long time, she sadly found that she had been caught by the person who had stolen the money in the morning.
She was ready to die, but she found out in disbelief that instead of killing her, the other party left two gold coins and bought the cake she fancied...... In fact, wouldn't it be nice to kill her at that time, she was already a little tired of such days.
Woe is not alone, I was going to secretly enjoy a delicious cake with the girls in the thief group, but I was discovered by the leader in the process of eating. Even though she had honestly handed over the two gold coins, she was still arrested.
The chieftain thought that she was undisciplined and secretly bought things, and suspected that she had something to hide, and demanded that she hand over the gold coins that she had hidden. Poor Selma, she has never hidden gold coins, she has always handed over all the day's gains. But despite telling the truth, Thelma was beaten by the leader.
Just when she thought she was going to die, a big sister appeared in front of her like this. With just one blow, she slapped the invincible leader to the wall next to her. This is none other than Paris who delivered the mission in the city of Grazli.
Upon learning of what happened to them, they were taken to the city by Paris. And Selma was because she was favored by Paris and kept pestering Paris, so she stayed by her side.
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After chasing the two alleys, Nia successfully chased the other party, and then slapped a hand on the other's shoulder.
"Yikes!" Because she was suddenly slapped unprepared, Thelma couldn't help but scream, and when she turned around and saw the comer, her face turned a little pale. Isn't this the guy who caught himself yesterday? Did she regret coming here after me?
Looking at the little girl with a guarded face in front of her, Nia couldn't help but put down her hand and grabbed her hair. Didn't I just draw a few little kings on her face yesterday? As for being as afraid of yourself as you are now?
Take a few steps backwards until you are out of what you think is a safe distance. Thelma looked at Nia and threatened, "Don't come here, I know Sister Paris now, she's very powerful." I'll call her if you come back again. ”
"I just... Nia, who was completely unaware of the situation, wanted to get closer and explain, after all, the distance between the two was really far away from each other at this time.
"Wow, aaaa Seeing Nia advancing, Thelma immediately turned around and ran off into the distance like a frightened puppy. Nya, who had already raised one hand, was left stunned in place.
“。。。。”
"I didn't do anything???"
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It didn't take long for Selma to pull a young girl in her 20s dressed in a punk-like costume over with her.
It's Paris here.