Chapter 8: Jump
The two guards didn't know what to answer for a moment, and if Lulunaka showed the slightest hint of fear, they would have been happy to continue to scare the little girl. As a result, Lulunaka actually said such a thing, asking the two of them how much she was worth, which is not something that can be encountered often. The one who will ask others how much he is worth is either a poor family who has no way out, or a woman who has fallen into the dust...... Or someone who wants to die.
Seeing that the two of them did not answer, Lulunaka continued to ask, "What's the matter? Did you not understand my question? Then let me go into more detail, how much is it worth to sell a young and pure, lovely, beautiful, and healthy girl like me to others? If a nobleman or a wealthy merchant can take a fancy to me, how many gold coins can I get in exchange?"
Lulunaka's words grew more and more horrified, but this time the guards were relieved. The female guard replied, "...... for a girl like you," and she offered a price. Lulunaka smiled when she heard the price, looking satisfied, "Isn't this cheap? ”
"You do have a nice face, I can see it even if you're wearing that tattered cloak. "But that doesn't mean you're worth much." There are no fewer people selling their lives and bodies now than before, especially after the lack of the Act to enslave elves. ”
Lulunaka showed a slightly surprised expression, "This uncle, I didn't expect you to be so knowledgeable, and the bills that were scrapped more than a hundred years ago are clear. No, it's all this time, and I can't continue to make small talk with you two. Lulunaka pulled two coins out of her bosom and threw them at the guards. The guards took the coins, only to find that they were two gold coins, and the surface of the coins was no longer shiny, only a dull gold. But both in terms of hardness and tactile feel, these are undoubtedly two real gold coins.
"Since I'm only worth a few gold coins. Lulunaka laughed, "Then for an entrance fee of about the same price, you won't be so kind to keep me here, right?"
As Lulunaka said, they really didn't need to keep Lulunaka here. They moved out of the way, and there was a ladder between them that could climb down, "You can go down." The female guard said to Lulunaka, and the male guard said no more, "If you die down there, someone will probably collect your body...... But it probably won't look great. ”
For people like them, who are responsible for guarding the entrances and exits and collecting money, it is not their job to dissuade ignorant girls from wasting their bodies. And Luluna gave two gold coins, which is a bit ridiculously high for the entrance fee. This also means that the two of them can actually take the opportunity to earn themselves a little money: no one will know that the two of them have earned two gold coins from an ignorant maiden, but they only need to hand over a few silver coins. It's a big temptation.
"Thank you two for being reasonable, thank you so much for letting you go. Lulunaka smiled and walked to the edge of the ladder. "But it also made me feel the magic of money, a few gold coins can make you blind to the life of a lovely girl. ”
Neither of them reacted angrily to Lulunaka's sarcastic words, and the money they got was more important than anything else. "You gave us this money on your own initiative. The female guard laughed, "Did you sell yourself and buy yourself back?"
"Interesting statement. Lulunaka looked suddenly realised, "It's true that the blame is not on you, it's just that I have a problem." Lulunaka pointed at herself, "So, I'm a madman?"
But no one said that. The male guard said.
"It's true that someone used to say that about me, but it's a shame I forgot who it was. Lulunaka laughed, "It made me forget who I was, thank you again." ”
Lulunaka stood on the edge of the ladder, but looking at her, she had no intention of climbing down. She leaned her upper body slightly and looked into the hole. Aside from the ladder and the looming wooden planks that lay underneath, the pipe leading to the bottom appears to be bottomless.
"Are you scared?" said the female guard, "and if you're scared, go home." ”
"I'm not afraid. Lulunaka said, facing the abyss below the pipe, closing her eyes as if feeling something, "I can't feel the wind...... What an interesting change. ”
Then, Lulunaka straightened up and looked at the guards on her left and right, "Well, it's time to say goodbye, probably not again." There's one thing I'd like to tell you before I go. Your assessment of my worth still makes me very sad, but don't want me to be a child who doesn't understand anything, even when the market is at its worst, a healthy, unscarred, good-looking girl, tadpoles are worth dozens of gold coins, and you probably say something hurtful...... If it weren't for that, I'd probably give you an extra dozen gold coins, right?"
The guards froze, as if they didn't understand what Lulunaka was saying, and as if they heard a madman babbling nonsense.
"Goodbye, two, don't waste your life in the rat path. ”
As soon as she finished speaking, Lulunaka leaped over and jumped into the bottomless black hole. Without warning or hesitation, Lulunaka jumped. The guards standing on both sides watched this scene happen, and they didn't react at all, and they didn't have time to react. After a long while, the female guard whispered, "Did she jump?"
"If we hadn't hallucinated from eating those inferior potions, then she did jump. The male guard said, then pulled out the gold coins that had been in his pocket. The gold coin was hard and cold, with a rough surface with bumps, and a blurred pattern. This is indeed a real gold coin, not an illusion, so the girl who just disappeared in front of her is also real...... It should be real. "It's not a small pool, maybe the well above ground isn't as deep as it......" muttered the male guard, repeating the female guard's words in disbelief, "She just jumped like that?"
The two leaned over to look at the pipe. There was no bottom under the hole, and it was dark, except for a rudimentary ladder and the planks that were attached to it.
"She's gone. The female guard said. "This is nonsense. The male guard replied, "Just jump, of course gone." And already dead. ”
Both remembered Lulunaka's words, "She said she wouldn't see each other again, but if she wanted to go back to the ground instead of getting lost, she had to come back through this entrance." The female guard said, "I think I understand what she means." ”
"If you die, you won't see you again. The male guard continued, "But if she has anything of value on her, she'll come back from here...... There may also be perverts who need fresh parts of young girls. It's a part of her body coming back, right?"
"So what she said wasn't right, and we'll meet again eventually, no matter what becomes of her. The female guard said that the two of them were not touched by the loss of a life, which was not unusual in a place like the rat path. "This is indeed a madman, a spouty, a very rich madman. ”
"A beautiful girl, just so crazy. The male guard thought to himself, this girl must have suffered some inhuman and perverted things, so she came to this place to die. Maybe she was a resident of the other rat paths, and she was tortured by the life of the rat path to be like that, and finally chose to die further down than the rat path.
Regardless, the girl named Lulunaka gave a good entrance fee and went down as well, and their duties as guards did not arise as a result. They are not here to protect others, they are here to protect this passage.
Either way, maybe the next time they and Lulunaka see each other won't be much later, maybe today, or tomorrow, the day after tomorrow...... Maybe we won't see each other again, or maybe we won't see each other again.
After that, the two guards never saw Lulunaka again, and they didn't really take Lulunaka's affairs to heart. It's not strange that there are crazy people in places like Rat Road, and it's not uncommon for people to die.