Chapter 19: My Life as a Slave
Later, I don't know how long it took. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
It could be an hour, or it could be two hours, or it could be longer. Just as Bai He was thinking in the stuffy space that the carriage might never stop, the carriage finally wobbled to a halt.
Outside the car came the sound of men talking, and the sound of laughter that sounded obscene.
(It's finally time to reach your destination.) )
Hunger, lack of water, stuffiness, and the bumps in the carriage had already exhausted Bai He's strength at all, and he didn't want anything now, just to get out of the carriage quickly and breathe in the fresh air and rest.
However, things didn't always go as smoothly as Shiraka thought.
The sound of whips slashing through the air and whipping horses sounded, and the carriage moved again.
Bai He didn't even have the strength to scold in his heart, so he could only sit there and stare at what should be a corner of the wall in the dark.
The sound of wheels crashing against the ground is no longer like the sound of sand rubbing in the field, but a more crisp sound, the sound of horses' hooves, the sound of wheels rolling.
After turning east and west along such a road for a while, Bai He could hear someone talking outside the car. It was the sound of unhurried, low-pitched chit-chatter.
It looks like it's into town.
After a few more moments, the creaking of the rolling wheels stopped, and the carriage came to a halt in an open place.
[Hey~ come to someone. Rough Mine's voice shouted loudly, it was a beard.
[It's coming, it's coming.] The sound of the duck's voice approached from a distance, but if you just listen to the sound, the duck voice should be more than the voice of the duck here, and the footsteps sound a lot.
[I'll leave it to you.] After throwing something to the duck, the beard laughed with the driver and left.
Soon, the curtain was lifted, and a man with glasses and a mustache peeked in.
[It stinks. Then he pinched his nose in disgust and withdrew, and judging by the sound, this man was the male duck's voice.
Get them out. The male duck turned his head to the two strong men in coarse cloth shorts beside him.
The men climbed into the warehouse and pushed everyone in the warehouse down.
Silver mixed with blue, the moonlight evenly sprinkled on the empty unloading yard, and when I looked up, it was a sky full of stars.
The outside world was very cool, and Bai He stood in this moonlight, greedily breathing in the fresh air.
All the people in the cargo hold were driven down, and Bai He turned around, and behind him stood a dozen children.
Most of these children looked to be no more than twelve or thirteen years old, some of them were gray-faced, emaciated human children, and some of them were strange races that looked like beasts with their feet upright, presumably so-called orcs. Compared with the leisurely and unhurried Bai He, these children looked very frightened and uneasy, and some even squatted on the ground and trembled.
It looks like he's fallen into the hands of a slave trader.
After getting out of the car and grasping the situation, the relaxed mentality before returned to Bai He.
He stood a few steps in front of the pile of children, counting them like a ruler.
Fifteen, plus Bai He's words, there are sixteen children here.
With those panicked children as a contrast, Bai He's leisurely appearance at this time is particularly conspicuous. Probably because he looked uncomfortable like this, one of the strong men surrounding this group of children actually kicked him directly and kicked him back into the group of children.
Bai He's body collided with a dirty girl in a shabby dress, and the girl screamed in fright. With this scream as a signal, the children cried and screamed one by one, and the deep fear finally exploded.
"Shut up!" the male duck shouted.
[Take them all and throw them in the warehouse.] With that, the duck turned and left.
The strong men stayed, tied ropes to the children one by one, connected them, and then pulled the ropes towards a house not far away.
The room was pitch black and smelly, and if you listened closely, you could hear heavy gasps.
Matches are polished, oil lamps are lit, and orange light beats in the room.
This room was filled with cages! What really surprised Bai He was not just the cage, but the things in the cage. Through the dim light, Bai He could see that almost every cage contained several people.
There are adults, there are children, there are men, there are women, there are humans, there are orcs.
Regarding the arrival of Bai He and the others, they just responded with silence.
Bai He looked around, just staring at a woman who was looking at Bai He and the others. The moment their eyes met, Bai He suddenly felt that it was difficult to breathe, cold sweat broke out from all over his body, and he couldn't move a step, so he could only stand stupidly.
The strong man walking behind Bai He pushed and told him to go quickly.
was pushed by this, and Bai He was finally able to move.
The group stopped at the innermost part of the room, where the cage was still empty.
After dividing the bunch into cages equally, the strong men left.
Only the children were left shivering in their cages.
Sobbs, gradually spreading between the cages.
Once again, the newly established ease of play was shattered, replaced by fear and anxiety that had already sprouted.
Closing her eyes, the woman's eyes resurfaced like a nightmare.
That's, dead eyes.
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The next day, instead of sleeping as long as usual, Bai He woke up early.
It's not right to say that he hasn't slept that long, but it's fair to say that he hasn't slept much at all.
Only when you can sleep can you have a ghost.
Not to mention the sweltering heat, the smell or the harsh environment, the crying of the children in the surrounding cages is scary enough. Bai He was awakened several times during the night by their cries. The cry, intermittently, carried a miserable and helpless feeling, just like the one in the road to survival, not to mention how scary.
In this case, Bai He, who can still fall asleep after being woken up, is a real freak. In fact, he had been treated as a freak by those kids.
But even after being woken up so many times, Bai He didn't plan to be angry with those children or anything. It's human nature to be afraid. Think about it from another perspective, if Bai He didn't have the strength to protect himself, then he would now be like those children, huddled in the corner and cried helplessly, lamenting God's injustice to him.
In fact, when they first came to this world, Bai He was no better than they are now.
Clenching his fists, Bai He made a decision.
After escaping by himself, he must rescue them all.
So be patient a little longer.
The morning passed quickly, and most of the children were tired from crying, and now they were sleeping, and with that small body and dirty body, it looked really pitiful and pitiful.
Speaking of which, not all the people in this world look like Europeans and Americans.
Bai He looked at the little girl who was sleeping in front of him, and the face felt like a combination of Eastern and Western features.
That's right, it's a little girl. Yesterday because it was night and the light was relatively dark, it was only this morning that Bai He found out that there were girls in the cage here, but it was better to say that the other three were all girls except Bai He. Looking at the cages around again, sure enough, there are more girls and fewer boys.
It turns out that it's not by gender, it's by race.
Looking closely, Bai He also noticed that there were no orcs on his side at all, all of them were humans. It's the same on the other side, all orcs, no humans.
Could it be that if humans and orcs are put in the same cage, humans will be eaten? If that's the case, then orcs are really dangerous enough.
Speaking of which, are these people working, it's almost noon, how idle are they?
If you want to practice, you have shackles on your hands and feet, and if you want to talk to someone, these children are also sleeping, and they can't communicate if they don't understand the language. Bai He, who was so idle that he was panicked, had to rely on thinking in his heart to pass the time.
Finally, near the end of the morning, and as noon approached, the male duck came to the room with a few men.
Bai He secretly woke up the three girls sleeping beside him.
The strong men banged on the cages to wake up the sleeping children.
When the children were awake, the man led by the duck opened the door and entered the cage.
[Don't be afraid~ I won't hurt you. 】
【...... Woo... I...... I want to go home, ahhhhhh......hhhhhh
[Don't cry!] the strong man outside the cage roared. Frightened by him like this, the little girl quickly quieted down. Even with it, the children in the other cages around them also quieted down.
For a while, there was silence.
[Don't be afraid, little sister, uncle just wants to give you a check-up, and he will give you candy to eat after the check-up.] Originally, this sounded like a conversation between an ordinary doctor and a patient, but this doctor's eyes were too small, and his whole face looked obscene, and even the words he said changed taste.
[Dr. Doggett, you don't have to be so nice to these people. Male duck voice
[No, I'm a doctor!No matter what kind of person is my patient!]
[Tsk, hypocrite.] The words of the male duck's voice were clearly conveyed to the ears of everyone present, and Bai He could clearly see that the doctor was frowning and patient.
But soon he adjusted his mood and faced his patients with a smile on his face.
[Come ~ be good and stretch out your arms. It's still obscene.
Although the little girls were reluctant, they saw that the strong man outside the cage was looking at the strong man with a fierce face, and they had to obediently stretch out their hands.
With cooperation, the doctor's examination is fast.
Looking at Bai He, who stretched out his arm indifferently, the doctor couldn't help but look at him twice, trying to find a little uneasy shadow on him.
However, Bai He is not as good as a man with the same surname as him, even if he wants to pretend to be afraid, he can't pretend to be afraid, it is better not to pretend.
[This physique is not good, the internal organs are weak, and I am afraid that I can't even do a slightly heavier job. The doctor made a decision.
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The smell of rotting fruit, the smell of rotting meat, the smell of rotting corpses.
The smell of a rotten world.
Lying weakly at the bottom of the small cage, the smell coming from the sewer under him constantly irritated Bai He's nasal passages.
Seven days have passed since he was sold as a commodity, and for some reason, Hakuga's power has not yet recovered.
Because he was sentenced by the doctor to be weak, Bai He was treated as an inferior product.
Originally, black hair was rare, and many people were interested in him because of it, but when they heard that Bai He's physique was weak and he couldn't even do a little heavy work, everyone shook their heads in unison.
Anyway, the people who would come to such an inferior area to buy slaves were just to buy a laborer, and who would spend money to buy a vase that was not useful to go back?
As the days passed, Bai He, who had not been bought for a long time, of course did not get a good look, and even the meals that were originally once a day were reduced again and again.
Seeing that the one-week sales period is about to pass, if he can't sell it, Bai He will be directly disposed of, anyway, he picked it up on the road by the beard, and if he can't sell it, he won't lose money on the beard.
Listening to the noise of the market not far away, Bai He really didn't even have the strength to move.
The strength that I thought would be able to recover quickly is still missing. The master who just made a move but never showed up this time, let alone showed up, he didn't even show his hand.
What about the plug-in? What about the good pretend?
Liars! All liars!
Now that he doesn't even have the strength to move his fingers, all Bai He can do is keep cursing the world in his heart.
[I want this to follow...... This!]
The voice came to Bai He's ears from an unexpectedly close place, interrupting Bai He's cursing.
With a hard twist of his neck, Bai He raised his eyelids to look at the owner of the voice.
I saw a handsome young man with dark blonde curly hair, pointing at him with a smile on his face.