"Why did you choose me, thinking I could help you?" Hermione continued.

"I... I heard it last night..."

Before the little girl finished speaking, a middle-aged man with a red nose, a scruffy beard, and a high hairline ran out, saw Eliza in the carriage, grabbed the reins, and shouted at Eliza, "You dare to run away." ”

The middle-aged man gasped, "You'd better go back with me, otherwise I'm not sure what punishment awaits you later." ”

Eliza was even more frightened when she heard this, and curled up into Hermione's arms and shivered.

The middle-aged man leaned over, perhaps noticing that Royce and Hermione had different temperaments, and looked at Royce a little politely, "This gentleman, this girl's mother asked me to take her home, I hope you and your daughter don't stop you." ”

In the eyes of the middle-aged man, Hermione was just a compassionate girl in her teens, and Royce, who had a calm temperament, was an elder.

Hermione soothed the trembling girl, thinking of her sister and herself in her dreams, and couldn't help but feel a little emotional, wondering if 'sister' was still alive.

Royce smiled and told the groom not to rush and make up for the expenses of this time himself. He turned to the man who was chasing him and said, "Sir, can you let them have a conversation?" ”

"I'm already very polite, you should know these things." The middle-aged man replied to Royce viciously, very impatient. Obviously, although some things have their own tacit understanding, if they break out, they will definitely be taken to the front. Judging from the clothes in front of them, they are either rich or expensive, and they are not something they can provoke, so they can only warn and hope that they will retreat in the face of difficulties.

Royce looked at the middle-aged man, who was already impatient, and took out a document from his coat pocket and handed it over. The middle-aged man looked at it, and he could barely recognize the words "high inside" and "inspector", and handed it back with a little trepidation, and his aggressive momentum changed instantly.

Royce asked again, "Can we say a word to this girl now?" ”

The middle-aged man flattered and replied, "No problem, sir, I just want to take this girl home, and her mother specially explained it to me." The middle-aged man emphasized the latter words, and Royce naturally understood the voice-over.

Hermione really couldn't help but almost punch her when she saw such a change, it was really a scoundrel in the market, it was the same everywhere.

At this time, the little girl Eliza saw that the flattering man also settled down.

Hermione continued to ask, "Is there something you're looking for me?" ”

Eliza whispered, "My mother was going to sell me, and lied to me that this person would take me to a good job and have enough to eat, but Sister Enise went and never came back. With that, Eliza hugged Hermione and cried again.

"I heard my mother talking to this guy last night, and she was going to sell me five pounds to somebody else, and I was scared and ran outside, and then there was a big explosion over there, and I met Uncle Stead, who suddenly came running over, and he was soaking wet, and he was carrying me and running away. Later, Uncle Stead collapsed on the pile of drunkenness, and I nestled in the wooden shed next to it, and saw Uncle Stead pointing at you and calling you a monster. ”

Hermione thought about it, it was the homeless man last night, I really wanted to give two slaps directly, I was just an innocent, lost young man in a foreign land, where was the monster. No wonder this girl is a little familiar, it turned out that she took that one away last night.

"Then I asked Uncle Stead to help me, and he told me to run out into the street and ask me to come to you, maybe I'll be lucky enough to meet you."

Hermione wiped her tears from the little girl, "Do you know where your Uncle Stead is?" ”

"He helped me block the people who came to chase me, and now I don't know where to hide?"

This luck made Hermione a little suspicious of Sted, wanting to see if there was anything unusual about people.

The middle-aged man next to him also had a very bad face after hearing this, this is the goods in the store, if you can't bring it back, you can't explain it yourself. In front of him is a senior inspector of the National Police Agency, and he can't afford to mess with him, so he keeps greeting his boss and the elders of the people in front of him.

"This gentleman and this young lady, it's not good for you to be like this! After all, her mother told me to take her back, and I can't help it. "The middle-aged man can only bite the bullet, after all, these are everywhere, and the police can't break the rules! Some of you are still regular visitors inside.

Some people next to him stopped to watch and talk.

Hermione looked at Royce, she probably knew that the little girl's family had "traded" her to someone else for some reason. Good guys, more than a thousand years have passed, is it still like this? In the past, I could still rely on 'father' and 'sister' to do nonsense, but now I am also under the fence, and I often encounter danger, how dare I involve ordinary people.

She had to ask Royce for help, Hermione thought for a moment, and went out to rely on friends.

"I probably understand, can you take us to Eliza's house" Royce knew what Hermione meant from Hermione's gaze, and asked the middle-aged man to lead the way to Eliza's house.

Royce and Hermione stepped out of the carriage, ending the rental of the carriage and letting the middle-aged man lead the way, Hermione led Eliza between herself and Royce.

"What's your name and what you're doing?" Royce asked about the middle-aged man.

"My name is Thomas. Cardy, I'm mainly helping others introduce jobs and earn a little fee, Mr. Sheriff, you don't know how difficult it is for me to do this business......" Thomas, a middle-aged man, suddenly complained bitterly, with a handful of snot and tears.

Hermione had to admire this when she saw this, she was still domineering when she was chasing people just now; Now he suddenly has a poor and weak face, and he has quickly changed his identity.

"Mr. Sheriff, you know what? Last time I introduced the Everton guy to Robert. Stephenson Steam Company, I didn't pass the interview, came back and beat me up, it was the best steam engine production company in the whole of Rune, it was not easy for me to get an interview, Everton also said that I hacked his money, wronged..."Thomas was still chattering with Royce, more like he was stammering.

Across the aisle, Hermione walked into the slum area, where low wooden sheds on both sides were drying yellowed and blackened clothes, and the flow of people continued to walk towards the factory area, where Royce and Hermione looked out of place. Most of the passers-by glanced at it, and then continued to walk forward, their expressions wooden and their eyes dark.

Royce suddenly thought of something and said to Hermione, "Hermione, this is the other side of the city, as Russell the Great said: the price of progress." ”

"Maybe you didn't think about what Eliza's job was, but I knew very well that Eliza was sold by her mother to be a child prostitute, and when I saw Eliza, I was my own daughter! I used to bear the curse of the family, and when I saw my young daughter, I thought that the family was a misfortune, and then a lot of big things happened and there were major losses, but I was also very lucky to lift the curse! In retrospect, I enjoyed everything in my family, and what right did I have to criticize my own family, all I could do was let Glore make his own choice. ”

"I don't know what to say, I just tell you how I feel, don't mind my nagging."

Hermione thanked Royce and understood what Royce meant. Looking at Eliza, if she hadn't been lucky enough to meet her, maybe she would have been locked up in a certain room at this time, waiting for the guests to be selected, obviously still so young.

This kind of thing is happening all the time in the corners of the city, is it the price of the tide of the times? Hemin was helpless and helpless.

The further you go inside, the more difficult the road becomes, and all kinds of things are thrown on the road, especially those puddles, and from time to time you can see rats passing through them, with a foul smell.

Walking through here, Hermione and her party came to an old wooden house, not far from a grocery store, a few people who had finished the night shift were eating, and a little girl next to her who was cleaning up the miscellaneous items quickly ran back, "Sister Eliza, are you back?" I went to tell my mother. ”

Hermione saw a number of people sitting around the mud walls of the grimmery store over there, unkempt, and the devastation of the factory made it difficult to tell their age.

After looking around, Hermione turned back to look at Eliza's house, and the little girl who called Eliza ran up to her, looking like she was five or six years old, with thin cheeks, turquoise eyes, dark blonde hair, and a tattered black dress, bare feet, and the whole person looked malnourished.

"Yvonne, it's me." Eliza hugged Yvonne, who was thinner than her, with a little sob in her voice. At this time, a woman stood up at the door, "Eliza, you came back just in time, you can go with him." ”

The woman's face looked very tired, her hair was yellow, her eyes were blank, her face was wrinkled and a little red, a smell of decay came out, her hair was casually coiled back, she was wearing an old woolen sweater, and she looked like she was in her forties.

Standing in front of Thomas. Cady hurriedly stepped out of the way and said, "Kent, this Mr. Sheriff wants to come and find out something." ”

Then turned to Hermione Royce, "She's Eliza's mother." ”

Hermione and Royce greeted the woman. Hermione and Royce asked about the stench of decay.

Hermione said, "Mrs. Kent, can we talk about Eliza?" “

Kent didn't say anything, and let a few people into the house, Hermione walked inside, the room was low and dark, the small window next to it didn't let in much light, the improvised fireplace was already cobwebbed, and there were some rotting vegetables on the old black table.

Kent casually pulled out a shabby stool and sat up. Thomas, who didn't know where to go, took out a few stools and wiped them for Royce and Hermione to sit down.

"Thank you for sending my daughter back, you can tell me what you have, you must not be able to stay in this place." Kent's tone was very bad.

"Mrs. Kent, why did you sell your own daughter, Eliza, who is so young." Hermione said it directly.

"This young lady, you can also see my situation here, I can't afford to raise them anymore. It's better to survive than starve to death like those squatting by the wall outside. Mrs. Kent gestured around, "I don't know how Eliza found you, but you're fit to live in the life your family has woven for you." ”

Mrs. Kent looked at Royce again, "Sir, if there is nothing to do, please leave and do not disturb our lives." ”

Hermione was about to speak, when Mrs. Kent continued, "It's good enough to have Eliza follow Thomas to find a job, at least not to sit there and die like the people outside." ”

"Then you can't bear to let your daughter go through such cruel things at such a young age." Hermione was a little puzzled.

"Don't you know? What can you do other than this, go to the factory that will die at any time before the light of day, or the wandering on the street and die? Mrs. Kent was in no mood to care about any of this at this time, and the daughter of a noble and wealthy merchant was just a moment of pity.

At this time, Royce, who was next to him, found something and said, "Mrs. Kent, forgive me for being blunt, whether you have contracted a venereal disease, it seems that you are already in a very bad condition. Hermione also switched her vision in an instant, and found that it was indeed as Royce said, Mrs. Kent's whole body was a lot more dark.

"My husband died in an accident at the factory, when I was pregnant with my youngest son, and then I had to work at night to support my three daughters, you know, that kind of work." Kent was afraid that Hermione would not understand, "Later, when my child was born, I found out that he had the same disease as me, and he died not long after, and I can't hold it anymore." You want to know that I've told you all, now you can go. ”

Hermione was also sighing in her heart, looking at the sisters Eliza and Yvonne standing outside the door, thinking of the people squatting outside, she made a decision in her heart, "Please wait a moment." Then he and Royce went outside to discuss

"I'm sorry, Mr. Royce, for the first time I've encountered this kind of thing, and I've caused you trouble."

"Hermione, I will support you no matter which choice you make, although we don't know your true identity (Hermione's identity is kept secret, only the High Deacon of the Night Storm or above or the core personnel of the Church of the Fool can check the report on the Southern Continent that found Hermione, otherwise someone will kill you), but after these days of getting along, I believe in you."

Hermione looked at Eliza next to her and Yvonne behind her, and thought of herself and her sister, the image of the dream appeared in front of her, and she hid behind her 'sister' and grimaced at the angry 'dad', and couldn't tell her heart for a while.

"Mr. Royce, I would like to adopt Eliza and Yvonne, do you have any good suggestions? I'll find a job, like you lack thugs or something, I'm very good. "Hermione is a little weak now, she eats and lives at Royce's house, and now she has two people with her.

"It's okay, Hermione, I see, go in and talk! It's a good thing to have fighting spirit and care. ”

The two went back to the house, where Mrs. Kent was still seated, and Thomas followed along.

"Mrs. Kent, in that case, how about I adopt your two daughters?" Hermione spoke directly.

Thomas's voice rang out, "Ah! My £5 ......."

Seeing this, Royce directly took out 10 pounds to Mrs. Kent and gave 1 pound to Thomas, who kept nodding his head

"Mrs. Kent, you should be able to understand."

Mrs. Kent took only five pounds, "Then the little one should be given to you, and you should go quickly." ”

As he spoke, he waved his hand for Eliza and Yvonne to come in, "You will follow them in the future, don't come back." ”

Eliza and Yvonne immediately burst into tears, surrounded by ragged people watching the commotion.

"What's going on with the widow Kent, the two people inside look dressed like aristocratic and wealthy merchants."

"I don't know, didn't you say that Kent was going to sell his second daughter too? I guess so. “

"Luck is so good, if you come to me, I'll give it away for nothing, it's better than starving to death."

"It's a pity that no one has taken a fancy to my old bones, cough cough cough..."

……

Kent directly asked Hermione and Royce to take the two away, and her attitude was very resolute, Eliza seemed to understand something, and was led out by Royce, Hermione picked up Yvonne, who was still young, and left directly, Yvonne cried and shouted "Mom".

Kent looked at the late night when he walked outside, and turned his head, "Let's go, don't come back here." Tears welled up in the corners of her eyes.

Thomas saw that the matter was resolved, and he had no loss, and happily walked in front to lead the way. Yvonne struggled a little to run back, but was held tightly by Hermione.

Seeing more people standing next to her, Hermione could only continue to walk forward as if nothing had happened, and a few big men who had been watching wanted to take advantage of the narrow road to come and steal something.

As soon as she arrived at Hermione, Hermione directly punched the approaching person to "roll", and her invisible coercion and anger directly made several big men run away with a roll, and Yvonne was frightened by this and quieted down.

'Really, I dare to touch porcelain, if it weren't for the fact that it was a big public here, I would have to kick it twice. ’

On the side, Thomas saw a spray directly at the figures of several big men, "Anyone dares to steal things that don't have long eyes." ”

The people in the back, the people in front, and the people in the house next to them all stood there when they felt the coercion, and Hermione and the others walked out quickly.

Thomas also felt the coercion, he has been in the market all year round, and knows that there are some people who are very special, fortunately he didn't die just now, these two must be those people, it seems that there is a lot of good relationship.

Walking onto the main avenue, Thomas prepares to say goodbye. Eliza pulled the corner of Hermione's clothes, "Sister Hermione, and Sister Enise, can you help me find Sister Innis?" ”

Yvonne also looked at Hermione with teary eyes. Hermione looked at Royce, and after receiving the affirmation from Royce's eyes, Hermione looked at Thomas, "Mr. Thomas, do you know her sister Enis?" ”

Thomas was prepared, "Mr. Royce, Miss Hermione, Enise didn't get a job through me, but I still remember what she looked like, I'll look for it in the next few days, how can I tell you if I have news." Thomas thought to himself that it would be worth it to have a good relationship with these special people.

"If you have any news, you go directly to the port of Plitz ship consulting company to find me, I work there." Royce gave him the detailed address, and he was not afraid of anyone coming to trouble, and it happened that the prison underneath was empty.

Thomas got the information and hurried away, while Royce and Hermione took Eliza and Sister Yvonne to the house in a carriage.

Looking at 36 Wood Street and Sister Eliza beside her, Hermione felt so tired for the first time.