REBOOT SIENNA

Chapter 19: Live To Sienna Pt.19

“You won’t be in trouble. Tell big brother Robin I brought you with me on an errand, so you are here by my request.”

There wasn’t anything really for him to do there, but Sienna thought she’d just make something up at least.

“By the way, you and your friends starve if you guys don’t come here and eat. How do you stand that?”

“I usually go through trash cans or beg. Some of the older boys either pickpocket or rob people, but Robin doesn’t let them do that. He says that if you antagonize people for petty things, you might get beaten senseless and die.”

The one named Robin seemed very smart, so Sienna thought she’d like to meet him someday.

“These days, it’s even hard to go through trash cans. People were telling others not to put their trash cans on the streets because of the upcoming National Day Festival. Even though I wasn’t really good at begging to begin with, nowadays, there’s no one tossing me a coin. It’s as if their pockets are going through hard times as well. So, my friends and I haven’t had anything to eat for the last three days.”

Those small children were starving and without any protection. She felt sorry for them.

“How many friends do you have?”

There were not as many children as she had thought. Kevin said the number of children who had starved to death that year was also quite high. It was shocking that there were children starving to death despite the flood of wheat into the Empire due to the continuously booming harvest.

She wanted to help those children somehow. At heart, she wanted to build a space for the children to stay safe, but there wasn’t much she could do when she didn’t have anything.

Sienna calculated the amount she’d need in her head. With the money that Kelly had given her for her dress and the allowance she got, she could buy enough wheat for the children for a while. Aunt Kelly’s business connections would make it cheaper too.

However, handing out unconditionally was not the answer.

‘I think I should find them work…’

Sienna looked around at the temple. There were cobwebs everywhere, and many parts of the paint on the walls had peeled off. The chairs were very old too. It seemed that Priest Roy alone could not afford to repair the temple.

“I’d like to meet the person you call older brother. I need some help with handiwork.”

At Sienna’s words, Kevin’s round eyes widened.

*

Azrael looked worried when he saw Carl preparing to go out.

“Are you sure you want to go alone? Wouldn’t you rather move with me…?”

Unstrapping his sword from his waist, Carl said, “It’s fine. You go to the information guild in my place. I need to find out what the hell’s going on at the Peer Family estate.”

Carl had arrived at the capital earlier than planned to avoid the watchful eyes of Queen Arya and to meet with the powerful aristocrats that backed her behind her back. The forces were being gathered for an event with the help of the help of the Peer Family, the family of his fiancée—Countess Bluebell, and Carl had planned to attend that even in secret to find out what they were planning.

However, Carl’s plan had fallen apart suddenly when Count Peer returned to his estate, so Carl decided to meet with Count Peer in person to find out why he had moved differently. If he had broken off ties with Carl to stand with Arya, things would become problematic.