REBOOT SIENNA

Chapter 21: Live To Sienna Pt.21

A normal adult would smile at those types of thoughts that any child would have, but Sienna, who knew how the cruelty that lay behind the glittering illusion of the Imperial Family, could not easily smile.

‘I’m sure she wouldn’t actually get employed at the Imperial Palace, right? Since May is a smart girl, I should ask Jane if she can be used for work at the corporation.’

Knowing or not knowing her mind, May began to delve into her own fantasy of the palace with an increasingly excited voice, “Of course, it’s hard for a kid like me to work at the palace. I’ve heard before that the headmistress who works in the palace only picks smart, pretty people for the jobs there. A child like me who’s not very attractive would…”

Sienna swept the strands of May’s hair back, and the girl’s sweet, young face was revealed.

“What do you mean unattractive?! You have such beautiful eyes. I’d never seen such beautiful, shining eyes like these in my entire life.”

“But my eyes are yellow. That’s a strange color.”

“No. Your eyes are as beautiful as a jewel called pumpkin.”

May tilted her head to the word as if she had never heard it before and asked if it was an expensive gem.

“Well, a pumpkin this size can buy several carriages.”

May rubbed her face against Sienna’s skirt out of embarrassment for the compliment, and Sienna patted her hair as she did.

“Older brother! Robin!”

Kevin rushed into the temple. That was not one of the days Kevin was working.

“What’s up, Kevin?”

Robin ran to Kevin and asked what was going on, and Kevin tried to explain something while breathing hard. Sienna watched Kevin questioningly and then ran to him with her face filled with worry because the child’s cheeks were covered in blood.

“Kevin! Are you hurt?!”

“Huff, huff… There’s a man dying over there, not me.”

“A man is dying? Where?”

Sienna and Robin followed Kevin. Kevin, barely breathing, shifted his feet and explained the situation after catching his breath.

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As usual, Kevin was walking around the alleys as soon as the sun came up. Since he had been working at the temple for some time now, he didn’t have to go hungry, but he couldn’t just play.

When he didn’t work, he would go all around in search of leftover coins, or in search of things to sell. Sometimes, if he was lucky, he would find and pick up discarded iron or bird feathers and take them to the blacksmith’s shop in exchange for food or copper coins.

Kevin went into a deserted alleyway because the crowded boulevard often
created clashes with the children from other areas. The older brothers would fight and win against those guys, but not Kevin. In fact, Kevin didn’t even like to fight.

The alleys weren’t as quiet that day since there were many people out.

“Move out the way!”

After the shout from behind him, Kevin’s back hit the wall. When the man passed him by like that, Kevin saw that the man’s condition did not look good at a glance.

The man was tottering along, clutching his bleeding side. Judging by how he was looking around back and forth, he seemed to be searching for a place to hide. Kevin instinctively pointed in a direction before he could even determine whether the person was good or bad.