Make me fly again

Chapter 4: Trades that have to be made

I wake up, still laying on the bed. I slowly sit up and look around. Jimin sits on the chair next to the desk and watches me.

"Good, you're awake. What happened there earlier?" He looks concerned. I just shake my head.
"I really don't know. I had this sudden pain in the back of my head and then a flash of what I think are memories. "

"Your Memories?"
This confuses me. Whose memories should it be if not mine?
"I think so, yes. I've been in a cage and searched for an...old friend."

Hoseok has been more to me than a friend but he doesn't need to know. I look at him and try faking a smile.
Jimin just shrugs and stands up.
"If you're feeling better you can start doing your assigned tasks."
Wow he really is excursive.

"But....Master, I haven't been assigned any tasks except for serving you and calling you Master."
Jimin seems to be thinking for a second and then slightly grins.
"Oh I like the sound of that. You should call me Master more often. " He stops and winks.

"As for tasks, I don't have anything for you to do so just do whatever you want. I don't care. " He turns around and starts walking away.
How can he be nice and flirty the one moment and all harsh and bossy the next?

Before he leaves the room he turns towards me again. "If you want to you can leave your room. I'm sure you want to explore the castle, so feel free to do that. But be back here before sunrise."

I just slowly nod, trying to hide my excitement. I indeed want to explore the castle. I mean if I have to stay here I can at least have a look around.
Jimin leaves and I immediately follow him outside, as I have to walk through his room to get out in the hallway anyways.

I run down the already familiar hallway until I arrive at the big stairs I came up earlier. I look around. I can see the huge hall downstairs and the big chandelier on the ceiling.
Jimins room is apparently the only room upstairs, there's only the hallways with these mass of paintings and nothing more.

I turn around to go up the hallway again just to take a closer look at some of the paintings. All of them are abstract. None of them shows a person, only few show buildings. I let my hand lightly brush over one of the paintings, following the traces of paint. They look pretty though.

I turn away and slowly walk towards the stairs again, this time going down.
Arriving down in the big hall I look around again, carefully this time so I won't miss anything.
I notice the room I've been in before. Thinking about entering the room I place my hand on the doorknob. Should I dare to go in? I maybe find some information on how I got here.

I let out a sigh and open the door. As before the room is completely dark. I grope the wall for a light switch but can't find one. Leaving the door open I go back into the hall.

There are antiquated candlestands everywhere so I carefully grab one and reenter the dark room which is now lit by the warm light of the candle. What catches my attention first are the chains and handcuffs laying everywhere in the room. Probably the same that I've been chained up with.

I notice a small desk in the corner of the room. I place the candle on it and open the upper drawer of it to find some documents. Looking through those I notice that this family earns a lot of money by trading. I don't know what they're trading though.

I stumble across a paper with my name on it and curiously start reading it.
I shouldn't be shocked to find a deed of ownership calming that I am now property of the Kim Family as they already called me their property before but still I have to grip onto the desk so I won't faint.

(Very irritating considering that my last name already is Kim.)

I still don't know how I got here except for the fact that I apparently was sold as a slave. But why would I be sold?