the secret realm book 1

the sin

It's been two days since I got here, the first day I spent sleeping in the streets. The second day I looked for a job, there was the adventurer’s guild but I couldn't join them until I get armor which cost a few hundred coins. Turns out they don't accept my world’s money, so I got a job as a dishwasher. The pay isn't that good, a few coins a day. I would get another job but there aren't too many options here so I was stuck with this job. A few hundred adventurers and townspeople come here and eat, and or rent a room for a couple of days. The rooms were more comfy then ally ways I sleep in. The inn owner makes a few hundred coins a day, I'm only paid with 2 coins a day and food here cost at least 20 coins so I'm forced to fast for a few days or eat out of the trash after my shift end. I realized I know nothing about this world so tried to find a library, it would at least have the history of this world or of this kingdom. I asked around, most people gave me mean glares and walked away. Finally, someone told me where it was. I went there and the guards refuse to let me in, the guard sneered at me “sorry but you can't enter this library without paying.” “Okay, how much?” “1000 coins.” He replied bluntly.  “I don't have that much how about $400 in cash?” The guard looked at it, “what is this? It looks like something I would wipe my buttocks with.” he then gave me a angry look and said,” get out of my sight you pathetic peasant.”I spent the next few days working overtime at my job but not even that was helping, I did realize that I'll never be a adventurer or have a decent job here. I will work here for the rest of my life, which is not going to be long, but then I realized my boss has coins. At first I try to convince myself there's other ways, but then I realized if I don't do this I am going to die from starvation. If I were to get caught, I will spend the rest of my life in dungeons, or be sentenced to Death. I’m going to die anyway, so I decided i must steal from him. The next night when he left, I followed him home, which was a small house at the edge of town. Which, night I add, was better then the alley I sleep in. I waited until the next morning, he got up and left to the inn. I broke into his house and looked for the coins.  I found the coins and I took all of them but then I realized it would be suspicious that the coins are gone and  on top of that the fact that I didn't show up for work. I didn't have a choice, I have to kill my boss. I waited until the next night for him to go to sleep, I was crying because I'm about to kill a man. I waited until he was deep asleep and went up to his sleeping body. I got his knife, which I found while i was looking for the coins, and slit his throat. He woke up and struggled to breathe. I stabbed him in the heart, I was sobbing at this point at what I did. I quickly got a torch and set him and his house on fire. I washed the blood from my hands after wards and made my escape. The next day news around town was said that he died because of a fire. It turns out  he had a young daughter who is now an orphan, I can never forgive myself for what I did so I spent the rest of the day with regret. The next day I quit my job as a dishwasher and bought myself a meal with the blood money. I bought myself leather armor, a short sword, and I gave the rest of the coins to my old boss’ daughter. I finally join the adventurer guild. This is the beginning of my journey.