Adventures with Von

[17]

HUMANS ARE ANIMALS

Inside of a small town, a young girl who are most likely at the age of 10 years old were running away from who knows who. She was wearing tattered old clothes. Anyone could tell that she came from a poor family.

Tears could be seen falling from her eyes as she run. She look around to find a place to hide. As she ran farther she finally saw an old and abandoned house. She already barged in without even thinking if there's someone inside.

She sighs when she finally locked the door. She stared at the door for a little amount of time before she fell on her knees. She cried trying hard not to let any sound to be heard, but it still doesn't stops her from whimpering.

The words that she heard earlier was still fresh from her memory. The pain that she felt was still visible on her body. She remembers how her parents sold her to an old man. She remembers how they laugh and smile when she got sold. She remembers how that old man treated her. She remembers them that makes her want to puke in disgust! She remembers them that makes her tremble in fear. She remembers them all clearly!

She tightly closed her eyes as the memories flashed through her mind.

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"That child has finally some use to us. Can you imagine this? That old man was willing to give us 3 gold just for that child!", was the words she accidentally heard.

"Mom?"

The woman who were referred as "mom" furrowed her brows as she saw the young child. "What the hell is she still doing here? I thought Feira was already been bought by that old man?!" asked by the mom as she pointed at the young child.

"She was indeed. Although, I heard that the old man will get her tomorrow morning" said by a man's voice.

"tsk" the woman said in annoyance.

She glared at the young child. "You better perform well tomorrow and give a good impression to that old man. So that the 3 gold that he spent won't go to waste! Don't worry, all you have to do is give him pleasure" the woman said as she curled her lips into a sneer.

Even though the child was too young and doesn't know what "pleasure" means, she could roughly guess that it's not a good thing for her.

Feira cried and whined at her mother but she doesn't know that this would endanger her.

Feira eyes went wide as her mother slapped her. The slap was too hard that the handprint was visible on her face. She doesn't know that by simply crying would make her mother more irritated. She cried louder and this made her mother more annoyed.

"What are you crying for?! You should be thankful for being useful to us! Be thankful that there was someone that was willing to buy you for 3 gold! Tsk!"

When her mother said those words, it made her cry louder. Those words just proves that her parents doesn't want her. Those words just proves that she was just a nuisance to them.

The father also got irritated, thus he kicked the child. "Stop crying! If I heard you and saw you cry one more time, you won't only get a kick from me!"

Feira tremble in fear so she tried her best from not crying. She look at the back of her parents as she left her alone from that place.