Outside

 

I slowly opened the place where the men went through making as little noise as possible. Finally opening it enough to let my head through I peek in.

 

Bright light... So bright. It takes me a minute to adjust my eyes but I start to see properly. Not that it helps. I don't understand… so many different colors and shapes. I don't know what all of this stuff is.

 

I can see the two men picking up random things and putting them in a bag. A bag that obviously can't fit all of the things they are putting inside. I walk in and pick something up. 

 

My head hurts… I don't understand what anything is… I drop to my knees.

 

How can I live without knowing what things are?!

 

<Analyze skill bought, 5 Points spent, 20 Points remaining>

 

<Black Steel Dagger

  Above Average

  5000 Rans

  (Bonus to Backstab)>

 

A box appears in front of the dagger, after reading it I kind of understand that it's a smaller version of what the man was using to kill the other people like me. I hold onto the dagger tight.

 

"Aight. I'm done here. It's still bugging me about that purple haired chick, I could have sworn she was in that cell when we got here. I'm gonna double check she didn't escape somehow."

 

I almost fell from the surprise of the men talking again. I'm not sure why they can't see me but they still can't.

 

"Whatever, I'm almost done myself. Just don't take too long. I wanna start getting more girls tomorrow."

 

"Aren't you the hasty one?"

 

"I just wanna get paid. I don't get off on it like you do."

 

The big man leaves through the door right next to me with a weird face and it's just the smaller man putting things into the bag.

 

If they are gonna continue killing people like me for this Feudal Lord person then I'll never be safe. 

 

For some reason I walk towards the back of the man. I'm not sure why but when I get right behind him the noise happens again and I understand.

 

<Assassinate Skill bought, 1 Points spent, 19 Points remaining>

 

I slowly grab the dagger with both hands and bring it close to the man's vital point, pull back as much as I can and stab it into him as hard as I can.

 

"Wha… Who?... Ughhh…"

 

The man falls to the ground and I pull the dagger out of his back. Red. All over the dagger and my hands. I get a little scared but I have had enough of the red and scary things today.

 

<Blood

  Type B

  Minimum Magicules>

 

Huh, it's called blood. I better get ready for the bigger man to come back. I quickly moved next to where the bigger man went and stood in wait. 

 

"I couldn't find a single sign she was even in… Shawn! Oi! Shawn!" The man quickly scans the room and runs up to the body.

 

I sneak behind him but for some reason I get the feeling it won't be that easy to kill him. I repeat my heavy looking like with the blood and the dagger and see what's the problem.

 

<Heavy Leather Armor

  Below Average

  8000 Rans

  (Resistance to Piercing)>

 

I need to kill him!

 

<Assassinate Skill upgraded to level 2, 1 Point spent, 18 Points remaining>

 

Arrrggghhh! Not enough!

 

<Assassinate Skill upgraded to level 3, 1 Point spent, 17 Points remaining>

 

I get what the noise is telling me now. These 'Points' are giving me stuff in my head. But I'm running out. Think. Make me stronger. Strong enough to not be killed by this man or anyone else like him.

 

I want to be strong…

 

<Physical Strength bought, 1 Point spent, 16 Points remaining>

 

I feel like I got a little heavier but I now understand my dagger will reach him. I hold the dagger above my head and swing down on his vital spot with all my might. It goes through his back and into… his heart. He goes silent and slumps over the other man's body.

 

In the corner of my eye I see things moving and panic and point the dagger at him but it's a small box. I quickly get told it's a window by my telling box. There are other people outside. They dont look like these men or the others like me inside, a lot of them are walking with other people. 

 

I look myself over. I don't have anything over my body like they do and my hands are stained in blood. Can I be like them if I go out there?

 

I leave the window and shuffling around the bodies I grab the bag the man was packing up and head for the door. I think it's ok for me to take it since they are dead but I stop at a different exit. I look at the bag to see the telling box.

 

<Grade C Storage Bag

  Excellent

  500000 Rans

  (Extended Capacity, Degraded Time Slow)>

<Contents =

  34 Small Copper Coins

  50 Copper Coins

  20 Small Silver Coins

  2 Silver Coins

  68 Small Gold Coins

  10 Gold Coins

  1 Small Platinum Coin

  25 Assorted Shirts

  24 Assorted Pants

  1 Skirt

  25 Slave Collars>

 

It has a lot of stuff in there so I take them out one by one to check what they are. The highlights are…

 

<Small Copper Coin

  Average

  1 Ran

  (Fraduary Prevention)>

 

<Black Skirt

  Excellent

  200 Rans

  (Small Defense Up)>

 

<Slave Collar

  Average

  50000 Rans

  (Temporary Slave Pact, Illegal)>

 

After checking everything out, The coins mean…

 

Small Copper Coin - 1 Ran

Large Copper Coin - 10 Ran

 

It adds a 0 for each continuing Small Silver - Silver - Small Gold - Gold - Small Platinum, with a Small Platinum being 1000000 Rans. I have no idea how much it actually is but apparently when I see the telling box it tells me a little bit about how it works in my head and the box tells me the main things.

 

I clean my hands with a Shirt in the bag and then put on a different one, The skirt as well because it has something extra in the box.

 

Ready to go looking like the people outside. I pick up the Dagger and bag and head to the door and open it.

 

<Escape! QUEST COMPLETE! Congratulations! Leftover Points and Applied Points are now permanent>

 

I thought it was bright when I left the first space but now my eyes don't open for quite a while, eventually adjusting I prepare myself and head towards where I saw the people walking completely ignoring the noise

 I'm glad I get to keep the lifesaving points so I continue on but when I reach the area I stop.

 

I have no idea what to do now. Where do I go? I stand here for a while wondering what's going to happen when another man approaches me.

 

"Hey girly. What's the matter? You look lost." I quickly aim the dagger at him. "Woah woah woah. Settle down there. I ain't here to hurt ya'. Seeing a girly looking lost in this neighborhood, I couldn't help but call out. Some guys have been taking girls like you lately. It's probably best for you to get yourself gone huh?"

 

He is probably talking about where I came from. If he knows that much, maybe he knows what to do now. I lower the Dagger slightly but keep it at the ready.

 

"Where… do… I go… now… then…" The words don't flow from my mouth right but I get them out. Right. It's the first time I have spoken. The man looks at me with a blank face

 

"A-aaah. Well you ain't got no shoes or sheath for that dagger of yours. You got Ran?" I pull out a Gold Coin from my bag and show him. He quickly pushes it back in.

 

"Oi oi. Don't be taking stuff like that out in public okay. 'Sheesh what did your parents teach you'" He whispered the last bit but I heard anyway. 

 

"Parents?" "Orphan huh? Or Forest Child? Whatever, doesn't matter, come with me I'll get you set up at my shop. It's not the biggest but It'll sort out your basic needs." 

 

Hmmmm I don't trust him but I get the feeling that going with him is the right idea. He is only a bit taller than me and he has soft brown hair. I walk beside him when he starts.

 

"So what's your name girly?" Hmmm I don't know my name but I know something that does. I look at myself with telling box before stopping in my tracks...