Chapter 1295 Plunge

Chapter 1295 Plunge

Ning felt a little conflicted about buying this woman's shop now. He couldn't take away from her what she considered a child.

"It's a nice name," he said. "Although, it would seem that I now have to go look for a place for my shop elsewhere. You wouldn't happen to know where one would be, would you?"

The woman shook her head.

"I see," Ning said. "Thank you though. Thank you for the sword and the story. Good night."

He turned away. As he walked down the steps, he heard the woman call him.

"Young man, stop!" Ning paused his steps and turned around. "Yes?" he asked. "Did you need something? I didn't forget to pay, right?"

"No, you've paid," the woman said. "I wanted to ask something."

"Sure, ask away," Ning said. You can trace the roots of this content at n0v@lbin

"Do you want a job?" the old woman asked.

Ning was taken aback for a second. "I'm sorry?"

"A job," the woman asked again. "In my shop."

"I am hoping to open a shop so I don't exactly have to listen to others," Ning said. "So I'm not interested in a job."

"It's less of a job, and I won't be your boss," the woman said. "I employ you to take care of my shop. You do everything you want the way you want. You sell what you want. You keep what you earn."

"I only ask for 150 Fire Coins a month as rent, and that the name of the shop not be changed at all. How is that?"

Ning thought for a moment. "Can I employ other people too?" he asked.

He swam upward, trying to surface. He was only used to swimming in rivers, and the river near his village was never this deep. This was terrifying.

He came upward and found the water undulating, waves crashing on him before he could even surface. Even when he did surface, he couldn't stay above water for more than a second as another wave pushed him down.

The waves seemed to be coming from all directions. His breath was running and he had swallowed some salty water. If this continued, he was going to die.

Die. The same as his family.

Was he not going to live on? Was he going to die too? Was his destiny to die, drowning somewhere?

Something grabbed him from outside, pulling him up. As he left the water, he took a deep, long breath, taking in as much air as he could. When he did, the water in his lungs agitated him and he coughed.

He coughed out a mouthful of water before the rest came as spits. As he gasped for breaths, a voice spoke from in front of him.

"Tell me all the alphabet!" Ning's voice came to Hadden.

"What?" Hadden asked before he finally saw Ning in front of him. He held him by his shirt, his legs dangling on top of raging waters that didn't seem to calm. The splashes from below could reach him all the way up here.

"Teacher! What are you doing?" he shouted at Ning. "You're trying to kill me!"

"No," Ning said. "I'm trying to teach you how to read."

"No! Take me away! I don't want to die!" Hadden shouted.

"You won't," Ning said. "As long as you tell me the alphabet."

"The... the alphabets?" he asked. "Uhh..."

His mind worked to remember the thing he remembered yesterday. He struggled and finally remembered some of it. He started reciting the alphabet to Ning, but unfortunately, he couldn't remember it all.

"Try again!" Ning said. And then he let him drop into the ocean once more.