Chapter 288

Relife Player 288

[Chapter 094]

[What I couldn’t find (2)]

A few days ago, Lee Kang-hyeok said.

It is said that < Left > will be exhibited as a slave at the Cheonggyecheon Underground Market.

Then he looked at Eunha’s eyes. Because I wondered if Eunha’s commissioned < Drift > was an acquaintance of Eunha’s.

However, Eunha was not particularly shocked when she heard the story.

It was because I guessed that the fact that < Tteobori > was in the underground market was that it was sold as a slave.

I couldn’t pinpoint the location of Son Ga-yeon or the twin sisters, but I thought they would show up someday if I kept an eye on the underground market in < Drift >.

Choksae was from a slave.

Born as a slave from birth, he was a person who wandered the underground market as a commodity.

However, the only person who knew about his past was Eunha at the gypsophila party.

Because even before joining the gypsophila party, I was active as a player in < Spread >.

Even so, the reason he knew was because he watched the deathbed of < Tribbery >.

The ‘...leader......’

gypsophila party was attacking one of the black dungeons, < Abyssal Dungeon >.

There, the gypsophila party was destroyed.

When the allied forces faced the boss monster, he and Lee Yu-jeong were the only ones who survived the gypsophila party.

< Mute > Ga-Yeon Son, who could not speak,

died in a surprise attack by hostile forces.

< Loser > Seon Ki-jun sacrificed his body to draw aggro from the monster corps and died.

< Mad Dog > Jinpa-rang was pierced by dozens of magic bullets and fell down at the final gateway to make a way for the allied forces.

And Choksae lost his life while changing the target of the trap to himself without being able to release the trap that was flooding the party.

At that time, Choksae confessed his secret to him who watched his death from close.

‘...I’ve been... lied to... there’s one thing...’

‘.......’

‘My finger... dismantled the trap... that it was cut... Is it a lie?’

In < Shattering >, even in the face of death, he stuttered as usual.

As if you are not afraid of death.

As if I was finally freed from life.

Still, he was smiling. For him, who had lived with a forced smile for decades, no other face existed.

‘...I was a slave.’

< Leave it > said while holding Eunha’s hand and coughing up blood.

The reason why he cut off his finger wasn’t actually cut off while disassembling a trap, but because someone who was once his owner cut off his finger as if he were engraving his name on an object.

Then why didn’t I tell people about this until now?

< Leaving > gave an advisory answer.

‘That’s... side... they’re sold...!’

Indeed, it was an excuse worthy of < going away >.

That is why he never stopped talking to hide his shame, and he always lied.

even the moment of death.

‘...that’s bullshit. Do you... believe it...?’

< Take Beori > shed bloody tears and smiled.

< Gwabeori >, who lied until he died, couldn’t stop lying even when death was upon him.

That is why the people who gathered around him eventually turned their backs on the consistent appearance of < Tteobeori >.

Because he wasn’t the only one who died on the spot.

However, Eunha kept her seat and told him as he slowly fell into a deep sleep.

‘—I believe.’

The eyes of < Gwaberi > widened.

He let out a helpless laugh.

Nevertheless, Eunha answered again.

I believe.

< Tteobori > always lived with lies, but there was always one truth hidden inside.

In order to tell the one truth, he ineffectively uttered nine lies.

So he was called a tentacle.

‘...Only to the leader...I’ll tell you...’

Unexpectedly, he called to Eunha as he remembered something.

Then he whispered his last sincerity and passed away.

Since then, the number of Allied troops has declined significantly.

☆

The reason slaves did not exist before the world was destroyed was because people were protected by the law.

In fact, even before the end of the world, people who were not protected by the law were being treated like slaves under the name of nominal employees or wards.

The reason why the word slave was openly used after the end of the world was because it became easier to procure people who were not protected by the law.

Children who are born without knowing who their parents are and are abandoned in the slums.

Wonderrunners wandering the roadside for different reasons.

People who were not recognized by the state, like them, were not protected by the law.

And those who died from monsters and those who died in dungeons were also unknown to the state.

I couldn’t figure out if they were really killed by monsters, or if they were kidnapped after being attacked, or if they faked their own deaths.

Because there is Ain and Wonderrun.

Because there are dungeons and monsters.

People who are treated like slaves in the world do not disappear.

However, unlike them, there were also people who ended up being enslaved either forcibly or voluntarily.

What do you think you’ll do if you’re short on money? I’ve never been in need of money

This is why the golden spoon is...

I admit that I am a golden spoon, but isn’t that the same for you?

I used to be a silver spoon. what else do you mean by that?

The slaves sold here were nominally ’employees’ or ‘protectors’.

ha ha ha! This is also a mystery.

The atmosphere, which had been tense, entered a lull again.

The moderator, who calmed the atmosphere, naturally continued the old man’s story.

The users were amused by swearing at the son who sold the old man.

For those who covered their faces with masks, everything that happened here was entertainment.

Only a few people truly felt sympathy for the elderly.

Hey, do those people keep looking at us?

look at it yes

Meanwhile, the exclusive players continued to keep an eye on the galaxy.

There was nothing good about standing out in the underground market.

Although he later regretted his actions, he had no desire to bow down.

If they come to a fight, then I’ll get rid of it.

Eun-ha watched the unfinished transaction, remembering the masks of those who watched her.

In the end, due to gloomy circumstances, the old man won the bid for 92 million won, higher than the woman who had just won the bid.

The old man who was abandoned by his son was very appetizing.

An old man with such a background would be a ‘collectible’ that is not easily obtained.

Oh, is there anything you want to say?

Even after winning the bid, the old man stood on the stage for a while.

Ever since I got on the stage, I was looking up at something calmly.

The emcee, who promptly grasped it, brought the microphone to the old man’s mouth.

-I don’t resent it. are you okay.

dry voice.

The old man said that and turned around.

The old man disappeared, and the moderator again spoke of the new slave.

...Can I not hold grudges? I don’t know.

Do-joon and Eun-ha did not pay much attention to the transaction.

The two of them just looked for someone from where the old man was looking a moment ago and looked down at the stage in a daze.

If you were like me, you would be resentful. In my heart, I want to kill all the people who made my mother suffer, and I also want to kill my father, who was just watching it, but...

Yoo Do-jun added.

Why do parents devote themselves to their children without paying anything in return?

Why do you devote yourself to a job that doesn’t make any money even when you’re being sold?

...human relationships are give and take. But children always receive, and parents always give....

Where in the world is such a ridiculous relationship? I really don’t understand.

Yoo Do-jun muttered in a complicated way.

Knowing his family history, Eun-ha nodded quietly.

If it had been in her previous life, Eunha would have given a rough estimate.

However, Eun-ha seemed to know why parents devote themselves to their children without paying anything in return.

Because I’m the same

It’s good just to look at.

It’s good just to be there.

It was the feeling he always felt for his family.

Eun-ha thought that she would be able to devote herself to her family in order to gain this feeling.

Of course, the reasons why parents want to devote themselves to their children will be a little different from what they feel.

-It’s not that I don’t want a reward. Because you’ve already paid enough.

“yes?”

It was then.

Bruno, who had been silent for a while, opened his mouth that had been kept firmly shut.

The price was sufficient for the safe birth of her son. At least I think so.

“.......”

More than anything, I was able to get one more reason to live on the day my son was born. That’s enough.

you don’t know yet

Bruno muttered quietly to the two people who were watching with their mouths open.

Then he stroked their heads with his large palms.

The two quietly entrusted themselves to his touch even though their hair was disheveled.

What is the reason for your new life?

Then Eunha asked a question out of curiosity.

I wondered if my father and mother had the same thoughts as him.

—To see Nier living happily until he dies.

It’s so humble.

Eunha thought so.

Still, he looked great.

So I laughed out loud.

─Then, let’s introduce the products to be exhibited next.

All of the slaves on the stage had already been sold.

The moderator then brought out the slaves who were in the tent anew.

...come.

A handsome man who stood out among the slaves.

A man with long hair that fell to the floor and a loose suit was walking out, receiving cheers from people wearing masks.

is that person uh. ...Hey, I think there are quite a few people who want to buy that person, right?

women as well as men.

Even the fat man who bought the old man a moment ago.

Eun-ha sighed as she saw the people who were interested in < Tteobeori >.

It didn’t seem like it would be easy.

I had no intention of leaving, though.

Have you brought enough money?

Did you really entrust me with money?

The walking wallet grumbled.