Chapter 139 – Chapter 4: Moving – 4
Once the auction was on fire, it never cooled down.
This is not the bottom of the market. There were only six merchants gathered together and bidding prices, but the cold, unheated room quickly became warm.
Their eyes were focused on only two places.
Items to be bid on from now on.
… And it was Tia’s bright red lips introducing the item.
“This wardrobe is made from wood grown in the Dragonez Forest. “It’s very strong and sturdy.”
The closet was in the corner of Posao’s bedroom.
The closet is full of clothes that Posao used to wear, giving off a terrible body odor.
I knew it well.
The reason why I often hid in this closet whenever I played hide-and-seek with Tia when I was little was because the moment I opened it, a stinky smell came out and Tia didn’t bother to open the closet.
I can still remember that bad smell.
The merchants looking at the closet did not notice the strong smell.
This was because while Tia was packing up her moving belongings, she had already filled her closet with pine needles.
Rather, they made interesting expressions at the slightly refreshing scent of pine.
“It’s unusual. It seems like the style is different from Deseo.”
“You can’t find it anywhere. Above all, it is furniture made from trees grown in the ‘highest place’ in this country.”
“Hoo… Is there something different about ‘the highest place’?”
“This is the entrance to the Dragonez Mountains. “What was the weather like on the way here?”
“It was cold.”
I heard that winter in our village is much colder than other villages.
The village chief said that it was because it was so high up that the warm breeze from the sea did not blow in.
At the same time, I remember telling that story to Tia.
The guy said the same thing.
“This is a place where winter is the coldest. Trees that have survived such a cold winter become tough and strong. Touch and feel it yourself. How is it. “You can feel the fine and delicate texture, right?”
“Surely…”
The merchants nodded as they touched the closet.
Tia was good at speaking.
Above all, she knew how to stimulate people’s hearts.
She grabs attention with strong words, everything she says afterward is logical, and she knows how to make a point that is difficult to think about.
The proud nobles of Deseo were not stupid and fell for Tia’s trick.
It had to be that way.
Accurately grasp the situation of the nobles who were isolated due to the king’s pressure.
He suddenly appeared in their world where everything had stopped and suggested what to do.
How can I not trust Tia.
I never knew Tia could speak so well.
In front of seasoned merchants who had been doing business their whole lives. It was unfamiliar to her to see a guy who did everything he had to say without being intimidated at all, and in turn did business with them.
She was so skilled that it seemed as if she had inherited the blood of a merchant.
But I soon realized.
I am… I didn’t know because I had always heard of Tia’s excellent speech.
He always said that.
He knew how to get my attention, knew what I wanted better than anyone else, and tried to help me by even hinting at things I hadn’t thought of.
From the beginning, Tia was in business.
She herself. To sell to me.
I am.
A guy like me couldn’t recognize that priceless gem…
He was an idiot.
Now that jewel is shining brightly.
By Posao’s side.
The noisy trading barely ended around afternoon.
“Is there anything else worth seeing?”
“Oh, no. Doesn’t exist…”
“Then let’s see.”
A money bag was placed loosely on the table.
Six thick money bags. Just by looking at its weight, you could tell that a huge amount of money had been traded.
The merchant offered to shake Posao’s hand.
“It was a satisfactory transaction. “You are very good at business.”
It was funny.
Because Posao didn’t actually do anything.
After Tia appeared in the middle, she took charge of everything and negotiated.
All Posao did was calculate the final agreed upon prices one by one.
Nevertheless, the merchants’ praise did not go to Tia.
Tia was ‘Posao’s wife.’
… Because her wife was a man’s property.
Does she know that she is being treated like that?
The guy was just quietly smiling next to him.
As the sun slowly sets.
Ten people pulled a cart and came up to the general store one by one.
They were all workers who came to pick up the goods purchased by the merchant.
They loaded their luggage neatly.
It took less than an hour for all the furniture and items that had been piled up in the general store for nearly 20 years to disappear before our eyes.
“Well then, good luck to you and your young wife.”
“Uh-hi-. I hope you too will prosper.”
The merchants led full carts and disappeared along with the workers.
The door closed and silence fell in the general store.
It was even more eerie because the inside was completely empty.
Posao sat down on the bare floor and took out a thick money bag.
Hehe…”
It’s money that came from a life of poverty.
Jinglang. Jinglang.
Every time he placed a penny on the floor, his lips rose significantly.
“Look at this. T, Tia.”
Tia, who was doing the final cleaning of the empty house, looked behind her.
And when she saw the silver coins piled up on the floor, she screamed.
“Wow! “Is this all you earned today?”
“Yes! Almost everything sold. It’s a success!”
Posao swept his hand and picked up a bunch of silver coins. A greedy smile appeared.
“At this level, even if we go to a new house, we will have enough for a while. Hehe.”
“But- you said I have to stay a little longer to get to that house?”
“Ugh.”
Tia looked around the kitchen and warehouse.
There was nothing left there.
Even a spoon and a bowl. Either sell it or throw it away.
The guy spoke in an empty voice.
“Here too… “It’s goodbye now.”
“Yes.”
“… “I started to become a little attached.”
Posao placed her hand on Tia’s shoulder.
“Fine. I heard that the new house is a little bigger than this one. I’m sure Tia will like it.”
“Yes… “I guess so.”
Contrary to her answer, Tia’s voice was very weak.
“Why… “What’s wrong?”
“Because I have to leave my hometown. “I feel a little bad.”
The ‘Gordburg’s new house’ that Fossao said he had saved in advance is bigger or smaller than this one.
It seemed like I had a lot of regrets about leaving Dragonez, where I had lived ever since I was born.
The guy grinned and stroked Tia.
“Uh, for a week anyway… I’m going to stay at Tia’s house. Let’s go and see one last time. ‘Our hometown.'”
Our hometown.
The hometown of two exiles.
They were born there, but now they have no one to welcome them.
Tia lowered her head and spoke like a criminal.
“Yes…”
Clutter.
The door to the general store opened.
They packed only the simple luggage they had prepared in advance and went out.
Posao wears a thick coat and a bag containing a money pouch.
Tia wore a belt and short sword and looked up at the sunset mountain in the distance.
The guy picked up the lock.
Click.
She locked it tightly with a key.
Posao, who was ahead, turned around and asked.
“W, why the key? Anyway, I won’t come now.”
“… Just.”
Tia smiled lonelyly.
“If I close the door like this, I won’t remember that I was once in Dragonez… I think it will remain for a long time.”
Posao looked like he didn’t understand Tia’s sometimes contemplative behavior at all.
He whispered to me to quickly follow him and waddled up to Brisden first.
Tia placed her hand holding her keys on the spout of her flower pot.
And she said her final goodbye.
“… Hello.”
Clink!
I heard the sound of a key falling into a flower pot.
Tia got up from her seat and left, following Posao.
* * *
Haaaaah don’t I not?
The illusion of memory disappears.
The fog cleared before her eyes, and reality was revealed.
An empty general store where nothing exists.
Just as Tia and Posao left. Without anything.
Only dust sparkling in the warm sunlight is floating.
“…”
It’s quiet.
I even forgot how to breathe.
I can’t move.
No, my body refused to move.
To prevent things seen in illusions from being brought into ‘reality’.
To deny the memories that were so cruel and terrible…
I try my best.
But the more I thought about it, the more vividly I felt what I had seen.
“Tia…”
She covered her eyes with her trembling hands.
Memories come back.
Being expelled from the village.
Digging like crazy to save myself.
I’m in despair at the reply I’ve been waiting for so long.
In the end, I gave up on myself and tried to commit suicide.
Finally decided to live with Posao.
Attending a baptism for the first time.
Fulfilling the oath of love.
And…
Tia, whom I loved so much…
It finally became Posao’s.
“Ugh…”
Tia was crushed under that pig, and her virginity was torn to pieces.
As I received her semen in my stomach, I whispered that I loved it.
“… Ugh!”
Ah, please.
I don’t want to see you.
I don’t want to think about it.
[It hurts… Sick… Mister…]
[Whoop- Whoop- Sa, I love you, Tia…]
She suddenly heard Tia’s voice struggling in pain, and Po Sao’s voice whispering that he loved her while breathing in disgust.
“Huh… Huh…”
I feel like I’m going crazy.
Eyes and ears. Everything is painful.
We have to tear down all these damn things.
“Ugh… !”
The moment when she tightened her fingers and tried to rip off her ear.
“Oppa-!!!”
Suddenly, my back was pushed, and I fell helplessly to the floor.
Cradangtang!
I was crushed.
However, there was something so light on my back that I couldn’t even feel its weight.
This small body and warmth… It feels like a dog is being carried on its back.
Slurp-.
Through my blank focus, a thin strand of blonde hair fell in front of my eyes.
“Ritz oppa…”
Is this voice ‘Mari’?
“Why… “What’s wrong?”
My ears are burning.
How hard did I squeeze?
I felt hot blood running down the back of my neck.
“…”
It hurts.
My heart hurts like crazy.
It feels like my heart has been stabbed hundreds of times with a spear.
Now it has become a rag with not even a single piece left, and it seems like it will never heal.
“Are you sick… ?”
And yet… Marie’s frightened voice.
I was proving that I was still, pitifully, alive.
“…”
Tears flowed.
Tears so hot that my eyes melt. It pours down endlessly.
“Oppa Ritz?”
I am… I lost it.
Half of my soul.
