As long as I have this on my neck

"What did I forget?"

"You accused someone unjustly and didn't apologize, look she is scared now."

"Why should I?"

"Miko!"

"Haa all right, hey what is your name?"

"…"

"Look she won't even talk, how can I apologize when she doesn't even say her name.

The old man gave a big sigh and got up from the ground with difficulty. He raised his hand and

"Ack, why did you hit me, Mr. Oscar, even in the part where I bumped."

"Enough with your bad behavior, be more polite when apologizing, otherwise you will scare her more."

"…"

"Little girl, I told you before that you don't have to be afraid, ah my back... as you can see I don't have the energy to move around, so I have no way to catch a child who can run, and Miko isn't a bad kid, just the street life makes you like that."

"Hey!"

"Did I lie?"

"…"

"Miko has brought enough food, so we can eat all three together, as for shelter you can stay here with us as long as you want."

"Mr. Oscar, what are you saying? Food isn't enough for both of us, how can three people eat. And this is a small place, if more people gather here, we will be distinguished from the people on the street."

"We can share the food, I'm an old man and I don't need so much food, you are both children and you need food to grow. And at night this place will become dark, no one from outside will see us. "

"But again, Mr. Oscar"

"Miko please!"

The old man was sitting on the ground and was looking at the little boy with his eyes about to cry. He looked like an old dog asking his owner for forgiveness when he starts and raises his voice to him. They seem to have a really good relationship and I am getting in their way. I don't want that.

"...you're really a stubborn old man. Okay, let's do what you say."

"I don't want to"

"Sorry?"

"I said I do not want any of these. I didn't ask for your help so you don't have to make plans and share what is yours, I would leave anyway."

"Hey, hey wait here… huh ?!"

[Let go of my arm now]

...

"… Mr.Oscar did see her, her eyes?"

"I saw nothing"

Strange, her eyes, her eyes obviously weren't normal, they looked like they were shining. And for a moment her voice seemed to change, was it all my imagination

"You will do well to follow her from behind"

"WHAT? Mr. Oscar, are you crazy, why should I follow a stranger?"

"I don't know… that child must have suffered a lot of pain, when she spoke to me before, it seemed to me as if I saw an adult in the body of a child."

"Haa Mr. Oscar we have all been through pain, you, me, but I can't follow someone for this reason, and what if I follow her, what will I do next?"

"If she finds food and shelter, you can come back, but if not, you have to convince her to come back here."

"..."

Mr. Oscar gets on my nerves from time to time with the choices he makes. You go and trust a stranger and a slave above all. It's okay if you show sympathy for someone in need but this is too much.

I know we are street people but slaves are the worst, and she has definitely escaped, this makes it dangerous, if they find her they will catch me and Mr. Oscar, at worst they can kill us who hide an escaped slave.

Better to use this time to look for more food and go back to Mr. Oscar, if he asks me about that girl I will tell him that she found what she was looking for and it's fine. Haha Miko you are a genius. All right then uh huh ?! What the hell is she doing there?

*

I hate it when people make plans without considering the other person's opinion. That old man seemed to be trying to help me though... Seriously who helps someone who they just met and above all asks him to not be scared. And also that child named Miko accuses me as soon as he saw me, that I was trying to steal food from a poor and sick old man. My hands were empty and I didn't even know he had food there. His hair was red...aaa wherever you look at this, it's really weird.

"I'm hungry"

I haven't put anything in my mouth for almost two days. I don't know how long I will endure like this. Maybe I should have accepted some food.

… Nuh, the food I will find myself will be more reliable. Don't take candy from strangers right?

Hmm to be just a small village, it seems to be populated, there are food stalls and also stalls for the most diverse facilities. There are only two ways to find food, buy it or steal it. As long as I don't have money the only possibility is to steal.

Let's look around and choose my target.

Damn, there are only fruits and vegetables, and bread is sold only in the store. Grr! Damn it, damn it.

Fuu! Calm down food is food, apples are also food, they will not satiate me, but at least I will not starve. I have to find the right time when the seller looks away and take something and run, he is very fat so I don't think he will catch me if I run.

Yummy they look very good, bloody red. Ugh, my mouth is drooling, hehe apple you have to come with me, red is my color. You damn seller look away!

...

"Sir, how much do your apples cost?"

Now is the time.

"Oh, it depends, how much do you have to offer?"

"..."

Is he serious with that look, I believe he isn't asking for money as a payment. Blegh disgusting

"These here are the best apples I have, here look... Huh? Hey, come on here little thieve."

"Uwahh!"

Hehehe too late, I got them

"Come here you thieve, hey help, help me a thief"

Haha now that I got them, do you think I will come back to you just because you asked. With that body of yours, you will never catch me, remember to do gymnastics sometimes. Hehe uwahh!!

"Hey you, do you think that if you run you will escape?"

Who is this, don't tell me that he is the village policeman? Or it's from the slave market?

"Haha thank you so much, my friend, this kid took some apples from my stand and ran away."

Friend? Phew! He is just an ordinary man.

"What are we going to do with her now?"

"Of course this kid deserves a good lesson, so she doesn't think of stealing again."

"Hmm you have to think more about it, this kid has a collar."

"And? The collar isn't in any use for me. If she is a slave then better, even if we kill her, no one would give a damn about a slave."

What, kill me? They will kill a child for a few apples? These people are crazy.

"Idiot, I said look at the collar"

"Ah now that I look at it, the collar is made of silver."

"Yes, and a slave who is wandering around freely, she definitely has escaped and its owner must be someone who has a lot of money, if we take her to the authorities, we can get a big reward for catching her."

"Hahaha, now I understand you are really smart."

I will not let you, never, I will never go back there.

"Hahaha, we will become rich, rich…"

Huff… huff… huff

"What is wrong with her?"

No, I will never go there, if I go, it would be better to die here.

[TO DIE HERE?!]

"Hey, why are you breathing so fast?"

"Are you afraid because we caught you? Haha, ​​you should have known that you will never escape, as long as you have that collar in your neck, someone will always be behind you."

As long as I have this collar huh? Am I not allowed to live in peace because I have a collar around my neck? Will I have to pull it out or cut my head?

"Let me go"

"Haha ee what did you say? Excuse me but I couldn't hear you hahaha"

[I told you to let me go, human]

… (Her voice?! It changed, and above all those amber eyes, they are shining)

"Don't tell me you're a…?"

"Ack what was that?"

"Little bastard, how dare you? You will pay for what you did."

...

"Idiot, what are you still doing there, run!"