Chapter 26: Mission{Series}

Chapter 26: Mission{Series}

'How much is the actual cost of sleeping powder?' Shiro asked. Having knowledge of this field he knew that such sleeping powder couldn't be sold at such a cheap rate. 

The older sister had said that selling 1 kilogram of sleeping powder only earned them 1 gold coin.

If the girls used all the herbs in the small farmyard to make the sleeping powder, it wouldn't even come close to 25 grams.

The herbs should grow quite fast. Around every 2 months, the yard will be filled with these herbs. 

However, since it was only a small farmyard, then the girls would have to wait for many months in order to get 1 kilogram of powder.

After all that hard work, they would only have 1 gold coin as a profit! One gold coin a month or in four months wouldn't be that bad. 

But a single gold coin after putting in such time and hard work smelled like a scam. 

Such a powder would have a lot of demand in the market. 

The currency system in this world includes three prevalent coins; bronze, silver, and gold.

Every deal among the traders was universally done using gold coins only, but the lowest rate could still be discussed in bronze coins.

100 bronze coins = 1 silver coin

10 silver coins = 1 gold coin

[Host, the market value for 10 grams of sleeping powder is 5 gold coins.]

Indeed, those girls were scammed by the so-called traders. They'd be swimming in gold by now, but that's not necessarily good, especially in an area like this. 

Going over the information once again, Shiro started pondering about his next few sequences of actions. 

Reveal the information to the girls? Now, Now, that would seem like a good deed but how would that benefit me?

Heck, leave that, I wouldn't even benefit these girls. 

A special amount of care needed to be applied for these plants to mature and then be used to make sleeping powder. There was always a price for what fate bestowed. 

This was the reason those traders, no scammers weren't buying the entire yard. 

If these girls realized the truth and tried to fight with those scammers then they'd just be hunted. 

If they try to find someone else to trade with, seeing the age of the girls they'd be scammed or hunted. 

If they tried to hire someone or take the help of an adult, looking at how gullible they were the dead end was once again called scammed. 

'For the time being, I'll keep this information exclusively to myself…', Shiro thought.

"We need a lot of money to pay back the debt…", the older sister groaned as the little girl pouted.

After hearing that additional information, Shiro felt some amount of pity towards these girls. But he kept the pity to himself. In this dog shit dog eat -world, one required an indifferent and selfish mindset to survive. 

Sigh, all kids deserve loving parents, but some parents don't deserve kids. 

Even though they were poor, Shiro enjoyed his previous life with his family very much. But they had a horrendous childhood.

Even if he helped these little girls by giving them some money, their father would probably just wander away with the coins and gamble till he lost all the money again.

Their mother would remain sick without any medication and may end up dying.

Those girls might starve to death with their measly income from selling the sleeping powder.

A smile solution was just killing that old man

Shiro pondered for a while before concluding. Thinking of these imaginative scenarios made this fake sleep a little more interesting. 

Well... What if I do that?

A smile suddenly appeared on his sleepy exhausted-looking face. A smile that disappeared in a flash. 

As soon as he thought that a system notification appeared too.

Ding

[…]

[Due to the imaginative scenarios Mission - Main Series - is unlocked ]

[ Main Mission - Save The World ]

[ Series Mission – Part 1 ]

[: Become the bad guy and unite all the people of the town] [ incomplete ]

[: overthrow the schemer and scammer of the town] [ incomplete ]

[: Bring a real warming smile on the two sisters' faces] [ incomplete ]

[Warning: Series Missions and tasks need to be completed in orders provided ]

"..."

Shiro heard everything the system said. He didn't have to open his eyes at all.

'Is the last part really necessary? I didn't even imagine the last one, Wai what's even up with this broken thing? If Imagine that I am the God, will I get a quest to become a God?' Shiro felt somewhat annoyed. 

Eventually, the sisters stopped chatting and crept towards Shiro slowly.

Shiro felt a slight pressure on his pockets. The sisters were checking his pockets to see whether or not he had something in them.

There were none of course. 

After checking his body properly they eyed the baggage checking the first zip. 

This...!

The Elder sister found the pouch and smiled excitedly.

"Sister, I think this pouch contains some gold coins…", the little girl beside her whispered, but there was a guilty expression on her face. 

Just as they were about to open the pouch a loud grunt could be heard. 

Both girls gasped. Their father had woken up!

The man sat up on the old couch slowly. He had a pounding headache due to the amount of alcohol he consumed before.

His hair was messy and all over the place. His clothes were wrinkled and stained, as they had not been washed for almost a week.

BURP!

The man burped loudly as he scratched his back.

The girls held their breath as the man shared eye contact with them.

The man stood up and walked toward the girls.

He was eyeing his daughters with a smirk. Although they were his daughters, many lewd scenarios were going on in his mind. Within his mind, he didn't even spare the younger one. 

Well, I might as well make it a reality... Hehe

"What are you doing here?" The next second he bumped into the elder sister and then questioned her. 

Both the girls kept quiet, for they feared that their father might suddenly be enraged by any of their sudden movements.

The man looked towards Shiro's 'unconscious' state and grinned.

"Oh, you have brought a manwh*re into the house? I always knew you're nothing but a sl*t!"

The man's eyes trailed towards the older girl's hands, and they instantly darkened as soon as he saw the pouch.

With a swift movement, he snatched the pouch, not caring whether he hurt her in the process. 

When he realized that the pouch had a lot of gold coins, his face fumed with anger.

"You b*tch! You had money but you didn't give it to me?", the man yelled as he grabbed a fistful of her hair.

The small little girl instantly trembled as tears overflowed from her eyes.

"F-father, I got this money from this b-boy here…", the older girl said in a shrill voice. Her head was hurting like a thousand needles had pierced through her skull. 

Shiro still had his eyes closed. But few thoughts were still lingering in his mind. 

Was my father like this too? Is that why my mother ran away with Sera? Possible. 

The man laughed.

"Good, good. At least that sexy body of yours is of some use. You must have used your boobs to lure this manwh*re."

Shiro had a sudden urge to beat this man down. The reason was unknown to him. 

The man let go of his daughter and placed a green bottle on the table near Shiro. Upon closer inspection, his eyes widened. 

"Red hairs... Hmm, good looks... Better than average..."

"If we sell this boy as a slave, we can earn a lot of money…"

"No, father. We cannot do that!", the older girl stopped him.

"Tsk.", the man clicked his tongue before he slapped his daughter.

PAK

The older girl cried even harder now, drenching her cheeks with nothing but tears.

"Father-"

"Go! Give him more sleeping powder. This lousy thing is not valuable anyway."

The girl, who was shaking uncontrollably, didn't dare to defy her father's instructions again.

She walked slowly towards the table which had the light green bottle. The sleeping powder was kept in the bottle.

The man grew impatient as he began hitting her again.

"AHH!", the girl yelled in pain as multiple slaps landed on her body.

"You're such a useless sl*t! Can't you walk faster?", the man yelled as he continued hitting the girl.

The man decided to do it himself as he poured all the sleeping powder on Shiro.

Even if Shiro breathes, this much powder would've bbeenenough to make him stay asleep for 10 days.

It was about 150 grams of powder. They had a good harvest this time, but all of it was wasted on Shiro's body.

The man took out the coins in the pouch and began counting them.

"Hahaha! I will double this money by gambling, and buy more booze for myself!", the man announced loudly.

The older daughter shook her head, despite her body trembling and her face drenched with tears.

"No, Father! Mother is ill, and you still have to pay off your debts. You cannot use the coins for gambling!"

The man rolled his eyes as he began hitting the girl again. This time, he was also beating the younger girl, Tanya. The only reason was that Tanya suddenly appeared in the corner of his eye.

The older girl protected her younger sister by placing her body above her, which made her a victim of all the abuse.

Eventually, the man kicked the older girl, which made her fall next to Shiro with a loud thud.