Chapter 11. Auction

My head was pounding terribly.

When I regained consciousness after a long time, I didn't immediately know what was going on. My wrists were sore and stiff. Like from… Handcuffs?

The unfamiliar sensation made me finally come to my senses.

I opened my eyes and found that I was in a very strange place. It was quite large and dimly lit. All around me sat a number of people of unknown origin.

I was taken aback.

What was I doing with them, and even more so when I was handcuffed?

I tried to remember what had happened. But the last thing I saw before I lost consciousness was…

As I was walking back to the shopping carriage, someone suddenly crept up behind me and pressed a rag to my mouth. The specific smell from it made me pass out almost immediately.

And there I was.

It looked like I had been kidnapped. I took what happened much more calmly than I expected myself to.