The Place Where I Was Sold as a Slave Was the Imperial Palace

＜ Mice in poison ＞

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Somewhere in the Middle Ages, there was a side that I thought would be secluded.

There are fewer people than the modern Earth, but the land mass is large, so it seemed like that.

But maybe it’s because it’s a city, or all places where people live are like this, the buildings are closer than I thought, and some streets are very narrow.

Even objects were placed, and sometimes there was a road that could only be passed by moving in a zigzag.

There are a lot of duplication of people.

Quite a few people wandered around in fear in every alley they passed.

Jeong Jin-young and the nanny moved forward little by little toward the outer wall, avoiding objects and people.

The closer you get to the outer wall, the more people there are.

Nanny ducked and walked as if to avoid being noticed.

I looked up at the tall wall, in the arms of my nanny.

Jung Jin-young opened his mouth in a daze.

high.

And it was huge.

Because Jeong Jin-yeong came out of the castle through an underground passage, he only saw the inner wall from a distance.

So I never thought that the medieval walls would be so enormous.

The thick walls laid in a straight line continued for a long time with round tower-like structures.

Being so close to this huge wall made me feel like an ant.

‘Could it be that such a huge wall surrounds the entire city?’

It seems difficult to make even on the modern Earth, but how did the people here make something like this?

Looking up at the wall, I fell back as if my head was about to break.

A human figure was glimpsed on top of the tower structure, which was made to protrude slightly from the straight wall.

A few soldiers were holding bows.

I suddenly woke up.

Jeong Jin-young straightened his head and whispered lightly into the nanny’s ear.

“Nanny, there’s a soldier up there.”

“…”

The nanny glanced upwards and nodded.

“I guess it’s because the castle gate is close here.”

On every street we passed, people looked like refugees with large bundles on their heads.

But for some reason, he couldn’t escape through the door and wandered around, and now I think I know why.

Seeing a door in the outer wall in the distance, the nanny stopped walking.

Enemy soldiers were holding the door.

Soldiers with blue swords and spears roam around the door, glaring at people.

On either side of the wall where the gate was, there were large circular towers, one by one with soldiers.

There was no way to escape.

Nanny bit her lip nervously, then turned away quietly. As it is, it goes in and mixes with people.

“There is another door besides this one. Let’s go that way.”

After walking for a while, we headed to the gate on the other side.

But there were also several soldiers standing there.

The nanny checked the figure from a distance and then turned around.

The nanny was trembling slightly.

Around the gates were several corpses that appeared to have been cut as they tried to escape.

The image of herself and her nanny rushing to the door and getting cuts flashed into her mind.

[Can’t run away.]

The corpse lying in front of the castle gate seemed to bring that fact right in front of his eyes.

Nanny Quickly Tease Her Feet

Every time she moved, Jeong Jin-young’s small body swayed up and down.

In his shaking head, Jeong Jin-young muttered to himself, trying to control his confused emotions.

‘What should I do?’

It seems that the long-awaited different world will end in less than a day.

‘If I die, will I be reincarnated? Or the third life…’

ha···.

A sigh came out spontaneously.

Thirdly, they can be born as pigs and dogs instead of humans.

No no. never come alive Never as much as non-humans.

‘you can do it.’

Jeong Jin-young muttered as he watched the soldiers walk away.

Do you think i will die will never live

* * *

“I’m sorry, Bocchan.”

The nurse said a bitter word and shut her mouth.

The two left the gate of the outer wall behind and walked against the waves of people.

The city was still in chaos.

Screams could be heard from all directions, as if the soldiers had started hunting for prisoners as the nurse had said.

But the nanny is at a loss and doesn’t seem to know where to go now.

He only thought about passing through the outer wall, but he seemed puzzled when that became impossible.

Besides, after seeing the miserable appearance of the duke whom he had longed for, his head wouldn’t work properly.

Jung Jin-young got down from the nanny’s arms and pulled her hand.

“Nanny, this way! this way!”

In the distance, a young man is being dragged by a soldier with a rope around his neck.

It seemed that he was strangled, but the soldier giggled and laughed and pulled rather forcefully.

Everyone seems to be going crazy.

Jeong Jin-young dragged the nanny and ran in the opposite direction.

Is it because there are still young men and women left? There were not many people who paid attention to the nanny or Jung Jin-young.

But young people are getting fewer and fewer.

When I went to the gate of the outer wall, I saw a few girls or young women, but now I could see older women.

‘You have to hurry. Just like the nanny said, they soon turn their attention to us.’

The nanny only mentioned selling them into slavery, but it doesn’t seem like that would simply end there.

Seeing that the Duke of Watoringu was being treated like that, wouldn’t it be that everyone living here wouldn’t blink an eye even if everyone died?

Maybe the hatred is too much, and he wants to kill them all instead of selling them into slavery.

‘Is being a magical owner really that important? But what exactly is possessing magic power?’

I guess I didn’t hear the most important thing.

Jung Jin-young teased his short legs hard, thinking that if he hides somewhere, he should ask that question first.

to the outskirts, to the outskirts.

Find a place where there are no people…

‘Ah, I’m going to die of breathlessness.’

As soon as we get out of here, what should we do with this weak body?

* * *

The place where Jeong Jin-young and the nanny headed was the outskirts of the city, away from the center.

It smells like filth everywhere, but it’s worse here.

The building was also shabby.

In places, the walls were pitted and broken, and the wooden windows were cracked like rat teeth. Some windows are just covered with a piece or two of wood.

Long poles poked out of some of the windows. There was something hanging there that I couldn’t tell if it was a rag or clothes. It must have been washed and hung out to dry.

The nanny held Jinyoung’s body tight as if she was uneasy.

“Bocchan, this place looks like a slum. There is no place for the young master to come.”

I know that.

But this was the only place where it seemed that the soldiers would not come.

If you ask whether the enemy soldier is dangerous or the tramp is dangerous, it is definitely the former. The degree of danger is incomparable, and the soldiers are overwhelmingly dangerous.

But it just feels unnatural for a four-year-old to talk like this.

Jinyoung shrugged his shoulders and spoke softly.

“Because there are no soldiers here. I want to be here.”

“Enemy soldiers won’t come here.”

The nanny looks all over the place.

The surroundings were quiet.

Most of the people who live here seem to have gone to steal or plunder because they wanted to be at this time.

The rest are probably hiding in the building and quietly watching the situation.

“Nanny, let’s go over there.”

Jung Jin-young raised his little finger and pointed at the second-floor building.

Among the dirty, it was the cleanest-looking building.

The building was dirtier than the one on the normal street, and a little cleaner than the one on the slum street.

There was no sign, but it didn’t look like a normal house.

I think it might be something like an inn.

“I might have something to eat.”

When Jung Jin-young said, the nanny put on a sorry expression.

“sorry. Are you hungry?”

The nanny hurriedly headed for the building with him in her arms.

Jung Jin-young hugged the nanny’s neck and looked at her in all directions.

There are no soldiers, but I can feel the human gaze. It seemed that someone was watching.

‘Did he escape the tiger and enter the fox’s den?’

The enemy won’t be here forever. leave someday

In addition, after a few days, the boundary will gradually collapse due to women, alcohol, and a sense of conquest.

Then the guard of the castle gate will also be relaxed.

‘Let’s hide on this street for a few days and look for opportunities.’

Entering the dark building, Jeong Jin-young stared in all directions.

As I thought, this building was not an ordinary house.

The first floor seems to be a bar.

There were a few tables and chairs, and a kitchen in the opposite corner.

Behind the kitchen is a small back door.

When I went out there, there was a small space blocked by the wall of the building.

It seems to be a place used to cut up livestock such as chickens.

There was a low log that smelled musty.

Near the log, there were traces of what looked like the process of handling livestock.

And a large knife is stuck on the log.

Jung Jin-young tried to pull out the knife, but it wasn’t as easy as he thought. Doesn’t budge. It was the same even if I held it with both hands with all my strength.

“Bocchan, I will do it.”

The nanny made Jeong Jin-young step back and grabbed the knife.

The knife quickly fell out when the nanny squeezed her hand.

‘Really, this guy’s body is too weak.’

Jeong Jin-young let out a sigh, as if he was tired of the sepia, not suitable for his age.

Anyway, get a weapon.

Jeong Jin-young looked at the large knife in his hand with sparkling eyes.

But the nanny quickly took the knife away.

“It’s too dangerous for you.”

“…”

No, no, what if I take the weapon and throw it away?

this is a slum It’s not safe enough to roll around with your bare body.

Of course you need a weapon.

Besides, although the body is a child, the content is an adult, and the knife is a bit heavy, but I think I can handle it moderately. No problem.

But the nanny didn’t return the knife, as if she didn’t think so.

“With a sword of this size, I think I can wield it without any problems even if the enemy comes.”

After taking the knife and swinging it once, the nanny lowered her shoulders slightly.

“I thought it would be noticeable if a woman carried a large knife, so I threw it away, but I don’t know if it was a mistake.”

“It’s not a mistake.”

Jeong Jin-young patted the nanny on the shoulder.

I think it was the right decision.

If I had brought that sword, I would have died before I got here.

Anyway, I need to get a weapon. If possible, something to eat.

Jeong Jin-young turned around when he saw the nanny build a barricade by stacking tables and chairs at the entrance to the door.

He walks around the dark room and examines the floor and every nook and cranny.

There was no food left, as if someone had already stolen it.

In the corner of the kitchen, I didn’t know if it was rice cake or bread, I just found a round thing.

No, maybe not eating. too stiff Wouldn’t a stone be softer than this?

Anyway, I put it in the corner of the kitchen. Ask your nanny later if you can eat it.

Even if it’s not something to eat, it might be used as a weapon or armor. that hard

Then he continued to search the kitchen for anything that could be a weapon.

However, there was no indication that someone had stolen the type of knife.

What I managed to find was a slightly strange-looking nail.

The nails used on Earth are round and long, but these are angled. The shape of the head was also bumpy.

However, the tip was pointed and long, so it seemed like it would be perfect to use as a weapon. It would be far better than a modern earth nail.

Jung Jin-young took a nail and went out through the back door.

In the shade where the building meets the building, there is a stake that seems to have been used for tying livestock.

The area around it was mixed with urine and feces, and a stench that rotted the nose came out.

I covered my nose with my clothes, went there, and dipped the tip of a nail into the oldest-looking pile of dung.

Leave it for a while, then take it out and rub it on the floor a little away.

Jung Jin-young stood up after several repetitions of soaking his nails in the filth and wiping them on the floor again.

The nail was wrapped around a small piece of cloth found in the kitchen to keep it from getting hurt.

Alright, now we have our weapons ready.

If it is this nail, even if you don’t die right away, you will definitely die painfully for a long time after being stabbed.

There’s no way a proper response is possible in this day and age, so in all likelihood, the enemy will pay back. Even if you can’t see the scene yourself.

Suddenly, Jeong Jin-young’s gaze turned to the sky.

A red sunset was hanging over the bright sky until I entered this building.

“young master! What are you doing here?”

The nanny came out the back door with a puzzled face.

Did I cry alone while he was gone? The nanny’s eyes are red.

“You shouldn’t be in such a filthy place.”

said the nurse and hugged him tightly.

He goes inside and washes his hands with water from a wooden barrel in the corner of the kitchen.

“Nanny, can I eat that?”

After washing her hands, Nanny’s eyes widened as Jeong Jin-young pointed to something flat in the corner.

“Oh, it’s bread.”

‘Oh, was that real bread? It’s hard, so I don’t think even my teeth can fit in it.’

The nanny smiled.

“I ate it occasionally when I was young. This is the story before my brother became a mercenary. I was a bit needy back then.”

Nanny narrowed her eyes, as if missing her.

“It’s like putting food on that hard bread and eating it.”

“Like a plate?”

“Yes. The Duke was also surprised when he said that I had eaten bread like that before. Just like the young master.”

While the nanny’s story continued for a while, it suddenly became dark everywhere.

＜ Mice in Poison ＞ end