Ur City (3)

Come to think of it, Naoya-san said that there was a slave and monster trader in Ur, and if I remember correctly, he was to blame for that spider's escape.

Slaves, huh? to think that such a terrible thing exists in this world...

Looking at this girl, you can see that she is very beautiful. But, she is very wounded, full of hematonas all over her body and she seems to be starving. You can already see her ribs, and she seems to be very weak, both physically and mentally. If she continues at this rate, I think she may not last another month.

I have a single apple left, it would be my snack, but she needs it much more than I do.

-"Hey, I have an apple with me, you can have it."

She was practically crawling and her gaze was blank, but as soon as she saw the apple, her eyes came to life like I'd never seen before.

- "Is it serious ?!! I can really stay ?!!"

- "Yes, it's all yours."

She opened a smile as sincere and beautiful as I had ever seen it. Although it was just a simple apple to me, to her it had infinite value. Still with her big smile, she opened her mouth to take a bite of the apple, but from one moment to the next her smile and look disappeared, and she returned to a cold face. She looked at the ground and with trembling legs said :

-"You won't hit me if I eat it, will you?"

- "No, because I'd hit you..."

At first, I didn't understand what she meant, but after a few seconds, it was clear what she meant.

How cruel they are to this girl.

- "You can eat, rest assured."

After she felt safe to eat the apple, she took a big bite of it. Then, as she began to eat more and more of the apple, her face began to tremble and tears streamed down her face. I think that in my whole life, I had never seen such a beautiful scene... what an unfair world...

-"That's d-delicious... thank you very much..."

-"But I don't have... how to pay..."

- "You're an idiot ?!!"

- "Huh?"

I approach her and put my hand on her head. When I do, she closes her eyes in reflex and puts her hands beside her face, as if her body, accustomed to frequent assaults, is already preparing for an assault.

Then I place my hand on her head and say :

- "You already paid me asshole..."

- "B-But how..."

- "You taught me something that no money can ever pay for, that's enough, thank you very much."

I'm not a nice person, so maybe this is strange behavior for someone like me, but I don't feel comfortable letting her off the hook. I don't know why, but, I feel a kind of strange connection with this girl.

-"My name is Satoru Iori, I'm going to become a hero, I'm sorry to ask now, but... what's your name ?"

She gave me a strange look, as if no one would ever care to know her name, well actually, that must be quite abnormal for her. After a while of looking down she looks at me and says :

-"My name is Shizuka... Shizuka Mahina."