Everything was gray.
Ceilings, walls, floors. A space where everything is stone built and hard, only makes you feel cold. There are no windows, and I don't know if it's day or night.
There are just two of the walls surrounding all directions, a door that is not decorative.
Mia noticed that for some reason she was rolling around in such a killer landscape.
"- Uh, what... here..."
Wake up looking around. Everything is gray, a cramped room. There is no such thing as conditioning, and it's a suspicious space to even call it a room anymore.
Mia looks down at her body and confirms.... There is no disturbance in clothing. There is no indication that something strange has been done. I'm relieved for a moment.
Trying to remember why I slept in a place like this - one of the two doors opened, as if to dimension my thoughts.
"- Ah."
I remember.
I came into the room, the man. When I saw that face, I remembered.
Tell me what happened.
"Whoa. You're up."
It's like telling a friend who's been up later than himself at a nightclub, such a light tone.
That's why it was unusual. In a place like this, there's a situation where this person throws those words at himself.
Mia knows the man in front of her.
No, most students at Midir College will probably know.
Conversely, I didn't think the other one knew this one. If you try this man, it should be just one of Mia and other elephants.
A short, honeyed hair reminiscent of a burning flame, close to limitless red. Black, round piercings on the right earlobe (earlobe). A face as pale as a doll who is righteous but forgot to put his expression in. There is nothing notable about back length, physique, or clothing. Everywhere, a little fashionable and outlawed boy.
But Mia knew. that this man is not a boy everywhere, etc., but a chosen special being.
"Penta". Midir College 4th, Dino Gailroen.
"You slept well, Mon. I thought I killed him by mistake."
"………………"
Yes, this man spoke to me in the city of Dealey, where I stopped by the college to buy souvenirs. I don't remember going from there.
"... what, with"
I got more trembling voices than I thought I would.
I can't help it. In front of you is' Penta '. Transcendental, easy to extinguish charcoal in the literal sense, such as the presence of Mia.
Dino said earlier, "I thought I'd killed him," etc., but there exists something called privilege in the college's "Penta," which is expected as the nation's property.
Under some circumstances, where Dino really killed Mia, he wouldn't be guilty.
For example - even if that 'some circumstance' was' just a whim '.
"Holle, it's a mess"
That's what Dino threw away: a simple portable meal that dried small fish, sold in cluttered dewstores, etc.
You haven't eaten anything all day, have you?
'Penta' says with the lightness that makes you even feel friendly.
Mia never saw Dino Gailroen, but she never talked to him.
As is the case with many 'pentas', the shores of arrogance are not bad. A confident man who has passed the degree, who believes and does not doubt that he is the best. Probably only thinks of Mia as much as the pebbles on the side of the road. You don't even know you're a student of the same college. There is only one Mia, such as' Penta 'of a humble character.
That's why it seemed so heterogeneous for such a person to speak so intimately.
"What is it? Duh... duh, like this..."
Mia squeezes out her trembling voice. Damaging Dino's mood could instantly turn him into ash. Still, I squeezed my courage.
"Huh... give it back..."
Small. But I made myself clear.
"Don't even want to say that."
The opposing dino remains the same.
- I thought it was intimate enough, but no. Light. Light everywhere.
I don't give a shit about other beings, Mia. I don't see it as a reciprocal being. That's why lightness.
"This is so... crowded...! Whatever, let me go!
In that word, Dino's reddish eyes capture Mia.
The little girl flaunted herself, wondering if she had made her angry.
"People... I don't think so, here it is. It's a decent job, like this."
Dino speaks in a light tone everywhere, pale.
"Work...?
I don't understand the situation.
"Oh. That's why Omei was sold. To the slave organization. I'm managing Omei, a commodity."
"........................ what?
If you don't understand the situation, you don't understand what you're saying either.
Sold? To a slave organization? Me? Why?
"Is that... not a crowd...?
Mia listens back unexpectedly.
But Dino answers lightly everywhere.
"If I had brought you here indiscriminately, I would have...... Omei is different"
Lightly everywhere.
Tell the unbelievable truth.
Omei was sold to his real father.
"... Mia..., to her real father, sold...?
Everyone on the spot was breathing into the words of Belgrette, which sounded from beyond the communication.
Lifeguard puts himself into words again. Still, I don't know what that means.
A real parent sold her child... Mia to a slave organization. What the hell is that?
- Mia's father, who saw Belgrette's face, said he confessed everything while turning his face blue.
Mia's … that the Anglade household's household had been forced to "hiccup" to its limits. That I used up all my storage and was already so much that I couldn't even live tomorrow.
He said it was a severing thought.
I wanted to make money even when I was dead. But where the old lord of the poor farmers of the province threw his life, it will not be gold, etc.
So, the father makes a decision.
Regardless, Mia's sisters and brothers still don't know about this. Completely his father's... cutting himself apart.
So far, I finally noticed the drift protection.
The discomfort I learned this morning when communicating with Mia's father.
In response to Emeline's question, "Has Mia left the house yet," the father said, "I've already left".
At first glance, it's not particularly strange interactions.
But normally, if I hear from you like that early in the morning, I wonder if you'd say it in doubt. "What's wrong with Mia, maybe not".
Mia's father didn't say such things. Because I knew. What happened to Mia already?
Mia, who also has qualities as a brilliant chantsman, Magee, said that she is also valuable in such trafficking in human beings, adding that her adorable appearance was also a high-priced element.
When she vomits back, she can't help but eat up her teeth.
I don't know how many times I've gone through the back of my brain... in this world, people's lives... the fact that value is light.
The boy finally truly understood this meaning in this phase.
"I heard somewhat that the house is poor... but after all, you were burdened with Mia's tuition and all that...?
"Yeah. Within a hundred students, subsidies come out of the state. That's why Mia's tuition will never be borne."
Then, extra.
Nor did I rely on my parents. On the contrary, Mia was working hard to get a good job for her family. Can we talk about her being sold like that?
"... Sure, it's not uncommon to talk about that. That's why..."
Edvin nodded and shook his head left and right.
'Not uncommon'.
I don't understand any boy growing up in modern Japan. It's a different world. Maybe it's a mistake to think with a sense of drift protection.
Still... I couldn't have been convinced.
I joined Belgrette.
I never thought I'd have this sinking feeling when I said I hadn't seen her face to face in about two weeks.
corner of Dealey's Tavern.
The tranquillity of the seats of the drifting guardians contrasted so much with the hustle and bustle around them, that was even the sense of stripping as if the world were different.
- Silence. Only time passes without anyone opening their mouth.
In such a bitter air, the drift shelter broke the silence.
"... but. Whatever the circumstances... whatever it is sold to the real parents, it doesn't matter. Bring Mia back.... right?
Everyone agrees without getting lost.
Yes, drift protection thought.
It was unexpectedly Belgrette who showed the difficulty.
"Of course... I want to, too. But... that's hard."
"Difficult... why?"
Bring Mia back from the slave organization that took her. Strengthen it. That should be all we're talking about.
"If this is just a kidnapping, there's nothing wrong with that. Bring Mia back as far as you can. But..."
Belgrette continues with a voice that lay down her face and seeped remorse.
"To the real parents...... even though their opponents were slave organizations, they were officially sold. By mutual agreement, the business was concluded. This is the problem."
"… slave organizations and trafficking in human beings are quite gray things in Raindeer. … but on the contrary, it is not even clearly regulated by law"
To the words of Belgrette, Lenore continued.
... that is.
"It's not strictly illegal for Mia to be sold. So I can't get my hands on it...... you mean?
Lifeguard mouths what they would want to say. I want you to deny it.
But snort. Both Belgrette and Lenore.
"... well. Lai Lai"
The drift shield exhales, fu...
"... Aliumi?
You thought you'd given up, and Edvin sounds surprised.
"I'll do it. Slave organization, whatever it is, but get in, and I'll bust you up on my own. Bring Mia back."
"Ri, Lugo...... Huh?
"If that makes me more illegal, then you can arrest me or whatever, Bell boy."
"Oh, no...!
It's a mess. Myself, I understand you're saying a mess.
"Still... I can't, Aliumi"
Edvin sounded terribly calm.
"Maybe with your strength... you could really crush one or two slave organizations. But beyond that... you are the soldiers of the castle and the men of the Dark Society. I mean, we're going to turn the country against the enemy."
Bring Mia back. As a result, the country turns to the enemy. Speaking of simple position relationships, it would mean that even Belgrette, a knight, would turn to the enemy.
Of course, you can't be willing to tell her what to do with the drift protection, etc., but when it comes only to the facts on the surface, Belgrette incurs an obligation to capture the drift protection.
If you miss a drift protection there, even Belgrette may be guilty.
"... is..., a joke. Just kidding."
Lifeguard said aside, desperately suppressing the urge to fist the table.
"At least... if Lord Mia graduates from college and is independent of his parents. Ah... two more years. After two more years, this never happened."
In fact, instead of two years, tomorrow's life was uneasy.
"... I knew this was happening... and when I was actually a little girl, I'd heard stories about kids whose friends suddenly disappeared... but I don't think Mia would do this..."
Emeline, who covered her face with both hands, squeaks powerlessly.
"... Guys, let's go home now. It's too late... I'm going to go back to the castle and see if there's any good way."
Even at times like this...... it is at times like this that Belgrette summed it up so. Everyone snorts.
So, Edvin got up.
"No... I'm not going home, I'll do a little digging in this city. The organization that bought Lord Mia was Circular. Either way, they're based in this city."
Belgrette stares silently at Edvin like that.
Even now, with a crying face.
"Hey, what's up, Belle? Until this time, I don't think the class is going to say anything..."
"... yeah. To the extent you can't, please."
"Ooh. I'll take care of it. Okay, come on."
When Edvin said so, he left the tavern in a spirit.
"Well... I'll come with you to the academy..."
Belgrette's smile was so sad that it was harder to watch.