CLANK!


    A servant closed the cage''s door behind him, finishing his job of giving a piece of bread to all the ve within it.


    The cage only had small children ranging from 8 years to 15 years old. They all looked malnourished, with their skin looking pale. The ves in there wore some thin clothes that could somewhat cover their private areas.


    Some had already lost hope, with their eyes looking lifeless. On the other hand, there were some new ve who still had some hope in getting out of this ce.


    But in the end, even they would fall into despair like any other ve.


    The ve named verine knew about this better than anyone. Actually this cage of ve were treated better than the other cages as they were going to be trained to be premium ves.


    To do this, it was better to choose ves of young age. This ves get a piece of bread three times a day unlike the ves in other cages, who don''t even get a single meal. Preservative type magic was cast upon them so that they won''t die soon. But still many ves die everyday from starvation.


    This ves don''t have the right to kill themselves or hurt each other. Even the right of trying to run away was taken away from them. The moment a ve seal was made on their body, they had lost all their rights.


    Only ves with exceptional beauty or strength are valued here. Others are like disposable items to the ck market.


    Varine ate the piece of bread in her hand quietly. She had grown used to staying in ces like this for a long time. She was currently sitting at the corner of the cage, staring forward nkly.


    Varine had ck hair and golden eyes, her body stature was small matching her 12 years old status.


    ''Does it matter? freedom, they will never be able to attain it.'' Verine found the hopes in other ve''s eyes to be inconceivable. She didn''t mock them for still having hope, she had just epted the reality.


    Varine had also hoped for someone to save her just like them once.


    ''It has been four years since I became a ve now.''


    Varine lived in a normal vige located on the border of the Mhydrasvil empire. She lived happily with her grandmother there. Her parents had left her there when she was two year old, but after that they never returned again. No matter how she cried or pleaded they never returned. In the end, she had to ept it, they would never return.


    Though Varine and her grandmother lived a poor life, they were able to live by somehow.


    But this didn''tst long, her grandmother died when Varine was Five year old. It was a sudden death from sickness.


    Varine was left all alone in the world. She could only cry again with helplessness.


    She was epted by the orphanage in that vige, then she started living there still filled with immense sadness.


    Not too long from then, suddenly their vige was attacked by bandits. At that time she was still an eight year old kid.


    The whole vige was burnt down to ashes, many people living at that vige was taken as a ve.


    Varine still remembered the river of blood she had seen four years ago. The bandits or more specifically the people from the ck market, killed all the people they found useless without any mercy.


    The peaceful vige had been turned into a ruin, corpses were everywhere, it was a pitiful sight.


    Varine had hidden in one of the sacks, waiting for them to leave. But can she fool the senses of the knight? she was found out almost immediately.


    The bandit who found her lifted his sword up, looking at her with an evil smirk on his face.


    "Stop!" Another bandit who looked to be their leader came towards them with a frown on his face.


    "Take her with the other ves." Saying this with an uninterested expression, the bandit leader left.


    "Tch!, Come with me you shit!" The bandit dragged Varine by her hand. She couldn''t resist the power of a knight at all and was dragged along easily. No matter how she resisted by crying or wailing around her limb, it was pointless.


    This is how Varine''s ve life began, she was sad at the lost of her orphanage but she was already use to it. There were other ves from her orphanage, but she didn''t know about them much, as she liked being alone in the orphanage.


    Varine was taken from one ve market to the another, being disyed as a ve. But not many people were interested in kids, so she ended up in this ck market after a long time.


    While she was still being taken to one after another ck markets, Varine had still hoped for someone to save her, but it never happened. She wanted to escape but it was impossible with the ve seal. In the end, she also fell in despair just like any other ve.


    Living such a life, Varine matured faster than others.


    A life without meaning, a life without a goal. Her whole life was a tragedy.


    It was almost like she was cursed.


    Varine remembered a memory from a long time ago. It was something an another ve had spoken once.


    ['''' Is there any meaning in this life? We don''t have a ce where we belong, we can''t even protect the thing we hold dear to.....Really, we don''t even have the right to kill ourselves.... hahahahaha!!!''''] The ve startedughing crazily, He had gone insane. This was actually the best way a person could escape from his misery in a ce like this.


    ''A ce I can belong...and the power to protect what I hold dear to me....'' These words resonated with Varine. She clearly didn''t have both of this.


    ''But in the end, even I will turn out like the other ves being sold to another customer.....'' It was hopeless to think about it now. Varine didn''t feel despair on this matter, she had long grown used to it.


    Finishing the bread in her hand. Suddenly, Varine could see a person''s leg standing outside the cage, right in front of her. Someone had walked in front of her without Her noticing a thing.


    ''''Hm?" Baffled, Varine lifted her head up with squinted eyes.


    The person standing in front of her, looked directly at her eyes with his blue eyes. He had white hair and a white mask on his face.


    (End of volume 3)