Pierce City, which was under the jurisdiction of the Seman Province in the southern part of the Kingdom of Valencia, was close to the Magical Beast Forest. There was an endless stream of mercenaries, merchants, and adventurers who came here to rest.
The prosperity of the city not only made the castellan's wallet fat, but it also fed countless craftsmen. Of course, there were also many people who were beaten to death or crippled because of their poor craftsmanship. Fortunately, this misfortune had not befallen Abel yet.
Abel was an eight-year-old cheat. He didn't know who his parents were, but his first impression was of an old beggar.
In the old beggar's words, he was snatched out of the wild dog's mouth on a stormy night with lightning and thunder. However, when Abel looked at his body that was not much stronger than firewood, he could not help but think that the wild dog had starved for three days or had not grown up at all, so he was captured by the old beggar to eat.
No matter what, he could be considered his savior. While Abel despised him, he was also very grateful to him.
Ever since Abel learned how to walk, he began to beg for food with the old beggar. When he was five years old, an acute illness took the old beggar away from him.
He laid on the old beggar's body and cried loudly. He was sad that the old beggar had left. Although he knew that the old beggar had picked him up in order to gain more sympathy with the baby, the old beggar had indeed treated him well. Although the five years had been hard, he was very happy.
He had never thought that the old beggar would leave him, so he was sad. He was even more afraid and confused because he did not know how to live.
For the past five years, they had been living in a half-collapsed house in the slums. The neighbors nearby had helped bury the old beggar, but they had only helped to bury him because their lives were not good either. They did not want to add another mouth to feed their family.
Abel was eight years old this year. For the past three years, he had lived by begging, stealing food from the garbage dump with wild dogs, and stealing. In the past three years, he had experienced several death struggles, the bite of wild dogs, the entanglement of diseases, and the beating after failing to steal. However, he had persevered through all of them. Now, he even had a wealth of experience in beating wild dogs, being beaten, and stealing.
"My luck is really good today. I actually met such a top-grade idiot who actually placed the money bag in such an obvious place.”Ai Bo laughed as he walked and was happy about his results.
"I'm back!" Even though he knew that there was no one at home, Abel still liked to call out when he got home. He felt that it would make him livelier.
"Cough…Cough…" Coughing sounds came from the room.
"Wow, who are you? Why are you in my house? If you want to steal something, you should find a good place.”The sudden cough startled Abel, but he wasn't afraid, because he had nothing to worry about.
"Cough…Don't be afraid, I'm just injured and want to rest here... Cough!" After getting used to the darkness in the room, Abel saw a man sitting in the corner of the room. His face was pale, and he had said those words weakly.
"Uncle, I'm just a child. If you have enemies, don't bring them to my house. I'm still young!”Abel complained bitterly. He deeply understood a principle, which was that this matter had nothing to do with him. Who knew who he had offended? If he was implicated, then wouldn't he die of injustice?
"Cough…Don't worry, I don't have any enemies. The person who injured me is already dead. I'm just resting here for a while. Cough... I won't occupy your house for nothing... * Cough * " Cough," the man said breathlessly. With a final cough, he spat out a mouthful of blood and fainted.
"Uncle? Hey, don't die in my house. If others ask me, I won't be able to explain.”Abel's face turned pale when he saw him fall. It was not that he was afraid of death. Adventurers often died in fights in Pierce City, but he still felt cold when they died in his house.
"What should I do? What should he do? It's better to drag him out. Bless you that someone will find you and bury you. Don't come looking for me.”Abel mumbled to himself as he walked towards the man.
"Hmm? He seemed to be still breathing. Could it be that he was not dead but had fainted? What should I do now? I can ignore him if he dies, but it seems a little immoral for me to ignore him like this."
It had to be said that Aber had a relatively high moral standard. It was all thanks to the old beggar's teachings that he would rather beg than do anything wrong. Although there was a suspicion that the old beggar was too lazy to do anything wrong, Aber remembered it in his heart. He even gave the money he stole to other beggars when he had enough to spend. He only wanted to eat a meal that would allow him to survive.
"Sigh... Since he had seen it, he couldn't just leave him in the lurch. Let's see if he had any money on him to help him find a Cleric.”He watched as a little boy with an increasingly ferocious expression touched a man's body. It was indescribably strange and ambiguous.
"Ah ~~~ What kind of person is this? Why didn't he bring money with him when he went out?”Abel, who had been working for a long time without any results, let out a long howl. Sitting on the ground dispiritedly, Aber looked at the man opposite him with a sad face. Suddenly, something fell out of his pocket. Aber took a closer look and saw that it was the money bag he had stolen today.
"No way. I haven't even received his repayment, and I have to pay him to treat his illness first? Forget it, let's see how much money we have. If it's not enough, I can't do anything about it.”Abel helplessly opened the bag and his eyes widened. It was full of gold coins. The currency of the Hasland was 10 copper coins =1 silver coin, and 10 silver coins =1 gold coin. The average family's monthly living expenses were only about 1 gold coin.
"I'm rich…He was rich…I'm rich now…" Abel, who had never seen money before, was completely under Gold Coin's spell. He sat there and mumbled to himself.
"No, now is not the time to be stupid. We have to hurry and find a Priest to save him.”Abel picked up the money bag and ran towards the church in the city center.
"Pastor Hans, come and save them!”Abel rushed into the church like a gust of wind and shouted at the top of his lungs.
"Hmm? Who are you? No noise is allowed in the church.”Priest Hans had seen many people, and he immediately classified Abel as a poor person. If he knew that Abel was a beggar, he probably wouldn't even answer.
"Pastor Hans, there's someone injured and unconscious in my house.”Abel did not care about Priest Hans's attitude. He had been despised by others for a long time, and saving people was more important now.
"Someone is injured? How did he get injured? Don't tell me he's a wanted criminal. Have you reported it to the police?”Priest Hans didn't want to care about this matter at all. He wouldn't do anything that didn't benefit him. In this day and age, it took money to hire a priest for treatment. Priests also needed to make a living and find a backer in the Holy See. Who wouldn't want to be a priest or a bishop?
Priest Hans's words stunned Abel. Although he knew that the priest in the church was called Hans, he had never come in before. You couldn't expect a person who couldn't even eat to pray and maintain his faith, right? However, although Abel had never been here before, he had never heard of anyone reporting to the police before saving someone.
"Ah ~~ Priest Hans, I'm sorry, I forgot. That person gave me money, I won't let the noble priest come for nothing.”Abel was surprised for a long time before he finally reacted. This bastard wanted money and was so anxious that he forgot about it.
"May the Lord bless you, lovely child. You are truly a loving person who knows how to help others. As the Lord's servant, I will accompany you. By the way, the healing fee was 10 gold coins.”Hearing that he had money, Priest Hans immediately became a model of compassion for the world. His face was smiling like a flower.
"Pastor Hans, here, here are 10 gold coins.”Abel put his hand into the money pouch and took out 10 gold coins. He did not dare to let the priest see his money pouch. God knows if the greedy priest would raise the price when he saw the extra gold coins.
"Lord, praise you. May your kindness shine on the world forever!”After receiving the money, Priest Hans fully displayed his true nature as a charlatan and followed Abel to his house.
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