The harsh situation in the slums
After seeing that it really was Tilura, the man went down on hands and knees and bowed his head.
“It is you..princess. Please…have rcy… Your charity…please!”
“Cherity?”
Was he begging for sothing?
“…He does not seem well. He is very thin and likely has not eaten much. I will go and get so food..”
“No, sister Tilura!”
“Tilura, you can’t!”
“Huh? Why?”
“Johanna…”
“Yes, I understand. Though it is not a nice job…”
“It cannot be helped. I’m sorry to have to ask this of you.”
“No, I am your guard.”
Claire bit her lip and gave the order to Ms. Johanna, who replied with a dark expression.
“Sister?”
“We do not have anything to offer you. Now, be gone! Or else…”
“Ha-ahhh!”
“Jo-johanna!?”
She took a few steps forward and raised her voice towards the bowing man.
And she also unsheathed her sword threateningly. The man let out a yelp and ran away. But he was not stable on his feet, and tripped along the way.
I felt rather bad…
“Thank you, Johanna.”
“Not at all…”
“Sister… Why did you do that? Wasn’t that man just hungry? We could have done sothing.”
“No, sister Tilura.”
“Liza?”
“She understands. Because she used to live here.”
It was then that Phillip and Aloysius returned.
They were surprised by the dark expressions on everyone’s faces.
After quickly telling them what happened, we then turned to Tilura to explain the matter.
Though, it was mainly Aloysius who talked.
“Listen, Lady Tilura. You must not give food or money to anyone who asks here.”
“But why? Without food or money, people will starve.”
“Actually, if you gave that man food or money, he would have been dead by tomorrow.”
“What!? But if he had food, he wouldn’t be so weak.”
“While that is true, it is not so simple. There are people here who have to beg to survive. And there are also people who forcefully take from others.”
While listening to him, I thought back on our journey here.
As we stuck out, there were many people who looked at us.
Well, most were looking at Tilura, due to the incident the other day. But they were also afraid of Leo.
And so of the looks at and Claire had not been good.
It would not be surprising if so were thinking of robbing us, if they had a clear opportunity to do it.
Though, things were still not as bad as the slums that Aloysius had co from.
Like Sebastian and Nick had said to before, most of them probably just quietly stole from stores…
Though, there would also be people in more desperate situations…
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