An unknown place

Suddenly, Jaeboem opens his eyes. But he cannot see anything as the sun was, shinning very brightly. He looks around. “Where am I?” he wonders. He starts working aimlessly when he stops suddenly. “This is not me” he says while looking at a mirror in a mirror shop. He gets confused “What happened to me? I look like a child” and starts touching his face. He is dressed in a ragged cloth. He wonders around. “All people are wearing clothes that are old fashion. What is happening?” he thinks. While walking around, a huge man grabs him by the hand and drags him. “You think I will let you off easily. You need to work to live.” Jaebeom tries to run away but the man’s grip was tight. “Don’t struggle.” The man pulls him. “How do I get away from him” he thinks. Then, Jaebeom steps on the man leg and runs as fast as he could. But he gets caught after by the man. The man grabs and throws Jaebeom. He goes closer to him and says, “you can never get away from me” in a very mocking way. Jaeboem gets scared. He doesn’t know how he get here and all he wants now is to run away from the man.

From afar in the carriage Duke Lucas Avem was watching. He is one of the strongest forces in the nation. He is a retired knight. He used to be friends with the late emperor as they learned fighting together. And he taught the emperor and his knight on how to fight.“Bring me that child” points at Jaebeom. His loyal subordinate named Henry Covas looks confused. “I know what you are thinking. He wants to live,I can see it in his eyes. He is perfect for this job”. Then, henry goes to the man. “Baron Richard, our lord wants this child. How much gold coins do u need?” he asked. Baron Richard, who is a greedy man asked for 10,000 gold coins. Henry stares at him as he asked for 10,000 gold coins. “He is just 11 years old. You can mold him in any way you want.” He hurriedly answers. Henry just gave the gold coins as his lord ordered him to.

He takes Jaeboem with him in the carriage and Jaeboem just follows him. He goes inside the carriage. The carriage starts to move. There is silent inside the carriage. “Boy! What’s your name” asks the Duke. In a small voice he answers, “I am Jaebeom”. “I have never heard anyone with this name. Your name is peculiar” he says. “Cause, I don’t belong to this place” he says in his mind. He understood that somehow, he got to this place and from here he can’t return back to his home. He doesn’t look disappointed as he knows no ones there for him anyway. But he looks worried as he don’t know what they were going to do with him or what will happen to him.

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