Chapter 240 But I can hear it occasionally
10 month 30 day.

Night.

Still in the mountains and forests.

"I hope you're not lying."

The man seemed to be in a bad mood. It was strange. If someone from a big city came to a small place like Roy Village, how could he not know how remote Roy Village was? How did he get here?
I had no intention of lying.

That doesn't make sense.

Tried to 'die' several times.

But no matter what, no matter how long you wait, you will be discovered.

"Your parents taught you to break your promises?"

"..."

I am always provoked by words like 'parents'.

I also have moments of being fooled. I want to tear the man in front of me to pieces.

"That's what happens when you're too weak. You can't save yourself except becoming a commodity."

"revenge?"

"If I don't help you kick it a few times, I can't do anything."

Being belittled as worthless.

But that is the fact.

If I were strong enough, my parents wouldn't have died. If I were smart enough... and could be as cold-blooded and ruthless as the man in front of me, looking down on everything with a superior attitude, then I would have been able to calmly witness my friend's death.

Can't die.

I can't go back to my original life.

What awaits me is only becoming a commodity, being traded. Will I gradually become numb to it?

10 month 31 day.

early morning.

"Yes, Fengchi acupoint... it's this spot, press it more."

"..."

"Come to think of it, you haven't showered yet, right? It smells a bit."

After the rain, water began to flow again in the small ditch, and the upper part seemed to be blocked by dead trees, which intercepted most of the debris.

"..."

The water is very cold.

"Damn it, when will I be able to get out?"

"..."

I have never taken off my clothes in front of a man.

But I used to be considered a ‘human’. Not anymore.

"Finish it sooner so we can hurry up and travel tomorrow."

He didn't seem to be interested in my body. He just glanced at me, said something and left.

"..."

"Who taught you to wash like this? Can't you see the mud on your wrists? It's just as smelly as before. You have OCD."

I washed it again.

11 month 3 day.

noon.

After more than ten years, I saw the prosperity of big towns again.

Last time my parents brought me to see a doctor, this time... it was as a commodity.

"Fuck, car? No...it doesn't sound like an internal combustion engine."

Is a black and white four-wheeled vehicle called a car?
I can't remember if I saw it last time I came here. But the man is from a big place, why is he so surprised?

But it has nothing to do with me.

After arriving at such a place, I would be sold immediately. My parents never taught me to break my promise. They taught me not to promise something that I cannot do. Only when I can do it can I say it. This is credibility.

Ok……

But if my parents knew that this was the kind of credibility that had to be turned into a commodity, they would probably prefer that I had no credibility.

11 month 3 day.

in the afternoon.

"Change into this dress."

I have never seen such gorgeous clothes.

If it were the herbs I used to pick with my parents, or the grains I grew... maybe it would take a whole village to afford them.

The reason I will be given...

"Goods need to be packaged. If they are tattered, the price will be greatly reduced."

It will only be like this.

So, what happens after the change?
"If you eat good food normally, your face will be sallow and your body will be thin, and your price will be discounted."

"..."

It looked like I couldn't be sold right away.

Food, very crispy...

I haven’t eaten normal food for many days. I can eat ordinary noodles to a ridiculous extent, let alone crispy chicken with tender inside?

The place to stay is also very good.

It was spacious, with a large wooden bed and soft cloth...such good cloth was only used to wipe the face.

11 month 3 day.

Night.

"Do you know the magic stone?"

"..."

do not know.

"You've really never seen a car before?"

never seen it.

“Who are the Aboriginals anyway?”

I can't quite understand what he wants to express.

Just one thing.

“When will you sell me?”

"First, get your body in good shape."

11 month 4 day.

early morning.

"Damn it, the richest person can get the car."

"Isn't the bird gun a bit too much? The Steam Age?"

"..."

The man was wounded.

My wrist was slightly scratched and my clothes were torn.

At the same time, I saw him bringing back a big bag of things.

Tubular weapons?
There is still a lot of money, probably an amount that my parents and I could never earn in our lifetime.

"Can you count? Count for me."

"…1 to 100."

"?"

"I only know how to count from 1 to 100. That's all the village teaches."

"A week's journey, and the education is so different? Huh? Which teacher teaches to use real objects to replace one, two, three? That's not how preschool is taught."

"..."

My parents said that we only needed to know numbers within 100. We wouldn't need any more than that.

"It's not okay for a product to be this stupid."

"Look. A finger can represent not only 1, but also 10 or 100."

"..."

Before that happened. Before my friends betrayed me.

Maybe it's as I get older.

For example, my parents said that when I was very young, I was not allowed to go out because of my ears and eye color, and they always told others that I was sick. With that excuse, I definitely couldn't stay in the village for long, because others would suspect I had an infectious disease.

But one day I suddenly became like an ordinary person.

My parents said that they were planning to send me away or take me somewhere else. They stayed by my bed and wiped my tears... When they woke up the next day, they saw that I had changed. They said that I seemed to understand the adults' thoughts and didn't want to leave.

I was told this because... I seem to be able to actually hear other people's thoughts. Occasionally, that is.

"Have you learned it?"

"……No."

"It seems like I am talking to a cow."

"..."

I heard.

What he's thinking about now.

[Why is it still so big after being tied up? 】

[I should have changed into the cloth clothes I had before. Isn't this even more bitter? ]

[Can you please stop putting on this expression that says you can do whatever you want? Be on guard... I thought I was being sold out, so I wasn't on guard at all.]

[How can you eat something that falls on your collar and you can't just take it off? ]

【I want to stir-fry...etc.】

[The universe is born from the dark yellow of all things, and Awaci gets... almost all of them. I love Gundam. 】

[I don't know whether to grab the baby's canteen or the ponytail when she changes to a double ponytail. I hold her up... Damn. Is there a heart-cleansing spell for sale in this world? Doesn't this thing have body lotion? How come she smells so good even after taking a bath? ]

"?"

"There's something at the collar."

I brushed the food crumbs off my chest.

"Oh. Keep learning arithmetic. Try it this time. Use 10 as the unit."

"..."

But this time I didn't hear what he was thinking.

and so.

Do you care about breasts?
Is this the key factor in evaluating whether I am valuable?
What does it mean to think I'm going to be sold? Are you planning to sell me?

What does stir-fry mean?

Do not understand.

But I probably don't need to understand. This ability that occasionally works can't make me stronger, nor can it make me go back to the past. It can't change anything, no matter where he plans to take me, who he sells me to, or what other uses he uses me for. It's not something I can refuse.

"I know."

"If it takes you several days to learn how to add a zero, you're probably mentally retarded."

"..."

Dozens of gold notes and a handful of silver notes.

When he came, he had no luggage and no one seemed to have any money.

Was it stolen?

After spending some time with him, I can roughly understand what kind of person he is.

He has no scruples, and can laugh at the life and death of others, their pain. His strength is unfathomable, and with his skills... he has probably killed many people. It is normal that the number of lives I have taken in revenge is ten times or a hundred times.

If it were the old me, I would probably have peed my pants out of fear.

"Just sleep on the floor with this quilt as a cushion."

"..."

But now I am nothing but an empty shell. I want to die but cannot. I am just an empty shell that can be slaughtered at will. "By the way, your ears can't be changed back?"

no way.

It was possible before, but now since fighting those two without any scruples, he has not been able to return to being a 'human'.

However, pointed ears represent that I am not a 'human', which is why I am priced high.

He would probably be thankful for that.

11 month 4 day.

The sky was turning pale.

"boom--"

The door of the room was suddenly kicked open by someone.

"Bang bang bang!"

Then there was a ringing sound in my ears. Something shot towards me.

I saw seven or eight men standing at the door with tubular weapons in their hands.

"No, you were frightened and kowtowed before, but now you are here with people?"

"What a rubbish gun! You can't hit me even if I'm standing there shooting at you."

"..."

It seemed that he was the one who caused the trouble by stealing things.

The leader was dressed very ostentatiously. Around him were all men with their sleeves rolled up, looking like thugs. They were big and strong.

I obviously fought with him.

"Shh..."

But what he is showing now is his true strength, right?
No traces of use are held back, and there is no need to worry about whether the appearance of the product will show signs of use.

Those people either had bleeding faces or broken limbs.

"Is it okay to take some money from you?"

"I even asked someone about this, and they all said that you are a bad guy. Do you think you can win with a few broken guns...oh, you call these bird guns, right? A few broken bird guns can win?"

"..."

"Damn it, I thought you could invite some magic experts, but this is all you got? What a waste of time. Didn't the rumor say that you know the explorer? Where is he?"

"..."

He has a big heart. Or like the devil in the story who kills without blinking an eye.

He made such a big noise here, and then he could search me, take away my valuables, and take me to the hotel across the street. He would disguise himself to the point where I couldn't tell him apart.

11 month 4 day.

early.

It was as if what happened last night never happened.

He bought breakfast.

"..."

It's noodles.

My parents often cook for me. I just think that the food they buy is probably made of high-quality grains and tastes better.

There are also some side dishes.

"Suck~"

He has no rules about eating.

About the same as me.

Whenever this happened, my parents would tell me to behave myself, but I never changed.

"?"

"Eating noodles can make you recall the sweetness and think of the bitterness?"

"..."

I wiped my eyes and looked at him again.

"How long will it take before you sell me?"

"You're not worth much at your current level. I'm already regretting coming all the way to see you."

"...Then, please teach me."

"You can't die here, so you want to go to the wrong buyer and die earlier? That won't work. As a businessman with integrity, there should be at least a six-month warranty period."

"..."

"During the warranty period, I will be responsible if there are any problems with the product within the specified time after it is sold. I cannot damage my reputation."

"…I won't die within half a year."

"You have no say. I think I can't do it. I'm sure I can't do it. Let's practice more."

11 month 4 day.

in the afternoon.

He had been fiddling with something called a bird gun, and he got a round stone from somewhere.

"Open the door and check the room."

"..."

It's normal for people in the city to look for him since he made such a big noise.

"A resident card or something that can prove your identity... Is there anyone else in there? We need hers too."

"I'm actually an explorer, and the iron plate happened to be lost."

"Ah, is it Lord Explorer? The City Lord's Mansion was robbed these past two days, and then the City Lord's son was killed... I'm sorry to check so strictly. I have to trouble you to go to the Explorer's Guild with us to prove your identity."

"..."

"Is the lady inside an explorer... or your wife?"

"..."

I'm a little confused.

Since he was a demon who killed people without blinking an eye, he could just kill the people who came to patrol the room. Why did he knock them out after they failed to fool him during the chat, instead of killing them?

"It's a pity that these people serve a pervert. As long as there is a system like this... there will always be scum who abuse their power everywhere."

"Stop looking, pack up and leave. This place is not suitable for staying for long."

Is he compassionate?

Or maybe it was just something I found interesting at the time, or something I was in a good mood for.

11 month 5 day.

He said that the so-called cars were not as fast as running. Besides, there were no roads to get out of the town, and those things were only brought back by the rich for fun.

"Can you ride a horse?"

"..."

I have never ridden a horse, but I tried to step on the horns of a cow when I was looking after cows for my parents. The result was... I was lifted up and flew several times and fell into the river.

"There's no other way. I'm the only one who can take you."

"..."

"Shit, I might as well walk. Why ride a horse?"

It seemed like he didn't know how to ride. He swayed a lot and almost took me off with him.

11 month 6 day.

in the afternoon.

We arrived at a village similar to Roy Village.

But it might be more prosperous than Roy Village... With so many houses, there must be more than a few dozen people. There is also a small market that seems to take place every day.

"Fresh dragon fruit. Would you like to take a look? Just picked."

"Dragon fruit? This world... no, there are dragons in this place?"

"dragon?"

"..."

"Sir, you are joking... Dragon fruit has always been called dragon fruit. How would I know how it came to be? Maybe someone in the past has seen it. Haha."

He asked me to change into normal clothes and he changed too.

In the eyes of others, he and I, who are carrying bags, are like traveling merchants, right?
The food is not as good as in the big towns, but it is not much worse.

But the environment of the hotel we stayed in was much worse.

The town used to have neat floor tiles, but here there is only one hotel... it seems that few people visit it. The beds and other things in the room are very broken.

The floor was made of bumpy dirt.

I was still arranged to sleep on the floor with my blanket. It didn't matter whether the ground was smooth last night or bumpy today.

11 month 6 day.

Night.

Can't sleep.

It’s not because when I close my eyes, scenes from the past still emerge unconsciously.

[Will it really rebound?! ]

[This horse is really unrideable... who can stand it when it sways all over? ]

【…】

[Don't say it, really don't say it... This feeling. Force majeure, if I don't grab it, I will fall down, right? How can I not know how to ride a horse, but knowing how to ride a horse doesn't mean I can ride it...]

[No, why? ]

[She has a young face, but her other parts, including her baby canteen and buttocks, are very impressive. ]

[Think about Yao, think about Xiaoye and the others... But they are completely different, right? Not just in size. If you hold the legs and hold the drum...]

【No more. 】

[I have to think seriously. This is a hotel, let's get a room... Oh, what if Xue'er lives here with me?]

【…】

[Why do I have to think about these things? If it was Xue'er, she would have already climbed on top of me and started meowing. If it was Yao, she would have crawled into the bed long ago. If it was Xiaoye... maybe she would have ridden on me and changed into white silk to tease me on purpose. What about Xiaoxi? ]

【…】

[In order to be like M, he will make M's requests, such as playing drums. It's over. How can I sleep like this? 】

[Is the game really addictive? I have added Xingyu 100%. 】

【…】

[Or let her help. Hiss...Daoxin.]

[It's her baby cafeteria, it should be completely covered up so it can't be seen, right? ]

【…】

Too noisy.

I heard his thoughts again. They were chaotic, incomprehensible, but I could perhaps understand some of them.

The reason why I didn't plan to sell me soon is because I actually have some interest in me. I'm struggling with whether to sell me at a discount or as a new one?

How much am I worth?
I think he has already grabbed a lot. Would it be discounted to a price that even he cannot afford just because it has been used?

Maybe he didn't need to care about those things. They were what he should think about.

is it?

Although she seems to have no interest in me, she actually intends to enjoy me. Is my body... so attractive?
"?"

"You want to use the bathroom?"

"..."

"Do you have something to say? If you're asking when to sell it, I've already told you that I'll train you again when we get a new suitable place to live permanently."

"..."

I didn't say anything, I just grabbed his hand and pressed it against my chest.

"?"

"It's okay, I'll pretend I haven't been used. Um... So, I hope you can sell me after you've done what you want to do to me."

"…Who said I was going to do anything to you? I'm not interested in your tone."

"I don't know what could be invisible if it was placed here."

I pointed to my chest and looked at his face. “But I can hear it sometimes.”

(End of this chapter)