Chapter 683 CHAPTER 683: AUCTION
The ride was extremely quiet—in a way. The gallops of the horses pulling the cart still thumped in the air; the creaking of the steel axle, and the brushing of the wheel on the paved road still created enough noise that could deafen someone in the long run.
The ride was extremely quiet; that is if one would consider the whimpering and the terrified breaths of the slaves as quiet.
The boy that was previously talking to Riley was now asleep as they reached the night of their long journey. As for the older ones, well—they were still scared of Riley. Some of them, whispering to themselves; or perhaps praying as they glanced at Riley from time to time.
None of them struggled, however. The cart made another stop at a small village a few hours ago to get another slave, but the woman already seemed resigned to her fate as she even bid farewell to her parents… who seemed to be the ones that sold her. Or perhaps, she sold herself.
them seemed excessive.
"...Or perhaps this is the only collar this place has." And soon, like the other slaves, Riley started whispering to himself. But unlike them, Riley's whispers could be heard clearly by everyone as he even stood up and started walking around the tight cage,
"Is this magical in nature, or perhaps some sort of tech? It does somewhat remind me of the collars used by the themarians to restrict their criminals."
Riley stopped walking; his eyes, batting several times as he let out a humming breath, "Oh, since this is another universe, is it possible that there are also themarians out there? If so…"
A small smile then crawled on Riley's face as he looked at the night sky that was covered by the bars of the cage, "...Is there another Aerith in this place?"
Numerous thoughts started rising in Riley's brain, but the only thing he was really sure of right now was that he was not in an alternate version of Earth—and even that might not be the case too.
"Maybe if I try to find Earth once I escape this planet, I will also see another version of Hannah?" The smile on Riley's face grew even wider, "But then again, he won't be the same as sister—she should be a single child since I only exist in one universe. Hmm, so many possibilities in this place. Am I even on the same timeline? Maybe sister has not yet been born, or humans are already extinct…
…but that shouldn't be the case."
And as Riley continued to talk to himself, the other slaves that were praying shut their mouths. They were now just covering their heads in fear—as they should. Since the people they call Travelers here are his universe's most uncontrollable criminals, Riley could imagine what sort of things they have done here.
"Hm, Nothing said that 'time' in all universes travels linearly. Everything happens at the same time, just different versions of it. Hm… I suppose I shouldn't think about something I do not know of. This is weird, really weird."
Back when he was living in the world in his mind, Arlusia, he hadn't once thought of these kinds of things—perhaps because deep inside, he actually knew that the place he was in wasn't real at all.
"There should be a handbook for this," Riley then let out a small sigh as he sat down. As he did so, however, the people near him once again all moved away.
"There is plenty of space, everyone," Riley tilted his head to the side as he looked at the people avoiding his gaze, "You really should not be afraid of me, I am not a bad person."
"..." The other slaves started looking at each other as Riley looked at them; the smile on his face, as gentle as it could be. The slaves were about to relax as the Traveler in front of them seemed to truly mean them no harm, but before they could do so, the gentle smile on Riley's face continued to grow.
"I am not a bad person," Riley chuckled,
"I am an evil one."
***
"There is really no need to be scared of me, I was only explaining what I am."
"..."
the other half like a sick fish inside an aquarium.
The ride was extremely quiet—for real, this time. The last breath that whispered from the slaves was probably half a day ago. All of them were just crowding on one side of the cage, with Riley taking the other half like a sick fish inside an aquarium.
Fortunately for the slaves, they didn't have to endure longer as they seemed to arrive at their destination.
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