290 – Day 1 (1)
He did not give instructions on what to do;
He just told me to finish what I had to do and come back.
The angel left my side and disappeared before I could catch him.
So I was really left alone.
I looked around but couldn’t see anyone. Even if I screamed, not only would my voice not come out anyway, there would be no one around here who could hear me.
I thought it had been a long time since I’d been left alone like this, but that wasn’t actually the case. Not long ago, I was in a situation no different from now.
During the gap between then and now, I just developed a few relationships that were so natural to me. Relationships that I thought would last forever together.
So I was left alone,
But that wasn’t really the case.
Something that could not be seen while in the flesh.
Many strands of thread were tying me to this earth.
The colors are also different.
The thickness is also different.
Every time I touched this colorful thread, I could see who it was connected to. No matter how far away we were, our relationship never grew apart or broke. And the distance didn’t matter to me anymore. I just needed some time to think about what to do.
If you have come this far, ascension can no longer be avoided or postponed.
Even so, because of that,
There are things that must be done.
I closed my eyes, and the memories of what I had just seen flashed through my mind. The life of a person named me, whom I myself had not been able to fully remember, now comes to mind at every moment.
Pumpkin Vine Village.
That is a place where I am no longer needed.
Those simple people will be able to live well by helping each other with their own strength, without my help. So, it will be enough to stop by for a moment and shake off any regrets.
Yurinel. Parnell. And Lucia.
Probably these people who cannot end their relationship with just one or two words.
It doesn’t matter if today is the day to visit them.
Someone to visit,
And there were many people to say hello to,
As I looked back on my life, I thought of the people I would soon meet for the first time.
Okay, now I’m slowly starting to get a sense of what I need to do.
*****
There is a difference in human life. When you look at the people who roam the streets without a room to lie down and freeze to death because they do not have a warm fur coat, you can immediately realize that although death is equal, the process leading to death is not.
Ralph and Clark are not brothers, but they work together to help those people. They established a workhouse in Larpentia a long time ago and provided clothing and food for the city’s poor. They didn’t start this job specifically for fame, but their names weren’t well known even in this small city, let alone the empire.
When a rich person’s house is on fire, the person who goes inside and saves the children gets great fame, but providing warm soup to those who need food right away is not on the radar. Even though they had been running the workhouse for so long, most people did not know that such a facility existed in this city.
So, His Majesty the Emperor did not even know that these people were doing this. Later, when he learned that his daughter had received help from them, only then did their good deeds come into his sights.
It was a blessing to receive favor, but the emperor was greatly moved by their silent good deeds. So he did not come forward himself, but instead sent his close associates to deliver a large amount of donations to them. Thanks to this, this small workhouse was able to purchase and expand nearby buildings and purchase several beds. We were able to accommodate more people, and that was effective.
“I’m alive now. I lived. It looks like the world won’t end. The ground stopped shaking, and stores began to open again. Wow, it was the most exciting moment of my life. “I really thought the world was going to end.”
“But our ledger was destroyed.”
Clark responded, flapping the booklet in his hand.
“I don’t regret it. Because there was no other choice. The problem is that we have run out of food to prepare for tomorrow. “How should I do this?”
“What about the money Sir Edward gave you last time? Could it be that he’s already spent all that money?”
“You’ve seen how much food prices have risen. Money is worthless when everyone thinks the world is going to end. “You have to pay more to buy even a single piece of bread.”
No one hires people when the world is about to end. Rather, it could mean kicking out all the people who have already been hired. People who found it difficult to make a living had no choice but to become robbers or flock to these poorhouses. And those who became robbers robbed the people who hired them.
Calling the police, the magistrate, or the military police was of no use. Because they were also robbing rich people’s houses. Even those who initially coveted precious metals soon realized the reality. There was no reason to steal a rock that could not be eaten and put it in one’s pocket.
Bread and wine became the most precious things, and meat became a luxury product. The price had skyrocketed, and it was fortunate that you could get it for some money. Even people who had food were often caught by bandits and had their food taken away. So what should we do? Even if the world were to end, couldn’t we starve to death today? So they came to this workhouse.
“And now, as we all know, the world is back to normal, but there won’t be any food to sell even if we wanted to. Were there so many people enjoying themselves over food? “It’s hard to hope that food prices will go down for a while when all the food they ate and even the leftovers they threw away rotted.”
It was fortunate that this place always had plenty of food prepared in preparation for any emergency. Even though people were flocking in, we were able to accommodate them without difficulty because there were several buildings.
Still, because there was a shortage of food, the donations were already exhausted. The good news is that the robbers were unable to attack this area in advance.
If you try to take away even the last bread of people who really have nothing to lose, anyone will rush in with either death or death. How many people have gathered here?
No matter how great a robber may be, there are literally 20 hands attacking him with instruments, so there is literally no answer. First of all, because their numbers were different, they couldn’t dare to attack carelessly.
Instead, they enjoyed a banquet with the food they had stolen. I caught a chicken. I caught a pig. They also slaughtered a cow and put it in the pot. And I ate until I couldn’t eat anymore. They slaughtered hens without hesitation, which they would never have slaughtered because they normally lay eggs, and paid no attention to the breeding pigs or cows.
It was no different even if they were livestock owners rather than a group of robbers. No, they added more. The world was going to end anyway, so I didn’t know if I had the mindset to eat as much as I could and then die, but I put a few potatoes in a cast iron pot, boiled them like meat, and ate them. Because we didn’t think about the future, the table was so rich that the table legs were bent and on the verge of collapsing.
Then, everything returned to normal, but now the destruction of this world has once again become an event in the distant future with no guarantee.
But that doesn’t mean the dead hen will wake up and the potatoes that went into its stomach will come out again.
As a result, this small city, Larpentia, fell into a state of total famine.
“I never thought I would come to a place like this in my life. I didn’t even know he was doing these things, and I felt sorry at the time. “What words should I use to apologize…”
It was not at all exhilarating to see people who had adorned themselves with jewels and turned a blind eye to them when they visited and asked for donations, but they were knocking on the door of the workhouse clutching their hungry stomachs. Everyone is at a loss right now, and Ralph and Clark are no exception.
“We need to prepare measures. Measures. “If the number of people increases like this, the remaining food will not be enough.”
“If I could solve these problems, I would run for mayor. There is no answer. “I don’t even know what to do with this…”
-Tuk.
As the two were putting their heads together and thinking about the problem they were facing, they suddenly heard the sound of something falling. It wasn’t a heavy object, but it seemed like something like a document had fallen.
It’s not like the window was open and the wind was blowing, so it’s strange. The two looked at each other’s faces, and regardless of who went first, they turned their gaze towards the fallen object. Ralph, who saw the object, exclaimed as if he had realized something.
“Oh, that’s right! “Why did I forget that?”
“What is that? Can it be a treasure map? “No, has something like that been here from the beginning?”
“This is a document left behind by a priest. There were a lot of things that made my head hurt, so I forgot about it for a while. Now that I think about it, he hasn’t come back yet. That might be better. “The security in this city right now is not good at all.”
Unable to continue speaking, he picked up the house documents with melancholy eyes.
Sometimes, you don’t have to listen to the end to infer the meaning.
“I completely forgot.”
“Ah, this house! I remember. “Is this the house you said you rented for a while?”
“At that time, the priest said he was going on a trip and left the documents at home. He said he would rent the house to me until he came back and I could use it however I wanted, so I did for a while. At that time, this workhouse was very small and there were many people. “Some people even got sick and had to be quarantined.”
Thanks to unavoidable circumstances, we rented a house for a while, but thankfully, thanks to Sir Edward’s sudden donation of a large sum of money, we were able to purchase the nearby buildings.
So, Kyle’s house, which had been used well, was thoroughly cleaned and the move out was completed. That happened a few months ago, so it was natural that I couldn’t remember it for a moment.
“Now, I think we might need this house again. There are too many people. If an epidemic continues like this, it will be a big problem.”
“But then what should I do because I’m sorry…”
“That might not necessarily be a bad thing. It would be safer for everyone to live there than for thieves to pick out empty houses and raid them. “In this city now, empty houses are the most vulnerable to being robbed.”
Ralph barely nodded his head in response to Clark’s calmly persuasive words. The number of people flocking to the workhouse was already so high that the existing space alone was unable to handle it.
The two decided to take some time to go to Kyle’s house.