Cloud Thinking

Helia followed the dagger man out of the dark dungeon and walked towards the other side that was different from the direction they came from. This side seemed to be the source of the screams and wails. As they got closer, she could almost feel the other party's pain through the sound.

The two were stopped at the door. The guard glanced at them with contempt and said coldly: "The lady is torturing, no one is allowed to enter."

Miss? Helia frowned. She thought the person torturing these abducted girls would be a scary man, but she didn't expect it to be a woman?

She didn't understand. Didn't this woman have any empathy? Why did she take pleasure in torturing others?

The dagger man took Helia to the reception room nearby and waited. Seeing Helia's ugly expression, he thought she was impatient and explained, "We have to wait a while. The lady has a bad temper. We don't know who has irritated her this time. I don't think it will be over in a short time."

"Miss? Is she your boss?" Helia asked.

Brother Dagger thought for a moment and felt that this was not a secret, so he told Helia: "No, the young lady is the daughter of our boss, but she is in charge of this part of the business."

Responsible for this part of the business? Does that mean she is in charge of the entire process from kidnapping to selling?

Helia felt a little breathless. She was willing to risk her life to sneak in and rescue these girls she had never met before, because they were the same people, they were all women, and because of their pursuit of justice and fairness and their protest against this absurd world, Helia wanted to save them.

But she didn't understand. Women of this era were already living in an unfair world. They were bound by the absurd rules of this world and could not resist. They were already in the lowest point, so why did they still kill each other?

Anger, endless anger.

She suddenly remembered a question that Fesimia had asked her before: Why save these unrelated people?

Fesiumia had been investigating this for the sake of her sister and her family, but Helia had nothing to do with these women, and it could even be said that they were worlds apart. She couldn't get any benefit at all, but she still did it, even putting in twice the effort and risking her life to do it. Fesiumia couldn't understand this.

Helia answered her like this: The night is long, there must always be a little light to give people hope.

Helia never knew why she came to this world, but now that she was here, and since this world was trying every means to assimilate her to prove its own power, she was destined to be the fool who went against the current.

Perhaps the ruler of this world will be complacent and think: Look, no matter how advanced your ideas are, you still have to succumb to reality in the end? Be assimilated by this absurd world you think?

But it is precisely because she is not from this era, she grew up in a prosperous and harmonious civilization, and she has gathered the wisdom of the long history of mankind. Although she is not brave enough, she is definitely not cowardly; although she is not kind enough, she is definitely not ruthless. So she will never accept her fate, bow to the so-called fate, and surrender to this unfair world.

Mr. Lu Xun once said that there is no road in the world, but when more people walk on it, it becomes a road. Since no one has opened up this road of resistance, she will be the first one. She believes that as long as she takes a step, someone will follow her, and then more and more people will join this team, and finally we will create a road that belongs to us.

She didn't belong to this world, she was destined to be lonely, so even if she walked on a road that no one had ever walked, she would not regret it. As long as she thought that she could be a ray of light, a spark, bringing light and warmth to others, she would not feel lonely.

Listening to the screams, Helia felt that she could do nothing sitting here, which was also a torture. In order to prevent herself from losing control of the anger in her heart, she forced herself to close her eyes and try to ignore the wailing.

She thought back to the days when she first came here, and she even felt that it was a little too good. At least she had enough food and clothing, and she had books to read. Then think about these poor girls who were captured. They could only be treated as commodities and sold to others at a marked price. They had already experienced hell here, but after being sold, who knew if it would be another hell?

She knew very well that she was not the creator of these sufferings, and there was no need to attribute the sufferings of the world to herself, but she still couldn't help blaming herself for everything. She felt ashamed and uneasy for having a good life, and she couldn't control herself from thinking that way.

Fortunately, this torture did not last too long. Along with the footsteps came the unpleasant smell of blood. The other party did not even seem to plan to change his clothes. He just sat opposite Helia with his legs crossed.

"You want to buy 0143?" The woman took the handkerchief handed over by the servant and wiped her blood-spattered hands and face. She never looked at Helia straight in the eyes from beginning to end. In her eyes, Rebel didn't even deserve to have a name, only a cold number.

"Yes, miss, this gentleman has a deceased wife, and 0143 looks very similar to his deceased wife, so he wants to buy her." Brother Dagger interrupted, implying that his lady could make a lot of money from Helia.

The woman then looked at Helia, with a flash of surprise in her eyes. She probably didn't expect that Helia was such a handsome guy, and such a handsome guy was actually a stupid and infatuated person.

"How much can you give?" The woman leaned back comfortably, and the maid beside her stepped forward to massage her shoulders to relax her. When Helia saw this, she couldn't help thinking: She is worthy of being the daughter of a local emperor, and she knows how to enjoy life better than a real princess like her!

"How much do you want? I'm a small business owner and don't have much savings. If you want a high price, I can borrow some from others. If it's too high, I can't afford it." Helia said. What she meant was that if you want an exorbitant price and I can't afford it, I won't buy it! I don't have to have Rebelle!

Dagger Brother took a step forward and was about to say something, but the Earth Princess raised her hand and told him to get out. She looked at Helia with interest and made a two sign to her.

"Two hundred thousand?" Helia asked.

Seeing the other party shaking his head, Helia frowned suddenly, stood up, and shouted in disbelief: "Two million?!"

"This is already considered cheap. The most expensive one we sold for seven million!" Princess Tu seemed very proud of this. It wasn't that she looked down on Helia, but she looked at everyone with a look that regarded everyone as inferior to her.

"Besides, our girls are all clean and well-trained. They are guaranteed to serve you comfortably. You only need to pay once and you can take her away. It's like buying her life!"

Helia suppressed her anger and forced a smile: "But I see her body is covered with bruises. I have to pay for her medical expenses when I go back. How long will it take for her to recover?"

The woman touched her chin thoughtfully, as if she had just realized this matter. She thought for a moment and reluctantly said, "How about 1.8 million?"

"I just went to see that guy. He's very stubborn and looks like he needs some training. Sell him a little less." Helia continued to bargain. Although the money would definitely not go into the other party's pocket in the end, she was just not willing to pay, especially to pay a bad guy.

The woman frowned in dissatisfaction and glanced at the dagger man who was trying his best to reduce his presence. She seemed to be unhappy that he made the customer stay with the product for too long. She smacked her lips and waved her hand generously, "One million, six hundred and eighty thousand, no less."

Helia then sat down, frowning and thinking about it, calculating whether this deal was worthwhile. After all, the role she played was a businessman. Businessmen seek profits, and being shrewd is the skin they wear. If she agreed so readily, there would be something fishy. She pulled her hair and sleeves, and the words "tangled and hesitant" were written on her face.

The dagger man watched from the side. He had brought this person with him, so he had to make this deal, otherwise he would be in trouble. He rubbed his hands and walked forward, persuading her: "You can only find someone like your late wife here in this world. If you miss this chance, you will regret it for the rest of your life, don't you think?"

"Didn't you always say that you neglected your wife's mood because you were busy with business, which led to her death? Didn't you say that you always owed her a lot? Now there is a chance for you to make up for it. You don't want to live in guilt for the rest of your life, right?"

Helia glanced at the dagger man. She seemed to have not expected that this man, who looked so vicious, could also guess other people's psychology?

Helia hesitated for a while, and finally seemed to have made up her mind. She looked at the Earth Princess and said, "I can only take out 500,000 at most, but I also own a small mine. If you think it's okay, then we can cooperate happily."

"Then we don't know how small your mine is, and what the annual output and benefits are?" Princess Tu is not stupid. She has been a human trafficker for so many years and has done so many human transactions. No matter how she negotiates, she will not lose.

"Next time we meet, I will bring all the relevant information and money. You will know after you read it." Helia said. She did not want to talk more and stood up to leave. Before leaving, she specifically reminded her: "I don't like other people's traces on my things, so I hope that next time I see her, you and I can both return satisfied."

Helia's ultimate goal in this transaction was to give the other party the ownership of the mine. This was indeed part of her assets, and she needed to use this asset to track down who the banker behind this gang of human traffickers was. That mine could really make money! What was dug out was gold! She didn't believe that the person behind it would not be tempted!

On the way back, the dagger man became more flattering. He thought Helia was just a small business owner. After all, according to the information he had investigated, Helia made her fortune by selling cloth. He didn't expect that she actually had a mine! In this era, mines are the most profitable! They make much more money than what they make from human trafficking! And it's legal money!

"Boss, your mine is..." said the man with the dagger.

"I won it from someone in the casino. I don't know where the money came from, but it's quite profitable." Helia lied.

"Are there still people betting with this? Which casino is it?" Looking at the look on the dagger man's face, he probably wanted to try his luck. After all, who knows, he might win a mine. Then he would have no worries about food and clothing in the future, and he wouldn't have to do this hard work and live in fear all day long.

"In the imperial capital, a merchant passed by here before. I went there to play a few rounds because I felt a craving for gambling. I didn't expect the people there to be so rich. They all used mines as bets. I was just lucky." Helia said.

As long as this guy dared to go to the imperial capital, she would let Claude take him to the dungeon and let him experience the suffering those girls had endured.

"Is that so..." The dagger man did not ask any more questions. He probably felt that it was unrealistic to run to the remote imperial capital now. Besides, the imperial capital was under Claude's nose, so he did not have the courage to do so.

Maybe it was because he had become a big client who owned a mine, even though Helia looked around and touched things everywhere on her way back, the dagger man didn't say anything. He even actively introduced her to some things. It was not until the two of them left the underground palace and returned to the bazar that he waved goodbye to her reluctantly.

Helia did not go directly to find Fesimia, but returned to Consemi to drink until dawn, when she was drunk and sent to the hotel "with rooms inside" - that was where she was temporarily staying in Berman with her identity.

Helia first changed her clothes and used invisibility magic before quietly going to find Fesimia. When she opened the door, she quickly went in and briefly told her what happened last night.