Chapter 57
Translated by: ShinigamiTori
Something to Protect
At the end of the dimly lit hallway, there was a sturdy-looking door.
The door opened into a staircase, and Crow and the masked man went down without any sense of danger even though there was no light.
She felt very unsafe even though she didn’t have her feet on the ground in the dark. Maybe it was because the enemy was holding Sheila, though.
At the bottom of the stairs was a spacious room with high ceilings. It might’ve originally been used as a warehouse. A single lamp was lit.
Sheila was absolutely stunned by the scene that unfolded there.
There were a number of children dressed in fine clothing for commoners.
Their skin was clean and free of dirt and grime. Except for the fact that their hands and feet were bound with ropes, they looked like children of a good family who cared for them very much. But their eyes were darker than the darkness itself. They looked so lifeless that it was hard to believe that they were a child of this age.
“This….”
“The quieter the doll is, the higher the price will be. Rich people really have bad taste, don’t they? That’s why we keep them locked up like this until they get hopeless.”