Chapter 162: The Witch and The Contract of Magic (4)
Rapunzel thought there were three turning points in her life.
The first was when she was sold by her parents because the family had no money.
Her brother screamed that it shouldn’t happen, but he couldn’t change the minds of their parents, who had already considered Rapunzel an “unsettling” child, especially with the family’s financial situation worsened by a bad harvest.
The reason Rapunzel was disliked by her parents was simple.
Rapunzel’s hair grew quickly.
No, beyond simply growing fast, her hair grew at a speed that could be described with modifiers such as “extremely” or “abnormally”.
It took less than a week for her bob-length hair to reach her knees.
It was an abnormality that couldn’t be dismissed as just a unique constitution, and it was enough for her parents to consider their child not as their own flesh and blood, but as a monster or something cursed.
Three silver coins.
It was quite an exceptional price for a young girl who hadn’t properly learned anything and wasn’t much help with physical labor.
It was an era when people were even sold in fairy tales.
However, this trait didn’t only bring misfortune to Rapunzel.