Chapter 288: Arren’s Adventures (2)
The woman laughed at his question, but she didn’t appear to be mocking him either. She only looked gently at Arren before she stuffed something in her bag.
"You see, I often see people like you." She then paused and then looked up again to meet Arren’s gaze. "Well, people like us. I don’t want to judge what happened for you to fall in this state, but in a huge city like this, your... Our experiences are very common, unfortunately."
Arren fell silent, and then he looked at himself. He was beginning to understand what the older woman was saying. Judging by how Arren looked, especially the stench that was coming from him, he did indeed appear to be a homeless beggar.
However, for those with keener perception, as Arren said, if one overlooked his current state, they would definitely sense something different from him.
Unlike the beggars that had long wandered in the area, Arren’s skin still looked soft despite not being clean. His demeanor couldn’t be disregarded either, as Arren was still ultimately a noble.
When he searched from the dumpster earlier, his every action was still more organized than the usual actions of every garbage collector. Since Arren only wanted a change of clothes to begin with and didn’t have the mindset of the others in this dumpster.
The woman smiled. "People like us, we always get enchanted by the prosperous city, but... Not everyone can be successful like others."
So, Arren concluded, then, the woman assumed Arren was like those unsuccessful aspirants who arrive in a city only to fail and be reduced to this state.
Arren didn’t want to lie, and he wasn’t a good liar in the first place, but in his current condition... He had no choice but to play along. Compared to wandering like a beggar, he would prefer to be with someone kind enough to give him shelter.
It seemed fate had not fully abandoned him.
After talking with the woman, Auntie Mildred, who was a beta woman who had been a garbage diver for a few years, Arren decided to accept the former’s invitation to her place.