Chapter 103: Innocent Irena and the Dirty World

"What? Didn't you ask me to kiss you?" Irena felt very aggrieved after being criticized by Rhine for no reason.

"Don't talk nonsense! When did I let you kiss me?" Irena's action caught Rhine off guard, because he never thought she would be so bold.

"Didn't you point at my mouth and then at the corner of your mouth? Every time Daddy points at his face, Mommy kisses him."

"Fuck..." These two people show their affection regardless of the occasion!

"I was asking you to pay attention to the cream on the corner of your mouth, not to kiss me!"

"And even if I asked you to kiss me, would you really do it? Girls must know how to love themselves. You can't kiss anyone casually, and you can't do this to anyone other than your husband and family." Rhine taught her in a serious tone.

"But isn't Rhine my family? Mom and Dad often kiss my face. They say it's a way of expressing love to someone you like. Doesn't Rhine like me?" Irene said with a look of grievance.

"Um... your question is difficult for me to answer." Rhine was very happy that Irena liked him.

"But your parents are right. This is indeed a way to express your love to someone, but it's about kissing the cheek, not the mouth!"

"Is there any difference?" Irena asked puzzledly. It seemed that a four-year-old child did not understand the meaning of kissing.

"Of course. Kissing is the highest level of expression of mutual love. Except for the closest people, that is, your parents, even if you meet someone you like in the future, you can only kiss him after you get married. Do you understand?" Rhine gave Irena earnest instructions like an old father.

"Anyone who wants to kiss you, other than the above mentioned ones, is a bad guy. You must beat him up without mercy."

"I understand. If I marry Rhine, can I kiss her? Because besides my parents, she is my favorite person." Irena said innocently. At her age, she didn't really understand what affection and love were. She only knew that Rhine was the person closest to her besides her parents.

"Children's words should not be restrained. Um, can you say it again?" Rhine took out the image-retaining crystal from the space ring.

Of course, he did not take Irena's words seriously. Many little girls said when they were young that they would marry their fathers and become brides when they grew up. However, that was because the children were too young to understand anything, so everyone just regarded them as innocent words of children. Rhine was the same.

The reason why he wanted to record it was because he planned to show this scene to Irena as her dark history when she grew up. Presumably, her expression would be very interesting at that time.

"When I grow up, I want to marry Rhine as my bride, because besides my parents, Rhine is my favorite person." Irena said seriously.

"Nice! The dark history is in our hands!" He was looking forward to how the scumbag witch would react when she saw this screen recording when she grew up.

"What's wrong with you?" Irena asked puzzledly when she saw Rhine's excited face.

"It's alright, just order whatever you want to eat. Prince Rhine will pay for all the expenses today!"

"Really? Can I still bring some snacks back?" Irena said happily.

"Of course, buy whatever you like. I'm not interested in money." Rhine said arrogantly.

This is not a joke, but Rhine is really not interested in money, or for all players, money is just a number, they can always exchange world coins for money when they are short of money. Besides, have you ever seen a contractor in the main god space who is short of money?

In the past half month, Rhine has earned several thousand world coins just by fleecing the monster flower sea. Adding the world coins dropped by killing sea kings, he now has nearly ten thousand world coins in assets. With the exchange rate of 1 to 1, he is a veritable billionaire.

Although it is impossible to exchange all of them for gold coins, if it is only a few tens of thousands of gold coins, it can still be exchanged for fun.

In this way, Irena was shopping in the front, and Rhine was responsible for paying the money in the back.

To be honest, although the desserts in this country are of some standard, they are far from being the best in the world. Moreover, the prices are a bit too exaggerated. A mousse cake costs only a few copper coins in other places, but it costs several gold coins here. It feels a bit like paying an IQ tax when buying luxury goods. Just because it is labeled as produced in the country of desserts, the value immediately increases by 10,000 times.

But it doesn't matter. As long as Irena is happy, he doesn't need that little money.

Then, as expected, they were targeted.

It's not that he doesn't understand the principle of not showing off one's wealth, but that's for the weak. Since he has the fighting power to rival the Great Witch, why should he live so cautiously? In the remote and backward area of ​​the Free City, as long as he doesn't encounter a legendary strongman, he can walk sideways, so there is no need to fight wits and courage with the air all day long. It's too tiring to not dare to do this or that.

What's more, the people targeting them now are not adults, but a group of ragged children of seven or eight years old.

"Young master, do you want to buy some super high-quality fruits? These are limited edition products that can only be purchased in this country, and they only cost one gold coin each." The leading little girl blocked Rhine and Irena's way and started selling them fruits with dull colors and shriveled skins.

"These fruits are obviously rotten, why are you still selling them for one gold coin each?" Irena asked puzzled.

"This..." The leading girl didn't know how to answer, because to put it nicely, they were selling fruits, but to put it bluntly, they were begging under the guise of selling fruits.

"Why waste so much time talking to them? Kid, do you want to buy it or not? If not, you are not allowed to leave." Another older boy blocked Rhine's way.

"Brother, don't be like this, they are still children."

"But sister, if we don't sell it today, they will beat us." It was only after another little boy reminded him that Rhine discovered the scars on their bodies hidden under their clothes.

"I'll buy them all." It's just a few dozen gold coins anyway, and he doesn't want Irena to have an unhappy weekend.

"No need for the fruit, just keep it for yourselves." After paying more than twenty gold coins, Rhine took Irena away.

But before they left the city gate, they were surrounded by a group of big men, and standing next to them was the little girl who had sold them fruit before.

However, the little girl lowered her head and dared not look at them, with guilt written all over her face. Judging from the red slap marks on her face and the pinch marks on her neck, she seemed to have been beaten up not long ago.

"What a dirty world." Rhine sighed.

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Chapter 104: Playing the long game to catch big fish

"Rhine..." Young Irena had never experienced anything like this before, and she grabbed the corner of Rhine's clothes with some fear.

"It's okay. Don't you know how powerful I am?" Rhine patted Irena's little hand and comforted her.

"Kid, hand over all the money you have left!" the leading man said fiercely.

Because it was in the suburbs, there were not many pedestrians on the street, but there were definitely some. The strange thing was that everyone ignored the evil happening in front of them, and after taking a quick glance, they sped away, as if they were already used to this kind of thing.

"I still have some money, but not much. If you want to get more money, I suggest you find a place for me to write a letter to my family. You can decide the content of the letter, as long as it does not exceed tens of thousands of gold coins, I think my family will be happy to pay."

"Also, don't even think about trying to kidnap us. You should know that it's impossible for a child from an ordinary family to carry hundreds of gold coins with him when traveling, let alone travel alone. Unless you don't want to stay here anymore, it's better to be polite to us." Rhine said calmly.

The leading man showed a warm smile after a change of expression. "Young Master, we are sorry to trouble you to make this trip today. Don't worry, as long as you are willing to cooperate, we will not hurt you at all."

"Brother, why don't we stop? This kid is most likely a royal noble of a certain country..." They usually kidnapped wealthy businessmen who came to this country to purchase goods, but they never touched royal nobles because that would bring official retaliation.

"What do you know? We will move to another country as soon as we finish this job." The eldest brother obviously knew what the consequences would be if he offended the nobles, but he was reluctant to give up the duck he had in his hands, so he decided to make a big deal and then run away.

"Then will we release him after we get the money?"

"What are you going to let go? You don't think if we let them go, they will forgive us for what happened, right?"

“Then…” The younger brother made a gesture of wiping his neck.

Irena was about to take out her staff to cast magic, but was held down by Rhine. She looked at Rhine with a puzzled look on her face.

"Wait till everyone is here. Don't worry, I'm here for you."

Led by a group of rough men, Rhine and Irena came to a remote warehouse in the suburbs. It seemed that this was their base camp.

"Boss, is this the new kid? Is he too young?"

"You know what? The younger you are, the easier it is to gain sympathy from others."

"This little girl is so cute. I haven't seen one of such high quality in a long time. Can I hold her for a few nights before selling her to those noble grandfathers? I promise to keep her in perfect condition."

"Asshole." The eldest brother slapped him, making him dizzy, and then flattered Lai Rhine: "Young Master, I'm sorry to have embarrassed you. Please come this way."

"Prepare some delicious food and drinks, and ask everyone who is outside to come back to welcome the young master." The leader instructed his younger brother beside him.

"Um, do you want some extra ingredients?" the younger brother asked another little boss.

"Stupid guy, this is for us to eat, what are you going to add to it?"

"what?"

"We did a big job today. After we finish this job, we will move on."

"What about the little devils?"

"Take them together. And make them some delicious food tonight."

"clear."

After the leader took Rhine and Irena to a closed room, he asked someone to bring paper and pen.

"What should I write? Say that you kidnapped me and ask my family to pay the ransom immediately, or you will kill me?"

"Uh... Young Master, this is a misunderstanding. How can this be kidnapping? You see, we have been very polite to you along the way, and we are planning to hold a banquet for you tonight. Have you ever seen kidnappers as hospitable as us?"

"Yes, yes, young master. We invite you to be our guest." The younger brother at the side quickly agreed.

"Oh, I got it! When I went upstairs, I saw that there seemed to be a lot of children in your place. Are those your products? Then can I buy them all? This way, even if my parents find out, they won't embarrass you. After all, it's a transaction with a clear price tag."

"Those are not commodities, they are the children of our dearest friends, relatives, brothers and sisters."

"I understand. You name the price."

"It's not about money, it's mainly because the young master likes it." The leader was very happy. Why didn't he think of collecting money through transactions? If he could avoid running away, he certainly didn't want to run away. After all, he has been running this country for a long time.

"I have to choose when I buy groceries. I can't possibly buy the ones that have defects, right? You put all the products out and I'll choose them one by one."

"Okay, no problem, I'll have someone arrange it right away. But some of the children haven't come back yet, so I hope the young master will wait for a while. We can choose them while we have the banquet tonight."

After the leader left, Rhine and Irena were the only ones left in the room.

Irena looked at Rhine angrily: "How can you buy people as commodities!"

"Who said I was going to buy it? I was just looking for an excuse for them to gather all the people and children together. A large criminal group like this must have many bases. There is no point in not solving it all at once."

"I see! Are we punishing evil and promoting good like Nicole?" Irena said excitedly. Because Nicole's Adventures also recorded many incidents of the protagonist destroying criminal gangs.

"Irena, listen carefully. I don't want you to do this. Because it's not just in this country, there are dirty adults all over the world who use children to make money. If you want to save everyone, your life will be very difficult."

"I really like what someone said to me. The world is not black and white, there is also gray. If you want to live an easy life, you must learn to walk in the gray area."

"I don't understand." Irena tilted her head and shook it.

"That's right, it's too early for you to learn these truths. In short, in the future when I'm not around, you shouldn't meddle in other people's business, and you definitely shouldn't do things like you did today. Because you might lose your life, and then you'll never see your parents again, you won't be able to play with me anymore, and you won't be able to travel to realize your dreams." Rhine taught with a serious face.

Rhine believed that even if Irena didn't understand now, she would understand in the future, but the seeds of cherishing life must be planted as early as possible.

"Well, I see."

It was because of Irena that Rhine felt compassion, otherwise he would not have meddled in other people's business. Unless the social environment and system of this world can be fundamentally changed and strict legal procedures can be established, this kind of thing will not stop. After all, this is a world where slavery still exists.

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Chapter 105: Don’t Experience Others’ Suffering and Don’t Advise Others to Do Good

"Young master, the following are all the goods we can provide for you. There are 33 boys and 49 girls. The oldest is 14 years old and the youngest is 2 years old. They are all healthy." The leader introduced to Rhine while drinking.

"Do they have families? I don't want to get into any trouble after buying it."

"Don't worry, young master. Most of them are children from the slums, and their parents are all dead. If I hadn't been raising them, they would have starved to death long ago." As he said this, he tore off a piece of meat from the roast chicken and threw it to the crowd, causing the children to scramble for it.

Seeing the boss do this, the other brothers followed suit, just like they were feeding the livestock in the zoo, and everyone laughed happily.

"Isn't there any orphanage in this country?" Rhine frowned.

"Yes, of course. The good ones were picked first by them, and the ones left are the ones they don't want."

"But I'm much kinder than them. At least I just let them beg on the street. As for those in the orphanage, I don't know where they will be sold to. Especially those girls with outstanding looks. When they are 14 years old, their virginity will be auctioned off publicly."

"Tsk, it's really filthy. Doesn't this country care?" Although Rhine knew that the darkness of this world was not much better than that of medieval Europe, he still felt unhappy.

"Young Master, you can't say that. You have lived at the top of society since birth, so of course you can't understand the hardships of the people at the bottom. If I weren't raising them, how would these little brats with no strength and no body survive? Without our protection, they would have died in some corner or been sold as slaves somewhere."

"As for the country? There are so many orphans in the country. How much money do you think the country is willing to spend to feed them? And who do you think most of the children in the orphanage were sold to? Aren't they those noble lords with special fetishes?"

"What is the right of first night?" Irena asked in a low voice in Rhine's ear.

"Child, there is no need to know so much. Just eat your food." Rhine had already identified these foods before the banquet started, otherwise he would not let Irena eat them.

"Oh." Irena lowered her head and continued to eat, occasionally glancing at the group of children kneeling on the floor of the warehouse hall. She found that each of them had a bowl of yellow porridge and a few pieces of bread that didn't look very delicious in front of them. Looking at the dazzling array of delicious food in front of her, she felt that she had lost her appetite all of a sudden.

But she had promised Rhine that she would follow his arrangements in everything, otherwise he would not take her out to play in the future.

"Well, young master, now that we have seen the goods and the banquet has started, it's time to negotiate the price." When the leader said this, the entire warehouse fell silent and everyone turned their eyes to Rhine.

"100 gold coins each, I want all 82 of them."

"Young master, this is different from what we agreed before. Didn't you say it was tens of thousands of gold coins? It's not even ten thousand gold coins yet. Or do you think you and that cute girl are only worth 8200 gold coins?" The leader said in a hostile and slightly threatening tone.

"Do you mean this is difficult to handle?" Rhine pinched Irena's little hand.

Irena immediately and obediently covered her eyes with the cloth prepared by Rhine as agreed, and also covered her ears with her hands.

"It's a bit difficult. Just raising them for a year would cost thousands of gold coins, not to mention that I have so many brothers to support. I won't ask you for more, just ten thousand! I'll even give you the decimal point."

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