The Place Where I Was Sold as a Slave Was the Imperial Palace

＜Prisoner of the Enemy＞

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At first, only trees, grass, and an old well could be seen on the road, but buildings began to be seen in the distance.

A secret passage extending from the castle’s basement was outside, away from the inner walls surrounding the lord’s castle.

In order to escape outside the Duchy, you must pass through the inner wall and the outer wall surrounding the city.

However, to get to the gate of the outer wall, they had to pass through a lake used as the city’s water source and through the crowded city streets.

By the time we reached the vicinity of the city after a long walk, the nanny was considerably out of breath.

My steps were also very slow.

Still, the nanny continued walking without stopping or resting.

When Jeong Jin-yeong, who was worse off, said to take a rest, the nanny replied that she had to get out of here as soon as possible.

I couldn’t say it strongly because it’s true.

For Jung Jin-young, his own life is more precious than anything else.

I was sorry that the nanny was having a hard time, but I thought it couldn’t be helped.

Breathing heavily, said the nanny.

“I’m sorry, Bocchan. When I was young, this distance was an instant, but as I get older, it is difficult.”

Maybe it’s because I’m fat rather than because of my age.

Jeong Jin-young thought so, but quietly put his cheek on her back.

Buildings that only had one or two gradually increased, and before they knew it, the two entered a complicatedly connected street.

Buildings are lined up on both sides of the narrow street.

There were traces of blood all over the street.

There were also corpses scattered on the floor like luggage.

Judging from his attire, he seems to have been a soldier guarding the city.

But there were no weapons around.

Did someone steal it?

The soldier was lying dead on the corner of the road, even with his shoes off.

Next to the soldier’s corpse, several men in shabby clothes hurriedly run away.

They were heading the way Jeong Jin-young and the nanny had come.

It’s in the opposite direction from the door on the outer wall, so where did they escape?

Seeing that there is no luggage, it may be that he is simply running away from enemy soldiers rather than having a destination.

A woman’s scream rang out from somewhere.

The nanny’s stocky back twitched and her steps sped up.

The deeper we went, the more mayhem the streets became.

A half-naked woman was grabbed by some soldiers and taken to a shabby nearby house.

A short distance away, several soldiers were going from house to house looting goods.

Looting is a small amount of coins and livestock such as chickens and goats.

But even that seems to be more valuable than life to the common people.

“no! Please forgive me.”

An old man was stabbed in the neck by a spear while clinging to a soldier’s leg to keep his chicken from being taken away.

“father!”

A girl of about ten years old ran out of the house crying.

The soldier holding the chicken’s wings laughed loudly, and the soldier next to him grabbed the girl’s arm.

That was all Jung Jin-young saw.

The nanny held Jeong Jin-young forward.

After pressing his head tightly against his chest, avoiding the soldiers and heading to a corner.

The nurse almost ran away while the soldiers harassed the girl.

Loud shouts could be heard over the distraught people fleeing this way and that.

It is at the end of the street.

When the plundering soldiers heard it, they began to grin and shout.

“hey! Stand there!”

“Everyone gather here!”

“If you run away, I will kill you.”

In fact, the soldiers brandished their weapons at those who tried to flee.

I don’t know what the soldiers want to do.

The people who were running away stopped, realizing that it only angered the soldiers.

Some shivered and fell on the floor begging for help.

The soldiers dragged out even the women they had been harassing before and stopped them on the street.

“Keep your eyes wide open! ok!”

“Where do you turn your head!”

Threatened by shouting soldiers, people hurriedly moved on both sides of the road.

The shouts are getting closer little by little.

The soldiers shouted at the people.

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let out a cheer of welcome

Don’t turn your head.

Without knowing why, the residents of the dukedom began to raise cheers.

It was the soldiers marching in long lines that slowly entered the streets with shouts.

In the foremost is the armed man on horseback.

Perhaps he was a high-ranking person, his entire body was covered in armor. A long cloak is spread out over the horse’s rump.

Beside and behind him, several military officers in cloaks that looked a little more plain than those of the previous armed forces followed on horseback.

One of them was holding a large flag.

As the horse commander passed by, several of the frightened civilians fell to the ground.

The nanny also stood in the corner with him in her arms and bowed her head.

An enemy commander rode a horse and passed in front of Jeong Jin-young.

I was afraid that my identity would be recognized, and my heart jumped as if my heart would explode.

However, their eyes were not directed at Jinyoung.

Enemy military officers held their heads high and passed one after another as if they were not interested in insects.

Military officers on horseback passed by, and a muffled scream erupted from behind.

The eyes of the young people turned to the back of the military officers.

The nanny and Jeong Jin-young also naturally looked there.

Behind the officers were several men who were taken prisoner.

It’s not just walking.

He was lying on a wooden board that looked like a door somewhere, with his limbs tied.

The wooden board is being dragged by a horse.

Perhaps on purpose, the men’s bodies were tied loosely on the floor.

Legs are dragged on the floor and messed up. The parts that touched the floor were terribly worn just by looking at them. Some have bare bones.

The parts that did not touch the floor were not intact.

Whether it was torture or fighting, his skin was covered in blood.

As the captives drew closer, the nanny’s knees buckled.

Kneeling on the floor, the nanny opened her mouth in a daze.

“Ahhh···.”

A grievous sound leaked from the nanny’s mouth.

Jung Jin-young quickly reached out and covered the nanny’s mouth.

It’s out of her arms, but the nanny doesn’t seem to know.

The nurse stared blankly at the captives being led away.

Who the hell are you, no, I know. If the nanny forgot her own business in this way, the target would of course be the duke.

Jung Jin-young stood next to the nanny as if digging in, watching the captives.

Is the man brought to the front a duke?

The nanny’s eyes follow the man. Tears overflowed from her eyes.

Screams erupted from among the onlookers.

“Seo, could it be… is it the lord?

“···oh my god! It’s the duke.”

“How did this happen!”

Terrified whispers spread through the crowd.

‘Duke of Watoringu… my father.’

The peacock with a disastrous appearance passed in front of the nanny and Jeong Jin-young.

The sound of wooden boards being dragged on the floor resonated unheard of.

Without his own will, the peacock’s head bobbed and moved as the wooden board swayed.

Every time his head was shaking, his eyes, which were so blank that he wondered if he was dead, also moved together.

The peacock’s eyes, which seemed to be swimming in the air, suddenly passed the nanny’s figure.

For a moment, I felt as if my eyes met with the peacock.

The light seemed to return slightly to the peacock’s eyes.

And it seems that the corner of the mouth is slightly raised.

But I couldn’t be sure because it disappeared quickly.

When the duke’s figure moved a little further, the nanny stood up as if to follow him.

Jung Jin-young quickly grabbed the nanny’s hand.

“mom!”

To put it mildly, the nanny suddenly looked at him as if she had come to her senses.

“ah!”

The nanny gave a short cry, then sat down and hugged him.

The nurse put her mouth in his ear and sobbed softly.

“Sorry Sorry···.”

I couldn’t tell if he was talking to Jeong Jin-yeong or the duke.

After the prisoner tied to the wooden board passed, people with their hands tied with ropes were dragged one after another.

There were a few men, but mostly young women.

Several soldiers stood at the edge of the procession and walked, occasionally checking the faces of women and men in the crowd.

Suddenly, a soldier grabbed the young woman and dragged her away.

“You come here!”

“Kyaaah!”

A soldier roughly grabs a woman and drags her away. When he struggled and resisted, he hit him hard on the cheek.

In the end, the woman was put in the center of the procession with her hands tied to a rope.

The soldier walks while checking the faces of the other women again.

Some of the women got scared and tried to run away, but other soldiers chased after them and knocked them to the ground.

Taking advantage of the commotion, the nanny held him and moved her body backwards little by little.

“what’s the matter?”

When Jeong Jin-young asked, the nanny answered in a low voice.

“The women caught in that procession will probably belong to nobles. You’re going to be taken as a slave. But after this procession, it is the turn of the soldiers. At that time, being pretty and young is not a problem. Even children can be taken.”

The nanny’s tears had dried up before she knew it. The nanny, who had fallen behind to avoid people’s eyes, lowered him to the floor.

“The terminal soldiers catch anyone. I’ll just fill in the numbers and hand it over to the merchant following me. So we have to run away now.”

Nanny bent down and walked quickly behind the people.

Jeong Jin-young also runs while holding the hand of the nanny.

The procession isn’t over yet.

Several soldiers were shouting at the women being dragged away.

“Come on, I can’t walk!”

“Where are you sleeping! wake up!”

There were several young women around who had not yet been taken prisoner.

A soldier looked around and forcibly grabbed and dragged a woman to a nearby building.

A boy who seemed to be the woman’s family rushed at the soldier.

One kicks the boy to the ground and stomps his head.

“You guys are worms. What are bugs saying to people!”

Fellow soldiers were laughing loudly.

The nanny quietly pulled Jeong Jin-young’s hand with an emotionless expression on her face like a doll.

When he found a gap between buildings, his nanny carried him into it.

After passing through the narrow gap, the alley came out again.

When we reached a deserted place, the nurse said, still walking.

“Boss, this war is not trivial. We don’t usually treat noble captives that way.”

Tears are likely to flow from the nanny’s eyes again. Sniffling, the nanny continued.

“The authors are the people of Chania, a long-time enemy. We’ve been at war for over a hundred years. However, the war has become more intense since a few decades ago.”

When Jeong Jin-young’s pace slowed down, the nanny suddenly hugged him.

“In the meantime, many nobles who possess magical powers have died. Noble families must possess magical powers. However, possession of magical power is very rare. As many precious magic holders died, the hatred between them grew stronger.”

After hiding in the shadow of the building and looking around, the nanny started walking again.

“A few years ago, two of Chania’s princes died at the hands of my father. I think those two had quite strong magical powers. However, the damage was also great to the Duke of Watoringu. In the long war, the few possessors of magical power almost died, and the only ones left until the end were the duke and the captain of the guard.”

It is said that the captain of the guard is not a complete stranger, but the duke’s half-brother.

He was the son of a commoner concubine of the previous duke, but because he had magical powers, he did not send it out and left it in the duke’s family.

“Bocchan has been famous since he was born as a possessor of powerful magical powers. It’s the lineage of the Corea Dynasty. Possessing such magical power is even more important in the present situation. So, under normal circumstances, there is no fear of death if captured by the enemy, but…”

The nanny looked straight into Jeong Jin-young’s eyes.

“But in the current situation, you should never be caught. I don’t know again in a few years. Maybe then you’ll come back to your senses. But not now. The hatred is so great that it seems that I am not able to think normally.”

The nanny twisted her face and forced a smile.

“Boss, you won’t understand what I’m saying. But please remember. Even if I die and end up alone, I must never find out that I am a noble. It’ll be a big deal if they find out that you’re the heir to the Duke of Watoringu. Do you understand?”

“···huh.”

The nanny pressed her lips to his forehead.

“I love you, my son-in-law.”

it’s a flag

This is probably a death flag.

Jeong Jin-young’s heart was beating ominously.

＜ Prisoner of the Enemy＞ End