"Aren't you afraid of me?" Arthur noticed that Alyosha beside him showed no fear of him.
"No. I believe you're a good man, sir. If it hadn't been for you just now, I'm afraid he would have killed me." Alyosha shook her head.
"Are you Eldian?" Arthur hesitated for a while but asked anyway.
"Yes. My younger brother Joshua and I are both Eldians." A trace of sadness appeared in Alyosha's eyes as she mentioned her brother.
"Were you abducted and sold?"
"Yes. We originally lived in the internment zone in Liberio District, but one day our parents were suddenly charged with crimes they hadn't committed. After the Marley Police took them away, they never came back. Then one day, a group of strangers broke into our home and abducted my brother and me." Alyosha recounted her past.
"How long has this been going on?" Arthur hadn't expected these traffickers to be so brazen. He couldn't help suspecting that the Marley Police were colluding with them; otherwise, it was far too much of a coincidence.
"Almost a year. Ever since we were brought to the organization, we've been forced to beg. Anyone who disobeyed would have their arms and legs broken. Anyone who dared ask for help would disappear the next day. A month ago, they forcibly separated my brother and me. I thought that as long as I worked hard, I could see him again, but I never imagined... sob..." Alyosha began crying as she spoke.
Arthur sighed and comforted her softly.
After Alyosha's emotions settled down.
Arthur began asking questions again.
"Besides you two, how many others are in the same situation?"
"A lot. At least several hundred, and they're all Eldian children." Alyosha gave a shocking number.
Arthur immediately frowned. Several hundred, all Eldian children-that meant this