134 134. Too Many Ding-Dongs

"What!" The three exclaimed together. 

Lady Aurora kept healing Sylvester's face and responded with great respect for the man that the world feared. "Of course, not blood-related. He's a proper clergyman, after all. When I was little, just eight, my village was sold by the Baron of the region because he could not pay the money he borrowed from the Count. 

"It happened even though it was all illegal. And then… the villagers were sold. Unfortunately, they sold my parents to someone else while I was sent to a different place because they realized I somehow had high magic talent. After the revelation, I became one of the prime goods, though the treatment got worse as they tried to subvert my mind and make me submissive to their demands.