Chapter 27

[1750 B.C.]

"So?" I smiled and the little girl who was now clinging to a piece of bread looked suspicious at me and then to Asmodeus who did not even try to appear friendly.

"Humm..." the girl bit the bread like a hungry animal "I..."

She swallowed it hard.

"I was too skinny..." she muttered as if feeling guilty "I..."

"Say, dear..." I said trying to encourage.

"I..."

Asmodeus sighed.

"Speak at once, child," he said squatting in front of her "what was it about you being thin?"

I felt like hitting him for treating a little girl like that, but at that moment - I just couldn’t.

The girl bit her mouth off by cutting her own lip.

"They said I was too skinny and that... it didn’t serve as tribute" she muttered "so... they took my sister."

My chest is heavy.

"Your... your sister?"

She nodded and Asmodeus snitched.

"They weren’t wrong, you really are very thin."

"I... know" she muttered as if fee