To Those For Whom Even Regret Is A Luxury (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 112

“Gah! Let go of that! Can’t you let go?!”

The struggling troupe leader was eventually seized by two public security officers and dragged away.

A boy who had been sitting in the carriage pressed his face against the window, watching the scene with wide-open eyes.

Not only the boy, but also the girl with a snake coiled around her neck and the child dressed in acrobat attire—who seemed to have worked in the circus—watched silently as well.

“P-please let us go! We only did as we were told!”

The leader’s henchmen, who had been keeping watch over the children to prevent their escape, were also taken away one after another.

Thus, the greatest circus on earth came to an end even before raising its curtain.

“Is… is it really okay to just leave like this? I haven’t repaid the debt I owe the troupe leader yet…”

The boy crouched inside the carriage, hiding his body, and spoke with a worried expression.

I lowered my eyes to meet his and said firmly,

“You don’t owe anyone anything. People can’t be bought with money in the first place. Imperial law abolished slavery long ago.”

The boy stared at me, eyes wide with disbelief, and after a moment cautiously glanced at me as if checking my reaction.

“Then… does that mean Lena and Romi are free too? They don’t have to repay their debts either?”

They must have been his fellow performers from the circus. I gave a faint smile and nodded.

“Of course. All the children rescued from the circus are to be placed in the Hagenberg Orphanage.”

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