Dungeon Stay

46

Two Days Later

The sun was rising. There were hues of first light seeping through the cellar, falling on a barely alive human.

Renai was laying on the floor, her eye sockets were heavy-lidded and her whole face was perilously swollen. She was staring at the daybreak with absolutely nothing in her mind. She could tell her soul was gradually leaving her body, her lower body was almost deprived if any sensation. It had been three days since she last ate something, not precisely ate but tried to. It was stale bread and some dry beans. The food was so bland that she ended up disgorging all the contents out. Tears were unstoppable. She put a hand on her stomach and stared at her dying child with pitiful eyes. She wouldn’t have feared death if this little beat hadn’t been in her womb. The baby was too weak to survive malnourishment. She was sick worried she would lose him if she didn’t eat anything.

She blinked at the rising sun before hearing the creaking sound of the door. Someone was