It sounded cliche, this whole situation—and it is very, very cliche.

You were raised in an orphanage your entire life, it was a good life—one surrounded with many caring siblings and loving caretakers. Day by day though, children would disappear from the place, and it was never because they were adopted.

Once someone reached a specific age, they'd be sold off on a human market. The ones who weren't able to strike a price? They were never seen again.

Luckily for you though, you managed to be bid in an auction, getting won by the price of five-million.

...

"Get them cleaned up." Alhaitham spoke coldly towards his servants while you just stood there, bewildered. This man in front of you was the one who bought you, seems like you'll be working for him from now on.

Out of boredom, he decided to go to an auction, and oh the surprise that filled him when a human walked onto that stage. That's when it registered in his mind that he'd found the perfect treasure.