The next day Daiki woke up. The very first people he saw are his father, mother and a young man who looked like he was in his teens and looked like his dad but with dark blue eyes with a troubled look.
'I think, I really overdid it' Daiki wryly smiled as he thought that.
"Good morning... Mom... Dad... And stranger..." Daiki said shyly which was obviously out of character of him.
"Son!" His mother and father shouted and launched themselves to Daiki.
"Little Bro!!" The young man said which made Daiki tilt his head along with a confused and troubled expression.
"Ahh... It's seems you have forgotten about me, it's okay though I have been pretty much absent to your life this past four years" the young man said dejectedly while Daiki struggled from the fleshy binding he had been caught in.
"Ummm... Ah!!! Vein-niichan!!!" Daiki shouted then tackled his brother after being released.
"Atta boy! You remembered me!" The young man said while ruffling Daiki's hair which made him giggle.
'My mind really is turning into a kid's, meh! who cares?!!' Daiki thought.
"What are you doing here, Vein-niichan?" Daiki asked while hugging his brother who continued to ruffle his hair.
"Well I couldn't exactly leave my little brother alone after collapsing due to mana exhaustion and suppressing a notorious merchant group that the Kings of the Middle continent and the East were following" Vein said.
"Huh?" Daiki reflexively asked while his face made a confused expression.
"I know you can fully understand this, your smart and all that but I will still tell you, you see Daiki this particular slave trader mostly hunted Demi Humans who haven't done anything wrong and make them into slaves braking families and the such along with burning Demi human and Devil settlements at their wake" Vein said.
"So... Is Vein-niichan a King?" Daiki asked while tilting his head slightly.
"That's right! Aren't you proud?!" Vein exclaimed proudly.
"Vein-niichan is the best!!!" Daiki shouted and tightened his hug.
"Hehehe and if you have any trouble with any Demi human or devil kingdoms just say my name, I'm pretty well known after all" Vein said.
"Got it, but I doubt I'll ever use it besides it's still a fairly recent news to me that I'm a prince" Daiki said shyly while scratching the back of his head.
"Hahaha but sadly you will not get to seat on the throne..." Vein said with a sad expression and sadness laced on his voice.
"Don't worry Vein-niichan I don't like things like being treated like royalty or the likes, I'd rather venture all over the world!! Besides I'm bad with formalities" Daiki sheepishly said while looking at the ground.
"That we agree on little bro!" Vein said as he carried and Daiki went out of the room.
"Who knew he had excellent memory?" Kentarou asked his wife.
"Your the only one in this family who has a bad memory" Asuka said.
"Now I want a daughter..." Asuka muttered as she saw the retreating figures of her sons.
"Want to try?" Kentarou asked hearing his wife's mutter.
"You know I can't get pregnant anymore, the doctor said so" Asuka said as she sighed in defeat along with her husband.
"Ehhhh?!!!!!" Daiki shouted which could be heard in his room.
"It seems that Vein already told him" Kentarou sighed as they rushed downstairs.
"Vein-niichan what do you mean that I'll get a slave?!!" Daiki asked in utter shock and surprise.
"That's what I have been asking as well, it seems that the slave trader who is currently on the castle's dungeon while frozen, the slaves master somehow became yours in theory that is" Vein said.
"Then I'll immediately thaw him out, come on let's go!" Daiki said as he started running off to the castle.
"Daiki wait!" Vein tried to stop his brother but when he tried to reach out his hand Daiki was already under the front door so he started to run after him.
Daiki arrived at the castle gate and was stopped by the guards.
"Who are you?" The guards threatened pointing their swords and spears to Daiki.
"Daiki Nakimura" Daiki said as he showed an emblem made out of Platinum with a wolf head on it, a guard inspected it and then let him pass.
Daiki then tracked the slave trader and later arrived at a prison cell with ice sculptures.
"[Thaw]" Daiki chanted and snapped his fingers which made the ice retreat and melt partially only making the heads of the obese slave merchant not frozen.
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[Thaw]
a Familiar level spell which thaws or unfreezes something
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"Tell me who owns the slaves" Daiki threatened the slave trader.
"I still own them but I won't hand them over to you" the slave trader said then he tried to spit at Daiki but failed.
"[Chilling Creeping Ice]" Daiki chanted.
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[Chilling Creeping Ice]
a Master level spell that is an upgraded version of the spell [Creeping Ice] and is an excellent spell for preservation and torture purposes since the spell freezes all cells or living or dying organisms
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Daiki smiled then the slave trader felt his body slowly becoming numb.
"Wha-what are yo-you do-doing?!" The slave trader asked in a panic while shivering.
"Oh that? I just made my ice freeze your insides" Daiki nonchalantly said, the slave trader's expression turned grim.
"Y-you wou-wouldn't" the slave trader said while looking at Daiki's eyes which were ice cold.
"Wouldn't I?" Daiki said, the slave trader gulped and his expression turned even more grim as he lost the feeling of his limbs.
"Ok fine, I'll give you the slaves!" The slave trader said.
"Now that's what I'm talking about" Daiki said then the slave trader felt his limbs again.
"First bring the slaves here and unfreeze me" the slave trader demanded.
"Sure~ [Thaw] Guards look out for any suspicious behaviors or movements " Daiki said in a merry way then he went out of the dungeon and explained it to his brother who finally caught up to him.
"I told you I didn't kill him" Daiki said proudly as Vein was surprised at the alive figure of the slave trader.
"I still can't believe it" Vein said in disbelief but the proof said otherwise.
"My magic just run rampant at the end but I still managed to control it to some degree, don't you think I'm amazing Vein-niichan?!" Daiki said proudly.
"Yes yes your amazing, in fact your way too amazing!" Vein shouted which made Daiki chuckle then he remembered something extremely important.
"Ah!!! What about the others?!!" Daiki asked worried for Tatsumaki's well being since he already saw the little wolf girl but at a distance along with unfreezing the slave trader albeit not fully, his arms and feet are shackled with ice.
"They're fine and they said that you saved them, Tatsumaki, Roy, Sakura and Rina said so, is that true?" Vein asked while Daiki only wryly smiled then turned around and whistled.
"You really are amazing, suppressing a worldwide illegal slave trader's even if it's just a branch at the age of five at this point in time I wouldn't even be surprised if you said that you accidentally froze an entire kingdom!" Vein said in astonishment.
"Don't worry Vein-niichan I'll try not to, no promises though" Daiki said while smiling which only made Vein sigh.
"Your making me look older, I'm still on my teens" Vein muttered.
"Well, your older and you make better judgements than me so... You are perfect for your current job!" Daiki said innocently.
"Fine but stay here just in case" Vein said then went back inside.
Daiki started practicing his magic manipulation and found something odd.
'I think that there is something wrong with me, I can freely manipulate ice but when it come to the other attributes, except for my ODS, I need to say their names first before I could cast them and the amount of mana taken is much larger than when using my ice' Daiki thought as he continued his experiments.
He successfully created some compound magic.
[Magma] Fire and Earth mixture.
[Lightning] Fire and wind mixture.
[Plasma] Fire and Lightning but he can't control it properly.
[Mud] Water and Earth.
[Abyss] Dark and Void (mostly traps)
[Illusion] Dark and Light but he is horrible at it.
Daiki thought of creating more compound magics but he was called by his brother.
"Daiki I need you to come here" Vein said.
"Coming" Daiki said as he went to the dungeon.
When he arrived he saw his brother having a troubled look along with the others.
"What happened?" Daiki asked.
"How should I say this?" Vein pondered as well as the others but someone got impatient and told Daiki the news.
"The slave merchant killed himself before we could question him" a blonde young man said, Daiki's expression turned grim as he knew he could have stopped him if only he was there.
"Don't make such a grim expression it was our fault for not checking" Vein said as he hugged his little brother.
"But-" Daiki said.
"No buts, let me explain" Vein said then Daiki nodded.
"You see when a slave merchant or owner dies because of an accident, illness or suicide, they're slaves die as well, we managed to save the kids and the teens except for one, she was a little wolf Demi human" Vein said his voice turning hoarse by the second making Daiki shake in fear due to not being able to save someone especially the one who he wanted to protect the most in the group of slaves.
"We didn't know what happened but when he committed suicide after setting the others free while completely forgetting about her, she miraculously survived but her collar won't come off" Vein said but this made Daiki let out a breath of relief that he didn't know that he was holding.
"Then is sh-she sa-safe?" Daiki asked.
"That's what we want to know, there are only two reasons why she didn't die the first one being she is not a slave but that was crossed out because the slave collar that she is wearing is still emitting mana and the second is that she has another owner but we looked through the slave merchant's papers and none came up so we asked his goons but came up with nothing" Vein said.
"Then?" Daiki asked.
"Well she insisted on her meeting you before she dies from a command or something by a new owner" Vein said while Daiki already started running towards the place where the slaves stayed.
"Hero-sama!!" The little wolf girl shouted then hugged Daiki while her tail is wagging happily then she noticed Daiki's sad expression and hang low tail and ears.
"...hero-sama?" The little wolf girl asked.
"I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!!" Daiki repeatedly said as he hugged the girl as his tears started to form then fall out of his eyes in her arms while the wolf girl became flustered.
"Hero-sama please don't apologize" The little wolf girl said while touching Daiki's cheek gently, her eyes are also slightly watery.
"But-" Daiki wanted to argue while wiping his tears and snot.
"...my life became complete when I met you hero-sama, so please don't apologize this is my destiny" the little wolf girl said with caring gentle yet almost lifeless eyes which made Daiki feel more guilty and could only clench his fists so hard that his hands started to bleed.
"No! I won't let you die!! No one will ever harm you!! Please!! If God is really looking over us then transfer her ownership to me so that she won't die!!! I beg you!!" Daiki shouted as he tightened his hug afraid to let go even though he didn't know why he just knew he had to protect her even if his life was the cost as tears poured out of his eyes.
"Hero-sama..." The little girl muttered as tears started falling out of her light blue almost lifeless eyes.
"... I would be extremely happy if my owner is someone as kind as you" the little wolf girl said as she hugged Daiki back then a pillar of light descended on the two and they became enveloped in it.
"I heard your wish, the other party also wants it so I don't see why not besides we are having quite a lot of fun watching you grow therefore I want to grant your wish but it comes with a price, are you fine with that?" A dignified voice said.
"What is the price? Name it and I'll pay it even if it's my life!!" Daiki shouted.
"Hero-sama..." The little wolf girl muttered.
"Fear not young one the price is your freedom, you'll forever be the slave of that kid, are you fine with that?" The voice asked.
"Yes!" The little wolf girl shouted.
"Very well, young man touch her collar and say this words [I hereby pledge to be this one's owner forever and more]" the voice said then Daiki touched the little wolf girl's collar and felt the cold sensation of steel on his hands which made him slightly shiver.
"[I hereby pledge to be this one's owner forever and more while treating her with the respect she deserves and also treating her like my own family protecting her and caring for her, if I don't obey this pledge then eat away at my emotions and make me an emotionless doll]" Daiki said then a flash of light came from Daiki's body and headed straight to the little wolf girl.
"Wait!!" The voice tried stop him but he was to late.
The light enveloped the two further which later died down after a good ten minutes.
"Ma-master?" The little wolf girl asked as she saw Daiki's lifeless eyes.
"Don't worry I'm fine and don't call me master, I said it on my pledge I'll treat you like your my family" Daiki said while his eyes became filled with life once again.
"What's your name?" Daiki asked.
"...I don't have a name" the little wolf girl said with a sad tone.
"...I'd like for Master to give me one if that's okay?" She continued.
Daiki thought for a bit then he came up with something which he thought would perfectly fit her.
"Luna" Daiki said, the girl tilted her head in confusion.
"Luna is going to be your name which means the moon, if you don't want it then I can change it" Daiki said.
"Luna..." The girl muttered.
"Master, I love it!! Thank you!!" The girl shouted as she hugged Daiki.
"Alright from here on your name will be Luna Nakimura my sweet little sister so don't call me Master" Daiki announced but in his mind.
'What the hell did I just say?!!!! How did this happen?!!!! It felt like someone was controlling my body, what the hell?!!!! But I'm not dissatisfied in fact it's the opposite...' Daiki thought.
The metal slave collar then crumbled into pieces then into dust before it even had the chance to hit the floor then got carried by the wind which no one knows where it had come from since they are currently underground.
A mark appeared on Luna's left shoulder, it was the Nakimura family crest but there was something strange about it, firstly it was emitting some sort of power along with the wolf having ice protruding from its fur. The steel slave collar also got replaced by a black and light blue stylish collar made out of leather while being able to adjust it's size by changing the place where the lock was placed while a aquamarine gemstone in a marquise cut that is surrounded by moonflowers that engraved out of platinum.
"Ah! I forgot!! How old are you, Luna?" Daiki asked with a worried expression and tone.
'It would be embarrassing if she is somehow older than me' Daiki thought as he scratched his head while his head is slightly lowered and avoiding eye contact.
"I'm three years old Onii-chan" Luna answered with a smile while Daiki's heart got tickled by feathers which made him unconsciously hold his chest.
'TOO CUTE!!' Daiki shouted inside his mind.
"Now you've done it little bro but don't worry about the paperwork, I will deal with that and it would be rather easy as well due to her appearance closely resembling us siblings" Vein said while ruffling Daiki's and Luna's hair.
"Huh?" Daiki asked.
"Prepare for hell when you grow up, I can already see three routes where this could end up in" Vein warned while Daiki just looked at him with a puzzled look, trying to feign ignorance.