Light fading an old man staring at me.....well at us, although I can only assume he is either a king or a Gucci warlord he has a golden crown with complex designes and a red cape lined with white fluffs. He took a good looking at us up and down and left and right.
"***** **" I can't understand him still even with the [Translation] passive skill.
"*** them!"
"!?" at the same time all of us stopped moving and listened, it seems like they heard what I heard too.
"It's them!" ah I see now I get the process of the [translation] passive skill it translates for you but not instantly it needs to recognize what language it is first then it translates the words for you. It also makes me want to ask why the long process then?.
"can you all understand me now?"
the man who I is probably the king.
"yes, we can" then George stepped forward looking heroic and all.
"....."the king narrowed his eyes on George and all the soldiers are prepared to take out their swords any time.
the room's atmosphere is tense
"Did the goddess send you lot here?"
"Yes" George said without hesitation
"at ease soldiers they are with the goddess"
then the king said the whole class was relieved but me you see when the king spoke out the goddess I tensed.
Still the king and the goddess must be on good terms I should be careful around him too. Thinking about the Goddesses cold voice I shivered it looks like Leon noticed but I ignored him.
'Anyways why is everyone so calm, it's like that goddess killing one of our classmates thing didn't happe...n' I thought
'then what if they didn't,.....what if their memories from that time he been removed,...worst case they might even be brainwashed!'.
With all these possibilities I tried to test it.
"L-Leon? are you feeling any strange?"
"Hmm? what ever do you mean Chris my friend". His strange way of speaking is still there.
"H-have you seen w-what the goddess had done in the white room?"
"Are you dumb or what!? of course! anyone who's seen it will never even forget it!!!".
"!!!" wait maybe she didn't even do something to my classmates then I'm gla--
"It was a very cool magic circle you know!!"
then my self monologuing was cut off by Leon 'WAIT!!!! a magic circle!? you said'
"Leon! what about the thing she just did!!"
"what!? what did she done then!?"both of us were shouting and I think we got a lot of attention.
"you know she killed one of classma----"
I was interrupted by a floating crystal sphere
it approached me then a white magic circle appeared on top of me and the magic circle passing thru my body it's like scanning me.
'A crystal ball' I thought what is it even doing? scanning foreign disease? or is it my sta...ts....!'
then I realized what if my stats has come back to normal.
'System visualize' the transparent screen flickered a bit then the strangest thing happened.
'!!?' it startled me the transparent screen is now black 'its black! wait is it normal how about my stats then.....it's still the same
I was hoping to at least one of them might increase but...'
Although the transparent screen is now black I can still see the letters much like you turn on
NIGHT MODE on your phone.
Then the crystal ball that's still floating did an absurd thing it displayed my stats in the whole room!
At first I thought everyone else cannot see it but I was wrong.
"What's that?" Lambert was the first to speak up.
"oi oi is that Christopher's System Stat...pfft hahaah it's all blank you know!"
'tch why has it gotta be you mind your own business now' I'm really pissed at this guy
then two soldiers went to both of my sides and grabbed both if my shoulders grabbing me.
"W-wait!! what's going on I didn't do anything bad you know!!"
"What's going on!" George asked the king
"we have no ill intention it's just this fellow didn't have any spec of [Magic Power] this crystal indicated that he didn't have any.
then the Crystal ball still displaying my stats landed on the king's palm he then showed the class a crystal ball in his hands.
"it can detect magic power but I can't seem to detect any from this fellow right here"
"Wait! what's going to happen to him now!?"
then my classmate Bella spoke out I'm glad
a girl is here for me.
"he will be sent back home"the king said casually
"What that's no fair you know!!!" Ma'am Roxy yelled at the king while I'm glad that I'm going home, I couldn't help but to be weary.
"Send us back home too! not just one of my students all of them!" teacher then narrowed her eyes on the king and the guards readied their swords.
"...Because he doesn't have any [Magic Power]
his Teleportation back to your world wouldn't cost as much as you lot, you have powers that even the holy goddess can't recognize, it would take a large amount of magic to even send you back". said the king making it clear for us
"He will be sent back to your world right this instance!" the king said very kingly.
they then grabbed me then thru the big door and as it closed my eyes met with her.
Touka Sugou.
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The guard still grabbing both my arms the were guiding me to who knows where we've been walking in this great halls like what felt like an hour now then took a turn....again.
Down the hallway I saw a door it wasn't fabulous like all the doors I've seen in the hallways, it was plain old door it even got holes.
then the guards opened it and revealed a cobblestone stairs going downwards.
"H-hey guys where exactly are we going?"
I asked my "escorts". "......"
but no response. We kept on going like that till we reached the bottom of the stairs.
what I found is truly gruesome, there were cells that are organized in a row but that's not what's disturbing me it's the people that's behind the prison bars.
'wait are they going to put me in here!?'
I panicked and tried to struggle away but the two "escorts" are too strong they didn't even budge.
The prisoners are in what I could only imagine hell, one of the prisoners had their left leg missing they were crying but not loud enough to be disturbing. Then we stopped
"Hey, is this really the first hero he doesn't really look like the real one,..." one of the escorts stopped talking and inspected me
"He looks different from the painting and sculptures,....his hair is black too isn't it supposed to be white I get that his face looks
like him but still..".
'eh, hero what are these guys even talking about!' I struggled some more but still cannot get out of their grasp.
"He's not that strong too, the story goes even gods couldn't oppose him huh!" after he finished saying that he punched my belly
and air quicky got out of my lungs.
Now gasping for air they grabbed both of my hands and cuffed it with metal cuffs.
"Now look at this hero not pretty heroic huh!"
Escort A then kick me in the side again
"that's enough let's go" one of my escort said in a stoic expression.
with metal cuffs in my hands they kicked me into one of the prison cell, then they locked it
The "escorts" left and now I'm all alone in this basement, ' or is it called a dungeon?... '
in front of my cell is the prison hall it's lighted dimly by lanterns, with nothing to do I checked my body if the kicks of those thugs leave some serious injuries in my body.
"arghh!!" I screamed unconsciously as I touched my left shoulder " well at least it wasn't my dominant arm" trying to stay optimistic I looked around the cell for anything useful.
It was mostly dark in the cell but I can see a Dirty gray futon and a straw pile. I decided to check the futon first.
As I approached the futon it wiggled. it startled me 'shit is there ghosts in this jail cell!! Damn! I've seen documentary of prisons being haunted by dead inmates!' oh man if I'm going to die I don't want it to be in this jail cell being strangled by some ghosts!
' Oh great holy God out there!! help me out.....yo!...wait! this is a parallel world you know! do Jesus, Buddha,and Allah even exist in these world....they do have a goddess... Damn! Curse that godde-'
the futon wiggled again!
'Okay calm down me!.... I have to confront my fears!' if I don't then I'll end up being scared of everything in this world because it's a parallel world after all, it's different from the earth that I used to live in.
I jumped on the futon.
"please! no more....." I jumped in a futon and it reacted in a weird way like it was a person.....
Wait! it really is!
Opening the futon to see what's inside it
'it really is a person what's more a girl! I'm not having any pervy moment hear but damn!
hallelujah!!'.
"pls no more!" as I was mentally celebrating the girl once again cried. she's beging me to stop? no no no I didn't even do anything to her
...I swear! , then I noticed it under her neck it's a metal collar.
From all the knowledge from watching anime and reading novels I've come to a conclusion
'its a slave collar right? yup she's a slave.... typical fantasy world...well it's not like my own world haven't done slavery too in it's early days..
Eyeing the collar closely made me recall of teachings in our history class, African people getting sold as a slave in Europe and in their colonies in the Colonization period, just thinking of people slaving other people makes me sick.
Then I noticed her eye opened slowly. I also get off her slowly to avoid misunderstandings
she then got up and inspected the dark prison
cell then stopped at me. But as soon as she spotted me, her face quickly turned into fear.
"!" she then grabbed the futon and covered her
breast and her private organ.
'wait was she naked all along?' I have to clear her misunderstanding.
"I'm not going to hurt you" speaking as gently as I could be, although it didn't work she just got more scared.
" I'm not going to harass you look" I said showing her my cuffed hands then pointing at the at the locked cell door.She seems to be understanding the words that I've been saying.
"Y—your also a p–risoner?" although a bit weary she spoke at me and I can understand
what she is saying too, that confirms it she can speak the same language as the king and the two who escorted me here.
"yes.. I am" still sounding gentle in my own standards I answered her question. The mysterious girl loosened up a little making her tensed atmosphere gone. I couldn't see her face clearly because my shadow is covering her. The only light being emitted into the jail cell is from the lanterns in the jail hall.
I crouched to get some light in her face revealing her face.
"!" I got surprised from what I see, she has a black hair although she doesn't look Asian just like from Earth, Her face kinda reminds me of western women, Oh! she also has green eyes!.
But that's not what surprised me though, it's just she's naked!. Well aside from the collar in her neck it's probably the only accessories she got on. 'though it's probably rude to call a slave collar an accessory'.
'Shes probably cold' I took off my uniform and covered her body with it, Hmmm?.. wazzat?
I'll probably get cold because I've got no uniform on? don't worry I have a shirt on me I always put shirts under my uniform.
"T–thank you" she thanked me timidly, dammit
you probably I'm impotent because I didn't got turned on by her naked body your wrong!!
even I can't control my instincts you know!
'Jr! calm down now is not the time!' crap! Jr. is going to burst out any moment! I have to control it! inner peace~
"U-umm your also a prisoner right? my name is Christopher what's yours?" I tried to establish relationship with her not in a romantic way I'm just being friendly to her I don't really know anything about this world so there's a lot I want to ask.
"I-I don't have any....." eh she doesn't?
"My Mom is a slave A-and I was born in here she takes care of me but now she's....."
"A-ahh" man that was awkward still her mom being a slave huh...yup not gonna pry any more. 'I have to guess human rights is not a thing in this world yet huh?'. If I want to survive in this world first I have to know more about it. 'Still her was her Mom pregnant before she came in here then gave birth to her? or was she....' yup not gonna pry no more.
"then I'll name you" of course if she doesn't have a name then I'll name her myself it'll be weird if I just keep calling her "you" or "gurl".
"E-Eh Y-you'll name me?" she asked timidly
'ok I'll name ya!.....Hmmm what's a good name?' while I was thinking a good name to call her she stood up and went to the dark side of the jail cell and then picked something thought I can't really tell what it is...oh it's a book. Hmm she's giving it to me?
"R-Read it for me please, M-Mom reads it for me so" I accepted the offer and took a good look at the book. 'Wait can I even read?..I can!"
'Lets see I know these words are unfamiliar to me but I can understand them' you bet I'm really excited it's a new language you know!
you probably think I'm exaggerating but try learning a new language for yourself.
"Your Mom where is she" I asked her wondering where her mother is I'm guessing her mother is in her fifties? because her daughter looks about my age sixteen.
"....." she didn't answer 'I guess she doesn't want to huh?'. Although I was a bit curious who her mother is raising such a nice child
Hmmm..... wazzat?... I'm acting like and old guy.....yeah.....your probably right.
"well if you don't want to say it then don—"
"My mother she's gone...."
She said cutting me off. Still I smell drama so not really going to pry.
"She was taken when I was small but never returned..." She probably couldn't tell the time inside this dungeon like prison huh.. it must seem like years....
"My thought is that she was taken in the next cell..." ahh....no I don't wanna hear this this sounds terrible. Though it just came to me that she speaks the language of this world
fluently....she must've picked it up on her mother as she was growing in this jail cell.
Although it makes me wonder how did she grow with no sunlight anyways. Is it because
this world has magic?
"At that time I could hear her screams and her begging....". As I was thinking about things when she continued her flashbacks.
"There was a time when there was two men came to our cell then they....toyed...with..my.. mother..." *sniff*
'Oh! she cried! my bad!' she cried and now it's my fault. 'better cheer her up then'. I saw the book that she wanted me to read and opened it.
As I opened the leather cover I noticed that there's a book mark I slide it outside the book
and there are words in the book mark.
[THE HERO BECAME THE OUTCAST THE VILLAIN BECAME THE HERO]
As I read the letters on the book mark I figured it was some gibirish so I let it be and slided it back to the book. then onto the front page.
[THE HERO OLIVER]
'The hero Oliver? oh yeah I recall my two escorts said that I looked like some hero.
Then they beat me and my left shoulder still hurts!
Well whatever he is I have to read it to console her I think?'
I read the book and it's contents are pretty interesting the story goes like this.
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