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-Town of Seginus, Thalassia Kingdom
3rd POV*
"Now, what is this?" Ascella muttered as he gazed at the people infront of him, "Hm? Are you not familiar with slaves, Ascella?" Genib asked as if the existences of slaves is a matter of fact. "Fuuh.. I expected something like slavery but I didn't expect that it would be like this in this world.." Ascella said watching the slaves crawling the floor, they are racing towards the food that their master placed. "Huh? Oh! A new one has come! Hello, good sir. Are you here to see our catalogue? We have some new arrivals that would definitely fit your taste!" A shady looking man appeared and got closer to Ascella who just give him a disgusting look.
'This guy.. he's looking at me like a easy to hit target.. alright, I'll play along' Ascella thought. "Um.. I want a beautiful girl that could help me.. with you know?" Ascella said trying to act shy which gained a reaction from the shady man. "Then you are in the right place! We are selling good and untouched products! Though some might have defects but its something you can just ignore" the shady man said while rubbing his hands. Ascella followed the shady man as they reached some places where many cages could be seen. Inside the cages were humans, they were staring at the ground with lifeless look on their eyes which disturb Ascella greatly. He always see this kind of expression from his sister in the past so it was bringing some memories.
'Hm? What's this?' Ascella stopped when he suddenly sensed a mana in one of the slave's body. "Wait, open that curtain" Ascella said while pointing at one cage that is being covered by a large cloth. The shady man was surprised by his instructions as a complicated expression emerged from his face, "Actually.. this one is damaged beyond repair, there are some more nice slaves here, why don't you look for mo—" he immediately stopped when Ascella's eyes looked at him, it was too disturbing to look at that he could only give up and open it. Ascella's expression crumpled when he saw what was inside, there was a brown haired girl without nose, some of her skin was peeled, one of her ears was cut and both of her legs amputated. She was indeed damaged beyond repair.. or so what Ascella would say if he didn't have his magic.
Ascella grinned as he threw a gold coin towards the shady man. "I'll be taking this girl" he simply said and went towards the cage. The shady man didn't say anything but just grinned happily with this transaction, he lost a broken goods and he obtain much more than he wish to sell her. Ascella stared at the woman, "Can you hear me? From now on, your loyalty will lie towards me. I'll fix you and turn you into a perfect companion for me" Ascella said as the woman's emotionless eyes locked onto him. Normally people would flinch when being stared by that eyes but Ascella was already used to his sister doing the same thing everyday. Ascella walked to the cage before grabbing the bars and breaking them, the shady man widened his eyes at the action as he could only stare in bafflement.
Ascella carried the girl and left the place without even looking at the shady man and his bodyguards. When they were out of sight, Ascella used light magic to reflect light on the girl's body, resulting to her becoming invisible in the eyes of the other people. He went to the inn he booked before and entered his room. Seeing as there are no more eyes, he raised his hand as a light appeared on it. It covered the girl's whole body before vanishing, Ascella tilted his head when nothing happened. "Sigh, this human's injuries are more severe so simple healing magic won't do, let Genib do it" Genib said while puffing her chest, a considerable amount of magic power escaped her body and turned into light before entering the girl's body.
Ascella made sure to remember that spell as it would become useful in the future, he didn't question why Genib has many spells about light magic when she was the descendant of the Greater Spirit of Light. Not long before the girl's amputated legs began growing grotesquely, it was straight out of a horror movie that even disturb Ascella a little bit. The girl's body was fixed as she stared at it with little emotions in her eyes. "Now, you are my property. My words are absolute, you must do everything to achieve them. Do so and you will receive freedom" Ascella said smiling at the girl who looked up on him. She didn't say anything and just nodded her head. Ascella was satisfied with her action so she just let her digest the situation as he sleep on the bed. "Genib, look out for me please" he muttered before closing his eyes.
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Ascella POV*
Hgnnn.. hm? What's happening? I opened my eyes only to see the door being opened by someone. "Young man with black hair.. kid, you're coming with me" Huh? I rubbed my eyes to check whether this is true but nothing changed. "Any clue about this, Genib?" I muttered a question towards the spirit on my head. "Genib don't know.. they suddenly arrived out of knowhere" she negatively responded which made my head ache. I didn't even do anything worth to be arrested with.. what is this situation?
I looked at the knight who has hatred on his eyes while looking at me, "So? What's the problem here?" I asked while tilting my head at him, "Just shut up and follow. You are under arrest for doing a fatal sin, you will be given capital punishment later" the knight said making me massage my head in this unreasonable shit. "Okay, okay, you can get me..." I raised my hand and followed the guy, "You stay here, I will come back later" I ordered the woman who just nodded her head.
We arrived at a luxurious place where many knights were lining up with a tense atmosphere. "Now care to explain why I am here in the first place?" I asked looking at the knight who brought me here with a bored eyes. "You still had the shame to say something like that? You killed the young master! This is not a sin that could be handled easily, especially when his grandfather is returning!" The knight gritted his teeth while shouting but I was confused. "Hey no shit, when did this happen? And how did you even arrive at the conclusion that it was me? You retard better have an explanation" I snarled back as vein is threatening to pop on my forehead. They brought me here for a false accusation? I could use this time to eat more exotic food than to participate in this bullshit.
The knight didn't say anything but just ordered the other knights to put shackles on me. "Sigh, let's have a proper conversation now shall we?" I said before placing for on my hand forcing the shackles to break. They were alarmed at that as they unsheated their swords and took a distance away from me. "Its good that you are cooperating. Why did you make me the suspect?" I asked staring at the leader's eyes seriously. "T-That.. you were acting suspicious! And some people heard you asking informations about the young master the other day! It could only mean one thing, that you wanted to assasinate the young master!" Bullshit.. are the humans in this world stupid? Is that why they couldn't put a fight against the other races?
"For fucks sake! I came to this town just a day ago, of course I wanted to know something!" I shouted at him who stiffened at it. "B-But you are the only suspect we hav—" before he could even finish his words, someone entered the room, a knight who is clearly in a hurry based on the panting he made. "S-Sir Gordon! We caught the criminals! We found the young master's accesories on them!" Oh there it is.. sigh, I almost lose control of myself there, thank god they brought the real criminals before I could even destroy this place... Ugh, somehow my thoughts are very dark right now, am I being influenced by how the common sense in this world work?
The knight widened his eyes at the report, "I-Is that true!?" He exclaimed surprising the knight who reported it. "Y-Yes! They were theives! We were guided by a strange woman with emotionless eyes, that's how we found them!" The knight said while bowing. "So? Still gonna keep me lock in here?" I questioned with my eyes narrowed at him. "...I apologize for the inconvenience" he said closing his eyes. I can tell that he is really ashamed right now so I was satisfied with it. Still.. with my conviction of not getting close to noble problems.. this thing hit too fast. I thought that I would never deal with them as long as I get far away as I could but it seems like noble problems are chasing me. This sucks.
I was freed by the knights as I returned to the inn, there I saw the emotionless girl still sitting on the ground. "You are quite good.. thank you for the save, here is your reward" I said before throwing some coins at her. Based on the knight's report earlier, this gal probably saved my ass. With how fast she understood the situation, she could become a good companion for me.. though I wish that she would come out of her shell and eventually dropped that lifeless look on her eyes. Its hard having a companion like that.
The girl just stared at the coins before returning her eyes at me. "What? You don't want to? You have a job like that in the past right?" I said as she stiffened a little. "Don't worry I won't judge you on what you did, I just want you to become my companion in my journey, that's all" I assured her by placing my hand in her head and ruffling it. Things are getting interesting.. I wonder if I will experience more of this things from now on?
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