Chapter 80
(The Slaves, Pt 3 of 11)
Theo Pov:
We had gotten in the Dire's carriage and were rushing back down the path, my Butler driving. We were around 17 miles from town and would arrive tomorrow. Our father was sending some people to watch us tonight so we can have them go get help.
We arrive at the gate after the sun has set to see another carriage arriving. It was the guards my father had sent to watch us. They saw us and immediately got out to check on us. "What's the problem?," The leader asked.
We stopped and got out, I went up to him and told him what had happened. When he heard it, he was horrified, he sent their carriage back with two men to alert my father, and Layla's dad. While we returned to the Estate in the Dire's carriage.
"They sure got a lot of land for their deeds, didn't they," The leader said.
"Yeah, it is around seven miles from the gate to the center where the house is. There was someone Jake knew, he had sensed something. He had told us to get to the carriage and stay back as he rushed inside. But Hannah hadn't wanted to stay and got trapped inside with him. Me, Hunter, and Henry used our magic to get inside, to find them not there. We went to the back where we heard a noise, when we got there, we found two people on the ground. Jake had knocked them out and went down steps. We followed, but I just wish I hadn't seen what happened after," I tell him.
I had only told him about the slaves, not how we had discovered it. "What happened?," He asked curious and concerned.
"Jake, was killing all of the people watching the slaves, mercilessly! If they got within striking distance of his sword, they were chopped up and killed! And his Aura was showing, that only happens when in the thrill of the fight or extreme Emotion! He was a beast!," I cried trying to forget it. The leader saw how much it was straining me and stopped me from forcing myself to say more.
The events that had happened, they were just too awful! How was Jake that good? An why did he cut them down without Mercy?!
We arrived at the mansion around a hour later. It was the dead of night now, anything could happen, but nothing did. I went into the mansion since that was where the former slaves were resting. Inside I saw no-one injured or bruised, just people wishing to forget. It seems they also suffered from what they saw, at the back there was a green glow. Walking over I saw Jake healing the ones who had not been healed.
If he did this for everyone, what is his MP at? The house was filled to the brim, there was around 300 slaves and they filled the entire building.
Narrator Pov:
The guards had arrived with backup and took the three men into custody. People from the church had also come to help take care of the people. How had this happened without anyone finding out about it. That was the main thought of the people helping out.
The men who had gone down to the hidden underground couldn't believe what they saw. It seemed like a one sided massacre, it was inhuman and impossible. They had decided to let the king decide on what to do with Jake. Mainly because they knew they could not beat him.
The other reason, was the slaves, even if they did not like what happened, they only had gratitude for him. From that they could see that his actions were Just and right. The three men had given up a name, but died from doing so, a spell had been put on them if they told.
But, it was a dead end. The man who they said told them to do it, had died early on in the month. It was the man that had bombed the castle. He had told them that day to transfer slaves here to not be found. This was due to the investigation that would occur.
Hearing this the knights searched and searched but could not find where they were before. It was to well hidden and the slaves didn't know where they were before. The investigation was put on hold and the king had decided something needed to be done.
Slavery was not allowed in this kingdom as the king followed some of Aqua-towns rules, or at least anyone not a Criminal. Aqua-town was the jurisdiction of Architect, and belonged to the FoT. Even if they belonged to FoT, they would not follow the same rules. FoT allowed slavery, but Aqua-town did not, they believed in all men created equal, Except Criminals.
So any slave that entered the town, was made free, no matter what. Rex believed in this and made it true in his kingdom. It was the same for GDoH, KoK, KoF, KoP, ToM, KoBa, and UoK. None of these nations allowed Slavery, but that did not mean there wasn't.
It was common for people to go missing, but not like Layla. Lower ranking nobles go missing and a search is called. They are sometimes found, sometimes not. The higher ranking they are, the less common they are missing and found. Maleller had not reported it as she was not officially his daughter.
Layla had gone missing right after her baptism on the second, there was a reason. She had started to grow her next tail, and someone saw her status. That had gotten to the mastermind and he didn't care, but she was a beauty for her age. He had decided to get her and sell her for a high price, it was also at that due to her rank, or Race. She had gone missing that night and Maleller hadn't had time to find Jake, who was recovering till the 24th due to injuries sustained on the 3rd.