[3 months later]
Tuare cursed her life, being a sex slave for various brothels in the capital made her life hell, she never got a single moment to enjoy herself as she was passed around to be the pleasure toy of various men and occasionally women.
Being beaten and abused by both sadistic clients and by her angry handlers simply because she said a word wrong or spoke to begin with. her autonomy was taken from her in every way possible, she had no say when she could eat, sleep, bathe or do anything that required her to stand up and walk, she Just had to sit and wait to be used and if she wasn't doing that she's being forced fed drugs.
It was a life worth living. In fact, her life was not living at all. The only good thing that came was the monthly cleansing from the temple. Healing magic was a wonderful thing, it could even cure addictions, which was why right now her mind could properly think.
The wind blew across her face as she was being taken back to the same place she came from the brothels; however, this time, her arms and feet weren't bound by chains.
Unfortunately for her, this was the norm for her as such, the genius idea of jumping off and running away did not occur. Even if it did, she would be captured again, so it was pointless.
So she just sat there until eventually they made it back to their destination.
"Get up!"
A burly man that was her handler said to her and the rest of the slaves next to her. The man seemed quite a bit irritated and upset, yet he didn't lift a finger against them despite not getting up when they were told to.
"Huh?"
Confusion struck her as she looked up. Their destination was not the place they had gotten used to, it was something different. Her eyes, much like all the others, turned to look at the man wanting answers.
"welcome ladies, starting today, you'll no longer be working at your usual place"
A woman exited the building and said as much, they did not know who she was but their handler knew and took a bow which prompted them to do the same.
"Madam Hilma, I did not expect you to be here!"
The man stated, and hilma could simply look at him, not bothering to answer.
"come this way girls"
She said as she led them toward the building next to the one she came from.
The reason hilm was here was because she was instructed to overlook this whole procedure, as such all the brothels were instructed to return all the girls that went for a cleansing this month to be brought to her.
Tuare and her group entered the building while being led by Hilma. They were all still confused, and Tuare found it strange that no one had yet to lift a finger to slap one of them.
However, unlike Tuare, one of the slaves in her group quickly realised that they weren't chained and turned tail and ran away, however despite this having happened, no one was sent chasing after her.
The other sex slaves didn't mimic what they saw, as they believed it wouldn't be pleasant if they were caught, and some twisted way they had gotten used to their current life.
They entered the building and were led downstairs, where they entered a large underground filled with fellow sex slaves. Tuare could not help but frantically look around. She didn't know what was going on.
As they arrived in the basement, she was given bread and water, and she realised that everyone else was eating something.
"Alright, welcome, everyone. As I have stated, starting todayom you won't he doing your usual work, but you can still choose to. If you want"
Hilma stated from atop a podium, there were inaudible murmurs from the former sex slaves with some looking around confused.
It's been 3 months since eight fingers was under new management, and so far, things have gone smoothly, and no major losses have happened yet.
Thanks to Brain Unglaus and his mercenaries, eight fingers managed to squash anyone who tried to encroach in their territory. Having a famous swordsman on your team is a great deterrent.
There were new business ventures that promised some money. She had no idea what a maid cafe was, but their trial run a month ago turned in great profits.
The peasants paying to experience what it's like to be a noble was something she never would have thought about, and luckily for her, they had plenty of women to work with.
"You will no longer be forced to do anything. Instead, you can choose from a variety of jobs, and you'll get paid a decent Salary"
Although she did fear that not having these women work for free would cost a lot of money, unfortunately for Hilma she wasn't a boss anymore so she could only sigh and hope that this pays off well.
.....
" how do I look?"
Enri asked her husband as she stood near the open window for better lighting. She wore her usual clothes, however today they were cleaner, her hair was neatly braided, and the image she trying to present was that of a middle Class city girl rather than a village girl.
"Of course, you always look good Enri"
The young pharmacist stated with a blush on his cheeks, despite having married to her for over a month now, he was still quite shy around her.
"great, let's go then"
She said as she grabbed his hand to lead him out the door, exiting their home. They locked it, and they went on their way.
"What do you think the Lord wants with you?"
She asked, 3 months ago, Carne village, as well as the surrounding lands, became the territory of a newly appointed Baron. Of course, the villagers had concerns as they hardly had good experiences with nobles, but by the looks of it the new lord was a pleasant person.
"the letter said after he wanted to talk to me about potions, so Imagine he wants me to make potions for him"
Nfirea informed.
"That's amazing. Do you think he'll hire you to make potions for him?"
Enri asked excitedly. She was a village girl who lived with her poor parents, so financial stability was something she wished for in life.
"I at least hope so, I heard he was engaged with the princess, so if he hires me, I'll get paid a lot"
He said watching her eyes sparkle in excitement, Nfirea was considered one of the best pharmacists in E-Rantel the only reason he wasn't working for a noble already was because his grandmother had told him not to in fear of having his work made exclusive to the noble instead of everyone else.
His near death experience caused him to summon his courage and finally confess his feelings for Enri Emmot and thus they married and now as husband he could not help but feel the need to give her everything she wants hence he was prepared to negotiate with the lord to the best of his abilities.
"I heard about that, I also heard that he was knight too, do you think they made him a Baron because they saw How in love they were but since he wasn't a noble they had to make him a Baron"
"I mean, that's not impossible"
They talked as they walked towards the chief's house, since it's only been three months the lord has yet to get a proper house so far the only thing that was built was the walls surrounding the village.
For the most part, it seems that the new lord cares about the safety of the village, so that was a good sign.
Their journey wasn't long as they arrived at the chief's house. This would be his first meeting with a proper noble, hopeful his manners will be good enough for the Baron.
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A/N: I was going to write a chapter about Arthur fight the dragons but then I read the wiki and Found out that the Frost dragon lord is literally occupying the Former Dwarven capital so I decided against that,
I think it would be good for Arthur to meet with the dwarves first and acquire runic weapons and have a sort of trade relationship with them before going to kill the frost dragon lord at their request, this will also have Arthur be officially recognized as a powerful figure by all the nations. (Well you can forget about this last sentence)