Living with an abusive pair of parents was hard but then they sold me to a brothel and because of my otherworldly beauty people flocked to use me in various ways. I hated them, my parents, the brothel owners and the customers.
I got used to using my body language to manipulate people to the point where it was no longer me who was locked in there with them, but the other way around. I made men disdain their old wives and women to feel like other men are not attentive enough to them.
Before being sold to the brothel I found out why I was being treated that way, my father was an elf my mother thought she had won big by sleeping with an elf but the man spat on his way out leaving her with a stubborn fetus that just wouldn't die.
I don't have elven ears but my skin, my eyes look so pure and beautiful. My hair is green blonde silky long seemingly like a shimmering green lake.
I never thought I had any magic power but I hoped that after the life I have lived, there is sunshine. Even as my heart had already grown cold to the world. At this point I didn't expect much to come from other people unless it's misery and pain.
"Cassy what do you think will happen?" One of my fellow slaves asked. We had been called in a meeting of sorts, standing here for who knows how long but we
"We are probably too old to serve the customers here now. They are sending us out into the wilderness to use us for human target." I answered lighting up a smoke. I dislike it but then again I dislike all the things I do everyday in this place.
"Are you sure they are all below 17 years?" Victor appeared out of no where and I stepped on my cigarette. This man may seem all fun and games but Cassy saw him gouge out a woman's eyes right off her skull and then fed her the eye balls.
That kind of thing can not be done by just anybody. When I came out of my thoughts we have been teleported in the middle of a waste lands. The girl I had spoken with before tried to find my eyes. I am shocked myself, did we really become old that now we will be used as human targets to hone someone's skills?
Before I can delve deeper into despair, Victor brought us into the large gates. This place is big and has a peculiar structure but it is not easy to see everything from outside.
Because I have no Idea why we are here I decided to watch and observe. The man introduced himself as Kai and this is an orphanage and now we are it's orphans. I watched the two men flirt and followed the nanny in front of me.
"What do you think?" My colleague from before asked me but I am just as confused. They brought us into our individual rooms with showers and basic necessities such as soap, clothes, bedding. The place has a bedroom, a bathroom and a seating area with a small kitchen with a kettle, a microwave an a small fridge which I didn't know at the time but the nanny explained everything.
Days passed and no one had come into my room to bother me with sexual requests but I still had my guard up. There is school, my learning capacity can not be compared with these humble mortals.
Then a weird cleansing routine that we must all go through. None of us asked any questions and just did as we are told, the food and clothing here is very good. So we gave it our all.
It doesn't end, the teachers seem to be trying to break us. And the appetite is several times more now with this body cultivation technique. My body went from a size 28 to 34 with visible abs and muscles. I am no longer disgusted by my own reflection.
The time for testing aptitude came and I am a healing mage which I won't lie felt underwhelming to me. I wanted to be to the Ice mage or whatever but I am the nanny.
"You have affinity for healing, but you can use the other spells. Although it will be difficult to cast these spells compared to healing, if you reach level four of the Pearl body cultivation technique there shouldn't be a spell too hard for you to cast."
The words of the instructor pulled me back from the clutches of despair. So I used most of my time practicing my body technique instead of my spells. I was the first to reach level 2 but this was not enough for my ambition to be the Ice king.
The mages are tested as well but not as harshly as the swordsman which is why I have gone un noticed in my negligence for spells.
When we were called out to be given our contracts, I couldn't sleep all night that time crying in happiness to finally being free. When my parents came to ask for me I knew that I can never go back to them. I was willing to die than be subjected to that kind of life again.
So when my status as a slave was revoked I felt immense joy and I know this is because Mr. Kai decided to fight for me in that court. To be able to help him in the future I will need political power in this kingdom.
He is a strong man and may never need my help but if it happens I will be ready and I can at least use my power to help others like me. This is why I went to register to the academy that these nobles admire so much.
It isn't just me and we know a little about what we are up against. Vicious nobles and resentful heirs. After knowing we can get the later parts of the techniques even if we no longer live in the orphanage there is nothing stopping us from flooding their world with something peculiar like an iron daisy.
The 14 of them decided to enlist in the academy. 360 went to three different churches to be holy knights and a staggering 400 joined the imperial knights the only organization is the tower and no one wants to go there since they all feel like Kai has more valuable resources than them.
The mages in the orphanage are always training to master a certain number of basic magic spells. A barrier spell, simple attack spells or a simple cutting spell. Most of these start small but will advance to a crazy level.
For instance a spell for drying up moisture spell may be used to suck up all the liquids inside a fabric or a tree turning it into dust. The more you advance in each spell you will be allowed to learn another spell but the advance is allowed on one spell at a time even though basics are required from every mage.
Cassy entered the second level test and felt the soil beneath his feet, the trees in the winds and the smell of something...iron? He moved and saw two large animals watching each other from a distance.
The destruction nearby shows they had been fighting and are now taking a break. Cassy used a wind spell to accelerate and ran away. He is not very lucky because he soon found a noble girl fighting against a group of monkeys.
The thing is these monkeys are not normal. They are using stone carved weapons. He didn't waste time running away from this fight as well. He is trying to find someone from his team.
He then came across a peculiar sight, a lone figure fighting against a couple of rhinos using his body. The fight is brutal and fast but a novel to watch Cassidy watched as the boy got up from the ground and went back to the fight as if he is crazy for battle.
That boy is not normal. He must only be 12 years old. The boy's ears twitched and he turned looking straight into the stunned eyes of Cassy. The boy's eyes look like those of a beast. A moment later Cassy realized who he is.
A prince from the Dawn nation. The royal family is able to turn into animals and they also have a high affinity to all magic some more than others but they don't have limitations like Cassy has when casting magic that is not healing magic.
The boy continues using his fists until Cassy could see he is very tired so he used the magic rope technique and tied both animals up allowing the boy to run his direction.
The two of them couldn't look any more different with Cassy being very pale white and the prince being brown but the picture of them standing there together a pair of handsome young men come together beautifully.
"I did not ask for your help." The prince spoke first stunning Cassy with his words. Moreover, the sexy accent of the desert prince would make anyone weak in the knees. Cassidy stared at the other boy for a long while before coming to his senses.
"Indeed."
Cassy said and turned another direction leaving the prince. He is on the mission to find and look out for his own comrades. He wanted to smack his head for being distracted by beauty at a time like this.
Walking a good distance he finally found someone he knew, but this kid is being circled by a bunch of nobles and he is laughing showing bloody teeth.
"I heard that once, a commoner dared to take the first place at the championship in competition between the countries. That must have been very shameful for your families." The boy said to the angry nobles fleshing them a grin.
"This one has a poisonous tongue." One noble said.
"Just kill him quickly." Another one proposed.
"All those resources from our tax money going to train a bunch of mediocre talents. You should be ashamed of yourselves." He danced between attacks.
The boy seemed to be having fun dodging sometimes even causing the nobles to attack each other. At some point he fell down and got back up with a sharp looking stone blade.
"I am disappointed, I thought you guys want to defeat me and teach me a lesson but you clearly want to kill me. Unfortunately I will have to respond in kind." He looked at the nobles with a cheerful expression as if he is very happy they want to kill him.
"All together." They all attacked the boy but Barth disappeared from his spot appearing behind one of the more powerful ones. He knew this one will help them if he defeated his friends.
A stone knife sliced through a young man's kidney almost taking his life. Barth is a talented swords man whose technique is tricky to guard against. The body gains a sharp lightness power that can be coated on the weapon as well, movements turn easy even if one is using a heavy sword.
The wielder will decide when the weapon becomes light and when it becomes heavy. Barth is very talented which is why he reached dark bronze in four months.
This technique can use a leaf from a branch as a deadly sharp knife impossible to guard against. Even the shoes on his feet can be covered with a sharp aura and used to behead someone but that is at later stages, right now he still needed the item to not be so blunt.
The noble was not able to scream when he passed out. Barth looked at the surprised faces and grinned. "Now, whose next?" His entire body turning light, he danced around the group leaving them in the pool of their own blood.
"Cassy, how long are you going to enjoy the show? Shouldn't you be helping your fellow orphan brother by now?" Barth asked turning to see the other boy being followed closely by the dark handsome prince.
"Help you do what? Bury the bodies?" Cassy rolled his eyes and left towards another direction.
"Hey don't leave me here, you saw they were trying to harm me. Who knows what fresh hell awaits us in these unknown lands." Bart used his technique to harden the bloodstains on his clothes and then dumped the blood on the ground leaving his clothes spotless.
"If I am to learn a sword technique it should be yours Barthelemy." Casy grumbles.
"My technique is just right for me. You would get one right for you as well Cassy. But you are a mage why would you bother with swordsmanship?" Bart asked.
"Call me greedy. I feel weak against attacks I am scared here being surrounded by the vicious nobles." Cassy admitted.
"You are right the animals are the least treacherous thing in here. They are grouping up to assassinate commoners. These kids are only 16 at most, what messed up breastmilk did they suck on as infants? How many people have they already killed in their lives?" Barth asked Cassy.
"This is not something I can answer." Cassy said just as footsteps came behind them.
"Prince, why have you come? Are you lonely so soon after parting with your two lively friends?" Cassy said in annoyance.
"I am sorry for the past comments. Lets move on?" The prince said smiling sheepishly to his savior.
"Oh? Cassidy who is this princely person?" Barth is pretending because they had received education on noble families in the five kingdoms. A pair of beastly eyes like these belong to the Dawn country's royal family for sure.
"I am called Alan. May I know your names?" The thick Dawn accent came out as he spoke politely to the brothers.
"We are leaving." Cassidy pulled Barth to go find more of their comrades leaving the prince stunned in place.
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