Published at 23rd of November 2020 02:07:20 PM
Chapter 3
Chapter 3
Warning: This chapter contains strong language which may be offensive and/or inappropriate to some readers .
Her patience ran out when they did not even look back at her . She ended up crying and yelling, unable to bear her temper .
“Really, isn’t this too much? Don’t you guys even have a family? Huh?! I said that my brother is sick and will die without me . How can you be so cruel? Huh? I said I will pay you! How much money will you get if you sell me? I’ll give you the exact same amount . Please, please let me out!”
Eventually the man, who appeared to be the leader among them, raised his hand, making the carriage stop .
“… . . Ah, you are really noisy . Shut your mouth, you little bitch . ”
“Aren’t you the one who is acting deaf? Huh?!”
“Let’s hear it then… . ”
The man gritted his teeth and stared at Celestia . Two guards approached the carriage cage, perhaps under his direction . She shrank herself in one corner . But soon, the two guards dragged her out of the cage, taking out a club .
The other three slaves in the carriage looked even more frightened than her . They were in no position to help her .
The leader raised the club but stopped himself as if he was looking for a specific part where he could hit her . Since she was agile, she thought she could avoid the blow . But it only made her anxious .
She crouched herself, and shut her eyes .
But even after some time, she could not feel any pain . Instead, she heard a voice .
“What is the matter?”
‘Footsteps? Who is it?’
A tall man stood there, staring vacantly towards her side, probably at the trader . Celestia looked up at him, feeling a bit satisfied for the interruption . The two guards who were standing beside her looked surprised . The trader threw away the club in his hand in order to give the guest a courtesy .
“Ah, Sir, what are you doing here?”
“You look like a slave dealer, but you’re being too hard on her . I asked what was going on . ”
“Yes, I am . She is a slave brought in from Golddina… . . she was talking a bit too much… . . ”
“Slavery from that far?”
“Yes . ”
“Hmm . Seems like there is a mess in the management of the Empire . I have been noticing people like you releasing slaves all the time . I have to visit there sometime and try to turn the situation upside down . ”
It sounded strange to hear him speak like that . It sounded as if conquering Golddina was an easy task for him .
Golddina was an Empire full of magic . The Burg Empire was the only one that could treat Golddina equally . It was an Empire where the national power could not be dealt with by other smaller countries, and it was ruled by a king who enjoyed expanding his territory, and was extremely cruel .
‘Where in the world does a simple aristocrat talk like that?’
Celestia had never been this far from her home, her backstreet life . She had never been to any other city in Golddina or to Ma Eul . And she had no idea where she was being carried in a horse carriage .
“Don’t be so harsh to these simple slaves . ”
“Yes!”
Appearing suddenly, it seemed like he was boasting about .
No, she was the only one who seemed to be out of her mind . Suddenly, a crowd of attendants arrived around him .
‘What do I do? Isn’t there any chance to escape? My life is really going to end if I get sold somewhere . ’
Celestia hesitantly threw herself in front of the man . While keeping her face down, she tried to look around . She could see the trader’s face turning blue .
“You crazy bitch! What’re you doing!”
She saw the slave trader hastily trying to grasp her arm, but she spat out, as if she was ready to be decapitated . She thought it wouldn’t work, but she tried her best .
“Please, My Lord! Please spare me! Please let me go back! Have mercy on me!”
But there was nothing on his face but a hint of annoyance . It seemed as if he did not have any interest in her . Did she misunderstood him to be a compassionate person?
As her body was being dragged away from the man, she raised her voice .
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“I have a brother . If I don’t return to him, he will get sick and die . My little brother can’t even come out of the house alone . There is no one else to take care of him but me . So please let me go back to him . ”
The man, with the dark hair, laughed as if the situation was very funny .
‘How can you just laugh when someone is being sold!’
“So what am I supposed to do?”
“… . Pardon?”
“If there is anything you want from me, shouldn’t there be a corresponding price that I’ll get? Do I look like a volunteer?”
Certainly, that was the primal logic of the world, even if it sounded heartless . It was also true that she had nothing to negotiate with him .
But she could not just give up .
What she learned in the alley was that no one was perfect, no matter how noble they were . There were people who came looking for places to hide something, whether it was drugs or women to spend the night with . Maybe there was something she could help the man with .
There would be only a few weeks within which she could repay him . She looked at the man desperately .
His sly, smooth face seemed impressive . It fitted perfectly with his tanned skin, black hair and red eyes that were not so common in Golddina . His cheeks were a bit sunburned .
‘Is he a nobleman or a knight?’
She could decipher his wide shoulders and well-kept body even if he was wearing clothes .
One of the best explanations for one’s identity was their clothes . Rather than the luxury goods they had, the clothes worn by the people revealed their ranks, be it people from the back alley, the nobility or the Emperor himself .
The neck of the cape that he was wearing was covered in white ivy design, and the high-grade woolen fabric was undoubtedly imported from the far east . But she was very surprised at the presence of the purple fabric . In Golddina, it was not even worn by the nobles as it was the color that represented the Emperor . But the customs could be different in different empires, so she did not pay much attention to it .
All she could take it was that he was a high-ranking noble from a rich country who would never need her help .
Suddenly, her eyes fell on the back of his hand as she tried to draw her gaze out of despair .
On the back of his hand was a visible burn mark . It did not quite look like a burn but a rash . It had spread to the point where his fingers began .
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That was definitely something that she knew about .
A negative reaction .
It was the very similar symptom Serangueban often had before he became a magic officer . One might not be able to operate his energy properly, but he might suffer from it if he used it too much .
‘I can’t just forget about it . I had already treated that jerk not too long ago . ’
In Golddina, these symptoms were called excess energy syndrome, or negative reaction .
‘Why didn’t I just leave him like that? If I had just missed two days of his treatment, it would have accumulated on his hand and he would actually have felt the pain . ’
‘Why can’t I afford the pills?’
‘I’m good at reading body language . But why did I help him when he was just standing on my support while making a path for his own life?’
She pulled herself away from the trader and fell back on the floor, with the help of the skills she had learned from the pickpockets .
“It’s clear that there is nothing that I can give you, My Lord . But I can do something . And that’s exactly what you want . So, we can make a deal if you want, My Lord . ”
“… . . This bitch is crazy! Who needs your little piece of gold?”
The slave trader pulled out a long sword as if he was going to kill her . From a business perspective, it would have been better if she had her alias attached . But when she saw him acting like that, it seemed like she made a slip of her tongue .
But there was nothing that she could do . Usually, female slaves were sold to terrible places . Whether to the brothel or to a pervert, she would never be able to escape out again .
The man with the dark hair smirked, his red eyes gleaming .
‘Doesn’t he believe me?’
“Girl, I don’t think you can think well since you became a slave . But let me clarify myself, I don’t really need anything from you . ”
She pushed herself towards the man, still crouching down .
“I can heal you every day from the illness that you are suffering from, My Lord . ”
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The man, who was about to turn, stopped . The men around him followed . When the sharp blade of the trader’s sword just touched her neck, she could tell that she could be cut alive at an instant . A tingling sensation crept up her throat .
The man glanced at her with the most hideous evil face she had ever seen . She thought he was a man of high nobility but now that he was like this, it seemed like he was not just a noble .
“… . Where did you hear about me?”
“Take me with you if you want to know, My Lord . If you don’t… . How am I going to help you?”
“I will ask again . Where and what did you hear about me?”
“I… . ”
The blade that still touched her neck made her body tremble . Her throat went dry .
“I didn’t hear anything anywhere . I don’t even know who you are, My Lord . But I know about your illness and I know how to treat it . I just figured it out from the symptoms . ”
“It can be cured… . Do you want me to believe that?”
His eyes suspiciously hung on hers . In Golddina, the negative reaction was not so bad . But she didn’t know how much was its effect in other countries . She didn’t know if their pills worked or not .
She was a bit anxious, but she sat up on her knees holding out her right hand towards him .
He stared at her hand .
If the world was full of love and justice, she would have shaken her hands with him until now . But unfortunately, people were always very suspicious .
“I will prove it to you, My Lord . ”
“… . Fine . There is nothing for me to lose anyway . ”
All the attendants, who were standing around him, looked astonished .
When he put his hand over hers, she gently stroked the back of his hand .
She focused all her attention using the mana that was carved across her back, stomach, waist, shoulders and arms, nullifying the side effects of his inner and outer body . Calculating the effects of his body, she counted backwards from 10 to 1 . It didn’t heal in a flash, but it was fast enough to notice that the red skin was slowly finding its normal color . She was also pretty sure that the pain he’s feeling has now lessened .