7 Change and the Witch

[Warning Armour has failed to deploy due to low energy]

[Impact Imminent]

[Shutting down all non-essential functions...]

Just as the club hit him, everything went black.

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[Major Injuries Repaired]

[Restarting bodily functions...]

He could hear the sounds of a fire crackling. As he opened his eyes, he saw that he was lying in front of a fireplace with a blanket on. It was a small one room cottage with two small windows. There was no furniture and a door was behind him. It looked like night had fell because it there wasn't much light from the outside.

[All functions are running successfully]

[Integrity of memories at 99.7%]

[Cranial Injury may cause impairment in mental health]

[Unable to connect to HQ for data exchange]

Then he remembered what happened yesterday. It felt like remembering a dream but it slowly came back to him.

'Wait. I got hit in the head by an orc! How did I end up here?'

As he was lost in thought the door opened. It was Elizabeth coming in with large roasted leg of some animal and what looked like a wooden glass of beer.

"You're awake?" she asked as she closed the door behind her.

"You saved me?"

"Yes, if I was a bit more late then I would have buried you."

"How did you defeat it?" he asked as she sat down cross legged in front of him. Her panties could be visible.

'Why do I have the urge to look at her painties? I never felt like this before. Why are her boobs catching my eye? She smells so good. What the fuck is going on with me!' Kellogg was in a dilemma as he couldn't control himself from looking her.

'silence'

[Unable to deploy due to recovering injuries]

'So that's it! That hit in the head might have caused me to behave like this!' Even if he could find out the source of the problem, he still couldn't fix it.

"I'm much more stronger than I look." she boasted with her smug face.

"You're very strong and lucky to survive such a blow. Here have some food." She gave handed the leg.

"Ummm."

"What, You don't like it?"

"I can see." he looked down at the floor.

"What can you se-. Kyaaa! You pervert!"

She pulled down her skirt as soon as she saw her mistake. Her green eyes showed embarrassment as she blushed.

Kellogg had turned around the moment she screamed and started to eat.

'Tastes like chicken.' he thought as the situation turned awkward.

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"You still haven't told me your name." she finally broke the silence.

"Kellogg."

"No surnames or anything?"

"No."

"Then are you a slave?"

"No."

'Come to think of it, if I look into what I did over the years, I do feel like a slave.' Yes he was very much slave like because of how he acted. Following orders without second thought and working with virtually no pay. That does seem like slavery with extra steps to me.

'Shouldn't I ask why she saved me? Maybe later.'

"Aren't you hungry?" Kellogg was concerned as Elizabeth watched him eat.

"I already ate, the rest of the orc which attacked you."

'What the fuck?'

Yes, it was the normal reaction anyone would give, especially when a cute girl killed and ate an entire orc by herself.

"Shouldn't I kill anything that dare attack you?" she asked back with large green eyes showing signs of a psychopath.

"I see." he calmly sipped on the glass of beer.

The awkward atmosphere once again returned

'I really don't know how to respond. I should stay silent. This woman clearly has some kind of mental health issues. I shouldn't upset her.'

"I'm sorry."

"Why are you apologising to me out of the blue?" Elizabeth was confused.

"I'm sorry about what happened earlier when I left. I'm greatly indebted to you because you still saved me after I said those things."

'I should probably de-escalate the situation.'

"Its fine. I actually forgot about that. By the way, you aren't really a human are you?." her cheerful face suddenly turned into a serious one.

"Yes. I am not really human." he replied while placing the empty wooden glass on the floor.

Suddenly many glowing red spears came out of the fireplace, extinguishing it and floated near his head.

"No normal person would have survived that hit to the head. Tell me what are you?" the witch's behaviour became much more threatening.

"I-I am a cybernetic organism."

"What? What is that?"

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