Chapter 28

Without being able to prevent that the elf was going to start crying I ran out of ideas, she had already been crying for about half an hour without stopping, I waited patiently until the girl managed to stop crying, again I walked to the girl, I stood in front of her she and I offered her a small handkerchief which she took gently, after waiting a few more minutes I asked the girl about how she ended up being a slave, although I could have read everything about her, I didn't want to do it; According to the girl, she lived in the forest of the elves and while she was exploring the surroundings of the forest, a group of people kidnapped her, she was transported through different cities to try to sell her but they never managed to sell her, she was that way for several years until she arrived at where a human who used magic on her which caused her to become a doll.

Since then I don't remember anything else-Elf.

I understand, well that is in the past, for now I inform you that no one has abused you, you can be calm about that, the second, I will take you back to your forest, I have some business there and I will take you through-Kasumi.

The moment I said that the girl looked at me very seriously.

I will never let you use me to enter the Forest-Elf.

As the elf expected, it was impossible for her to help me enter the forest.

Don't get me wrong, she had planned to enter the forest even without your presence, she had not planned to take you, but I also did not like the fact of looking at you being enslaved-Kasumi.

If you haven't noticed, I'm still enslaved-Elf.

For now you will remain a slave, but I will free you in the next city, I promise I will free you-Kasumi.

She could tell on her face that she didn't trust my words in the least.

Leaving that aside, we will leave this city in five days, the girls are buying some things and I doubt they will return quickly, for now we are going to eat something-Kasumi.

Are there other people traveling with you? -Elf.

Yes, three girls, one human and two demi-humans, I'll introduce them to you when they return-Kasumi.

Are they your lovers? -Elf.

No, they are just my companions, whatever, let's eat-Kasumi.

I quickly started walking towards the door, but before the girl arrived she spoke to me again.

Wait-Elf.

Yes? -Kasumi.

I still don't know your name-Elf.

Right, I haven't introduced myself yet, you can tell me Kasumi-Kasumi.

My name is Noel-Noel.

I know-Kasumi.

Without continuing to talk we left the room, but not before giving Noel some shoes, we left the inn and I looked for a restaurant with the Map, after just a few minutes I found one, I told Noel to stay near me to not to get lost because we were going to go through parts that were full of people, Noel with a bit of caution stayed by my side, after walking for a moment we arrived at the restaurant, I told Noel to ask for whatever he wanted regardless of his value, I don't know if it was to try me, but she ordered three dishes which were the most expensive of the entire menu.

After eating something I drew a route to the girls who had been in a store for half an hour, after walking for a few minutes we arrived at the store where the girls were, to my surprise the store was made up of lingerie, hiding a bit I played dumb and stayed in a little park that was a block from the store.

What are we waiting for? -Noel.

To the girls-Kasumi.

Why don't we go to them?-Noel.

Because it will be very embarrassing for them and stop asking me those questions-Kasumi.

We were both silent for a long time while we continued waiting for the girls, the truth is that I was already getting bored of waiting, to disappear the boredom a bit I decided to start a chat with Noel.

By the way Noel, how is life in the forest of the elves? -Kasumi.

Not very different from this, only that everything is more orderly and there are many rules, the old elves are quite strict with the people-Noel.

That sounds wrong-Kasumi.

It's a bit frustrating, but only in this way can you live without problems-Noel.

That's why you wanted to explore the surroundings of the forest-Kasumi.

....Yes...-Noel.

As had happened before, Noel made a sad face.

(She is hiding something from me, for now I will let it pass, but if things get complicated I will look at her private information).

Well, that is in the past, for now I will show you as much as I can of the world outside the forest of the elves-Kasumi.

While talking to Noel I smiled at her in the best way I could, it mysteriously worked and she showed me a beautiful smile, I gulped as I looked at how beautiful Noel looked and also because the girls were staring at me from the side, I averted my gaze towards the girls who did not look very happy.

They arrive at a good time, as you can see I was able to wake her up, her name is Noel-Kasumi.

The girls were silent for a moment, but in the end they ended up introducing themselves, after the girls introduced themselves they bombarded Noel with questions, out of respect I moved away from them a bit so they could talk more comfortably, after waiting for a few minutes for me I got bored of waiting for the girls to finish talking, I told them that I was going for a walk while they showed Noel the city.

I got away from the girls and went to one of the city libraries, mysteriously the library was quite full and it was difficult for me to copy the books I found without people knowing, after finishing with the library I went to another to copy more books, even though I had a huge amount of books already stored with me, I don't mind storing more, in a matter of just a couple of hours I managed to successfully copy all the important books from the city libraries, during the whole moment that I was copying the books I had the transparent map to know the location of the girls, although it sounded like a stalker I didn't want to trust me, with the girls there was no problem because they used their rings, but Noel was very exposed.

Currently it was getting dark, many people stopped circulating through the city and several red dots distributed throughout the Map also began to appear, as I still had time I put on the mask that I used when I proclaimed myself a hero and wandered eliminating the most dangerous red dots, while I was on the other side of the city eliminating a whole gang of bandits and releasing some kidnapped people I noticed a group of red dots slowly surrounding the girls, I finished my hero work and quickly teleported near the girls, the girls were walking quietly while talking to each other, as there were still people nearby, all the bandits kept their distance, all the bandits waited patiently until the girls were completely alone as they passed between two buildings, they were practically only three blocks from the inn.

The bandits did not waste a second and the moment the girls entered the corridor they blocked both sides, quickly the girls moved Noel to the center, Arisa and Shiro stood on the right side, Yui on the left side, the girls they just got into position and drew their weapons.

You don't have to get aggressive ladies, you don't have a chance to win, we outnumber you-Man.

At the man's words, the rest of the bandits drew their weapons, although in the group there were three who hesitated to draw their weapons, I checked the State of all and just those three had not yet committed crimes.

(They are probably doing this out of necessity).

Although the man's words were true at a certain point he was wrong about the strength of the girls, since they eliminated the bandits they went up another level, among all those present they were the ones who had the highest level, as it was on one from the hallway buildings I dropped from the ceiling falling right next to the girls, obviously everyone was surprised by my arrival.

The three young boys are innocent, the rest are not worth it, go ahead-Kasumi.

With just those words the girls quickly came out to the men who were surprised and did not have enough time and space to defend themselves, while the girls were fighting the bandits I noticed how Noel grabbed my arm tightly.

Aren't you going to help them? -Noel.

His tone of voice sounded very worrying and I could hear his heart pounding, I slowly grabbed his hands to calm her down.

Do not worry, they are stronger than all of them, also they all have magical armor capable of resisting even direct attacks from any weapon and magic, who you have to worry about is yourself, why do you think they were not advancing and were just waiting? -Kasumi.

They were protecting me ...- Noel.

Yes, they were protecting you from them-Kasumi.

While Yui was fighting against three men at the same time I noticed how one was looking at me, or rather looking at Noel, in a small carelessness the man quickly passed by Yui and ran towards me with a short sword in his hands, I let him get closer and when I was close, the man cut me vertically, as if it were nothing I grabbed the sword with only two fingers, the man tried to take his sword from me but he could not move it an inch, I snatched the sword from the man only using the Two fingers and as if it were nothing I threw the sword aside, I pointed my finger at the man's forehead and shot him, in just seconds he fell dead, as I expected Noel was frozen with fear; After just a few minutes the girls left only the three young men alive.

You already saw what happens to bad boys, leave this life of criminals, what do you think her mother would say if she found out about this? -Kasumi.

The three boys only lowered their eyes while clenching their fists, according to their information their mother was ill and the money that their father made was very little for medicines, out of necessity they looked for easy money, from my Inventory I took out a miraculous posion and a small leather bag.

This posion can cure any disease and in this bag there is money, heal your mother and seek a better life-Kasumi.

After saying those words I cleaned the whole place so as not to leave any evidence, after cleaning we left the place leaving the three young people, while the boys were leaving, with the Map I could see how they changed from a red point to a white point.

(That's new).

I put my thoughts away and continued walking with the girls towards the inn, after only a few minutes we arrived at the inn where instead of going with the girls to the room I went to the reception, I asked for another room for only one person and after that they gave me the key I went to the room with the girls.

Why did you delay? -Arisa.

I was asking for another room-Kasumi.

Will you give her a room to herself ?, I thought she would stay with us-Arisa.

It's not for Noel, it's for me, I'll sleep in the other room, good night-Kasumi.

I left the room key on the nightstand and left the room, went to the other room and lay down on the bed, I put a barrier around the girls room and another around my bed, like the nursery the girls even had a bathroom. There was no problem with putting a barrier around them just thinking I relaxed and let sleep take over me.

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In the morning I just woke up and removed the two barriers, did my morning routine and left the room, I stood in front of the door of the girls room and knocked on the door before entering, until they let me pass I decided to open the door, the moment I looked at the girls I could see that they had not slept well, in fact, they seemed sleepy.

They do not seem to have had a nice night, finish preparing, we will go out to have breakfast and walk around the city, we have four days to visit this city as much as we can, I will wait for you at the entrance of the inn-Kasumi.

Before leaving I left them the toothpaste and also water to wash, I was waiting at the entrance for a few minutes until the girls came out, we had breakfast in one of the nearby restaurants and we began to walk around the city, time passed and quickly three days had passed, during the three days I noticed how the caution that Noel had with everyone was diminishing, she became friends with the girls and also stopped being so reserved when talking to me, but even so I continued sleeping apart from the girls, apparently Noel was not very comfortable with me sleeping in the same room.

As we only had one day left in the city I decided to buy a carriage, when I had planned to travel on my own I would not have minded walking to the elven forest, but having to take the girls with me I could not torture them by making them walk thousands of kilometers, for that reason I had better buy a carriage, to avoid not attracting so much attention I bought a not very striking one which was black with quite good wood, after buying the carriage I also bought a couple of horses to pull it, with the transport assured I realized that I had not the slightest idea of how to drive it, luckily the girls except Noel could handle it, because of that I told them that they would drive it while I learned to drive it.

After we took out the carriage I put it in the Inventory for some small improvements, I changed the seats for better ones, I added a small roof on the driver's side, I also added a small false compartment below where I put shock absorbers to prevent it from jumping a lot when it fell into holes, although they did not work as well as the suspensions of the earth cars were better than nothing, finally I implanted resistance, defense, weight, safety, self-cleaning, deodorization and air conditioning enchantments; Although it took a while to put the improvements on, I was satisfied with the excellent results of the carriage, but even so I started working on the creation of a motor car, I knew almost nothing about mechanics, but still wanted to try to create one.

We only spent one more day in the city and decided to leave it, our next destination was the city of Thorium, according to the books it was a city quite visited for its trade in different rare minerals, as the city was surrounded by mountains very rich in minerals they extracted any quantity of these, y the books it also said that in those mountains there was a kind of unique monster called Gunnill, they are creatures made of stone and meat, their shape is like large deformed stones with four legs, they are very slow and feed of wild animals, therefore they are not threats to people unless they attack them, a characteristic for which these monsters are known is to form minerals where they pass, in this way those monsters are responsible for the large amount of minerals in the Thorium Mountains.

The Gunnill being very useful creatures were classified as a protected species, in this way these monsters can live peacefully in the mountains without fear of being hunted, although obviously human stupidity was stronger and there were some people who tried to take advantage of the Gunnill by taking them from the forest to keep them as cattle, but according to the books all the kidnapped Gunnills died the next day they left the forest, in this way the people left them alone by not being able to exploit them economically, since those times laws were created to prevent the sale of the parts Gunnill at all costs.

We traveled for days without the slightest problem, in just ten days of quiet travel we managed to get to Thorium, without problems we entered the city and looked for an inn, after securing an inn where we could keep the carriage we began our tourism, the days passed and the truth was I was having a lot of fun with the girls, even Noel had much more confidence with me, that way I didn't have to worry about sleeping in another room apart, after having bought some things we returned to the room of the inn to plan our following route, I had several maps on a table in the center of the room while I explained to the girls which cities we were going to go through, but while I was explaining I heard the notification sound in my mind followed by a small message on the side of my sight .

[An ally has been injured].

When reading those words I quickly opened the notification, the map quickly placed me over my hometown where I could see three blue dots together while they had several red dots in front of them, I looked at who these points were and to my surprise it was Nana and her children.

Girls something unexpected just happened I have to go-Kasumi.

I was about to teleport when the girls spoke to me.

We want to go-Yui.

This will not be pretty, it is something of life and death, are you sure you want to go? -Kasumi.

As he spoke to the girls he was looking with the Map that Nana's condition was rapidly deteriorating.

Yes-All.

The girls responded positively to my question and without wasting another second I teleported to an alley very close to Nana location.

(I don't know what is happening, but today heads will roll).

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[Nana's perspective].

I sighed heavily while I was reviewing some documents in the living room with my son who only read one book, it had been a long time since our lives had completely changed, after we met Kasumi the changes occurred, without my husband around it was enough for me It was difficult to support my children, honestly I was running out of money, but thanks to Kasumi we managed to get out of our critical situation.

Giving us a small percentage of various stores that his family ran was enough to avoid having financial problems again, we fixed some problems with the house and we also bought new items inside the house, I honestly felt quite happy to have met a good person.

After reading several documents I heard how the door was opened strongly, a little disturbed I looked at who had entered the house, in just a short moment Lia ran towards me and hugged me tightly while she cried.

Daughter what happens! -Nana.

Someone tried to kidnap me!-Lia.

What ?! - Nana.

I was taken aback hearing Lia's words.

Who tried to kidnap you daughter? -Nana.

They were a group of soldiers, they tried to take me, but thanks to some people I was able to escape, but I think they followed me-Lia.

Hearing my daughter's words, I quickly went to a chest and took out a short sword that I used in my days as an adventurer, after taking the weapon I told my children to stay inside the house, I left the house with my sword in hand and as Lia had already said there were several soldiers outside the house, all of them brought armor and weapons with them.

What are you looking for?! - Nana.

I furiously asked the group of soldiers, upon hearing my words they looked at each other and laughed derisively, one of the men in front took a few steps and spoke.

I suppose you are Nana, I have orders to take you and your family to my boss-Man.

Yes I am, but I refuse to go with you-Nana.

It's a shame, we have orders to take them dead or alive-Man.

At the man's words all the other soldiers drew their weapons, it seemed completely strange to me what the man said, from what he understood he had no enemies anywhere.

Who is your boss? -Nana.

You don't have the honor of knowing who my boss-Man .

(He's a damn noble).

The man unsheathed his sword and got into an attack position, I put myself in a defense position, the man quickly launched himself towards me, I put my sword to deflect the man's attack, the moment his sword hit mine I could feel an incredible force coming from the man, with great difficulty I was able to deflect the attack, with the deflected attack I took distance from the man, but just at the moment I took distance the man quickly approached me and punched me in the stomach that left me without breath, followed by the punch, grabbed my arm and I took off my sword, without letting go of my arm the man hit me again in the stomach, the pain was very strong and I could not breathe properly.

The man released my arm and grabbed my neck, as if it were nothing, the man lifted me into the air, I was suffocating and I could barely see what was happening, when I was about to lose consciousness due to the lack of In the air the man stabbed me with his sword in the abdomen, if before the pain was strong this time it was infernal, not even in my time as an adventurer I had been stabbed in the abdomen, it was a nightmare experience.

The man withdrew his sword and threw me towards the door of my fighter, breaking it when hitting it, my whole body hurt, when breaking the door I felt that I had broken some bones, without being able to stand up I just turned to see the man as he was still standing with his sword stained with my blood.

Mommy! -Lia.

Mom! -Luiz.

My two children left the house and hugged me while crying, enduring the pain I hugged my two children tightly, the man looked at me as if he was looking at an insect, followed by his look of displeasure the man began to walk towards me but from the nothing I felt that the whole environment became cold, the cold was so strong that even the pain that I felt previously disappeared, apart from the cold everything became very silent, I looked at the men who were in front of me and they were all looking to the side , I guided my gaze to where they were looking and I was petrified, on the one hand I was surprised to see Kasumi walking towards our direction, but on the other hand he had an unkind face like he always had, this time he had a He looked serious and I could feel that the previous cold came from the intense aura and killing intent that he was releasing.

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[Kasumi's perspective].

The moment I teleported near Nana I walked quickly to where she was, in just seconds I could see a group of fifteen people in front of Nana's house, I looked at the status of all the men and none of them had a good record, I looked at Nana and she was hugging Luiz and Lia, I could also see that Nana had an injured neck and reviewing her condition I found out that she had a broken spine as well as a rib and a perforated abdomen, when I read that information my anger increased even more, I got closer to them and after just taking a few steps they all turned to see me.

Why are you doing this? -Kasumi.

With a severe tone of voice I asked the group, of the entire group only one man who was closest to Nana approached me a little to speak.

My boss gave me the order to take these animals alive or dead, if you don't want to die you'd better let us do our job-Man.

The man spoke to me in a fairly calm way.

Who is your boss? -Kasumi.

A commoner like you does not have the honor of knowing who my boss-Man is.

That's not the answer he wanted, it's a shame on his part -Kasumi.

(I will kill them...).

From my Inventory I took out my huge two-handed sword, I looked at Nana and by Telepathy I told her not to be scared, I put a barrier around Nana to block the sound, I did not want Luiz and Lia to be traumatized by what was going to happen with the noise silenced, I looked again at the group of men who began to get into an attack position, I quickly moved until I was only one step away from the group of men and I swiftly moved my sword, splitting five of the men in half.

The whole place was stained with blood and organs, without a doubt it was something horrible to look at, but, he was too angry to feel something for what he had just done, the rest of the men fell back to get away from the range of the cut saving themselves by almost nothing, I looked at one of the men who moved a little further away from the rest, the man knowing that I was looking at him ran out of the place, I moved until I was in front of the man and grabbed him by the neck, I suspended him in the air and squeezed him tightly his neck destroying it and separating his head from his body.

I threw the man's head to the ground and looked at the rest of the men, one of the men was trembling with fear and unable to hold it anymore, he threw his sword and ran away, I grabbed my sword as if it were a spear and threw it at the man, hitting him right on the head, as if it were clay the man's head was split in half, using telekinesis I drew my sword back to my hand.

As Nana's condition was not good at all, I decided to end the massacre, I quickly began to teleport next to the remaining men to cut them in half, in just a few seconds there was only the man who had spoken to me, the guy was shaking and almost crying.

PLEASE FORGIVE ME MY LIFE! -Man.

Ignoring the words of the man I stood in front of him and raised my huge sword to give it a vertical cut, the man put his sword to try to stop the attack, the moment he raised his sword I could see that there was blood on it, In a few words he had stabbed Nana, with even more hatred I lowered my sword and split the man in half vertically, due to the force my sword buried itself in the ground creating cracks on the sides, before the man's body will fall to the ground. I gave it three horizontal cuts on the ground, splitting it into eight pieces, a large pool of blood and pieces of meat was what remained of the man, when I finished eliminating all the men I calmed down a little, I kept all the remains of corpses and cleaned all the Instead, I put my sword away and walked over to Nana.

The moment I approached her I could feel the fear in her eyes, I stopped a few steps from her and healed all her wounds.

I'm sorry for that, but I couldn't forgive them for what they did to you-Kasumi.

At my words Luiz and Lia turned away from Nana.

Kasumi! -Luiz, Lia.

Both children hugged me while crying, I comforted both children while telling them that everything was fine, I also told them that I made the bad men leave, after the children calmed down Nana approached me to thank me, for how she acted I assumed that the fear had passed.

Nana, did they tell you who the boss of those guys was? -Kasumi.

No, they just told me they had to take us to their boss, but they didn't tell me who it was-Nana.

I had a feeling that something was not right but I did not know what it was, I enlarged the map to several kilometers and as I did so I could see that right where my family's house was there were many red dots, hundreds of them, I enlarged my family's area and I saw that my family and Dina's were gathered in the living room while the whole mansion was full of red dots, I checked the states of the red dots and my anger returned again when I reviewed a specific state.

Kurotsu Shel returned-Kasumi.