Chapter 3 -  Late Night Escape

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Chapter 3 - Late Night Escape

"Whoa."

After organizing the luggage inside, I managed to find a place to sleep. It was still full of dust, but since it was the first day, I had to endure it.

The place I brought the three of us was a mill in the woods. It was an abandoned building that had been neglected for a long time, perhaps because the owner had died.

I remembered it because the thieves were using it as a hideout while processing the request.

Of course, the bandits had been wiped out. They were robbers who preyed on new adventurers, kidnapped them and killed them.

There are three rooms, two bathrooms, a living room, a kitchen, and a stove. But it was all a mess, so I had to clean it up for a while.

"Let's stay here for the time being. The city is also a two-hour walk away, so you can get daily necessities, and there's a robbery nearby. There are some monsters, but there are no strong ones in this area."

I took the sleeping bags out of my bag.

"I will buy blankets and daily necessities tomorrow, so I will sleep here today. I have work to do, so go to bed first."

After saying that, I was about to leave the room, but sure enough, the black guy raised his voice.

"What is your purpose?"

"Don't die."

I want you to avoid the development of awakening because you almost died while being my slave.

"It makes no sense. Why do slave traders do this to innocent slaves?"

I turned and stood in front of Black. Black shrank as if he was a little scared of my size.

Rather, it is on my side that I feel the threat to my life. It seemed that these children were not yet conscious.

I raised my head a little and looked over my head.

〈 Slave Trader Wicker〉

This name tag shows off its presence even at night, which is why it is so good.

How long do I have to explain to the children, Won.

Slowly, I got tired of explaining.

"Black."

I squatted down and made eye contact with Black. Black seemed a little nervous.

"What, what is it?"

"I'm getting tired, so don't spit out and go to sleep."

"... Nope."

"Get some sleep. So I won't go out and work. If you are a slave, listen to the slave trader."

"... Aren't you a slave trader?"

"That's right, because it's right, go to bed. You too."

I put it in my sleeping bag since it was black. Hayang felt cold when he tried to touch it, so he unfolded the sleeping bag and put Hayang inside it as if he were filling an envelope with water.

Two large caterpillars appeared on the floor.

I stood up from my seat and looked back at the yellow one. At least he is cooperative, so I think I can give him a role.

Since they're slaves, they can't just disobey orders and do that, right? Does it work? I do not know.

"Since the yellow is a boy, protect the girls. The knight who protects the princesses, you know?"

"Knight."

The yellow nodded his head broadly, expressionless.

Only her face protruded, black and white, making strange expressions, I don't know why.

Come to think of it, I inadvertently used the word knight to the black knight. I don't even know if I dug my own grave.

If it had changed that much anyway, I wouldn't have met them before.

I decided to leave the mill and sprinkle magic stone powder to fight monsters around.

Yellow, black, white.

Don't run away

***

The slave trader really left the house.

Black got out of his sleeping bag and followed his figure through the window. He immersed himself in his work without monitoring them.

Black, who is naturally sensitive to mana, could tell from a distance that what he was dealing with was magic stone powder that monsters hate.

'... Is that what you're looking at? To drive out demons?'

"Tia."

"Wow!"

Blackie jumped up in surprise at the touch of his hand on his shoulder.

The yellow guy was holding a wooden club in his hand.

"Luca, you were surprised..."

The yellow guy raised his thumb up with an expressionless expression.

"Go to bed. I will protect you."

"Did you seriously listen to that slave trader?"

"Article."

Yellow's eyes sparkled in the dark. Black sighed.

"Luca, stuck in one thing like that, can't stop..."

The puppies Suin and Hayang came out from inside, crying.

Still she was terrified.

"Please protect Yurina, not me. You're still that scared."

"Okay."

The yellow that sticks to White. White was embraced in Yellowi's arms.

"... You don't intend to trust the slave trader, do you?"

When White asked in a trembling voice, Black immediately reacted.

"All right, of course. How many slave traders have we seen? They were all trash. ... They gave me bread, though."

"Maybe they're pretending to be nice and trying to bully you more."

"Eating first."

"That... But I didn't even know if Luca was a woman or a man."

"I am a man. Cool."

Yellowy let out her snort as if excited.

"Humans are different from elves and beastmen, so they say it's hard to tell the gender when you're young."

"Anyway... I hate slavery now. We don't even have names on name tags."

It was as it was said.

Already their real names were erased from their memory and from the world along with the first slave contract.

They were just calling each other by their given names.

"I want to get my name back. I can't remember the name my parents gave me, but... Slave traders are scary..."

"Yes..."

Black looked at White.

Hayangi was shaking her body like an aspen tree. Yellowy hugged Whitey more tightly.

The time each was caught was slightly different, but they had already been moving across the continent through the hands of dozens of slave traders without knowing why for over a year.

The process of getting caught was also terrifying. All three had a brutal experience that was deeply embedded in their brains.

And not a single slave trader had ever treated them as persons.

The food was decaying fodder that was inferior to that of livestock, and there were times when there was no water for two days.

They were confined to small cages and treated like bundles. Through the raging storm, they came over the rugged mountains.

Slave traders, one by one, said that a pervert aristocrat would like a special product or something.

After being sold, it was clear that worse days would be waiting for him.

It's time to miss the present when we could see outsideMay come

Black, who was a dark elf, was wary from a young age.

They became friends because they were of the same age and similar in appearance, but Yellow and White were younger than him.

So, like her eldest sister, she was feeling some responsibility.

"Let's run away."

Finally, Black made her decision and she grabbed Yellow and White's hands.

"Escape, now?"

"Now that the slave trader is caught off guard, this is an opportunity. You can go to church and get a new name for her. I don't know if she has a way to solve the slave contract, but let's find out."

Black had no intention of trusting the slave traders either. To her, the yellow and white teeth in front of her were far more important than her hopes, which had never come to her in her life.

Yellow and White also felt her will and nodded their heads.

"Let's go."

The three quietly left the mill.

The slave trader was busy distributing her manastone powder evenly from a distance.

The three run through the forest led by Black.

Every time the little bodies passed, the strong grass fell over.

"Haha."

Unlike Yellow, who took the lead because of her good stamina, Black and White quickly got tired and slowed down. Before I knew it, my arms were full of scratches from tree branches.

Still, Black didn't stop her legs. Even as her muscles screamed, she forcibly pulled them out.

A little more.

If you go a little further, pure white freedom awaits.

Hope filled her head with adrenaline, and she didn't notice as the sound of her rugged footsteps increased.

―Kreureung!

Grasp!

Before I could recognize what it was, a large wild boar jumped out of the black grass in an instant.

"Kyaaak!!"

A wild boar that attacks Black Lee in an instant. It was no ordinary beast. It was a monster that roamed the forest.

He was a cub similar in size to the girls, but he was still a monster. Its strength and ferocity were incomparable.

"Yay!"

Yellowy realized the danger and immediately swung his club at the wild boar.

Caang!

Wood deok!

However, rather, it only resulted in the yellowy's wrist going out.

"It hurts, it hurts!"

Blackie struggled on her arm while being crushed by the wild boar, but the monster seemed unwilling to let go.

Blood was flowing from the arm that had been scratched by the large tusk as it was attacked. However, Black did not know that and was terrified by the terrible smell.

It was because the wild boar's gaping mouth was approaching in front of her eyes.

... In the end, they are being dragged into slavery like this and die unluckily.

I never told anyone, but I wanted to go to a place called the academy.

The moment when even the time to bear such remorse was not properly given.

-Kiying!

The wild boar that had been crushing Blackie screamed and flew away.

The black man's voice was heard in the ears of the black man who was barely breathing again.

"Guys, are you okay?!"

Blackie trembled and looked up to see his name tag.

〈 Slave Trader Wicker〉

Hehe-! Tia!!"

White ran up to Black and hugged Black, holding him in tears.Filled with

Blackie breathed in a breath that hadn't calmed down yet, and stroked Whiteie's head with his unharmed left hand.

"Dig deep. Be patient."

Black felt a stinging sensation in her right arm. A slave trader was pouring antiseptic water on her wounds and applying medicine to her. It was a familiar gesture that seemed to have been done many times.

"I'm glad I didn't die, really..."

The black one glanced at the slave trader's face.

He was the only one who almost died.

The cause was entirely her own fault.

He was the one who asked to run away, and it was he who directed him towards the forest.

Seeing that the wild boar is a baby, there must be parents around, and Yellow and White must have been in danger soon.

But the slave trader saved him right away, and far from blaming him for running away, he was stroking his heart in relief as if he had come back from the dead.

'... What the hell is this person?'

It was the moment when a slight crack formed in Black's heart.

The slave trader stood up after treatment.

"... Sorry for running away."

Yellowy was the first to apologize to the slave trader. The slave trader sighed deeply.

"Done. I was complacent don't do this again The night forest is dangerous."

"I couldn't keep it."

The slave trader's large hand went up on the downcast yellow man's head.

"Still, you swung it nicely. Good job."

"Huh."

"Is your wrist hurt? Show me."

A slave trader put herbs on Yellowy's wrist and put a splint and bandage on her.

The yellow man looked at his hand and, as if he liked it, he clung to the slave trader's leg.

"Hey, it's inconvenient to move."

Yellowy ignored him and rubbed his cheek against his broad leg like a small animal.

"How did we find... ?"

He scratched his chin at Hayang's question.

"I went in after processing everything, but you disappeared, so I looked for you. But no... Maybe it was because of the contract, but because I was focused, I knew the direction."

Let's go back Saying that, the slave trader carefully hugged Black.

Black didn't want to resist the warmth spreading from his back any longer.

'... I can't believe it yet.'

Still, wasn't it considerate that he just didn't use the word slave?

'... It's warm.'

Black-i inadvertently buried his face in his chest, thinking that he would sleep peacefully tonight.