Chapter 1: Arthur

'The sound of the trees leaves being manipulated by the breeze and the slightly rough texture of the grass make my body feel very comfortable, I don't know when was the last time I felt so calm' 

'It's been two years since that day and I still can't forget them, I couldn't get over their parting' with a small tear glistening because of the sunlight, a young man opened his eyes and looked at the blue sky. 

He raised his pale-colored hand and through his honey-brown eyes, looked up at the sky and muttered in a voice filled with fatigue. 

"I think it's time to move on," he froze in this position for a few minutes and finally got up from his place. His slender body appeared, 

Scattered black hair and brown eyes surrounded by several dark circles indicate his lack of sleep and concern for himself, carrying two metal crutches in his hands and with stumbling steps he began to walk towards a small house surrounded by several plantings. 

This person was Arthur, who was 18 years old, two years ago an accident happened that completely changed his life, whenever he remembered what happened that day, he felt intense pain in his heart, because he lost the most dear people for him, his parents. 

Two years ago, he was on a family trip with his parents, a trip full of joy, happiness and a family atmosphere, his mother's kind smile full of tenderness and his father's coarse laugh resonating in his ears, He laughs with all his heart, oblivious to what awaits them, when they approached their destination, a speeding truck came that had lost control and collided with their car, causing the death of his parents and suffering from fatal wounds. 

When he opened his eyes he found himself in the hospital and life support machines surrounded him from all sides, when the days passed he learned that he had lost his parents and his left foot, when the doctor came, he told him that his survival was an incredible miracle, if not for his mother's body, which received most of the trauma instead of him, he would not have survived. 

After this incident, his grandfather came, and he was the only person who remained from his family during the period of his injury, took care of him until he was completely cured, Despite the love that his grandfather gave him, he remained under the shock of what happened, he could not accept what happened to his parents, therefore, he remained captive to his memories for these two years, he left school and spent most of his time in his small apartment watching anime and series, he neglected himself until he began to suffer from several physical problems, all that time his grandfather came to visit him in order to convince him to come with him to the village and get away from the hustle and bustle of the city, when he visits him, he takes good care of him.

so that he prepares healthy and nutritious meals for him and forces him to eat them, and also forces him to go with him and they take a tour of the city together, all this time Arthur began to love his grandfather and eventually he was convinced and returned to the village with him, he came with the intention to change himself and reorganize his thoughts and try to get rid of all these harmful thoughts. 

"Arthur, come on, it's time for lunch," his grandfather's weak voice coming from inside the house, made a small smile on his face, and made him try to accelerate the pace of his stumbling steps. 

Bzzzzzzzttt! 

"What is this" Arthur stopped his steps and began to inspect his surroundings, he is sure that he had heard a strange sound resembling the sound of electricity. 

After looking around and finding only weeds and some crawling insects, he returned to walk towards his house. 

Bzzzzzzzttt! Bzzzzzzzttt! 

''I'm sure I heard something," Arthur stopped again and began to inspect his surroundings with a look full of circumspection, he began to feel suspicious of what was going on, but he didn't find anything, no matter how he examined his surroundings, all that was there was grass. 

"Is there an electricity wire underground or what?" he continued searching. suddenly, his body stopped moving and drops of sweat began to fill his forehead. the only expression on his face was horror, in front of him there was a giant blue vortex emitting a great suction force, he was looking at his surroundings until it suddenly appeared and began to pull everything in its path, rocks, herbs, insects and it is a pity that he is also standing in its way. 

'What's going on, my body can't move' Arthur desperately tried to get away, but no matter what he did, his body didn't move from its place and on the contrary began to be attracted by the strange vortex, he continued his futile struggle until the vortex reached in front of him and swallowed him inside. 

When he entered the strange vortex, he found himself in a long sky-blue tunnel, there was no sign of the end of the tunnel. 

"Where am I" Arthur continued to check his surroundings, but all he could see were stones and herbs, but suddenly a ball of milky white light appeared and surrounded his body, Arthur, who could not move, watched everything that was happening and signs of fear filled his face, but suddenly he felt calm and comfortable and his body was filled with a beautiful and comfortable warmth, his vision started to get blurry little by little and the last thing he saw was his severed leg starting to form again. 

'What's happening to me' was the last thing Arthur could think about before he completely lost his consciousness, the light continued to penetrate into his body and change until it finally disappeared completely. 

.... 

Amid piles of Red Rocks, there are dozens of people with shabby looks, their clothes are worn and their bodies are full of dirt, the sounds of metal hitting the ground filled the place, surrounding their necks and feet with a set of iron handcuffs, this place was the quarry where slaves worked to extract building rocks. 

Slash! 

"Come on, work faster" with a strong blow to the ground with a whip, one of the people standing among the group of slaves spoke, he wore silver armor that looked like Knights ' armor and carried a black whip with some thorns in his hand, there were several people like him supervising the work of slaves. 

"John, keep a close eye on these people, I'm going to pee," the armored Guard ordered another person to take his place until he returns, then he headed behind the rocks to a place where no one would see him, when he got away from the rest of the guards and slaves and wanted to urinate, he saw something strange behind one of the rocks, drew his sword and approached with all calmness and caution. 

"Who is this person?" "When he arrived and saw what was behind the rock, he felt a little strange, near him there is a fainting child of about 10 years old lying on the ground, his clothes were a little strange and his face was clean compared to the rest of the people in the place. 

The guard continued to observe him thinking deeply, no ordinary person can exist in this place other than slaves and guards, so there is one possibility that this boy in front of him is one of the slaves, but the guard knows most of the slaves here and he is sure that he has never seen such a child. 

Suddenly the puzzled looks disappeared from the guard's face. 

'Why am I even thinking about something like that, he must be one of the New Slaves and he seems to be trying to escape from work?' the Knight pulled out his whip and then with a powerful swing hit the boy in front of him. 

Slash! 

"Aah," the boy woke up screaming as loudly as he could, the blow was very painful, and this shows how cruel the guards are who do not care if they hurt the slaves or cause their death. 

"Come on, go back to work with a strong voice next to him , moaning in pain, the boy is surprised by the presence of a terrifying person looking at him, a giant 3-meter Knight with a big mustache hides half of his face, he held a whip full of thorns in his hand, all this made him look like an executioner with the eyes of the little boy. 

All these things have caused the little boy, who is Arthur, to get a big shock, he doesn't know what's going on. 

"Where am I, what is happening, the last thing I can remember is that I was swallowed up by that Whirlpool" Arthur grabbed his head and thoughts began to clash madly in his mind. 

Slash! 

Another blow from the whip hit him directly leaving a red trail of blood on his skin, the blow made him wake up from all his stupor and bewilderment and the only thing he thought then was that he was in big trouble. 

When the Knight found that the boy in front of him looked at him with mocking glances, he grabbed him firmly and pulled him towards the slave camp, and then when he found some guards like him, he threw him in front of them and said: 

"Take him to the hole, it looks like he was trying to escape, put new collars on him, I don't know where his previous collars are." the rider was puzzled by the question of the lack of collars around this boy's neck, but he didn't think much about it, even if the child is just an ordinary person, he will not be held accountable, the rulers of this place do not care about the lives of ordinary people and the issue of enslaving them is a normal thing they do every day. 

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