Chapter 24

In the morning I woke up very early, I checked the area with the Map and when I did not look at anything I removed the barrier that surrounded the entire room, I washed with magic and began to make breakfast, I cooked a simple breakfast using magic and it only took me a few minutes to do everything.

I started eating by myself and waited for the three girls to wake up, knowing what they had to go through the day before, I didn't want to force them to wake up, as the girls took a while, I took out a book and began to read it while I put the map transparent in all my background view, while reading a little about the slave collars I could not find in the least what the girls were saying but I also did not find words that contradicted what the girls were saying.

(I need more information).

I checked through all the books quickly if they were about the slave collars but I had nothing, I left the topic for another time I closed everything and returned the Map to the corner of my view at a small size, while doing it by the edge of my view I noticed how the girls had already woken up and were trying not to make any noise as they walked towards the door.

Do you try to leave without making noise? -Kasumi.

N-no ..... yes ....- Shiro.

Do not fear me, if I wanted to hurt you I would have already done it, wash up, I'll serve you breakfast-Kasumi.

I gave them the toothpaste and some towels, I put away the beds and expanded the bathroom, I created a large stone bucket and filled it with water, I left some items inside the new bathroom and finally I put a metal door on it, with the new renovations the girls entered the new bathroom, I sighed for the attitude of the three girls, although several times I told them that it would not hurt them, they continued not to trust, although knowing what they had happened I assumed it was normal.

After waiting for at least twenty minutes the three girls came out of the bathroom, honestly the three girls looked quite attractive just out of the shower, I put any thoughts out of my mind and focused on serving breakfast, while the girls ate I began to see my notes of the skills that I had pending, many of the skills were mostly just mass destruction that I doubted ever use but did not want to trust me, while the girls were eating I stared at their necklaces and noticed that the neck Shiro was a little red, it looked like irritation caused by the necklace, while looking at that she noticed my gaze.

S-is something wrong?-Shiro.

Your neck, does it hurt right? -Kasumi.

A little ...- Shiro.

Saying those words she seemed a bit sad, even her ears were down, I got up from my chair and walked until I was behind Shiro, when she looked at him I tried to get up, but I grabbed her shoulders so she couldn't get up.

Don't move, this won't hurt-Kasumi.

With some fear Shiro stayed still, Arisa and Yui just like Shiro looked at each other a little disturbed but they only got up from their chairs and just watched, I concentrated on Shiro necklace and activated Disintegrate, in a matter of seconds the necklace turned black and then turned into dark dust that vanished into the air, after removing the necklace I applied healing magic on the irritation which in seconds disappeared.

Ready-Kasumi.

Shiro brought her hand to her neck and began to touch him on various sides.

Did the necklace disappear? What did you do? -Arisa.

I disintegrated it, if I couldn't do it by force I just undid it-Kasumi.

Again I concentrated on Arisa and Yui necklaces, I applied Disintegrate and the same thing happened with Shiro, just like Shiro Arisa and Yui touched their necks for a few seconds, without the necklaces on the girls finished their breakfast and we left the room Instantly, I put the whole room in Inventory and we kept walking.

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The trip passed normally, we had to take several breaks for the girls due to their poor physical condition, calculating the distance with the Map we would arrive at the town the next day in the morning, while we rested a little under some trees on the Map I could see that A small horned rabbit was approaching us, when the rabbit was already very close to us hiding in some grass Shiro and Yui began to get a little restless looking in various directions and constantly moving their ears.

Is something wrong?-Arisa.

I thought I heard something-Shiro.

Yes, I heard it too-Yui.

It is a small horned rabbit, it may not be a threat if it is not disturbed, otherwise it will launch itself against its attacker and use its teeth to hurt or kill him-Kasumi.

From my Inventory I took out a short sword, the girls looking at my action seemed a bit puzzled.

This is for your good, so I'm going to ask one of you to face that rabbit, if you don't want what happened yesterday to repeat itself, it's better that you start learning how to use a Kasumi-weapon.

Us? -Yui.

Yes, even if you are only villagers with proper training you can become great warriors, decide among yourselves who I think can do it-Kasumi.

The three of them seemed a bit worried and talked for a while with each other, when they had already agreed, Shiro was the one who walked up to me.

The little one is hiding behind that grass, when you get close he will probably come out, all you have to do is cut him with the sword, remember that, although they are not strong if they are a little agile-Kasumi.

I handed the sword to Shiro and told him some things about the rabbit, Shiro approached where the rabbit was and it came out of the grass, the rabbit did not show any sign of aggression at first but when Shiro pointed the rabbit with the sword it showed his teeth that seemed a bit unpleasant, the little rabbit got into a ready attack position, Shiro although his hands were shaking did not back down at all, Shiro slowly approached the rabbit and when he was close enough the rabbit jumped right to the face of Shiro, Shiro put his arms to defend himself, the rabbit bit Shiro left forearm, which abruptly moved her arm, managing to separate the rabbit from her, the wound was not large but it looked painful.

(If she wants to retire I'll let her do it).

Although I thought that she would return, what she did was that she began to cut crazy with the sword, the little rabbit having great agility did not cost much to dodge, after constantly cutting the rabbit again jumped towards Shiro face which Instead of putting his arms he cut the rabbit in the air, the rabbit being small did not put up any resistance.

I thought it would take longer, well done-Kasumi.

T-thanks-Shiro.

I took the sword from Shiro which just by looking at it you could see that his hands were shaking, after putting the sword away I took out a towel and began to wipe the blood from Shiro arm, with the cleansed blood I quickly healed the wound.

Ready-Kasumi.

When I finished healing Shiro arm, I noticed that she was completely quiet and seemed a little flushed from her face, I ignored her state and also the looks from Arisa and Yui.

Let's continue-Kasumi.

We continued walking until it began to get dark, again I took the room out of the Inventory and slept in it, in the morning we continued walking without encountering something unexpected, when it was already about nine in the morning I could see on the Map the Rao town, in question after a few more minutes of walking we were able to reach the gates of the town.

At last the people-Arisa.

From what I could see from the Map, the town was not very big and it had many more humans than semi-humans, another thing that I noticed in the town was the fact that it had almost no guards, at the entrance of the town there were only two guards who didn't even bother to ask something, the only thing I noticed was their looks at the girls, a look of contempt, after going through the entrance I approached Arisa who was a little away from me.

What's with the looks of these people, don't they like demi-humans? -Kasumi.

That's right, most of the people in the village are human and they have great contempt for demi-humans, I guess Yui and Shiro have gotten used to it-Arisa.

We continued walking along the main street of the town and after a few minutes we turned some corners, while we continued walking I felt all the looks of the people around us, I could even hear how they spoke in low voice among them, after a couple of more minutes on the way we came to a house that was not very big and a little damaged.

This is where we live-Arisa.

I checked the interior of the house with the Map and I could see two people inside, a six-year-old girl and a forty-year-old woman, the girls as well as the woman were in a room and apparently the woman was lying on the floor a bed, I quickly checked the state of the two people and apparently the woman was Arisa mother and the girl was the younger sister, apart from seeing her relationship I also checked how Arisa mother was.

(She is very serious, she probably only has a week left).

According to her state, she was very serious, after only being a few seconds in front of the house Arisa knocked on the door, I could quickly see how the girl ran until she was in front of the door, she stayed a few seconds in front of the door and opened it .

Sisters! -Girl.

The girl started to hug Arisa, the girl stayed hugging Arisa for a couple of seconds until she noticed my presence.

Who is he?-Girl.

He is a friend-Arisa.

Hello little one, my name is Kasumi-Kasumi.

My name is Mily-Mily.

After that little presentation the girls began to enter the house and they also invited me to come in with them, I sat in the dining room where the girls sat down to talk with little Mily.

He hasn't gotten better, he's worse, but did they find the medicine? -Mily.

No, we couldn't find her-Arisa.

Mily was completely dejected upon hearing Arisa response, Mily hugged Arisa tightly as she started crying.

(The posion that cures everything I have not tried yet, but according to the notes it is effective, I do not lose anything trying).

I got up from the chair and took out one of the posions.

I can't promise it will work but you can try to heal her by giving her this-Kasumi.

Arisa, slowly grabbed the position and went to where her mother was, I checked the mother's State while Arisa gave her the position, after Arisa gave her the position, her State quickly changed to a normal State, after a minute Arisa I return with the empty posion container.

From your expression I deduce that it did work-Kasumi.

Yes, the instant she drank her posion her breath calmed-Arisa.

That's good news, now she just has to rest a little more, by tomorrow she will be like new-Kasumi.

You could see the joy on the faces of the girls who hugged each other, I relaxed and when I was thinking of leaving the house I remembered that Shiro, Arisa and Yui were still slaves, if I left them that way I would stay with a very bad taste in your mouth forever.

I will go out to tour the town, I will return at dusk-Kasumi.

Wait, stay to eat-Yui.

I have no time to waste, I need to investigate something-Kasumi.

I was about to leave the house when Shiro grabbed my hand.

It's related to our slavery, right? -Shiro.

Yes-Kasumi.

I let go of Shiro's hold and left the house, I walked for a few minutes trying to find a library guided only by the posters, but I couldn't find anything, I asked some people and they gave me some indications of the only library in town, I drew the map route with the Map and followed it.

In a matter of a few minutes I managed to find the library which was very small for my liking, I entered the library and as I expected it was quite small and the shelves were a bit empty, I approached what looked like a counter where there was a girl he was reading a book with a very bored expression.

Good morning, I would like to know if you have any books related to slavery-Kasumi.

The girl just turned to look at me in a very bored way, she closed the book she was reading and took out a thin book, she looked at the book for a few seconds and looked at me again.

On shelf three there are some related books, but it's not much as you can see-Girl.

Thanks-Kasumi.

I went to shelf three and began to look through all the books that were there and I could only find five books related to slavery and also the necklaces, I grabbed the five books and sat on a chair that was in the place where I began to read the books, while the girl was distracted reading I kept the four books in the Inventory and made a copy of each of them, I took out the four books again and started reading another book, while reading the other book I created a copy of the one I had read first , I put the books back on the shelf and went over to the counter where the girl was.

The books served me a lot, I'll give you these as gratitude-Kasumi.

From the Inventory I took out twenty books of basic, intermediate and advanced magic, I put all the books on the counter and I left quickly before the girl could say anything, I just left the library and activated my invisibility, I stayed next to the exit where the girl quickly left, but when she did not look at anyone, she returned.

I deactivated my invisibility and went out of town to read the books completely, I stayed in the forest reading the five books and until I finished them I got up from the place where I sat, when I finished reading completely it was already about six in the afternoon Without further ado I teleported to a location without people within the town, I walked for a few minutes from one side to another within the town and while I was doing it a familiar face was in front of me shopping at a vegetable stall, Yui was buying some vegetables and apparently he was not doing very well with the salesman.

I approached Yui slowly and when she was already close to her I heard some not very nice words coming from the seller.

As I already told you, it will be five large bronze coins-Seller.

That's almost triple its price-Yui.

If it seems too expensive you can go to another place-Seller.

I touched Yui shoulder and she is she turned abruptly, but she remained calm when looking at me.

Relax, this guy is a scammer, let's go-Kasumi.

Yes-Yui.

I walked with Yui towards the house and as we walked Yui seemed quite restless.

What do you have? -Kasumi.

Nothing-Yui.

I have never liked people who are not sincere, you can trust me, betrayal is not one of my qualities-Kasumi.

It's just that I have to bring some ingredients to the house-Yui.

Don't worry about it, I have a lot of food with me-Kasumi.

Without talking any more we continued walking towards the house, after walking a few minutes we arrived at the house, after playing we were greeted by Shiro, we entered the house where the girls were cleaning and also preparing food, I handed him the ingredients that Yui asked me and I went to sit in the dining room.

While waiting for the girls to prepare dinner I started planning what I was going to do, first I had to take the girls out of slavery and then I would continue my journey, but first of all I had planned to train the girls a bit to improve their statistics that way they would not have problems in the future, while I was in my thoughts I heard how someone sat in front of me.

So you are the young man who helped my daughters and also gave me that strange position-Woman.

In front of me was a woman very similar to Arisa, she was practically an adult version of Arisa.

Yes, nice to meet you Miss Martha-Kasumi.

The pleasure is mine-Martha.

Martha, the mother of Arisa and Mily, although at first glance she had a strong character after I spoke for a few minutes with her, it was the opposite, her character was like Nana's, after chatting in an animated way with Martha she changed her expression and stared at me.

Now Kasumi, can you tell me why my daughters are fujitive slaves? -Martha.

It was due to an oversight on my part, if I had hurried more I could have avoided it, but don't worry about anything, I will travel to Shoe City and give you your freedom, obviously also cover all expenses-Kasumi.

That's good, I wouldn't want my daughters to be fujitive slaves-Martha.

Dinner was served by the girls and before I knew it it was time to sleep, I got up from where I was sitting and told everyone that I was going to go to sleep at a nearby inn, previously using the Map I noticed that the house only had two rooms, probably one for Martha and Mily, and the other for the girls.

Stay to sleep here, there is always room for someone else-Martha.

Sure, I'll sleep in the living room if it's not too much trouble-Kasumi.

Of course not, I can't let our guest sleep in a place like that, you can stay in the girls' room, there's a lot of space there-Martha.

I would love that, but I don't think girls want me to stay in their room-Kasumi.

No problem-Yui.

Yes, I don't have any problem either, right Arisa-Shiro.

Y-right-Arisa.

See, they agree-Martha.

As you like-Kasumi.

I felt that they were plotting something between all of them, but I did not put much importance on it, after the little talk I washed my body with magic and went to sleep in the girls room, in the girls room there was only one bed in which, although there was still room for someone else, I felt that it was not correct to sleep in the same bed as them, it was more out of respect.

I took a bed out of my Inventory and put it a little apart from the girls, I stayed lying on the bed, but no matter how hard I tried to sleep, I didn't feel any sleepy, and from what I heard the girls couldn't sleep either, I stayed up until very late at night and I ended up reading a little to make me sleepy and sleep soundly.