Chapter 23: Don’t worry, no one will hurt you anymore. |
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After the cage was brought inside, Akadin pulled back the black cloth.
Inside was a blue-haired girl with her hands and feet shackled.
Due to the cold of the chains and the cage, the blue-haired girl was curled up into a ball.
She had some scars on her body.
The girl wore a coarse black cloth outfit, and on her slightly exposed abdomen, her fair skin made a small blue mark stand out even more.
Looking at that patch of blue mark, Akadin couldn’t help but laugh.
“My third brother told me to find a sex slave, but I didn’t expect to find this.
Hahaha....”
Damn, invincible.
One hundred percent magic affinity, he could even imagine his bright future.
His third brother was valued by the family because of his extremely high magical talent.
And although he himself studied hard, he had no talent whatsoever and had now fallen to this state.
Clearly, he was the older brother.
So the heir to Tars City might not be you, little brother!
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Akadin exhaled.
To ensure his bright future, he didn’t even let anyone leave.
He made a few people wait inside.
The private room was divided into several areas, with Akadin in the innermost part, hidden from outsiders.
Akadin pulled the cage in and drew the curtain.
Then he prepared to unlock the chains on Charis.
The girl wore a special collar made by mages around her neck.
This collar in the trading market was even more cruel than a slave collar.
It could control the body’s functions.
It guaranteed one hundred percent obedience from the girl.
Most of the girls traded here were subjected to wanton abuse and torment by buyers.
Or taken to performance halls to be brutally destroyed.
Ultimately ending in a tragic fate.
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And Charis was now one of them.
At this moment, her eyes were a little dull, her feet and hands shackled tightly, feeling the oppressive restraint.
Watching the person in front of her step closer to unlock her chains.
Looking at that foul face.
Her heart was filled with despair and complexity.
A few days ago, after being beaten by her gambling-addicted father, she was sold here.
She was put on this collar and locked in shackles.
Here, she was a "product" even worse than a slave.
She still remembered her father’s excited expression after selling her at a high price.
This might be the only value in her dark life.
Someone like her was destined to fall to such an end...
The dim environment inside the private room was like a predatory beast, coldness gradually spreading through her body, making her shiver uncontrollably.
Akadin pulled the chains binding the girl’s hands.
He couldn’t help but stroke her hand.
Akadin: “You’re still so pretty...”
Charis tightly closed her eyes, biting her teeth, not daring to move.
She was never a strong person.
Otherwise, she wouldn’t have offered no resistance at all when her father sold her.
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“You’re so pretty, you could be played with well...
But it’s a pity, you’re so thin and small, you probably won’t last long.”
Hearing Akadin’s almost naked words, Charis’s body trembled involuntarily, goosebumps rising on her fair skin.
She thought of those "products" who were played with so badly in the sales arena that they were no longer recognizable.
Their eyes nearly lifeless.
Would she become like them too...
Who... who would save her?
Although she knew it was impossible.
She still couldn’t help but pray silently in her heart.
But as she prayed, she couldn’t help but laugh bitterly at herself.
Who?
Would come to save someone as wretched as her.
What was she worth?
She wasn’t the protagonist of some story, how could she dare to hope...
The next moment.
Bang—!
The door of the room was cut in half by a sword.
Light from outside poured into the dim environment.
Like the radiance of a god descending.
Outside, everyone had already fallen in pools of blood.
The swordsmen the nobles relied on were so weak.
Everyone inside the room was startled, instinctively drawing their weapons.
At that moment, they heard a slightly mocking voice.
“Olivia, guard outside.”
“Everyone here must die.”
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The sudden incident left those at the scene stunned.
Inside, Akadin shrank back, completely losing all desire.
He shouted loudly:
“Who are you?
Who let you barge in here?
Do you know who I am? You...”
Before he finished speaking, the sharp sword sliced across his neck, blood splattering directly onto his face.
He opened his mouth in shock but couldn’t utter a word.
Jonas: “Who I am is unimportant. What matters is that you’re going to die today.”
Jonas swung his sword, the gale slash arriving like thunder.
He quickly wiped out everyone around, leaving only Akadin.
At this moment, he was so scared he nearly lost control of his bladder.
He stammered:
“I... I am Akadin Josso, heir of Tars City. You... you can’t kill me.
Otherwise... otherwise you’re definitely on a dead end.”
Jonas was a little surprised; this was quite a big deal.
Compared to his father’s territory of a few thousand people, Tars City’s tens of thousands, its army was definitely more than ten times that.
Seeing the hesitation in front of him, Akadin was overjoyed.
Just as he was about to continue speaking, the sword pierced straight through his throat.
“Uuu...”
“Sorry, that just means you deserve to die even more.”
Cutting the grass to root, he didn’t want to waste words with the person before him.
Looks like he needed to leave immediately.
Fortunately, the chaos here made it easy to escape.
However, killing one of the heirs of Tars City here would be extremely troublesome.
And now...
Jonas focused his attention on the blue-haired girl beside him.
The scene was filled with corpses, blood stained the room.
The girl’s timid expression was like a small animal terrified of injury, curled up in the corner, hugging her knees and trembling.
She glanced at him from time to time.
After meeting his gaze, she quickly buried her head in fear, like an ostrich hiding its head.
Jonas noticed the girl’s nervousness and spoke softly and gently:
“No need to be nervous, Miss Charis.
I won’t do anything to you.”
Saying so, he took the key to the shackles and unlocked them.
Jonas originally hoped this action would ease the girl’s suspicion.
Unexpectedly, after unlocking the shackles, she just shrank deeper into the corner of the cage.
She spoke a little helplessly.
“Did... did I do something wrong? Please don’t kill me...
I want to live.”
She had originally thought she could calmly face death.
But seeing Akadin and the others die before her eyes, death became an extremely terrifying thing.
She also learned from Akadin that she was apparently a very valuable “product.”
Ending up in someone else’s hands meant no good fate.
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Seeing this, Jonas didn’t know what to say.
The girl’s sensitive and wary heart made him silently pause.
Seeing Jonas silent before her, Charis became even more flustered.
“Please don’t treat me like they did in the arena, don’t hit me, don’t kill me...
I will serve you well. If I have any problems, I will correct them...”
Before she finished speaking, the expected force and beating did not come.
Instead, Charis felt a warm hand stroke her head.
“Don’t worry.
I’m here to save you. No one will hurt you anymore.”
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