《Reincarnated as an elf!》 Prologue Prologue ¡°Hold on a little longer!¡± I yelled as I¡¯m trying to chop trough a wall with an axe to create a hole for the people on the other side. The fatigue I have accumulated from saving over 20 people from this apartment house started kicking in a while ago and my mouth feels so dry I feel like I could drink 5 litres of water on the spot. I¡¯m using all of my remaining strength to create a hole for the people left in this apartment to escape trough and I finally felt my axe pierce the wall. I enlarged the hole to be big enough for adults to pass trough and yelled out commands in the hole to get out one by one. After watching them go and run out of the building one by one, the last man, about 45 years old if I had to guess, started talking to me¡­ ¡°Thank you so much fo...¡± ¡°Now¡¯s not the time for that, if you know of anyone else still needing to be rescued then tell me!¡± ¡°T-there should be an elderly couple living in apartment 48¡± Apartment 48 huh? That¡¯s close, I can still make it if I hurry! I took off and cleared the stairs with the axe and extinguisher I picked up from the lobby of the building. It was then that I realized I wasn¡¯t feeling too good and felt an indescribable urge to lay down and sleep. I resisted with all my might but after a few steps I collapsed and slowly closed my eyes. ¡®Huh, where am I, it¡¯s so unnecessarily bright¡¯ I was suddenly conscious and saw that I was in a vast white hall with glowing walls. It¡¯s actually kinda hard to separate the walls from ceiling and floor. "Hello Hajime Yamamoto, as you can probably tell by now, you have died. I am goddess Aphrodite and I was assigned to guide you to your new life.¡± I turned around and saw what I would undoubtedly call the most beautiful woman I have ever seen. Not only was she wearing white, thin garment that barely covered the important parts, her midnight-black hair reached down to her waist and the deep-blue eyes which stared at me, combined with her pink, small lips enchanted me and I realized I was staring at her rudely only after she called for me. ¡°Hajime, is something wrong?¡± ¡°U-ugh¡­ s-sorry, please forget about that. You said that I died but what happened? I don¡¯t remember dying¡­¡± ¡°Carbon monoxide poisoning. You went a bit too far with your rescue mission.¡± She said and gave me a warm, sincere smile. ¡°Oh¡­ I was sure I could keep going. Anyways, what happens after death? I¡¯m assuming I go to heaven since I haven¡¯t done any crime in my life.¡± ¡°Indeed, heaven is one of the three choices you have, the other two being reincarnation to a different world and the last one is reincarnating to your current world without any memories. Normally people only get to reincarnate into their own world until they accumulate enough points to enter heaven, but your soul already contained almost enough points to reincarnate to another world and adding the points you gained during your last hour on earth, you can even reincarnate to a different world which is rare to see!¡± For some reason, she seemed to be very excited about the reincarnation to a different world, atleast judging by how her eyes look at me like I¡¯m a new toy to fiddled with. ¡°Can you explain my choices more elaborately?¡± ¡°Very well, I¡¯ll start with heaven. You are granted immortality, you get to be with your loved ones who you knew in your previous lives and you are given your own land. Basically, it¡¯s a very boring fate, you can¡¯t even do kinky things since you don¡¯t have a physical body, like you don¡¯t have own right now, you¡¯re only a blur of light! So don¡¯t go to heaven or I¡¯ll hate you! Choose reincarnation to a different world!¡± ¡°Hah? What kind of explanation is that supposed to be? And why would you hate me for going to heaven? What¡¯s so good about the other world that you want me there?¡± ¡°See, beings with so many points like you are very rare to come by, so If you go to heaven I can¡¯t spectate your life when I get bored! And this other world I¡¯m talking about isn¡¯t anything like the modern earth you are used to. For example, they have magic, swords, monsters, magic, different races, kingdoms and MAGIC! And with your points you would literally be a cheat! Not only that, but you also get to keep your current memories!¡±If you come across this story on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen from Royal Road. Please report it. ¡°Okay okay, I get it, so I can use the points remaining after reincarnating to the other world to give me cheat-like powers. T-that does sound very attractive. Though I don¡¯t like the idea of being someone¡¯s personal entertainment box¡­¡± ¡°Reincarnating to a new world it is! I¡¯m glad we¡¯ve come to an agreement Hajime. Now, let¡¯s use your points to create your new body, it will use a large portion of your remaining points but believe me, it¡¯s worth every single point. After that we can use the remaining points for skills or talents.¡± While I was wondering about how many points I started with, the landscape turned to a dark room with a long table and bright light illuminating the center. On the table was laying a body with no face nor genitalia¡­ it looked extremely creepy.¡± ¡°I even get points for skills and talents after making a new body¡­ Just to be clear, how many points do all these things cost and how many did I start with?¡± ¡°Erm¡­ On average, people in your world rack up about 50 points in a lifetime and to enter heaven you need 200 points¡­¡± ¡°And? How many points did I originally have?¡± ¡°1752¡± ¡°I can¡¯t hear you!¡± ¡°1752¡­¡± ¡°¡­¡± ¡°¡­¡± ¡°¡­ How many points did I use for reincarnating to another world? And what about being able to create my own body?¡± ¡°1000 for reincarnating to a new world and 500 for the new body thing¡­¡± ¡°You¡­ you scammed me, no matter how you look at it, those choices are overpriced to the extreme!¡± ¡°No! Believe me, it¡¯s worth it, you keep your memories and you can have any body-type you want. I¡¯ve seen 2 people create their own bodies before and even I was envious!¡± Haa¡­ Whatever, what¡¯s done is done, also keeping your memories sounds comforting. She doesn¡¯t seem to be lying or making a fun of me anyways. ¡°¡­So, how does this work? I mean do you transfer my consciousness into the body after we are ready or what? ¡°No, you will be reborn and this body will be just an illustration of how you will look like on your 16th birthday. You also can¡¯t change how you will look like after you confirm you want this body, by this I mean you can¡¯t get neither skinny or fat.¡± ¡°I see...¡± ¡°Anyways, let¡¯s start on choosing the race and gender¡± Aphrodite listed different races like, humans, dwarves beastkin, elves, orcs and demons. She also mentioned that humans, dwarves and beastkin are allied but they aren¡¯t friendly with orcs or demons. Demons and orcs only own a small country together in a northern continent where they were forced after losing in a great war where humans from different kingdoms worked together to summon heroes from another world 60 years ago. Elves on the other hand were a neutral race who hid themselves and lived by themselves in a forest far away from conflict. ¡°Aphrodite, I want to be an elf!¡± ¡°Elf, huh? Very well, I¡¯ll change the body to a pre-set and we can start from there.¡± The body suddenly grew a face and genitalia, but there was one thing wrong with it. ¡°Girl¡­¡± ¡°Huh¡± ¡°I said that I would prefer to be¡­uuu¡­ a girl¡­¡± "Ara Ara~ Ufufu~ but of course, i won''t judge." The body suddenly did the necessary changes to be called female and i felt my heat up. Uuu... so embarrassing, but i really want to experience being a girl... and don''t try to tell me you haven''t given it a thought once or twice. Yosh~ Let''s do this, i''ll make an amazing body that will turn me narcissistic in no time! It''s been 56 hours since i started creating my own ideal body with the goddess of love and beauty herself! And i have to say, the results are very... impressive. Yes, impressive indeed. I didn''t get tired because i don''t currently have a physical body. so i got to spend every single second of the time i spent making sure every detail was perfect. "Aphrodite... this is... indeed worthy of 500 points, no i would say it would be worth 15 lifetimes of work to acquire a body like this..." "See, i told you it would be worth it! Hmph!" Huh, she seems angry for some reason... could it really be that she is envious of this body? Maybe it''s just because she is tired, or maybe it''s because i didn''t belive her at first. "I''m done confirming and everything is how i want it to be so let''s get done with the skills and talents quickly, i can''t wait until my 16th birthday with this new body of mine!" "Haa... sure, you have 252 points left to spend for skills or talents. Talents are things you are naturally born with, like affinity for certain type of magic or resistance to magic or poisons. Skills are something you can acquire by simply learning and practising or discovering, for example swordsman skills or magic spells. If you choose to spend points for skills then the knowledge will be engraved in your brain when you are born. Since elves have natural talent for healing magic, i recommend increasing your affinity for it and after that you should get increase your affinity for space-time magic since it allows you to store items in an inventory so you don''t need to physically carry anything heavy. I highly doubt you will carry anything more than a dress with that weak, girlish and annoyingly cute body of yours! Hmph!" "Healing magic and space-time magic? Got it! One last thing though, is there magic for helping me understand languages?" "You will automatically understand any languages you read or hear with the blessing i bestowed on your soul, that''s why you are able to understand me right now." "Really? Thank you so much for the help you''ve given me aphrodite! That''s all i needed to know, i''m now ready to leave to the other world!" "I understand. I wish you luck in your next life. Goodbye, hajime." "Goodbye!" ''What a nice goddess she was'' i thought as myconsciousness was slowly fading dark. Chapter 1
''Wow, this is so goddamn boring'' i thought as i was floating in what i assumed to be my new mothers womb. I woke up god knows how long ago and all i have done is sleep in this unexpectedly warm and cozy safe haven of mine but recently i have been getting bored since i started to regain my memories . Maybe me getting back my memories means i will be born soon! Not too long after having these thoughts, i was forced out of my safe haven and when i felt the cool temperature of the room on my skin i opened my quivering eyelids and was greeted by an elderly woman with gray hair, a few wrinkles on her face and pointy ears! From the look of her clothes i would assume she is a healer helping my mother give birth. She was talking to someone i couldn''t see with a worried face but confirming i was breathing her worry turned into a fine smile. After listening to them speak a few more sentences, the blessing engraved into my soul started working and i started understanding what they were talking about. "It''s true that most babies cry when born, but i assure you she is fine. Everything about her indicates that she is indeed healthy." After washing me and wrapping me in white clotch, the midwife handed me to a beautiful woman laying on a bed. She had a very small build and her golden-coloured hair reached down to her shoulders. Her pale white skin and sharp facial features with black eyes seemed like they weren''t far off off aphrodite-sama in terms of beauty. She started weeping and gently caressing my cheeks when she saw my face. "Sob... my cute little angel..." After my new mother finally averted her gaze from my eyes she handed me to what i assume to be my new father. He had bronze-coloured skin and his face together with golden hair felt very average compared to my mother but i could instantly tell that my father was a warrior of some sort with his muscular build. I grabbed his finger and giggled at his reaction. After he finally composed himself he smiled at me like i was the most precious treasure in the whole world. Seeing me toy with my fathers finger mother got jealous and grabbed me back and put me to sleep in her arms. After 2 days had passed we were finally leaving to home. "Remember to come back in a week for the ritual!"If you discover this tale on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the violation. The midwife was yelling about some ritual in a week. My mother was holding me and smiling at people passing by us. This village we are walking in is actually much bigger than i expected an elf village to be, it wouldn''t be wrong to start calling in a city soon! The ground is made of white blocks and most buildings are painted mostly white with different coloured lines. Currently we are on way to brag about me to my parent''s friends. I''ve figured out that my father is a leader of the people living in this city judging by how people greet him. "So, have you decided on this cutie''s name yet?" Listening to my parents and their friend''s conversation i found out that my name is now "Luna" and that my mom is a tailor and is childhood friends with my father. My dad''s name is Nao and my mother''s name is Aimi. After visiting 4 different homes we got back home and i was finally fed, placed into a crib and put to sleep. In the respective cycle of eat, sleep and defecate, a week passed in a blink of an eye. We are currently climbing a hill to reach the holy church of this world¡¯s creator, Demeter, to complete a ritual which will display my talent for magic with different colours. As we reached the top we arrived at a small building with a garden next to it. The healer from earlier waved at us and asked us to follow her to the garden. Inside the garden was a small pond with transparent crystals and an old wearing a priest outfit. ¡°Welcome, to proceed with the ritual, let us borrow your newborn for five minutes and sit still on the chairs in the back.¡± Mom handed me to the healer and I watched as the priest started chanting and dropping pitch black liquid into the pond. After about 3 minutes he finished his chanting and the healer had taken off my clothes, readying me to be put into the pond. ¡°Put her down katarina¡± the priest told the healer and she slowly sinked me in the water. The pond shined glaringly with two colours. First was blinding golden light and following that was a dark black colour which seemed to suck in the colours of any nearby objects. "T-This is...But how...?¡± The latter colour seemed to shock the priest, healer and father. Mom only stared at me worryingly after seeing the priests expression. ¡°What does the dark colour mean? I have never heard of this happening before¡­" Mother quickly inquired in worry. "Don¡¯t worry miss, there¡¯s nothing wrong with your child, it¡¯s actually the opposite. The dark colour from earlier means that she has affinity for Space/Time magic which is only known to used by demons. And not only Is it a magic never-before seen with elves, she also has a mana pool larger than both mine and the katarina¡¯s combined!. ¡°Kukuku, did you hear that Aimi? Not only is our child the cutest but even the most talented in terms of magic! As expected of my daughter¡­ Though I won¡¯t be able to teach her my family¡¯s skills if she doesn¡¯t have talent for fire magic...¡± Father started out with an elastic expression which turned into a gloomy smile nearing the end of his sentence. Don¡¯t worry father, I don''t need fire-magic to be strong! I promise you can be proud of me when you hear my name in songs about an elf capturing dungeons with a dagger and a confident attitude! Chapter 2 ¡±Wake up honey, we are visiting grandma again today.¡± Haah¡­ as of today, it¡¯s my sixth month on this world and let me tell you, being a baby is truly mentally exhausting. My imaginary schedule contains roughly 16 hours of sleep a day with 4 hours reserved for playing mom and dad, and the rest for socializing with other toddlers my age. But do not misunderstand! Every moment I spend with mom makes me feel happier than any memory of my past life. I grew up in an orphanage but I did have many precious friends but we got separated as we didn¡¯t get to the same high schools and I was way too shy to try making new friends so my life after middle school was just coming back home from school to play games or surf internet¡­ Enough about my depressing previous life and more about my new happy life! We¡¯re going to visit my mother¡¯s grandparents today and why am I so excited for it? Grandma dotes on me even more than mom and she mixes my feeding bottle with some weird powder when mom isn¡¯t watching! I don¡¯t know what the powder Is but it makes me sleep and my whole body feels refreshed when I wake up! For grandma¡¯s sake, I hope mom never finds about the powder¡­ One time mom almost killed dad by not cooking him anything for a week and giving him cold stares every time she saw him, just because he forgot to feed me when it was his turn! Hmm¡­ As I was resting on my grandma¡¯s lap I started wondering how long my lifespan is since my grandma still looks like she is in her mid-twenties and mom looks like she just graduated from high school¡­ In the novels I read back on earth it varied from a hundreds to thousands of years. I don¡¯t how I would react from hearing that I would live for thousands of years, I mean, after the few first centuries you would run out of new things to do! ¡°Has she said any words yet?¡± Words eh? That reminds me, I decided to slowly start speaking from words like mom and dad in 6 months when I¡¯m 1 year old , to fully talking by the time I reach 3. I feel like mom would get a heart attack if I suddenly started demanding more white powder from grandma when I can¡¯t even walk yet! ¡°No, so far she only recognizes her own name but that¡¯s already impressive for her age.¡± ¡°Kekeke, not only is she talented in magic but also is gifted with high natural intelligence! This grandfather is satisfied!¡± Grandpa is weird¡­ He seems very energetic and every time he talks he laughs and hits hit thigh. Both of my grandparents were blessed with good looks as my mother is a spitting image of my grandmother. Dark eyes and stunning golden hair with skin paler than snow on Christmas day morning. The image in my brain about her slender fingers on her seductive lips and passionate eyes staring at my¡­ NO! I can¡¯t have such lewd thoughts about my own mother! As for my grandfather, he has green eyes and brown short hair combed to right side. Sharp facial features and muscular arms indicating his career as a guard on the villages borders, fighting the monsters and executing kidnappers getting too close. Capturing and selling elves to slave traders will make you enough money to live the rest of your life in luxury, that is only if you have a short lifespan of 80 years old like humans and most beastkin races. Since all elves are born with affinity for 2 magic, one always being healing and the second one being any magic fitting for combat, like wind or fire magic, they can be used for various purposes when they¡¯re forced to wear a slave collar. They can be forced to fight for you, like you were just another Pok¨¦mon card in your collection, satisfy your sexual desires as if you were a prostitute only born for breeding or complete guild quests for you, if you deem the slave not worthy of anything else. Slave collars are literally chokers imbued with mana (mana is the very essence of magic which is used for casting spells) which tightens around your neck until you can¡¯t breathe if you try to disobey your master. Trying to leave without your master¡¯s permission or attacking your master is also not possible when wearing a slave collar. I sure hope I won¡¯t ever be forced to wear one of those¡­ Kuk! I didn¡¯t just jinx myself did i?gic but alsoat'' of like she just got out of highschool res every time she saw him, just b a A-anyways, that¡¯s enough about slaves for now. Where were we¡­ Ah right! My grandpa¡¯s most noticeable features are his ears, which are much longer and sharper than me ears! Mine are small and cute, without too much difference from human ears, while his big sharp ears point outward! My grandpa lived originally in another elf tribe deeper in the forest but he met grandma when he was sent for reinforcements against level. 120 monsters invading this town. After successfully defending the town he got into a deeper relationship with grandma and moved here or something like that¡­ After one year of sleeping and playing with mom¡­ Currently I¡¯m waiting with my grandparents for mom to get home from the healer¡¯s house who delivered me too. Not long ago she said my new sibling would be born and left with dad to the healer. I¡¯m standing on a chair in our living room. watching people pass by trough the window, excited to see what my new sister / brother will look like. Then I noticed dad and mom following him while carrying a basket. ¡°Puuuu!¡± I made weird sounds to inform grandma of them arriving. She seemed to understand what I was saying with no difficulties whatsoever and jumped from the couch to open the door as fast as possible. Why didn¡¯t you take me with you grandma?! Apparently the baby is a he, judging by the conversation¡­ It¡¯s been 5 minutes since they came back and I still haven¡¯t seen what my brother even looks like since the basket is above me and no one is paying attention to me! ¡°Puuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!¡± I protested and cried out to them to let me see him.Unauthorized reproduction: this story has been taken without approval. Report sightings. ¡°Oh right, you want to play with your brother as quickly as possible, don¡¯t you luna?¡± Mom teased me as she sat down and placed my brother on her lap. ¡°His name is Shin, treat him nicely, luna!¡± Huh¡­ Is that really my brother? He looks nothing like me! He is like a copy of dad with his bronze-coloured skin and below average facial features while I have paler skin and prettier face than a certain goddess of beauty! Kuk, I wanted a handsome brother who all ladies his age would fall for and then reject them while saying I would be the only for him! Wait no¡­ that would be bad. A-anyways, I guess I¡¯ll be happy, he¡¯s still my baby brother and I¡¯ll take good care of him when we grow up! And this means dad will have someone to teach our family¡¯s secret combat skills since I literally don¡¯t have any talent for combat and I will run out of breath in about ten seconds of running when I grow up. Maybe I should have used some of the points I spent on healing magic for basic stats like endurance, strength, or intelligence¡­ 4 more years later¡­ I¡¯m staring at my image reflected on the lake¡¯s surface... ¡°C-cute¡­ Ehehe¡± I giggled as I caressed my dress¡¯ helm. ¡°What are you laughing at luna¡±? ¡°Oh, it¡¯s nothing. Nee, mama, how long until we arrive?¡± Currently we are on our way to a beast-kin city to search for books about space-time magic to help me understand how to utilize the effectiveness of my inventory. Right now I can only carry about as much as our luggage in my inventory, but my affinity with this magic is S, the second highest rating possible so there should be many more tricks for me to squeeze out before I¡¯m satisfied with it. Mom has been taking me to priests every afternoon to practice basic healing, curing and detoxification spells! So far I¡¯ve only learned heal and it took me 3 months longer than usual to learn it! But the qualities of the results are also greater by a tenfold than the average and I don¡¯t need to say cringy lines when casting spells. Apparently S+ and S ranks don¡¯t have the need for reciting the spell names for activating them. I¡¯m confident I¡¯ll be able to quickly learn cure and detoxification when I get back to practicing them¡­ ¡°It¡¯s only 2 more days darling.¡± Mom retorted and sighed like she was tired of someone constantly asking her something. It¡¯s been about a month since mom and i started our journey on a horse from home to hyria, the bestkin city. By the way, Shin¡¯s affinity for healing magic is only E but his fire magic is rank S! He has been training with father every chance he gets and he can already cast fist sized fire bolts. I ignited his passion to learn by rewarding him with a hug every time dad said he deserved one. Fufufu, I will make him my personal slave from young age! On our journey we have visited smaller villages full of adventurers and for the first time I met beastkin people! Some had adorable bunny ears while some had cat ears! Altough I did see some humans they weren¡¯t obviously as exciting since I used to be one just 5 years ago. The different races all were wearing enchanted armor and swords, revealing they were indeed adventurers. Most of them were taking rest from grinding the dungeon which entrance is located at a huge mountain we can see from the outer edge of our forest. Dungeons are a good source of income for adventurers confident of their ability, since they drop goods varying from high leveled equipment, high quality mana stones (mana stones power showers, toilets and furnaces depending on the type and quality of them) and lastly pills which can permanently raise your basic stats or teach you new skills. All dungeons are said to have 100 floors and the higher you can, the higher the level of the monsters and quality of drops. Max level for all living beings is 250. Only one dungeon has ever been conquered, when the hero and his party were summoned 60 years ago. According to the books back home all party members of his party received loot including a sword more powerful than the holy sword crafted by the god of this world to help the weaker races against the overwhelmingly stronger demons. The sword would be later known as ¡®Excalibur, The slayer of demons kings¡¯¡­ I feel like I have heard that name somewhere before but it doesn¡¯t matter. What matters right now is the village in the horizon. The night will arrive soon so we are eating and sleeping in an inn there. As we left our horse at the stables, we entered the inn and i instantly felt the stares of all the people dining there. I don¡¯t blame then, it¡¯s only natural for them the stare at us in wonder since elves rarely leave their forests. After paying for one night and dinner I saw a hooded young man with a black choker staring at me and not averting his gaze even after directly making eye contact. I asked mom to take a look at him but as mom finally caught sight of him, he was finishing his drink and getting up to leave while acting like nothing happened. Mom joked that he was just admiring my cute appearance but I had a feeling it was more than that¡­ We finished our meal and headed to our room on the second floor of the inn. As we were finishing up our daily snuggling ritual, we heard loud banging on our door! ¡°Eh, who would knock on our door at this time of night¡± Mom wondered as she put on appropriate clothes and went to open the door. ¡°You are elves right? Our party¡¯s healer died and we have one heavily injured person needing immediate healing! Please, you need to help us, we can pay you well!¡± A bald and muscular man awaited on the other side of the door with a desperate expression as he pleaded us with teary eyes. ¡°I understand, luna, you can go ahead and sleep and I¡¯ll be back soon¡± ¡°Okay, good night mom!¡± ¡°Goodnight¡± Mom¡¯s warm smile turned into a serious expression as she left and locked the door. As I was thinking about the city we will arrive at tomorrow with a grin on my face, I quickly fell asleep. ¡°Wake up kid¡± Huh? As I opened my eyes to see a hooded man with a choker on his neck, shaking me by my shoulders. ¡°Who ar-¡° ¡°Paralyze¡± But before I could ask him who he cast a spell on me and i suddenly couldn¡¯t talk or move my limbs anymore. I immediately realized what was happening as he grabbed me by my waist and and placed me on his right shoulder. I could only feel my eyelids quiver and tears drop from my eyes as if begging him to leave me be. He didn¡¯t notice or maybe he pretended not to notice my plead as he jumped down from the window to ground level. After landing he immediately started running toward a gate located at the south side of the village. As we approached the gate I saw a guard waiting for us in silver-colored suit of armor while holding a horse on a leash. ¡°Eehh?! I thought you were only joking when you said you found an elf child¡­ congratulations! That should be worth millions!¡± ¡°Yeah¡­¡± He coldly took the leash from his hands and walked the horse outside of the gate As he was placing me in his lap after getting on the horse I heard him sniffle and apologize in low voice. ¡°I-I¡¯m so sorry¡­ This worthless older brother here got in a trouble with some debt and I was forced to repay by using my stealth skills to kidnap innocent people for the local slave dealer¡­ You¡¯re both the first one and last one I will kidnap, you¡¯re more worth than all the slaves combined back at our base.¡± I could only silently sit still in his lap as my tears blurred my vision and the sound of hooves at full speed filled the surroundings of the road illuminated by moonlight. Chapter 3 Currently I am lying down in a small cage, created for children my age with barely any space to move. My body is sore and I feel like I could die from dehydration any moment now. Sun is slowly lighting up the room I¡¯m staying in. This room has cages in the left wall and on the right side are paintings and bookshelves. On the opposite side of the entrance is a wide desk a huge window behind it, no matter how you look at it this has to be the office of whoever runs the local slave-trading organization. I¡¯m still wearing my evening dress I use for sleeping but I couldn¡¯t sleep at all because my mind was racing, thinking about what will happen to me in the future or what mom is doing¡­ ¡°Good morning.¡± ¡°Phuh¡­ Auuuu¡­¡± I bit my tongue because I got startled by this damn brat. ¡°What is it? You don¡¯t have to cry, you¡¯ll have new parents soon, I¡¯m sure of it! They will take good care of you.¡± This kid¡­ Is he trying to console me by acting like I¡¯m not being sold into slavery but being adopted by some friendly older sister instead? He Isn¡¯t they guy from yesterday but an employee of this place, I think. It seems like he brought me some bread and water to keep me going¡­ ¡°Thank you¡­¡± ¡°No problem kid, in exchange, do what the fat guy tells you to do when he arrives in a bit, okay. Well then, I¡¯m leaving now.¡± As I was nibbling on my slice of bread I watched him leave and sighed at the bland taste of bread with no toppings. By the time I was finished with my breakfast, the sun was already up and shining brightly, giving the room a beautiful lighting. It was then that I heard muffled sounds approaching behind the door. The kid from yesterday and a fat, bald middle-aged man, as the guy from earlier warned, stepped inside the room. The fatty¡¯s eyes started examining the cages one by one and after locking gazes with me, his eyes widened and his breathing became rough. ¡°This is¡­ An elf child¡­ and a female one at that¡­ I couldn¡¯t believe it until I saw it for my own eyes¡­ Buhahahaha, good job Michael, you deserve your freedom, this little lady here will make me richer than most nobles in Euria! But we must quickly prepare the fastest wyvern for transporting her to the capital of Euria, the world-renowned slave auction is commencing in just 8 days! Don¡¯t worry, I¡¯ll get rid of the slave collar on your neck after we send her on her way to the capital of the biggest human kingdom on earth, Ratia. Someone, go prepare a wyvern for transportation!¡± Huh? Wyvern? Auction? Capital of Euria? In 8 days? No way. Currently we are at the east coast of beastkin continent and Ratia is in a southern part of the human continent, over a thousand miles away from here¡­ ¡°So, girl, what¡¯s your name and age?¡± ¡°¡­¡± Tsk, you think I will talk to you after selling me off to slav- ¡°Make her speak Michael.¡± ¡°O-okay. I¡¯m Luna and I¡¯m 5 years and 6 months old!¡± ¡°What about your surname?¡± ¡°Riina. My full name is Luna Riina.¡± He started scribbling something in his notebook while nodding to himself in satisfaction. I¡¯ll answer his questions like a good girl, I don¡¯t want that guy to cast spells on me again. ¡°You can forget about your name now. You will be given a new name by your master in Ratia. The wyvern should be ready to depart soon so you will leave immediately. Escort her outside Michael.¡± Leaving the building, the first thing I saw was 6 young ladies with cat ears being loaded into a wagon with iron bars as walls, and a giant lizard with wings, two legs and green scales. On top of him, in the middle of his body was a basket strapped tightly around him, where I would spend the next week in. ¡°Mister, how am I supposed to climb up that thing¡± I asked while wondering If it would let me climb by his tail. ¡°You don¡¯t have to climb, just let me tie this rope around your waist¡± Hm? The rope leads to the basket but how will I get the-Unauthorized duplication: this narrative has been taken without consent. Report sightings. ¡°Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!?¡± The rope suddenly pulled me up at quick pace and dragged me along the wyvern¡¯s body towards the basket. ¡°You don¡¯t have to climb, just let me tie this rope around your waist¡± Hm? The rope leads to the basket but how will I get the- ¡°Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!?¡± The rope suddenly pulled me up at quick pace and dragged me along the wyvern¡¯s body towards the basket. ¡°Bahhahhah! I¡¯ll never get tired of dragging slaves up here when they don¡¯t expect it!¡± A tall, middle-aged muscular human male slapped his thighs like it was the funniest things he ever saw, when i got over the ledge of the casket ¡°Mister, you¡­ you need to say when you will pull me up here, I could have been seriously injured if you were any more careless than that.¡± I scolded him with teary eyes though I wasn¡¯t in position to scold anyone. ¡°Sorry, little missy but it has become a habit for me when transporting you slaves. I already got your reaction out of you so don¡¯t worry, I won¡¯t pull any tricks on you again.¡± ¡°You think apologizing now will help? Hmph! Give me a proper breakfast, then we can talk!¡± ¡°Kuk¡­¡± The man reached a locker and opened one of the boxes which contained food. ¡°H-here, they didn¡¯t pack too many snacks for us but this apple is really tasty! I¡¯ll cut it into smaller piece¡¯s so you won¡¯t have a hard time eating it¡­ please forgive me.¡± I really can¡¯t tell if this guy is serious or not, I wouldn¡¯t be surprised if he just ends up taunting me and eating the apple infront of me while making me eat leftover potatoes¡­ Wait, he actually handed me sliced apple on a plate painted with a princess wearing a cute pink dress. Could it be that he wasn¡¯t joking and just wants to make a friend out of me?! ¡°I-if you¡¯re still hungry after that then I can warm some soup after we take off.¡± What is this guy up to?! ¡°Why are you being so nice to me mister?¡± ¡°I-it¡¯s just that¡­ uhm¡­ would you pose and let me take a picture of you to show my wife? She would be really happy to see such a cutie.¡± ¡°What do you mean by a picture?¡± Could it be that I underestimated the technology of this world and they have already invented cameras and other convenient electric tools?!¡± ¡°You don¡¯t know what a picture is? Let me show you.¡± The man took out a stone with some strange symbols inscribed on its surface and held it like a camera towards me. The symbols inscribed on the stone started glowing and a small sound resembling a sneeze was heard. ¡°Now that I took the picture, I just need to take out a clean sheet of paper and leave it lying on the center of it.¡± ¡°Wow, that¡¯s amazing mister, you must be really rich to afford such a high quality artifact!¡± ¡°Ehehe, indeed I am, this stone cost only 50 gold coins for me since it was used by it still works like a new one would!¡± Just how much do the nobles pay for slaves if even a coachman can afford such high quality artifacts¡­ No, that¡¯s not what I¡¯m supposed to be thinking about! The most disturbing part is this manly bloke laughing like a teen girl being patted on the head by her lover! It¡¯s fine though, he¡¯s kinda cute when talking about his wife so I doubt he would harm me physically even if I bully him so I don¡¯t need to be careful when talking to him ¡°Anyways, can you pose for me now?¡± ¡°Um, okay. Do you have any specific poses on your mind?¡± ¡°Yes, I would prefer if you could start by closing your right eye, smile and then make a V sign with your right hands using index finger and middle finger¡± ¡°Uuuh, do you mean like this?¡± ¡°Yes! Perfect, now just turn your palm towards me and place the V sign you made with your right hand on your closed eye¡­ Kukuku, how cute! Now just stay still for a while and remember to keep smiling!¡± Muuuu, this is embarrassing! But¡­ but I want him to print one image for me too! While thinking of showing mom cute pictures of me to heal her heart after I escape from this place, a sudden loud ringing sound coming from one of the lockers startled me and I bit my tongue again¡­ Auuu! ¡°W-what is that? Is this the wyvern¡¯s doing?!¡± I asked him while quickly turning my head to look at the wyvern!¡± ¡°Buhahahahah! Silly girl, it¡¯s just a phone. Wait, don¡¯t tell me elves don¡¯t have any modern technology! That would explain why you didn¡¯t know what a picture was¡­ Poor girl, let this warm uncle hug you until you fall asleep!¡± This creep! As I was moving closer to kick him in his crotch, muffled female voice started talking from one of the lockers. ¡°W-why is there another girl hiding in the locker?! Did you squeeze her in there because she didn¡¯t let you take a cute picture! You¡¯re the worst, mister!¡± ¡°Buhahahah! My wife just left a voice message to me with her phone, don¡¯t worry about it, I wouldn¡¯t hurt you little miss.¡± Voice messages? I have been truly underestimating this worlds technology till this day! It¡¯s because of those damn traditional elves, that we aren¡¯t able to communicate with other races as we live in some crappy huts in a forest with no technology at all! As the mister was repeating the message from earlier I asked him to show me how they worked. ¡°Mister, if you let me inspect your so called ¡®phone¡¯ I will forgive you for making me bit my tongue and I might even consider distributing some food for you from our stock!¡± ¡°Who even gave you permission to control our food stock, little miss? I will let you play with it or even call my wife but first I need to respond my wife so calm down and stay still for a bit.¡± Hmph! Who does he think he is, telling me to calm down and stay still¡­ ¡°Oi steve, hurry up and get going or you¡¯re going to be late, if you don¡¯t make it on time to Ratia I will place debt of 5 million gold on you!¡±. ¡°U-understood, boss. We will leave now, see you in two weeks boss!¡± ¡°Hurry up and leave already, you don¡¯t have time for useless chattering!¡± Uncle¡¯s face turned pale and he placed his right hand on the wyvern to tell it the location of where we need to go, Ratia¡­ As the wyvern started flapping its huge wings I felt like I forgot something very important¡­ Hmm, what could it be?... Hah! That¡¯s right, how am I supposed to escape from slavery at this point?! Chapter 4 ¡±Hey mister, what are these giant walls below us?¡± I muttered as I was leaning on the edge of the casket and admiring this wall illuminated by the sunset making the scenery more beautiful than anything I¡¯ve ever seen before. ¡°It¡¯s a wall built by humans over a thousand to keep ouwt beastmen when they still thought of demi-humans as disgusting creatures bred by combining humans and animals. Noadays demi-humans and humans think of each other as equals though elves are thought of as greater existences blessed by gods because of your long lifespan, good looks and natural affinity for magic. Many nobles would probably even avoid buying you since they are afraid of upsetting god for harming one of his children.¡± ¡°Hehe, then what about you mister, aren¡¯t you afraid of helping the slavers and being cursed by god?¡± ¡°I am, that¡¯s exactly why you are currently eating my fried potatoes while I¡¯m munching rice¡­ but money for my future generations is more important than my life so I will bring you to Ratia no matter what, even if I had to walk and carry you there myself!¡± Staring at the hayfields and lights radiating from small villages, I noticed a flock of falcons flying toward us! ¡°You better hold on that promise because there are some mean looking birds chasing us, mister!¡± ¡°Huh? Where? Show me quickly If you value your life, little miss!¡± ¡°Look there!¡± I pointed at the falcons flying at us at high speed and as mister finally saw the birds he took a deep breath and sighed in relief as his serious face slowly faded into a smile. ¡°Don¡¯t worry little miss, those birds aren¡¯t hostile, they¡¯re probably coming to see if we can lend them some food, I¡¯ll use analyze to confirm.¡± Analyze Analyze is a basic skill all beginner adventurers should learn first. It allows one to inspect monsters¡¯, animals¡¯ and equipments stats, skills and their value as well as their hostility rating against you, but only if your lever is higher than whatever it is you¡¯re trying to inspect. Mister said earlier that you can learn all basic skills at the adventurer¡¯s guilds houses all around the continent. Since mister is already level 150 which is considered to be good even with the Euria kingdom¡¯s knights, he can use analyze on even the wyvern we are riding. As I was thinking when I can learn skills too, the falcons caught up to us and sat in a line on the edge of our casket, tilting their heads while looking at the fried potatoes I¡¯m holding on my right hand. ¡°Hey there birdies, are you hungry too? Don¡¯t worry, I have food for every one of you cuties!¡± At first I thought of them as scary but as they sat next to me while tilting their heads and making low ¡°Kiii¡± sounds I couldn¡¯t help but think of them as cute, although every one of them is bigger than mister and he is atleast 185 centimeters tall! ¡°Don¡¯t get too close to them, little miss. They might get greedy and try to grab the potatoes you¡¯re holding and accidentally grab your fingers too! And what do you mean we have plenty of food, you¡¯ve already stuffed 80% of the food I gave you in your mouth! I don¡¯t even get where all that fits¡­¡± ¡°Thank you for your warning mister, but we still have plenty of dry bread left don¡¯t we? We can the bread to feed them, can¡¯t we? ¡°Hah?! The bread is mine and I sure as hell am not giving it to some wild beas-!¡± ¡°I¡¯ll only say this once, if you don¡¯t give me your bread right this moment, I will make sure you and your future generations will be cursed with bad luck!¡± ¡°Kuk¡­ you little¡­ fine!¡± Mister reached out to a locker and took out a poach with bread then threw it to my side, scattering the bread to the ground. The moment I saw that happen I was sure the casket would be chaotic for the next few minutes but the falcons only sat on the edge, not moving a muscle and knew not to eat anything if it wasn¡¯t given by my hand. I couldn¡¯t help but commend them for their self-control in my heart. I grabbed a slice of bread and fed it to the bird closest to me. ¡°Here, birdie! Say aaa¡­¡± The bird took the bread out of my hand faster than I could even see and swallowed it in one gulp as I reached out to pet his neck. After satisfying my urges of petting it, I took the poach and one by one fed them all one slice of bread until only 5 pieces were left. ¡°That¡¯s it birdies, we don¡¯t have more to spare.¡± ¡°Kiiiii¡± ¡°Kiii¡± The falcons had satisfied expressions as they thanked me in their own way by screeching and then departed, leaving me with mister who wore a miserable expression as the took poach only to see 5 slices remaining. ¡°I¡¯m going to sleep now, goodnight mister.¡± I said teasingly and pulled out a pillow and a cover to keep me warm during the night. ¡°Goodnight, little miss¡± I could tell by the look in his eyes that he was contemplating whether to fulfill his mission or just throw me overboard and go to home and sleep. 3 days later. It¡¯s morning and sunlight is slowly coating the horizon with a tint of gold. Watching the huge city called Rutia surrounded by its tall and robust walls being painted gold was truly a mesmerizing sight. There were already farmers below us starting to harvest their hay- and cottonfields and deer-like animals were gathering near a lake to start their day with a drink. Taking a closer look at the city we were approaching, I noticed it had two huge towers, one in the middle of the city, what I assumed to be the royal palace and the other building being a school dedicated to people with talent for magic and/or literature. ¡°Mister, wake up! We are arriving soon at Rutia!¡± I jumped on misters stomach as his snoring sounded like a mighty orc lord¡¯s war cry. ¡°I get it, I get it so get off of me already you damn brat!¡± ¡°Hmph¡± ¡°Haa¡­ what a pain¡± mister was rubbing his eyes and whining as I kicked him one more time before finally getting off him. How does he even sleep so comfortable in this trembling casket combined with the howling wind.This book is hosted on another platform. Read the official version and support the author''s work. ¡°Put on the dress I gave you, we have to hurry since the auction is starting in 3 hours from now¡± Mister said as he glanced at his magic artifact on his wrist, similar to a wrist watch from earth. After I put on my dress, I then again leaned on the ledge and watched mister command the wyvern to descend slowly by putting his hand on the dragons neck. ¡°Mister, how are you able to tell the wyvern what to do? Is it magic?¡± ¡°Yes, when I was still an adventurer my class was called ¡°tamer¡± and what we would do is brainwash monsters by weakening them until they collapse of exhaustion and then we force a soul contract on them, making them our minions. Under normal circumstances I couldn¡¯t capture a wyvern, but me and my party were sent out on a rank A subjugation mission to defeat a wyvern causing harm to a small village, and after following it to its den, we killed it while it slept and looted an egg taller than 1 meter, which would soon be crack open and reveal a small green-scaled wyvern, about the size of a dog. Since it was still a baby I could easily tame it but maybe I shouldn¡¯t have done that, it¡¯s a little sad to see such a majestic beast be used for transporting mere slaves.¡± ¡°But how do you communicate with it when you command it?¡± ¡°Hmm¡­ I don¡¯t know but I heard an explanation before that your thoughts are transmitted to them when you touch them and they will understand from that but it hasn¡¯t been confirmed. I do feel his life force and mana pool when I touch this wyvern so I believe that theory to be correct.¡± I looked out of the casket and saw that we were only about one kilometer away from the city gates where a queue of hundreds of carriages was formed. ¡°Mister, how are we supposed to make it in time if there Is such a long wait before us?¡± Not that I care about it though, it¡¯s only better for me if we don¡¯t make it, I think¡­ ¡°We don¡¯t have to wait in the queue, little missy, I brought a permit with me so we can enter the city as we like if I show it to the guards.¡± Kuk! Out of all the times, why do you have to be so reliable now?! We landed near the gates, startling all the horses in process and got down with a ladder which mister threw out the casket. Two angry looking guards instantly approached us and started yelling angrily while threatening to arrest mister, but their tone turned into a respectful one instantly after mister took the permit out of his back pocket. As one of the guards finished reading it and confirming it was real he turned his back to us and told us to follow him. After walking for a hundred meters and reaching the main gate, we entered a building connected to the huge wall. ¡°Mister, wake up! We are arriving soon at Rutia!¡± I jumped on misters stomach as his snoring sounded like a mighty orc lord¡¯s war cry. ¡°I get it, I get it so get off of me already you damn brat!¡± ¡°Hmph¡± ¡°Haa¡­ what a pain¡± mister was rubbing his eyes and whining as I kicked him one more time before finally getting off him. How does he even sleep so comfortable in this trembling casket combined with the howling wind. ¡°Put on the dress I gave you, we have to hurry since the auction is starting in 3 hours from now¡± Mister said as he glanced at his magic artifact on his wrist, similar to a wrist watch from earth. After I put on my dress, I then again leaned on the ledge and watched mister command the wyvern to descend slowly by putting his hand on the dragons neck. ¡°Mister, how are you able to tell the wyvern what to do? Is it magic?¡± ¡°Yes, when I was still an adventurer my class was called ¡°tamer¡± and what we would do is brainwash monsters by weakening them until they collapse of exhaustion and then we force a soul contract on them, making them our minions. Under normal circumstances I couldn¡¯t capture a wyvern, but me and my party were sent out on a rank A subjugation mission to defeat a wyvern causing harm to a small village, and after following it to its den, we killed it while it slept and looted an egg taller than 1 meter, which would soon be crack open and reveal a small green-scaled wyvern, about the size of a dog. Since it was still a baby I could easily tame it but maybe I shouldn¡¯t have done that, it¡¯s a little sad to see such a majestic beast be used for transporting mere slaves.¡± ¡°But how do you communicate with it when you command it?¡± ¡°Hmm¡­ I don¡¯t know but I heard an explanation before that your thoughts are transmitted to them when you touch them and they will understand from that but it hasn¡¯t been confirmed. I do feel his life force and mana pool when I touch this wyvern so I believe that theory to be correct.¡± I looked out of the casket and saw that we were only about one kilometer away from the city gates where a queue of hundreds of carriages was formed. ¡°Mister, how are we supposed to make it in time if there Is such a long wait before us?¡± Not that I care about it though, it¡¯s only better for me if we don¡¯t make it, I think¡­ ¡°We don¡¯t have to wait in the queue, little missy, I brought a permit with me so we can enter the city as we like if I show it to the guards.¡± Kuk! Out of all the times, why do you have to be so reliable now?! We landed near the gates, startling all the horses in process and got down with a ladder which mister threw out the casket. Two angry looking guards instantly approached us and started yelling angrily while threatening to arrest mister, but their tone turned into a respectful one instantly after mister took the permit out of his back pocket. As one of the guards finished reading it and confirming it was real he turned his back to us and told us to follow him. After walking for a hundred meters and reaching the main gate, we entered a building connected to the huge wall. ¡°Welcome to Rutia, my name is Mika and I am an employee of the auction hall, sent to pick you up, we got a call that you would arrive soon.¡± As I walked into the building I was instantly greeted by a young man as he got up from his chair and flashed a smile at me. I took cover behind misters back as If trying to run away from reality as cold sweat ran down my spine. ¡°Hello, my name is Steve and this little miss¡¯ name is luna, take good care of her.¡± As I waved my hand at Mika, mister turned to me and patted my head, then walked out the door after exchanging goodbyes. I only knew him for a week but I grew strangely close to him even though he was only selling me off. ¡°Now then, luna, we don¡¯t have much time so let¡¯s get going right away. On our way to the auction house I will teach you what to do on the stage and when to come in, alright?¡± ¡°O-okay...¡± After we walked in trough the gate, I was instantly reminded of paintings of europes cities from 1400. It also brought up good memories of my favourite computer game I played on earth, I think it was something like the witcher¡­ The buildings all looked like they were from the same universe of that game but instead of muddy ground and hookers crowding the streets, the ground instead consisted of a material similar to marble and shined as the sun covered it. There were also no peasants sitting on the ground begging for money nor prostitutes blowing kisses at men passing by. Only shops and apartments with impressive architecture were seen in the surroundings as people of all races including dwarves, beastkin and humans were flocking the streets going to their everyday work as merchants and blacksmiths. As I was staring at a muscular dwarf who was only taller than me by approximately 10 centimeters, show off long, knotted orange hair and a beard thicker than wool of lambs, I felt an attractive, strong smell tickle my nose and I swifted my gaze to a nearby street stall selling dumplings. Mika noticed me staring at the dumplings the owner of the street stall was handing out to people and gave me money to go buy one if I promised to be quick. ¡°Thank you mika, I already like you!¡± I shouted as I ran to the stall and stuffed my mouth after I got ahold of the dumpling. After 40 minutes of walking ¡°Got it? I¡¯ll say it once more, when the older sister with green hair tells you to climb on the stage, just walk up next to the crystal and wait for further instructions by the host. Simple, right? ¡°Yep, goodbye Mika, thank you for the dumpling once more!¡± We were already at the auction house and I sat next to the green haired older-sister who guided me to a waiting lobby after leaving Mika. I watched as others got up one by one and left the room as cold sweat ran down my spine and i trembled when i realised that depending on who buys me, i won''t be able to see my family again! When only me and the older-sister were left in the room, we got up and stood behind the curtains of the stage and listened to people bid for the slave who was currently up. ¡°1 200 0000¡± ¡°1 800 0000¡± "2 400 0000¡± "..." ¡°2 400 000 going once, going twice¡­ sold for 240 0000 gold coins to number 79!¡± ¡°Now, for the main dish of today, we present you an elf child captured from the beastkin continent!¡± Older-sister assisted me in climbing up to the stage and I walked up to the crystal being supported by a pole with symbols like other magic artifacts. ¡°Now, please place your right hand on the crystal, miss.¡± I pressed my palm against it and it flashed the same two colours as when I did the ritual with a priest, when I was still a baby. Everyone in the hall instantly saw the potential in me and anxiously waited until they could start bidding. ¡°Bids start from 1 000 000 gold coins and minimum bid must be atleast 1 000 000 gold coins!¡± ¡°15 000 000¡± A wealthy looking man surrounded by 5 royal guards silenced the hall and many sighs could be heard. Chapter 5 "Tsk!" "Really, it''s him again? He comes here every year and only buys one slave!" "Haa, we just have to give her up, no point arguing with that guy..." After the host confirmed my price to be 15 000 000 gold coins, i got off the stage and was led by the same green-haired older sister to a new room with two couches and a coffee table in between them. I sat down on the couch by our side with older sister and she told me to wait for a minute as she pulled out documents and a pen from the coffee tables compartment. Shortly after that, the door on the other side of the room opened and a wealthy looking man wearing a black fedora with a sigle white feather strapped on it and a red robe with fur on the edges of it attempting to cover his huge belly and miserable failing at it, combined with his long mustache and blond long hair gave off the aura of a true noble! "Welcome, sir. Francis Lockhart, please take a seat and fill the documents laid out for you. You are free to go after that." Older sister flashed a smile and welcomed what seemed to be a middle-aged man and handed him the documents as he sat down on the couch across the table. "Y-yes... Thank you." He seemed to be even more nervous than me as he stuttered and sweat ran down his chubby cheeks! "Before we get started can i ask you for your name, miss?" "Luna... please take good care of me." "I see, Luna. You can call me Francis too. Let''s get along!" "Who are you exactly, Uncle Francis? To have so much money to spend at an auction and wear clothes of such high quality?" "I''m the current kings younger brother, Miss Luna, and i work as a merchant though sales haven''t been too kind to me" Current kings brother?! If i play my cards right maybe i could get to see mom soon again! As i was scheming in my mind about how to raise his favourability for me, he had already filled the documents and gotten up and taken out a small collar. "Now, Miss Lula, i''ll put this collar on you alright? It won''t hurt at all so don''t worry about it, i won''t even activate it for now since i won''t be your owner!" I stared at the collar on his right hand and swallowed my saliva as even more cold sweat started pouring in... But wait! he said something about him not being my master, didn''t he? As he was putting on the collar and locking it, the curiousity got the better of me and i asked him about what was playing in my mind over and over again. "Uncle Francis, what do you mean by that? You won''t be my owner?" "You heard correctly, i was sent here by the king regarding a very personal matter. You will understand when we arrive at the palace."Unauthorized reproduction: this story has been taken without approval. Report sightings. I touched the collar on my neck and sighed in relief as it wasn''t actually activated. Uncle Francis then grabbed my hand after i exchanged goodbyes with the green-haired older sister, and we joined with the guards waiting for us. "Kukuku, no way she will reject this one, maybe she will finally start acting normal now." One of the guards laughed and talked about someone finally acting normal. We immediately left the auction hall and started walking towards the tall building in the middle of the city i spotted while riding the wyvern. As we walked, i got tired and one of the guards piggybacked me for the rest of our trip. The guard was atleast 190 centimeters tall so i got a good view of the city around us. Street stalls selling food, clothing stores, blacksmiths positioning gear behind their shop''s windows and couples walking hand to hand and entering expensive looking restaraunts. By the time we reached the royal palace, the sun was already setting and the guards saluted each other as after they opened the huge gate to a wide garden. Inside the garden i saw two boy''s drinking tea their maids served them and noticed us walking. "Oi, Uncle Francis, where were you during the party?" "Look more closely brother...that pig, don''t tell me he is actually trying it again..." When they noticed their uncle walk in they first waved their hands and got up to approach us, but when they saw me walking behind him with a collar on my neck they sat back down with both dissapointed and disgusted expressions. "Kuk... damn brats, don''t pay them any attention, Miss Luna, just follow me inside this building." We entered the huge building and started walking up stairs, on our way we passed trough a dining hall and saw maids who were cleaning up drunk people like they were a pile of dust and delivering the used plates back to kitchen for washing. After we reached the 15th store of the building, we walked up to a door and before we knocked on it, Uncle Francis told me that this is where my new master lives. I gulped and fixed my posture as Francis knocked down on the door, first impressions are important! But who opened the door was nothing like i expected! "Huh? Uncle Francis, what are you doing here? My birthday party is already over and you were only late by about 5 hours! "Hello, Ludia. I came here to give you my gongratulations for your 11th birthday party and deliver a gift i worked hard on!" "Hah? You and hard working have never been associated together, you worthless freeloader!" "B-b-but i''m a merchant nowadays, you know!" "Uncle, you trying sell your self-made wine for ridiculously high prices doesn''t make you a merchant, when you haven''t even sold one batch yet! Snap out of your delusions already! And where is this gift you''re talking about, you''re not carrying anyt-... Uncle, who is this little girl hiding behind you?" "S-she''s my gift for your birthd-!" "I ALREADY TOLD YOU I HATE SLAVERY WHEN YOU BOUGHT ME A SLAVE FOR MY 6TH BIRTHDAY, THIS IS THE SEVENTH SLAVE YOU BROUGHT TO MY DOOR ALREADY!" "B-but princess! You need friends and you need to start being interested in things other than swords or monsters! You have driven out all the potential marriage partners for future too!" "... I don''t care. Just tell me, did dad put you up to this?" "N-no, it was my idea! You need atleast some friends, you can''t just sit in your room and practise skills all day, besides,Miss Luna here is also intered in swords, right Miss Luna?" I gave a small nod and greeted the princess with low voice. "Fufufu, that old man will regret this... Wait, you said you are interested in swords didn''t you Luna?" "Y-yes, a little." She put on a vicious smile and grabbed me into her room before i could even react and shut the door with a slam. "Hehehe, My name is Ludia Lockhart, what''s your name?" "I... My name is Luna Riina." "How old are you Luna, and where are you from? You are obviously an elf but there shouldn''t live any elves here on the human continent..." "I''m 5 years and about 6 months old, i was kidnapped from the beastkin continent as i was on my way to a city with mom... maybe we should have disguised ourselves but it''s a bit too late for that now...." "Poor child...*Sob* don''t worry Luna, i''ll fix this situation! *hic*" Chapter 6 After princess Ludia stopped crying and swiped her snot on a pillow, she jumped at me and hugged me without saying anything! "P-princess?! What are you doing?" "I''m comforting you, you''re not alone anymore little sister. *Sniff* And don''t call me princess, just call me Ludia and i''ll call you Luna, alright?" ''I think you''re the one who needs comforting but whatever, i''ll let you hug me for now as long as you don''t spread your snot all over my hair'' I thought in my heart but i didn''t want to ruin the mood. "It that really alright? I''m but a commoner and i just met you, while you''re a princ-" "Call. Me. Ludia." "O-okay, i''m sorry Ludia!" She is really scary when she speaks slowly and gives me that warm, heartfelt smile! I took a quick glance at ludias room and... Just let me say that if i had to guess where we were without any information beforehand, i would 100% say we would be at an armory! The walls are aren''t rainbow coloured like i imagined a princesses room''s walls to be but instead just bare stonewalls with filled sword hangers! Weapons of all weights and styles are hanging from the hangers and the rooms only lighting comes from torches arranged randomly all around the wall. A ventilation system is built into the room to let out the smoke generated from the torches too. I knew that technology in this world is already not far from my original world from earlier but i can''t help but get impressed when i see new magic artifacts... "Luna, when was the last time you took a bath? Your hair is all ragged and tacky..." Ludia backed off and looked at me with concerned eyes. Huh, what do you mean tacky? I placed my right hand on my head and felt a slimy sensation tickling my palm! Ewww, that wasn''t there a moment ago, could it be that Ludia spread her snot on my head as she patted my head a moment ago?! "This is your snot Ludia, you''re disgusting!" "Hah, what do you mean? Don''t you know that princesses don''t generate filthy fluids like snot?" "You''re lying, you just realised it''s your snot and tried to come up with an excuse to fool me! You''re the worst Ludia!" After i exposed her evil trick, her expression turned back into the scary heartfelt and sincere smile. "Princesses. Do. Not. Generate: Filthy. Fluids. Do you understand." "Y-yes... I''m sorry." "It''s okay if you understand Luna. Now that we got that out of the way, where will you live now Luna? I can''t just throw you out on the streets all alone, now can i? So i was thinking that we take a bath together and then have some warm supper. We can think about what to do later. Does that sound good to you Luna." "Yes!" I nodded my head with an excited expression, it''s been already over two weeks since i last took a bath so i have a very uncomfortable feeling like ants were constantly crawling on my skin." "Good, then one last thing before i go find a maid to cook for us. Turn your back to me for a moment Luna." Luna approached me and started fiddling with the collar on my neck. After a while i heard a click and the collar on my neck fell of on the ground. Then ludia moved the collar away from my feet and started stomping on it. Of course, she is still an eleven year old girl so she couldn''t even scratch it with her weight. "Damnit, you think you''re tough huh? Well let''s see how you will react after being trampled by this orc lords warhammer!" Ludia giggled to herself as she placed the collar beneath a big warhammer hanging from the wall and tied a rope to the warhammer for pulling it down from a safe distance. "Luna, take cover!" "Ludia, wait! I don''t think this is a good idea! Just let the collar be!" "Too late now, hahaha!"If you find this story on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the infringement. Cold sweat fell off my cheeks as i witnessed ludia duck behind her bed and pull the rope. What am i supposed to do in this situation?! I''ll just duck and cover my head, yeah, that sounds good! A sound similar to a granade exploding could be heard as the floor shook and the shockwave of the slave collar''s mana being released all at once extinguished the torches in the room. Only the sound of windows shattering and shelves falling over could be heard in the darkness of the room. "Ahahaha, did you see that Luna? The collar exploded! How amusing!" "Y-yeah, haha...ha..." This princess is scary! I''ll remember not to make fun of her! As i finally stood up to look for the door, a maid opened the door and panicked. "P-princess! What did you do this time?! Are you hurt? Where are you?" A dark figure emerged from the darkness with a smile on her face and giggled. "I''m fine, i was just experimenting something. Yes, that''s it. Anyways, i''ll be taking a bath now so go prepare warm supper for two by the time i get out. Also get someone to clean my room for me. Come one luna, let''s go take a bath!" I walked past the maid with a stupefied expression and gave an empathic nod to the maid before joining ludia in the corridor. "Oh, i think the there''s also a hole in floor so check if anyone is hurt downstairs and be careful when cleaning!" Ludia added and the maid started rubbing her eyes and sniffing... "Luna, do all elves have such smooth and thick hair? I''m so envious!" Right now i''m sitting in a shallow bathtub so big that even a wyvern could bathe in it if it wasn''t so shallow. Ludia is sitting behind me and washing my hair using a shampoo with a strong scent similar to strawberries... Uuu, her fingers massaging my head feel so good. Warm water is pouring down on my head from a faucet powered by yet another magic artifact, washing off the shampoo off my hair. "Why would you be envious? You''re so beautiful yourself ludia." It''s true, i didn''t just say it to make her feel good. She has glossy, light pink hair long enough to reach her shoulders even after being tied into a ponytail, you could even say that her hair was as fair as the golden sun during sunset. Ludia has a round, slightly chubby baby face with a fine jaw line. Dark, green and big eyes spaced evenly apart, sitting below well trimmed eyebrows and a small cute nose on top of her pink lips. If she was 5 more years older and more developed in certain areas then maybe... nevermind. "M-me? Did you call me beautiful luna?" Ludia blushed and hid her face behind her fingers. "Yes, i did. What about it ludia?" "Ehehe, to be called beautiful by an elf..." Ludia giggled and fidgeted as we had switched positions and water was pouring on her head. After a while, she calmed down and i decided to ask her something i had thought about for a while now. "Ludia, where will i live now? I was thinking that maybe i could live with the maids until i leave to home." "That''s obvious, you will live and sleep with me. My bed is big enough for 10 adults to sleep in anyways and dad wouldn''t throw out my first friend. Sleeping with a girl... *Gulp* I never managed to do that in my previous life as i blushed just by making eye contact with cute girls and ended up stuttering, and now ludia is suggesting it like it''s as natural as eating breakfast! "W-what are you saying ludia?! That''s inappro-!" No wait, i''m a girl now and a little child at that so why am i even blushing... Of course she means sleeping by literally just sleeping. I feel like digging a hole and sitting there until i''m healed. I let out a sigh and continued washing ludia''s hair. After we finished bathing we dried ourselves with towels and put on clothes that a maid laid down next to the bath earlier. Ludia then walked me around the royal palace and showed me around. We also went by the king''s bedroom so ludia could brag about making a friend but instead a concubine opened the door wearing only a see-trough lingerie. As she was about to call for the king, ludia instead dragged me away by my ear and pouted since i didn''t respond to her and kept staring at the concubine. When we arrived back to ludia''s room, we had already visited the kitchen, dinings halls, knights training grounds, gardens which i saw on my way here and finally the top of the building where we could see everything in the city. Everything was cleaned except the huge hole in the floor left there by the explosion. The first thing ludia did was put on hair ornaments she wore before taking a bath, enhancing her cuteness by 10 points! We took seats on the opposite sides of a table in middle of the room and ludia poured both of us soup from a pot prepared by the maid from earlier. The taste reminded me of chicken soup from earth and i ate two portions before ludia could even finish her first one as i hadn''t eaten anything since morning. "Hey Luna, let''s go look at my weapon collection after we finish eating! Dad let me keep the holy sword in my collection and i bought off enchanted gauntlets from an auction last week! You know what they do? They electrocute any living beings you touch with them and i tested it on my brothers after lowering the power and guess what!" "W-what happened? "They both peed their pants and cried! Hahahaha!" "Haha..." This girl is really weird! "I changed my mind. Let''s leave now! Hurry up and finish eating you dummy!" "I''m very tired of walking around the palace so can we just sleep now? It''s already night time too..." "Muuu... Luna is boring" After i finished eating my third serving of soup i climbed on the bed by grasping sheets and fell asleep immediately. Ludia, age 11. https://imgur.com/a/guwyU Link to artist: https://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=50376913 Chapter 7 "Oh my, welcome back princess ludia! What business do you have with ust today?" After we woke up and ate our breakfast, ludia suggested that we go to the guild and explain how this whole adventuring thing works, to kill time before school starts on next monday, right now its friday so we will be spending the weekend doing quests. Ludia said that if she hires me as a temporary servant, i could join her lessons at school and help her learn, though it should be her helping me. The guild is about a 30 minute walk away from the royal palace. It is a huge building which gives off the feeling of a hotel. It has 3 floors with the first floor reserved for a restaraunt and reception, in the second floor are offices for counseling adventurer and on the highest floor is for guild employees. "Hello maria! I came here today with my friend to register her as an adventurer and then you could maybe explain how quests and status plates work." This is it! I finally get to slay monsters, get famous troughout the continent and create a harem from all the damsels i saved in distress! As i was focused in my delusions and unconsciously fidgeting, the older sister behind the counter brutally shattered my dreams. "You mean this elf girl here? I''m sorry ludia, but to be registered as an adventurer you need to be atleast 10 years old, and doesn''t she seems... how should i put it... ''Weak''?" "Puhah" I felt like i was punched in the stomach and all air escaped from my lungs. I collapsed on the floor and held my right hand on my chest like i was in pain. "What do you mean maria? i registed on my 7th birthday?" Ludia tilted her and blinked her eyes in wonder. "It was changed to a minimum of 10 years 2 years ago. I can still explain the basics on being an adventurer if you are interested." "How about it luna? It''s fine if you don''t register because if one of us is registered then we can still accept quests...but you won''t be able to learn any skills from the guild or improve your rank." "Y-yes... I''m okay with that." I slowly got up from the floor and pretended to be fine. "Then how about we create you an unofficial status plate, luna? You can use it to inspect your status and compare it with the princess." Status plates eh? Maybe i can gain fame with my stats and the guild master himself will beg me to join and save this city from dragons! "Yes please!" Maria guided us to the second floor and made us sit on a couch in an empty office. She left but came back soon with a needle, band aid and the status plate. Cold sweat ran down and i swallowed my saliva as the needle approached me. "I need to take a drop of your blood for the status plate luna, give me your right hands index finger." Maria grabbed my hand i tried to hind behind my back and injected the needle in my fingertip. "Auuu" i cried with teary eyes as the stinging pain hit me like a truck. Ludia patted my head and comforted me.The story has been taken without consent; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident. "Well done little sister, i almost cried when i got my status plate too!" Maria placed the drop of blood on the status plate and my blood was sucked in. Letters then appeared, starting by my name and ending at blessings. Name: Luna Riina Class: [ ] Level: 4 Status: - Intelligence B 70 - Strenght E 24 - Endurance E 21 - Defense E 15 - Agility E 54 Skills: - [ ] Magic: Healing S+ 100 Space/Time S 02 Mana pool 2782/2782 left Blessings: - Blessing of Aphrodite Thankfully, maria didn''t read the status plate but instead handed it over to me, as reading other people''s status plates without their permission is forbidden even for guild employees. Ludia immediately tried to snatch the card out of my hands but i knew she would do that so i held it tightly between my chest and hands. "Muu, you''re so boring luna, let me see already, i can show you mine too!" Ludia pouted as maria was holding her back. "Let''s wait until we leave the guild, please ludia." If i showed this to ludia right now, she would make a commotion, then maria would take a look too. Then i would be forced to be an exclusive healer for the guild! I''m sure of it. Ludia then stopped struggling and maria started explaining my status plate. "You should see different numbers on your plate next to your basic stats like strength, endurance etc. The numbers simply indicate how strong those stats are and the letters infront of them mean which class they are in. For an example, if your strenght was F00 and you improved your physical strengh by exercising, it would eventually reach F100 and after that it would turn into E00 and after that it would change into D00. Classes start from E and stop at S+ so there is alot of room for improvement but so far only the hero has managed to get a basic stat to S+100. Quests also work in the same manner so even a beginner can take E-ranked missions. Highest level possible is 250 for all races." if it''s possible to improve then my name being spread troughout the continent is only a matter of time! Kekeke... "Maria, do you have any E-ranked quests available? We need atleast three of those to properly introduce luna to adventuring." Maria then guided us to a notice board on the first floor and recommended us quests. After grabbing 3 of them, ludia and i bowed and thanked maria before leaving out of the guild. As soon as we got out of the guild, ludia took me to a dark, empty street where common thugs would appear and demanded me to show my status plate. "Let''s exchange our plates at the same time, alright?" Ludia pleaded. "Sure, if you promise that you won''t faint from my amazing stats! Hmph!" We took each others'' plates and soon after... "Ahahaha, y-your strenght is actually E 24, i''m suprised you can even eat by yourself, you''re such a weakling luna! Kukuku!" "S-shut up ludia, my dog is smarter than you and i don''t even have a dog! Anyways, hurry up and look at my magic already!" "Magic eh? Let''s see... Kuk!... Luna, why didn''t you tell me earlier?! This is amazing, i haven''t seen anyone with an S+ stat before... and you even have a magic exclusive to demons... and that is S-ranked too! What are you?! And a blessing from the goddess of beauty!" Ludia''s pupils widened as she kept reading and the plate started slightly cracking from her tight grasp motivated by envy. After she read that i also had a blessing from a goddess the status plate shattered and pieces of it dropped on the ground. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING LUDIA?!" I screamed at her as she turned to walk away from the dark street with a blank expession. "Shut up luna, we have quests to complete so hurry up already, i won''t wait for you." I took my last glance at ludia''s status plate and ran after her. Name: Ludia Lockhart Class: Warrior [Subclass: Spearwoman] Level: 28 Status: - Intelligence F 98 - Strenght D 50 - Endurance E 59 - Defense F 90 - Agility E 80 Skills: - Analyze, D-rank speak technique, S-ranked lesser Martial Arts technique, Area Scan etc. (sorry but im too tired to come up with more skills right now) Magic: Wind A 62 Mana pool 1304/1304 Blessings: -