351 The Little Demon Girl And Her Teddy Bear
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“Just how much people do you have enslaved in here?” Asked Allan angrily at Jack.
“I-I think there might be over twenty...” Jack said while looking at the ground, too afraid of glaring at the hero’s eyes.
“So many?! Damn it...” Muttered Allan.
“And that’s without counting all the ones spread through the city that had been sold already... We can’t simply just abandon them, right? Perhaps there might even be some family members from these people already enslaved... The mother of that little, blue-skinned demon girl, maybe...” Shade said while feeling guilty, looking at the little girl lost and sad, he couldn’t help but feel like she could be like Aquarina. Her innocence was too much alike his daughter.
“I can help you track down all the slaves that had been sold, there are many documents about them. Whenever a slave is sold, the owner is registered as well...” Said Jack. “Additionally, there might be the other two organizations to pick up for you later, they also must have slaves they recently got.”
“How many do you think are there in total?” Asked Allan.
“In total... like the entire city?” Asked Jack.
“Yeah...” Allan said.
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“Perhaps... over a hundred.” Sighed Jack.
“What? Seriously?” Asked Allan, feeling like strangling Jack to death.
“There’s no other way, we’ll have to find them, free them and... I guess we’ll bring them with us.” Sighed Shade.
“You’ve decided then, huh?” Allan asked as he looked at his friend’s eyes, filled with conviction.
As Shade was practically the second chief of the Amazon Tribe, he was the only one aside from Nepheline, the actual chief, that could actually take such decisions regarding sheltering people into the Amazon Tribe. Allan had no saying in such things, so he felt relieved Shade was going to go so far for these people.
“We’ll shelter them in our hoe and bring them with us...” Said Shade.
“I remember that Faylen said that as the Princess of her Kingdom, she’s able to ask her father for a piece of land. We could rebuild our village in there and shelter all these people... But we’ll have to ask them if they’re truly willing to take such a long trip to another continent just to find a place to call home. We’ll have to ultimately leave it as their decision after we are done with this place.” Said Allan.
“I agree... Well for now, all of you, come near me, I’ll bring you all outside. I shall let you enter my shadows. It is mere magic, so don’t fear it as it is not malicious. Inside of my shadows I can help you keep yourselves safe until we reach our destination. Can you cooperate?” Shade asked rather coldly, most people seemed a bit afraid, but because the two were their heroes, they ended accepting it. The people wasn’t dumb after all, they knew that if they walked outside with rags and being demi-humans, they would most likely get picked by other thugs at the end.
“W-We’ll put our trust into you, sir...”
“I hope we can find a place to call home...”
“You’re doing so much for us... D-Do we need to repay back somehow afterwards? I don’t have any money to give you, I am sorry...”
“I-I’ve never seen such powerful dark magic before...!”
As the people walked inside, the little, blue-skinned girl, who had red eyes and tiny black horns growing from her head, alongside fluffy black hair looked at Shade with eyes filled with sadness, touching his robe.
“S-Sir...”
“Yes?”
“C-Can you help me... find mama?”
“...”
Shade felt like hugging her, but he contained himself. The little girl might end up being scared if he did such a thing out of the sudden.
“Of course, I will do everything I possibly can to bring your mother back... What’s your name?” Shade said, kneeling in front of the girl and getting his eyes near her face to look at her better, she was very small, perhaps being around five years of age.
“C-Celica...” She said timidly, as Shade gently used a handkerchief to clean the dirt of her face using the [Clean] Spell, until she was all clean. Noticing her feet all filled with wounds and bruises, he conjured a healing spell in them and cleaned them as well.
“I see... For now, go inside of my shadows. I know it might be scary, but I will bring you to a safe place. I’ll give you clothes and good food, and also a bed where you can sleep comfortably... For now, you have to be strong, Celica... Can you do this for me- no, for your mother?” Shade asked while petting her head gently. Celica gently nodded, cleaning her tears with her tiny hands.
“O-Okay...”
“Good girl.”
Shade noticed that the little girl was carrying a small teddy bear she didn’t had before, it was all nasty and almost torn apart, missing a leg as well. It seems this was her toy that the thugs took away from her before throwing her into the cage.
“Mister Teddy says that he will protect me until mama is back...”
“I see. Mister Teddy is very strong... I will grant him a bit more of strength, he seems a bit wounded, he must be a strong warrior.”
Shade touched the Teddy Bear, using the [Repair] Spell, he easily managed to repair small items, the Teddy Bear suddenly regained its beautiful original color and shape, even regaining the missing leg.
“Oooh!” Celica’s eyes opened wide in surprise. “Mister Teddy is all healed up!”
“I told you he was very strong.” Shade said with a smile.
“Thank you! Thank you! Now Mister Teddy is no longer in pain... He looks so healthy, just like when mommy gifted him to me...” Celica said with an adorable and innocent smile, hugging the teddy bear tightly.
“Here, have this, share it with the rest of the people, dear.” Allan said, showing at the side of the girl and giving her a bag filled with bread he had brought through his Storage Bag.
“B-Bread! Okay, I will!” Celica ran inside the shadows of Shade, quickly sharing the bread with everybody.
“That should do it for now, let’s go back. We need to rest and communicate everything with everyone else, we can’t do this solo forever.” Said Allan.
“You’re right, let’s go.” Shade said. “I will definitely bring Celica’s mother back to her...”
“Heh, you’re truly a hero, huh?” Sighed Allan.
“Nah, I’m just trying to be a good person for once...” Sighed Shade.
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