v1c3 - When I used my Slave Release Skill ...... an Elf Girl showed up!
“Slave Release Skill!? I’ve never heard of an extra skill, but ….. what the hell is this!?”
The voice I suddenly heard, like the one that gave me the job, only gave me one-sided information and did not answer my questions.
I knew this, but I thought I was just talking to myself.
“The Slave Release Skill frees one slave who is somewhere in this world and calls him or her to your side. You can only use it once every seven days, but please protect the freed person with your power to protect others.”
I got a reply back!?
“Are you …… the god!?”
However, after they explained the Slave Release Skill, they did not respond to me.
Was it just …… where the mysterious voice was trying to explain the skill and I just accidentally spoke to myself as if it was a conversation?
“The most important thing to remember is that if the Slave Release Skill is as effective as they just explained, then I should use it as soon as possible. I don’t know how many people in this world are being treated as slaves, but at least I can help one of them.”
Slavery is forbidden in every country, but there are probably plenty of people behind the law who do bad things.
Paladin – to live up to his name as a holy knight, he immediately activates his skills to save those who can be saved.
“[Slave Release].”
I used the skill as soon as I could.
“What? What the hell is ……?”
Holding a sorry, crude rag over her body, a long-eared girl …… an Elf suddenly appeared in front of me.
Her blonde hair, which reached down to her waist, was disheveled, and her limbs and body, which were visible through the cloth, which could hardly be called clothing, were so thin that I thought they might break if I put any effort into them.
“Are you all right? My name is Alex. With a certain skill, I freed you from slavery.”
“Free from slavery? But the slave crest is …… eh!? The slave crest is gone! Then I’m really released!? I can go back to the Elven Forest!?”
“Yeah. However, you look to be quite weakened. You should rest well and then return home.”
He searched out the bag of luggage that he had tossed on the floor, pulls out a blanket from inside, and covers it over the girl’s body.
Food …… isn’t here yet, huh.
First of all, he took out the portable food he had carried with him on his adventures…
“If you don’t mind, eat this first. We should receive some real food later.”
“Oh, no. I had a normal meal, so I wasn’t hungry or anything.”
“What? But you look so thin ……”
“Well, I’m rather standard among elves, or …… Elves themselves are a slender race to begin with.”
“I-I see. I’m sorry.”
I was turned down.
I didn’t think it was normal to be that thin.
I guess it was bad that the only female body I could compare her to was Ellie, the one I used to bathe with.
Ellie is skinny too, but I think she has more flesh …… wait, what the hell am I thinking.
“By the way, Mr. Alex. Where are we?”
“Uh, I don’t really know either, but I think we’re near the town of Frey …… probably.”
“The town of Frey? It’s a town I’m not familiar with, but more importantly, I don’t know …… wait, doesn’t Mr. Alex live in this house?”
“No, it’s not like that.”
I explained to the elf girl that I had just been sent by transfer magic at the request of the guild.
“That’s why I don’t know where I am or which way to go to get you back to that elven forest or whatever it is you call it. I’m sorry.”
He honestly apologizes for not knowing his exact current location.
“No, don’t worry about it. I would have remained a slave for the rest of my life if I had not been helped by Mr. Alex’s skills. Really, thank you so much.”
“Is it okay to get up …… Oh, I was wrong to think you were debilitated in the first place.”
“Fufu. It is true that I wasn’t debilitated, but thank you for your concern.”
With that, the girl carefully folded the blanket and walked toward the door of the cabin.
“Um, thank you so much for rescuing me from slavery.”
“No, I just used those skills. I don’t know how you ended up a slave, but don’t let them enslave you again.”
“Yes, I will be careful …… Oh, yes. My name is Lydia. Mr. Alex …… if you ever get a chance, please come visit me in the Elven Forest sometime.”
“Oh, yes.”
“Until we meet again some other day.”
This greeting is probably because elves have a far longer life span than humans.
If you live for a long time, we may meet again someday …… I’m sure that’s what she meant.
However, as a human being, I see her small back off, thinking that I would never see Lydia again in the wide world …… and with the sound of the door closing, Lydia came back inside the house.
“Hm? What’s wrong? I thought you were going back to the Elven Forest.”
“H-Hey, Mr. Alex! Have you left this house?”
“No, as I told you earlier, I really just got here. I haven’t even stepped out of this house yet.”
“Then come outside with me.”
Lydia pulled me by the hand and we walked out the door.
“…… for real?”
“I’m serious. W-What should I do?
There was nothing around but this cabin, standing alone on a vast plain, with the horizon in sight.