"Let's go!" I shouted smacking the horses with a stick. And they started booking it!

"T-that way!" The elf girl pointed to the straight ahead.

"Alright!" I stupidly smiled at her with a kind smile as she looked at me with fear. That's right I practically kidnapped this girl....

"Im Lee Summers, but call me Lee. And this little guy is Astrel, my friend."

"Oh...um.. Hello m-mi-miss Lee...Im... S-Sophie"

"Sophie, cute. Listen, sorry I stole you away. You might be having a bit of a panic right now. But rest assured, my only goal is to leave the forest."

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"Oh I see," she smiled to Astrel.

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"Really!" She turned to me" your the one who killed the first gate guardian!?"

"Huh? Um... Well... Wait. Wait. You can under stand Astrel?"

"Oh! Um.. Im sorry.. Im so sorry I'll be quiet I'm sorry."

"Oh no no. Please keep talking. I was just suprised, I can't understand him. So I was curious."

"Oh um.. Sorry... Its just... I haven't spoken to anyone in this way in a...very long time..." She drooped mer sholders.

"I hear that. I've been stuck in the forest for almost a whole month. Im a talker, but even now im a little nervous talking to a real person again,"

" a person?"

"Yeah? I mean your a person, Sophie. "

"That's..."

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"Thank you, Thank you," whatever Astrel said, Sophie seemed much happier.

"Sophie, how much do you know about the county were? Im a bit out of touch with the world..."

"Oh! Y-yes!"

Apparently, i was in the forest of gia, a very sacred ground of the fea, in the large country of Ioumos(eye-oh-mous). With a booming military, large slave trades, and heavily influenced by the church. The man I kicked, on the Dick, was the 5th son of a powerful family close to the royal family.

"Oops," if he manages to escape alive I'll be in a world of hurt. Oh, wait... Shit im a murder! Well, I knew I'd end up in hell in the end anyway. But that's a lot to process.

"Are there any neighboring countries. Close to where we currently are? Since I imagine, living in this one could lead to some discomfort for me."

"Well...um... My home country...Frigale"

"Your home country? Oh yeah, i bet you'd want to return home after all the bullshit you went through. Do you have family in your homeland to return to?"

"Y-you will really take me... Back home?"

"I mean I don't really have a destination in mind. So I'll take you home as an excuse to travel around. However, I'm still pretty dumb with many things so i hope you can help me along the way."

"...."

"Something wrong?"

"Im sorry! I just...um..w-why are you being nice to me?"

"Because some kindness goes a long way. And I was that you were enslaved, and treated poorly. It reminded me of a friend of mine. So I acted on impulse. If anything I guess I'm making up for what I couldn't do before."

Astrel nussled into my neck trying to comfort me. Piii

"Don't be upset Miss! Im sorry i didn't mean-"

"Its fine Sophie. Hey did McFancy have anything in his belonging that can help us out? "

"Oh ...I think so," she moved to the back and I used status insight.

Name: Sophie Regale

Lv 30

Class: Druid

Race: High elf

Status: magic sealed

Hp: 120/700

Mp: 780/770

Stamina: 103/300

Strength: 230

Magic: 915

Defense: 210

Agility: 400

Skill:

[Herbalists lv6]

[Medican maker lv7]

[Scholar lv--]

[Nature manipulation lv 7]

[Medium heal lv6]

[Ex-ray lv4]

[ vine entrapment lv3]

Titles:

[Third dauter of duke lv--]

[The tongue of fea lv--]

[Doctor lv9]

[Slave lv--]

[Brandedlv--]

Crap shes really strong in regards to magic. But magic sealed shows that she can't use her magic.

Magic sealed: can be the result of a curse or slave entrapment contracts. Can be removed if the curse is dispelled or the contract/slave tool is removed.

"Oww,"

"What's wrong?" I turned to see Sophie trying to grab a golden key with engravings on it.

"S-sorry... I just..i mean i -i.."

"Appraisal"

Slave key: the means of inscribing a slave contract, and releasing slaves during the process of slave trading.

"Oh! This will unlock your magic and your freedom from slavery, right?"

"Umm..I..I'm sor-"

Click

Placing the key next to her and turning it. Caused a bright light to engulf her,and ilumminated chains appeared and broke in to fragments of light.

"Well, I think that worked. Anyhow, what else is back there?"

"...." She was crying. And I felt bad because i didn't know what to do.I haven't interacted with anyone in a month.

"So-"

"Thank you... Thank you..." Then she was crying harder.

"No problem. I said I'd get you home right?"

And that just made her cry more... God what do i do....

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We made it pretty far. Within that time Sophie calmed down and told me about herself. Like her being a noble in the elven country. And how she studied Medican so she could be a doctor. She doesn't remember exactly she found herself at a slave auction. But she believed she shut it out purposely as a way to block out her traumatic experience. Shes been like that for 9 years.

She didn't look it but she was in her 40, and after all those years she never thought she would be saved. Especially by a lost human like me.

She had relaxed around me. That was good since I didn't think she would be this calm so quickly. I guess the relief of me "throwing away" the key gave her that comfort.

"So... How far in days is Frigale, Astrel?"

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"It's about 3 months,"

I frowned" I knew I couldn't get you there in a day. But still..."

"Im sorry..."

"No, it's fine. I just have to make a plan. So far we have 2000 gold and 300 silver pieces. But it's better to have more, in case of emergencies. Do I'll sell some of the stuff I collected from the forest."

I think some new clothes would be the first thing we should get. I doubt anyone would do business otherwise. And I need new boots and socks.

"So tell me. Does this country have something like a guild?"

"Yes, this country imparticular has many merchant guilds. And only a handful of adventure guilds, but they are are very picky for their members more so then merchant guilds."

"Well when I get you home, I'll probably join an adventure guild in another country for the sake of convenience."

"Then you should join the guilds of my country."

"Would your country except for a human so easily? Afterall your country is primarily an elven population isn't it?"

"Oh, I guess that's true."

"... Your calmer then before," I smiled."A smile suits you very well Sophie." Then I began to rummage through my item box.

" oh! I-I hadn't realized," she nervously laughed.

"Im glad though. I feel good that you're so happy." Then I took out a small wooden bowl with a thick green liquid out." Drink this, it should heal you up. I gotta warn you its bitter."

"Your very kind." She drank it twisting her face at the taste but her body heeled over and her ear tips started to grow back but it left behind a bit of a burnt toen at their points. She smiled as she looked at her body's reaction to the potion.

"There we go, sorry to say your ears have a burned tone to their edges"

"You freed me, healed me and your helping me get home. A small blemish won't be enough to make me any less grateful to you, Miss Lee."

"Wait till I get you home. Then you can thank me,"

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Astrel was frantically making noise. Trying to get our attention.

"He said something big is coming this way!" Sophie eyes filled with fear. Was it those guys from before?

"Sophie do you have nature manipulation?" I know she does but if I told her outright to use it she properly would think I'm a bad guy again.

"Yes I do, why?"

I pointed to behind the carriage as it was moving forward. "Try to make some obstacles so whatever following us slows down."

"Understood," she sat in a meditation-like state as the ground began to shake and large cracking sound practically exploding behind us. I looked to see scary huge vines with protruding thorns.

"That'll do it,"