<u>The first time I saw you, you were slaves, now you are free</u>


    The morning bells are ringing, the sun is rising, the dog is barking, huh what was the last one ?


    Shut up this is just a big fly, don''t make a fuss over that.


    To tell the truth I barely slept, I was so nervous, she smelled so good, something like apple, and also ''cause without a blanket it was quite cold but I won''t complain, we already slept together so if on top of that we were under the same blanket I wouldn''t be sure that I could keep my sanity in check.


    When she awoke her ears twitched it was quite cute, I greeted her with a smile.


    |Did you slept well Eali?|


    She still looked afraid of me, can''t blame her.


    |Y-yes Lord V-Vermillion.|


    |You can call me Apocalypse, I am not a noble.|


    |B-but, I am a slave ...|


    she looked extremely sad when she was saying that, totally uncute, I must fix that.


    |I read that the members of the beastmen tribes, especially the cat tribe were able to use extremely powerful magic, is that true ?|


    she nodded.


    |So are you able to use magic ?|


    |Th-the collar, … make us …. unable to use magic ….|


    I grabbed the collar and tore it, I expected it to put more resistance but it seems it was just a piece of leather reinforced with some magic, truly disappointing.


    She looked at what was once the thing that described her as a slave, she couldn''t understand what just happened.


    |You know I''m an adventurer but I can''t use magic, that''s truly a shame isn''t it, so I was thinking since you''re not a slave anymore, why don''t you join me? Of course, it''s the same for everyone in the mine. This morning we are going to free them all.|


    She nodded her head in agreement but you could see that she didn''t understand a thing that I said.


    We took breakfast in my room, it was some fruits called Papalerus and Anemora both of them were too sweet for me that must be the king''s revenge.


    After eating breakfast the maid gave a summer dress to Eali, it was pink with some green frills, she looked like a flower with a human head, so moe let me hug her. Of course, I didn''t hug her that would scare her and that''s uncool.


    After all that I went to wake the princess up. I knocked at her door and opened, that was my biggest mistake I didn''t think that this princess would greet me with a dropkick, not that it hurt me, ''cause I grabbed her mid-air and now she is hanging down by one of her legs.


    |Princess may I know the reason for this sudden burst of violence ?|


    |I needed to make sure you were really a Vermillion, and now I''m sure that you are one, nobody ever stopped my Allicia''s judgment kick.|


    Or so she said with a proud face, I will stop myself to tell her that it was because the servanst didn''t want to shatter her pride.


    |Before going to the mansion for the pic-nic we must stop by the mine to free the slaves, I assume you don''t want to come.|


    |What are you saying, of course, I will come, it''s my duty as the princess of the Kingdom of Guarmille which enslaved them for centuries.|This text was taken from Royal Road. Help the author by reading the original version there.


    Centuries hu, I guess they have some responsibility to take today. I let her go, and the both of us went to where Eali was.


    Eali was in the carriage, it was not as rich looking as the one Allicia was in the first day I met her, but it was still very pretty. The princess and I entered the carriage.


    |You are Eali, right? Apocalypse spoke a lot about you yesterday, he was saying thing like ?How can you enslave someone as beautiful as her? or ?Her ears are so cute you want to rub them?|


    |Allicia, no wonder nobody wants to marry you with that personality.|


    I tell her that as I was sitting at Eali''s left, I''m old enough not to be embarrassed when she is clearly teasing me and retort her something I learned when I was asking her if she wanted to come to the picnic with us.


    | Hu ….. I''m still a young maiden.|


    |I heard that a princess usually marry at the age of 10 here, all of the nobles have been rejecting every of your marriage proposal since 3 years ago.|


    Eali doesn''t understand what is happening, but she blushed when the princess said all those unnecessary things.


    |T-then L-l-lady Allicia is Guarmille''s pr-prin-princess.|


    |Yup she''s this shitty country princess.|


    Of course, the carriage departed while we were talking.


    |This country has been built on the ashes of yours.|


    |Can''t be helped I was still a baby five hundred years ago.|


    |L-lord Ver-Vermillion is fi-five hundred years old ?|


    Eali couldn''t believe what she just heard her face is just too cute when she''s lost.


    |I was born five hundred years ago in the dragon''s rival clan, the Vermillion family then got teleported to another world which I stayed in for fourteen years and then got sent back here yesterday. By the way, I already said to call me Apocalypse and not lord Vermillion.|


    |And you can call me Allicia .|


    She nodded in agreemment after we persuaded her to call us by our name, ''cause she wouldn''t stop calling us lord and lady.


    Thus we arrived at the mine, we exited the carriage, and out of nowhere, Eali began to run while waving her hand towards a slave who looked more gloomy than the other.


    |Mom! I''m here.|


    The slave who was obviously a woman turned her head towards Eali, when she saw her she immediately dropped her pickaxe and ran arms open to hug Eali. Of course I followed Eali.


    The woman was crying, that would dirty the dress but who cares those who disrupt a mother and child reunion is a scumbag so I stood there saying nothing.


    |Hey you runt go back to work now!!|


    A guard swung a whip to hit Eali''s mother, I caught it. Eali''s mother looked at me saying nothing, the guard was the same one a yesterday, they really don''t learn don''t they?


    |Ap-apocalypse ….|


    Yes, Eali finally called me by my name, what a bliss. The guard wet his pant again, is he really a professional soldier, sure don''t feel like it if you want my opinion.


    I pulled the wire to me, thus the guard flew towards me.


    |You are going to gather every slave here and prepare enough carts pulled by an Oerio to make them all able to sit.|


    Of course, I showed the king''s autorisation and gave it to him. After he departed I made a 180° spin to face Eali''s mother. She looked exactly like Eali or the other way around, her hair was slightly longer than Eali''s her ears were also the same as Eali, she looked around mid-twenties.


    |I assume you are Eali''s mother.|


    She nodded.


    I tore the collar before she could react and showed it to her.


    She began to touch her throat searching for the collar she couldn''t find it since it was in my hand.


    |You are free now.|


    […]


    She was too dumbfounded to say anything, since yesterday I can''t help but to think that I''m too nosy in this world society, but well who cares? Nope, sir, I don''t care. It took around one hour and a half to gather all the slaves. It was quite a pitiful sight, elderly men, children even younger than Eali, women, around five hundred people were gathered they were all frail, tired looking and in rags, some of them even looked as if they had given up on life, I clenched my fist in anger and said with a loud voice.


    [Listen, everyone, my name is Apocalypse Vermillion] When I said that the older looking ones made surprised faces.[From some of your reactions I can guess you heard about us and are wondering if I am a real one, the answer is yes but that''s not the question. I will ask you to line up in front of me and after I tell you to, go sit in those carts.]


    They did it without complaining, maybe they were scared of what would happen to them if they didn''t do it. One by one I tore the collar, that took approximately 1 hour to tear them all, they had manyreaction when I did that, some burst into tears, other prostrated themselves before me, other were suspicious about my goal. Then I told the drivers of the carts to follow our carriage.


    Allica, Eali, her mother and me got inside the carriage, at first Eali''s mother didn''t want to enter, saying that a slave shouldn''t be in the same vehicle as the nobles, but we insisted, I told her that she was no longer a slave and all.


    [By the way what is your name, miss ? I''m Apocalypse Vermillion, and this is Allicia Aorela Saturna.]


    [I-Isolia, lord Vermillion.]


    [Isolia huh, quite the lovely name, also don''t call me lord or anything, just call me Apocalypse like Eali.]


    [Ye-yes.]


    I gave a warm smile as a reply. Well then I look forward to the picnic it promises to be quite interesting.


    <u>End of chapter 4</u>