Early Encounter
A look of sadness and pleading to the beloved
"Elly, please go back to where you came from". Those words still ring clearly in my memory after waking up.
"What does it mean to go back to the origin" Elly grumbled to herself. Ting Nong the living room bell rang breaking the silence.
"That feeling of not buying anything" Elly wondered, she walked to the living room door and looked to see who had pressed the bell.
"Loh...no one is ready" elly looked right and left but did not find the person who pressed her doorbell, her attention then went to the backyard and sure enough she saw something hairy and made her curious,
"What is that..." Elly followed the furry animal silently.
"Kyaaa..." Elly stepped on something that then glowed and knocked her unconscious,
"So this is called a human..." while grabbing Elly's hair
"It seems that master will be angry if he finds out that a human has entered this world" worried En.
Flashback to when Kei told En to go see the world tree
"What do you mean sir, there is no one here except Slove sir".
Slove is an animal made of mana, this animal is distinguished by the color of the wearer's aura. En saw the magic circle and touched it "Is this still active" shing a bright shining light that made En close his eyes indirectly but apparently he touched the bell in Elly's world.
"Huh... This magic almost devoured me." En's gratitude
"Oh my God, the master's favorite Slove went inside" En began to feel fear remembering how cruel his master was. En just paced back and forth while praying that God could save his life.
"What should I do?" he asked himself. Shingg... there was a bright light from the magic circle,
"I was worried in vain, luckily Slove sir is back" En let out a long sigh.
"But I wonder, how can this human easily pass through the portal without losing limbs. Asked en while bringing himself closer
"So this is her human name..." without hesitation he carried Elly like a sack.
"Where have you been?" asked Kei seriously,
"I'm sorry sir there is a little disturbance when looking at the magic portal after all I brought a human sir, what should we do?" asked En.
"Just leave him here" said Kei.
"Okay... Uh but sir" En stammered to answer the meaning of his master's words
"You want to contradict me?" asked Kei in a serious tone.
"I'm sorry sir," En said in a low voice.
"Let's hurry up, after all she will get an employer if she wakes up" said Kei while looking at the saturated elly who was sleeping. Kai then turned away from Elly who was fast asleep.
"Uhh..." sighed Elly as she opened her eyes, "Uh.. where am I" asked Elly surprised.
Elly is currently in a holding cell that will be sold at auction. "I had the feeling that I was chasing something to the backyard, why am I suddenly in a holding cell like this," Elly's mind asked.
"Boss this human is awake" shouted one of the maids.
A man approached "Hey you humans don't expect to escape from this place, and behave well to your future employers hahahah all Elves must want this human" said the auction boss.
"What are you doing to me you bastard" snapped Ellly rebelliously, "Arghh... What is this" Elly shouted in pain
"Shut up and behave yourself in there" said Boss casually.
Elly's neck is attached to a magic object that can emit a sting if the master makes physical contact with the stone artifact, this is done to make the slave obedient to his master.
On the other hand, a painting auction was being held and people were competing for the price. The agreed price was 1,400 kath. The host walked backstage to the errand boy "It's time to take out our aces" said the moderator to the errand boy to get Elly.
The prisoner cell was put on display on the stage to the astonishment of the people. Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you a human slave, the bidding price starts at 3,000 kath.
"Huh... isn't that too expensive for a slave" said an astonished madam.
"What is the merit of that human being?" snapped one of the masters who didn't accept the initial offer.
"It seems that you all don't know that this human can cure various diseases through his aura. The easy way is that you only need to absorb his aura using mana" explained the moderator.
"Watch this" the host took out a knife and started slicing his palm.
"Kyaa... what are you doing" shouted one of the audience members.
"Don't worry, I will recover very quickly." A yellow light shone from Elly indicating her powerful aura.
"Seriously," said a surprised lady.
"I want it for 3,000 kath" said a man
"No, give him to me for 3,500 kath" urged the madam.
"5,000 kath he's fit for my display" said the young lord marquess. Suddenly everyone fell silent and there was no more bidding on it.
"Well this slave is sold at a price-"
"Stop this auction, everyone concerned will be taken to prison to be held accountable for committing illegal acts this message is brought directly by his majesty the Elven king V" The loud voice of the soldier broke the silence.
Everyone looked worried and started running to escape the royal troops. "Run as fast as you can" grinned the Grand Duke.
"Huh... Those spoiled rats, I'm the one who has to intervene because of them" The Marquess walked towards the stage that looked like a mess,
"What is this? Is it human" looking closely at the shape of Elly's ears
"Those damn bastards even broke the world tree contract and kidn*pped a human being" the Marquess snapped with rage
"Report this immediately to the Grand Duke," he said again.
"Just be patient, I'll take you safely back to where you came from," he said gently while caressing Elly.
"How far is the capital city from the world tree?" he asked curiously.
"What are you going to do about the world tree, sir?" one of the knights asked back.
"I will escort this human back to his origin" he replied.
"You're in too much of a hurry Rei, you can't just do whatever you want" Ken advised.
"Hah... I'm getting lectured again, and I meant well," Ken replied disappointedly.
"I'll be careful in the future" she replied again with a frown on her face.
"Move the human to the carriage, the others you can go first I will check something around here, just keep one horse for me" Duke ordered.
"Good sir, be careful on the way home," said one of the knights.
"Damn them for taking my precious treasure," the host said with emotion as he saw Elly being taken out of the room,
Currently the host is in the upper room where the nobles are because of that the knights do not reach the VVIP area because the key used is special so that the door is difficult to damage.
Ctak... snapping sound "Oh... Here you are apparently a place luxurious enough to be a mouse hideout" grinned the Duke.
"Wha...How did you get here?" Asked the host frightened
"It's easy enough for you to notice that the door is indeed difficult to destroy but it turns out to be easily penetrated by teleport magic, it seems that my criticism can be a suggestion for you, hm" he continued while sitting on the sofa.
"Si... Sir don't you want that human I will give it to you for free, in exchange pass my name on your wanted list, I will give up everything" said the host in a guilty-looking tone.
"I'll escape the empire as soon as he lets me go, I just need to act like I'm begging for mercy like this to make him pity me" the host thought to himself.
"Heee.... Why would I do something bastard like that? Your face doesn't have the merit to be on the empire's wanted list anyway" Duke grinned in response.
"But you brought that human home and you're guilty too" the host shouted feeling unfair.
"You're right..." he said shortly.
"I told you that it's a good thing you listened to what I said, sir," the host urged as he spoke.
"You're right that your life ends here, haha... so enjoy the rest of your life with the other rats" said the Duke as he opened the portal to the imperial prison.
"Yes... But my master..." denied the host, feeling frightened.
"Hoo... Interesting resistance but it was in vain" Duke pulled the host's arm forcefully then pushed him into the portal connected to the prison.
"Lordddddd" the host shouted as he was thrown into the portal.