A New Life

Chapter 7

I was fighting through monsters left and right, going between helping villagers escape to watching both Master’s and Raph’s back. Throwing senbons that he charmed to appear back on him after a certain time. The wave came quickly and the town didn’t have enough time to evacuate. So the monsters from the wave were flooding the town. Those goddamned heroes immediately went after the boss and didn't even stop to think about possible bystanders.

Ugh.

I just want us to get out of this alive, and be left alone, because if I know Raph as much as I do, she will need cuddles after this

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Well, I didn't exactly get what I wanted, but the King celebrated the first wave victory with a feast. And we were invited, or forced to attend, so we didn’t want to be rude and came. 

Plus, free food.

 I was grabbing food left and right. Enjoying the flavor of different foods from the palace kitchen. I know we wouldn’t be staying long, because of Master Naofumi’s.-

Experience with these people. 

“What’s going on Raphtalia?” Master Naofumi asked, He wasn’t the only one to notice. She was holding herself back. 

“There is so much food here that I’ve never seen before. I’m so curious about all the delicacies here.” From the look on Master Naofumi’s face, he didn’t understand what she meant. 

“People, particularly females, like to watch their weight Master Naofumi.” I explained, Raph was red in the face at being exposed, but Master Naofumi seemed either to not care or still didn’t understand.

“She is still a growing child,” That seemed to make Raph upset, neither Master Naofumi and I could understand why. 

She proceeded to gather a large amount of food onto a plate. Before shoving a plate into Master Naofumi’s face, “Harry! Come eat with us!” Shrugging I joined them, “Try it Lord Naofumi! It's absolutely wonderful!” 

Grabbing a fork, I tried it. She was right, it was delicious. “I agree, Master Naofumi. It is delicious.” I took the last unused fork and gathered a piece of the food and held it out to him, ”Try it, Master.” He had a face of doubt but he still ate it. 

“Isn’t it delicious My Lord?” Raphtalia asked her eyes filled with hope. It was crushed by his next words.

“No, it’s not.” His face was sour. The whole atmosphere became grim. I don’t like this, our master has been slowly getting better with us. So it's been awhile since we’ve seen that face.

He’s not going to get better around these people, I was ready to try and lighten the mood until I heard a voice, “DON’T MOVE ONE STEP FROM THERE, NAOFUMI!” Our heads immediately snapped towards the sound. 

It was the Lance Hero, “What?” Master Naofumi asked.

“I HEARD ABOUT IT!” He grabbed both Raphtalia and I’s shoulders in a painful grip, “THESE TWO, RAPHTALIA AND HARRY ARE YOUR SLAVES!”

I promise you if Raph didn’t give me a look saying she was fine, I was going to gut this man. He placed his hands on MY CHILD, no one touched a Nymph’s child. When Nymphs are angry, we are similar to Veelas. We start destroying the cause of our distress and everything in our way. 

“You’re bringing this up now?” Master Naofumi raised an eyebrow, before glancing at us. I was fine, but Raph had a slightly pained face, “Yeah, that’s right. She’s my slave. Don’t touch her so freely.”

As if on cue, the people watching began to gasp and gossip. 

“PEOPLE DON’T BELONG TO ANYONE ELSE! LET’S NOT FORGET THAT WE, PEOPLE FROM A DIFFERENT WORLD, WON’T BE FORGIVEN FOR SUCH BEHAVIOUR!” This creep is awfully loud and annoying. His screaming is hurting our ears. 

“Won’t be forgiven… For what? That’s your logic, not mine.” Master Naofumi calmly explained. 

The Lance Hero was in disbelief, “Wha? LET’S HAVE A DUEL! IF I WIN YOU’LL RELEASE THEM!”

Master Naofumi looked annoyed, “Please, wait a moment! I’m-” Raph started, but a soldier gagged her, I was ready to attack, but another soldier grabbed me. 

“Raphtalia, Harry!” Master Naofumi looked worried.

“I heard all about it.” A familiar voice called, Please don’t be the King, Please don’t be the king, Please-

I turned around to see the face of my nightmares. The only reason I was fine earlier because of how far he was from me. I had a history with this man, no demon, I almost had a panic attack from our close proximity. 

Until I saw him get up and personal with MY DAUGHTER! My magic felt my distress, my snare grew wrapping around Raph like a cacoon, separating him from that monster. As much as I wanted to glare at him, I couldn’t, not with all these people watching our every move ready to criticize us in any way

I tuned out everything and only watched how close that demon was to my baby girl. I only released Raph when he left her area. We were dragged to the palace gardens, I still remember these halls. 

Both with found memories and terrible nightmares. Especially when the Queen was away, the demon still reminds me of the Greek God Zeus.

In more than one way.