Chapter 11

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Like a father

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{Good! Good! Ester ! Hahaha where are we going??!!!} (Michael)

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“I..I don't have a place to call home anymore...” (Ester)

{Do you know of a place where we could find more elves? And can you explain this situation about elves being almost wiped out?} (Michael)

“I know some elves have founded various refuge camps here and there, but i don't know where they are. Before being captured i had never gone out of our village. I have hear many things but nothing that can help i think...

About our situation, i heard in the past that we, elves were very numerous and living peaceful lives. Then a few thousand years ago all the oracles and fortune tellers in the world simultaneously started announcing your arrival in this world. Elves were eager to prepare your arrival and formed the Arch-Devil Michael church.

While we were exited about your arrival, those in powers, kings, churches and powerful/rich men saw your coming as an danger to their supremacy... So they started by executing the oracles, then started to hunt down and execute any of your worshiper as heretics.

Because of our superior beauty, we elves always been captured and enslaves for prostitution and such... But after the different kingdoms announced us as 'Prey to hunt down' our number dwindled.. We had to go in hiding in deep forests far from all civilizations, but they eventually caught up to us...” (Ester)

{Humm ok i think i understand most of it anyway... Elves are too scattered to know their locations, and if i go anywhere near civilization they will gather to capture you...} (Michael)

Nod* Nod*

{Can you use magic? What can you do?} (Michael)

“I... I.. i'm 10 years old... i can't do much sob*” (Ester)

{I see.. by the way what type of elf are you?} (Michael)

“Wood elf... Why?” (Ester)

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{Curiosity, but i can't help but notice that you still haven't called me master yet...} (Michael) I say with slight irritation in my voice.

“Woo.. Wood Elf MASTER!” (Ester) She then answered a bit flustered.

{Good girl! pat* pat* pat*} (Michael) I say patting her head.

{Do you like your name? Mind changing it to Matilda 2.0 ?} (Michael)

To that she looked at me, then tilted her head before saying.

“To pwinto ? ... My.. my name was given to me by my parents so.. sob* snif * snif*” (Ester)

{Awww never-mind, look like i'l have to learn your name. By the way is there any giant spiders living in this world? Like big enough to be ridden like a horse?} (Michael)

“Orse?” (Ester) She said tilting her head at the unknown word.

'So there's no such things as horses in this world? Or they give them different names?! Well they have those 2 ostriches looking things pulling the wagon so i guess that's what they use eh..?!' (Michael)

“I don't know what a orse is but some spiders species have giant queens...” (Ester)

'Huhuhuhuhu* Matilda 2.0 we will meet one day i can feel it.' (Michael)

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“Master, that laugh was very creepy...” (Ester) She said while fidgeting her little hands hiding her crotch.

{Ho i was forgetting, there's your clothes. I cleaned them but you will really need something more to wear...} (Michael)

While she is dressing up i look in the wagon trying to find something to cover her up a bit more and if possible something to wear as shoe.. All i could find were a pair of sandals to big for her tiny little feat but with a bit of rope i fix them tightly to her feet so they wont get loose.

{I have so many questions for you, try to answer as best as you can.} (Michael)

Nod* nod* nod*

{You called me 2nd god of the universe... What do you call this other God?} (Michael)

“Arch-Devil Lucifer-sama... you dont know him?” (Ester)

{SIGhhhhh Quite the opposite darling. I know him very well.} (Michael)

“They say you two are a couple is it true ?” (Ester)

{WHATTTTTT?} (Michael) She then closed her eyes cowering on the ground.

'Ggrgrgrggggg motherfucker!...' (Michael)

“Sorry Master !!! I heard some people mentioning this from what they had heard from the oracles prophesies back then” (Ester)

{Let's try not to speak of this again... By the way are you hungry?} (Michael)

Nod* Nod* nod*

After nodding she looked behind me curious as to what the horrible cries of agony were. She then saw one of the ostriches looking thing having it's neck twisted then a leg being ripped off and slowly hovering toward us. I then proceeded in cooking it with mana generated heat for her to heat.

As her face turned blue i couldn't help but ask..

{What?} (Michael)

“[...] That.. was a bit brutal and scary.. Master...” (Ester) shake*shake in fear*

{[...] You don't eat meat ?} (Michael)

“NodNod* I do but... never-mind master.” (Ester) I then brushes it off as her being a bit squeamish.

She looked at the meat slowly hovering in the air with a trickle of saliva on the corner of her mouth sniffing the aroma of slowly cooking meat which made me regret not being able to smell nor eat myself.

{You know i have felt a big amount of mana from you despite your young age... You probably have a future as mage.} (Michael)

“The matriarch from our village said something similar... But i never got to start learning as we generally start learning magic at 12 years old.” (Ester)

{I'll have you start learning as soon as we settle somewhere... I can't bring you anywhere near villages as long as you are this weak and unable to defend yourself...} (Michael)

Nod* Nod* Nod*

{There! I hope it's to your liking !} (Michael) I say while handing her the enormous bird leg. She immediately start nibbling on it showing she was obviously starving.

“Thank you ! Munch* Munch* Master ! Munch* Munch*” (Ester)

'NNNnnnn SO freaking kawaii !!!!!!' (Michael) I then start patting her head as she eat.

{Good girl, good girl.} (Michael) She looked at me while giving a smile then kept on eating.

{We will need a place where no one ever go so we wont be disturbed while i train you. Do you know of a place like that nearby ?} (Michael)

“The mean peoples who captured me spoke of a mountain that spit fire that they needed to avoid while coming here... It's not that far away that way” (Ester) She then pointed toward the mountain rage in the direction i came from earlier.

When she finished eating i freed the 2nd ostrich thingy then we started walking. Well as fast as a 10 years old little girl can walk...Obviously i took all the gold the slavers had on them with me. After a while we enter an unnaturally dark forest.. I don't know why but i felt at home in this darkness while in Ester case she looked worried and kept sticking close to me clinging to my cloak.

{No need to worry, i am here if anything happen. I can also sense the dangers before they sense us.} (Michael)

“Yes master.” (Ester)

While we walked for a few days, things have been quite uneventful. I made a few detours avoiding powerful creatures and made camps during the nights... I kept hunting small animals, cooking them for her and we talked about various things.

After 3 days we finally could see our destination in the distance. A humongous volcano that was visibly quite active if we judge from all the smoke rising from it's tip.

{You said people wont be coming around here ?} (Michael)

Nod* Nod* Nod*

{Alright perfect, let's find a place to call home and make a shelter for you.} (Michael)

The forest is very dark and just some little trickles of light can break trough the trees canopy giving a surrealist feeling. After a few minute of looking around with mana threads i find what i was looking for. It's a cave at the foot of the volcano. There's no sigh of any animal activities so it should be empty.

The cave seem very deep but i barricade the back of the cave not wanting anything coming up on us from inside in case there's stuff living deep in this cave. I then star gathering firewood and leaves to make comfortable bedding for my little pet* I mean friend.

{Eat and sleep well tonight. Starting tomorrow you will go trough my training. I call this training, 'highway through hell' mwehehehehe} (Michael)

Her face turned white then she hesitantly nodded. To which i responded by patting her head before adding.

{This training will make you strong, strong enough to survive and even thrive is this harsh world. I wont always be able to protect you.} (Michael)

“Yes! Thank you master !” (Ester)

As i tried to give her a warm smile and loving look, i assume that's not how it looked because she backed away in fear.

“Master, when you make your eyes glow intensely like that it's a bit scary.. Fidget* fidget*” (Ester)

Hahahahahaha*

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