Scruffy’s Adventure

Written by Scruffy–hime

Edited by Luciferia

Chapter 21:

Airi yelped as she was brought awake by the searing pain in her leg.

“Wake up bitch!” Mira yelled, digging her heel further into Airi’s bruised leg.

Kira had been sleeping with her face buried into Airi chest. Airi tried to move the sleeping girl off of her but she tightened her grip.

“Uh...can you…get her off me please?” Airi asked timidly.

Mira grabbed the youngest sister by her shirt and lifted her off Airi. She threw Kira over her shoulder and motioned for Airi to get up and then follow her. Lira was waiting for them outside the tent.

Lira ordered Airi to take down the tent and pack it before they left. The other two sisters packed the other supplies. Once everything was ready the four of them set out.

Airi still did not like the sisters but they had kept their promise to not rape her and take her to Bel’tas. She was still worried about what she was going to do when she got there. Hoping that Scruffy would be there already. Maybe he would be able to help her.

After a while Airi spotted Bel’tas in the distance. The city was much larger than Ensiry. The buildings along the outskirts were smaller and closer together. They were made from a variety of stone and bricks.

The houses on the outskirt of the town were in poor shape. As Airi walked past she could see many of them destroyed by one manner or another. There were people living amongst the rubble. The state they were in was almost as bad as the buildings they huddled under.

“So, where does your master live?” Mira asked.

Airi frantically tried to think of a lie she could tell them. “Uh… He… he never stays in one part of town for long…it may take a while to actually find him so if you want to leave me here I can go find him on my own. That way you don't need to tire yourself out.”

Mira’s booming laughter startled Airi, “I don't think so, not letting you out of my sight until we get you back to your master and we get rewarded.”

“What is your master's name?” Lira asked. “We can start asking around town. Eventually we will find him.”

“Scruffy.” Airi replied.

Lira cringed at the name. “That’s…an odd name. But I suppose it would make finding him easier.”

The four of the headed into town. Lira sent Kira and Mira away to go ask around on their own, leaving Airi alone with her.

Airi and Lira walked around the town in silence for a while.

“I know you lied.” Lira said causing Airi’s stomach to drop. “My question is, why?”

Airi tried to act dumb, “What do you mean?”

“I know you lied about your master being in Bel’tas, and that you were not on an errand.” Lira looked down at the shorter woman indignantly. “My question is, why would you have us take you to Bel’tas knowing no one here would help you?”

Airi decided to tell her part of the truth, “My ‘master’ is on his way here, I was going to wait until he got here.”

“So you're not running away?” Lira asked in a suspicious tone.

“No… I haven’t known him for very long but he has been very kind to me. I am worried about him, he would be traveling by himself and with how clumsy he is i don’t know if he will make it.”

“By himself?” Lira looked shocked. “Why would a man ever travel by himself…not that it matters, as long as we get our reward. If he doesn't show up we can always assume he died and just sell you.”

“So…are you going to tell the others?” Airi asked, fearing the response.

“No, not yet anyways. I’ve got something in the bag you’ve been holding that I need to…‘get rid of.’ Having you around would benefit that.”

“What do you mean?”

“Well you see, Ythra are slaves as you know, so people who own slaves typically are from the higher society.

“So, since you are such a pretty little thing, I am willing to bet that people will treat me better if they think you belong to me. So be a good girl and play along.”

Airi and Lira walked around town. Lira stopped at a shady looking place to haggle some items she was trying to sell.

After going through a few items Airi caught the shop owner's attention.

“That's quite a pretty whore you got yourself.” the old woman commented. She was missing several teeth and smelled foul.

“Oh her? Yes she is quite nice to look at isn’t she?” Lira replied in a nonchalant manner.

“Would you be willing to sell her to me?” The old woman asked. “I’d be willing to give you a good price.”

Lira looked at the woman thoughtful for a moment, “I’m sorry, I have a bidder already.”

“Well how much is she offering?”

“He.” Lira corrected earning a shocked look from the shop owner. “And what I want from him is something I don’t think you’d be capable of giving.”

“Yes, you're quite right.”

The shop owner went back to rummaging through the bag of items Lira had brought. After asking about a few items she bought them and sent Lira and Airi on their way.

Airi asked, “Uhm…if you don’t want money for me…what is it you want my master to give you in return for me?”

Lira laughed. “Obviously I want what all women want from men.”

Lira did not seem like she was going to answer the question any further.

After an hour of wandering, Lira decided they would need to find an inn to sleep at. Lira picked a shabby looking inn and went inside. She walked to the front desk and started asking about room prices.

Airi didn’t know anything about normal the normal price range but from the look on Lira’s face she did not like them.

“That price is absurd, all I need is two beds and a place to keep the whore. I don’t care if you toss her in the stables as long as you make sure she doesn’t escape.” Lira argued.

The innkeeper looked surprised as she looked over at Airi.

“Give me two silver cryl I’ll give you a room and a place for your slave with the rest in the backroom.”

Lira let out a long sigh as she dug out a handful of dem from her pocket. They were small round coins with a castle pressed into one side and were made from copper, silver or gold. The innkeepers eyes went wide when she noticed the gold one.

After Lira handed the woman the money, the innkeeper handed her a key and told them where the room was and where the backroom for Airi was.

Lira and Airi went and found the room and dropped of their things. After that, Lira led Airi to the backroom and opened the door. The room was small with hay spread on the floor and smelled like piss. There were several other Ythra chained to posts around the room. Lira followed Airi in and pushed her over to one of the empty posts with a chain. She locked the chain to Airi’s collar and then left.

Airi looked around at all the other Ythra in the room. Most looked heavily bruised and beaten. Airi thought she was lucky to not have to go through what they do.

The post only came up to Airi’s waist and the chain was only a couple feet long. Causing Airi to either bend over or sit next to it. Airi chose to sit and lean her back against the post.

The other Ythra gave Airi vicious looks when they noticed she only had the one bruise.

“Look girls, this one must this she is special.”

“She’s pretty I’ll give her that.”

“She probably just fucks her way out of getting beaten.”

The other Ythra women continued to insult Airi for a while longer. Airi moved around the post til she wasn’t looking at them and more. She silently cried until she was tired and fell asleep wondering if Scruffy was doing alright.