In that instant, he felt an intense hatred for his own weakness, and also an intense hatred for those greedy humans.
If it weren't for my weakness, I wouldn't have been captured by humans and sold into slavery shops with my companions, suffering such painful torture.
If she hadn't been so weak, if she had been stronger... her companions wouldn't have been implicated by her... and they wouldn't have bitten their tongues and committed suicide because they couldn't bear the excruciating torture of contracting a strange disease in the slave shop.
The deaths of her two companions were deeply etched in her memory. She considered ending it all, but she ultimately decided against it, because she remembered…
The way those two clansmen looked at her before they died... seemed to be saying: Live on.
So even in that instant, he did not give up hope and stubbornly maintained his consciousness until he was on the verge of death.
This is not a fear of death, but a desire to live, for only by living can we atone for our mistakes, and only by living can we take revenge on humanity...
It is because she has always held onto this belief that she has been able to persevere until now.
He opened his eyes in an instant and slowly woke up.
Her last conscious awareness was in a hazy state when she seemed to hear someone wanting to buy her, then the feeling of being dragged, the feeling of water being poured over her body, the feeling of being picked up, and the feeling of being gently placed on a flat, comfortable bed...
And then there was that final, incredibly comfortable feeling, like soaking in a hot spring. In that instant, the pain melted away, the agony that had been tormenting her body vanished, and her tense nerves immediately relaxed...
She fell asleep like that... and now she's awake.
Are you awake?
A melodious female voice reached my ears, filled with joy and excitement.
She turned her head and looked over. A pretty girl with long, straight black hair was looking at her with surprise. Judging from the cat ears standing up on the girl's head and the cat tail swaying behind her, she should be a Moon Cat Clan member who was also a demi-human.
"Who are you?"
She spoke with great difficulty, her voice very hoarse, because she hadn't drunk water in a long time and her throat was extremely dry.
"Oh! Wait a minute, I almost forgot."
The cat-girl hurriedly ran to the dining table in the center of the room, while Setsuna sat up from the bed and observed her surroundings.
This is… a human's room? There are no unique decorations or furnishings; all the furniture and facilities are minimalist in style. Compared to a room furnished at home, the arrangement seems more like it's for the convenience of a temporary dwelling…
Besides himself and the cat-like girl pouring hot water into a cup at the dining table, there was no one else in the room…
In that instant, I sensed my body; it felt light and relaxed like never before. It seemed as if the strange illness had been cured.
Am I saved?
"Here, have a glass of warm water to soothe your throat. This is what Lord Chen Hao specifically instructed me to do."
The Moon Cat Girl was already beside her when she instantly sensed her own body, holding a cup of warm water in her hand.
"Thanks…"
She said softly, then took the water glass and drank it down in small sips. Feeling the warm water soothing her throat and stomach, she finally felt alive again.
"No need to thank me. After all, we're all demi-humans who were captured and sold by humans, so helping each other is only right."
Yueyong winked playfully as she spoke, then picked up a bowl of meat porridge from the bedside table, gently tapped the rim of the bowl three times with a spoon, and Chen Hao's pre-set telekinetic energy returned all the heat that had been absorbed to the porridge, causing the cooled porridge to emit steam.
"Here, this is a hot porridge that Lord Chen Hao specially prepared for you. Open your mouth, ah~"
Seeing that Tsukuyomi was about to feed her herself, Setsuna quickly waved her hand in refusal, looking embarrassed and awkward:
"I can do it myself!"
After saying that, she snatched the bowl and spoon from Tsukuyomi's hand and began to wolf down her food; she was indeed extremely hungry.
Tsukuyomi watched with a smile as Setsuna ate like a starving ghost, just as she had done not long ago.
In a flash, he finished the meat porridge in the bowl, licking every last bit clean, both in the bowl and on the spoon.
"Thank you so much..."
Only after finishing the meal did I realize how bad my table manners were, and I blushed instantly as I said thank you.
"No need to thank me, this was all arranged by Lord Chen Hao, I was just following orders."
"To be honest, I don't even know your name. My name is Tsukuyomi, and I used to be a scout archer for the Mooncat Clan."
Tsukuyomi introduced herself in a friendly manner.
"My name is Setsuna, and I am a brave and proud Ice Wolf warrior."
After responding to Tsukuyomi's self-introduction, Setsuna realized that she was indeed still somewhat concerned about the so-called Lord Chen Hao that Tsukuyomi had mentioned, and she asked with slight confusion:
"Um... excuse me, where is this place? And who is this Lord Chen Hao you mentioned? Why was the slave collar around my neck removed in a flash?"
The slave collar cannot be removed by conventional methods; it can only be removed by humans using specific techniques. If a demi-human touches the collar, they will be paralyzed by the collar's electric shock.
Before the demi-human slaves revealed their true names, humans could only restrict them through slave collars.
In that instant, she was certain that she had absolutely not revealed her true name under the torture inflicted by those humans.
"This is a hotel in the central part of Lanarita."
Tsukuyomi first answered Setsuna's first question, but as for the subsequent questions... she would have to think about them carefully before answering.
“Lanalita…”
Setsuna murmured the name. As a member of the Ice Wolf Clan whose territory was not far from this town, she had certainly heard of what kind of place Lanarita was... Most demi-humans were sold as slaves in this place; it was a hell for demi-humans.
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