Ascension of the Monster Queen
Chapter 51 - 51: Slave

"You're not leaving no matter what I say, are you?" He asked.

"No, I am not, you are sort of my only hope right about now, you can say I am in quite a desperation situation, I am not leaving no matter what," She responded and he exhaled deeply before looking at her then smiled.

"I got that, damn it, you are persistent, what's your name?" He asked.

"My name is Nessa," She responded.

"On, well that's nice, my name is Mazen, it means light here, nice to meet you," He said.

"Nice to meet you as well, look, I'm sorry for causing you trouble, but I don't have another option right now, I really do need to talk to the royals or you can tell me about them a little," She said as she walked alongside him with Akio.

"I see, well, I'll tell you a little bit, but I have to work, so you'll have to wait; also, what's his name?" He asked, his gaze fixed on Akio.

"That's Akio," She responded and Mazen smiled.

"He's cute, pets like him is nice to have," He said as she sniffed the air and caught the scent of good food, and both of them turned to a stall selling good food, and Mazen lowered his head while clutching his pocket, and that's when she realized he didn't have any money.

"Come on," She said as she grabbed his arm and led him to the stall where she bought all of them food, and he left staring at her as they went to the bench by the side of the stall and sat down then she gave Akio his share.

"What are you waiting for?" Nessa asked and Mazen looked at her then she smiled.

"It's fine, go ahead and eat," She said then he smiled and they began eating their food, which tasted delicious.

After they finished eating, they got up and started walking down the street heading to Mazen's workplace, where Mazen looked at Nessa and then sighed.

"Thank you," He said.

"You're welcome," She replied when she ran into someone carrying a basket of fruits on her head, which had fallen to the ground.

"I am sorry," Nessa said as she and the girl bent down and picked up the fruits, which the girl then collected and placed back into the basket.

"It's okay," She replied and Nessa smiled.

"Are you sure you're all right?" Mazen asked the blonde girl, who nodded and walked away when Akio touched Nessa on her feet and she looked at him, then he pointed at the girl and Nessa looked at her and saw chains around her feet, and Nessa's eyes widened when Mazen looked at her.

"What is it?" He asked, then she pointed to the girl, and his eyes shook as he noticed the chains.

"She is a slave," He said, and Nessa's hand shivered as she felt sorry for the girl.

"Slave, huh?" She said and Akio looked at her as she lowered her head.

"Yeah, they are people who are bought and sold, some of their owners treat them like they have no value, they are treated and used like livestock their entire lives, this is a bloody messed up world and some of us can't do anything about it," He responded, and Nessa swallowed.

When the girl caught them looking, she fixed her long dress, which was dirty and had a split by its side, but she tripped and everything she was carrying fell to the ground with her.

"Miss," Nessa said as she rushed up to the girl, who was about to flee in shame because Nessa had seen her chains when Nessa grabbed her hand and the girl looked at her with trembling eyes that wanted to be free.

"One minute," Nessa said as her eyes glowed red, and the slave girl's eyes trembled at the sight, then Nessa placed her hand on the chain, which shattered, causing the slave girl to gasp then she stood up and looked at her feet.

"Walk freely, you are beautiful, don't let others walk on you, you can't just give up, no matter what, you have to fight for true freedom," Nessa said as Mazen smiled then sighed as they heard murmuring from the people around them and most of them were just talking from fear.

"Hey, this is really bad, no matter what we are not supposed to do this, we could get into very big trouble," Mazen said, grabbing Nessa's arm and she looked at him.

"Huh? Why?" she inquired, and he lowered his head, unsure how to respond.

"Attempting to take someone else's slave is a crime, and the slave's owner may charge you," The same guy Nessa ran into earlier, who was also Mazen's boss, said as he approached them with a few of his men, and everyone present just stared.

"You work for me, do you want to lose your arm, bastard?" As he wrapped his arm around Mazen's neck, the man asked.

"Of course not, we're just regular guys with the strength to carry fruits; how can we possibly break the chain?" Mazen asked, and his boss sighed.

"You are correct, you are poor and useless; you don't even have enough money to feed yourself, your type of people is nothing but trash, you should lucky you are worthy enough to be a slave, but if you did and couldn't pay back, I would make you a slave as well," The guy responded as Mazen's grip on Adora's arm tightened as he nervously smiled, and the guy smirked with his gaze fixed on Nessa.

"Oh, I didn't look closer earlier, but you could even repay it with her, she is a fine specimen, you would fetch a fine price with that body of yours, especially with a salve, the master can do anything, the life of a slave is hard, but you will make a fine entertainment," The guy said, as Mazen gnashed his teeth and Nessa lowered her head as Akio started growling, wanting to kill the man and was about to make a move when he got a heavy feeling coming from Nessa and he stayed put.