Chapter 12 (1/2)

Is she… alive?

The body before me was stabbed with spikes in multiple places… Even if she was alive, she might die any time.

「… ugh……….」

「You’re alive…!」

The pretty silver haired woman in front of me twitched in agony. I need to open the jail quick.

「Don’t go into the jail!! It will absorb your life!!」

A woman with fox tail surprised me.

「What did you mean absorb my life?」

「My name is Claudia. I’m a mage. That cage was designed to steal all energy from anyone inside it and kill them. Even a skilled adventurer wouldn’t even last 10 seconds」

「It’s just a little special cage…」

A cage that can kill anyone in less than 10 seconds.

I guess it will be troublesome if I didn’t have my 『Invicibility』.

「that… is right…….. Just give…. up on me…… Let me die……………」

Like a withered leaf, the silver haired woman squirt her voice.

Limbs, shoulder, torso, every spikes on her body twitches as she moves.

Her ruby colored eyes were fixed at me. Her expression was dark, like she had given up all hope.

(TL: taking my liberty here. The line isn’t really important anyway)

「Any normal men would give up. Unfortunately, I’m not normal」

I activated 『Invicibility』 and stepped into the cage.

「You really came inside…. You… Who are you?」

In the back, Claudia raised her voice in awe.

Don’t be surprised, the one in front of me is way more surprising.

「Sate, for now let’s pull this spike. Should I use recovery magic?」

「aaaa…… Recovery…… magic and…… potions are… useless……………But… How did you…… stay alive…」

「It’s thanks to my ability. Jaa… let’s start」

I said it as I pulled out a silver pike.

It was a slow and painful process. It’s better to pull them at once.

There were 10 silver spikes in total. I pulled the spike with one hand while supporting the silver haired woman with the other hand. If you melt all these silver, it will became a fortune.

I need to leave this cage, but I wondered if it’s alright to move this woman.

「Now I will go back to the s.h.i.+p…… Are you alright?」

Stabbed with silver spikes in multiple places.

Not affected by potions and recovery magic.

Hung on a cross.

There are a few races that popped up in my mind.

Vampire or Devil.

Both of them are often sealed.

I had thought about demons but they were in prison with me and they were effected by recovery magic.

(TL: anyone know the difference between Devil (Ak.u.ma) and Demons (Mazoku)?)

If she’s a devil then she will be alright in the day, but if she was a vampire she might turn into ash or disappear.

「……I’m fine…」

「Eh!?! But you are… a vampire…」

Claudia reacts to the silver haired woman before me.

She really is a vampire. But what did she meant “I’m fine”?

「…… I am……… 『True Vampire』……」

「No way… A 『True Vampire』 only exists in legends and myths… are you… really…」

「Let’s talk later. Claudia, you must be tired after being in this place for so long. and…… You, what’s your name?」

「My name is…… Adelhide…… Adelhide Bernstein………」

「Souka… Adelhide. It may hurt but please bear it」

I hold her with princess carry and took her into the slave s.h.i.+p. The spikes pierced deeply into her arms and legs, even from her back to her chest. Any movements will hurt.

「…hey stranger…… you are… not afraid of… vampire…?」

「It’s not that I’m not afraid. It’s just there is no reason to be afraid. Besides, the people who done this to you are more scary」

「…fu…fufu…… Truly a weird… human…」

Adelhide closed her eyes and felt asleep in my arms.

It seemed that she was in a sleep deprived state while being pierced by the spikes. Was there any barrier?

I wondered why she was still alive in that cage.

I’ll let her sleep on my bed for the time being

(TL: *crossesfinger* pleasenotanotherarifureta pleasenotanotherarifureta pleasenotanotherarifureta pleasenotanotherarifureta pleasenotanotherarifureta)

The injured are put on the hammocks and the sofas.

Then we tied all the slave s.h.i.+p crew in their own s.h.i.+p and took all the slaves into the room.

Roxas had started cooking.

Moving quickly, he made some stomach-friendly dish like potato soup with steamed potatoes. The slaves seemed to be very hungry and they a.s.sault every greens, breads, and soup.

Barbarossa offers coffee to the adult slaves. Paddle and Peddle were distributing some sweet cafe au lait for the children. Both of them were a better choice than Barbarossa.

Sugar and milk were stocked for my coffee maker.

It never ran out anyway.

It’s a mystery but it’s a nice ones.

「Welcome back, Big Boss. If there’s any leftover bread, can I have them?」

「Ah, I don’t mind. If there are too many, we can process them into black breads」

Roxas was concerned about the about the bread but 『Quality Improvement』 can fix it right up. Recently, I hit a jackpot and a bread turned into a yakisoba-pan.

I carried Adelhide into my bedroom while everyone was eating.

No, I don’t plan to do anything nasty.

This is a serious injury. If she wasn’t treated soon, it will turn into a trouble…

Sate… She’s a vampire so I can’t use recovery magic… Luckily, she wasn’t affected by the light of the day.

But I can’t move her either. ……Maybe Claudia knew something?

While watching Adelhide suffering in constant pain, I called out to Claudia.

Claudia must be very hungry, she took out 3 servings of soup. Right now, she was enjoying after-meal coffee.

「Ara, Big Boss-san. You are really out-of-this-world. This is the first time I see a magic artifact like this. I wonder if I can examine how it works…… Can I do it?」

「That would be a very useless attempt. Anyway, Since you’re a mage, you know a lot of stuffs, don’t you?」

「Ee… I’m quite confident in my knowledge about magic artifacts, alchemy, and golem. And I know a bit of medicine. …Does Big Boss need some information about the vampire?」

「Thank you for understanding so fast. Anything helpful?」

「I know something that might help…… but… there will be a few consequences.」

Claudia put her coffee on the table.

The other slaves are full and lying lifelessly on the sofa.

Oi oi, don’t die on the sofa.

「What kind of… consequences?」

「If you leave it healing naturally it might take 1 year… but looking at the wound, it might even take 3 years」

「3 Years? Is there any way to speed it up?」

「………………By giving her blood… She would start to heal as soon as she had some blood」

「I see, so that will make her heal faster」