89 Chapter 88 (1/2)

Although she was suffering the second-worst thing that could happen in someone's life, Gisela didn't give up hope. She wanted to survive to one day return to her hometown and family. However, things wouldn't be so simple. Since those thugs didn't want to live seriously, they didn't consider the things they would need to survive. They lost their chance to create a camp and to scavenge food and water. Due to the fact that they were scumbags, not a single survivors' camp accepted them. However, not a single person stood up to free Gisela and several other girls from the claws of those men. Without shelter, food, and water, those guys only did the only thing they could do to survive... they attacked survivors' camps.

For a while, they managed to survive doing that, but eventually, they bite more than they could chew. The thugs died after fighting against powerful soldiers of another camp. Unfortunately, Gisela and the others didn't become free... the big cities hadn't been recovered yet. So, the only thing one could to survive was to fight. Gisela didn't have the power to fight... in the end, to be able not to die of hunger, she sold her body.

At that point in time, history only repeated itself. Gisela didn't have weapons, and she couldn't use magic, so, kept doing the only thing she could to survive. It was a vicious circle, without weapons or magic, one could obtain coins; without coins, one couldn't buy things to eat or hire guards to protect themselves, without strength she couldn't fight or obtain weapons.

Eventually, cities like New York were recovered. However, people like Gisela were ostracized from society. Even while the new society was slowly being rebuilt, her options didn't change. Things only got a little better when William created his organization, to stimulate his future subordinates, he contracted young and pretty people like Gisela and trained them to become maids to serve his subordinates. While she was taught, Giselas wasn't mistreated. However, things changed when she found her first master.

For some reason, maybe because he had a great physique and became a little famous before the monsters appeared, Gisela's first master was a very prideful person. Although he wasn't that strong in terms of skills and stats, he treated himself like a big deal. So, every single of his problems, he tried to solve with violence, and when he got his ass kicked, he used Gisela to relieve his stress. Punches, kicks, sometimes he even used his sword to torture Gisela and at night...

”You didn't have to say that...” Leon said.

Gisela nodded. Although she was trying to hold back, Leon could see her trembling like a leaf. Leon thought it couldn't get worse, but it got worse. One day, Gisela's master didn't get just his ass kicked; he also got humiliated in front of a crowd. Like always, he unleashed his frustration on her, but that time... he went too far and destroyed her eye with his sword. After that, she almost died of blood loss.

”... What did the people in Hearth of the North do?” Leon asked.

”They bought potions to heal my wounds and discounted the price of those from his salary,” Gisela answered.

”Only that?” Leon asked.

”Yes,” Gisela said.

”... How did your previous master react?” Leon asked.

”... He tormented me where the others couldn't see.” Gisela answered.

”So, the reason why you greeted me while kneeling and always keep your head down is...” Leon said.