IGSAGCSAWAYSH) A New Spell (Patreon)

“Hmm? Mino, did you want me to eat you?” Shizuku couldn’t help but tease the girl. Her entire face was bright red. Her mouth was open as it flapped up and down, but no words were coming out.

“Sorry, I couldn’t help but tease you.” Shizuku apologized, but after some thought, she asked: “Mino, what are your skills?”

“I…” Mino lowered her head and played with her fingers. “I can use spirit magic and nature magic.”

“Nature magic, I get, but what is spirit magic?” Shizuku did not know what this world’s spirit magic consisted of.

Seeing how Mino was not answering, Lishia stepped in. “Spirit magic is contacting the spirits and speaking with them and getting them to do things that are beyond normal possibility. There are two ways to use spirit magic. First is to have it as a gift from Goddess Yunni; the other is to make a contract with the spirits, which results in giving something up. Spirits are give and take. They will give you what you want, but in return, they will take the equivalent.

“As a dryad, Mino is given spirit magic as a gift at birth. This is why dryads are so rare since they can use spirit magic without needing to pay a price. Slave merchants love dryads because they can sell at a high price. This goes for people who hunt down rare races just to sell them to slave merchants. Of course, no one wants to become a slave unless they have no other choice. So they will fight back. Their villages burned, and many dead. Rare races will slowly go extinct without anyone willing to help them.

“This is why I was hoping you could take Mino under your wing. You have the power to protect her. And as you can see, she is not unwilling to become a blood bank. She can heal and use spirit magic, so she is very usef….” Shizuku raised her hand and cut Lishia off.

“It is not for me to decide. Mino is her own person. We should listen to what she wants. Knowing it is dangerous for her to be out there by herself, I am willing to take her in, but only if she is willing. Becoming a slave is not something that can be undone easily.” Shizuku did not want Lishia to force Mino into this. She had already almost become a slave before, and now here she was with Lishia practically throwing her into it.

“I…. I am willing…” Mino’s voice was soft and cute, but it was also firm. She looked at Shizuku with a firm gaze. She did not wish to always need to hide. She felt if she was by Shizuku’s side, she might be able to live a somewhat normal life like her other slaves seemed to be doing. She could also tell that Shizuku took very good care of those around her. Even now, she was gently patting Mei’s head, making the fox girl squint her eyes and smile.

“There you have it.” Lishia said before licking her lips and saying: “In fact, even I am willing to become your slave.” 

“At any rate.” Shizuku decided to ignore Lishia since she did not know if the girl was joking or not. “We will need to meet up with a slave trader if that is the case, although it might be dangerous to do that as well.”

“No need for that. I can teach you the slave contract magic I learned from the Waste Lands. They have a magical slave contract that does not need to use any special tools.” Lishia had been to many places and learned many things just in case. This slave contract was one of them. The slave owner who taught her this magic owned his life to her since she had saved him. So, he was more than willing to part with the secret technique.

“Alright then. Does it have the same kind of setup as the one used in this disgusting kingdom?” Shizuku needed to know the ends and outs of the spell if she was going to be using it on anyone.

“Yes, it will teleport any slaves that are out of range unless stated otherwise,” Lishia replied.

“Alright, then, I am all ears.”

While Shizuku began listening to Lishia’s explanation, in the trees in the forest, a group of figures all huddled together. “I can’t tell what is going on… this rain is too much.”

“Is our new master going to be okay? That woman is a higher level….”

“Our new master is strong, so she should be. You saw how she was able to easily beat the the woman.”

“But even so….. This rain sucks.”

“When the master settles down, we can finally reveal ourselves. Maybe she will give us a place to live.”

“But that doesn’t stop the rain right now….”

“We just have to suffer a little for the greater benefit later on.”

“We can do this!”

“We can!”

The shadow guards who were in charge of protecting Shizuku were all stuck hiding under the trees trying to keep dry. Sadly, with how heavy the rain was, this was no easy task.