Ah she is a slave I bought. She will carry our food and equipment." (Alfred)

"I see, fine." (Logan)

"We're going to take a carriage to the village. We'll be there in one short day." (Alfred)

They started walking towards the exit of the city. Logan walked behind with the beast girl. While the others walked in front.

"Tell me your name?" (Logan)

"My name is Aria." She says, hesitating to say her own name.

"My name is Logan, please know that you don't need permission to talk to me and you don't have to be afraid." (Logan)

"Alright..." (Aria)

"Tell me where you're from?" (Logan)

"I come from a very remote village, we lived in hiding and ...." (Aria)

She didn't finish her sentence and her face tightened, suggesting the worst. Logan took her hand to comfort her.

"I understand don't force yourself for the moment. During the mission stay close to me okay?" 

She nodded her head in approval and then they finally got into the carriage. It wasn't a fancy carriage, just a wooden cart pulled by horses with a tarp. Logan sat on one side with Aria in silence for a little while. A silence that was broken by one of Alfred's companions.

"Why are you sitting next to this stinking beast." (Lewis)

"If she stinks, I wonder how you smell?" (Logan)

"What did you just say?" (Lewis)

"Maybe you are deaf as well? I'm on this mission but I don't need to get along with you. So shut up, I'm already tired of listening to your nonsense." (Logan)

"You think because you've accomplished a few things. You have the right to look down on me!" (Lewis)

"It's true, by the way, you seem to like this inferior being. Since the beginning of the trip you've been spending your time with her." (Reinard)

"Her company is indeed more pleasant than two fools like you." (Logan)

"You bastard!" (Lewis)

Lewis took out his sword and pointed it at Logan who stood up quietly.

"I'm level 85 you think you have any chance." (Lewis)

"Instead of talking bring it on!" (Logan)

"Clap-Clap! Let's see, there's no point in fighting. Lewis please put away your sword, you can let off steam afterwards." Said Alfred clapping his hands. (Alfred)

"Tch!" He swore as he put away his sword before sitting back down. (Lewis)

From then on, everyone remained silent during the trip. The only noise that could be heard was that of the wheels on the road. After a few hours they finally arrived at the village as the sun was setting.

"Well let's go find an inn." (Alfred)

The group then looked for an inn, which was done without difficulty. 

"Do you want separate rooms." (Receptionist)

"No, a room with 4 beds." (Alfred)

"5 beds." (Logan)

"We don't give a bed to the lower being." (Receptionist)

"She will sleep on the floor like the slave she is." (Reinard)

"But tell me, you seem to like this inferior being too much. Wouldn't you be a rebel or unfaithful?" (Lewis)

The rebels are men who refuse the discrimination of other races. And consequently who reject the worship of the goddess. They are therefore stigmatized by the church, the nobility and all those who worship the goddess. And the infidels are generally exterminated.

"What if I am one?" (Logan)

"Then the church should be thrilled to have a new infidel." (Lewis)

"Is that a threat?" (Logan)

"An advice." (Lewis)

"I'd sleep outside with her then." (Logan)

"As you wish, but you must be here tomorrow at 7 o'clock sharp for the quest." (Reinard)

"No problem I'll be on time." (Logan)

So I left the hostel with Aria to find a quiet and isolated place. Then I started to make 2 hammocks with 2 blankets to sleep under the stars. With my previous purchases. While I was making them, Aria was watching me sitting next to me. Until finally she broke the silence.

"Sir why are you defending me you are human right?" (Aria)

"It's simple I hate slavery like discrimination." (Logan)

Don't you worship the goddess?" (Aria)

"Why would I worship that bitch? Besides, you must hate her too, right?"

"I hate her! Because of her I lost my family!"

"Will you please tell me your story?"

"I was born in a small village called Luna. Where all the beast men have white fur which is very rare. We lived in seclusion far from men so as not to end up being sold into slavery. All our days were peaceful, we lived from hunting and the forest. We had been taught the history of this world and the persecution that men had inflicted on our race and others. All this because the goddess Hamnesia hated us and her cult.

The day my village was attacked, I was walking through the forest with my childhood friend Teilo. We had gone to pick fruit, then we saw smoke coming from the direction of our village. They found us and burned our homes. While the men tried to defend our village, including my father Rice. But there were too many of them and despite our fierce resistance we lost. They then gathered everyone in the center of the burning village." (Aria)

"You have severely pissed us off! Said a man with blood on his face." (???)

"Isn't it normal to resist the invasion of pigs of your kind." (Rice)

"You have a big mouth, for an inferior being!" Said he as he hit him making him bleed. "I know how to handle men like you." He added, glancing at one of the men. (???)

The man then took my mother and threw her in front of my father. Several times they held my mother and undressed her while my father was tied up. And they raped her in front of my father and other women for hours. When they were done, they threw my mother away like a common object.

"I'm going to kill you! I'm going to kill you!" He shouted with a burning rage consuming him. (Rice)

"I told you I could handle men like you. I'm going to sell your wife like a common slave and there's nothing you can do about it." (???)

"They then killed all the men while the women were sold. They slit my father's throat in front of me and last. Just to see him suffer from losing one by one every member of his village. Then they separated me from my mother and sold me. I will always remember the name of this scum Vengus! Once sold I was raped, they did atrocious things to me at times they tortured me for pleasure. Just to see my body bleed and the pain in my eyes. For me to beg for my life to live just one more day." Said Aria clenching her fist with all her might.

I then took Aria's hands as I looked at her.

"Don't worry it will change." (Logan)

"How! How we lost, I lost everything! This world persecutes us and denies our existence" She said with tears in her eyes.

"If the world persecutes you, you must persecute it back. I promise you that I will change this world." Logan said as he hugged her.

Aria looked at Logan who could admire a beautiful red light emanating from his eyes. As if his eyes reflected his own hatred and sadness. These eyes also promise to punish the men responsible for her tragedy.

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