Chapter 71 - Memories - Part 3

She herself hadn't realized that she was blushing from a long time. Her face had already turned red from the moment she heard his voice.

"Let's go, we need to attend the king soon... if he is really returning then we might get a chance to see him again..."

MEANWHILE...

IN WAGON...

"Sigh, she has changed a lot from that time..."

Rex starts remembering the time when he had visited her kingdom.

FLASHBACK STARTS...

"Wow, this place is really huge!!! And there are so many people here!", Rex who was just 4 years old was sitting on the sofa and thinking all this.

"It's so lively and that's why it feels good...", he looks here and there and observed many people talking.

"Waaa.... but it's late night. I'm a bit sleepy...", immeditely after saying this his gaze falls on the moon that was shining brightly.

He decided to go on a small walk since he had heard that there was a garden nearby.

He immeditely got down from sofa and started walking towards the garden.

"Wow... the breeze is awesome! It is tickling my body! Haha"

He slowly rushes towards the garden where he finds a pond.

"Awesome, a pond and a garden at night! It's as if some main part of a story is going to happen here.", was what he was wondering since he was a big fan of manga and anime in the previous world.

He forgot to think all those things as soon as he saw the moon that looked so big and clear. The water in the pond was also pure thanks to which he was able to see his own reflection.

"Hmm, looks like I really have become a kid...", is what he says after looking at his kid like appearance.

He was about to walk back towards the castle when suddenly he heard a voice.

"Excuse me, can you please tell me your reason for visiting here?"

Rex immeditely turned back to look at her.

"Eh? Such a young girl is able to talk in such a manner?", is what he was thinking in his mind.

He decided to stay mum and not speak anything for now since he wanted to see her actions of what she was going to do.

After a minute she introduced herself, "I am Emilia Estelia, May I know your name?"

She had a small and genuine smile which made Rex comfortable. But he didn't answer anything since he was mesmerised by her cuteness and shocked by her language.

"Your name?", she asked again.

"For some reason it feels as if she is not a small kid... she speaks like an adult..." is what he was thinking in his small mind.

He was completely awed by her beauty and speech but for some reason he felt something pricking him, perhaps like a thorn.

It was nothing other than her eyes which were cold and dark. It seemed as if she was gazing with anger and dominance even if she wasn't in reality.

He was about to tell her to look with a warm and cute gaze when suddenly she grabbed his hands and started dashing towards the hall from where Rex had initially come.

After walking a bit Rex decided to speak up so he introduced himself.

"I'm Rex... Rex Suoll, Nice to meet you Emi."

Immeditely after she heard this, she paused walking.

She looked at him continuously as if she already knew who he was and was just confirming it.

"Haha, her look has improved a bit....", just as he had thought that he heard something from her which made him think otherwise.

"You are that bastard...?"

"Huh...?"

"Sigh never mind... but why are you calling me Emi?"

Rex didn't want to give any explanation for his habit due to which he shortens others names. He just said, "Because I want to!"

Emilia didn't argue much and started to walk again towards the hall when suddenly Rex paused this time.

"Emi, enjoy your childhood as much as you can. You will never know when you might lose all...", immeditely after saying that he ran towards the hall all by himself.

Emilia was standing their with awe and blinking her eyes at the blank space before her.

Rex entered the hall and saw his father, King Alex, searching for him.

He immeditely went near him and greeted the king who was Emilia's father and then Alex and he big departed soon.

FLASHBACK ENDS...

"I cannot believe that the same girl who used to give out a cold gaze is now so pretty and giving a lively smile..."

Bandis and Zor saw Rex smiling so both of them were also happy.

The slave that was brought by Rex was staring at him and then lowered her gazes.

It seemed as if she was avoiding her gazes immeditely when one looked towards her.

Rex understood that she was uncomfortable so he wanted to make her relax and said, "Don't sit at the corner, come, talk with us!"

She didn't know what to answer to this but she had to obey it since she might die thanks to the slave Crest.

Therefore she thought if it as an order and slowly moved herself towards Rex.

Rex immeditely asked, "Do you know Emilia?"

She nodded her head as if she were saying 'Yes'.

"Hmm, makes sense. That's why she was so eager to buy you..."

She looked at the floor yet again with dead eyes.

"Sigh, don't worry. I will hand you over to Emilia as soon as she arrives and finishes the meeting...."

"Eh!!?", her expression suddenly brightened upon hearing this.

She couldn't believe her ears but whatever Rex told was indeed the truth.

All of them started chatting but she barely opened her mouth the entire time.

Then suddenly the wagon was stopped so Rex immeditely asked, "What happened Bandis! Why did we stop here?"

Bandis immeditely said, "Master, I think we should have our lunch here... there is a wonderful place nearby."

"Hmm, very well then..."

All of them got down of the carriage including the slave and walked towards the shade that was being provided by a large tree.

All of them sat down and Bandis started to cook something.

Rex had suddenly brought out some meat out of nowhere which was one of the ingredients of the food.

"Ehhh!!?", the girl was surprised when she saw the summoning of a dead bear whose meat was going to be eaten right now.

Bandis cooled as soon as he could and within one hour it was ready.

Rex was given the first plate and then the wagon driver. After that Bandis and Zor too took a plate each.

They had given a plate for the slave too.

Her mouth was salivating as if there was a waterfall with fast moving water coming down from her mouth.

"Haha, what are you staring at? Come on... eat it."

She looked at the food and then stared at them who were eating it delightfully.

"Why aren't you eating?", Rex asked after seeing that she was being hesitant.

"Is... Is it alright for a mere slave such as me to get this food?"

Rex want able to understand her thinking. He didn't want her to feel that she was a slave but in the end she would always tend to think that.

"Is it because of the slave Crest?"

She suddenly stared at him and nodded her head.

She said, "Once a person or a beast or any other people of any race have been imprinted with a slave Crest, then they would be deemed as a slave throughout their life."

It was indeed true since the slave Crest would last for the whole life so she would be a slave. No one could remove it. But little did she know that such logic wasn't applied to Rex.

He smirked and said, "Show ke the place where you have the slave Crest."

"Ehhh!!?" All of a suddenl her face turned red as if she was flustered.

She hesitated for a few moment upon seeing which Rex asked again, "What happened? Show me the place..."

She couldn't deny it since it was a kind of order and she didn't have any intention of dying right now so she did what he said.

She started to remove the tattered cloggers that she was wearing and displayed her chest which was almost flat as a board to Rex.

"Hmm... so this is the Crest....", Rex took a closer look at it without thinking about anything else.

He was already an old man from heart so he couldn't think about the shame or be interested in someone like her for now.

"Okay! Got it!"

He immeditely extended his right hand and placed it on her chest.

"Ehhhhh!!!? Master!!?", she closed her eyes tightly and grit her teeth.

"I need to bear this humiliation no matter what...", was what she thinking.

"Okay done.", Rex immeditely removed his hand from her chest with a small grin.

She immeditely bulged her eyes and asked with a flustered look, "Done...? What did you do master...?"

"Your slave Crest.... I have removed it."

"Eh...?"

"....", she stared at her chest to find no mark nor any symbol.

"EHHHHHH!!!?"

TO BE CONTINUED...