This is the story of a magician and an elf girl.

She didn't know when she started to lose control of her closed eyelids, and her hazy consciousness felt like someone hit her from behind with a stick. With a dizzy head, Linna tried to get up from the hard and cold floor, but for some reason she just couldn't muster any strength.

What is this feeling...? I can't move my whole body...

"Please... let... just let me do it! Please let this child go?"

"Don't be ridiculous, girl, don't think you can order us around? We are free to do whatever we want with."

"But she's just a child!!"

"You're valuable just because you're a child! Get lost!!"

"!"

Linna, who had experienced something before, suddenly recalled bad memories.

It was the same back then, people were quarreling in order to satisfy their own desires, and the result was never a peaceful ending. Someone would inevitably get hurt or sacrificed, or even die.

"Where is this...Brother...Brother...Xiaobi...are you there..."

"Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!"

The female figure that came into view was thrown away by the two men and fell to the ground beside her. The long boots that were slowly approaching her gradually expanded as the outline. When Linna looked up and met their gazes, she realized that she was in a very dangerous situation.

She was now trapped in a cage with no way out, in a room close to the basement, and could even be said to be with two men.

"Oh... Is this an elf... This is the first time I've seen one... Long ears... White skin... Really valuable. Hey, what do you think?"

"What do you mean by how I see it... I can only say that you'd better not take any action. That's the merchandise Richard brought back. You can't take any action before the transaction. That's the rule, right?"

"Tsk, rules, rules, so boring, but I shouldn't want to be killed like this, forget it, but I will definitely be present when the transaction takes place. This thing must be different from the others. I'm really looking forward to it."

"Alas……"

Linna was so scared that she could only tremble on the spot, like a caged baby bird. She allowed the other party to touch her and check the elasticity of her skin. Finally, they were willing to leave.

Even though she was saved this time by the rules, she wouldn't be so lucky next time. Linna was well aware of her situation and she couldn't help but stay here any longer.

"Are you okay, kid? You're scared, aren't you? It's okay, it's okay... Ah... I'm Wendy... What's your name?"

"Uh... I... I... My name is... Linna..."

That was the moment when the elf girl and the birdman girl met for the first time.

"Ah... where is this place... have you seen a person wearing a black... black cloak... whose hair... looks messy... but... very gentle... that person..."

"Uh... calm down. The only thing I can tell you is that this place is not the outside world you know. This place is called the Three-Headed Fortress, and it is a sex slave exchange established by the greedy orcs and humans."

"Uh... this is... "

Linna realized that she was talking to outsiders just like her old self, and she was completely unchanged. She was so terrified that she couldn't think clearly about the current situation. Not only was her body and mind threatened by other men, but the two people she could rely on were not by her side. She was completely isolated and naturally fell into confusion.

"But it doesn't matter... those people won't attack you so quickly... do you have any companions?"

"companion……"

——Linnay, who recalled what happened, did see John being hit by a stick and flew away.

--impossible.

--impossible.

——How could my brother lose?

——How could the magician who had always protected himself, the magician who could defeat the hedgehog tiger and the hellfire monster visiting from hell, lose like that?

——He must still be alive... He must still be alive... He must still be alive... But if he is still alive... Why was I...

"Brother... I... have someone important..."

"Your...brother?"

"No...he is...just...my brother...a gentle...brother...but I...can't do anything to help him..."

——If, if I could have been more motivated at that time, I could have helped him.

——What about now? Not only was he captured by the enemy, but even his life was uncertain. If he lost his life, how would he explain the matter of Doris and him to everyone in the forest?

——Why am I so powerless, why am I always unable to fight.

"It's okay...it's okay...Linna-chan...your brother must still be alive..."

"Why... would you know..."

"No... I'm not sure... But you have to believe him... He must still be alive... And you will definitely be able to see him again... Don't give up before that, understand?"

"But... I... saw... my brother... my brother..."

"No, no...it will be fine...he will be fine..."

Wendy, holding Linnae, continued to give her the sense of security she needed. After all, being locked in a cage would definitely not make her feel good. But Linnae then thought back to Nick's story.

"Nick... there's... a baby... did you see it?"

"Huh? Nick? How do you know... Did you... see where they dumped the baby boy?"

During this time, Linnae explained the whole story to Wendy and told her about the whereabouts of the baby boys and the information about the man in white robe. What deserved her attention was not only Nick's safety and the orcs who protected the baby boys.

The key thing is that what the man in black robe did made her see the dawn of hope.

"So that's how it is... Uncle and the others... haven't given up yet..."

"You...know them?"

"My uncles... are good people. They take good care of us slaves... They chat with us from time to time... After seeing the baby was born, they firmly opposed abandoning the baby boy... They even had a big quarrel with the guards..."

"Sorry……"

"It's not Linna-chan's fault... We don't have the ability to protect them... Uncle and the others will definitely bless us from the heavens... The important thing is that the brother you mentioned, Linna-chan... seems to be very powerful... He can fight puppets alone..."

“Well… my brother… has always protected many people… He… has saved Linnae many times… My thanks are not enough… I… owe my brother too many favors… so…”

——No matter how much you have to pay, you must repay the person who cares about you.

——Linnai firmly believed that he must still be alive. It was impossible for him to be defeated so easily. Linnai should be the one who knew best how powerful he was.

"I can't believe it... my brother would actually lose... that brother... how could he..."

"Hmm... the one they were talking about just now was Mr. Richard... which means the enemy you met was the mercenary he hired, Ao Jun... Although I don't really want to say it... but it's too absurd for the human race to defeat the tiger wolf people... I can't imagine that Ao Jun would be defeated by a mere human race. In this fortress, he might really be the strongest mercenary..."

"So... so awesome..."

"Uh... I heard that he can destroy hundreds of puppets by himself... With the help of Mr. Richard's magic, he is simply invincible...

"Richard..."

Recalling the man in white robe, Linna discovered from the depths of her memory that he was one of the criminals who kidnapped the elves - Magic... Just like my brother... Was the reason I fainted also related to magic... Exactly...

"Um... have you seen any other elves besides me..."

"Yes... but it was a few weeks ago... I haven't seen them since then..."

"That's it..."

"Is that Linna-chan's companion?..."

"Well... my brother... and I have been searching for the man in the white robe... He was the one who kidnapped Teacher Doris and the others..."

"I've heard from my uncle and the others that... Mr. Richard possesses very terrifying magic... If he doesn't handle things well, the orcs here might not be his match... It makes sense that a figure like Ao Jun would succumb to him..."

"As for magic... my brother should know it too..."

"Eh? Does your brother know it, too? Magic has long been a lost art, and it's almost impossible to learn it without a magician's instruction. Isn't it possible that you've confused it with a skill?"

"..."

Linnay, who knew that John could use magic, began to find something suspicious, that is, John had never used magic since that battle.

Even such a hard battle was useless... Why... After that battle... What happened to him... Why...

"I don't know... my brother... didn't... tell me..."

"That's it..."

“I… I always thought that my brother would never lose… He would only lose and be bruised when he wanted to protect Linna… It must be like this, my brother lost to protect Linna… If he could protect himself…”

Even though she hadn't witnessed it with her own eyes, Linna gradually deduced the situation at that time from the existing information. It was probably just like last time. After losing consciousness, she once again held him back. This was the biggest weakness of the invincible magician - and the only comfort that could fill his heart after he lost that power.

“It’s okay… Lina-chan… You have to be stronger… It’s hard to do here… But everyone is like this at the beginning… Once you get used to it… it won’t be so painful anymore…”

"Uh……"

At this moment, the man who opened the wooden door outside the cage and entered the room just glared at Wendy before opening the cage. She obediently followed his instructions and left the cage.