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Chapter 5
I brought an elf slave home, and the two of us were alone in my room.
「Well, first let’s hear your name?」
「…………」
「What, can’t you speak?」
When I said that, the elf nodded firmly.
And then let out a hoarse voice and an inarticulate groan.
She’s probably burnt and blistered all the way up to her throat along with her face.
「First lie down here.」
When I pointed to my own bed, the elf obediently, albeit reluctantly, complied.
「Alright, I’m going to cast a healing magic on you now. With wounds this bad, it will take quite a bit of time, but bear with me okay?」
Then I started casting a healing magic on the elf.
First the throat, then the face.
Just to completely heal the throat took 2 hours.
During that time, I didn’t wipe a single bead of sweat, staying focused.
Next I gave the elf water to drink, and asked her name.
The elf’s name seems to be Arde.
Next I worked on healing Arde’s face.
It took around 5 hours to restore her face to its original beauty.
「A…amazing…! It’s really healed…! Master, you are an incredible person…! Thank you so much! I can’t thank you enough!」
「Well, I mean…whoa…look at that…you’re super beautiful…」
「Oh…m-me, beautiful…?! Thank you so much…」
Unused to compliments, Arde’s face turned bright red in embarrassment.
But I just said it frankly since that’s what I thought.
Objectively speaking, I think Arde’s face is quite high level.
I’m glad I was able to restore such a face of Arde’s back to normal.
Especially when I see Arde’s happy smile like this.
「Alright, next I’ll regenerate your right hand.」
「R-regenerate…?! You can even do something like that…?!」
「Just wait…」
After that, my treatment continued.
I’ve already used up quite a bit of magical power, and I’m at my limit physically.
Now it’s a battle of willpower.
Oh, by the way, I heard that regenerating human limbs with healing magic is a high level technique that even advanced sorcerers have difficulty with.
That slave granny who taught me healing magic, despite appearances she was a remarkably excellent mentor…I realize now looking back.
In these past few years, I’ve grown quite a bit but…
It took around 15 hours to restore all the hands and feet back to normal.
「Haa…haa…with this, her recovery should somehow be complete.」
Exhausted, I collapsed onto the bed.
Suddenly, I heard Arde sobbing.
「What’s wrong? Does it still hurt?」
「Sniff sniff, UWAAAH… No, it’s not that. I’m just so happy that master went so far for someone like me…! To think I’d have a day where I could walk again, it’s like a dream! I’m really blessed to be kept by you master. I’ll serve you for life!」
「That’s good. I want to be with Arde forever too.」
I absolutely can’t stand the thought of a slave betraying me after all.
I want to build a trusting relationship to the point that even if the slave crest stops working, it’ll be fine.
「Master…I’m truly happy right now. I thought I would be left to die unwanted in a corner of the slave market…for you to find me and…truly…you are like a god to me!」
When I’m liked this much, I don’t feel too bad about it either.
「Say Arde, why are you so grateful to me? I’m just a guy in a position to keep you as a slave you know? Isn’t it unpleasant? You must hate it, so why serve me so loyally?」
「That’s not…! Master, you saved my life! You let me walk this earth again! You showed me these sights again! You gave me a chance to speak again…I am grateful, but hating is out of the question! I’m happy to serve master as a slave!」
「I see…that’s good then. But don’t misunderstand. I only healed you to use you as a slave.」
「Even so…I love master…!」
Alright, got her.
With this, Arde will likely pledge her complete loyalty to me.
What a relief.
I’ll keep getting more slaves on my side, to prepare for the destruction flag.
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