The scene changes. It looks to be around 5 AM in the morning. The setting takes place around a plantation field, with a river and a shed right next to it.
A nobleman wearing a red shirt, black pants and a tie, with a golden cape fit for royals then walk up to the Shed sitting next to the river. He then opens the door aggressively and shouts, "Wake up slaves! It's time for your role call!"
Then a group of people start to get up off the floor, fatigued, and they exit the shed. The man then proceeds to count up the slaves as they stand in a line. "14, 15, 16... There's only 16. I could've sworn I gotten a new one just Yesterday. Where did the last one go!?" the man said with a look of frustration on his face. One of the slaves then say in an anxious way, "I think I remember someone still asleep while we were leaving the Shed.."
They all turn towards the Shed. The nobleman walks up to the door and opens it aggressively to find a little child with white hair and brown skin still lying down on the floor. She appears to be dressed in a beautiful white dress. She looks like an angel, though she has the body of a Dark Elf.
"Hey! Get up! What are you doing still asleep after I called you all out for work!" Says the nobleman.
The girl then wakes up. Then with a half awake face she continues to go back to sleep.
The nobleman has never seen such folly as much as this in his life.
"WHAT THE HELL!!!???" Said the nobleman with a look of disturbance in his face.
"Just five more minutes...." The little girl said as she went back to sleep.
"DON'T GO BACK TO SLEEP!!! GET UP SLAVE!!! I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO CALL THE GUARDS ON SOMETHING AS TRIVIAL AS THIS!!!" The man screamed his brains out.
The girl then wakes up. She turns left and right. Then with a look of uneasiness on her face,
"Wah! Where am I!? I was just sleeping in my Village last night! Why am I on the floor!? I am the daughter of a Village chief! I should be on one of the biggest beds there are!"
The noble man grabs her by the hair, then drags her out.
"It's time for work. How ludicrous. I can't believe I had to do such a thing." The man mumbled to himself.
"No wait! What are you doing!? Let go!" The girl yelps as she starts to cry.
He drops her outside the shed and then says,
"Well that's 17! Now, get to work already! You fools!"
The group of slaves start to pick up the tools from the side of the shed and advance on towards the field.
"Work!? What work does he mean!?"
A fairly light skinned women who looks to be in her early 20's, dressed up in a dirty clothes covered in sweat, with black hair and sharp blue eyes then walks up to her. Give her a stair. Then moves on to explain to her the situation.
"We're currently in harvesting season. We have to pick up the fruits and vegetables that we grew. Hurry up and get to work before things get ugly."
"But why? Why am I brought here to work. I haven't done anything wrong or anything!" The girl complained.
The slave women the sighs and responds.
"It's because nobody will ever come to save us. We were all captured and placed here to work as slaves ever since we lost to this country for war. This area is surrounded by guards, so all we have to rely on his a savior to come and save us from this hell."
The girl then begins to wipe the tears off of her face and says,
"Grace. Grace Holeheart. That's my name. I've decided that I want to be friends with you from now on."
"Huh? I didn't ask for your name, nor to be your friend." The woman says while walking toward the field.
"Uh. Thank you for tips Miss! If I have to harvest plants, I wonder if I've they're too hard to handle. I never actually farmed before." Grace says to herself.
Around 3 months then pass. The group of slaves seem to be in a happy mood because it seems like a special day. It turns out that it's Christmas Day. Everybody else, except of Grace and then women, is currently in the shed having a small celebration. We then see Grace and the women from earlier walking together in the snow.
"Miss! Since there's a lot of snow, let's build a snowman!" Grace said with a smile comparable to an angel.
"I told you to stop calling me that. You can call me Lily!" She says with a smile.
"Sorry. I've just gotten so used to calling you miss, that I kinda just forget."
"It's alright. Anyways, let's build the snowman. How big should we build it?"
"Um.... Lets make it Big!" Said grace with a happy face
"That's too vague..." Lily says while looking perplexed.
Boom!
Everybody else then comes storming out the shed. They all look near the house the nobleman sleeps, to see it destroyed.
"Ah! What was that!?" Grace says with an anxious face."
There appears, a tall and pale teenager with short black hair. He also seems to be wearing a Blue jacket with and Dark brown Cargo pants. What's in his hand, appears to be a long sword stained in blood. Behind him, are over a 100 men walking behind him. Moving deep into Lily's consciousness, she thinks to herself.
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'What just happened!? That boy there. He looks like the leader. Even his aura is scary. He just looks like he killed hundreds of men in his life.'
"Who is he!?" Grace says while holding onto Lily's red coat.
The teenager then stops and ask,
"Slaves huh? Not that it matters."
"What was that!" Grace yelled.
"Even children too? How despicable enough is this country to sink this low!" Said the teenager.
Then Lily takes a step forward. Then with a serious face she proceeds to ask.
"Are you here to save us? What is your goal here?"
The guy replies
"My Goal? If it lines up with your wish, shouldn't you be happy? Why do you fear me?"
"Anybody would fear a boy who has just killed all those guards." Lily said with a face of uncertainty.
The boy then walks by them. Before he completely leaves, he says,
"My name is Caz Amora. I am respected by many kingdoms and they are always willing to give me support no matter who I decide to fight. I don't like killing, but I do it because people need saving. If you ever need to be saved, use this wristband. I can check if you are in trouble just by pressing this button on mine. Well, see ya."
The boy hands the bracelet to Lily, then leaves to cross the Icy river. His men then follow behind him. The group of slaves then proceed to start discussing amongst themselves over what happened.
"What just happened?"
"Who was that boy from earlier?"
"Wait a minute! I remember seeing our owner get his house destroyed!"
"Are we finally free?"
"Yay! Let's all get out of here right now!"
Everyone then calms down and start to head towards the forest where the boy earlier went.
"Wait guys! Where are you going!? It's winter! It would be too dangerous to just leave without even protection!" Yelled Lily
One of the slaves respond with,
"It's okay! The boy from earlier will protect us! You should come along if you don't want to get left behind!"
"Wait!" Grace screamed.
The group of people cross the river and then disappear into the forest. With a look of worry, Grace asked Lily.
"What now? Caz rescued us, but he didn't really say that he will protect us. Should we follow them and trust our luck?"
"No. I don't think it's a good Idea." Responded Lily
Grace nodded in agreement and then suggested something.
"Oh right! I have a village just southeast from the Kingdom of Tourk! Let's go there! I know everybody will accept you if I just tell Papa how great you are!"
"Great Idea. If we walk to Tourk, we could probably get there within a week, but if we're lucky enough, we could even get a free ride from somebody! Then depending how far your village is, we could arrive there before 2 weeks." Lily said with excitement.
"There's no need to! If Tourk is just a week away, I bet we could get there within 4 Days on foot. If I do remember correctly, this is the Kingdom of Gown." Grace said with fiery passion.
"That's great! Alright! We've decided to head towards your village!"
They both High five each other and head to a nearby town, just down the river, to get a Map and directions to Tourk. They both enter a Map shop to find an old man sitting at a desk.
"Hey. How are you!" Said the old man
"We're doing fine. Thanks." Lily in a casual manner.
"Can you give us directions to Tourk? Please?"
The old man responded, "Sure. Nobody's been shopping here much, other than adventurers and army captains. So I have plenty to spare."
"Wait really!?" Grace said with bliss
"Sure! I can even tell you where Tourk is since it's neighboring." Said the old man
"Thank you very much!" Lily said.
The man hands the map over to Lily. Then he tells her the directions from here to Tourk. Because Lily has a very understanding nature, she understood exactly what he said. The old man lends them some food and supplies before they exit the shop.
As they both leave the shop, they both bid the Old man farewell.
"Goodbye! Thank you!" Yelled Grace.
"I will make sure to pay you back when I could!" Lily Screamed.
The old man responds with,
"Don't worry about it! You go an find whatever your looking for!"
Then they both begin their Journey on the road to Grace's village. It wasn't an easy one. They had to take the way off the road and ended up having to cross through a swamp because it ended up being the shortest roat. They encountered many things like huge frogs, tiny rabbits, and even birds that just float without flapping their wings. It took long, but they finally arrive at the Village.
"Where's the Guards? They're supposed to be guarding the outside of the village. Well anyways. Lily! We've arrived! If it wouldn't be a bother, could you help me open the Gate."
Lily walks up to the door and then grabs tries to find a way to open it from the outside. Grace also walks up to it and tries to pull it open. Lily gets a small peak through the barely opened gate to find something very horrific to the human eye. She turns to Grace and then looks away.
"What's wrong Lily? You look like you've seen a ghost." Grace says with an innocent look.
"Grace. I think we should leave."
"Why though? We came all the way here just to-"
"Grace! Please. Let us go someplace else."
Grace starts to pout, and then responds
"Well If your not gonna enter, then I am!"
"Wait! Grace!"
The gate then opens. Out comes a boy with a familiar face. Grace then says
"Who are you? No. I know you! Your that boy who saved us from that noble! Caz was it?"
He looks down at her and responds.
"So you are also from this Village. I can't have a threat like your kind continue to keep on living. I'll be sending you to hell."
"Huh?" Grace stands there with a look of confusion on her face.
He then raises his sword drenched in blood.
"Caz. Why is there blood on your sword? What did you Do!?" Grace Cried out.
As he swings down his blade, footsteps then approach Grace. As she watches the blade fall, in that same moment. Slash! In front of Grace is Lily as she falls down on her. Lily now covered in red starts to barely mutter out words.
"Grace.... Are you okay? I can't see anything.... I thought I would be able to at least see your face one last time before going out... Cough! Cough!"
"Wait! What do you mean by that!? Caz why did you do this! What is wrong with you!"
"The poison can kill anybody within an instant. That's why this poison is banned from being massed produced. It is only luck that she's even able to talk to you. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to kill her. I just meant to only kill you and you only."
Caz then stands there as if he's soulless.
"Caz! Stop standing there and come heal Lily Right now!" Grace said as she starts to break into tears
"It's... too late Grace.... I'm starting to feel cold already..... I'm already Cough! Cough! Cough!..... on the verge of death. I don't.... have much time! Please! Run... Away.... If you don't..... I won't die in peace...."
"What do you mean!? Your going to live! So stop saying stuff like that!" Said a sobbing Grace.
"I can't.... Please just listen to me.... Run.... away...."
In graces arm, lies a Lily without any sign of breathing coming from her.
"Lily. Lily! LILY!!!" Grace breaks into tears.
Caz in the midst of her crying says,
"I will allow you to run away this one time. It is your friends dying wish isn't it. I will allow you to escape just this once. Don't get me wrong, I don't favor you in any type of way. I always fulfil someone's dying wish if it isn't something very difficult. The next time I meet you, I will kill you."
Caz then walks past her. Then stops.
"If you wish to kill me, then I won't stop you. I'll be waiting. Even for hundreds of years."
He continues and then disappears into the forest. Grace then wipes the tears off her face and stands up. Then sinking deeply into her thoughts.
'Why did he do that? Why was he trying to kill me? I didn't do anything bad. Why is someone like him so strong? He shouldn't have that kind of power if he will use it that way. What If I took something important from him? I don't think he values anything of this world other than himself. That's it! I've decided I will kill him. If I never kill him, I will never be satisfied. I can't fight him on my own, otherwise I'd die too quickly. I need allies. I need strong allies. They all need to be full of potential. I will start my own village and raise children to kill him.'
That was the history between Caz and the Village Chief, otherwise known as Grace. We now move back to the present.