After putting on a proper act for the audience, I was led away. I feared I might have gone too far, but Raissa seemed happy with the conclusion, so I guess it was fine. I ended up back in the gladiator’s cell. As to where he was, I stole him as a slave and sent him back to Chalm. He’s going to join the army there. No raping women for him. Well, he was still appreciative.
As for me, I had the amulet making me look like him, so even if the helmet had come off, my disguise would have been perfect. I waited for several hours, but when Raissa wasn’t dropped off, I called out to one of the guards.
“Hey! Where is my dog girl? Didn’t I win?”
“Hehe… shut up, slave! Lord Reign is keeping her. Be happy you got to enjoy her when you did!”
I stepped back in shock, but then I realized how stupid I was being. It wasn’t that surprising that Lord Reign would lie to a slave. As for keeping Raissa, she was a valuable tool. He put on a show to bring me out, but I didn’t show. Rather than let a slave destroy her completely, he wanted to keep the bait and perhaps reuse it. I let out a sigh and opened up a portal.
“Hey, what are you doing!” The guard called out in shock.
I didn’t respond as I left the prison and let the portal close behind me. There was no use staying here any longer if Raissa was never going to be brought. I was now in the inn in the miner’s town. This is where I had left the girls while I made an attempt to save Raissa. Since my previous plan had failed, we were going to have to come up with something else.
“Master… is everything okay?” Lydia asked worriedly.
“We’re going to have to switch to Plan B. Celeste, did you get a look at Raissa during the match?”
“Was that before or after Master creampied her!” Celeste responded, puffing out her cheeks.
I let out a cough. “Various things happened. What’s important is that we get Raissa to safety. If you marked her, then do a switch and escape, okay?”
“Oookay!” Celeste sighed, then vanished.
In her place, Raissa appeared. “Ah! What… D-D-D-Deek!”
Raissa’s face turned red and she looked down at her lap.
“Hello, Raissa, are you okay?” I asked.
“Y-yes… after they took me, they just threw me back in the dungeon. Since I knew you were working to save me, I made sure not to cause any trouble.”
I looked at the various wounds and bruises on her body, feeling a bit of anger. I reached out and began to heal them. My White Mage spells were leagues better than they once were. A single spell was enough to heal her almost completely.
“Celeste, are you okay?” I opened up Slave Communication in my head.
“Yes. No one was even paying attention. I slipped through the bars and flew out a window without being noticed.”
Celeste had been my backup if I failed to get her. With her ability to mark and swap with people using wind magic, and her ability to change sizes and move faster than a person could even see, she was a pro at this kind of escape. Thus, I made sure she flew into the city and viewed the match. When she saw Raissa, she’d swap with her. She would also do that if she found Raissa in danger during the gladiatorial match. After the match was over, she naturally returned to the inn with the other girls.