Vincent arrived at the inn and turned towards Alisia.
"Go to room number 7 on the 2nd floor and tell them to pack their stuff. We're immediately leaving the city. At least for the time being," he spoke calmly, but the sense of urgency can be heard in his voice.
Alisia doesn't know who is "them" but she nodded regardless and rushed on the 2nd floor.
Vincent was pleased by her reaction and went to the front desk.
"Room 7. I would like to cancel our residential order."
The waiter was slightly stunned before replying, "It can be done, but in such cases, a certain penalty will be implemented. Only half of your payment will be given back."
"It doesn't matter," Vincent replied without hesitation.
"State your name."
"Vincent."
The waiter nodded before taking a registration book. After finding this customer and the payment, the man picked 4 silver coins and passed them to Vincent.
"Please, free the room within 1 hour and don't forget to leave the key."
Vincent took the coins and immediately left the inn towards one of the nearby shops.
…
"Alisia!" Patricia suddenly shouted in shock and happiness upon her daughter's hidden entrance in the room.
Alisia was also stunned to see her mother within the room who she didn't see for the entire year after being forced into basic slavery. She then was immediately tightly hugged.
Vanessa was also surprised to see her so soon. She thought it would take more time to find her. And since she was here, Vincent should be too, "Where is Vincent?"
Hearing this, Alisia had almost forgotten what Vincent asked her, so she hastily spoke, "Vincent told me to tell you to immediately pack your stuff as we were leaving the city right now."
"What? But we just arrived yesterday," Patricia asked in confusion.
On the other hand, Vanessa didn't linger and started hastily packing stuff in the backpack.
Patricia doesn't know what exactly was going on, but since her daughter was found, there's no longer a reason for her to stay in this dangerous city anymore so she also started packing her stuff.
Alisia had nothing else to do and went towards the sole window.
Looking outside the street, she suddenly spotted Vincent leaving a nearby shop as he was heading towards the inn while carrying something.
Shortly after, with a *crack* the door opened and Vincent entered.
The two women didn't have much stuff to pack away as most of them were already in the backpacks so they were already ready to leave.
Before the women could ask what was going on, he tossed to the three women something, "Wear it. We're leaving right now," he said calmly, but they could hear urgency in his voice.
He briefly entered a small cabin before re-emerging with his stuff already on his back.
He put up the hood and went towards the door.
The women had already put up their hoods that he brought from the nearby shop.
Soon, the group of 4 left the room and went down.
Vincent passed the key to the waiter and they left the inn before moving in direction towards the city exit in silence.
Alisia was walking right beside Vincent and without hesitation took his hand into hers, making their fingers interlock. Her heart was racing as she looked at him from time to time at his calm and handsome face from under her hood.
Vincent was slightly surprised by this, but he didn't say anything.
…
Freewind townwas located just a kilometer away from the North Star city and had a population of around a thousand people with inns and various shops.
It doesn't have gates nor walls surrounding it like North Star city and judging by the name, one can easily understand that it was mostly a passing place of rest for travelers. There were few permanent residents.
At this moment, the group of 4 hooded people stood outside a small 2 floored inn before they entered.
Vincent removed the hood and went to the desk while the rest did the same.
"We need 2 rooms with 2 beds for 3 days."
The middle-aged waitress casually said, "1 silver."
Vincent passed her the payment and the waitress took two keys.
"Room number 5 and 9 on the 2nd floor."
Vincent took the keys and went up the stairs as the trio behind him followed without saying anything.
"5th room is for Patricia and Alisia. 9 is ours," he calmly spoke towards the women behind him as they walked, before turning specifically to Alisia and her mother, "When you unpack your stuff, come into our room."
Afterwards, Vincent passed the key to Patricia and went ahead towards room number 9 with Vanessa while leaving the mother and daughter in front of room number 5.
Alisia looked at his back briefly before entering after her mother.
…
There were 4 people inside the room. Three women were sitting at the table after bringing an additional chair from the other room while the young man stood beside the window, looking at the sunset in the distance calmly as they listened to the young girl's story.
After several minutes she finished and couldn't help but look at Vincent's back beside the window.
Vincent was silent as he digested her information.
'So after she was brought to the pleasure house, she got the attention of one of the city's enforcement captains that got a liking of her for being new and still untouched upon one of his visits.
Due to his odd preferences, he didn't forced himself on her right away, but instead forced the owner of the pleasure house to send her only for minor service that doesn't require any physical contact with the customer as he was planning to wait until she turned 18 before buying her out from pleasure to take her to his place to finally take her innocence and turn her into sex slave.
And due to his odd tastes, once she'll turn 26 old, he'll sell her back to the pleasure house to become a low-level prostitute, forgetting about her entirely…'
Vincent inwardly nodded as something within his heart started to burn.
…
Meanwhile, in the North Star city, as night was about to arrive, in the elite district, inside one of the luxury houses, a half-naked middle-aged man with a scar on his chin was sending off someone from his house before closing the door.
The man slowly went inside. His expression was slightly odd as he revisited the information that was just suddenly brought to him.
'Useless idiots. She escaped?'
'You're quite bold, but… do you truly believe that even if you leave the city, I'll not be able to find you?'
Though the matter regarding Alisia wasn't that important to him as she was just another girl, the fact that someone actually tried to take something that belonged to him, was quite refreshing to him.
He didn't feel like this for a long time.
The man inwardly chuckled before entering his sleeping room where his eyes landed on a beautiful 20-years old naked girl who was sitting on the bed with a frightened expression. Her face was slightly swollen as red marks could be seen.
Seeing her and adding on top of what he had just heard, anger and lust started to fill his heart.