"Lily," Earl repeated the girl's name. He thought it was a great name for her.
Clank!
The lock that held the cage shut fell down and the boss opened the cage for Earl. "Why don't you take a closer look at her?"
Such words from the boss were unnecessary. As soon as the cage opened, Earl already made his way to the demon girl.
The lamplight of the tent shone down on Earl making him appear like a heavenly figure to Lily who was covered in the darkness of the cage.
Outside the cage, Ari inquired curiously, "How did you find her? I've never seen a demon like her before."
"That's a good question. We didn't think we would ever find her either but we just found her wandering alone in the wild near the ruins of the previous era's Demon Kings. So to answer your question, we don't know how we found her. She just appeared." The boss said with a professional smile.
Ari narrowed her eyes. "If you don't want to say, just say it's a trade secret. No need to make up a blatant lie."
The boss felt chills from Ari. He hurriedly waved his hand and quickly said. "No no, really. I was saying the truth. She really just appeared out of nowhere."
He knew better than to mess with a Court Mage. Only a fool would do something like that.
Meanwhile, inside the cage.
Earl checked Lily's body for injuries. Surprisingly, there was only a bruise on her leg. The slave traders really treated her well.
He ran his hands through her body and as expected, her skin was really nice and soft. The most surprising part, however, was her lack of a reaction.
"Can you stand up?"
Their eyes met for a moment. Earl found himself mesmerized in her bi-coloured eyes. They were exotic and beautiful. He has never seen anything like it before.
Lily then looked down at her legs before attempting to stand up. Earl supported her by the shoulder as she stood up but she fumbled anyway because of the bruise on her leg.
Earl fully stabilized Lily on her feet first and said warmly to her, "I'll make it better for you."
When fully stood up, Lily was about Earl's height. The rags she was wearing showed her emerging side boobs and the length of it was barely enough to cover her butt cheeks.
Earl bent down to his knee to take a better look at the bruise on her leg. At this position, he could see her bare pussy which was a pink little slit which immediately gave him a reaction.
Wiping his drool away, he concentrated on casting a healing spell on her. Hovering his fingers above her bruise, a green light covered his palm and projected down onto her bruise, erasing it completely.
"Much better, right?" Earl said when he stood back up.
Lily looked at him in the eyes and then mouthed, "...Thank you."
This new slave of his was surprisingly polite. "You're welcome." He patted her head and rubbed her horns to finish off.
The size of her horns made it hard for him to rub her head, especially since they were the same height. The only spot that was open to head pats was at the middle of her head, sandwiched between the horns. As such, Earl opted to play with her horns as well.
And like before, she did not react in any particular way. Maybe demon horns weren't sensitive? Earl speculated. He would get down to playing with her tail later and see how she will react.
This new slave of his was a strange one. He could not put his finger on what exactly was strange about her, but he will figure it out later.
Exiting the cage, the rest of the process was simple.
Ari handed over the payment to the boss. The boss then handed over the Slave Seal to Earl. This increased the total count of Slave Seals on Earl's hand to two.
Rubbing on his new Slave Seal, Earl happily returned home. The appearance of the two seals was not the same. In fact, they looked very different and did not match any runes that have been recorded.
The first thing he did when they returned home was to ask Aria to give Lily a bath to which she enthusiastically agreed.
From Aria's point of view, she saw Lily as someone similar to a sister. She was someone who was going to accompany her in serving her master forever.
The concept of serving someone for an entire lifetime was something every slave thought about. Because Aria had already come to terms with herself, she did not have a problem with it, especially since she had such a good master like Earl. She did not resent Earl for taking her in as a slave. She felt very fortunate to have a master like Earl.
If she had ended up in the hands of a cruel and merciless master, she would not have the privilege to have these thoughts in the first place.
Earl nodded in a satisfied manner after pulling his shadow out of Aria. He was a bit worried about what she was going to think about Lily but things have perfectly fallen into place. He wanted them to get along so he could eventually have the threesome of his dreams.
The next person to check was Lily. Earl disconnected his shadow again and moved it inside Lily's.
And the result was...
...?
She had lost her memories. His new slave, Lily, was a demon who had no memories.