Waking up because of the sunlight shining through the window, Anna sighed and slowly unwrapped her blanket cocoon.

Strangely, instead of a warm and comfy bed, Anna felt the cold stone floor directly under her body.

As she lay on the floor, confused, she was suddenly hit with the sudden terror that there would be a youth in a white suit standing over her, ready to do vile and unspeakable things to her.

Prying her heavy eyelids open, she found that her body was trembling uncontrollably, shivering in fear.

Strangely there was only one bed in the middle of the room, her bed seemed to have vanished into thin air. Her blankets were laying in a lonely pile on the floor, she got to her feet and was walking around them as she thought, trying to figure out what was going on.

With a soft sound, the curtain which shrouded Mike and Shannon's bed opened.

Two sleep tussled heads peeked out, looking at her. Their tired expressions morphing into shocked confusion.

Three pairs of eyes met.

Then, when Mike opened his mouth, the words which came out shocked Anna to her core, making her feel as though her world tilted and fell away, "Who are you? Why are you in our room?"

Anna had no idea why he would ask this, her first response was to ask him if he was joking. She knew that she sometimes couldn't understand his sense of humour, and deep down in her heart, she was trying to reject the possibility that he was being serious.

Mike squinted at her, he said that he wasn't joking, he seriously wanted to know who she was.

 

Shannon had shifted her position and seemed to be hiding behind him, she had always been shy and had a habit of hiding behind Anna, as though using her as a shield from strangers.

Though Anna had finally managed to break that habit.

"It's me, Anna. Mike, I am your sister..." Anna noticed that her voice was shaking. Her vision blurred as tears welled up in her eyes, she rapidly blinked, trying to clear them.

"I have no siblings...let alone a sister. How do you know my name?" Mike scowled, "Are you joking?"

Anna twitched when she heard the sound of confusion in Mike's voice.

 As he asked Anna again who she was, refuting Anna's claim of being his sister, a voice suddenly boomed through Anna's head... It was Arre.

<Since you decided to save a rebellious Angel, and went against me, you have to pay the price. I am the most powerful God in this world, and you decided to turn against me. So, I just erased you from existence, from both worlds.

A simple spell for a powerful God.

While I erased you from time, I decided to keep you alive, so you can suffer the pain of having everyone you love forget you.

Once the Demon King is killed, I will complete the spell and consume you... In many ways. I will consume your hope, your power, and your body.

The Angel was my toy, and you freed her... You will replace her.>

As she described Arre's words, she dug deeper into my embrace. I could hear the fear in her voice, even now, she was terrified.

I found myself sighing, I could relate with her, I also got threatened by Arre and suffered. As I tightened my arms, I also wrapped my wings around her.

She was a severe danger, judging by how much Arre hated her, and I felt the urge to just stand up and leave.

But I couldn't.

 

While I always spoke like I was jaded, I still had a small amount of what had originally made Arre select me as a Hero, a weakness towards people in need.

As I worried about this weakness that hadn't been erased, even after a long time on this world, I realized that I had started subconsciously stroking Anna's soft, blood red, hair.

For some reason, I had always hated seeing females suffering, and I struggled when it came to killing females. While I had changed enough that it no longer slowed my killer attacks, it made it difficult to engage them in combat in the first place.

After a few minutes, Anna pulled herself together.

She looked slightly embarrassed, and unconsciously wiped her eyes on my shirt.

Moving her head back, she looked up at me, her slightly bloodshot green eyes met mine, "Thank you."

Her voice was quiet, but filled with feeling.

Without warning, her eyes suddenly cleared and turned piercing.

The Angel's consciousness rose again, her eyes became pure gold for a second, staring deeply into my eyes, before disappearing again.

Anna didn't seem to realize that this happened, she acted as though no time had passed.

"He didn't do it, you know. That spell, not only was it localized, Arre isn't as powerful as he said. There are Gods more powerful than him here, and he can't influence Earth enough to use a spell like that. All he did was erase the memory of you from everyone in the castle... Even I could cast a spell like that." I made sure to say the last part quietly enough that Anna could hear it.

"What make you say that? How would you know?" She sounded incredibly doubting, normal people may not hear it, but with my senses, I could.

"I know how powerful that bastard is, and I have an idea of what kind of power would be needed to do that... And I have met and talked to gods stronger than Arre."

She looked a little surprised, but seemed to believe me. Looking at me for a second, she gathered herself and continued her story.

As she heard Arre's voice, she felt an intense surge of fear, and of grief.

Apparently, she no longer existed.

Her purpose was now to be tortured, tormented, and then eaten by a shitty god.

She found herself wishing with her whole heart that a Hero would appear and save her, and yes, she realized the irony.

"A bit late, but you came..." She whispered so quietly that I barely heard her, she didn't seem to realize that she had even said it.

Mike and Shannon stared at Anna in stupefaction.

To them, it would have seemed like a strange girl had somehow appeared in their room overnight. A girl who lied that Mike was her brother, but she seemed to believe her words.

When Mike had denied her, she had looked truly shocked, then suddenly broke out in tears.

There had been a pleading look in her eyes, then she had suddenly stopped moving completely for a second, as though her mind had fled her body.

Then she looked terrified, her face turning snow white, completely bloodless.

Mike and Shannon suddenly saw a look of intense terror filling her large green eyes.

It was as though she had seen and heard something that they couldn't.

While the two of them were staring at her--the one whom they considered a strange, possibly insane, girl--someone knocked on the door.

 "Who is it?" Mike spoke without taking his eyes off Anna.

"A maid. His Majesty sent me with clothing for you," A soft, feminine voice answered him.

Mike thought for a few seconds before shrugging, "Come in."

The door opened and a girl dressed like a maid walked in.

The maid had clothes in her arms.

She suddenly stopped, standing stock still, and stared at Anna in shock.

Like a good maid, after a few seconds, she managed to recover her composure and continued walking over.

Placing the clothing on the foot of the bed and apologizing for the interruption she hurried out of the room.

Mike slowly climbed to his feet, placing one hand on Shannon's shoulder, which caused her to smile and follow behind him.

He picked up the clothing at the foot of the bed and stared closely at Anna for few seconds as Shannon walked past the two of them, he seemed to be protecting her.

Once he saw that Shannon had entered the bathroom and was waiting for him, he threw one last curious last glance at Anna, before he entered the bathroom behind Shannon, shutting the door.

Anna heard the lock click.

Standing perfectly still, struggling to get her emotions and mind under control, she heard them making noises as they removed their clothing and turned the taps, she could hear water filling the tub.

Anna was now alone in the large room.

She collapsed onto the floor as strength fled her body, she was having trouble breathing, feeling as though her chest was being constricted by powerful metallic bands.

Hyperventilating, her vision began to fade, as though someone had blocked the window and turned out the lights.

Just as she was about to pass out, the Angel's mind surfaced and spoke to her.

<Child, relax. If you wish to not do exactly as Arre expects, as he wishes you to do, you need to pretend to be calm, no matter what. It may seem like a futile resistance, but it will sting his pride.>

Since the Angel's advice seemed sensible, and showed Anna the way to at least sting the pride of the shitty god, she decided to follow what the Angel said.

Splayed out on the cold stone floor, she struggled to control her emotions and hide her fear, she pretended that her erased past no longer existed.

Anna forcefully slowed her breathing, and after it stabilized, she found that she could control her muscles again.

Even though she could move properly, and with a deep sigh, Anna just gave up trying to stand up.

She knew that the Angel had helped her with more than words, she had felt a stream of calm flood through her chaotic mind as the voice appeared.

Anna was now, mostly, alone in this world; her brother and her best friend no longer knew her. She had no idea what she was going to do, she had no idea what she could possibly do.

Arre even still wanted her to fight the Demon King... Before taking her away and starting to do terrible things to her for the rest of eternity.

She suddenly discovered that she could no longer feel any form of motivation, for anything. Now that the Angel had helped her calm her panic, she found that she just didn't care.

This damn world could just go and burn, falling into the hands of the Demon King.

All of the joy and excitement that she had felt the day before, was gone, vanished completely.

She felt intense grief at the loss of her brother and best friend, and completely hopeless as she thought of Arre. She also felt mind crushing feelings of uncontrollable terror as her imagination filled with images of what Arre may do to her.

Her imagination was stimulated by the wounds on the Angel's body, and of her graphic descriptions.

In a sad irony, though she had been greatly strengthened by the Angel and was less likely to be killed, her future was now bleaker than before. She had gotten stronger, but lost everything and was guaranteed to die...

She decided then that she would be willing to do whatever it took to stop Arre from getting his slimy hands on either her soul or body. She was even willing to give both to the Demon King if he was able to save her, or to hurt Arre or stop his plans, stopping the shitty god.

"Well, I wouldn't demand either for something like that, it is my dream too, to kill that bastard. I also need powerful minions to help me. I also don't really need your body, I already have someone for that," I smiled at her as I said this.

Anna let out a little giggle, but there was something in her eyes, hiding behind the relief and happiness, as she quickly looked away.

As Anna was contemplating her life and future, and the futility of it all, she began to hear Shannon giggle and water splashing coming from the bathroom.

After what felt like an eternity for Anna, Mike and Shannon finished and emerged from the bathroom. Both their bodies were damp, the towels in this world were not as good as the ones on Earth.

However, Shannon's skin was more flushed than could be expected from just a hot bath.

The clothing that the two had been supplied was sturdy, comprised of linen shirts and leggings, covered by a leather breastplate, bracers and leg guards.

Anna had never seen leather like this on Earth, it didn't make any noise when they moved. Its smell was also completely different than leather found on Earth, it smelt strangely... Primal.

However, she didn't get any of these clothes, she was still wearing the clothing that she had been when she was summoned the day before. She wore tight black jeans, with holes in the knees, and a white tee-shirt.

She had decided to dress comfortably for gaming with Mike and Shannon.

Only a few minutes after Mike and Shannon had finished their bath, and finished getting dressed, knocks sounded on the door; which was then opened by the same maid, the one which brought their clothing.

Without a word, she entered the room and gestured for them to follow her.

Mike and Shannon followed the maid, not saying anything as they walked past Anna, but they were strangely less guarded.

Anna followed long slowly, and listlessly. She didn't say anything, didn't try to futilely prove anything to them, knowing her words were useless.

As the maid walked calmly in front of them, her ponytail swayed gently from side to side, and with the shifting Anna noticed that there was a thick metal collar locked around her slim neck.

The collar was covered in Magical symbols.

To anyone who had any knowledge of other worlds, or even a basic knowledge of fantasy, this was obviously a slave collar.

Anna wasn't surprised that this world had slavery, since all civilizations did, and she knew that these Humans were much too barbaric and cruel to have tried to remove it, after seeing what they did to the Angel.

She found it strange that Shannon gasped in shock, covering her mouth, while Mike had a look of anger on his face.

Anna thought that it would be obvious, since this world's civilization was a feudal society, and as long as there are any Humans or sentient beings there would always be hierarchies. With hierarchies, as long as they weren't an 'advanced' society, there would always be slaves.

No species could skip past this stage, no matter which species, one point in their past, they would have slavery.

But for some reason, she couldn't muster the disgust or horror that would be expected of anyone who came from a 'peaceful' and 'advanced' society on Earth.

Mike whispered quietly into Shannon's ear, telling her to ignore it, as he placed a hand on her shoulder and squeezed reassuringly.

The slave maid obviously heard them, Anna could tell by the way her ears twitched, but she didn't react beyond that.

She seemed used to it.

Suddenly, Mike slid his hand down Shannon's back, grabbing her butt, which resulted in her jumping slightly and giggling as she grabbed his wrist and pushed it away.

Though it seemed weird, Mike had done this to distract Shannon, and to cheer her up.

Anna was surprised at both Mike's actions, and the fact that it actually worked as he planned.

The fact that they could still act like horny teenagers in a world like this, made Anna feel worried.

The maid obviously heard this interaction, since it wasn't quiet or hidden, and probably saw it from the corner of her eyes.

Strangely, she twitched slightly.

Her large, dewy, eyes narrowed slightly and her skin paled.

Anna felt confused, this wasn't a very normal reaction.

Even I was unsure as to why the maid reacted like that. My only guess was that she was used as a lure for--and toy by--other summoned Heroes and was worried when Mike's actions seemed rather lustful.

Or she might have had a relationship like theirs and had lost it when she became a slave.

Royalty almost always used female slaves and maids to entertain Heroes, and to draw them in.

If a female slave was beautiful, she was always trained how to be a good sex slave before she was sold. Ninety percent of female slaves ended up as sex slaves for nobles or if they were lucky, they would be given to Heroes summoned from Earth.

 

The maid lead Anna, Shannon, and Mike down multiple corridors, all of which looked similar.

After a short period of time, but a lot of walking, they arrived before a huge reinforced metal door.

Two guards stood before the door, and when they signaled, everyone stopped and stood still. The guards slowly approached and inspected them, and while they looked slightly surprised when they saw Anna, they also saw that her clothing as from another world and they didn't reject her.

After a few seconds, they walked back to the door and opened it.