What Do You Mean There Are Other Transmigrators In My Harem Fantasy?

Chapter 596: Dealing With The Victims

I tied up all of the illegal slavers and dumped them in a corner, having used my healing spells to make sure none of them died.

Our purpose here wasn't to kill them but to capture them after all.

Even the one that Lisa had stabbed with her knife was inflicted with a poison that was meant to cause a lot of pain but not take his life.

No, no. They aren't alive because we were being compassionate. They're alive so that they could be turned into criminal slaves after this, which would be a fitting end for these people.

That left us dealing with the people that they had captured and put into those cages.

I approached the big one that Aliesie had been thrown into, peeking through the bars of the cage.

Some of them looked hopeful while most of them were simply cowering and trying to stay as far away from us as possible.

"It's alright, we're here to save you," I assured them.

Obviously pretty much all of them didn't believe me and huddled even further to the back of the cage.

All except for Aliesie who was still fast asleep on the floor of the cage.

I'm surprised she could sleep through all of that without waking up, given how much noise we made during the fight.

Odeta grabbed onto the bars of the cage, ready to rip them open but I stopped her.

I have a feeling that if she were to do that, the people inside would start panicking and end up hurting themselves, each other or us.

"Aliesie!" I called out, trying to rouse the girl.

She made a small groaning sound but said nothing more.

I then materialised a stick using Shadow Forge and started prodding her with it through the bars.

She jerked awake and quickly scrambled back a few steps before stopping when she saw me.

"Good morning Aliesie," I greeted her. "You did a great job in leading us here."

She needed a moment more to recover before she seemed to remember where she was.

"Ah... Ah... You really came?"

I tilted my head at her, "Of course we did. We said we would, didn't we?"

"I thought... I thought you were just throwing me away to get rid of me..."

Oh my heart, this girl is just too cute.

I nodded at the others who were still hiding in the corner, "Could you reassure them that we mean them no harm? They're really scared of us it seems."

She turned to look at her fellow caged fellows, pausing as though to consider what to say to them.

I waved my hand at her, "It's fine, I don't mind though. I mean... You're the one who knows what to do here right? Besides, it's not like I'm in need of that much money anyway."

"See? She said she doesn't mind!" Emilia gestured to me proudly.

Lisa smirked, "Oh I never said she did, I just want to tell her about it, that's all~"

"You really are nosey, aren't you?"

Lisa's response was to wrap her arms around my neck and pull me into a kiss, ignoring Emilia completely.

Even I understood that Lisa was indirectly telling Emilia that she didn't care what she thought.

The Nekomata captain muttered something under her breath before leaving us, presumably to go look for the guards to inform them about what had transpired here.

Lisa waited until Emilia disappeared from sight before breaking our kiss, the Infrid making bedroom eyes at me.

"Ehehehe~ That kind of made me feel a little hot, Aster... Wanna go have a quick romp somewhere?"

I didn't even get to answer before someone suddenly tugged on my arm.

Looking to the side, I realised it was Aliesie holding my arm, the girl looking a little shy.

"Tha... Thank you for rescuing me..." She muttered, almost like she was too embarrassed to say it.

I chuckled and patted her on the head, "It's fine. It's not like we weren't getting anything out of this anyway. Did Emilia give you a way home?"

She nodded, "She said the guards would take care of us and... And that we will be able to get home."

Well that's convenient...

I thought Emilia might bring them all along on her ship until I remembered that she wasn't planning on returning to it anymore after this, so she couldn't return them on her own.

I doubt her crew could be trusted to take care of them once it was revealed that she knew they were plotting against her.

Aliesie poked her fingers together, "Umm... I still want to thank you... Umm... Will I see you again?"

I giggled, "Maybe. Be careful on your way home, ok?"

She nodded before running back to the crowd of people and blending in amongst them.

"Will the guards really return them home?" I asked Lisa.

"They should be assigning each of them to a caravan that would be heading in the direction of their hometown. That's pretty much the best they could do under these circumstances."

So it's not like they would escort them all the way back to their homes huh?

I suppose it's better than just leaving them out to dry or even ignoring their plight since it's not like they have an obligation to do so right? They aren't even the citizens of this country after all.

Whatever, if I were to be honest, it's not really my problem in the first place. I'm just out here on a date with Emilia and my girls~