What is it that defines the word "Equal"
Is it how the universe revolves around every single living being the same.
Apparently not.
I am Marcus, a slave in this world. Slaves usually don't have names. My name was gifted as I am a slave to a Demon Swordmaster that bought me at a night market. His name was Master Gideon, An Arch-demon that is one of the 5 Pillars of the Demon King. My name was gifted from him as I remind him of his lost son that died in the war 5-years-ago. Demons were at war against Humans for god knows how long. Demons with their allies such as the Dark Elves, Vampires, and Fallen Angels. Humans with their allies the Dwarves, Elves, Angels, and Sirens. A great war happened on this continent, the war was based on the believers of the Dark Goddess, Demons, and their allies against the believers of the Light Goddess, Humans, and their Allies.
I am a half-demon, which means I don't belong with the Demons and I also don't belong with the Humans, as such I was sold as a slave. I never knew who my father is but I was glad that I experienced a few years with my mother, Never said it was good though. She would always trash me around because I look a lot like my father, and she would say that I am the cause of her misery, from being cast away by the humans as a demon lover. She then would get physical with me, like beat me up, pour hot water on me, and hit me with a giant stick if I don't do my chores. Well at some point I got tired of her and ran away from home. I rather felt something heavy in my heart when I left her, I don't know why, but I just felt it. I know that she is a very physical parent but I get it that humans sometimes get sensitive and would do something they don't mean. Every time she gets angry at me or hit me, she would tend to my wounds when I'm sleeping, It seems she wanted me to hate her.
She wanted me to hate her but why?
I never got the answer to that question even until it is the day I left her.
The day I turned 7.
I woke up in the middle of the night, didn't bring anything with me, and just go. I didn't bring anything with me since it would slow me down, to reach the nearest village from where I am currently, in a middle of a forest god knows where. It would take 7 hours to get there, the Marman Village, the place I usually stole fruits and vegetables or even meat and fish. I left without knowing that I am about to walk straight into my own death.
After walking for 7 hours, I reached Marman Village, stole a few carrots and freshwater to satiate me then find a place to sleep, I don't bring any money so, of course, I'm not planning to sleep at an inn. I then searched for a tree to sleep under it. Little did I know that someone was following me and watching me fall asleep.
I woke up the next day in a cage, it turns out I was kidnapped by Slave Traders. I was put into a cage while I am still sleeping, and now here I am in a cage. It's not like that they treated me wrong or harshly. They fed me with food that is actually good in my mouth and occasionally gave me a bath. It's like I am being taken care of. While with the slave traders we went to cities in the Humans Dominion, sometimes to the dragons, then to the elves, dwarves, siren's port city, and werebeasts(Half-human, half-beasts). I also managed to arrived at the Capital of the Human Alliance, Druncan, and the Holy City, Maesa. I managed to befriend a few of the captured slaves, some got taken from their home, some is a war prisoner, and a demon. Demons are really interesting to talk to, I talk with him about almost anything. We would talk about women, how bad the cage smells, his smelly feet, his story of impaling a human and would say that it's a human skewer with elven blood as a seasoning. Well weird as it is that I felt nothing when he said something so gory. I might as well told him that I'm a half-demon, His reaction was full of surprise. He would happily talked about demons when we were alone in the moonlight. He taught me demon magic, Demon language, how to write demon alphabets, how to speak like a demon, and the demons army structure. He explained about the 12 Demon Generals and 5 Demon Pillars and also the Demon King. He said that a half-demon once saved his life in exchange for the half-demon's life. We finally arrived on hostile territory, to the Demons Dominion. The Demon then got bought back by the Demon army, so before we depart I asked his name, He said his name was Godfrey, a Liutenant of the 5 Pillars of the Demon King, Pillar Gideon. That's how I ended up as a slave in Master Gideon's Territory.