Rosalind wiped off the trears from her face, and after taking a moment to compose herself, she spoke.
"Excuse me Miss Sara, you mentioned my father hired you to save me right? are you taking me back home?"
"Well it was something like that, but I'm sorry, you will not be able to go back home, it is not safe anymore, the Baron will never stop coming after you and your father."
For a brief moment Rosalind showed a face of sadness and dissapointment, but quickly resolved herself.
"I see, I understand, then what do we do now?"
"For now we need to leave as soon as possible, the Baron's henchmen are on their way here, If they came in big numbers it could be dangerous, I know you are tired, but we need to push a bit further, okay?"
"But quickly, before that... Splyce, come here!" The beast came running when called rushing towards Rosalind, but stopping right before reaching her, Rosalind flinched for a moment but tried to keep calm.
"Well let me introduce myself again. My name is Sara; I am an adventurer who works with the Double Helix Company; I am a beast tamer and these are my friends; you already know Murder, he is my messenger Raven; well, he does many more things too, and this is my Soul Bond, his name is Splyce."
Splyce bowed his head for a moment as if introducing himself, and then nudged his head againts Rosalind's hand, Rosalind replied with a shy smile.
"Uhm, nice to meet you all, my name is Rosalind.. I am.. just Rosalind."- The poor girl was left in an akward silence.
"Hehe, don't sell yourself too short; anyways, we need to go, I will tell you the details when we are on the move, we need to go see your dad."
Sara and Rosalind walked into the woods, after walking for a little while, Sara dove into some bushes, and pulled out something from between them, it was a backpack.
"Huh, finally, it feels so strange not having these in my hands." - Sara pulled some metallic objects from the backpack, it was.. weapons?
"Let me introduce you, these are my Kamas,Tethi and Akali, most of us mana users name our weapons, the stronger the bond and proficiency you have with a weapon, the stronger you become."
"Speaking of, this is for you."- Sara smiled and handed something to Rosalind, it was a wand.
"Isn't this your wand? it looks really expensive too."
"Don't mind it, she will be a lot happier in your hands; I am not that good with magic anyways, I knew I would not keep it for long so I didn't even name her, she is yours now."
"I see, then I will take good care of it, thank you."- Rosalind held the wand in her hands, smiling softly.
"I have something more for you."- Sara pulled a small box from the backpack and handed it to Rosalind.
"Is that my music box?"- Rosalind took the box and clutched it againts her chest.
"Your father gave it to me before I came here, he said it was important to you, didn't you wonder how I knew your song?"
"Yes, this box is my treasure, my mother used to sing this song to me when I was still in her belly, and she recorded it before she passed away so I would not feel lonely."
"I see, she loved you very much, Mom's are caring like that."- Sara shed a tear, her face seemed like she was reminiscing about the past.
"Uhmm, I am sorry, I didn't mean to make you sad."
"Hehe, it's fine little doe, I just got a little bit nostalgic that's all; anyways, for real this time, we need to get moving."
"Ah yes."
Sara and Rosalind started walking at a quick pace, Murder flying slightly ahead, and Splyce walking behind them, covering their rear.
"Miss Sara, you said we were going to meet my father, where are we going?"
"We are going to Ginger town, I had one of my associates take him there so he would be safe, we should be reaching there in less than 2 days."
"I see, so my father hired you to save me and escort us out of this territory right?"
"Not exactly, your father sold everything he owned to get the ransom money, including disolving the White deer Company and it's patents, he was on his way to pay the ransom but I stopped him, instead I offered him a deal."
"A deal?"
"Yes, I promised him that I would save you; in exchange, both of you now belong to me, you are now members of the Double Helix Company, under my care that stupid Baron won't be able to touch you."
"So, either way, we won't be able to return to our home, right?"
"I am sorry little doe, we live in a world where justice doesn't exist, and most bad people never get what they deserve."
"That may be the case, but there are also people like you, Miss Sara."-After hearing Rosalind's reply, Sara stopped walking for a brief moment and said...
"I... am not a good person either."- Sara replied and continued walking, Rosalind did not try to pry any further into Sara's comment.