Aisha – Dimension Witch

Ara – Yama Raja

Elesis – Blazing Heart

Chung – Deadly Chaser

Elsword (Els) – Lord Knight

Add – Diabolic Esper

"Why should I care about slave? They don't even care about me!"

—is the only thing in my mind. This is a world where women are always above men. I don't really like that. It's discrimination, but that's how our world works, so I just get along with it.

"Aisha, you should care about your slave".

—is what my friends always said. I killed many slaves because they should only care about me, but guess what, they didn't. Because of this matter, nobody wants to be my friends, except these two, Ara and Elesis.

Ara is clumsy. She's often trip over something and her slave always caught her like a prince, but that's one of her cute side. She always put her smile to everyone, makes her loved by them.

Elesis is not a girly type, but she's a good leader. Although she never says this to anyone, she really cares about the others. She would do anything she can to help people.

Besides that, they're beautiful, with a nice body. I envy them. I really do. And one thing that I don't really want to talk about it:

They have big boobs

It's not like I don't like my chest! I mean, my chest isn't that flat!

My slaves were always looking at them. Sometimes they're spacing out while I'm talking to them. This is why I can't respect my slaves! I'm their master, but they're looking at someone else's master, as if they didn't like their master! I hate it!

Then why do men HAVE to be women's slave?! I mean, just look at them, they didn't do their job properly. They're just a bunch of men who seek a beautiful woman.

Or beautiful women.

They just want to have a normal life like us women. Can I do something about this?

"You killed your slave?! But you just summoned him yesterday!" Elesis protested to me.

Yup, my slave's life is less than 3 days. I never explain why I killed my slaves to them. They won't understand and it's wrong if I said I envy them. I know it's wrong, but I can't help it.

"He's not a good slave. Not loyal, that is," I lied to her. The truth is he can't take his eyes off Ara or Elesis. He's MY slave! How dare he look at the other lady?!

"Maybe you should summon with stronger magic?" Ara asked as her slave, Chung, pour a tea on her cup.

Oh yeah, magic is needed.

I just glare at her. She makes a forced laugh before she took a sip of her tea.

Everyone in this world knows I'm the best magician. I've train my magical power to get the best slave—a slave that only care about me, and only me. But my slaves never give any respect to me. They just care about appearance.

Elesis looks at me. "Before I said it, I want to apologize. It's just my opinion, but I think it's about status".

Status? That might be correct. Ara is a princess from Sander. It would be an honor for her slave to serve her. Her slave is skillful enough to protect her from any danger. Elesis is a daughter from a rich family. She lives in a mansion. She had a slave, but her parents (his father is her mother's slave, of course) said he's not good enough for her. Her next slave is what makes me think we already lost our humanity.

It's her own brother.

I repeat, it's her own brother!

Her brother, Els, is really a good slave. He's trained to be a knight for her.

And... ta-daa! There's me! The best magician from Velder village, living in a small house alone. I have to take care of everything since my slave isn't that useful, so I'm used to battle and cleaning my house. I also can cook, and lastly, I can wear clothes by myself!

I'm alone. My parents are gone missing 10 years ago. I'm glad to have these two with me, so I'm not feeling lonely, even though I don't have a slave for now.

Ara looks out the window. "It's evening already?"

"There's this last cake. Take it, Aisha," Elesis gave the last piece of cake to me.

I shake my head. "No. I don't feel like eating".

I've been thinking about slave lately. I don't feel like eating, like I said before, so this makes me a little dizzy.

Anyway, it's evening. Time sure passed quickly. After we say goodbye, they go home.

I went to a tavern on Velder. This is not a regular tavern. It's a tavern, filled by girls with their skillful slave. There's a job here-whether to kill a master, a slave, or both. This is one way to get money. Since I trained myself to be the best magician, might as well do this job.

To tell the truth, I don't really know what to do with all this money. All I do is buy new clothes for no reason. When I buy it, I always thought—

—does it look good on me? Do I look fat?

It's normal for a girl to think about the second question, okay?! I'm sure I'm not fat, but...!

Am I not beautiful?

That's why my slave always stares at my friends?

Sometimes I'm thinking about changing my whole appearance with magic, but hell no! How could my parents recognize me if I met them again?

Thinking about my parents makes me realize that I have to accept me as I am. I'm not beautiful, I'm not pretty, and I don't have a nice body. But is there a slave who wants this kind of girl? If no, then how could I accept myself?!

I feel dumb, thinking about it over and over. I killed many slaves, even I don't remember how many slaves I did kill, but I still hoping that kind of slave would come someday.

I enter the tavern. "Welcome back, Dimension Witch. You're here for a job?"

The next day, I came back to Hamel Café. It's nice to have a coffee while enjoying the view in Hamel. Waterfall in the middle of the town seems weird to me, but it's a nice view.

A few minutes later, my friends came along with their slaves. Like always, we talk about many things. Starting from things we do last night until random things like what would happen if there were other living things in another planet.

"I didn't try to summon slave last night. I was thinking if it was a worth trying. I ended up killing them anyway," I said when they asked me if I tried to summon a slave or not.

Ara hits the table with her hand. "That's it, Aisha! How could you? How could you kill your slaves at your own free will?!"

Elesis looks at me. "I've been thinking about it, Aisha. You can't kill them because they're not good. A slave is still a human".

They're scolding me right now?

"Nobody's perfect, but you're trying to find a perfect slave! Of course you never get your slave!" Ara yelled.

I sigh as I stand up from my seat. "Do you know why I never get my slave? It's because of you two!"

My voice is loud enough to be heard by everyone in this cafe. They turn their face at us and nobody's talking. Ara and Elesis are surprised by my words. "No matter how many times I summon a slave, he just can't take his eyes off you! My slaves only care about appearance! Don't you get it?!"

Their eyes widened as I said that. "You were thinking about that this whole time?" Elesis asked.

I folded my arms. "Of course! I lied to you! It's not about good or bad, it's because you two are distracting him!"

Elesis lowers her head. "A-Aisha, we... we're sorry. We—"

Ara stopped Elesis from talking. "It's completely normal, Aisha! They're boys! What do you expect?!"

"Explain to me why Chung never stares at Elesis," I hissed.

She turns to silence. "You can say whatever you like about me killing my slaves. You won't understand me," I said as I went away from the café.

I immediately go home and cry in my room. I decided not to be with them anymore. They won't understand and they're really distracting my slave. They're my only friends! I know! I just lost them! The happy moments we had through together are just painful memories now.

I'm all alone now. I don't know if I just made a foolish decision or not. I don't even care anymore.

Should I try to summon a slave for the last time?

I just don't want to be alone. I just need someone who really cares about me.

I wipe away my tears. I take a deep breath and release it.

I spoke an incantation to summon a slave.

Like always, a black out happens. A purple magic circle was made on the floor.

Crack!

There's a crack in the air! What the hell?! This never happened for the time in my life!

I have to keep calm. I can't panic. "I'm your master".

Crack!

A white haired guy came from the crack. The crack and the magic circle disappear. Oh, his sclera is black. That's kinda cool.

He laughs—and his laughter seems... how do I put this... lunatic? I think he's insane.

"Did you just cry, Dimension Witch?"

Did he just call me by my title? "It's an honor to serve you, little lady".

Did he just call me little? "How dare you call me little! And how did you know my title?!"

"Of course. I know your identity since you summon me".

Wait, what?

I tilt my head. "Really?"

He chuckles. "Looks like our little lady's previous slaves never tell her about this".

Slave knows his master's identity ever since he was summoned?! How could thousands of my slaves never told me that?!

"Okay, I understand. Tell me your name".

"Add. Feel free to make fun of it".

What is he talking about? Is it because his previous master made a pun with his name or something?

I shake my head. "I'll just call you Add. You can call me Aisha".

I know it's rude to call a master by her name, but I really want to see my slave like a friend.

"Thank you, but I refuse your order".

For the first time in my life, my slave refuses my order! "Why?"

"I like to address you as little lady for formality," he cackled.

This guy is annoying me. "I'm not little! I'm just short!"

He laughs again. "Whatever you say, little lady. It doesn't change the fact that you're short".

That's direct! He sure knows his place, but he doesn't know manner!

"Add, don't call me little!" I yelled.

He bows. "As you wish, mistress".

Mistress, huh? That sounds better.

Alright. Time to check if he's worth or not. "Alright, Add. We're going to Hamel Café".

"You can just tell me what you want to buy, mistress. I'll go buy it for you," he said.

That's a nice offer.

"No. I want to check on something".

I just want to check... whether you're going to look away from me or not.