A rough awakening waited Solanne, Kanbaru, and Rose, after they passed out, following their debauched revelry in the heart of the woods in the border between the Imperium and the harsh lands of Exilia.

The first thing they would notice would be the cold bite of heavy iron chains, which would be just about impossible to escape from regardless of the tricks any of them had at their disposal, probably because they were created by someone else's tome. The three of them had the bad luck of being found by a group of Exilian slave traders and being dragged across the sands in an iron cage along with a number of other poor souls.

Their destination was none other than the slave market at the greatest hub of "civilization" on the cursed desert, the Blood Ring, a great colosseum of red sandstone built in the center of a wretched hive of scum and villainy.

There, the three of them would lay exposed, not even given the luxury of wearing anything more than a coarse cloak, since the bandits didn't care to give their clothes back to them. After all, if they were sleeping naked in the woods, they wouldn't care for a little extra exposition, would they?

[center][img]https://i.imgur.com/uUb6fmS.png[/img][/center][color=goldenrod]"Oh my, it seems that you got a very lively bunch here, haven't you, my old friend?"[/color] a [url=https://i.imgur.com/0rxhpci.jpg]sinister looking girl[/url] said to the owner of the slave trading house as she visited it not long after the arrival of the trio, while observing their chained silhouettes, fastened to a cell carved into the same blood-red stones from with most of the "city" was made off.

[color=goldenrod]"I was told that the three of you were found in a very... compromising position,"[/color] she said, lifting the only thing safeguarding their dignity, with a curious look in her doll-like eyes. [color=goldenrod]"That's very brazen of you. Fucking in the woods without a care in the world. Either you are completely clueless, or... you wanted this to happen~"[/color] she continued, whispering the last part on Rose's ear, just loud enough that Kanbaru and Solanne would be able to listen as well.

[color=goldenrod]"Anyway, I liked what I saw here. So, I'll give you a choice. You can either become mine while I exercise my priority as the ruler of these lands. Or you can stay here and wait to become slave-prostitutes of whatever wretched bastard can cover your price tag."[/color]

[color=goldenrod]"What do you say?"[/color]