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Chapter 1 – Kael: The Reluctant Slave
I lived a normal life as an office worker. Nothing glamorous, but enough to get by.
That day, a friend who had been swindled out of both love and money came over, crying and whining, while I… just sat there drinking beer. Perhaps I had accrued too much karma, because the universe decided to assign me my "proper place."
Zzap… Zzap…
A falling electrical wire hit me squarely. Flesh sizzled, smoke rose, and my skin was charred black. My friend froze, eyes wide, not daring to move. Probably thinking… I was paying for my sins.
Even the Grim Reaper spared me not. And then I realized—he was the friend who owed me money for years. Karma, level max: he picked me up and tossed me straight through a glowing portal.
When I woke, I found myself locked inside a beast cage, the surroundings shifting in ways that made no sense. A strange sensation at my neck made me reach up… and yes. A heavy, familiar collar rested there.
I… had become a beast slave?!
In front of me, a merchant wandered through the city, trading slaves and beasts. A ma-touched humanoid of some kind glanced at me, smiled, and decided to buy me.
I sat there, a mix of panic and frustration rising—electrocuted, thrown by a debt-collecting friend, and now the property of a stranger.
Sighing quietly… "Alright, Kael. Welcome to your second life. And this time… let's hope for less drama."
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