Kazuma let out a groan filled with pain, the memories of what happened earlier rushed back into his head.

It felt as if Wiz had sold him another one of those special teas of hers and he was just coming out of the side effects, he had no idea what had happened after the fight, but he knows that it couldn't have been anything good.

He opened his eyes and found himself standing in a dark room, he slowly reached out hoping to find a wall to support himself with, and when he failed to find one he activated his Foresight Skill and calm himself as the surroundings revealed themselves to him.

He could see everything, even if there wasn't any light here, to him the entire place was just as bright as if someone had turned on the lights or if the sun was allowed to shine here.

There was a chain attached to his leg, but it didn't hold him in place as he used his Escape Skill to free himself from it, without making a lot of noise.

He began to explore his surroundings and his enemy detection skill warned him t stay away from the holes in the ground, while at the same time, he stayed clear from any of the doors.

The sound of a metal door being hit over and over again caught his attention and surprisingly it didn't show anyone angry or a threat.

The lock on the door was nothing more than a piece of metal that was held in place by a piece of paper, normally he would have just torn the piece of paper off, but considering where he was he chose to use his Create Trap Skill to learn what he was looking at.

It was a good thing he did this because if he had torn the piece of paper off, it would have exploded and he would have set off an alarm.

So he needed a way of opening the door without activating the alarm.

He was tempted to send the piece of paper to the kid who had attacked him, or to the entrance of the village, but that would have just caused more problems so he teleported it to the place where he arrived.

As he unlocked the door and pulled it open he could see the red glow of something coming from inside it, he found himself staring at a little girl with...

He wanted to say that she had long red hair or that her hair was made of fire, but it was lava, the girl had hair made of lava.

"Please don't!" the girl begs him.

'So do you wanna get out of here?" he asks her and he smiles at her as she looks at him with wide eyes.

The two of them look stare at each other and Kazuma waits patiently for her to decide, he watches as she hesitantly lifts her hand and reaches for his.

He holds her hand and waited for her to walk closer to him, and then he remembers that it was going to take time for him to recover his magic even if he uses his drain touch skill.

He hears the sound of a gate being unlocked before someone shouts something. "Ah the hell with it, I already made a lot of noise." he says to himself and teleports to the entrance of the village.

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In the interrogations office, Elizabeth grinned, she knew what was happening even if she didn't want to accept it, Kazuma had escaped and probably done something crazy.

The kid had tricked her into thinking that he wasn't a threat to anyone, or maybe he never was, until he was attacked and...no it didn't matter anymore.

He wasn't her problem anymore, she knew that she had lost everything by going out there, and now.

the door to her room slammed open and a scroll was thrown in front of her.

"Bring them back." were the words that her would-be torturer\ interrogator to says to her.

Elizabeth opens the scroll and grins she has no idea who the girl is, but she recognizes Kazuma from his picture.

For a long moment, she sits in the room and lets time pass, she knows exactly where Kazuma is headed, it's the only place that he can use to rest and escape both the hot sun and cold nights.

She turns her head and finds her brothers, her team who are waiting for her, they all smile at one another knowing that they have to bring him back.

She can see a hint of mischief in their eyes, she knows that they're planning something, but she doesn't know what.

'Let's go." she says to her team as she stands up and takes her gear away from them while she walks out of the door.

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Kazuma struggles to breathe, he's used a lot of magic and his reserves are almost completely gone.

The girl that he rescued is happily exploring the cave that they're in, he can hear her laughter mix with the sound of water that's dripping from the ceiling.

A dagger flies into the rock next to him and two sheets of paper land on his lap.

The girl runs to his side, the glow of her er hair is more than enough for him to see her from a distance, so he doesn't have to turn his head to see her.

It doesn't help that her hair is so hot that she threatens to burn him if she isn't careful.

"Here's the plan we are going to beat the living daylights out of each other and you are going to use that knife to cut yourself with." Reio says to him.

Reio turns to look at Elizabeth and pats her on the head, "Famaly takes care of each other Kazuma." Reio says to him.

"Run and don't turn back, we haven't seen her smile since we were kids, and Kazuma we won't be friends after this." Maz says to him before throwing a punch at Reio.

Kazuma doesn't say anything as Elizabeth walks up to him and slaps him before hugging him and handing him two small jars one filled with coins and the other with paper money.

"Run." Elizabeth says to him as she forces her blood to flow and silently orders Kazuma to take her energy.

Elizabeth only lets go of him when she feels like he has taken enough and she begins to break the inside of the cave until she causes a chain reaction.

Kazuma grabs the dagger and cuts his arm before handing the knife to Elizabeth and grabbing the girl's hand and running away with her, he stops running when he feels and hears the cave being swallowed by the desert.

'Thanks for everything." he says to his friends and teleports back to where he first arrived, unbeknownst to him someone had been watching everything and informed her master about what had just happened.