Looking at the other 4 children who had a similar blank expression as he had himself.
"Introduce yourselves kiddos" Vox said as he looked at the 4 kids who were having multiple expressions on their faces.
"Ignore those two." Vox said afterward Lena stopped pulling her brother and sister by their ears and looked at the new addition to them.
The first to speak was the girl, of the group.
"M..my name is Samantha, 10 years old. My parents used to call me Sam..." the little girl said as she struggled to keep her tears, not wanting to displease their owner and get killed. Vox obviously knew what she was thinking, but he wanted to see if any of the children is brave enough to help her out.
What happened next surprised him very much, he expected her brother to be the first to help her but instead it was the other kid, the blue haired one. who gave her a hug a second faster than her brother.
"My name is Kahn Hellman. 8 years old." the boy said before leaving Sam to her brother and going back to his place.
"Samuel Skye, 12 years old." Samuel spoke as he hugged his sister, who was silently crying.
The green haired kid also had tears in the corner of his eyes, he struggled to speak.
"E...Erik {Sniff} Carter, 9 years old." It did not take long before all the kids started crying.
Seeing them Vox had a sad expression on his face 'This world is too cruel, and there were dozens more like them just on this island being sold as slaves.. how many are there across the world?' as Vox was thinking, Cyber Dragon went circling around the kids making metallic sounds trying to cheer them up. Every now and then it would softly nuzzle its head against one of them.
'Now this, this puts a smile on my face. Good dragon' Vox smiled a bit seeing that.
"Alright, before we start, let me get rid of those uncomfortable collars around your neck" Vox said as he unlocked all the collars from the kids, who were in turn looking at him in shock.
"Now, let me extend to all of you my offer, Would you like to join my Family?" Vox smiled as he extended his hand, waiting for someone to take it.
After an awkward 10 minute silence, Lena was the first to speak.
"You are not gonna enslave us?" Lena asked with confusion.
"Why would I enslave my family? If you decline then you are free to leave. But I promise to take care of you just like how I would to my own family. And I take good care of them if you want to know." Vox smiled as he pinched Lena's cheek. They are still kids after all, why would I get rid of the collars if I wanted to enslave them?
"You really won't do anything to us?" Samuel asked somewhat in disbelief.
"Nope, now will you take my hand? it is starting to hurt you know." Vox smiled awkwardly, his hand was still stretched out.
Before long Lena, who was somewhat blushing due to her cheeks being pinched, took his hand, followed by her sisters and brother and then the other 4. And Cyber Dragon who put his face on his hand.
"..."
"A..Anyway, now that is settled, feel free to use this as your new home. I will get some weapons for you all to see which you like best. For now, enjoy your free time." Vox said as he then turned Sentinel who was being held back by Night Wing Sorceress into a card. 'This damn Fish! Did he never learn friendly fire is forbidden!'
He ket Cyber Dragon there to protect the kids and walked back with Night Wing and 2 collars and their keys back to the City.
"Now I have to buy some weapons of every kind, they don't need to be good, all they need to be is of different type. This way I can see who is best at what." Vox murmured to himself as he was walking back.
'Also I can't use Cyber Dragon to sell because of the kids, then again, a beauty like Night Wing with her Wings will already be worth a couple dozen million.' As Vox arrived into the city, Night Wing Sorceress was already in her card form. Vox spent his next 4 days buying different kind of weapons with the gold, diamonds and other riches he had, he bought 10 of each type to see who liked what most. While also spending time with Alan and Ina, he also got to know that Ina's name is actually Inara, full name being Inara Redrock and Alan Redrock.
While Vox was on a shopping spree like a woman with a rich husband d that gave her an unlimited credit card. The masked slave trader was also preparing for the trade.
"Remember, attack him only when he is outside our establishment, take back every single Beli and from him and let his body be used as a home for maggots."
"Yes sir!"
'Now let's see how you will get out of here alive, trust is only applicable when both sides profit and when not much money is at stake. Haha, bring me my products and die later.' laughing to himself the masked man went to close another deal.
Back on the ship, Lena and Lucy were lecturing Wendy and Wright. During the last couple of days they got along with the others as well, but they could not stop Wendy and Wright from fighting, well, Wright hitting Wendy and Wendy laughing like she is crazy.
"If you don't stop, big brother Vox will leave you two here!" Lena said as she pinched their cheeks
"Yes, big brother Vox does not like naughty children, even Silver is scared of big brother Vox." Lucy nodded her head as she added. She saw how Silver(Cyber Dragon) went stiff when her big brother Vox came on the ship.
"But..." Wendy was about to speak but was denied right away.
"No buts! No more asking Wright to hit you!" Lena pinched their cheeks even harder.
"And you Wright, if you hit your sister once more, Big brother Vox will let throw you in the water, you know how brother Fish is if someone goes in the water right?" Lena said as she looked at Wright who was shivering in fear. He has indeed seen how brother Fish(Sentinel) was looking at them, if not for Sister Night Wing being with them, he would have eaten them! and then when he threw a small piece of wood in the water. Brother Fish jumped out of the water ready to give him a beating only to be stopped by Sister Night Wing. If he were to be thrown into the water....
"I will behave! I will not hit sister again, please don't tell big brother Vox." Wright was having tears at the corner of his eyes.
These 4 siblings are each one year apart, with Wright bring the youngest at 10 years old, next was Wendy who was 11, then Lucy at 12 and Lena at 13 years old. It was easier to trick them, but they really didn't have to. How their brother Fish, killed a bird that tried to catch a fish from the water, that bird was splashed so hard by a water jet that only the bones remained. Their brother Fish was too scary.
On the deck, Cyber Dragon Taxi was running in Circles with the other 4 kids riding on it as they were laughing. If someone who did not know of their situation were to watch them, they might think that they were still sleeping.
The day towards the exchange was nearing and Vox was ready to go into action. But before that he had Night Wing take Alan and Inara to the ship, he had a feeling that he will be need to leave as fast as possible tomorrow.
The next day, Vox was in an alleyway with both Sentinel and Night Wing out and both had collars around their necks.
"Remember, don't do anything. I will turn you both into cards once I leave the slums. Then we run for the ship and get out of this island. We already have everything ready for our journey." Vox told the 2, who nodded their heads.
"Alright, let go get rich!" Vox smiled as he walked towards the slave trader's establishment. Inside, the masked man was also grinning wildly "Alright, once he is inside send everyone to lock down the slums, his grave will be there. Let's get richer!"
Unknown to both of them, a third party was also there.