Chapter 16 (1/2)

Since the carriage have arrived in the slave district, I held the blus.h.i.+ng Emily and Fatima down the carriage.

The slave market had high walls surrounding it, and within it were many buildings that housed the slaves.

A large muscular man asked us for our ident.i.ty and so after telling him I was here to buy slaves and then greasing his palms with some money, the large man groveled before me, opened the gate, and called for the master of the slave market

After that, we were lead from the main gate to the plaza where the humble master of the slave market greeted us.

「My, my, Demon-sama, what can we do for you today?」

「I came to buy slaves for my house.I want it to be smart and good looking. Let me have a look.」

「Yes, we will bring slaves who matched your preferences, please ascertain them yourself」

「Ok」

The big man gave us chairs, I took a seat.

「Well… I wonder what kind will come out？」

「Sorry to throw cold water on you… but I don’t believe the sort of girl that can live up to Master’s expectations will appear.」

「Hm？」

「A beautiful and fantastic body slave would be good , but merchants from brothels buys ahead of time. Because Katie was born a slave…You shouldn’t bother」

「Hmmm.. Well, it’s not like I’m expecting much. As long as it looks, good it’s fine」

After waiting for a while, the owner returned with a group of slaves, they lined up in front of us.

All of the slaves have already lost light in their eyes and were looking down, wearing shabby hemp clothes, and was wearing shackles.

n the order they were lined up, I looked over the slaves before my eyes stopped at the girl that was closest to me

「Hey… there’s one here isn’t there? A winner」

「Ah, you’re right, it’s a cute girl」

Fatima and I whispered to each other.

The slave is a pet.i.te girl with short pink hair, her beautiful face is outstanding compared to the other slaves in the row.

Her body is thin, I can’t confirm the size of the chest, even she lost the light in her eyes like the other slaves, the feel of her seems intelligent.

However, her distinct feature would be her long pointy ears, which was stretched horizontally

…..Aren’t these the rumored elves?

I asked the host.

「Hey, is that slave an elf？」

「No, that’s a half-elf, that slave is a bit special so, the price is higher…」

「I don’t mind, bring her here, I’d like to see in detail」

「Yes、Hey！　Lulu！　Come here！」

「……Yes……」

The half-elf named Lulu answered with a mosquito like voice, dragging her shackles, she stood in front of us.

Looking closely, she’s quite young

「You’re Lulu right…. How old are you？」

「……１８……」

「Is that in human terms？」

「……No, 18 years since birth……」

「Hm」

Although she is seen as a 14-15 year old, she’s already a decent adult.

「What’s the specialty of this slave？」

I asked the host.

「Yes, first, Lulu can read, write and do simple calculations」

「Oh, that’s quite unusual from a slave」

「Yes, she also has the skill『Housework Utility』」

「Woah……」

The skills human can acquire is fixed upon birth

Even Katie of “Dragon’s Cage”, she has “Hygiene” skill

That’s why Katie is good at a.n.a.l play.

「Also, she can use simple healing and antidote spells, she’d be useful in the family」

「That’s good and all but, did you learn magic naturally？」

「No, it was taught to me by other slaves」

「Hmph… so she was smart to begin with」

「R-right, Lulu is a very clever slave, she doesn’t even trouble us. 」

「Hmmm… Why is such an excellent slave still remains unsold?」

Emily asked an obvious question

「It’s just that、because the slave’s skills are good she’s quite expensive、although the other reason is、a lot of customers don’t want a demi-human stay at their home、Even if she has 『Housework Utility』、it’s because the fact that ordinary slaves should be trained severely. Her body is shabby that brothel’s don’t buy her」

「I get it now……」

Hearing that now, it seems like there’s discrimination against demi-humans.

「Could you tell me the history of this slave」

「Yes、Lulu is a half-elf, born from a human father, and an elf mother. Because she was persecuted from the elf village、The family lived in the mountains、her parents were killed by a monster when they had gone out to procure food、she had been wandering since she became an orphan, that’s why I took custody of her……」