Vol 1 Chapter 3 (2/2)

“? Tos.h.i.+ki?”

“Ah, no, it’s nothing”

I wondered if Meena was doubting me at she stared at my appearance.

She was looking at me with mystified look.

I changed the subject by saying “Speaking of which, it seems the you are laughing these days”, so that she doesn’t get suspicious.

“It might be so, it was fun to hear your stories master Tos.h.i.+ki”

“Really, I’m glad you say so”

It was her compliment.

It was only natural for men to be happy, even if he knew it was just a compliment.

So I “acted” like I was bashful while I glancingly observing Meena.

Meena’s coat was getting better.

Normally the Werecat’s coat were not maintained, but Meena was different.

Meena likes to maintain her coat.

So sometimes I maintain her coat for her.

For example, her back.

Although she can groom herself, the body structure of a Werecat makes it impossible for her to reach her back.

Therefore I’m the one grooming her back.

Meena was very pleased when I groomed her.

It was a woman’s nature to love cleanliness.

Grooming the back probably felt really good.

And so just by grooming, Meena’s appearance changed a little bit.

She was becoming a little bit lovelier.

At first Meena was like a dirty kitten, no, more like a dirty dust cloth.

However, as I patiently fixed her appearance, I noticed that she was becoming better.

The material was not bad in the first place.

Meena’s features were exceedingly refres.h.i.+ng, and her eyes were big and charming.

Therefore, when you properly clean and groom her, she will become lovely.

It was a fact now, but I’m still surprised whenever I see her.

To think that she had changed this much that she had become so beautiful.

I seemed to have been fascinated by her unintentionally.

I was speechless for a long time and Meena asked in confusion “Again? What’s wrong this time?”

“Well, I was just thinking of what to talk about today”

“Is that so? It’s fun you know”

It was fun being next to Meena as I absentmindedly thought about what to talk about.

I have a reason why I, more or less, got fascinated by her.

Because in this tent for low-cla.s.s slaves, Meena was nude.

“Come to think of it master Tos.h.i.+ki, I saw you mingling with the other slaves”

“That’s right, It was interesting to hear their stories”

Meena pointed out that I was interacting with the other slaves.

It was just normal for me to interact with the rest of the 30 slaves.

Since I don’t discriminate.

But really, Meena took most of my time but I still tried to interact with everyone as much as possible.

Why is that?

Because I just really want to hear their various stories.

For example, the slave that was a former adventurer.

I was able to hear stories from during the time of their adventuring days.

They told me a secret on how to kill a very large demon. How to distinguish edible wild gra.s.s from inedible ones.

Such knowledge in a wide variety of subjects was in some way, very important general knowledge to me.

Since I was a reincarnated person.

I’m absolutely ignorant to what was common sense in this world.

Even though I was playing [Fantasy Tale], I can’t tell the difference between edible and inedible wild gra.s.ses.

That’s why I need learn it from the people of this world.

I received some advice and got a lot information from them.

Thus I made some steady progress in my initial preparations.

Yes, initial preparations.

Preparations to be independent from the slave trader called Mark.

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