Vol 1 Chapter 4 (1/2)

A way to be independent from Mark.

I thought of various ways, but there was only the use of force as the possibility.

Why is it?

I will list the ways to become independent for the sake of explaining it.

The first one was the calmest method.

I will have to work my way to be a full-fledged slave trader by perseverance.

This was impossible.

Because Mark doesn’t have any intention to let me become independent at all.

He only considers me as “Cheap labor” one way or another.

It would be disadvantageous for Mark to lose me as cheap labor.

“I will only recognize you if you work hard, since even I work hard myself.”

That was Mark bragging while drinking alcohol, there wasn’t at ounce of credibility there.

Because when I activated my Appraisal Skill, Mark’s statement was branded as a [Lie].

So Mark intends to keep me until I die.

I totally knew it just by the way he treats me everyday. I was made to work like a maid by taking care of the cleaning, making the meal of the slaves and disposing of the excrements.

In a way, I was the slave of the slaves.

Well, if it just the work only, I might be able to endure it.

However, the violence was unbearable.

When Mark was not in a good mood, I was the one being beaten to release his stress.

It might be because a hierarchy was established.

That guy, he liked to act as if he was at the top of the hierarchy.

Drunk with violence, his eyes sometimes became bloodshot.

It was not hard to see that he was getting more aggressive.

Or maybe he is verifying something.

To verify that there was a difference of power, that even if I fight back I still can’t win against him.

Timidity.

It was more vexing to have such timidity, He had this need to check everything.

Was it necessary to bully me each and every time?

His selfishness had gone too far.

His selfishness was terrible, but the difference in physique was troublesome.

My body had an appearance of a complete 15 year old boy, but Mark was a big man.

One time, I was beaten so hard that the pain and nausea hasn’t subsided.

I still had stomach cramps followed by a s.h.i.+vering fit.

I vaguely remembered when I broke my bone in my previous life and suffered from nausea and chills as a result.

Acute pain ran through the pit of my stomach and because of the spasm of the diaphragm, it was hard to breath.

I had thought I would die. I was prepared for death.

But that s.h.i.+thead was just laughing.

I didn’t want to die while being trampled upon.

He looked like he was giving me a warning, I abhor that kind of behaviour that tries to justify his conduct.

Furthermore, it was a problem that Mark won’t tell me the necessary knowledge as a slave trader.

All those necessary procedures, such as signing a contract, was hiddenly performed inside a closed tent of the store owner.

He seemed to be afraid of me learning all of the knowledge.

It was often said that a monk before a gate will chant the sutra even before he learned it.

I may be able to learn if there was a small room I can use.

However this place was everything.

The vulgar smile of Mark came to my mind.

You probably like working until you die. Mark was unaware that I said those words.

It was revolting.

It was just unreliable to make an effort to steadily rise to the top.

There was no choice but to consider other methods.

The second method, I will have to change the contract without Mark knowing.

It was just recently that I knew the existence of the contract.

Because Mark concealed from me the knowledge of becoming a slave trader.

It was only by my own efforts that I was able to successfully obtain that information.

A contract was a pledge between the slave and Mark’s agreement.

The slave contract will only be established if there was both the engraved seal from the slave seal engraver and a signature in the slave contract.

The special tattoo that was used as the engraved slave seal, was also used as the signature for the contract.

It will become a typical magic contract by doing that.

In doing so, the contract will connect the name of the slave master to the slave.

If the name recorded on the contract was wrong, then that contract was meaningless.

The effect of the contract was to tie the slave’s soul together with the master under the right name.

In other words, Mark will lose the effect as the master when the name on the contract will be overwritten.

I will overwrite the name on the contract if possible.

I am betting my last glimmer of hope on this.

The contract was probably in the private tent of Mark.

I was given strict orders by Mark to not enter that tent.

It would only mean something really important was hidden in that tent.

Besides when a visitors comes.

Mark would say “This way please.” and enter the tent.

A contract was important to a slave trader after their lives.

Therefore contract management becomes the most important thing to the slave trader.

Mark was very cautious.

Because he is the type of person to keep valuables close to him.

I was really certain that the contract was inside the tent based on his behavior.

(Now then, is it really essential to enter the tent? But.)

I thought about how to enter the tent without being found out.