Chapter 20 (2/2)
Well, I’ll try to think of a good excuse then…
My eyes met Diana’s unexpectedly and I was. .h.i.t by an idea. That’s it!
“Let’s see. To be honest, there is a first condition that must be met that as an escort……I require the escort to take care of this child too so it would be better for the slave to be a female of similar age to her if possible. As one would expect, it would be hard for robust looking men like them to be taking care of a young woman like her. So to somewhat compromise it, it would be fine as long as the female slave has a combat related experience. May I know if there are any that matches the criteria?” [Ayase]
Alright, a perfect logical reason! I’m even charmed by it myself.
On hearing my explanation, the owner of the slave trading house replied, “Ah is that so?” but for some reason Jephthah could be seen trying to suppress his laughter. It feels unpleasant. d.a.m.n, I don’t care what to think of this guy anymore!
“Then we shall prepare young female slaves with combat related vocations then. Our apologies but please wait for a while.” [owner]
“Goshujinsama is a pervert.” [Diana]
Leave me alone.
After that, we were told that the slaves were gathered in another room so we moved again.
It appears that male and female slaves are handled separately and will not be placed in the same room…..Tch, that b.a.s.t.a.r.d Jephthah! He’s trying to f.u.c.k with me again!
Somehow, I felt like I’ve become that guy’s main target of teasing….I’ll definitely pursue it!
“Jephthah-san, the owner of the slave trading house has shown me those male slaves in the state of being tied with a rope earlier, am I right?” [Ayase]
“Iya~a I’m sorry. Since you had mentioned that you wanted escorts, we did it with best intentions……Were you expecting us to accommodate a maid along to take care of Diana-san too? You’re sure greedy, Jirou-san.” [Jephthah]
This sly fox oniisan!
The number of slaves were considerably less than previously, but room spreads out even wider than the room earlier. The similar dark gloomy eyes, a diversity of race and pretty white tunics.
U~n….As expected still heavy…..
All of them appeared to be in the late teens or early 20s. I guessed they must have not wanted to end up as slaves. Combat related vocation aside, I am not even sure if they are able to fight as escorts…
A slave without their essential emotion might be bad but, it might not be that practical, as I thought.
“Etto, master. So do all the people here have combat related vocation as what was discussed earlier? Are there any child here who has actual combat experience?” [Ayase]
I tried examining the girls as I listened.
Despite saying something cool, it was still better to choose one to my preference after all.
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The one at the far corner. There’s one there. The girl with brown skin.
She has the same dark gloomy eyes like the others but a pair of thick eyebrows and alluring eyes. Her purple hair similar to the colour of an amethyst is also beautiful.
Her age seemed to be below 20 and she has outstanding style.
Even though she was wearing the same white tunic, her splendid breast was highly prominent.
And above all, her ears are slightly long.
Isn’t that…….what we call dark elf-chan in our industry? Ufu,ufufufu, why is she lined up in such a place?
“……A, ano? Are you listening?” [owner]
Ah, master. Sorry. I haven’t heard a thing. Even if I do hear it, all that information is no longer relevant.
“Please tell me the information of this child.” [Ayase]
When I pointed at the dark elf-chan, confusions were clearly written all over their faces and they seemed to be surprised at the same time. What is so surprising about this? You guys should know about my fondness for elf.
“Jirou-san. That child is from the Turk tribe. You might not mind it too much but is it really alright?” [Jephthah]
“So what of it? Turk tribe?” [Ayase]
…..According to Jephthah’s explanation, one of the Turk tribe’s characteristic is the brown skin. Since their ears are long similar to elves, they are often the target of persecution for being false elves…..it wasn’t said but it seems like a tribe that often became the target of discrimination.
The discrimination tendency in this country in particular, is even more conspicuous. Although the country of fire to the south doesn’t seem to discriminate against the brown skin……..
In addition, the Turk tribe doesn’t seem to be loved much by the spirits so there have not been any history of any of them getting 2 or more vocations so far. Since this country has a strong belief in spirits, they might be considerably narrow-minded too. Moreover the number of guidance that they receive are really few or something along that line…..
Hmm. I see.
But all of those have nothing to do with me!
I’ve already decided on her!
“This girl’s name is Marina…… There is another reason why I wouldn’t recommend her actually……Her vocation is a Knight.” [owner]
The owner said apologetically.
Nn? That looks good actually. It would be good for escorts in particular. Is there anything wrong with it?
“Is there anything wrong with Knight?” [Ayase]
“That’s because, a knight is usually something that only a man can become, Jirou. So if a woman were to have Knight as vocation, it’s actually the same as having no vocation at all. In actual they can still fight but why has it ended up this way.” [Rebecca]
So a woman can’t be a knight…is it. But it’s also a combat related vocation anyhow and Rebecca-san did say they would not have problem fighting too. No matter how I think about it, it doesn’t seem to be much of a problem.
…ah I see. Since a vocation is literally the same as a profession, if she can’t get a job as a knight, then the vocation doesn’t seem significant anymore isn’t it? I ended up thinking of it as an RPG. A vocation is also a job! It’s not a game!
In order to get a more in-depth story, I tried speaking to Marina………as expected I felt embarra.s.sed.
“Etto, I was thinking of buying you now but may I know if you have any combat experience? Could you do housework? Could you read letters?” [Ayase]
(TL: He sounded casual at first but ended up becoming slightly formal in his speech)
As I was asking her, this Jephthah a.s.shole who was behind me suddenly said, “Honorific language to a slave!” making me feel like bursting into laughter. Although, thanks to that my hesitation gradually disappears.
The questioning ended up becoming a smattering of words for some reason….. But, I guess it’s not good to be too casual to a girl whom you just met.
I had initially thought that she was still in hesitation but all of the sudden she glared at me as if she had made up her mind somehow and said.
You might have said that she blurted it out.
“I-I-I-I will make an oath here as a knight so if you are a worthy master that I should be serving then show me the evidence! O-Otherwise even if you can rob me of my body, do know that you can never rob me of my heart. S-So how will it be?” [Marina]
Oh my, this child, is seriously cute.
But will it be alright? Halfway through it became withered out. Do your best! Do your best till the end!
While I was calming myself there, I was taken off guard by Diana who suddenly cut in from the side.
“Marina. I am Diana. Diana Runaabera. I’m the princess from the elf race. Pledge your allegiance to me, be my hound, dedicate your life to me. If you do so, you will obtain the blessings of the spirit even as a member from the Turk tribe.” [Diana]
Diana…..
Why did she suddenly cut in……moreover in such a monotone.
The one who will be making the contract is me though.
But well whatever since it seemed interesting.
“Oooooh princess!” [Marina]
“Yos.h.i.+, what do you want to ask for, Marina…..” [Diana]
I cast a sceptical gaze at the two of them who were engaged in a skit there. I was the one who would have to go through the procedure of the contract though.
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