(WN) Chapter 47 (2/2)

“Oh really? So aside from blonde hair, there wouldn’t be any others?” [Jirou]

“No.” [wealthy merchant]

“Our young woman here might not be an elf then. Well, what should I do, what should I do?” [Jirou]

As I thought, he wouldn’t believe it even if I were to say something like, “I have one! I do have an elf slave!”. Since the price of an elf slave is astronomical, only n.o.bilities and wealthy merchants could afford one.

“That misunderstanding is embarra.s.sing even in rural areas. You should correct it and keep it in mind, alright? Hahaha.” [wealthy merchant]

Then he left as he laughed.

He seemed to be unfamiliar with the circ.u.mstances in Erishe as well.

The moment the chubby left the place, Marina timidly asked.

“….Why didn’t you tell him about Hime? In that case, wouldn’t he still be making a fool of my liege? It doesn’t matter what he said about Marina, but Marina wouldn’t be able to endure it if he looks down on my liege.” [Marina]

“Nn? I don’t care about that. He would absolutely not believe it anyway, regardless of what I said….That aside, Marina, don’t say something like, 『It doesn’t matter what he said about Marina』.” [Jirou]

Having heard what I said, there was a mysterious look on Marina’s face.

“I understand.” However, she, tentatively gave me such reply after.

She might not really understand it, but considering that she had been a victim of discrimination for a long time, it wouldn’t be possible for her to perceive my words immediately. But, I hoped that she would be able to lose that line of thought, if possible.

Well, as someone who had purchased her as a slave, I have no right to say something like this, though.

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The market is indeed under the jurisdiction of the guild.

It appeared that she had secretly taken the measurement of my sword and placed the order with Hetty-san, since I did not have a sheath for my magic sword.

At this rate, I had a feeling that j.a.pan would gradually be of no significance to me soon.

“….Thank you. I’m really happy, Diana. I’ll treasure it forever.” [Jirou]

When I grasped her hand as I conveyed my grat.i.tude, she was stunned for a moment. Her face then turned beet red as her body stiffened.

“Y-Y-You’ll treasure….forever? P-P-P-Please take care of me!” [Diana] 4

“? A-Ah, of course I’ll treasure it.” [Jirou]

I had a feeling that we were not on the same wavelength, but her overwhelming cuteness had unexpectedly made me feel embarra.s.sed as well, so I did not pursue it.

“Iyaa~ How innocent.” I could hear Hetty-san’s squealing while giving us a distant look in her eyes.

After thanking Hetty-san, we decided to leave for the day.

It seemed that the long-awaited horse market will be held tomorrow, so Hetty-san will be coming over to pick me up in the morning….

1. Country b.u.mpkin

3. Tsubo 坪 = A j.a.panese unit of areal measure, roughly 3.3m2 or 35.5ft2, equivalent to the area of two tatami mats.

TL Note: Sorry for the delay. Was supposed to have this posted up last month but I was really busy lately and things were rather hectic for the editors too in RL.

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