Chapter 2.5 (2/2)
The Dragon Newt says, “Don’t come any closer!”
Sora’s taken aback by her words. “!!” Is this the Dragon Newt language? Since the language exists in Elias’s memories, he decides to respond the same way. “I’m your master as of today. However, I have no intention of binding you. I won’t stop you from running away.”
“!? You can understand me?”
“Pretty much.”
“!!! Are you also a Dragon Newt?”
“No, I’m just a human.”
“I see…. Then, is what you said before true? Why would you want to buy me?”
“Yeah, it’s true. As for why, because then I’d be no different from if I turn my back on you right now.”
“The same as them? Kuuahahaha, you’re an interesting one. Fine, you can “take care” of me.”
Sora than leads the Dragon Newt out of the cell and towards the jii-san. Even though he stares in disbelief, he begins explaining the procedure. It’s a simple process that is completed once the master and slave press inked fingers against a sheet of paper. They leave once finished.
Outside, Sora says, “What are you going to do now that you’re free?”
“I don’t have anything planned. I’ll serve my husband[3]?”
“No thanks, but are you saying you want to follow me?”
“Yes.”
Haa… how annoying. You should have just run away. First off, I need to do something about her outfit. Slave garments are too dangerous to look at. I’ll also have to do something about the collar. Slaves can’t remove their collars, so that falls to the master… is what I feel like I’m saying.
Sora reaches for the collar, but the Dragon Newt grabs his hand. “Hmm?”
“This collar is indispensable proof that I belong to my husband, I wish that you do not take it.”
“Eh…” This Dragon Newt is more annoying than I thought. “Alright, fine. Let’s go buy you some clothes. What you have right now is full of problems.”
“These clothes are my cherished clothes in which I met my husband[4]…”
Argh, argh, argh, argh, argh, argh, argh, argh! How annoying! If that’s how it’s gonna be… “Hey, I said I’m not gonna bind you, but I’d like it if you listened to me a bit.”
“Very well, it can’t be helped if that is your command! To be honest, such ragged, boro boro, clothes aren’t to my liking!
What’s with this girl! Is this really the legendary race?
Sora says, “Oh yeah, what’s your name?”
“My name is Laila=Draconic.”
“Laila? My name is Sora.”
“That’s my husband’s full name?”
“Ah, to be precise, it’s Sora=Basard.”
“Uughe! My husband is the Dai Maou!”
What do you mean, “Uughe”? What kind of character are you? No… I wouldn’t understand your character anyway.
Laila says, “No, that’s different from what was promised. My husband must retire.”
How? “That’s not something I can do.” Laila stares at him with a very diligent expression as she waits for an explanation. Sora, clueless with how to respond, says, “It’s no big deal.”
“That’s not good enough!”
Sora places the blazer of his uniform on Laila and leads her into town to buy new clothes. They enter a store and Laila looks around. Despite the store not being very large, an hour pa.s.ses with a red and white dress to show.
Sora is irritated, ira ira, but forgives Laila upon seeing how cute she looks in it.
They leave the shop when,
—Guwawa…
Uwa, my stomach! I guess it’s already time. Haa, I completely messed up. Guess I should say something to her.
Laila, however, is grinning, niya niya. She says, “Ohh!? Is husband’s stomach empty!?”
“…It is.”
“Kuwahaha! In that case, feel free to eat me[5]!”
Just what is this girl? Or is this something normal among dragon people? …No, nothing like this exists within Elias’s memories. Maybe she’s just an idiot?
Sora says, “Let’s go get a bite to eat.”
Laila follows him with a baffled expression. “?” She then says, “Who are you going to eat?”
Is she really stupid? Sora ignores her since explaining is too annoying. They come to a stone building with a green painted roof after five minutes of walking. Written on the sign board is Restaurant.
Many people inside are enjoying their meals. Those people begin sneaking, kori kori, glances towards Sora and Laila and begin whispering amongst themselves. They’re probably looking at Laila’s collar saying, “It’s a slave~”
Laila doesn’t notice. Instead, her eyes s.h.i.+ne as they look around the restaurant.
Sora picks a table without looking around. Laila says, “Husband, what is this place? It has a really good smell.”
Ah, this girl really is an idiot. No, she’s just ignorant, but explaining it is so troublesome.
He says, “This place—” Laila’s eyes s.h.i.+ne as he explains. At some points, she even nods. She reminds him of cute, small, animal. She’s a dragon person.
An ap.r.o.ned, bald, rough looking ossan with a cut across his face arrives right when Sora finishes his explanation. He says, “Your order.”
Sora says, “I’ll have goblin skewers and rabbit soup. Later, bring out the same for her as well.”
The ap.r.o.ned ossan says, “Hey, hey, nii-chan, are you going to waste good food on a slave?”
This guy too?
Sora says, “Haa, are you saying slaves aren’t customers?”
“No, not that…”
“In that case, there’s nothing wrong for her to have the same thing as me.”
“….Yeah.”
Haa, do the people of this world really see slaves as nothing more than objects? I suppose that’s the trend of this world.
The food arrives and Laila drools as she entrances herself in smelling it.
“No, cut that out and eat it.”
“Ohh, it’s fine for me to eat this!?”
“Of course it is.”
Laila sinks her teeth into her food. The enthusiasm on her face would make a person think she’s eating something delicious.
Sora drinks some soup as he watches Laila eat. Well, it actually is pretty tasty.
T/N: Now Sora views buying a slave as saving one?? Author-san must have gotten a lot of complaints on his previous chapter… I still want to know why he started to find any little detail to be troublesome. Somethings are annoying, but quit shrugging everything off with that excuse! Laila is a bit naïve, but it has a bit of a charm to it. I look forward, with some fear, as to how she will develop. One thing’s for sure, Yami is going to be ticked.
[1] Roughly 5’66
[2] 5’84
[3] This section can be translated as either husband or master. My guess is that the Dragon Newt said husband. It’s also my guess that the dragon Newt is a girl as of now. If she remains as a girl throughout the next few chapters, then either nothing has come up to contradict the guess, or she is in fact a girl.
[4] Again, this could also be translated as master. I don’t know which author-san is going for. Might be an intentional mix of both.
[5] This could be a pun. The kanji for eat can be interpreted in both a literal way and a s.e.xual way, like in English…
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