v2c19 (2/2)

If they sweep up children from villages or towns there is a high chance of being tracked since there were so many witnesses. For child adventurers, however, if they went missing everyone would think they got eaten by monsters because of not enough experience.

Lute is going to be a boy toy in the beginning, then once you grow up you’ll be sent to the coal mines—so they declared.

“If it’s you, we can sell you for 100 gold coins♪”

Misha admired me, looking happy. I’m not happy at all!

(Gimme a break! I’m still a virgin and you want me to surrender my a.s.s!?)

I judged escape was my first priority. So I immediately concentrated magic power in my hands and legs.

It’s unfortunate about the AK-47 and M10, but going against three armed adventurers was too much for me.

I thought, once I could cut this rope, I’d concentrate on running away.

――But that hope was immediately dashed.

I could not control my magic power.

“It’s no use. As long as you’re wearing that choker that prevents magic, you can’t use magic power.”

Akent coldly further said.

“Even adventurers without magic talent would try to use body strengthening for a moment once or twice. That’s why it’s obvious that we’d come up with countermeasures like that. We’ve been hunting people for so many years, y’see.”

G.o.ddammit!

There’s nothing I could do.

I was receiving my just desserts for getting c.o.c.ky and saying “being an adventurer is easy”.

I never thought of any methods to get out of crises like this.

“We’re going to sell off all of Lute’s things, so will you teach us everything about these magic devices?”

Alcedo waved the AK-47 in his hands.

I glared in defiance with all my might.

“Hey, hey, hurry up and tell us. If we don’t know how to use it, it’ll only sell for cheap.”

“Who would tell you something if he knows you’re gonna sell him.”

“Haa? You still don’t know where you stand, do you?”

Alcedo narrowed his cat eyes.

He stretched his hand towards my tied-up finger.

“Eh……?”

*cr――ack*

Without any hesitation, he broke my thumb.

“Don’t get carried away you d.a.m.n brat. You got too spoiled because we went easy on you.”

“AAAAAAH!”

He broke my index finger next.

Again, I sensed cat-ears’ hand reaching toward my middle finger.

“I’m sorry! I’m sorry! I’ll tell, so forgive me!”

My face that had been glaring up until now was saying sorry while covered in tears and mucus.

“You went too far, Alcedo. We’re gonna sell him after this, what if he gets injured.”

“He’ll be fine. If it’s just this kind of injury, he’ll be back to normal once he gets healed by a magician at the slave trader. In fact, should I break his legs too so he doesn’t run away?”

“I’m sorry! I’m sorry! Please stop!”

“Tch, so noisy. Shut up. You only got some fingerbones broken. This is why brats are…. If you understand, quietly listen to what we say.”

Being tch’d at by Akent, I kept my mouth shut and silently nodded.

Alcedo asked the question once again.

“Tell us how to use these magic devices. Misha, take notes.”

“Got it. Wait a bit.”

“If you lie…. you know what happens, right?”

With tears in my eyes, I nodded several times.

Once Misha was ready with the memo, I explained the use of the AK-47 and M10.

“―― aha it’s that kind of thing.”

I answered everything Alcedo asked while bearing the pain in my fingers.

“So we’ll sell the AK-47 and M10, but what about this?”

What Akent held in hand was Snow’s engagement bracelet.

“It’s not like it’s got gems in it, might be made of magic liquid metal. Nothing more than trash. Just throw it away?”

“Right.”

Akent nonchalantly threw the engagement bracelet into the fire that was still burning.

(G.o.ddammit! G.o.ddammit! G.o.ddammit! I’ll kill you! I’ll definitely survive and kill you!)

With my insides boiling hotter than magma, I carved their three faces into my brain.

“I’ll definitely come back and kill you”, I vowed.

“We should break the tag and bury it somewhere here. We can’t cash it in at the guild anyways.”

Alcedo took one of the two knives at his waist and struck the tag on top of a rock with the handle until it broke.

Akent smiled lightly and raised his heel.

“Well then, go sleep until we sell you to the slave merchant. Or rather, go sleep until you become those perverts’ toy.”

He drove his heel to the pit of my stomach.

Then I lost consciousness.

Like this, I was sold to the Demon Continent as a slave.

Volume 2 end.

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