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Chapter 055 - The Dark Elf, Xiah

AUTHOR NOTE : There is no Trans.e.xual here.

A few days after the moving party.

In the morning, I slipped out of bed alone and went to the kitchen.

Wearing a pair of briefs and a s.h.i.+rt, I put on slippers and boiled some water.

I sliced some bread I bought yesterday and spread it with b.u.t.ter. I put some lettuce-looking vegetables and ham in between and a simple sandwich was made.

I made a salad with the leftover vegetables.

Once the water boiled, I brewed some Dragon Continent specialty light brown Chacha, that looks like oolong tea, and brought it to the bedroom.

Usually Snow and Chrisse would make breakfast but yesterday I gave it my all so I tired out both of them -- they are now still in dreamland.

As a husband, it's my duty to show consideration for my wives' health and at least make them breakfast.

Speaking of my schedule: since my first night after moving to this house...

I spent all morning at Meiya's workshop developing armor and accessories.

In the afternoon I meet up with Snow and Chrisse to go buy food and window-shop.

Then once night falls, I carry them both, head straight for the bed and let's go!

This is how a standard day goes.

Regarding contraception, the girls drink a special magic potion. Being able to use that as contraception is just what I'd expect from an alternate world.

Every once in a while, I would ask Meiya's approval and secretly receive quests and earn money in the morning with just the two of us for the sake of the bracelets I'm going to give to Snow and Chrisse.

I was able to safely have my first time with them both the way we wanted to, but… unfortunately cosplay clothes and lotions weren't sold in this world, they don't exist.

I want to put sailor uniforms, bloomers and army uniforms on them!

I want them to wear camo-patterned bikinis and hold AK-47s! I want to have superior officer and NCO play! China dresses exist so I did try having them put it on, and it was really exciting!

TL Note : NCO == Non-commissioned Officer

Also, I want all three of us to get in a single bathtub and flirt.

”I don't have a bath at home after all. Of course I can't exactly use that wash-basin. I could borrow the bath at Meiya's house, but—nah, I can't do that.”

Even though she's my disciple, doing lotion play in an acquaintance's bath feels too awkward.

There's also the fundamental problem that there are no lotions.

”—No, wait. Since I could make gunpowder then I should be able to make lotion, shouldn't I!?”

A flash of genius!

An amazing flash of insight happened upon my grey matter!

I immediately began experiments inside my head.

First I built the mental image of 'lotion'.

A large part of it is made up of water, so the magic is handled a lot like water magic.

I breathed in, breathed out, and concentrated.

I detached a portion of magic from inside my body, moved it to my hand, and made it manifest.

”Ooooh! It turned into lotion!?”

It was a transparent, slimy liquid.

I rubbed it onto both my hands.

When I separated my hands, the slimy liquid made threads.

Perfect! Right now there is a perfectly made lotion in my hands!

Magic is amazing! Magic banzai! Khorosho!

This is a revolution!

If I can ask Snow or Meiya to make lots of these I can do lotion play that I only saw on DVDs in my previous life!

Ooh! Wild ideas just keep coming forth!

TL Note [Basically ‘yume ga hirogaru’ in j.a.panese means that their desires and dreams are increasing in number due to a new door being opened. Or similar such situations. I would have just written ‘Ooh! A door to new dreams and possibilities!’]

As my heart was trembling from the numerous possibilities, I heard footsteps coming down from the second floor.

It looks like those two had woken up.

I washed my hands.

The water boiled just in time, so I brewed three people's worth of chacha.

We carried breakfast from the bedroom to the living room for a change of place.

I gave Snow and Chrisse, who were still looking sleepy, a morning greeting with a smile fresher than highland gra.s.s.

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”You know. I think we should get started working for real soon.”

As the three of us sat on the living room chairs, having my special-made breakfast, Snow put out a proposal.

Certainly, no matter how we say we have an excess of funds, we'll become useless people if we stay like this.

”You're right. We should start working soon just like Snow says.”

[That's right. Let's aim for level III again.]

Chrisse agreed, showing a motivated face.

”Level III, huh….”

I stroked my fingers on my chin in thought.

Exterminating monsters around town can get you up to level II, but that won't do for level III.

The basic quests for level III are typically things like going far away to another town to deliver things, exterminating high level monsters, or guarding wagon convoys.

Things that demand an adventurer's special expertise.

Also, from here on we'll need to put security deposits.

It's a system to prevent taking on quests without actually partic.i.p.ating in them. The security deposit is of course paid back after the quest is complete.

But that is exactly why I'm hesitant.

With quests that I've never done before, along comes trouble.

About 4 years ago, because of my lack of basic adventurer knowledge, I was tricked by fake adventurers and sold off as a slave to the Demon Continent.

Though it was good that I was able to find my wife Chrisse as a result, the trauma etched in my heart doesn't disappear so quickly.

Wagon escort missions seem simple at first glance, but I don't know what’d happen if I were suddenly attacked in the middle of the night by a large number of people and fell into panic. It's one thing if it's just me, but I have two wives I have to protect, so I can't just recklessly fire my guns at random.

That indecision probably had something to do with the reason why I have been living the lazy life recently.

”Then you can just buy a slave and all will be fine!”

TN: Slaves, the cause and solution to all of life's problems

”Uwaa!? M, Meiya! Since when?!”

Before I knew it, Meiya Dragoon was standing at the living room entrance.

As usual, she was in a dragon dress and holding a folding fan.

”I knocked the front door but n.o.body replied so I showed myself in!”

”Showed yourself in…. what about the key?”

”I am a genius magic tool developer second to Lute-sama. Opening that kind of lock was no trouble at all. Ahem desu!”

Don't 'ahem desu' me!

Meiya proudly puffed up her large chest.

But what she said had truth to it.

Even if they were introduced by the Adventurers' Guild, I can't trust another adventurer so easily.

So rather than that, buying a slave, which carries no risk of betrayal, is a better plan.

Luckily I have some funds to spare.

At worst I can just borrow from Meiya.

”....... Should we try and give it a look?”

”Well, just looking is free, after all.”

[Besides, there might be a person like onii-chan we might be able to pick up, too]

After getting my wives’ approval, regardless of whether or not we would end up actually buying one, we decided that we would go have a look.

”Then let's go to the slave market today!”

Likely because she was happy her plan was accepted, Meiya enthusiastically did an air punch.

We'll be taking a break from the armor and accessories development today.

Since we're already going, I think we should probably do some shopping and invite Meiya for dinner after we have finished looking at the slaves.

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There’s but one place that sells slaves in this town.

A number of different slave merchants have gotten permission from the kingdom and set up together as the “Brutus Slave Market”

For defensive reasons, the [Brutus Slave Market] was set up behind the Adventurers' Guild.

It seems to have been done to make sure that any problem can be handled quickly when it happens.

We've been to the Adventurers' Guild several times, but other than Meiya, none of us knew where the building was.

We've never had any business that takes us behind the Adventurers' Guild, so we never noticed it.

The first floor of the [Brutus Slave Market] has cages for display, but the first floor had no entrances or exits.

It's to prevent the slaves from escaping.

The same reason why I was once locked down in the bas.e.m.e.nt of [Rano Slave House].

The [Brutus Slave Market] operates by having multiple slave traders bring their slaves.

It had a system where, upon entering the market, new slave traders had to pay an entrance fee after having pa.s.sed strict examinations and are then allowed to put up their slaves for a fixed period of time.

Because of this system, the slave traders compete with each other, increase the quality of their slaves, have a wide selection of races, and there are no traders who cheat on their sold merchandise.

In the Demon Continent where I was taken to as a slave, people wanted mine slaves for digging coal, gold, silver, copper, magic stones, and such.

Of course, there is demand for mine slaves here in the Dragon Continent, too. However, in this town demand is not only for physical laborer-type slaves. There is demand for various types of slave.

Since bringing together many slavers means the quality and species of slaves becoming more diverse, this system was adopted.

The second floor is the reception area.

We went up the stairs and inside the room, and saw that similar to the Adventurers’ Guild they did business behind counters here too.

Meiya explained how it all worked.

As I thought, this is not a place just anyone can come to.

At least, there are age limits.

Adults, over 15 years of age.

We were 14 and 13 years old so we normally couldn't come inside, but since there is a guardian, Meiya, there seems to be no problem.

It seems you present the kind of slave you want at the desk, then they give you a listing of slaves that meet the criteria.