Jashin Average – 9 (2/2)
”How much?”
”The cost is 5 silver coins”
While lightly grasping this thin hand that seeth, I asked the shopkeeper behind ot that kind of reply
Having said that she is on the verge of death, I couldn’t tell whether that price was high or low for a human, but with her potential, if she’s healthy she would probably be worth 100 times that
The shopkeeper probably felt a lot of doubts about my words and actions, but perhaps because of his awareness as a professional, he didn’t ask me about it
”Got it Then I’d like you to dress her in any random clothes; I’ll pay for the extra”
”No, if it’s just si for slaves, then it’s complimentary”
He sue and carried Tena out
”We’ll hand her over once we’ve washed the body and given her clothes We’ll need you to finish the paperwork in the meanwhile, so please come back to the seat from earlier”
I followed the shopkeeper at his proround jail
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Sitting dohen I returned to the shopfront, I entered the necessary details into the contract sheet, and paid 5 silver coins
”We have certainly received it Finally, there’s the registration of the slave, and the paperill be done”
When he said that, with good ti came the man with Tena in his arms
She earing a kantoui if you could call it that; it was a simple outfit made of a cloth with a hole for her head
It wasn’t tied up with a belt, so her naked young body could be seen from the sides
Seeained a lot of its colour, but even so the aura of death that floated from her entire body crushed out any of her appeal
Laid on the floor, there was a collar that hadn’t been there before around her neck
”Please touch her collar with your hand”
Following the shopkeeper’s words, I stood up from my chair and reached my hand out to the collar on Tena’s neck
The collar le seam, and looked like it couldn’t be taken off
After touching it for a while, the collar shone with light
Is this the same make-up as the Adventurers Card?
『Tena has been enslaved』
Just like the tieon master, I heard a voice from somewhere
”With this, she’s become your slave, and has absolute obedience to you Because she can’t walk, would you like us to call you a carriage?”
”I don’t need it; I’ll carry her”
Saying that, I ignored the shaken shopkeeper and assistant, as well as Tena’s voice, and grabbing her arms, I placed her on my back
She twisted her body to try and get down, but in the end, perhaps finally giving up, she calmed down
I’ me when I left the store
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She was light
They did say she was 14 so she was certainly younger than me, but perhaps because of e, and was one or two heads smaller than I was
To add to that, she was thin enough that her ribs were showing, and she had so little weight that even the powerless htness made me sad
Having said that though, no ht be, I still have to carry her all the way to the dungeon by foot, so it’ll probably be tough for both of us
After leaving the shop, I entered an alleyway and walked a little, and after finding a place where nobody was around, I let her down to the ground
Tena as sitting on the ground looked up ily at me as I stood next to her, and in reply I took a step back from her and removed my hood
”You swore to believe in me”
”…Yes”
For the first time, words came out of her mouth
Hearing her answer, I thrust a finger at her forehead
”If those words of yours are true, then accept this”
Saying that, I used my skill consciously for the first time
”Divine Enchantment”
『Divine protection has been granted to Tena』
『Divine protection has been granted to Slave Clothing』
Together with those words, Tena was engulfed in gathering darkness
When the darkness cleared, Tena’s appearance had coed
The blonde hair that was dull even after being cleaned was now radiantly sparkling, and her sunken cheeks and fleshless liirl had returned
There was a black pattern where I poked her, like a sideways letter ”S”, and her blue eyes had turned to deep crimson
Her clothing rese rese a blackened version of an ancient miko outfit, decorated with ornaments
More than anything, her atmosphere of near death had disappeared, and the brilliance of a bishoujo returned to her
Mn, seems that it ell
Though it’s that of an evil God, it’s still a God’s ”divine protection”, and a gas that you’d find in the final dungeon
I expected that even a fatal illness could be cured in an instant with it
That even her clothing would change was a little beyond expectations, but if it’s cursed… sorry
”Eh-… Ah-…”
Dumbfounded at the transformation to herself and her outfit, Tena stared wordlessly at her hands and clothing
While she did so, she realised that despite feeling sharp pains just by breathing before, there was now no sign of her illness at all, and tears began to spill from her now red eyes
To Tena who thankedto the hand I had thrust out earlier, I sed down the guilt of distorting her life and future for my own convenience, so that it wouldn’t show on my face
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Tena whose tears had stopped after continually crying for a while had paled upon thinking back at what she had just done
Seeing Tena peeking at my face, I was secretly relieved that even if she had beco afraid of me
I wonder if she’s gained resistance to ic eyes and aura because of her divine protction
”Stand””
”Y-, Yes-!”
I didn’t intend on saying it so strongly, but Tena bolted up, and stood at attention waiting formy next words
It seeot the impression that she was nervous to the extreme
”I want you to live at ”
”…Eh?”
? I wonder why did she react tome?
”Dissatisfied?”
”T-, That would be absurd! Only, umm… is just that much fine?”
Ahh, I see
Certainly what I just asked her to do could nor applications for servants so there’s no reason to go out of my way to buy a slave
Slaves exist to be forced to do things that servants can’t, or won’t do
Only, I don’t have anything else I particularly want her to do for me, so it can’t be helped
If the ht to that, but I’ to do with me
”Just that is fine But, I live quite far fro is quite a task”
”Understood”
Tena tilted her head in wonder about where I lived, but she probably hasn’t even ieon, huh
Explaining would be difficult, so I’ll just have her see it for herself
After buying shoes and underwear for her, I had Tena register at the Adventurers Guild before leaving town