Chapter 249 – RESCUE (1/2)

CHAPTER 249 – RESCUE

Sorek road in the Aegina Kingdom.

There is one group that is staying there for the night.

There are several wooden cages with heels and all of them are pulled by a horse.

Inside the cage were men and women of all ages.

Most of them are wearing clothes for servants and within them, there are even senior servantsーーthose who are allowed to wear butler uniforms.

All of them were servants of Duke Melina.

Within Aegina where the ranking system is strict, there is the saying “servants of the Duke are also 10th-ranked officials”, so even if the servants’ are born as slaves, as long as they belong to the House of the Duke, they would be treated with an identity equal to a lower official.

Of course, there are many servants who take advantage of that to “borrow the tiger’s skin” to act high and mighty, but as long as it is not a serious crime, or makes their masters lose their faces, most of their deeds are pardoned.

In other words, these people who are currently inside cages are existences that acted arrogantly everywhere just a while ago. But right now, they are put into cages, forcefully taken away, so most of them are exhausted to death.

Another reason why they are so exhausted is because the ones guarding them are Aeginean soldiers.

Two of the guard leaders are drinking alcohol and cooking meat in front of a camping fire.

「Haha, look how miserable they are」

「It just serves them. Even if they were subordinates of the Duke His Excellency, they’re not anymore」

Their words rode the wind and reached the servants’ cages, followed by a few screams of fright.

The soldiers taking a watch on them shouted at them to shut up.

Seeing that, the leaders laughed once again.

「Hmph, it’s all the that stupid Duke’s fault. Possessing ambition that doesn’t suit his abilities」

「Oi, oi, the Duke is still the Duke you know. Add -sama to it, Duke-sa-ma〜. Don’t insult the dumb fucker openly」

「Ohh that’s true. Haha, sorry ’bout that」

While they said that, the two leaders drunk their alcohol with a toast.

「Uhm, excuse me」

「Be quiet!」

A woman raised her voice from inside the cage. A nearby soldier scolded her, but.

「My daughter, my daughter is sick. She had a fever from noon, she looks painful right now, and……」

It was a mother that did her best to ask for help. A girl that seems to be her daughter was lying on her back beside her.

Her face was red and she was sweating profusely. She looked like she’s in pain, breathing with short breaths.

「Heh〜」

「Sick, huh. Well, just spit at it, it should heal right?」

「Idiot, that’s what you do with open wounds. When sick……what do you do when sick again?」

「I remembered, you should just drink water」

「Right! Just drink water〜」

The two leaders laughed once again. They did not look like they are planning to do anything about it.

Of course, there was no water inside the cages. Even the soldiers did not try to show action.

The begging mother still continued, but she could only tearfully withdraw after a soldier thrust his spear to the cage.

「Hey, what’d happen to these guys after we delivered them?」

「Since all of them is the Duke’s servants, they’re not first-timers. Since it’s the second time, they’d probably be sold as second-handed slaves for 10-Kre」

「All of them were slaves huh」

「Probably」

「Hey, I……I like some of them you know. Can’t I just take them?」

The man grinned, and seeing his disgusting face and vulgar words, the women in the cages sucked in sharp breaths.

「……you can’t. We need to bring them safely. If you try tasting them, both your head and mine would be chopped」

Hearing one of the men’s words, an air of relief spreads, but.