chapter 34

“This is Theon. She’s the only daughter of a slaver in this city.”

I introduce Ouka to the girl sitting cross-legged on the bed.

“D-Does slavers mean that you are the one who sold me to him?”

“Calm down? It’s not like that, okay?”

Ouka sat naked and upright on the floor, rattling and shaking.

Apparently, the fact that Theon yelled at me earlier is working.

“Huh! My family wouldn’t want to deal with a lowlife like you.”

Theon shows off and laughs.

“My family deals in slaves, but that’s a luxury item. I’m not selling any of those crime drops.”

Then I’d like to go into why you’re doing business in this rural town instead of a city, but I won’t.

“And I’m undefeated in that group! I’ve never had a slave sale contract fail. That’s 96 in a row!”

“That’s awesome….”

Theon is proud of herself with her hand on her chest. Ouka is really impressed, wagging her tail and her eyes are shining.

Theon stands up.

“That rootless adventurer over there stopped my record!”

“Yeah, yeah, yeah! What are you doing, master?!”

“I didn’t have any money.”

Sometime after I arrived in the city, I met Theon when I visited a slave trader, curious about the power word slave.

I almost bought a slave because of her pushy sales pitch, but at the last stage, I discovered that I didn’t have the money and didn’t sign the contract.

Theon seems to have kept that in the back of her mind for a long time, coming to me every now and then to complain and be sarcastic and try to sell me a slave.

I can’t believe you bought a slave anywhere but from me, and you’re a youkai fox…… It’s nothing short of humiliating!

“That’s enough!”

I don’t understand the pride of the slavers.

“So, how much did you pay for this baby?”

“…… 30 pieces of silver.”

“Aaaaah! You’re an idiot; you really are an idiot. You’re in for a world of trouble.”

“What’s so bad about it?”

Indeed, Ouka was bought at an unbeatable price. Still, her status was normal. I believe she was simply a child who was tricked into becoming a slave.

“The worst thing you can do is be a youkai fox.”

“A race?”

“When you bought this girl, the merchant covered her with a cloak.”

“Speaking of which……”

“Because people don’t like the sight of you.”

“Is that so?”

” Listen carefully.”

Theon closes the distance and pulls her face closer.

“The youkai foxes are a race of evil-eyed people who tried to destroy the world and were destroyed. They’re the only enemy sub-human.”

“Eeeeeeee!”

It was Ouka who was surprised.