episode_0016

I was stopped by Juul and entered the workshop.

The first thing I smelled was the smell of oil.

Next came the smell of chemicals that made my nose tingle.

Jules put me down only after entering Felix’s store.

It probably means that Felic is a trustworthy person.

‘Can I speak?’

There were numerous armors on display inside the store.

There are a variety of demi-human armor from Ramrat to Centaur, and one side is filled with bows and spears.

Still, there weren’t many swords.

Why aren’t they treated like swords?

“Would you like some armor?”

Jool placed the armor on the table in front of Felix.

Then, I sat down on the table next to the chair that seemed too small to sit on.

Felik picked up the armor and began to turn it around and look at the broken sections.

Rather than being stubborn with pride, his appearance was closer to that of a craftsman who accepts failure and studies it.

“I wish you could make me a slave bracelet too.”

Felik glances at me.

There was a strange look in his eyes.

“That takes a day.”

“It doesn’t matter.”

Felix came over and immediately grabbed my hand.

Soon something is roughly wrapped around my wrist.

It was a tape measure.

The units were unreadable, but at first glance, they were as precise as a tape measure on the Earth.

Felik, who saw my face, unwrapped the tape measure and began to pull out something.

“You are a human being in the growth stage. Humans grow even beyond the age of 20. If you make it to fit as it grows quickly, it will soon be unusable.”

“Then what do you think should be done?”

Ta-da-da-da-dak!

After winding up the spring and collecting the tape measure, Felix immediately opened the drawing and started drawing something.

“We will make it so that you can adjust the length of the band, so please adjust it as you get older and your arms get thicker.”

“Make it generously enough.”

“How generous can you give me?”

“Enough to wear around your neck.”

what?

Felic glanced at me and turned around.

“······I will do that.”

Jules giggled teasingly.

I said this without knowing anything, but I actually got something to wear around my neck instead of my arm! I thought it was just a military dog tag or something!

“What would you like me to engrave?”

“Seollang Juyul’s slave. If you touch it, it will kill you.”

‘Don’t you usually write down the owner’s address or your name?’

It’s not some kind of dog collar.

Moreover, the dog’s name is written on the dog collar.

Still, Felix didn’t question it.

I was literally writing something down on paper.

“It is easy to make, but you need to know if you are sensitive to iron poison, lacquer poison, or slime poison.”

“Find out.”

Felix pulls out several straps from a shelf.

Soon my arms were filled with dozens of bracelets like a fashion hipster.

‘Is this how you find out about allergies?’

It wasn’t filled half way, but tied quite tightly.

So much so that my hands feel slightly numb.

How long do I have to do this?

I looked at Jool, but was mesmerized by the weapons on display.

“The results will come out tomorrow. Never allow the bracelet to be taken off. If something goes wrong and the poison rises, your arm may rot.”

I didn’t like the testing method.

If your immunity is high in the first place, wouldn’t there be some people whose allergies won’t go away in just one day?

“Okay. I won’t let you take it off. Ah!”

Terup’s hands and feet were taken out of the netting machine.

“How long do you think these nails will cost?”

Felic immediately became interested and accepted Terup’s hand.

Maybe it’s because my toenails are stubby compared to my fingernails, so I don’t pay any attention to them.

“Are these the nails that tore through my armor?”

“That’s right.”

“If you can tear my leather armor, you can easily dig up a tree. It can be made into engraving or crafting tools and sold at a good price.”

“Let’s match the price of the bracelet.”

Without even asking the price?

Felik doesn’t seem to be that reluctant.

Of course.

‘He’s not an NPC from a game general store.’

No, even NPCs don’t buy human arms.

Even if you have good nails to begin with, aren’t they just nails after all?

“Can I pull your fingernails?”

“It doesn’t matter.”

Felic pulls Terup’s nails vigorously with the extension pliers.

But even after pulling for a long time, the nail did not come off.

In the end, he clenched his teeth to the point where his fangs were exposed, spun him around and crushed his finger completely before finally pulling it out.

“Phew!”

Nevertheless, white ligaments are pulled out from the toenails.

Felic looked like he was fed up and cut the ligament with scissors.

Snip!

Felix pulled out his fingernails, looked around, and traced his fingernails on the remaining pod skin.

Just by looking at the outside, it looks like armor leather that has been soaked in plenty of oil and dried hard.

Suuu…

However, the leather was cut sharply, as if human skin had been cut with a scalpel.

‘Isn’t that the equivalent of a scalpel?’

Felik was also astonished, his mouth wide open.

The little finger stroked the cut section of leather again and again.

“Ah!”

Felic screamed and took his hand away.

His hand was cut by sharply cut leather.

But the blood didn’t flow that much.

The cut was so sharp that the affected area stuck together.

“So hard yet sharper than obsidian! I can’t believe it even when I see it with my own eyes. This alone is too much.”

“Take it all.”

Felik’s eyes were as wide as a lantern.

‘You’re giving me all that for free?’

Even as an outsider, I can see that this is a valuable item.

There are so many uses for it in our daily lives.

“No. This is a dream material for craftsmen! This single claw is definitely worth more than this leather armor right now.”

“No need.”

Felik shook his head and held out the entire leather pouch sewn to his waist.

“You can take it all and it’s not enough.”

Jules took the leather pouch and began looking through the inside.

Then he took out a silver coin and held it out to Felix again.

“I’m not short of money, and I didn’t catch this guy to sell him out. It’s just because I don’t have any money right now.”

“But—!”

“Make me a good bracelet and repair my armor properly.”

Despite Felix’s dissuasion, Jules left the workshop, putting the leather pouch on the table.

As soon as I left the workshop, Jules grabbed my hand again.

Felix asked, looking over the day he was taken away.

“Where are you going?”

“To eat.”

“If you don’t have a place to stay for the day, you can stay at our store.”

“It’s okay. I’ll take care of it.”

─Eating out!

Despite the circumstances, I couldn’t help but have expectations.

The only food I had ever eaten was bread bought from outside and food my mother used to make, and this was my first time eating somewhere else.

Food is the essence of culture.

Thanks to this, food is my favorite thing.

Because the emotions put into food are different depending on the region.

I couldn’t hide my excitement when they asked me to go out to eat, but my excitement died down in an instant when I saw what Juul had bought.

─Because what Jules was holding in his hand was raw meat.

They chew raw meat, and although they look squeamish, the person eating it is calm.

‘Isn’t raw meat actually delicious?’ And I even feel like it’s pointless. It was because I was so hungry that I wanted raw meat.

‘I’m so hungry that I die!’

My mother had big hands.

Thanks to this, my stomach is specialized in processing waste.

Now my legs are shaking and I feel weak.

‘I’ve had enough of that roasted human flesh!’

It was a late regret.

Who knew I would miss human flesh?

Besides, it seemed like they definitely bought soap and clothes to wear.

However, in the end, he didn’t buy me anything to eat.

“Eat.”

Jules offered me some of the raw meat he had been eating.

She looked like a mother who said that eating vegetables makes you healthy.

‘I’m about to cum.’

I glared at Jules.

The elf couldn’t help but cry.

“Seollang. Humans have a similar eating habits to elves, so they do not like eating raw meat. Should I at least make some food for the slaves to eat?”

“Ah, that’s right. Thanks for letting me know. It’s okay.”

Jules nods, picks up the meat offered to me, and eats it.

─What about my food?!

“······Please come again next time.”

The elf awkwardly greeted Jool.

Zul, who took me for a walk through Ymir’s tomb, looked like a butcher.

He chews raw meat with one hand while his clothes are covered in blood.

He was dragging me around with his other hand, and the eyes of several demi-humans looking at me were filled with sympathy.

Grumble ───! Gurgling—-!

My stomach continued to growl.

Since the day I met Terup, I haven’t eaten anything properly.

I felt like I wanted to eat some grass.

The sun began to set at the tips of the tall trees.

In the end, I couldn’t eat anything until the end.

“Are you hungry?”

“······Can I speak now?”

“There’s no one here right now. You must never leave my body until you put the bracelet on. Be careful with your sleeping habits.”

Why on earth does it not work?

“Why aren’t you giving me food?”

“You could put poison in your food. I can’t defend you without the slave bracelet.”

Jules was lying down on the street, hugging me with one arm, and lying on his back facing the sky. Since they said they would spend the night in the village, I thought they were sleeping at an inn or boarding house somewhere.

I couldn’t imagine just sleeping on the street.

“Why are you sleeping here?”

“It has a nice atmosphere.”

Juul is a highly educated person.

It can’t be like this without a reason.

okay. It might be better to lie down and sleep, right?

The scenery is different wherever you look.

There are things you can only see when you lie down.

I lay down next to Jules──── and hit the back of my head on the gravel.

“Aaaagh—?!”

I lifted my body slightly, pulled out a rock from the floor, and threw it away.

To make matters worse, as night fell, fires began to be lit nearby.

Perhaps it was a signal, but the smell of grilling meat somewhere stimulated my hunger.

Violently.

“I’m hungry.”

“Hold on.”

“Then why did you ask me if I was hungry?”

“I’m curious.”

─This bitch?!

Jules’ eyes were half closed.

I guess I’m sleepy because I ate so much.

‘pup.’

I desperately hoped for it, but it betrayed my expectations and I quickly fell asleep.

In my mind, I wanted to empty Jules’ wallet and eat something.

However, I experienced throughout the day how humans are treated.

Thanks to that, I didn’t have to worry about it.

They were also consuming human meat.

It’s rare, but I saw human meat hanging on a hook I saw while stopping by here and there.

‘Seeing that Terup eats it too, it’s only fair.’

······But even though it looks like a human, it is human meat.

At first, I thought it was a long time.

The reason I was able to recognize it was because of the head and genitals that were discarded in the organ basket. If I go to buy something, my money may be taken away and my limbs may be chopped off and turned into meat hanging on a hook.

Still, I was so hungry that I died.

So much so that I want to go on an adventure.

─Gurgling!

It’s not like eating your own people, but I thought eating intelligent people with whom you could communicate was a kind of cannibalism.

At least for me.

However, it seems natural for them to eat Ain’s meat.

Or am I just thinking too positively from my own perspective?

Or maybe it’s simply a difference in language.

If a monkey at the zoo cries out and begs for its life to be released, it will be helpless and help you.

But what if the monkey looks at me and screams?

‘It’s just a monkey running wild.’

Am I nothing more than a talking monkey to them?

Footsteps are heard nearby.

Incheok stopped in front of me.

The two feet in my lowered gaze seem to indicate that I have something to see.

‘Isn’t this a place where you shouldn’t be homeless?’

A male elf was looking down at me.

Although he is tall, his face looks very young.

The elf looked down at me for a long time.

It looks like he has some business to attend to.

Just as I was about to wake Jool.

The elf got up and left somewhere.

Because of Jules’ warning, I couldn’t open my mouth.

‘It seems like being a living human being is truly a spectacle.’

Like mackerel that is always salted and served on ice.

I think I’m getting used to it now.

─I’m hungry.

I’m really hungry to death.

A place where nature has not been destroyed.

The sky was quite bright with the moon and stars shining down.

Although Ymir’s tomb blocks the sky, the moonlight pouring through the leaves is beautiful.

There are many issues to think about.

‘Is it okay to follow Jules like this?’

I have never lived in a world with slaves.

But I know what it means to be a slave.

Of course, I was prepared.

But I didn’t expect it to eat people.

Because we all look alike.

My father brought food to the mountain owner.

Even the monster-looking kobolds knew ‘coexistence’.

‘If you get hurt or your efficiency declines, won’t you get eaten?’

Thinking like that fills me with fear.

I don’t mind dying, but being eaten is scary.

What if I left home and went into town?

It must have been difficult to find a job somewhere.

Who would write for a child who is not even an adult in the first place?

In that case, it would be better to hire an obedient goblin.

They might even take you home to find your parents.

Since I can’t go back right away, is there no need to think about this?

‘no. ‘Concerns are always right.’

It’s been two days since I met Juul.

I don’t know why, but Jules felt attracted to me for some reason. However, like a candle, the feeling of not knowing when it will go out is also a good feeling.

I must understand my situation as a slave.

They can be cut up like meat at a butcher’s shop before they become adults.

When I saw a corpse that looked like a movie prop, I felt a sense of disconnection.

But paradoxically, I felt a sense of reality in the sense of disconnect.

At first, it felt like I was looking at a corpse that had been executed for a crime.

—Until I cut it into pieces with a butcher knife.

Jules was scared and covered my eyes, but everything had already been engraved on my retina.

Of course, this village is King’s Cemetery, a sacred place for the extreme right.

It is said to look at the forest, not the trees, but humans look for good trees in the forest.

It was that kind of creature.

‘Because I also entered the forest after seeing a tree called Jule.’

Let’s change our thinking.

I’ll leave here when I get older.

Let’s just wait until then.