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“Hu… … .”

After cursing the elf who was completely begging, I took a deep breath and controlled my anger.

And, just like me taking a deep breath, the elf was also taking a deep breath. He was breathing heavily because he was laughing so hard.

“This elf sees someone as a eunuch… … .”

“Mi, I’m sorry. I did it because all the people I have ever encountered were the same. You are the first person who has not revealed their lust to me, and I thought it was because you were a eunuch.”

I don’t know why, but even though he was apologizing, I felt strangely bad.

I thought about cursing him again, but I shook my head and decided to forgive him once. Judging by the way he was rubbing his hands so hard that his palms were slightly red, it didn’t seem like he said those words with malicious intent.

“I have no intention of being bitten, so I don’t even think about it in the first place. Do you understand?”

“I understand.”

“It’s not because I can’t do it. I just… … .”

The moment I was about to say that I could do it, the elf’s eyes became fierce and his white and neat teeth revealed menacingly. It felt like he was preparing to bite something, so he kept his mouth shut.

It’s not that I was scared at all.

“Ah, anyway! I didn’t buy you for some strange purpose, so don’t get excited.”

“… … I understand.”

After letting it be known that there was absolutely no strange intention, the elf’s mouth fell silent.

I was relieved to see that too. Phew, that’s a relief.

I thought I would relax my legs, which had been shaking a lot, and listen to a story about elves. Since you have to go a long way to the village, it would be easier to control the elves if you learn a little more about them.

“Hey, elf.”

“Why are you calling me, human?”

“… … Why do you keep acting like a human being?”

“Didn’t you call me an elf too?”

“Uh… … Is that so?”

For a moment, I was dumbfounded by the elf’s words. I thought this was Yeokjisaji.

No, that’s not what’s important right now.

“You were the first to say human… … . No, anyway. Please introduce yourself. All I know about you now is that you are a former free mercenary slave elf who bit off the important parts of your former masters.”

“Hmph, why am I introducing… … . Ha, I will! Let me introduce you!”

As I was preparing to snap my fingers at the slave elf who was trying to act arrogantly, his complexion turned pale and he grabbed my hand. Through two curses, I learned that the curse can be triggered by snapping a finger. Of course, it was possible to cast a curse without snapping a finger.

But suddenly, a movie I had seen in my past life came up. I couldn’t remember the details, but I remembered that there was a situation similar to this.

Anyway, as I was briefly reflecting on my past life memories, the elf began to introduce himself.

“Siena Canep. One hundred and twenty-three years old.”

“Jenna Canf?”

“Siena Canepda! Pay attention to your pronunciation, human!”

“That’s how it sounded to me. Anyway, so that’s the end of the introduction?”

“Then what else do you want?”

“What are you good at or what do you like? There is something like that.”

Ziena looked like she was thinking about what I said for a moment, and then gave an answer to what I asked.

“What I’m good at is destroying my opponents, and what I like is growing plants.”

“Smashed… … ?”

For a moment, I wondered what the shattering meant. What on earth are you good at destroying? … . Of course, I didn’t ask because I thought I might get a dangerous answer.

Anyway, we talked about various other things further, hoping to crush the truth guest as well.

And, in the process, I was able to learn about how Jienna became a slave.

“Scammed?”

“Yes! That wicked human ran away with all my possessions!”

“Uh… … . So you killed him?”

“That is the law of the forest!”

“I don’t know what the laws of the forest are, but if you killed a swindler, isn’t there some extenuating circumstances? How did you become a slave?”

“Well, that’s… … .”

Jienna, startled by my words, rolled her eyes, then sighed and confessed the truth.

“The arrow was aimed at the conman, but he dodged and hit the wrong place, so this happened.”

“A strange place?”

“… … I hit the crotch of a passing nobleman.”

The reason why Jienna became a slave was simple. It was said that he became a slave to pay for the treatment of a nobleman who had been hit by an arrow by mistake. Although he didn’t die, he was hit in a very bad way, and the cost of treatment was enormous. Dozens of priests had to be invited and a huge amount of medicinal herbs had to be spent. All of those expenses and alimony were covered by expenses incurred when Ziena was sold into slavery.

“But, what about that fraudster? They say it’s murder. If the nobleman didn’t die, doesn’t that mean he killed the fraudster?”

“That’s right. I put an arrow in the center of the back of his head.”

“… … Shouldn’t you have been aiming for the back from the beginning?”

“Then you don’t get paid!”

After attacking the noble, he realized that his situation had become very bad, so he decided to just let it happen and killed him.

A question suddenly occurred to me: Was it really a good idea to buy Jiena as a slave? But now it was impossible to get a refund. There was a reason everything was cheap, and it was a mistake to forget that.

“Human, if you think my situation is pitiful, please let me go. I will repay the money you spent on me in any way possible. Elves don’t lie like humans do. Trust me and release me!”

Even now, he was openly demanding that he be released. The moment I thought I was in real trouble, an idea occurred to me.

I came up with a way to treat this useless elf as an excellent employee.

“Hmm… … . If you want to be released like that, work and earn money. If you work like that and collect three million meds, I’ll let you go. In my forge, of course.”

“Blacksmith? Now that I think about it, did you say that humans are the warlocks who run the blacksmith shop?”

“Yes. If you work in my blacksmith shop, I will give you a salary, and if you collect all three million meds from that salary, I will give you freedom. How about it?”

Jiena’s eyes began to sparkle at my words. He was filled with hope when he heard that he could regain his freedom.

“Good… … ! No, how much will you give me as salary?”

However, I don’t know if it was because I had an experience with being scammed, but I was about to say yes but quickly changed my tone. Even though they said they would pay a salary, it was clear that they were suspicious of whether they were only paying a very small amount of 100 med per month.

“Don’t worry. I will give you 2,500 meds every month.”

“Two thousand five hundred meds… … ? Even if you work as a restaurant employee, you can still get seven thousand meds!”

“But you’re a slave, right? Who do you think will pay for everything you eat, wear, and sleep?”

“… … It’s your money.”

“Right? So, you should be thankful for giving me at least 2,500 Medra, right?”

Jienna looked like she was thinking about my words for a moment and then nodded. Frankly, few masters would give their slaves this opportunity. If there were a thousand people with slaves, it could be said that there was only one slave.

“Then is it okay to work for 100 years? I know that the money spent to buy me was 3 million med.”

“Oh, the calculation is fast. that’s right. If you work hard for a hundred years, you can be freed from slavery.”

“… … good night! I will do it!”

And Jienna, realizing that this was an opportunity, nodded with a determined look on her face. Since they were long-lived elves who were said to live for about seven hundred years, it felt like they didn’t think it was a big deal that they lived for about a hundred years.

As a human being, I’m still young, so let’s give it a try! It was close to doing it. To be honest, it’s not as good as an elf, but I also have a long lifespan, so I can do various things without worrying about time. Even now, it’s closer to the feeling that it would be nice if running a blacksmith shop goes well.

Anyway, after understanding Jiena’s state of mind, I decided to use this time to discipline her. Since Jiena had the hope of being able to live in Myeoncheon, all she had to do was take advantage of it.

“Then call me boss from now on. Hey, if you call me this human, I’ll give you a raise.”

“No pay cuts!”

“Should we also speak respectfully?”

“Am I not older?”

“Who will pay your salary?”

“in… … . No, it’s the boss!”

“Yes, just do that.”

I couldn’t help but smile happily at the sight of Jiena becoming so calm. We now have employees who will work faithfully for at least the next hundred years.

“Then, while I’m on my way, I’ll tell you what you’ll be doing. You may need some time to get used to it since it’s just words, but it will still be quite helpful.”

I was very satisfied and while heading to the village, I started teaching Jiena, who would be my employee for the next 100 years, various things.

It taught things like how a blacksmith shop operates, what to do in a blacksmith shop, and what to pay attention to.

Of course, since I wasn’t in a blacksmith shop, there wasn’t really much I could teach. I didn’t remember much right now, so the teaching time wasn’t very long.

Therefore, we were able to talk about various things as we headed to the village, and Jiena and I were able to get quite close. In reality, it was a relationship between master and slave, but now it felt like the boss and employee of a workplace, with a sense of intimacy and bond formed.

I was able to ask various questions to Jiena, who was peeling fruit while lying down on the cart.

“Ziena. This is my first time seeing elves, but do elves really live only on grass and fruits?”

“Elves also eat gourmet food, right? I eat meat, I eat vegetables, I eat everything. That’s all prejudice. Like the prejudice that all warlocks are evil and mean. This is because most elves have slim bodies. Among the elves, there are obese elves. ”

“Really?”

“Yes. And, my favorite food is barbecued whole pig and beer? I love how the beer washes away the greasiness of the meat.”

When I imagined an elf with long ears exposed through long blond hair, eating small pieces of barbecue and gulping down beer, any illusions I had about elves were shattered.

As we moved around, exchanging various stories with the illusion shattered, we arrived at the village as the sun was about to set.

“You must be Andrew. You can go in. container… … Gwaa?”

As it was sunset, a man I knew who was checking at the half-closed entrance waved happily when he saw me. However, when I saw Jienna sitting quietly next to me, I started making a stupid expression. Well, Jiena’s blonde hair sparkles when the sunset hits it, so it’s amazing and pretty.

“Hyung. Wake. This is Jienna Carnef, an elf. You are my slave, and you will work in the blacksmith shop.”

“Huh? Uh, uh! okay. Slave? Do you have a separate slave certificate?”

“Here.”

I took out a certificate proving that Jiena was my slave, which was similar to a slave’s badge, and showed it to my brother. When I glanced at the certificate, my brother glanced at Jiena, then nodded and returned the certificate.

“You can come in.”

“See you next time.”

As if his eyes were just fixed, he ignored his brother’s gaze, which could not be separated from Jiena, and moved the cart straight toward the blacksmith shop.

After my father, who was supposed to take care of the blacksmith shop, finished dinner,

And then, a commotion began to arise in the village. This was my first time seeing an elf, and there was no way that anyone in the village had ever seen an elf. Naturally, word spread that the elves had arrived, and all kinds of people flocked to the blacksmith shop.

Seeing that, I shrugged my shoulders and looked at Jiena. Since we received a lot of training on the way to the village, we can now give them some real-world experience.

“Ziena, guests have arrived. Try it yourself.”

Perhaps because she was used to the gazes of so many people, Jiena, who looked calm, nodded at what I said and then shouted.

“Go away!”

“Hey! You take a pay cut!”

“No pay cuts! Boss!”

The truth is, you can get rid of customers, but what if you get rid of regular customers as well?

I gave another chance to Jiena, who suddenly flew at me like a sliding tackle, grabbed my ankle, and begged me not to take a pay cut. After telling them to do it right this time.

And, perhaps it was because of the fact that if she made a mistake, her salary would be reduced, but Jiena began to respond properly.

“Welcome. This is Smith Skeleton. If there is an item you want, please let us know or bring the product on display!”

Jiena, with the determination that she could never get a pay cut, served customers with a bright smile. And, several mercenaries who seemed to be captivated by that smile approached the counter, unknowingly picking up small dagger-like items one by one.

The elf slave employee effect is good. Those mercenaries were people who always just watched.