episode_0301

“Hiik… !!”

“You bastards… !! bar… Fall in… !!”

“Uhehehe… !! oh… Have you come, I’ll be better… … !!”

Vivian and the others were also turning their heads backwards, following the voice, and what caught their eyes was a man dressed impressively.

He’s wearing thick leather clothes underneath and a leather coat that looks heavy at first glance, and he’s wearing a heavy-looking wide-brimmed fedora that makes it hard to see his face.

As if that wasn’t enough, he was a man with an unusual aura that reminded me of a hunter, with a rattling chain wrapped around his body.

“Get out.”

“Yes… yes… !! Of course I wear it!! Hehe!!

now!! What are you watching!!

Go back to your places!!”

The man wearing heavy boots studded with studs uttered a single word while taking heavy steps, and the slave traders around him were startled and began to restore the situation to its original state.

The man whose egg had exploded must have ended up being put away somewhere, with only a small trace of blood seeping into the dirt left behind.

Vivian’s eyes were fixed on the man, as those barbaric humans trembled and disappeared just by the appearance of this man.

‘Deckard… … ? no…

He said no one knew his identity…

There’s no way those low-level merchants would know.

So, is it that subordinate…? … ?’

“I received help.

Would you like to express your gratitude?”

“……”

While others were busy running away, Vivian was approaching the man and talking to him.

“Vivian… … ?”

At the sight of a man walking past her into the back of the slave market, Vivian slowly began to walk behind him.

And in addition to Aurora, who followed closely behind, and Rani, who followed them without knowing what was going on, the girls wandered around the slave market, which looked chaotic.

To be exact, Vivian and her group were chasing the man, but eventually the man arrived somewhere, pushed aside the foot of a tent, and entered the area.

At the sight of Vivian following into the tent without any hesitation, Aurora, who always had a smiling poker face, also widened her eyes as if slightly surprised.

“What are you doing? Come in quickly!!”

Rather, this time, Ranie follows Vivian in first.

– Zepeto –

Aurora took a deep breath as she looked at the nameplate placed next to the tent, then exhaled deeply as if sighing and entered the tent.

“Wwiyuuu… … ”

Inside the tent, various types of cages and cages were piled up here and there.

Sometimes it was empty, but still many of us were filled, laid out here and there as if exhibiting each being within.

I don’t know if this is what all slave traders felt like, but because we were so complicated, it was difficult to find a place to step.

The women who were walking between us were walking inside, receiving stinging gazes filled with various emotions coming from within us.

“Sa… Please save me… … ”

A slender hand that appears to belong to a human girl protrudes from one of the bars and grabs the hem of her cloak.

Vivian, who felt its touch, glared at it as if it were annoying, but soon the hand went back between the bars and never seemed to bother her again.

“What are you following?”

“Because you are a guest?

I want to buy a slave.”

“If that’s the case, it’s here so take a look.”

In the end, as we walked through the hallway made up of us and followed the man inside, we ended up in a cleared out space.

Vivian, who had stopped and started talking to the man who was starting to write something down on a piece of paper placed on a cage stacked low like a table, was arching her eyebrows at the stiff and indifferent answer that came back.

“But… Is it our sphere?

Looks familiar somehow?”

Even though I couldn’t see his face exactly, it felt like there was something strangely familiar about him, and even though Vivian asked questions.

After finishing the note, the man just walked deeper into the tent and didn’t say anything.

And after a while, a voice was heard from where he had disappeared, and a middle-aged man with a sly look came out from inside.

“Oh my gosh!! The guests have arrived!!

Welcome to ‘Zepetto’!!

What kind of slave are guests looking for?”

The middle-aged man sticking out from the inside looked like he was serving Vivian and the others after glancing at the note written above us and nodding his head.

When Vivian approached him step by step and asked him a question, the man gave a rough answer as if trying to change his mind.

“Who is that person from earlier?”

“Ahh, he has nothing to worry about!!

Rather, if you tell us the customer’s tastes, we will select a slave that suits them… ”

“Why don’t you tell me?

Because I’m the type of person who can’t stand being curious.”

“Hehehe… Sometimes it’s better not to know, right?

If you know roughly where this is…

What does it mean to dig for something?

You probably don’t know either.”

A man who is not at all intimidated by his words containing a subtle threat and smiles as if he believes him,

Vivian, who was thinking about his words and bursting into laughter, eventually sat down on the chair where he asked and began to speak.

“Okay… If so, fine.

I guess that’s true.

First, I want to buy a slave.”

“As you can see here, there are combat slaves…

There are some pretty cool ones that you can play around with to your liking.

If you take a look… … ”

Likewise, when she saw the man sitting on the chair opposite her, pointing broadly at the bars surrounding him with his hand, Vivian gently turned her head and glanced at the bars.

She just looked at the cages around her, as if not paying any attention to the slaves who passed by in the hallway.

And after Vivian glanced at the last cage, she began to look at the middle-aged man again, with a mysterious smile on her lips.

“Would you like to see something more accurate?”

The man looked around from the corner of his eye while sitting and heard Vivian’s voice speaking, and upon hearing that, he stared at her with narrowed eyes.

Soon, the middle-aged man closed his eyes, raised his eyebrows, and slowly got up from the chair across from her.

“You are a customer with a very discerning eye…

Then would you like to follow me?”

Vivian and her companions, who had begun following the middle-aged man, were entering the inside of the tent, following him as he led them into a steel corridor opposite to where the secretive man had gone earlier.

Ranie was impressed by the appearance of the tent, which seemed to be quite spacious on the inside, unlike what it looked like from the outside, while Aurora was fidgeting with the ominous feeling she felt instinctively for some reason.

Only Vivian, who kept her eyes fixed forward and walked after the man, was reacting as if nothing had happened.

“Okay, this is where it starts.

Would you like to take a look?

If you don’t know something, ask questions.”

The sight of a man proudly showing off his ‘stuff’ must have been a collection of only real guys.

Vivian’s eyes were narrowing as she walked forward and looked at them.

And behind her, Aurora, who seemed reluctant to leave the amazed Ranie and Vivian, also followed.

“Wow… !! What is this!? And this… ?”

“It lives in the snowy mountains north of Warmhausen…

It’s a beast called ‘Tygrenga’.

If tamed well, it can also serve as a hunting dog.

Of course, dangerous things can happen during the taming process, but… Hmm…

That’s something called ‘Windenfly’ brought from southern Groden.

As you can see, it looks like a bug, and is somewhere between a monster and an animal.

Since it is difficult to see in nature, it is released for ornamental purposes.”

Rather, while Ranie was looking around and asking more questions than Vivian, Vivian was walking around and quietly looking at the cages, as if she were indifferent.

As the man said, the contents of the cage, which had some pretty good ‘products’ on display, were diverse.

There are various objects scattered here and there, ranging from muscular, naked men who could be good workers or companions for the night, to naked women with beautiful looks and bodies but with shadows on their faces, and exotic and rare animals that Ranie is particularly interested in. Because there was.

To be honest, Vivian, who didn’t know exactly what their value was, was rolling her eyes here and there, trying to discern the best ones as best she could.

‘If you think about it normally, she’s probably a human woman.’

A human woman who could understand language well and would not rebel could be considered a concubine since he was bought as a slave and made to work.

However, human beings who are so clever in their very existence that they could stab you in the back if you let your guard down, were already sick of betrayal and were not to her taste.

Moreover, the better the brain, the higher the possibility of betrayal, as well as the higher the possibility of Enic’s secrets being leaked.

Rather, an innocent being who knew nothing was perfect for her.

‘It would be good to mix well with the henias…

I guess he’s a prisoner after all… … ?’

Vivian put her hand in and gently lifted the chin of a woman leaning against the iron cage, but soon took her hand away and bent down again.

“What makes someone listen well? … ”

Her blue eyes, which had been crouching down in her seat and looking around, were soon fixed on an iron cage and she was staring at it.

“Hmm… … ”

Vivian, who discovered the ‘products’ sitting in a huddle in a cage that seemed a little wider compared to other cages, quickly got up from her seat, went over to that place, and squatted down again.

Prisoner children hugging each other while leaning against the bars, or trembling.

Although the ages and genders were different, Vivian’s face smiled softly at the sight of no children who could be called adults yet.

‘found.’

In the meantime, Vivian, who sensed something strange about them, secretly checked the children crowded against the bars in front and began to look inside the bars on the other side of them.

In her eyes, a beast girl with dark ultramarine blue hair and horns on her head appears to be a child with a similarly small stature.

‘Are you a lizard beast?

‘Did lizards have horns?’

If there was something unique about it compared to other beasts I’ve seen so far, it would have been that scales were gently growing on some parts of its body.

And the rags covering her body and the dark red blood stains everywhere on her body made me wonder if she had been injured or if she had been abused.

“What is that kid?”

“Yes… yes… … ?”

Looking at the girl who seemed to be fast asleep now, Vivian was asking a question to the other prisoner inside the bars.

“Hey, that kid lying down.”

“I don’t know… I guess… … ”

Even the child didn’t seem to know why he was reacting this way, just opening his trembling lips and giving an awkward answer.

It was the reaction of a child who had not even been socialized, but perhaps he was instinctively reluctant to do so?

“It’s fun.”

Vivian stood up and opened her mouth to the middle-aged man who was answering Ranie’s barrage of questions while sweating profusely.

“I decided. All the children in this cage.”

The man, who was happy as if he thought he was finally free from Ranie, also seemed to like the items she was trying to buy.

The man who was walking towards her, rubbing his hands, was checking the iron cage that Vivian was talking about.

He looked like he had a troubled expression on his face, as if something had occurred to him…

“Ohhoho!! Are you talking about these prisoner children?

There were four boys and six girls, right?

iced coffee… however… … One thing you need to know… … ”

“What is it?”

“You mean the kid you see in the back?

If you look, you will probably see something different from other prisoners.

That guy… It seems to be a rare species among beastmen?

Normally, beast children aren’t that expensive, but…

It’s also a rare species, so if that child…

The price may be a bit expensive… … ”

However, Vivian snorted as if she was expecting something great to come out again.

As soon as the man finished speaking, she immediately put an end to his doubts.

“It doesn’t matter. and… ”

And as she continued speaking, the man bowed his waist and appeared to be moving according to Vivian’s orders.

“The eighth iron cage from the entrance.

Bring out the girl who was there too.”

Vivian, who was looking at the man’s back as he turned around, saw Ranie’s bright voice and Aurora’s embarrassed voice coming closer.

“Vivian!! Vivian!! Yes, there is!!

Can’t we just raise one child…!? Yes!!?”

“Rani, is that correct…?

I feel like I’m doing something for no reason…?”

Ranie’s actions of holding a cat-like animal in her arms and holding it as if she wanted to show it off.

Vivian was smiling softly and nodding as if there was nothing she could do.

“Do it. Take care of yourself well.”

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