Volume 2 - CH 28

Chapter 2-28. Slave Trader

Tenda once exhales deeply and strives to calm down.

When I get emotional, I feel like I can't see my surroundings and my body feels like floating.

I've actually fought and had that kind of experience, so I can understand somehow.

"Sorry. I was a little upset."

No, it can't be helped.

I shake my head and say, "You don't have to worry."

"We are going to gather our kin to rebuild a new village. There are several demon villages other than the one we lived in, so I would like to go there and ask for their cooperation. Now that we are out of manpower, we have no choice but to move to another village ... "

Their population is only 30 people right now ...

They can't start a village with just that alone ...

But if there are other villages, I think it’s going to be fine.

Are they in the process of moving that far?

The atmosphere around here is quite suitable to be living in, or maybe not?

Even if I get out of here, I would definitely want to take the rice grains home.

No, is that just my appetite?

By the way, when will the demons who went around return?

From the conversation he mentioned earlier, I felt like they hadn't returned for a long time.

This village is pretty deserted now, isn't it? Is it okay?

Despite such anxiety, the princess talks to me.

"By the way, has the White snake-sama been here all the time?"

No, I was born in the water.

I can't say that.

Well, it's not here, so I shake my head for the time being.

Or rather, if I were here from the beginning, I would rebuild this village myself.

I don't want to live in a house like this.

"Tenda, why don't you call other people here? The White snake-sama came to us!"

"That might be good, but ... White snake-sama. May I call everyone?"

It's not a problem for me, but ... is it okay to leave the village unprotected?

There is a possibility their fellow kin is coming back and they already developed a shifted patrol, if not, he shouldn’t call them back easily.

I told him to not do that by shaking my head.

Tenda may have asked me for permission, knowing that the village's defenses would be weakened.

Well, it's a given.

If he doesn't know that much, he won't be the head of the clan.

"Got it"

"I see……"

The princess is a little disappointed.

I know she wants to tell the other people about me right away, but ... I can't stay with you for so long.

I'm going to move as soon as I gather information and go with it.

I'm sure I'll be with you until then

"White snake-sama. Is there anything else you would like to ask?"

Hmm ... Then let me tell them about the slave trader.

Depict the slave with the collar and shackles and the slaver pulling it, and point the arrow at the slaver.

The question is whether this picture can be seen as a slave and a slave trader...

"Uhmm ... is it the slave who wears a collar and shackles? And the one with the mark ..."

"Isn't it a slave trader? You want to ask about the slave trader?"

This skill is very helpful because it is quick to understand.

I nod and say that they match.

At the time when I’m with Alena, it was hard for her to grasp my intentions ... that was tough.

"About the slave traders. In a country near here, there are two slave traders. One belongs to a country called Salettana and the other belongs to Garot'."

Salettana was the place where Arena was taken.

That means Satella may be in Garrot.

I'll ask him about Garrot later.

...... Garrot, why does it sound like a strangling device? (*Garotte)

Why is it the name of the country ... I'm scared ...

I mean ... They have a slave trader, and they are pretty open about it.

I just thought it was hidden like black market or something ...

"Slaves are mostly those who have a lot of debt and can't pay back, those who have sinned, those who is already a slave since birth, and those who were taken prisoners of war. Is the majority. "

Even children become slaves.

They don't have an orphanage?

No, they wouldn't let off the precious labor force, if possible.

Even if they are still children, they aren’t suitable for the labor force.

"But ... this kind of barbarity shouldn't be something that is openly done. Perhaps now that there is no war, slaves are sold to various places and there are no slaves left at hand, they need more slaves. I think that is the case, which seems a bit big for that alone ... "

I see ... Is there a possible reason for that?

I thought they just wanted money.

Well, both of them will lead to money in the end ...

Although slavery is allowed, this is a bit too terrible.

Is the country doing nothing about it?

If the whole country is involved, It can't be helped anymore.

"This time it's about slaves, not all slaves are same, but most of the time they work as a labor force somewhere. In Salettana, they carry goods, clean shops, and forced labor in terrible places, they are taken to adventures, mostly demons. It seems that they can take care of the tamed beasts. Other than that, they will be a night companion. In Garrot, they will surely be sent to the mine. "

Mine……?

Is there a mine in Garrot?

For the time being, the place where Satella is is the Garrot mine.

My goal for now is to go to the mine and look for Satella.

For my goal, I have to raise my level a little more.

Kasa~ kasa~ ...

I heard someone open the door of this house.

It seems that they could hear it, and they turned their faces toward the door.

"Is it my father?"

"Princess, let me inspect it first. White snakes-sama should be with the princess."

Then Tenda left the room after equiping his sword on his waist.

The princess is anxiously staring at the door where Tenda went out.

"Does White snake-sama have sensing skills?"

Even though I have it, I've been developing nothing.

Two people came into this house.

From the silhouette ... Both of them are demons.

It is a two-horned and one-horned demon.

I created water with [Infinite Water Manipulation], and drew the silhouette I saw with water.

If I use a decent [Golem], I can surely know what kind of person they are, but ... I don't use it because there is no soil nearby.

"I don't think the one with one horn is my father. But these two horns may be my mother. White snake-sama is amazing. You also have the ability to sense the surroundings ... You also have the skill to make a sign. There are a lot of people who have that kind of ability, but it's hard to know the details of the things they detected . "

This skill is also rare huh ...

Well, I'm mixing a lot of things.

It may be unavoidable that special skills are created ...　

When I was thinking about that, Tenda came back unexpectedly quickly.

"Princess, we are moving."

"Move ...?"

"It seems there is an adventurer hired by a slave trader who is still looking for a remnant. It seems that he was nearby, so I decided that we should leave the village ... I'm sorry to bother you, I'm so sorry."

"Who is the one that has returned, my father or mother?"

"The Head has not returned, but ... the wife has returned."

Ah, I see ...

Certainly an abandoned village that is an easy place to hide ... It's here.

If you hide in such a place, they will be suspicious of this place and they will definitely go to this place.

It's a wise decision to move.

"What will the White snake-sama do ..."

Ah, that's right.

Well, let me follow you.