CH 200

With that, the dragonoid slave maid spread her wings and flew away.

How long have I been standing there since then?

The next thing I know, the area is tinted in the sunset, and I can hear the party members shouting my name in the distance.

“Leader!! Are you okay!? Uwaa!? D-don’t tell me!!! Did you kill this scary bird, leader?”

“Wow, that’s great. That’s our leader.”

“Of course, we’re gonna split this with the party!”

And as they ran up to me, they must have seen the bird lying in a pool of blood.

I could see that each of them was astonished when they saw that fearful bird, but the last one who spoke out may need educational guidance once more as a working person.

“No, it wasn’t me who killed this fearsome bird. It was one of the slaves that someone was using, and she did it with a single blow to the center of its head without missing a beat.”

“Ha? A slave? Are you kidding me? If she’s that strong, she’s not just an SSS rank. That means she’s stronger than the Commander of the Imperial Court Magicians or the Commander of the Imperial Knights. How can such a mighty person fall into slavery? And who can buy a monster of that level? Even the king of a country might not be able to buy it! There’s no way that she’s SSS rank! You’re not lying, are you?”

“No, if my story turns out to be a lie, then conversely, I’ll be the lone SSS rank who single-handedly took down this terrifying bird with a single blow to the head, right?”

“… Then there’s no doubt about the leader’s story! There’s no way the leader could single-handedly take down a fearsome bird with a single blow! If that’s the case, I’d be willing to parade around the town naked!”

Yeah, just remember that when you get back in town.

“So there aren’t any other characteristics of slaves that the leader speaks of?”

“She didn’t have a slave crest but a collar of servitude.”

“… Whaaa?”

“And she was a maid.”

“… No way?”

“She was a beautiful dragonoid with bigger t**s! A dragonoid with big t**s and a maid with a slave collar! It was every man’s dream! I’m sure I could be good friends with the owner of that maid!”

I wonder why. It seems to me that the party members didn’t get it.

“Gross…”

I don’t know who muttered it, but that one word pierced deep into my heart.

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[Kaisar’s POV]

These days I have been rethinking my decision to let the slaves do as they please, and I regret it intensely.

No, I was actually aware of it, but I pretended not to notice and turned a blind eye to the problem.

It is surely not my imagination that the level of civilization has advanced by a hundred years, no matter what I think.

I mean. I feel like a weapon that combines a gun and a magic bow, or something like that, would be a pretty badass weapon that would work just fine in a previous life…

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Celebrating 200 episodes (∩^ω^∩) I did my best.