Volume 2 - CH 98

After I left Irza’s store, I went straight eastward.

I knew the direction immediately because there was a signboard, but only the direction was written, and there was no such thing as a map.

I want a simple map.

Regretting that I should have at least asked the name of the church, I walked down the busy street.

The landmark was a church, so I decided to walk straight until I saw the mentioned church.

I saw an apothecary and a potion shop along the way, but what is the difference between the two?

I don’t think they are separated from each other…….

When I think of apothecary, I think of medicine for ailments..

As for potion, what I think is something that temporarily boosts physical performance.

If the assumptions I’ve made in my mind apply in this world, then I certainly wouldn’t be surprised if the stores are separated. ……

But I’m not sure what the potion is.

Is it useful for combat or something like that?

It is a mystery whether a potion is a kind of medicine that has an immediate effect, or whether it is a potion that really has some effect when taken.

But there was no point in worrying about it now, so I walked past those two stores.

I will try to go there when things settle down.

I should have heard a little more from Irza …

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I’ve been heading east since then, but I can’t see the church.

Irza said I could easily recognize it, so I don’t think it’s that obvious. ……

Or rather, the surrounding buildings are tall.

Or I might say that the visibility is poor.

Walking around like this for a long time was not going to get me anywhere, so I decided to summon my mud golems to create snakes and make them climb up tall buildings to see what was going on around them.

The snake dexterously climbed the building and quickly reached the rooftop.

When I checked the surrounding buildings from there, I saw the head roof of the church.

Apparently, if I walked a little longer, I could find the church through these tall buildings …

It seems I wasted a bit of MP.

But I just knew the location of the church.

The church is just a landmark.

I’m looking for a big dome-shaped tent.

I tried to find it using my golems from the top of the buildings.

A reddish-brown domed tent could be seen a short distance away from the church.

Perhaps that is where the slave merchant are that Irza told me about.

Since I knew the location, I deactivated 【 Golem 】  and proceeded to the tent that I just found.

Do all slave merchant use tents that are colored like that?

If so, that would make it easier to find in the future. ……

It did not take much time to reach the slave merchant’s tent from where I had just been.

When I arrived at the tent entrance, I could hear the sound of chains rubbing against each other from outside.

The clanking sound makes me hesitant to go inside the tent.

First of all, I think the slavery culture doesn’t applied to where I came from in my previous life.

I am sure this is one of the reasons why I detest slave merchant.

I really don’t want to talk to the merchant inside, it makes me queasy.

But that’s the reason why I came here.

If I backed down here, there would be no point in coming all the way here.

I went through the curtain of the tent and went inside.

Inside, the space is about the size of a conference room, divided by a banner. There were desks, crates…… and other shelves loaded with various documents.

This is the only place that is kept clean.

However, the light of the lamp was a little eerie.

It is clear that this is not a place where their slaves were stored, but a place where they converse with their guests.

But there was no one inside.

Was the receptionist away?

“Hello? Is there anyone here!”

When I shouted so, I heard a sound like a rattling and a chain swinging violently from the back of the hanging curtain.

The ratling mixed with a roaring sound .

I was a little startled, but perhaps I had startled them in the first place.

I apologize in my heart.

Then someone came out from behind the curtain.

The person in question wears round glasses and smiles at me.

He is probably not an aristocrat, although he is dressed in a very luxurious outfit.

I wonder why he is wearing the same color as the tent, but it suits him so I won’t say anything.

Is he the owner of the slave merchant here?

“Ah- sorry for my rudeness, sorry for my lateness to greet you, dear customer. Is this… your first time visiting our store? Thank you for visiting us. I am the owner of this place, Dolce Nairal. I’m sorry to have kept you waiting. “

He has a very unusual way of speaking.

He speaks in a pointlessly dramatic manner.

However, he is very easy to listen to, as if he is trying to say every single word he utters beautifully.

But listening to this guy’s voice, I feel like he’s about to take the conversation to their pace..

I should be careful.

“Ah, nice to meet you.”

“We provide a transportation service to various places by using demon beasts. Delivery packages are also included in our services. Our demon beasts are better than the regular horses. ….. So, how can I help you, dear customer?”

“Hold your horses? Isn’t this place a slave store?”

Dolce’s body suddenly stopped.

He froze for a moment, but this time he put his hand to his chin and seemed to be thinking about something.

Maybe I was a bit careless too.

Some may be openly sold slaves, but that’s not the case for small-scale slave merchant.

In the case of Dolce, it’s probably the latter.

The front business was probably a delivery service using magical beasts and selling magical beasts.

It was a little odd, I could tell if I thought about it, but I couldn’t help but ask out loud.

This….. Am I in trouble now?

I was a little worried, but Dolce spoke to me in the same tone as before.

“If I may ask … where did you hear that from? Excuse me, but who introduced you to this store?”

“It’s Irza”

“Whooa! So it’s Irza-sama! So you are a trustable person! So what kind of slaves are you looking for? Beastman, human, or demon … there are many you can choose from.”

“No, I don’t need any slaves. What I want is information.”

“In … information?”

This pattern was so similar to the time I was pushed to buy the stuff at …… Irza’s store, I had to interrupt them in mid-sentence.

If it was left him as it was, it would have been possible to outrun the pace of the other party.

I never have any thought of buying any slave …

In the meantime, I’ll just jump to the case immediately.

“You see, I want to find this pers-.”

“Hold it right there.”

Dolce interrupted my words by hand gestures.

He then took out a candle and lit the candle.

After he lit the candle, he turned off the lamp and put the lit candle on the desk.

I have seen this scene somewhere before.

” 【 Silence】 “

Dolce seems to activeted his skills.

The air around us becomes a little colder.

This is the same skill that Baltic used.

Does Dolce also have this skill? ……

He is getting by taking a deep breath.

“This will do. Sir, information can sometimes be a formidable weapon. Just in case you are wondering ……, it’s for safety measure.”

“Ah, My bad. It was a little careless.”

I certainly remember to be cautious when asked by Asre about my restorative skills.

This doesn’t seem to be limited to royalty and aristocrats.

Well, it’s not like I know what can be abused in this world …….

Maybe I should be careful about many things.

It seems that the common sense from my previous life basically doesn’t work here.

“Hmmm ……I would like to help you as much as possible since you were referred to us by Irza-sama, but it also depends on the thing you wanted to ask. Please understand this.”

“I understand. I won’t force you..”

“So, what can I do for you?”

“I need you to find a certain person.”

With that said, I created Alena’s figure with 【 Infinite Water Manipulation】 .

I am already familiar with this skill, but this time I will not make it glow.

The characteristic of the 【 Great Heal】  is it glows a pale green color.

If Dolce knew about that, I would be immediately exposed.

So the Alena I just created is a little difficult to see because it was created with just water.

Dolce also seems to be having trouble seeing it.

“Hmm, it’s a little hard to see. ……”

“I’m sorry. That’s all I can do.”

“Do you mind if I tweak it a little?”

“? Sure, go ahead.”

“Then …【 Ice Wind】 “

Dolce held up his hand and chanted his skills.

Gradually, the Alena made of water began to freeze.

Within a minute, it was completely frozen and Alena’s figure became very easy to see.

It’s an ice-type skill.

It’s the first time I’ve seen it.

“That’s a good skill you have there, it’s the first time I’ve seen it.”

“You think so? This skill is good ~. Perfect for torture.”

I shouldn’t have asked.

Dolce was staring at Alena’s ice sculpture, which had become easier to see.

He went around and looked at it.

“… It’s very well done! I bet you could make a lot of money as a modeling artist (sculptor) !?”

“That’s not what I’m here for.”

He just giggled and laughed while saying that he understood.

This guy … seems to have seen the perfection of the ice sculpture.

It seems like a businessman when he immediately brings up the subject of money,…….

I’m serious here, so I hope he’ll get his act together.

“Well then, May I ask you this child’s name?”

“It’s Alena. It’s a girl caught in a recent slave hunt. I know she is in the Kingdom of Salettana, but that’s all I know. That’s also the reason why I came here…… so, any clue about where she is? “

“Oh, Alena. No wonder I thought I’d seen her before.”

“You have seen her !?”

“I know, because this is where the girl named Alena came to be a slave.”

It seems that it was here that Arena was brought in.

However, if hehave a connection with a slave trader who was hunting slaves, isn’t this guy one of them?

Slave traders who were hunting slaves in the Kingdom of Garot are beginning to be caught, but I don’t know what is happening to the slavers who come over here.

Probably they are still active.

Of course, there must be slave traders who are unnoticed in the Kingdom of Salettana.

I’m sure they haven’t mentioned that there is a slave hunt going on in the Kingdom of Salettana.

Now …… which side is the slave merchant in front of me right right now?

“But …… that girl was the one who was caught in the slave hunt……. I guess I made a mistake. ……””

“? You’re a slave merchant and you don’t know that the slave hunt happened.?”

“I don’t know that. I can’t afford to hunt slaves because I’m small merchant. Maybe some big slave trader was blinded by greed? However in my store, if I just sell off the illegal slaves, I will be suspicious, so maybe thhey distributed them in this way? If I have about 50% of the collected slaves, I can get the money back. “

Apparently not.

Relieved by this, I let my guard down.

But then Dolce’s long whining began.

“To begin with. First of all, there are quite a few mistakes. The officials who enforce the law are now perceived as slave traders, not guards, right? Well, sure, they were supposed to take care of criminals and orphans, but it’s all for their own benefit. It’s all for their own benefit. That is not right. Criminals, well, I understand. If you do something wrong, you have to pay for it. I can tolerant to slavery in that area. But orphans. I don’t understand this. Why would a country give a child to a slave trader and turn them into a slave instead of protecting them? Besides, children are expensive. They don’t have any power, but if you raise them, they will become full slaves. No one can blame you for what you do to that child. …… What are orphanages doing! Dropping a helpless child into slavery, etc. ……! My job is to make criminals pay for their crimes and to train war slaves so that they will never wage war on this country again! They can raise the children over here! Every country is stingy! Damn it!”

He snapped in a loud voice that made me want to cover my ears.

Oh dear, this person is too emotionally unstable.

Somehow. I’m starting to feel like he’s a really nice guy.