20demayo Volume 2 - Ch 4.07
Volume 2 - Ch 4.07
I am afraid that I cannot say much more, for the sake of one of your workers who was especially good to Roxanne whom she wishes to protect.
Yes, I am very grateful to her for all that she did for me when I was still in your care, so I would like you to pass our warning onto her as well. If nothing else, I dont want her or any of this stores employees to be caught in something disastrous.
She bowed deeply to him.
I see, I see. Certainly, I cant say I dont see where youre coming from, or what you are talking about.
Alan-san acknowledged. So at the very least he has some inkling of what is going on here? Then why didnt he do something about it from the start.
Do you, really?
When you run a slave-trading business for long enough, you naturally give many people more than enough reasons to target you, and before you will realize it, you will have a full plate of things to worry about.
Thats how it is, huh?
Sounds like a cheap excuse if you ask me, and frankly, Im not buying it.
especially since we are getting more acquainted with our slaves and those who buy them than you might be thinking. For example, the man you came here to sell, the one that tried to rob you.
What about him?
The man who tried to steal the equipment from the Bandits I had defeated back at the Somara village. He was caught stealing by his fellow villagers, which resulted in him being stripped of his Villager status and becoming my slave, whom we had taken to Veil in order to sell him at this very Slave shop. Thinking about it now, I guess I should be grateful to the guy. Because he did what he did, I had a reason to come here, and thanks to coming here, I was able to have my fated meeting with Roxanne. So yeah, thank you, random Villager. You have my undying gratitude, but you were quite a messed up matchmaker, I will give you that.
He was sold just yesterday. The person who bought him has filled all the necessary paperwork that was required of him and finished all of the necessary preparations, after which he announced that he will come back to pick him up in two days time so that he could finish the preparations for accommodating him on his end.
Do you often have to deal with the cases that some slaves are unable to be sold?
Of course. We are in the middle of a city after all. Even if they do appear, a large number of uninvited guests will not go unnoticed.
B-But if something happens to that nice lady
Do not worry. No matter what happens, we will probably be fine.
Alan-san said that they will be okay, as if he had absolute confidence in his own words.
Well, whatever. We have warned him about the potential danger to his shop, so I say that our job here is done. Whatever ends up happening next, it will be Alan-sans problem, not ours.
Were going home, Roxanne.
I said, standing up from the sofa.
Ah, uhm
Roxanne mumbled as if she was having trouble with finding the right words to say.
Still worried after all?
Y-Yes.
*Sigh* What to do Michio? What to do?
I mean I have dealt with Bandits already, so its not like I feel any kind of aversion towards killing them simply because they are human beings just like me. And as long as I have Durandal, I am pretty sure that none of them could pose an actual threat to me. So, with that in mind
How about this, Alan-san? Why dont you hire me as a bodyguard? What do you say to that?
I presented Alan-san with my proposal.