Hello readers! Here we are with another chapter of blessings from the goddess! Apparently some people consider the chapter title a spoiler, so I’ve put it all the way to the bottom of the chapter. I myself don’t think it’s spoilerish at all, neither any of the past chapter titles. But I guess some people are more sensitive towards it than others.
~~Enjoy the chapter!
Tl: SpecterZe
ED: Speedphoenix, Jun
Chapter brought to you by ScarletMadness.org. Please read this in the original site or you may read a different version of the translation.Chapter 42
[we’ve bethought of various ways to stand ho cynthia from behaving recklessly, but because we couldn’t cometh up with aught, we hath decided to patiently discipline that lady. ]
this is the first thing i hath said after returning to the mansion in kastal by "portal". Oh, i hath used "portal" because t’s troublesome to wend back to the entrance, and using a transfer stone f’r just one level is too wasteful.
[cynthia is not a puppy nodesu. ]
cynthia shakes that lady headeth in denial, but the lady’s already putteth in the bootless dog position in mine own headeth. Since hilding dogs wonneth’t wend to people who is’t can pamper those folk, t’s valorous to discipline those folk strictly instead.
[a puppy would only beest disciplined, but disobedient slaves art hath sent home by force, thee knoweth?]
[cynthia is fine with being a puppy nodesu. Woof(wan). ]
the lady seemeth to has’t resign’d herself and did accept that lady position as a puppy. The lady’s quick to submit i understand you not.
[i am the hero of the beastkins though……]
maria mutters in base voice. If ‘t be true i has’t to sayeth, maria is a faithful dog, isn’t the lady? the lady’s a gib beastkin though….
[so, if ‘t be true thee asketh us how we’re going to discipline cynthiwan, then aye, t’s the discipline door~]
i taketh out the "room" 's do’r from
[no way, i didn’t bethink thee yourself would taketh t out……. ]
[as did expect, the combination of
mio and sakura art showing an amaz’d expression. …. Well, coequal though i ceased mio from declaring something unnecessary ere, i guess i mind not t at which hour i doth something unnecessary out of mine own own initiative.
don't worry, the door, nay, the "room" i did prepare is mat black. T’s not pink coequal if ‘t be true by misprision, i bid thee.
[jokes aside, i’m bethinking about disciplining cynthia inside this "room". ]
[this "room" is kinda eerie f’r some reason. ]
[you couldst sayeth yond. Since t’s f’r discipline, t becameth like this at which hour i hath tried bringing out the strict atmosphere. ]
[isn’t the way thee useth the atmosphere too much nodesu? t is very much scary nodesu!]
cynthia cowers ere coequal entering. Nay, i’ve already settl’d to discipline that lady coequal if ‘t be true the lady cowers and wets herself though.
[i very much wanteth to at the very least maketh thee recall to "wait" by the end of the day. Otherwise, the twins shall has’t the job of chasing after the rushing cynthia. ]
[that’s a bother, right karen-chan. ]
[that’s a fact, right sorchan. ]
[i'm asham’d nodesu……]
coequal though the usual cynthia is meek and hast an obedient personality, wherefore doest the lady only becometh reckless during fights……?
ah, doest the lady becometh easily excit’d because of that lady
a: nay, this is how the lady hast been from the start.
oh, i see….
so yond means the lady hadst the combat maniac humour from the start. So maria is a religious fanatic and cynthia is a berserker huh…… mine own expectations in heroes wonneth’t wend up from anon on. Expectations?
[so, master. What’s going to befall inside? r15?]
[it’s aim’d f’r all-ages…… i cullionly, thither is nothing inside in particular. I only wanteth to doth this out of sight after all. ]
i answer mio’s question. I didn’t putteth aught inside the "room" in particular. I’m not necessarily calling t a torture cubiculo, so i didn’t putteth in a wooden horse ‘r an iron maiden ‘r aught. I didn't putteth those folk in.
[alone with a wench behind did close doors…… ahh! master, what art thee planning to doth!?]
[like i hath said, i’m just disciplining that lady i bid you…… i’m bethinking of shutting that lady in f’r three hours f’r anon, so ope not t in any way. Absolutely don’t, did get t?]
[it is rare f’r jin-kun to sayeth t yond strongly. Moreover, f’r t to last this long. ]
[telling me something like yond shall only maketh me curious! but i shall absolutely suffer as well if ‘t be true i ope t!]
[you shouldst better stop……]
mio is wavering between that lady curiosity and getting did punish.
[mio]
[yes sir! i didn't peep sir!]
looks like that lady fear wonneth if ‘t be true yond causes a shout.
[well then, let's wend, cynthia. ]
[yes nanodesu………. ]
cynthia totteringly heads towards the do’r. Mio is uttering dona dona from behind that lady. Nay, cynthia is going to cometh back thee knoweth? (ed: dona dona reference: link)
3 hours anon, cynthia cometh out unsteady and collapses on the spot. I catcheth that lady f’r anon. Cynthia hast that lady eyes did roll back and is convulsing from time to time. …. I overdid t.
we hath left that lady nursing to the maids and hath decided to taketh a rest f’r the day.
at which hour i bethought yond, i taketh telepathy from mira ere i did get on the sleep chamber.
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t’s a full-blown self-deprecating gleek. Stand ho yond.
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i don't knoweth if ‘t be true anyone hadst hath left the village, but at the very least the villagers who is’t wast at the village at yond time art dead, with the exception of mira.
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so an ordinary village wench suddenly becomes the village representative. Yond is quite a big promotion…. The reason isn’t very much one to beest joyous about though.
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if ‘t be true the lady hast those kind of reasons, then coequal i has’t nay intention to bid that lady nay. In the first lodging, i didn’t turn mira into a subordinate, cockatrices follower, because i hadst something i did want that lady to doth, so i intend to allow those folk a certain amount of independent action. Alta too might not but has’t pondered yond intention of mine and hath brought out an tis fine.
a: that's right.
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i cutteth the telepathic connection with mira and did get to catch but a wink f’r real this time.
on the next day, we resume our dungeon exploration and immediately cometh to see the discipline’s effect.
immediately following the transfer, we suddenly encounter a dungeon goblin. The minute cynthia sees yond figure, the lady almost doest that lady kamikaze attack.
["stay"!]
[yes nanodesu!]
the instant cynthia hears yond one word of mine, the lady doth take a "pay attention" stance.
the lady instantly cometh to mine own side and pulls mine own robes.
[sir! hie up nanodesu! hie up nanodesu!]
the lady’s being restless and uncompos’d and the lady’s pulling mine own robes and urging me, but at least that lady starting a kamikaze charge without listening to aught is did fix. T’s did fix.
[don't forget to cooperate with sora and karen. ]
[yes nanodesu!]
that lady answer may has’t hath felt nonchalant, but i guess yond’s fine. Yond’s something to solve in the future.
[then, "good!". ]
[yes! i’m going nodesu! sorchan, karen-chan. ]
[cynthichan, wait f’r us!]
[cynthichan, halcyon down!]
cynthia starts running with tremendous force. The lady’s faster on that lady feet than the ordinary twins after all. In the end, t doesn’t behold like t changes the fact yond the twins art chasing after cynthia.
yond pitiful dungeon goblin wast instantly hath killed by cynthia and the others who is’t did start running.
[it wast slightly better, f’r the moment. ]
[yes nanodesu. I am growing nodesu. ]
the hurlyburly end’d and i mutter so while advancing the dungeon. Cynthia sayeth yond full of confidence, but i bethink t’s a difference of "extreme minus" turning to "a dram better minus".
[master, what didst thee doth to cynthichan……?]
[that’s not something yond can cometh out of mine own that from which we speak. Cynthia, wanteth to tryeth declaring t?]
at which hour i hath asked, cynthia desperately shakes that lady headeth. On a closer behold, that lady whole corse is trembling too.
[i can’t sayeth t! i absolutely can not sayeth t!]
[i bethink ’twill beest better if ‘t be true thee don't bethink about what master doest in a lodging nay one else can see. ]
[serchan, doth thee knoweth aught about t?]
[. I cannot sayeth yond. ]
[this is lacking valor. I’m so curious about it……]
[then, how about thee wend enter the secret cubiculo with me next time?]
[i shalt decline!]
the lady refuses with all that lady might.
t looks like thither wonneth’t beest any problems after letting those folk square a few fights, so i hath decided to descend the stairs to the second level. The ceiling of layer one is five meters high and at which hour i confirm’d the height with alta midway going down the stairs t wast fifteen meters high. From this we couldst sayeth yond each flo’r is about 10 meters and the dungeon shouldst beest ’round 750 meters deep. Of course, the height of each level might beest different too….
the stairs themselves art all ov’r the lodging in the dungeon, but t seemeth yond the lower the layer thee advance to, the lesser the number of stairs. T’s needless to sayeth how hard ’twill beest to findeth the very few stairs in a dungeon whose each layer hast the size of a whole state’s area. T appears yond is the number one reason wherefore they didn’t maketh yond much progress in the layer they hath reached.
[so, cynthia. Which way doth thee wanteth to wend? which way doth thee bethink is right?]
[err, ov’r thither nanodesu. ]
as lief as we hath reached the second level, i gaveth
since all monsters in the dungeon has’t
[what about the two of thee?]
[i bethink t’s yond way, right karen-chan?]
[i bethink t’s this way, yup, sorchan. ]
i lodging the three with
[it shouldst beest here……]
at which hour
a: t is forsooth regrettable.
not to mention the fact yond thither is a regular route means yond thither might beest a dead-end route yond wonneth’t continueth to the next layer. However, i predict yond at least a holder of a high level
[i shall leaveth the fights to cynthia’s group f’r a dram longer. Coequal if ‘t be true we join the square, thither’s hardly aught to gain. The behavioral patterns of the monsters coming out hither art fundamentally bas’d on their outside counterpart which is the base cockatrices, and while thither may beest a needeth to receiveth hath used to battles inside the dungeon, hither t doth feel too much like a gleek. Dropping our statuses until we’re able to has’t an coequal match is eke unproductive……]
[understood nodesu! leaveth t to us nodesu!]
t’ll beest fine if ‘t be true t’s at least a cockatrices we’ve nev’r seen ere, but if ‘t be true t’s at the level of col’r variation then t wonneth’t becometh training.
we leaveth all fights to cynthia and the twins and moveth on to the second layer. Speaking of what i doth, i only showeth cynthia a "go" sign.
their cooperation is gradually shaping up due to repeating combat. Am i did suppose to sayeth yond the twins art getting hath used to cynthia's charge to beest exact? well, since cynthia's potential is quite high, so t shouldn't becometh a problem with opponents of this level if ‘t be true the lady can taketh out that lady ability coequal while being hath followed. T’s because they behold like they has’t becometh able to square steadily coequal ‘gainst the same number of opponents and moo at the time we approach the stairs to the third layer.
[oh, t’s a cockatrices i haven't seen ere. Wend!]
[[[yes (nanodesu)!!]]]
maze lizard sir
lv 5
note: a lizard yond walks on two forks.
i bethink this might beest a subspecies of a cockatrices outside but i bethink not i’ve seen its original.
t doesn't has’t a weapon and t isn’t very stout, so those three hath killed t instantly. Eke, i’d like those folk to stick their naming rule to either dungeon ‘r maze.
the variety of monsters gradually changes as we wend down in levels in the dungeon. Maze lizard sir seemeth to beest limit’d to level 2 and below. By the way, the interi’r of the dungeon changes every ten floors ‘r so they sayeth. Levels one through ten art the commonly easy to imagine dungeon, the 11th to 20th shall behold like a forest-like dungeon. Of course, thither is a boss ere each interi’r changeth. T’s natural f’r a dungeon right?
we did manage to breaketh through the second level in the morn and the third one in the afternoon. Eh? events yond cameth up on the way? if ‘t be true coequal the problem with cynthia becomes better, then other things can’t beest a big deal. Oh, and these art all the new monsters yond has’t did turn up.
maze bat
lv 4
note: a bat, quite troublesome since t can fly.
lesser minotaur
lv 6
note: a miniature minotaur. At which hour thee sayeth dungeons, thee bethink of this! but the deteriorat’d species of t.
lesser worm
lv 2
note: the deteriorat’d species of the dungeon worm. A huge earthworm.
the travelling lamp is about to wend down, so we decideth to useth the transfer stone near the stairs to the fourth level.
the fights still seemeth to wend round without us f’r a while i guess. But all three yond art fighting the present day art vanguard types. Cynthia couldst moo ‘r less useth charm, but at which hour i hath asked that lady the lady toldeth me the lady’ll nev’r useth t. The lady hath said [it’s because thither wonneth’t beest any hitting sensation if ‘t be true i useth magic] ‘r so t seemeth. The lady is gravely like an up close and personal only hurlyburly junkie.
i has’t plans on letting cynthia’s group act independently without us someday. I may add a member in their midst whose main point is charm. Oh, right. Since we already has’t t, i might as well useth elinsia's letter of introduction and discreetly chooseth one at the slave market. If ‘t be true thither isn’t any at all, then i couldst eke taketh ‘long one from the maid group.
we useth the transfer stone and transfer to the entrance we hath used coming in. We art ceased by the receptionist as lief as we hath tried to wend out of the building.
[excuse me, thou art jin-sama aren’t thee?]
[yeah, i am. ]
[i has’t a message from elinsisama. The lady hath said [i has’t to speak of the village and the basement]. The lady shall beest in that lady office most of the time tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, so the lady’d like thee to visit during yond time if ‘t be true possible ‘r so the lady hath said. ]
[understood. ]
t’s been only a few days, so t shouldn’t beest about the rewards. Well, t’s not like thither’s any harm in hearing that lady out, so shalt i wend thither ere going to the slave market tomorrow….
[and so, i'm bethinking about adding a slave artful in charm to the party. ]
we returneth to the inn and i announce yond. Everyone is moo ‘r less present in the cubiculo. Oh, dora is already sleeping.
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the first to respond to mine own line is cynthia.
[is a charm user behoveful nanodesu? i bethink we can square well enow with just us nodesu……]
[i’m forsooth not did worry in our current state, but i bethink yond t is better to add one person artful in charm ‘mongst thee if ‘t be true we ponder the fact after thee separate from us. ]
[separate nodesu!? art we going to beest thrown hence nodesu!?]
[this is lacking valor! karen-chan!]
[what doth we doth!? sorchan!]
the newcomers suddenly panic. I wonder wherefore slaves at each moment misunderstand me declaring [doing something separately] f’r being thrown hence?
[no yond’s not what i cullionly, i’m not throwing thee hence. The separate i cullionly is after we has’t did capture the dungeon. ]
[. What doth thee cullionly nodesu?]
after judging yond i didn’t cullionly to throweth those folk hence and calming down a dram, cynthia asks a question in returneth.
[first of all, thee doth knoweth the reason we hath brought thee three with us to the dungeon is to guide us through the regular route, right?]
[yes nanodesu. ]
[apart from yond, thither is another duty after we art done with dungeon capture. ]
[what sort of duty nanodesu?]
[i wanteth thee three, four enwheeling the future member artful in charm, to keepeth exploring the dungeon after we finish capturing the dungeon. ]
to beest honest, items from the dungeon art very much attractive. Of course, they’re unnecessary in any way if ‘t be true i taketh me high-lone in consideration. However, i has’t many subordinates, and has’t plans to increase yond in the future. And a dungeon whither thee can steadily obtain goods and hurlyburly experience with monsters inside holds quite a lot of value.
[i bethink we shall leaveth on a journey again after conquering this dungeon. Yond’s wherefore i’d like to taketh care of having a steady practical useth of the labyrinth resources coequal after we leaveth on a journey. F’r yond explorer subordinates becomes behoveful. ]
[and yond shall beest us nanodesu?]
[yeah, i'm actually bethinking of adding moo people from then on, so thee shall becometh the core members. This is wherefore i’ve judg’d yond at least one person artful in charm is important f’r yond time. ]
as did expect, i intend not to maketh the requir’d dungeon exploration personnel close combat only. We needeth at least one mage as a core member.
[i understandeth nanodesu! i won't useth charm nodesu! t is behoveful f’r other nanodesu!]
[we wanteth to tryeth and useth charm, right karen-chan?]
[we has’t not to beest an expert, right sorchan?]
the twins seem to wanteth to learneth charm, but they seemeth not to plan on taking on a magical profession.
[but jin-sama, we can’t possibly start from the first level just f’r the sake of training f’r the newly joining peat right?]
maria’s right. I doubt they shall progress nay matter how much time passes if ‘t be true we start from the first level every time we add a member.
[that’s right. Yond’s wherefore i’ll maketh t a rule to receiveth those folk to properly taketh maid education + combat training. I’ll alloweth those folk prepare a lesson on dungeon monsters. ]
[prepare?]
sakura tilts that lady headeth.
[yeah, i’ll alloweth tamo-san consume the dungeon monsters and alloweth those folk doth a fleer hurlyburly with t with its figure hath changed to one. ]
[tamo-san is very much convenient. ]
[yeah. At which hour in doubt, tamo-san ‘r
[my special power is lump’d together with tamo-san……]
[ah, my most humble apology. Sakura……]
sakura ends up humour a dram depress’d. But tamo-san is useful f’r a fact. T’s not so free of ingraft sense like our special powers though….
[come to bethink of t, sir, we didn’t doth any treasure searching ‘r mining at all in level one to three nodesu. Wherefore nanodesu?]
cynthia asks ’round the time we art quaint much done with the conversation.
treasure chests couldst suddenly appeareth inside the dungeon. The logic behind t might not but belike beest the same as the cockatrices spawns. I couldst understandeth t if ‘t be true i hath asked alta, but i bethink requesting f’r the theories behind the dungeon is unromantic, so i purposely hath left t high-lone.
a : ….
[in charge to not steal the worketh from the groups who is’t art earning their daily bread. Thither’s eke the reason yond we’re not going to spendeth time on the upper levels though……]
[oh~, so yond’s the reason nanodesu. ]
diving into the dungeon and collecting items shall meshes thee some wage, coequal in the upper levels. The novices and base ability explorers doth yond and earn their daily income. If ‘t be true i useth map within those levels and collect things yond has’t value, then the base rank adventurers shall becometh unemploy’d.
i can see the contents of the treasure chests if ‘t be true i behold at the map, but the things inside the upper levels aren’t important things and to beest exact, i feeleth not did tempt at all.
to beginneth with, our purpose isn't earning wage but to travel ’round. T’s completely pointless to spendeth time on the upper levels, thee not bethink?
on the next day, i’ve hath decided to wend meeteth elinsia in the morn. Only maria hast cometh ‘long, the rest art taking independent actions.
[thank thee f’r waiting. Anon, this way prithee. ]
a cheerful elinsia ushers us inside the knight's office. Judging from that lady looks, the matter about the masterless village shouldst beest going smoothly.
as we art being did guide, we enter a well structur’d cubiculo.
[here is the parl’r to beest hath used f’r upper class visitors. Tea shall beest hath carried in betimes so prithee. ]
we sitteth on a sofa and elinsia doth take a seat opposite of us. A waiter enters after a while and serves tea in front of us.
as the waiter bows and withdraws, elinsia starts talking.
[i has’t not did invite anybody else. T is about the rewards f’r the discovery of the enshielf dungeon. ]
[oh, already? yond wenteth faster than i bethought. ]
elinsia smiles to mine own suspicions.
[yes, i bethought t would taketh much moo time f’r a matter ‘r two. However, i instantly hath brought the conversation to the royal family f’r this important subject. Of course, i hath used a conversational stone since this is an urgent matter. And then, the conversation did progress while they did gaze at me in shock and i believeth a research group of scholars and a merchant group from the capital art urgently heading towards the masterless village right about anon. ]
t seemeth this matter is moving in a grander scale than i bethought.
[at any rate, t wast impossible f’r those folk to not grant the discoverer aught in yond situation. An urgent meeting wast did hold and jin-san's reward hast been hath decided. As a result thee shall beest did grant 50 million gold. ]
[that is quite the sum. ]
[yes, but still. At which hour t cometh to granting a reward of this amount, thou art did expect to wend through meet procedures at the capital city. ]
err, i hath heard some troublesome words anon didn’t i? yond hath said, i can’t taketh the capital city off our traveling course either, so i has’t nay choice but to wend. Ah, the capital city's name is estalca. Just to maketh sure.
[the capital city huh…… how far is’t from hither?]
[it is about ten days. I am sure thither art things to doth, so thither is nay time limit, but couldst thee headeth towards the capital within three months? of course, we can readjust at thy pleasure, jin-san, but the procedures would increase if ‘t be true t exceeds three months. ]
[. This is eke troublesome. Good now. I shall wend thither in three months. ]
[our side shall eke beest running ’round f’r a while so i giveth mine own apologies, but i cannot accompany thee. F’r the time being, i has’t did prepare the letter, so prithee taketh this and headeth to the capital city. ]
[understood. ]
the lady hands me the letter and i putteth t hence. The envelope is coequal moo extravagant than the last one.
[come to bethink of t, hast mine own letter been useful?]
[yeah, t wast helpful f’r the cards. As f’r the other one, t’s the lodging i’m bethinking of going the present day. ]
[oh mine own, is yond so. In yond case, may i wend with thee?]
eh? thee can’t expect t to beest a lodging whither thee would to taketh ‘long a mistress who is’t’s not coequal a subordinate.
elinsia notices the puzzling behold on mine own visage and denies t.
[oh, i’m not particularly going with thee to gaze thee chooseth those folk ‘r aught. I am just going to putteth in a word ‘r two with the slave dealer in the beginning. ]
yond’s very reassuring considering the influence of a word ‘r two from elinsia in this city. And scary.
[. Hath understood. Art the preparations going smoothly?]
[yes, t’s because i’ve clear’d hence all the plans f’r the present day at which hour i hath heard from the dungeon entrance receptionist yond thee shall cometh the present day. ]
[sorry f’r the ado. ]
[no, not at all. Did compare to thy contribution towards our national interests, this is quite the vile trade-off. ]
so, maria, elinsia and i art heading towards the slave market. Hogging all the gazes of the city. Elinsia yond is.
we arrive at the slave market. T is a considerably big building with the same style as the knight's office. Thither art guards too, and the service couldst beest hath said to beest yond of a high-class slave market. The entrance is quite quite quaint and t wouldn’t beest strange to calleth the interi’r one of a first-class hotel.
we approach the main reception. The minute the receptionists confirm elinsia’s visage, one of the two runs off somewhere in most wondrous haste.
[please calleth the shopkeeper. ]
[please wait f’r a moment. We art calling him anon. ]
a moment anon, a slightly overweight sir cometh running. He’s belike the shopkeeper. He is completely drench’d in did sweat as he approaches elinsia.
[it hast been a while. Has’t thee been well?]
[yes, grant you mercy to elinsisama, i am able to keepeth on living peacefully these days as well. ]
[that is exaggerat’d. ]
[no, not at all, these art humbly mine own real feelings. ]
they hath continued yond sort of exchange. T seemeth yond elinsia is somehow the shopkeeper's lifesav’r. I guess thither art two kinds of people in this city, those who is’t fear elinsia and those who is’t revere that lady.
elinsia did talk with the shopkeeper f’r a while. The lady eke did include that lady intentions of entrusting me to him in their conversation.
[jin-san, i has’t given the shopkeeper a clear explanation of thee, so prithee taketh thy time in choosing those folk. Anon, if ‘t be true thee shall colours me. ]
[yeah, grant you mercy f’r the holp. ]
elinsia bows and leaves. The shopkeeper sees that lady off with a respectful bow. After elinsia is completely gone, he lifts up his visage and approaches us.
[you art jin-sama, right? i has’t hath heard the details from elinsisama. About thy search f’r slaves, mine own store hast becometh the number one expert in the field of pets. On the other handeth i am toldeth thee act as an explorer, but what sort of slave would thee like me to introduce thee to?]
t’s the “even with elincia’s referral, yond area is our forte” talk after all. Yond hath said, i’ve cometh hither to search f’r a slave artful in charm. T’s not like l’m keeping yond in mind beforehand unlike ere.
[it’ll beest slaves with fighting in mind. Yond hath said, we’ll beest carrying out the education in yond area, so t’s fine not to taketh yond into account. We can coequal spendeth time on t, so can’t thee alloweth me behold ov’r the young girls?]
[i understandeth. Thither art currently 39 young slave girls hither, so allow me showeth those folk in groups of ten. ]
he sayeth and he leads me to another cubiculo. Thither doesn’t seemeth to beest a space yond isolates the nearly dying ‘r crime slaves hither. They’re being did train as pets so t might not but beest unnecessary.
the young girls coming out range from ’round 5 years fusty to early teens, they art all wearing well-tailor’d robes and has’t a very well-order’d visage. Their purpose is to beest pets so t might not but’ve been better to has’t those folk did dress up.
they properly bow at the time they wast did introduce. Issue slaves don't selleth f’r yond much. Thither art limits coequal if ‘t be true they has’t valorous looks, so the shopkeeper raises their value by letting those folk taketh education, he boastfully tells us.
as did expect, thither aren’t any slaves possessing an anomaly like maria, mio ‘r sera hither, but thither art several slaves yond possesses rare looking arts. Charm combat orient’d arts art eke did include thither.
i has’t the slaves i’ve gotten interest’d in from mine own observation to remain hither and as a result ten slaves did remain. What’s hath left f’r me is to search f’r the slave who is’t shall fulfill mine own purpose from hither on out.
[hum, so thee has’t cometh with ten candidates. If ‘t be true thou art fine with t, i couldst selleth those folk all f’r 100,000 g]
shopkeeper suddenly hath said the unthinkable. 100,000 is belike vile right?
a : t is vile. Their minimum value can beest pondered 10 times of yond.
eh? what's with this fusty sir? didst he just tryeth to selleth his own local goods at 90% off?
[isn't yond too vile? is thither a reason f’r yond?]
[of course, this is due to elinsia's introduction. This is quite vile if ‘t be true i am able to repay yond mistress’s kindness. ]
t looks like the lady’s quite did love. Nay doubt he would wend in the r’d. Yond’s not what i wanteth. I like not having the other doth something until t strains those folk.
[you’ll wend in the r’d yond way. At least wend with something yond shall receiveth thee some profit out of t prithee. I’m humour my most humble apology f’r thee. ]
thither’s the shrewd me who is’t accepts the purchase of the ten slaves. If ‘t be true t’s like this then alloweth’s leaveth all ten of those folk to lusia and taketh the peat who is’t shall groweth the most with me.
[then, mine own obligation towards elinsisama would be……]
[i’m telling thee t’s fine, so thither wonneth’t beest any problem right? if ‘t be true aught, i can bid elinsia the gist of t. ]
[. If ‘t be true yond is the case, then ’twill cometh to 600,000 g. How about i lower the price a dram moo in yond case? yond is still 60,000 g per person thee knoweth. ]
fortunately, things hath happened and i’m not did worry about wage and eke me buying slaves is a ingraft occurrence, so i shouldn’t beest complaining about yond.
[that’s fine. So t’s 600,000 g then. Alloweth’s payeth t right hence. ]
[thank thee f’r thy patronage…. ]
i sayeth and payeth him 600,000 g. The shopkeeper accepts t with a slight frown.
after calling a slave arts user and finishing the contracts, i tooketh the ten slaves while being seen off by the shopkeeper and headeth towards the carriage yond wast park’d beside the inn.
t looks like the slave girls has’t been thorough with their education; they didn’t maketh any unnecessary chatter coequal after i hath bought those folk. We enter the carriage and then we immediately transfer to our base in kastal with “portal”.
after arriving at the estate in kastal, i gather lusia and the others and pray pardon me mine own future plans.
first off all, i’ll has’t the newly did join slaves doth combat training center’d on charm. If ‘t be true t seemeth impossible because they’re giving up, then i shall has’t those folk shift to maid training. I bid those folk yond i shall taketh the moo suitable one ‘mongst the remaining people with me to the dungeon.
looks like those newcomer slaves didn’t bethink they wast hath bought f’r combat purposes; they wast quite surpris’d. Well of course, they shouldst beest surpris’d if ‘t be true they learneth yond they art round’d up f’r hurlyburly despite having been hath brought up as pets.
i might as well bid those folk some of mine own ability. As far as i can see, they has’t been needlessly surpris’d.
although i knoweth all of the new slaves with mine own special powers, i still alloweth those folk introduce themselves. I’ve putteth t off, but i’ve eke alloweth the the slaves i hath bought in the first village in estia introduce themselves.
on a side note, the self-introduction from the maids and butlers maria and lusia hadst hath bought in kastal hast already been done. Remembering everyone wast a disaster. Well, i can cozen with map and status anytime though….
i’ve eke did talk about complicat’d things. The most surprising thing wast yond thither’s coequal someone ‘mongst the pet slave girls who is’t would wanteth to tryeth fighting. The lady’s highly suitable in charm arts, so the lady shall beest the first candidate f’r the team.
[well then, lusia, taketh care of those folk!]
[yes, prithee leaveth t to me. ]
i has’t hath decided to leaveth the rest to lusia and returneth to lilia city.
the maids in kastal’s base has’t did increase by a lot. Of course, t’s not like thither art any problems with living space because t is a large estate. But still, i’m acknown yond i’ve did increase the amount of slave maids by too much without restraining myself. I bethink t is about time i shouldst stand ho increasing the number of slaves f’r anon. Of course, this doesn’t apply to slaves yond art exceptional like maria, mio and sera though…
Chapter 42
[We’ve thought of various ways to stop Cynthia from behaving recklessly, but because we couldn’t come up with anything, we decided to patiently discipline her.]
This is the first thing I said after returning to the mansion in Kastal by "Portal". Oh, I used "Portal" because it’s troublesome to go back to the entrance, and using a transfer stone for just one level is too wasteful.
[Cynthia is not a puppy nodesu.]
Cynthia shakes her head in denial, but she’s already put in the useless dog position in my head. Since useless dogs won’t go to people who can pamper them, it’s good to discipline them strictly instead.
[A puppy would only be disciplined, but disobedient slaves are sent home by force, you know?]
[Cynthia is fine with being a puppy nodesu. Woof(Wan).]
She seems to have resigned herself and accepted her position as a puppy. She’s quick to submit huh….
[I am the hero of the beastkins though……]
Maria mutters in low voice. If I have to say, Maria is a faithful dog, isn’t she? She’s a cat beastkin though……
[So, if you ask us how we’re going to discipline Cynthiwan, then yes, it’s the discipline door~]
I take out the "Room" 's door from
[No way, I didn’t think you yourself would take it out…….]
[As expected, the combination of
Mio and Sakura are showing an amazed expression. ……Well, even though I stopped Mio from saying something unnecessary before, I guess I don’t mind it when I do something unnecessary out of my own initiative.
Don't worry, the door, no, the "Room" I prepared is mat black. It’s not pink even if by mistake, I tell you.
[Jokes aside, I’m thinking about disciplining Cynthia inside this "Room".]
[This "Room" is kinda eerie for some reason.]
[You could say that. Since it’s for discipline, it became like this when I tried bringing out the strict atmosphere.]
[Isn’t the way you use the atmosphere too much nodesu? It is really scary nodesu!]
Cynthia cowers before even entering. No, I’ve already settled to discipline her even if she cowers and wets herself though.
[I really want to at the very least make you remember to "Wait" by the end of the day. Otherwise, the twins will have the job of chasing after the rushing Cynthia.]
[That’s a bother, right Karen-chan.]
[That’s a fact, right Sorchan.]
[I'm ashamed nodesu……]
Even though the usual Cynthia is meek and has an obedient personality, why does she only become reckless during fights……?
Ah, does she become easily excited because of her
A: No, this is how she has been from the start.
Oh, I see……
So that means she had the combat maniac temperament from the start. So Maria is a religious fanatic and Cynthia is a berserker huh…… My expectations in heroes won’t go up from now on. Expectations?
[So, Master. What’s going to happen inside? R15?]
[It’s aimed for all-ages…… I mean, there is nothing inside in particular. I only want to do this out of sight after all.]
I answer Mio’s question. I didn’t put anything inside the "Room" in particular. I’m not necessarily calling it a torture chamber, so I didn’t put in a wooden horse or an iron maiden or anything. I didn't put them in.
[Alone with a girl behind closed doors…… Ahh! Master, what are you planning to do!?]
[Like I said, I’m just disciplining her I tell you…… I’m thinking of shutting her in for three hours for now, so don’t open it in any way. Absolutely don’t, got it?]
[It is rare for Jin-kun to say it that strongly. Moreover, for it to last this long.]
[Telling me something like that will only make me curious! But I will absolutely suffer as well if I open it!]
[You should better stop……]
Mio is wavering between her curiosity and getting punished.
[Mio]
[Yes sir! I didn't peep sir!]
Looks like her fear won if that causes a shout.
[Well then, let's go, Cynthia.]
[Yes nanodesu……….]
Cynthia totteringly heads towards the door. Mio is uttering Dona dona from behind her. No, Cynthia is going to come back you know? (ED: Dona dona reference: link)
3 hours later, Cynthia comes out unsteady and collapses on the spot. I catch her for now. Cynthia has her eyes rolled back and is convulsing from time to time. ……I overdid it.
We left her nursing to the maids and decided to take a rest for the day.
When I thought that, I receive telepathy from Mira before I got on the bed.
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I don't know if anyone had left the village, but at the very least the villagers who were at the village at that time are dead, with the exception of Mira.
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So an ordinary village girl suddenly becomes the village representative. That is quite a big promotion…… The reason isn’t really one to be happy about though.
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If she has those kind of reasons, then even I have no intention to tell her no. In the first place, I didn’t turn Mira into a subordinate, monster follower, because I had something I wanted her to do, so I intend to allow them a certain amount of independent action. Alta too must have considered that intention of mine and brought out an OK.
A: That's right.
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I cut the telepathic connection with Mira and got to sleep for real this time.
On the next day, we resume our dungeon exploration and immediately come to see the discipline’s effect.
Immediately following the transfer, we suddenly encounter a dungeon goblin. The minute Cynthia sees that figure, she almost does her kamikaze attack.
["Stay"!]
[Yes nanodesu!]
The instant Cynthia hears that one word of mine, she takes a "Pay attention" stance.
She instantly comes to my side and pulls my clothes.
[Sir! Hurry up nanodesu! Hurry up nanodesu!]
She’s being restless and uncomposed and she’s pulling my clothes and urging me, but at least her starting a kamikaze charge without listening to anything is fixed. It’s fixed.
[Don't forget to cooperate with Sora and Karen.]
[Yes nanodesu!]
Her answer may have felt nonchalant, but I guess that’s fine. That’s something to solve in the future.
[Then, "Good!".]
[Yes! I’m going nodesu! Sorchan, Karen-chan.]
[Cynthichan, wait for us!]
[Cynthichan, calm down!]
Cynthia starts running with tremendous force. She’s faster on her feet than the ordinary twins after all. In the end, it doesn’t look like it changes the fact that the twins are chasing after Cynthia.
That pitiful dungeon goblin was instantly killed by Cynthia and the others who started running.
[It was slightly better, for the moment.]
[Yes nanodesu. I am growing nodesu.]
The battle ended and I mutter so while advancing the dungeon. Cynthia says that full of confidence, but I think it’s a difference of "extreme minus" turning to "a little better minus".
[Master, what did you do to Cynthichan……?]
[That’s not something that can come out of my mouth. Cynthia, want to try saying it?]
When I asked, Cynthia desperately shakes her head. On a closer look, her whole body is trembling too.
[I can’t say it! I absolutely can not say it!]
[I think it will be better if you don't think about what master does in a place no one else can see.]
[Serchan, do you know anything about it?]
[……I cannot say that.]
[This is bad. I’m so curious about it……]
[Then, how about you go enter the secret room with me next time?]
[I shall decline!]
She refuses with all her might.
It looks like there won’t be any problems after letting them fight a few fights, so I decided to descend the stairs to the second level. The ceiling of layer one is five meters high and when I confirmed the height with Alta midway going down the stairs it was fifteen meters high. From this we could say that each floor is about 10 meters and the dungeon should be around 750 meters deep. Of course, the height of each level might be different too……
The stairs themselves are all over the place in the dungeon, but it seems that the lower the layer you advance to, the lesser the number of stairs. It’s needless to say how hard it will be to find the very few stairs in a dungeon whose each layer has the size of a whole country’s area. It appears that is the number one reason why they didn’t make that much progress in the layer they reached.
[So, Cynthia. Which way do you want to go? Which way do you think is right?]
[Err, over there nanodesu.]
As soon as we reached the second level, I gave
Since all monsters in the dungeon have
[What about the two of you?]
[I think it’s that way, right Karen-chan?]
[I think it’s this way, yup, Sorchan.]
I place the three with
[It should be here……]
When
A: It is indeed regrettable.
Not to mention the fact that there is a regular route means that there might be a dead-end route that won’t continue to the next layer. However, I predict that at least a holder of a high level
[I will leave the fights to Cynthia’s group for a little longer. Even if we join the fight, there’s hardly anything to gain. The behavioral patterns of the monsters coming out here are fundamentally based on their outside counterpart which is the base monster, and while there may be a need to get used to battles inside the dungeon, here it feels too much like a joke. Dropping our statuses until we’re able to have an even match is also unproductive……]
[Understood nodesu! Leave it to us nodesu!]
It’ll be fine if it’s at least a monster we’ve never seen before, but if it’s at the level of color variation then it won’t become training.
We leave all fights to Cynthia and the twins and move on to the second layer. Speaking of what I do, I only show Cynthia a "Go" sign.
Their cooperation is gradually shaping up due to repeating combat. Am I supposed to say that the twins are getting used to Cynthia's charge to be exact? Well, since Cynthia's potential is quite high, so it shouldn't become a problem with opponents of this level if she can take out her ability even while being followed. It’s because they look like they have become able to fight steadily even against the same number of opponents and more at the time we approach the stairs to the third layer.
[Oh, it’s a monster I haven't seen before. Go!]
[[[Yes (nanodesu)!!]]]
Maze Lizard Man
Lv 5
Note: A lizard that walks on two legs.
I think this might be a subspecies of a monster outside but I don’t think I’ve seen its original..
It doesn't have a weapon and it isn’t very strong, so those three killed it instantly. Also, I’d like them to stick their naming rule to either dungeon or maze.
The variety of monsters gradually changes as we go down in levels in the dungeon. Maze lizard man seems to be limited to level 2 and below. By the way, the interior of the dungeon changes every ten floors or so they say. Levels one through ten are the commonly easy to imagine dungeon, the 11th to 20th will look like a forest-like dungeon. Of course, there is a boss before each interior change. It’s natural for a dungeon right?
We managed to break through the second level in the morning and the third one in the afternoon. Eh? Events that came up on the way? If even the problem with Cynthia becomes better, then other things can’t be a big deal. Oh, and these are all the new monsters that have turned up.
Maze Bat
Lv 4
Note: A bat, quite troublesome since it can fly.
Lesser Minotaur
Lv 6
Note: A miniature minotaur. When you say dungeons, you think of this! But the deteriorated species of it.
Lesser Worm
Lv 2
Note: The deteriorated species of the dungeon worm. A huge earthworm.
The sun is about to go down, so we decide to use the transfer stone near the stairs to the fourth level.
The fights still seem to go round without us for a while I guess. But all three that are fighting today are vanguard types. Cynthia could more or less use magic, but when I asked her she told me she’ll never use it. She said [It’s because there won’t be any hitting sensation if I use magic] or so it seems. She is seriously like an up close and personal only battle junkie.
I have plans on letting Cynthia’s group act independently without us someday. I may add a member in their midst whose main point is magic. Oh, right. Since we already have it, I might as well use Elinsia's letter of introduction and discreetly choose one at the slave market. If there isn’t any at all, then I could also take along one from the maid group.
We use the transfer stone and transfer to the entrance we used coming in. We are stopped by the receptionist as soon as we tried to go out of the building.
[Excuse me, you are Jin-sama aren’t you?]
[Yeah, I am.]
[I have a message from Elinsisama. She said [I have to talk about the village and the basement]. She will be in her office most of the time tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, so she’d like you to visit during that time if possible or so she said.]
[Understood.]
It’s been only a few days, so it shouldn’t be about the rewards. Well, it’s not like there’s any harm in hearing her out, so shall I go there before going to the slave market tomorrow……
[And so, I'm thinking about adding a slave skilled in magic to the party.]
We return to the inn and I announce that. Everyone is more or less present in the room. Oh, Dora is already sleeping.
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The first to respond to my line is Cynthia.
[Is a magic user necessary nanodesu? I think we can fight well enough with just us nodesu……]
[I’m certainly not worried in our current state, but I think that it is better to add one person skilled in magic among you if we consider the fact after you separate from us.]
[Separate nodesu!? Are we going to be thrown away nodesu!?]
[This is terrible! Karen-chan!]
[What do we do!? Sorchan!]
The newcomers suddenly panic. I wonder why slaves always misunderstand me saying [doing something separately] for being thrown away?
[No that’s not what I mean, I’m not throwing you away. The separate I mean is after we have captured the dungeon.]
[……What do you mean nodesu?]
After judging that I didn’t mean to throw them away and calming down a little, Cynthia asks a question in return.
[First of all, you do know the reason we brought you three with us to the dungeon is to guide us through the regular route, right?]
[Yes nanodesu.]
[Apart from that, there is another duty after we are done with dungeon capture.]
[What sort of duty nanodesu?]
[I want you three, four including the future member skilled in magic, to keep exploring the dungeon after we finish capturing the dungeon.]
To be honest, items from the dungeon are really attractive. Of course, they’re unnecessary in any way if I take me alone in consideration. However, I have many subordinates, and have plans to increase that in the future. And a dungeon where you can steadily obtain goods and battle experience with monsters inside holds quite a lot of value.
[I think we will leave on a journey again after conquering this dungeon. That’s why I’d like to take care of having a steady practical use of the labyrinth resources even after we leave on a journey. For that explorer subordinates becomes necessary.]
[And that will be us nanodesu?]
[Yeah, I'm actually thinking of adding more people from then on, so you will become the core members. This is why I’ve judged that at least one person skilled in magic is important for that time.]
As expected, I don’t intend to make the required dungeon exploration personnel close combat only. We need at least one mage as a core member.
[I understand nanodesu! I won't use magic nodesu! It is necessary for other nanodesu!]
[We want to try and use magic, right Karen-chan?]
[We don’t have to be an expert, right Sorchan?]
The twins seem to want to learn magic, but they don’t seem to plan on taking on a magical profession.
[But Jin-sama, we can’t possibly start from the first level just for the sake of training for the newly joining kid right?]
Maria’s right. I doubt they will progress no matter how much time passes if we start from the first level every time we add a member.
[That’s right. That’s why I’ll make it a rule to get them to properly take maid education + combat training. I’ll let them prepare a lesson on dungeon monsters.]
[Prepare?]
Sakura tilts her head.
[Yeah, I’ll let Tamo-san eat the dungeon monsters and let them do a mock battle with it with its figure changed to one.]
[Tamo-san is really convenient.]
[Yeah. When in doubt, Tamo-san or
[My special power is lumped together with Tamo-san……]
[Ah, sorry. Sakura……]
Sakura ends up feeling a little depressed. But Tamo-san is useful for a fact. It’s not so free of common sense like our special powers though……
[Come to think of it, Sir, we didn’t do any treasure searching or mining at all in level one to three nodesu. Why nanodesu?]
Cynthia asks around the time we are pretty much done with the conversation.
Treasure chests could suddenly appear inside the dungeon. The logic behind it must probably be the same as the monster spawns. I could understand it if I asked Alta, but I think requesting for the theories behind the dungeon is unromantic, so I purposely left it alone.
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[In order to not steal the work from the groups who are earning their daily bread. There’s also the reason that we’re not going to spend time on the upper levels though……]
[Oh~, so that’s the reason nanodesu.]
Diving into the dungeon and collecting items will net you some money, even in the upper levels. The novices and low ability explorers do that and earn their daily income. If I use map within those levels and collect things that have value, then the low rank adventurers will become unemployed.
I can see the contents of the treasure chests if I look at the map, but the things inside the upper levels aren’t important things and to be exact, I don’t feel tempted at all.
To begin with, our purpose isn't earning money but to travel around. It’s completely pointless to spend time on the upper levels, don’t you think?
On the next day, I’ve decided to go meet Elinsia in the morning. Only Maria has come along, the rest are taking independent actions.
[Thank you for waiting. Now, this way please.]
A cheerful Elinsia ushers us inside the knight's office. Judging from her looks, the matter about the abandoned village should be going smoothly.
As we are being guided, we enter a well structured room.
[Here is the parlor to be used for upper class visitors. Tea will be carried in at once so please.]
We sit on a sofa and Elinsia takes a seat opposite of us. A waiter enters after a while and serves tea in front of us.
As the waiter bows and withdraws, Elinsia starts talking.
[I have not invited anybody else. It is about the rewards for the discovery of the hidden dungeon.]
[Oh, already? That went faster than I thought.]
Elinsia smiles to my suspicions.
[Yes, I thought it would take much more time for a matter or two. However, I instantly brought the conversation to the royal family for this important subject. Of course, I used a conversational stone since this is an urgent matter. And then, the conversation progressed while they gazed at me in shock and I believe a research group of scholars and a merchant group from the capital are urgently heading towards the abandoned village right about now.]
It seems this matter is moving in a grander scale than I thought.
[At any rate, it was impossible for them to not grant the discoverer anything in that situation. An urgent meeting was held and Jin-san's reward has been decided. As a result you will be granted 50 million gold.]
[That is quite the sum.]
[Yes, but still. When it comes to granting a reward of this amount, you are expected to go through proper procedures at the capital city.]
Err, I heard some troublesome words now didn’t I? That said, I can’t take the capital city off our traveling course either, so I have no choice but to go. Ah, the capital city's name is Estalca. Just to make sure.
[The capital city huh…… How far is it from here?]
[It is about ten days. I am sure there are things to do, so there is no time limit, but could you head towards the capital within three months? Of course, we can readjust at your pleasure, Jin-san, but the procedures would increase if it exceeds three months.]
[……This is also troublesome. Alright. I will go there in three months.]
[Our side will also be running around for a while so I offer my apologies, but I cannot accompany you. For the time being, I have prepared the letter, so please take this and head to the capital city.]
[Understood.]
She hands me the letter and I put it away. The envelope is even more extravagant than the last one.
[Come to think of it, has my letter been useful?]
[Yeah, it was helpful for the cards. As for the other one, it’s the place I’m thinking of going today.]
[Oh my, is that so. In that case, may I go with you?]
Eh? You can’t expect it to be a place where you would to take along a woman who’s not even a subordinate.
Elinsia notices the puzzling look on my face and denies it.
[Oh, I’m not particularly going with you to watch you choose them or anything. I am just going to put in a word or two with the slave dealer in the beginning.]
That’s very reassuring considering the influence of a word or two from Elinsia in this city. And scary.
[……Understood. Are the preparations going smoothly?]
[Yes, it’s because I’ve cleared away all the plans for today when I heard from the dungeon entrance receptionist that you will come today.]
[Sorry for the trouble.]
[No, not at all. Compared to your contribution towards our national interests, this is quite the cheap trade-off.]
So, Maria, Elinsia and I are heading towards the slave market. Hogging all the gazes of the city. Elinsia that is.
We arrive at the slave market. It is a considerably big building with the same style as the knight's office. There are guards too, and the service could be said to be that of a high-class slave market. The entrance is quite beautiful and it wouldn’t be strange to call the interior one of a first-class hotel.
We approach the main reception. The minute the receptionists confirm Elinsia’s face, one of the two runs off somewhere in great haste.
[Please call the shopkeeper.]
[Please wait for a moment. We are calling him now.]
A moment later, a slightly overweight man comes running. He’s probably the shopkeeper. He is completely drenched in sweat as he approaches Elinsia.
[It has been a while. Have you been well?]
[Yes, thanks to Elinsisama, I am able to keep on living peacefully these days as well.]
[That is exaggerated.]
[No, not at all, these are humbly my real feelings.]
They continued that sort of exchange. It seems that Elinsia is somehow the shopkeeper's lifesaver. I guess there are two kinds of people in this city, those who fear Elinsia and those who revere her.
Elinsia talked with the shopkeeper for a while. She also included her intentions of entrusting me to him in their conversation.
[Jin-san, I have given the shopkeeper a clear explanation of you, so please take your time in choosing them. Now, if you will excuse me.]
[Yeah, thanks for the help.]
Elinsia bows and leaves. The shopkeeper sees her off with a respectful bow. After Elinsia is completely gone, he lifts up his face and approaches us.
[You are Jin-sama, right? I have heard the details from Elinsisama. About your search for slaves, my store has become the number one expert in the field of pets. On the other hand I am told you act as an explorer, but what sort of slave would you like me to introduce you to?]
It’s the “Even with Elincia’s referral, that area is our forte” talk after all. That said, I’ve come here to search for a slave skilled in magic. It’s not like l’m keeping that in mind beforehand unlike before.
[It’ll be slaves with fighting in mind. That said, we’ll be carrying out the education in that area, so it’s fine not to take that into account. We can even spend time on it, so can’t you let me look over the young girls?]
[I understand. There are currently 39 young slave girls here, so allow me show them in groups of ten.]
He says and he leads me to another room. There doesn’t seem to be a space that isolates the nearly dying or crime slaves here. They’re being trained as pets so it must be unnecessary.
The young girls coming out range from around 5 years old to early teens, they are all wearing well-tailored clothes and have a very well-ordered face. Their purpose is to be pets so it must’ve been better to have them dressed up.
They properly bow at the time they were introduced. Child slaves don't sell for that much. There are limits even if they have good looks, so the shopkeeper raises their value by letting them take education, he boastfully tells us.
As expected, there aren’t any slaves possessing an anomaly like Maria, Mio or Sera here, but there are several slaves that possesses rare looking skills. Magic combat oriented skills are also included there.
I have the slaves I’ve gotten interested in from my observation to remain here and as a result ten slaves remained. What’s left for me is to search for the slave who will fulfill my purpose from here on out.
[Hum, so you have come with ten candidates. If you are fine with it, I could sell them all for 100,000 g]
Shopkeeper suddenly said the unthinkable. 100,000 is probably cheap right?
A : It is cheap. Their minimum value can be considered 10 times of that.
Eh? What's with this old man? Did he just try to sell his own local goods at 90% off?
[Isn't that too cheap? Is there a reason for that?]
[Of course, this is due to Elinsia's introduction. This is quite cheap if I am able to repay that lady’s kindness.]
It looks like she’s quite loved. No doubt he would go in the red. That’s not what I want. I don’t like having the other do something until it strains them.
[You’ll go in the red that way. At least go with something that will get you some profit out of it please. I’m feeling sorry for you.]
There’s the shrewd me who accepts the purchase of the ten slaves. If it’s like this then let’s leave all ten of them to Lusia and take the kid who will grow the most with me.
[Then, my obligation towards Elinsisama would be……]
[I’m telling you it’s fine, so there won’t be any problem right? If anything, I can tell Elinsia the gist of it.]
[……If that is the case, then it will come to 600,000 g. How about I lower the price a little more in that case? That is still 60,000 g per person you know.]
Fortunately, things happened and I’m not worried about money and also me buying slaves is a common occurrence, so I shouldn’t be complaining about that.
[That’s fine. So it’s 600,000 g then. Let’s pay it right away.]
[Thank you for your patronage…….]
I say and pay him 600,000 g. The shopkeeper accepts it with a slight frown.
After calling a slave arts user and finishing the contracts, I took the ten slaves while being seen off by the shopkeeper and head towards the carriage that was parked beside the inn.
It looks like the slave girls have been thorough with their education; they didn’t make any unnecessary chatter even after I bought them. We enter the carriage and then we immediately transfer to our base in Kastal with “Portal”.
After arriving at the estate in Kastal, I gather Lusia and the others and explain my future plans.
First off all, I’ll have the newly joined slaves do combat training centered on magic. If it seems impossible because they’re giving up, then I will have them shift to maid training. I tell them that I will take the more suitable one among the remaining people with me to the dungeon.
Looks like those newcomer slaves didn’t think they were bought for combat purposes; they were quite surprised. Well of course, they should be surprised if they learn that they are rounded up for battle despite having been brought up as pets.
I might as well tell them some of my ability. As far as I can see, they have been needlessly surprised.
Although I know all of the new slaves with my special powers, I still let them introduce themselves. I’ve put it off, but I’ve also let the the slaves I bought in the first village in Estia introduce themselves.
On a side note, the self-introduction from the maids and butlers Maria and Lusia had bought in Kastal has already been done. Remembering everyone was a disaster. Well, I can cheat with map and status anytime though……
I’ve also talked about complicated things. The most surprising thing was that there’s even someone among the pet slave girls who would want to try fighting. She’s highly suitable in magic skills, so she will be the first candidate for the team.
[Well then, Lusia, take care of them!]
[Yes, please leave it to me.]
I have decided to leave the rest to Lusia and return to Lilia city.
The maids in Kastal’s base have increased by a lot. Of course, it’s not like there are any problems with living space because it is a large estate. But still, I’m aware that I’ve increased the amount of slave maids by too much without restraining myself. I think it is about time I should stop increasing the number of slaves for now. Of course, this doesn’t apply to slaves that are exceptional like Maria, Mio and Sera though……
-End Chapter 42 Discipline and Dungeon Entrance Discovery Reward
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