The Hero Took Everything from Me, So I Partied with the Hero’s Mother! Chapter 35: Slave Market

This is depressing.

I don't hold a grudge... and yet I have to do sothing to avenge Zect and the others.

What looks like revenge to those around is not such an easy thing for to do it.

Still, I have to find a way.

Talking with Shizuko and the others is going to be brutal, so it's better to think alone.

In search of ideas, I have co to the next town.

It's a little bit open... if the royal capital is like Tokyo's Shinjuku, Shibuya, or Ikebukuro, then this place is as open as a regional city, with an adventurer's guild, a rchant's guild, a church, and maybe a couple of brothels...

Maybe there are so good hints...

While looking around, there is a notice on the bulletin board of a comrcial guild that says 'Slave market open... Orcman's Consultation is free for purchase'.

Such a sign is posted on the board.

Orcman is a tall man of 220cm height (7'2 ft) and a famous adventurer who buys slaves with his inco and lives in a harem.

Well, he is a celebrity in the capital.

I rember everyone said, 'he wants to buy all slaves.'

But should I go check it out?

Well, I decided to go check out the slave market.

Wow... the market is a pretty big one, especially since it's held by the slave trader of the capital.

But it's the wrong ti of the year.

This is the ti of the year when the neighboring villages are short of money before the harvest.

People don't have big money at this ti of the year.

"Hey, aren't you the dragon killer Ceres?"

I'm a Ceres, but what's a dragon killer?

"Sure, I'm a Ceres, but what's a dragon slayer, Orcman?"

"Hahaha, so adventurers call you a Dragon Killer just like they call an Orcman... and it's a good ti, you have money, don't you? I'm having a hard ti keeping up with all the chill people... can you please buy about ten of them?"

"I have one wife and three fiancées... no way."

Oh no... now that I think about it, Shizuko and I had a guild marriage, but the other three were not yet married... I had forgotten that in the village, we could get by with a de facto marriage without filing a registration... But If I co here, I should have co with them...

"What do you an? Only 4 wives? I have 10 wives, you know? You should have more. You're a good man, after all..."

"Sure, I can make a lot of money, but I'm afraid of my wife... because I don't want to die..."

Hmm? But... this is... okay, right...? It could work.

"Well... I can't buy it, but I might be able to introduce you to soone who can, maybe, can you show around?"

"Okay, I'm not busy, no problem!"

Orcman shows around the market.

There are quite a lot of nice girls.

"There are a lot of young girls here, huh?"

"Well, these poor girls were probably sold by their parents... and by buying slaves, you're helping them."

"I see. So there's that aspect too."

"Yeah, so buy them as if you're helping them."

"Well... but, aren't elves and dark elves supposed to be expensive... why are they so cheap?"

"Oh, they are old. Elves can be over 200 years old and still look good. It's not just their good looks that make them expensive. They are valuable because they beco the family's property for generations. At that price, they must have about 30 years left to live... the proof is in the living body. Though, there's no bio-guarantee."

"Bio-guarantee?"

"Yeah, in the case of the slavers in the capital, if the slave dies of a disease or physical condition within 3 years, the owner can get another slave of the sa value for free if they present a certificate from a licensed healer... without that guarantee, even the most elderly of elves would have to be very old... If you are sensitive to sll, they sll like old people."

"Hmm... if they live 30 years, that's enough to consider them as human beings."

※ The lifespan of the human race in this world is 50 to 60 years.

"Isn't that right? It's the sa as buying a 20-year-old human if you like elves."

"Indeed... and that girl over there who looks like a noblewoman... she's cheaper than I thought too."

"Noble daughters are the classic example of useless people who don't help with the household chores and make fun of people by bringing up their education... and even if they are nobles, most of the people sold in these places have offended royalty and high nobility... they're a pain in the ass. "

"It's like they're trying to deny all of my common sense."

"Right? You're gonna suffer a loss if you don't know."

"Okay... well, can I make a deposit and a reservation? You don't have to return it if I don't buy it."

"Yes, you can reserve two silver coins for 14 days if it's not a very high-class slave."

"Well then..."

Afterward, I went around the slave market with Orcman and reserved so slaves.

"You seem pretty eager to buy, huh?"

"Well, yeah."

With this... Maybe it's all right...