The capital is protected by the high rampart wall, so we will enter from one of the checkpoints situated in the north, east, south and west side of the city. It seems we will enter the capital from theăWest Gateă, the Beard is talking with an armored gatekeeper about something.
ăIâm a slave merchant! Here is the proof!ă
ăUmu, I see. Let me check the cargoâŚâŚ.Oh, only kids? All right, you can passă
The solder was wearing a western style armor, he also was handsome and had a blonde hair. For some reason I felt a little irritated.
Our rattling carriage proceeded through the streets of the capital. Looking outside, I can see the variety of different people and attires. This look like a cosplay site. Soldiers in armor, ladies in dresses, priests in robesâŚ..and so on and so forth. And Iâm currently wearing a shirt and half pants made out of hard fabric, quite shabby if I say so myself. Iâm really a slave isnât it.
Apparently this world is of the western style, there are plenty of people with blond and silver hair. By the way, my hair is black. This is the only thing that resembles my previous self.
After some time the carriage stopped and we were taken out. I can see a big building with businesslike atmosphere. Itâs probably the slave store. A neat middle-aged man came from the inside of the store. He seemed to be the owner of this place.
ăSo itâs Gaim, you have returned. Good work. The female slaves are to do the washing. Take them to a well. The guy isâŚâŚI will sell him on the marketă
ăAll right then, I will transfer you the ownership rights right away ă
Gaim (the Beard) gripped my hand and muttered something.
ăWith this, this brat is in your possession. I will take the rest away. Oi! Donât dawdle! Follow me!!ă
The girls started moving. The girl who took my portion on that terrible meal, didnât look back and quietly followed after Gaim.
ăWell then, come with meă
The owner started walking away and I followed after him.
Is this my chance to escape? There are plenty of people around. The owner doesnât look like he has a lot of fighting power too. All right, letâs do it.
The owner doesnât look back at all. This will work. I slowly increased the distance between us. This much distance should do. But the moment I thought I had a chance, an electric current assaulted my body, bringing intense pain.
ăAh, the slave magic can shock you, so be careful. If will bring you pain if you are far away from me. If you think of killing me or running away, you will suffer tremendously and wonât be able to move for a while. If you donât believe me, you can tryă
I shook my head vigorously. I canât possibly tolerate even more than this. It was already too strong.
I desperately tried to keep up with the owner. He seemed to be walking relatively slowly, but I was a child. As our strides are totally different, I had to walk quite fast. It was really hard.
While I was about to fall into dangerous situation, the ownerâs feet stopped. Apparently we arrived at theăMarketă.