Estimated reading time: 5–6 minutes
Chapter 11
Once again, I found myself at the slave market.
I was just wandering around the area where they sell defective slaves, so by now the shop owners recognized me.
Even though I’m still young, they see me as the weird guy who only buys defective slaves.
So one of the slave traders contacted me.
He said he got his hands on a fallen noble’s daughter.
To me, it didn’t matter if she was a fallen noble’s daughter or what.
But according to him, this fallen noble daughter had severe defects.
If we could fix her up and sell her, we could probably get a high price.
So that’s why I came to buy this slave.
「Hehehe, young master really has peculiar tastes, doesn’t he?」
「No, don’t get the wrong idea…」
The shop owner gave me a strange look as I bought the slave and took her home.
Her name is supposedly Shandi.
Shandi’s family fell into ruin and dissolved.
At that time, Shandi, who already had no legs, was left behind and captured.
One thing led to another, and Shandi alone was caught by slave hunters and became a slave.
「Well, I feel bad for her. Don’t worry, I’ll fix your legs and sell you to a decent master.」
I healed Shandi’s legs and made her able to walk again.
「Tch…You intend to heal my legs and make me submit to slavery!? Even if I’ve fallen to the status of a slave, my soul has not fallen! To the end, I remain a noble lady…!」
「Oh, is that so?」
Former noble slaves like Shandi are usually like this – rebellious, with too much pride.
If you don’t whip some sense into them with the slave crest, they won’t work at all.
But well, I bought Shandi to sell her.
It doesn’t matter to me how Shandi acts – the one who will be using her is whichever noble buys her, not me.
So her attitude wasn’t a big problem for me.
A former noble slave will fetch a decent price.
Luckily, since Shandi was a defective slave, I got her for the cheap price of 130G.
If I fix her up and sell her, I can make a nice profit.
That was my only aim.
What happens to Shandi from here on out isn’t my business.
So I just lightly brushed off her attitude.
「Tch… You despicable slave merchant… What are you planning to do to me…!」
「I’m just going to sell you, that’s all…」
「To buy and sell people like this…」
Shandi’s words made me pause for a bit.
「Hey… If you were a noble before, didn’t you use slaves too?」
「Tch… That’s…」
「Isn’t it strange to say that when you didn’t mind other people being abused as slaves, but as soon as you’re sold as a slave, you start preaching morality? Isn’t that hypocritical?」
「Shut up! The human rights of slaves and someone of my noble standing are different…!」
「Well, you’re a slave now…」
Oh well, nothing I say will get through to a spoiled princess.
To be honest, it’s clear she’ll see hell if she keeps this mindset.
If she quickly becomes disillusioned and gains awareness as a slave, she may be able to live on as one.
But with Shandi’s current attitude, she’ll meet a terrible end, and it wouldn’t be odd for her master to kill her.
Even if she’s not killed, she’s guaranteed to suffer.
Oh well, none of my business…
「Alright, I’ll put you up for sale tomorrow. Let’s just get along until then.」
「Tch…just kill me…」
「No, I won’t kill merchandise…」
And so I registered Shandi in the catalog and put her up for sale.
Amazingly, she sold that very day.
It was as if someone had been waiting for Shandi to go on sale…
What’s going on here…?
The noble who bought Shandi came, and the mystery was solved.
「Shandi…! I wanted to see you…!」
「Fa-Father…!?」
Father…?
「I was finally able to regain our family’s fortune…! I’m glad I got to you before you were sold off to another noble…」
「Father…! I’m so relieved, truly…」
I see, so Shandi’s father recovered from his downfall.
And he spread his net far and wide to get back his daughter who drifted away.
「I’m sorry, Shandi…I won’t ever leave you again…!」
「It’s alright, Father. It couldn’t be helped. But now that we can meet again like this…!」
Well, I don’t know what’s what, but I’m happy they got a happy ending.
I don’t really care as long as I get paid.
Whether Shandi gets bought by an evil noble and suffers, or gets reunited with her family, the amount that comes to me is unchanged.
Still, I’m feeling pretty good.
「Shandi…! Your legs have grown back…!? What on earth…!?」
「That was…this slave merchant…no, Lord Eld who saved me…」
「What…!? Lord Eld, you healed Shandi’s legs…!?」
That Shandi, as soon as it looked like she wouldn’t be sold as a slave, suddenly it’s “Lord Eld” huh.
Oh well, I don’t mind.
「Yes, that’s right. I treated her legs. Well, it was for the money. No need for thanks.」
「Truly, thank you so much for everything…! I will never forget this debt – please, feel free to make use of my family’s services in the future…!」
「Well, about that…」
Looks like I gained a customer.
According to Shandi, her father made a complete comeback from a fallen noble and is now wealthier than ever before.
He’ll make a good regular from now on.
By the way, Shandi sold for 14,000G.
Well, that’s probably cheap for buying back your daughter.
I made good money too, so it’s a win-win.
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