A couple more average chapters and then some interesting ones coming up soon.
Year 7446, Month 7, Day 4
After we returned to the surface in the evening we joined up with the other members of the {Slaughterers} and handed the other customers in Murowa some silver Shu to drive them(There was even 12 of them. That's 30,000 Z. Shit) and then after reserving the store we started talking about the 8th and 9th floors.
"And then, this is the magic stone we took from the first Minotaur."
I roll the considerably white magic stone on the table. It's a quality item that's several times more white than those of ogres so everyone raised their voices in surprise. Even I've only ever seen magic stones better than this from the earthworm and that eyeball bastard.
"Also, this is the battle axe that the first Minotaur was holding. And, this is the {bardiche} that the one was was holding, and the {trident} from today."
Following that I put the high quality battle axe and other weapons on the table.
"Oh~ it's white."
"This battle axe is of an amazing quality."
"I've seen that degree of color before but it's so white that it's unbelievable it's from just a single monster."
"It's a surprising whiteness."
"{Status Open}..Amazing, a singular stone huh~"
"Let me see it for a bit..Ho~ certainly this is.."
""Ready~go, congratulations, master!""
"If it's something of this high of a quality isn't a waste to sell it?"
"Certainly..it's not like they're troubled for money after all~"
"I've never heard of a Minotaur before but is it strong?"
"Well it does have this much of a magic stone. It's probably absurdly strong, thinking with common sense."
"However, the 9th floor huh..It's difficult ti believe but looking at this and.."
"~A double-edged battle axe? Is it..It's a wazamono indeed."
After watching everyone make a racket for a while I continued talking.
"I intend on showing his majesty that battle axe and magic stone on the occasion I report that we cleared through the 8th floor. Sorry but if he says to give it to him then I intend on presenting it to the royal family...Sorry about that, Kevin. That's why if you want to look at it then look all you can now. Though I say that, I'll be showing it to him when the caravan from Bakuddo arrives."
Since I started talking again everyone went silent.
"For the time being until then we the {Slaughterers} will be carrying materials in to the teleport room on the 8th floor to make it into a base. Sorry but hold out for a bit longer. Also, Basutoral, tomorrow you and Cathy come along with me to look at the slaves who will be working in the factory."
"Eh? But didn't they still not finish gathering the number.."
"Yeah, but we can't wait until they finish gathering them. Even if it's a bit few let's get things running by the end of this month. There's no meaning letting them do nothing after all. And, starting the day after tomorrow I want you to start making preparations with the slaves to get the factory operating."
"I understand."
"Cathy you help him out as well."
"Yeah, of course. But, what should we do about John and Terry?"
Cathy has been taking good care of John and Terry so I'm sure she's worried about them.
"The day after tomorrow when you make preparations for the factory in the capital prepare rooms for them along with the other slaves."
"Yes."
Cathy who smiled while replying somehow was making a face like their mother.
Though thinking about her age I guess she'd be an older sister.
.................
Year 7446, Month 7, Day 5
The next morning, after finishing running and having breakfast, I went to "Slave Store, Ronslail" together with the Basutoral couple. After going through the basic greetings I asked what the progress was on the number of people they've gathered.
"I'm very sorry, Greed-sama. It's still only 5 boys and 6 girls. There's others who meet the conditions to be candidates a total of 5 boys and 4 girls but those ones still haven't been properly disciplined so we can't hand them over yet."
11 people huh? It's still far from the 10 of each boys and girls that I was thinking but it can't be helped. Rather~ that's plenty.
"..Nn, well I still haven't decided to buy all of them. Basutoral, Cathy, go further inside and take a look at them. That's fine right?"
"Of course it is..Erenogu, let them through."
Madam.Ronslail ordered her head clerk and being lead by the head clerk Basutoral and Cathy disappeared into the back room. Ah, I need to say this.
"If you two think that they'll be easy to use then it's fine to decide based on that. If you talk to them and feel they don't match up in personality, then you don't need to push yourselves to buy them."
When I said that the Madam made a slightly difficult face but I guess she quickly regained confidence in her own companies training and judgement and nodded as if it was only obvious. Well, if they meet the conditions and they're fine then I have nothing more to say.
"How far has their training gone? Also, you've already confirmed the condition I gave at the start right?"
Just in case I said that but on my hand I have no doubts about the degree of training.
"All of the slaves we have prepared right now meet the conditions that Greed-sama mentioned. However..that is..I might be asking something a bit too personal but are you thinking about selling the children? If that is the case then it's fine even if you aren't that thorough."
I see now, selling the children indeed. So that's how it was taken? Even I who has long since been dyed in the social ranking based society didn't think as far as raising a slaves child up to a certain age and then splitting them up to sell. I haven't fallen that far. It's a different reason from John and Terry who I bought as future candidates for managing the factories. However, if it's taken like that then that itself is convenient. I'm sure it'll be a good cover. There's also the reason that I might eventually take them to the foreign country that will be my territory in the future but even if I say something like that now it would be unpleasant being slandered as "someone in over their head". It's still better to be thought of as a brute.
"Now then, that far is..However, even if the price is a bit high I definitely won't yield on this condition."
"Well, that is fine because it doesn't cost much to investigate the family relationships of slaves but..It seems I said something too forward.."
"No, please don't mind it. Depending on the case I thought it would be good work just searching for slaves that meet the conditions, so I don't mind paying compensation that matches up with that."
"It was a bit of trouble but it's not as if it was that difficult at all. If you were to ask which because it was limited to a single race, it was just troubling on that point. It ended up being Hyumu race which were easy to gather though"
The madam replied while smiling a bit.
"Hahha. Even then for you to gather over 10 people in this short period of time, I lower my head to Ronslail Company's purchasing power."
Honestly speaking I was a bit surprised that she was able to gather a considerable number. I thought it would be at best 2-3 people. If we include the number that still hasn't finished their training then hasn't she already finished gathering the 10 each male and female that I request?
The conditions I gave her were:
1. Estranged from parents and siblings (The minimum condition was that they were separated during childhood and after that if they have lack of relation it's even better).
2. Unmarried and furthermore if they're female that they don't have any experience giving birth.
3. If they can just endure some light manual labor then it's fine if they have somewhat of an impairment.
4. The lower limit is 10 years old and the upper limit is 14 years old before adulthood.
5. It's fine if they're any race but all of them have to be of the same race.
6. That they were properly trained as slaves.
those six. However, it seems she was easily able to gather them through the slave merchant network.
I can place my faith in Madam.Ronslail based on the business deals up until now so at the very least I'm sure she wouldn't intentionally try to sell me slaves that don't meet the conditions.
Honestly speaking, my feelings of buying and selling people when dealing in slaves are pretty weak. I'm more or less just going about it as if I'm hiring employees with various settings and conditions to them. Though I say that, I still have the resolve to properly take full responsibility for their lives as well. Since they're still called slaves you could say they're my individual assets and if it's their fate to belong to me then it's an obligation of a master to prepare a decent happiness for them.
Fundamentally at least half of them(most likely more though) I intend to have accompany me to my territory in the future so it would be pitiful if they have relatives...It's too embarrassing, like I could say something like that. There's technically some other reasons as well but those are fine for now. Also, I don't think it's all that bad to provide a proper place of employment for slaves that are almost like orphans.
"Then, I'll take a look at them as well. Even if I'm having them live in the capital I want to at least get a look at their faces."
After being let through into the back Basutoral and Cathy were asking various questions with a serious face. They were mostly just stupid questions so the details didn't really matter. I already told them that in the future it's possible we could go to my territory and that's why I have no conditions so I'm sure there's a lot of things they wanted to confirm. Particularly Cathy since she was the one who was going to be interacting with them the most her expression was considerably serious. Basutoral was probably worrying about his wife as well. Though that's not the entire reason but one part of why we limited their age to children as well.
"How are they?"
"Ah, I think they're fine."
Basutoral said. Since this guy didn't reject anyone Cathy seems fine as well.
A total of 11 of both girls and boys. Just as I requested they're all Hyumu race ages 10 years old to 14 years old.
However, their nutrition condition was probably not very good. It seems like their meals were improved but everyone gives off a somehow thin feel.
There was even some that were making slightly frightened expressions seeing the trained builds of Basutoral and I.
"Ronslail-san. Please allow me to purchase all of them. What is the price?"
It seems there was some difference between all of them but they were around 1,200,000 to 1,500,000 each. For all 11 of them it was 14,200,000 Z. It seems she's properly taking profit this time. After paying 14 gold coins and 1 gold Shu, I received silver coins in change along with the proof of sale and said that I would stop by tomorrow morning to pick them up before we left the store.
.................
After returning to Boil Manor no one was around so I guessed from the time that they were probably having lunch but it's a pain searching for everyone every time. Since John and Terry weren't waiting in front of the inn they probably were brought along as well. It couldn't be helped so we decided to go to a new restaurant for lunch with just the three of us. In the afternoon we have combined training just like that so Basutoral and I brought along our armor and practice weapons.
We entered a place with a strange name like The Chicken Tree. The appearance of the place was decent, on the better end of the scale, and the cooking wasn't bad either. It's a fault that it's a bit far from Boil Manor. I just had a random daily lunch set but it was considerably satisfying and it was quite the good service that you can even drink your fill in after-meal tea for free. If I get bored of the places nearby it might not be bad to walk this far, the three of us were talking about things like that.
"Hey, that, isn't it the {Slaughterers}.."
"Yeah, that's right. I've seen them before as well, it's Greed."
"I've seen that Cat-person before as well."
"He's a member."
"That woman, I feel like somewhere.."
"Idiot, it's way beyond that~ it seems they went to the 9th floor the other day. There's someone who heard them talking about it."
"9th floor? That's a lie right? Did they exceed the founding King?"
"If the 9th floor was true then that would be the case. Amazing~"
Ohho~ So it's already become a rumor huh? Praise us some more, bow down before, and respect us. Uhi~hyo. However, the three of us just casually continued talking about the factory while eating lunch without showing any feelings like that, and after properly drinking down the tea we paid the bill and left the restaurant.
"It seems rumors about it are already spreading around."
Basutoral said while grinning a bit when we left the store. Cathy seemed a bit happy as well. I tried my best to smooth over my expression while saying, "That's right. It was this sort of feeling when we went to the 6th and 7th floors as well. It probably isn't mentioned every time but when we went to the 8th floor I'm sure the information about the troll's magic stones was revealed by the old man from the magic tool shop as well. There's no doubt it was said that we had gone to the 8th floor within two weeks from that." and said with a calm face.
Just because the 9th floor is even more of a sensational story than that I'm sure it'll spread around among the adventurers in no time at all. Though I say that, it seems those guys in the restaurant have considerably fast ears as well.
Just watch, eventually I'll find a valuable {Magic.Item} that everyone is envious of and become a high ranking noble(one with a self-governing territory) after all. And then, while keeping an eye on the period I'll go independent as soon as possible. When it comes to that, I'm sure the rumors will fly around filled with exaggeration again. My fame will rise and it will be even easier for people and goods to gather. The game will come after that.
.....................
Year 7446, Month 7, Day 6
After seeing off the {Butchers} and {Exterminators} into the dungeon, accompanied by the Basutoral couple I went to "Slave Store, Ronslail". After receiving the slaves along with the proof of sale, we went to the temple and had them perform the naming ceremony before heading to the capital.
Just in case we pushed the meat mincers that we had made into the cart we prepared for today and tomorrow and then the Basutoral couple sat in the coachman's seat. The slaves are walking being lead by Zulu, Angela, and Giberuti but this can't be helped. In reality it will take time to travel like this so I wanted to put them on the cart as well but including the first meat mincer we had in Basutoral's room there's a total of 5 of them and also a mountain of preservatives so it was impossible.
After arriving in the capital it's only obvious that there's preparations for getting the factory operating but I need to go with Cathy to greet the various companies that we'll be buying ingredients from and I need to show my face at the dark elf healer's place where we're buying the preservatives from as well. It's also necessary to secure an inn for the slaves.
"If possible I want to return tonight but it's also possible I won't be able to return. Just relax and wait without worrying too much."
After saiyng that to Zenom and Toris, Miduchi and I each got on our war horses. Basutoral is the one driving the cart. Cathy is next to Basutoral.
I told John and Terry, "You two are the greatest seniors right now. Make sure you do a proper job teaching them." when I introduced the new slaves I also made sure to tell them to properly listen to their seniors.
Along the way, a plenty number of Baldoggie that we had in our bento as well as the ones intended to be distributed as samples were prepared by Cathy, John, and Terry yesterday afternoon.
"Alright, let's go."
It's time to depart.
A couple more average chapters and then some interesting ones coming up soon.
Year 7446, Month 7, Day 4
After we returned to the surface in the evening we joined up with the other members of the {Slaughterers} and handed the other customers in Murowa some silver Shu to drive them(There was even 12 of them. That's 30,000 Z. Shit) and then after reserving the store we started talking about the 8th and 9th floors.
"And then, this is the magic stone we took from the first Minotaur."
I roll the considerably white magic stone on the table. It's a quality item that's several times more white than those of ogres so everyone raised their voices in surprise. Even I've only ever seen magic stones better than this from the earthworm and that eyeball bastard.
"Also, this is the battle axe that the first Minotaur was holding. And, this is the {bardiche} that the one was was holding, and the {trident} from today."
Following that I put the high quality battle axe and other weapons on the table.
"Oh~ it's white."
"This battle axe is of an amazing quality."
"I've seen that degree of color before but it's so white that it's unbelievable it's from just a single monster."
"It's a surprising whiteness."
"{Status Open}..Amazing, a singular stone huh~"
"Let me see it for a bit..Ho~ certainly this is.."
""Ready~go, congratulations, master!""
"If it's something of this high of a quality isn't a waste to sell it?"
"Certainly..it's not like they're troubled for money after all~"
"I've never heard of a Minotaur before but is it strong?"
"Well it does have this much of a magic stone. It's probably absurdly strong, thinking with common sense."
"However, the 9th floor huh..It's difficult ti believe but looking at this and.."
"~A double-edged battle axe? Is it..It's a wazamono indeed."
After watching everyone make a racket for a while I continued talking.
"I intend on showing his majesty that battle axe and magic stone on the occasion I report that we cleared through the 8th floor. Sorry but if he says to give it to him then I intend on presenting it to the royal family...Sorry about that, Kevin. That's why if you want to look at it then look all you can now. Though I say that, I'll be showing it to him when the caravan from Bakuddo arrives."
Since I started talking again everyone went silent.
"For the time being until then we the {Slaughterers} will be carrying materials in to the teleport room on the 8th floor to make it into a base. Sorry but hold out for a bit longer. Also, Basutoral, tomorrow you and Cathy come along with me to look at the slaves who will be working in the factory."
"Eh? But didn't they still not finish gathering the number.."
"Yeah, but we can't wait until they finish gathering them. Even if it's a bit few let's get things running by the end of this month. There's no meaning letting them do nothing after all. And, starting the day after tomorrow I want you to start making preparations with the slaves to get the factory operating."
"I understand."
"Cathy you help him out as well."
"Yeah, of course. But, what should we do about John and Terry?"
Cathy has been taking good care of John and Terry so I'm sure she's worried about them.
"The day after tomorrow when you make preparations for the factory in the capital prepare rooms for them along with the other slaves."
"Yes."
Cathy who smiled while replying somehow was making a face like their mother.
Though thinking about her age I guess she'd be an older sister.
.................
Year 7446, Month 7, Day 5
The next morning, after finishing running and having breakfast, I went to "Slave Store, Ronslail" together with the Basutoral couple. After going through the basic greetings I asked what the progress was on the number of people they've gathered.
"I'm very sorry, Greed-sama. It's still only 5 boys and 6 girls. There's others who meet the conditions to be candidates a total of 5 boys and 4 girls but those ones still haven't been properly disciplined so we can't hand them over yet."
11 people huh? It's still far from the 10 of each boys and girls that I was thinking but it can't be helped. Rather~ that's plenty.
"..Nn, well I still haven't decided to buy all of them. Basutoral, Cathy, go further inside and take a look at them. That's fine right?"
"Of course it is..Erenogu, let them through."
Madam.Ronslail ordered her head clerk and being lead by the head clerk Basutoral and Cathy disappeared into the back room. Ah, I need to say this.
"If you two think that they'll be easy to use then it's fine to decide based on that. If you talk to them and feel they don't match up in personality, then you don't need to push yourselves to buy them."
When I said that the Madam made a slightly difficult face but I guess she quickly regained confidence in her own companies training and judgement and nodded as if it was only obvious. Well, if they meet the conditions and they're fine then I have nothing more to say.
"How far has their training gone? Also, you've already confirmed the condition I gave at the start right?"
Just in case I said that but on my hand I have no doubts about the degree of training.
"All of the slaves we have prepared right now meet the conditions that Greed-sama mentioned. However..that is..I might be asking something a bit too personal but are you thinking about selling the children? If that is the case then it's fine even if you aren't that thorough."
I see now, selling the children indeed. So that's how it was taken? Even I who has long since been dyed in the social ranking based society didn't think as far as raising a slaves child up to a certain age and then splitting them up to sell. I haven't fallen that far. It's a different reason from John and Terry who I bought as future candidates for managing the factories. However, if it's taken like that then that itself is convenient. I'm sure it'll be a good cover. There's also the reason that I might eventually take them to the foreign country that will be my territory in the future but even if I say something like that now it would be unpleasant being slandered as "someone in over their head". It's still better to be thought of as a brute.
"Now then, that far is..However, even if the price is a bit high I definitely won't yield on this condition."
"Well, that is fine because it doesn't cost much to investigate the family relationships of slaves but..It seems I said something too forward.."
"No, please don't mind it. Depending on the case I thought it would be good work just searching for slaves that meet the conditions, so I don't mind paying compensation that matches up with that."
"It was a bit of trouble but it's not as if it was that difficult at all. If you were to ask which because it was limited to a single race, it was just troubling on that point. It ended up being Hyumu race which were easy to gather though"
The madam replied while smiling a bit.
"Hahha. Even then for you to gather over 10 people in this short period of time, I lower my head to Ronslail Company's purchasing power."
Honestly speaking I was a bit surprised that she was able to gather a considerable number. I thought it would be at best 2-3 people. If we include the number that still hasn't finished their training then hasn't she already finished gathering the 10 each male and female that I request?
The conditions I gave her were:
1. Estranged from parents and siblings (The minimum condition was that they were separated during childhood and after that if they have lack of relation it's even better).
2. Unmarried and furthermore if they're female that they don't have any experience giving birth.
3. If they can just endure some light manual labor then it's fine if they have somewhat of an impairment.
4. The lower limit is 10 years old and the upper limit is 14 years old before adulthood.
5. It's fine if they're any race but all of them have to be of the same race.
6. That they were properly trained as slaves.
those six. However, it seems she was easily able to gather them through the slave merchant network.
I can place my faith in Madam.Ronslail based on the business deals up until now so at the very least I'm sure she wouldn't intentionally try to sell me slaves that don't meet the conditions.
Honestly speaking, my feelings of buying and selling people when dealing in slaves are pretty weak. I'm more or less just going about it as if I'm hiring employees with various settings and conditions to them. Though I say that, I still have the resolve to properly take full responsibility for their lives as well. Since they're still called slaves you could say they're my individual assets and if it's their fate to belong to me then it's an obligation of a master to prepare a decent happiness for them.
Fundamentally at least half of them(most likely more though) I intend to have accompany me to my territory in the future so it would be pitiful if they have relatives...It's too embarrassing, like I could say something like that. There's technically some other reasons as well but those are fine for now. Also, I don't think it's all that bad to provide a proper place of employment for slaves that are almost like orphans.
"Then, I'll take a look at them as well. Even if I'm having them live in the capital I want to at least get a look at their faces."
After being let through into the back Basutoral and Cathy were asking various questions with a serious face. They were mostly just stupid questions so the details didn't really matter. I already told them that in the future it's possible we could go to my territory and that's why I have no conditions so I'm sure there's a lot of things they wanted to confirm. Particularly Cathy since she was the one who was going to be interacting with them the most her expression was considerably serious. Basutoral was probably worrying about his wife as well. Though that's not the entire reason but one part of why we limited their age to children as well.
"How are they?"
"Ah, I think they're fine."
Basutoral said. Since this guy didn't reject anyone Cathy seems fine as well.
A total of 11 of both girls and boys. Just as I requested they're all Hyumu race ages 10 years old to 14 years old.
However, their nutrition condition was probably not very good. It seems like their meals were improved but everyone gives off a somehow thin feel.
There was even some that were making slightly frightened expressions seeing the trained builds of Basutoral and I.
"Ronslail-san. Please allow me to purchase all of them. What is the price?"
It seems there was some difference between all of them but they were around 1,200,000 to 1,500,000 each. For all 11 of them it was 14,200,000 Z. It seems she's properly taking profit this time. After paying 14 gold coins and 1 gold Shu, I received silver coins in change along with the proof of sale and said that I would stop by tomorrow morning to pick them up before we left the store.
.................
After returning to Boil Manor no one was around so I guessed from the time that they were probably having lunch but it's a pain searching for everyone every time. Since John and Terry weren't waiting in front of the inn they probably were brought along as well. It couldn't be helped so we decided to go to a new restaurant for lunch with just the three of us. In the afternoon we have combined training just like that so Basutoral and I brought along our armor and practice weapons.
We entered a place with a strange name like The Chicken Tree. The appearance of the place was decent, on the better end of the scale, and the cooking wasn't bad either. It's a fault that it's a bit far from Boil Manor. I just had a random daily lunch set but it was considerably satisfying and it was quite the good service that you can even drink your fill in after-meal tea for free. If I get bored of the places nearby it might not be bad to walk this far, the three of us were talking about things like that.
"Hey, that, isn't it the {Slaughterers}.."
"Yeah, that's right. I've seen them before as well, it's Greed."
"I've seen that Cat-person before as well."
"He's a member."
"That woman, I feel like somewhere.."
"Idiot, it's way beyond that~ it seems they went to the 9th floor the other day. There's someone who heard them talking about it."
"9th floor? That's a lie right? Did they exceed the founding King?"
"If the 9th floor was true then that would be the case. Amazing~"
Ohho~ So it's already become a rumor huh? Praise us some more, bow down before, and respect us. Uhi~hyo. However, the three of us just casually continued talking about the factory while eating lunch without showing any feelings like that, and after properly drinking down the tea we paid the bill and left the restaurant.
"It seems rumors about it are already spreading around."
Basutoral said while grinning a bit when we left the store. Cathy seemed a bit happy as well. I tried my best to smooth over my expression while saying, "That's right. It was this sort of feeling when we went to the 6th and 7th floors as well. It probably isn't mentioned every time but when we went to the 8th floor I'm sure the information about the troll's magic stones was revealed by the old man from the magic tool shop as well. There's no doubt it was said that we had gone to the 8th floor within two weeks from that." and said with a calm face.
Just because the 9th floor is even more of a sensational story than that I'm sure it'll spread around among the adventurers in no time at all. Though I say that, it seems those guys in the restaurant have considerably fast ears as well.
Just watch, eventually I'll find a valuable {Magic.Item} that everyone is envious of and become a high ranking noble(one with a self-governing territory) after all. And then, while keeping an eye on the period I'll go independent as soon as possible. When it comes to that, I'm sure the rumors will fly around filled with exaggeration again. My fame will rise and it will be even easier for people and goods to gather. The game will come after that.
.....................
Year 7446, Month 7, Day 6
After seeing off the {Butchers} and {Exterminators} into the dungeon, accompanied by the Basutoral couple I went to "Slave Store, Ronslail". After receiving the slaves along with the proof of sale, we went to the temple and had them perform the naming ceremony before heading to the capital.
Just in case we pushed the meat mincers that we had made into the cart we prepared for today and tomorrow and then the Basutoral couple sat in the coachman's seat. The slaves are walking being lead by Zulu, Angela, and Giberuti but this can't be helped. In reality it will take time to travel like this so I wanted to put them on the cart as well but including the first meat mincer we had in Basutoral's room there's a total of 5 of them and also a mountain of preservatives so it was impossible.
After arriving in the capital it's only obvious that there's preparations for getting the factory operating but I need to go with Cathy to greet the various companies that we'll be buying ingredients from and I need to show my face at the dark elf healer's place where we're buying the preservatives from as well. It's also necessary to secure an inn for the slaves.
"If possible I want to return tonight but it's also possible I won't be able to return. Just relax and wait without worrying too much."
After saiyng that to Zenom and Toris, Miduchi and I each got on our war horses. Basutoral is the one driving the cart. Cathy is next to Basutoral.
I told John and Terry, "You two are the greatest seniors right now. Make sure you do a proper job teaching them." when I introduced the new slaves I also made sure to tell them to properly listen to their seniors.
Along the way, a plenty number of Baldoggie that we had in our bento as well as the ones intended to be distributed as samples were prepared by Cathy, John, and Terry yesterday afternoon.
"Alright, let's go."
It's time to depart.
