Something is happening.

　It was not only the traveling merchants who passed through the area, but also the soldiers on patrol and some of the townspeople, and it was slowly spreading as a rumor.

　No, it's a little different from a rumor because something is in fact happening, but it can't be helped because we don't know what the key thing is that's happening.

　The only thing I can say is that a building was built on the street in just five days.

　It was also a golem consisting of dozens of bodies that made it.

　In the beginning, the knights surrounded the area, but because the golems were working on the building business without regard to their intentions, it didn't turn into a fight.

　Something was said from above, and on the third day, not only the Knights, but also more than a thousand mercenary groups were organized, but the result was the same.

　In the meantime, the building had been completed by the golems who carried building materials from somewhere and emitted dazzling light from their fingertips.

　Various speculations flew around that the Blau Empire, which is rumored to possess a large number of golems, had built a fort in order to destroy the Karruk Kingdom, that neighboring countries had colluded to uproot the economic power of the Karruk Kingdom, or that the Celestial Kingdom had given them pressure.

　However, the sign hanging at the entrance of the completed building was a sign with a collar symbolizing the slave trade.



'No, you can't collect that many golems, not without some great power involved.

Why are we in the middle of this road in the first place...

　The emergence of the slave dealership, where the mystery was a mystery, aroused people's curiosity and rumors spread quickly.

　On the morning of the sixth day, a crowd of people, mostly peddlers, gathered in front of the mysterious slave shop.

　A smiling, smiling merchant-like man appeared there.

''Well, well, well, ladies and gentlemen. I'm glad to have you here. This shop is a slave shop run by a country. We have the permission of the Karruk Kingdom to sell and buy here without going through the Karruk King.

　The people around me buzzed as the man announced this.

'The state runs the business?'

In the heart of the Karruk Kingdom, no other country can do business like that. If we do that, I'm sure we'll be stared at by a third country.

No, wait, isn't that man a slaver from the Karruk Kingdom in the first place? As I recall, he's from the Reginion Trading Company...

　In front of the noisy crowd, Diego opened his mouth, his chest heaving with pride.

''I'm definitely a merchant of the Reginion Chamber of Commerce, but at the same time, I'm also the manager of the store that runs this store, the store in the Land of the Sky.

　People reacted in various ways to the words Diego had spoken. Some were honestly surprised, while others decided it was a lie and scowled.

　Watching the scene with amusement, Diego cleared his throat with one cough.

''Ooooh, really. Right now, since it's just after the opening of the shop, the slaves we deal with are all slaves from the Reginion Trading Company, but we'll eventually deal with a wide variety of slaves. Please stop by at that time.

　After uttering that, Diego raised one hand to face level and held up only his index finger.



"Top-tier slaves?

What's that?

　Diego's words baffled everyone in the room. A woman stepped forward from the crowd of people looking at each other. She is a woman who exudes nobility, dressed in a splendid red outfit. She was youthful enough to be called a girl, but there was something about the woman that clearly set her apart from the rest of the crowd.

　The woman, Yuri, shook her black, lustrous hair and opened her mouth.

''In other words, a slave whose origins are certain, is that right? For example a former nobleman's daughter.

　When Yuri uttered that, a voice rose like a ripple spreading from those who were around him.

　However, Diego stifled it with a single word of denial.

It's true that there are people of such status, but they are not the only ones. It's a good idea to have a good idea of what to do with them. However, they are all top-grade slaves in our shop.

　And as Diego explained, a number of question marks floated above the heads of those around him.

　After checking their expressions in turn to confirm their expressions, Diego finally explained.

'The meaning of the highest level slave here is that the slave himself has the most and maximum authority. At the same time, it also means that the contractor becomes responsible for them. The contractor must provide living conditions for the slaves and feed them as much as they need. And, of course, they must not make them work to death.

　After speaking that much at once, Diego spread his hands and laughed.

''In other words, the highest-ranking slave is just one worker who has signed a slave contract, and they can be considered family and friends.

　The merchant-like people around Diego, who confidently told him that, blinked their eyes in stunned amazement and muttered quietly.

''........No, you can't sell it, such a slave.......''