Flying. It is a dream that will never come true, except for a few sorcerers and the powerful.

　However, that dream comes true for a mere ten gold coins.

　This fact instantly became the talk of the town among the nobles and great merchants of the Karruk Kingdom.

　As a result, the only people who come to the shop day after day to buy the highest grade slaves are those of the upper class who can afford to pay the ten gold coins.

　The rumors spread among the slavers and every day new slaves are sold in the shop.

　On the contrary, the number of slaves in the Karruk Kingdom was decreasing in the blink of an eye. Originally, slaves could only be sold through the king and the Koshmar Chamber of Commerce, but because of giving Taiki the right to buy and sell slaves, the kingdom was unable to interfere with the situation.

　In addition to being able to negotiate directly, they could sell them without having to pay a high toll to enter the royal capital. This is an extremely important point for merchants who do not want to lose even a single copper coin.

　And so, despite its location along the sparsely populated road, Taiki's slave shop had an unusually large number of customers.

　However, it became a virtuous circle as Taiki had intended, but it was something that some of them could never miss.

''What do you mean...!

　At the head office of the Reginion Chamber of Commerce, Gray yelled in a voice that sounded like he was stifling his anger.

　At that, Zig, the store manager, raised one eyebrow.

''What do you mean by ...?''

'I have heard that the Reginion Chamber of Commerce has teamed up with other countries to sell slaves out of the country.

　Grey told him that, and Zig opened his mouth, breaking his chemistry.

''Oh, was that the case? We, the Reginion Chamber of Commerce, have been asked to run a slave trading store in collaboration with some celestial country. No, we have truly met with an unexpected piece of luck. You will be surprised when you hear the name of the seller, won't you? To my surprise, not only the high nobility, but also royalty from other countries have come to buy it. The other day, that Emperor of the Blau Empire...

　At Zig's words in a good mood, Gray clenched his back teeth and tapped the table.

　A violent sound echoed in the room, and Zigu kept his mouth shut.

''........you willingly sold your slaves to royalty and aristocrats to people who don't even know how to handle them?

　A cold, bottom-cold voice escaped Gray's mouth. Watching it with cold eyes, Sieg let out a sigh.

''The person you sold them to is not the same as the nobleman you hate. Besides, the content of the slave contract is clearly bought and sold with such high treatment that they are not considered slaves. All the slaves who were sold will be happy.

　When I told him that, Gray's eyes narrowed as sharp as a blade.

''........Who will make that guarantee? Jeeg. Are you like all the other slavers, as long as you get paid? Why don't you try to reduce the number of slaves? Why do you join a business that makes more slaves....

'No such thing. Don't say anything now, but cooperate with us. If you continue on like this, we can crush the Koshmar Chamber of Commerce right away. And the royal family of the Karruk Kingdom will follow. Then the economic foundation that the kingdom had built up would belong to the land in the sky. If we can get to that point, the rest will be a matter of course. We can even expand our sales channels to faraway countries. Ah, the future, just like a dream, right there!

　A knife was thrust onto the table in front of Zig's eyes as he was excitedly answering Gray's question.



　Zig's eyes narrowed as a low voice said this to him.

''Please ... calm down. If you want, I'll take you to the store. There, you can see and feel it for yourself. Then you will see and feel it for yourself.

　Without backing down at all, Zig looked into Gray's eyes and told him so.






　After leaving the royal capital, the first thing he saw was people strolling along the city streets. Normally it would be one of the less popular and lonely streets, but now there were not only peddlers, but also people pulling carriages and soldiers.

　Beyond those people, there was a shop.

'That's the one. That big...?

　Zig's line stopped in mid-sentence as he opened his mouth to point in the direction of travel to guide him.

　Then he blinked twice or thrice and tilted his head.

'What. What's wrong?

　Zig groaned as Grey called out to him.

'No ... I think you were smaller before ...'

　Then he looks at the store, which is almost three times bigger than it was a month ago, and a question mark appears on his face.

'I don't know what you're talking about, but I'm going to go ahead.'

　Unaware of the original state of the store, Gray left a stunned Zig and headed into the store.

'Welcome!'

　Standing in front of the store, he was immediately approached and looked in the direction the voice had come from. Then there was a young girl dressed in a clean, white outfit to look at.

'Are you looking to buy a slave? Or would you like to sell it?

　When a bright voice said such a thing, Gray couldn't help but flinch, but a slight mark of a slave could be seen at the base of the girl's neck, and a grim expression appeared on her face.

''........You're being made to work. To let a young slave as old as you sell your slaves.......''

　Hearing Grey's angry voice, the girl, who looked to be about fifteen years old, touched her own neck with one hand, tracing it with the other.

''Oh, you mean the slave mark? I'm, well, I'm actually a runaway slave....I'm being allowed to work in secret. I actually have to stay in the back of the store, but it looks like it's going to be hard with all the customers, so I'm just going to help out a little bit...

　Gray frowns at the girl who says that with an embarrassed laugh, and Gray frowns at the girl who looks like she's been drained of her venom.

''Aren't you being forced to work?

'What? No, customer. No one hates working in this restaurant. You get three meals, a bed to sleep in, and now you get a day off every seven days because we have more employees. It's amazing.

　The girl said with a radiant smile. Gray stepped back, terribly upset by the unexpected appearance, and opened his mouth as he looked around.

''But you would feel sorry for a slave being sold, wouldn't you? Especially if you were in the same situation.

　When I asked that, the girl tilted her head with a scowling face and said, "Oh" as if she noticed something.

''Could it be that your uncle is also a person who was an emancipator or something like that, just like Licht-san?''

　Gray's eyebrows arched as the girl lowered her voice to ask that, and Gray's eyebrows came together.

''...Licht. It's a name I heard. As I recall, you belonged to an organization of former slaves....

''Oh, that's the one. Richt-san was skeptical at first, but he actually went to check on the treatment of the slaves he was sold to and started helping out in the shop right away? Now it's like buying slaves for sale in King's Landing...

　Gray's eyes widen as the girl tries to tell him about Licht's current situation.

'What?!'

　Gray's shout echoed through the store, drawing the eyes of customers and shopkeepers alike to the two men.

''Oh, wow...! Hey, hey, come here!

　The panicked girl grabbed Gray's arm and dragged him to the back of the store.

　In the blink of an eye, they dragged her around the store and took her out the back door.

　Gray was wary of being taken out so suddenly, but he soon noticed the scene around him and rolled his eyes.