Egret

Chapter 22. Dreams of ants

Judas, who was listening to the spirits talk, stopped walking. The group that stopped following Urr looked at him with suspicious eyes.

“Judas? ”

Instead of answering, he turns his head and looks at a point. Cristina, who called him cautiously, turns her head as she looks at him.

“What a crook! Can't you spit my money out right now? ”

A crowded man led his servants and saw a road leaping in front of a tent.

Surprised by the noise, the merchants jumped out from under the tents of the hedgehog.

“Oops! It's hard to do this here, guest. ”

“Trouble? Trouble is what I have to say. Look!”

Oh, my God!

An angry guest throws the slave he has brought to the bottom of the chain. Then the slave, who could not overcome the weight of the chain around his neck, brushed without a pulse on the floor.

“I can't believe I'm going to sell my stuff and give it back! ”

“Here we go. I want you to calm down.”

“You said you had an advantage? You don't even know what you're capable of. ”

In a furious cry, the merchants hurriedly kicked the slaves' clothes and confirmed the stigma on their backs.

“Sir, this is a healing product. Your voice has the power to heal wounds. ”

A healer was as precious as having the power to heal an injured wound. The higher the grade, the wider the healable category.

Very high-grade healing magicians have demonstrated near miracles, such as neatly attaching cut parts to the body or washing incurable diseases.

Two of Judas' escorted knights were among these healers, and they were intermediate healers who were able to heal stabbed wounds. Once healing itself is rarely expressed, I was treated as a great knight even as an intermediate.

So a slave with healing power would have been sold as a very rare and special commodity.

After all, however, the slave was being asked to return to the road.

“Don't give me that damn voice! ”

The guest who tried to return the slave shouted in a furious tone.

“It is your responsibility to tame slaves. ”

“What is it?”

“I'm sorry, but we definitely informed you when you bought the product. Simple changes are difficult to return. ”

“Who are these crooks teasing? How much did I pay you for this? ”

Eventually, an angry guest punched him first. There was a mess in an instant.

Following Judas' group, who was watching first, the other spectators caught up, and soon turned into an ashram like a fire in Hobok's house.

Around it, a rainbow erupts like a spectacle stone.

“Hmm.”

Judas opens his mouth without looking at the sight with his chin up.

“I guess I can tell from the perspective of the slave buyer. ”

“…… I see. ”

Sage, who was standing next to his brother, nodded with a frozen expression.

The slave, whom the guest brought back, could not get up, trembling among the bars, and lay still on the floor.

It was a woman with a dark height in a dry body. Hair was curly with a light lemon hue.

Between the crooked hair, the dried horns ran round, and with him the poppy haired ears trembled like the wings of a dragonfly.

‘Yang Demibeasts! ’

It was so unusual that it was easy to pretend. Sage couldn't keep her eyes off the slave, as the Lubarzan Empire rarely saw the Demibeasts.

‘It's really amazing. I hate to admit it, but Demibeast slaves will sell really well. ’

It was his guess: Demibeast slaves are less supplied and more demanding commodities than ordinary slaves.

Demibeasts are a minority species born of animal traits. People were enthusiastic about the rarity and attracted to skilled craftsmen with a special appearance.

Depending on the scarcity, appearance, and abilities of each race, the value rose again.

For that reason, even if the buyers in this market are nobles and signs, they cannot save underwriter slaves with any capital.

The man who is asking for his return now was also a nobleman from another country who spent tremendously enough to shake the roots of the house to buy the slave.

“Brother, will you leave it like this? ”

“Well.”

Strangely enough, Sage thought Judas had no intention of getting into that situation.

Sage turned his gaze back to the slave who had fallen on the ground, leaving his brother at the side of his leisurely gaze.

‘Poor thing..... ’

It is certainly a living human being, but it is also determined by its commodity value.

If it is priced and does not show efficiency equal to that value, it will only be defeated on this cold floor.

In the end, the turbulent guest returned with 80% of the original amount. There are no security guards, there is no lawlessness, and there is no one to judge. So if this happened, they would end up with an autonomous solution, as now.

“I knew either side would see blood. ”

“Oh, that's too bad. It's over too soon. ”

At the end of the fight, the spectators were saddened and scattered in an instant like smoke flowing from a chimney.

Some laughed at the returning customer, while others insulted the returning merchant for failing to observe the rules of sale to the end. It was nothing special. It only led to the finger of a Demibeast slave who had fallen into captivity.

“Shit! I don't know what this looks like. ”

The merchant who received the return spits irritably on the floor.

“Hey, Miss Yang, why don't you make a voice while you're not sick? ”

“ ……. ”

“Your values depend on your voice. That's why it hurts my conscience to sell so much. Huh?”

No matter how old and soothing, Demibeast slaves were silent.

Eventually, the merchant gives up speaking immediately and pushes her into the iron window with a dirty straw that the worm crawls around and locks the door.

“If you're hungry, you'll cry for yourself. These days, slaves are treated so well that they are arrogant together. ”

It was a slave-professional restraint with a complex security device, even though it looked like a simple iron spear.

The merchant left without any surveillance and placed an iron spear in front of the tent.

The passers-by stare at Demibeast slaves with horns in their eyes. The slave sits crouched and bows his head as he constantly touches his whole body. Only rich, rolling lemon-coloured hair covered her face.

It was a flimsy complexion that seemed certain to starve for a long time, but did not cry or complain of hunger as the merchant said.

She closes her mouth like a locked iron spear and leans her cheek on her knees.

‘Don't cry. Just live quietly as a shadow without being noticed. Never make a sound. ’

Demibeast slaves were constantly returning to themselves. A special voice for her was like a terrible curse.

‘I can't hear my voice from people anyway. ’

When she looks at it loudly, she looks at it like an orb with a back lobe.

I chose to just shut up rather than complain to people who wouldn't listen.

Hug! Hug!

“ ……? ”

The slave, who was crouching, was surprised by the drops of water that hit his cheek.

It was like teardrops of clear, transparent water flowing through my cheeks. She raised her hand and swept my cheeks.

It wasn't tears, but I felt warm enough to feel someone crying instead.

Someone was standing outside the iron spear. Judas remained in his place until all the other spectators were scattered.

He came to greet me with a smile as my eyes opened.

“It's a hot afternoon. It's really sunny. ”

It was as sweet as a normal person.

A slave who had been treated as an object for a lifetime could perceive the difference sensitively. She crawled to her knees as if she were possessed by an iron spear.

“Isn't that right? ”

A pair of eyes, reminiscent of dark chocolate, stare up at him.

Even though I didn't hear the answer, the guest sat down with his furry ass in place without being angry. In doing so, the slave trapped in the low iron spear matched the eye level.

‘Beautiful golden color……. ’

The gold eye from the front shines in the most beautiful color she has ever seen.

I have seen countless nobles called precious births, but this is the first time I have ever felt truly noble.

Her eyes, though human and animal in nature, were fading with transparent drops and green winds that protected him. I felt a breath of freshness as if I had entered the forest, not the market.

Demibeast slaves opened their mouths unawares.

“ ……! ”

“That sounds hard to say. ”

I wanted to talk, but I didn't hear anything. I forgot to even speak because I have been oppressing myself for too long.

Suddenly, Judas stretches out his hand through the iron spear toward the slave who wraps his neck around him.

“It's okay. You don't have to insist. ”

A warm hand stretched out before her eyes, frowning.

I don't touch or touch my fingers.

The slave stops a little distance and carefully takes on the energy flowing from the standing hand.

“I can really hear what you're trying to say. ”

It was a clean energy that the enemy could not find. Demibeast slaves realized that with animal instinct he would not harm himself.

“Th..... ”

At that moment, the slave opened his mouth in a loud voice for the first time.

“Are you going to buy me...? ”

At this moment, the other group who were standing next to Judas felt the creeps on the back trunk. Edan, who narrows his glabella slightly, insists.

‘Oh, my God, this isn't just about healing. ’

It was a very small voice, but the moment I heard it, I was caught up in a feeling of sadness.

There were also knights who began to sneeze without enduring the heartache and the tears that soared.

It may also have the power to heal wounds, but what was really important was another function.

Judas noticed that and looked at her quietly.

‘Is it the ability to assimilate the emotions of those who hear with their voice? ’

Sometimes I have more than one advantage at the same time.

There were often unusual abilities that did not fit into any category, such as wizards, healers, and spiritists.

“I don't intend to buy slaves here. ”

The expression of Demibeast slavery darkened. It was a pity. It was sold to a good master if he wished for a slave who was bound for a lifetime anyway.

“However.”

Judas pauses. If this is a country where Midgard can turn everything upside down by force, he was willing to fight for captive slaves.

But everything needed a clear reason. If you overturn the slave field with pity, it could be another form of violence.

“I want to hear about your dreams. ”

So he asked what the dream of slavery was.

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As some of you may have noticed, that slave is an emotional powerhouse similar to Esthio, the other serial character. Heh (Of course, you can't control what you want by reading or controlling other people's emotions, so your ability rating is much lower.)

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I hope you have a good day, then. Thank you always!