Master’s Smile

"Where were we headed?

"Am I?"

That's what my buddy who got the job with me asks me, and the guy accidentally sighs.

This guy was here without even knowing that...?

"Don't be so sure, why are you taking the job?"

"No, I've been running out of money lately"

"Am I right? Didn't you say you made a lot of money or something?

"As soon as you buy a slave, it's gone."

The man glances nauseously at his fellow tongue-in-cheek disgusting.

Beauty would have done it, but I just find it disgusting that a man who is sinning all over does that.

"You, don't tell a slave or anything. We're not the only ones doing this job."

"Oops..."

A fellow man looking around to see if he remembered it with the attention of a man or not asked.

Slavery is' once 'prohibited in this country.

Sometimes having a slave is accepted as an implicit understanding.

Essential human resources for the country, such as nobles and military personnel, for example.

And those who belong to the 'grey' guild who think nothing of crimes like the men.

"Right. Be careful in the future because when you say that in front of us, you have to deal with it."

Apparently, they were asking.

A man in a knight's armor tells the men he was talking to.

But that was it. Apparently, knights and men are just like the Grey Guild people.

"No, I'm sorry. I don't have a slave or anything."

"Now you are."

The fellow man also laughs naggingly about figuring out the character of the knight.

This is a landscape that the average person will never see.

I can't believe a 'grey' guild like the men and a kingdom knight who is supposed to protect the state and the people are getting a job together.

Besides, I don't show an impeachment attitude toward this guy who has the unacceptable thing of being a slave.

Thankful from a man, but incredible from the people.

"So, what have we been doing now?

"What we're going to do is crusade the Dark Alliance."

"Heh... Seriously!?

The fellow man, who tried to listen to the knight, immediately devours.

Well, how can I ask about a dark guild?

Even guilds like men who commit crimes are 'grey'.

Few guilds are accredited to the 'darkness' and kingdom over it.

"Uh, so much money for the reward popped up."

"Take a good look."

It's a good opportunity, and the guy decided to ask a few questions.

"But are you okay with such a small number of Dark Alliance opponents? Even we have a little confidence in our arms..."

"Ha. The knights of the kingdom are joining hands with the guilds who have become such a havoc as yourselves. Don't worry about it. Furthermore, we are not the only ones on our way to the Dark Alliance Crusade. From other paths, we have a mix of guilds and knights on their way."

The knight answers in such a way as confidence.

I can wonder how serious kingdoms and guilds are about this crusade.

It was when a blurry man was thinking about it.

"- - Uncles, what are you doing?

"Whew!?

The man trembles his body in surprise at the voice of a high and soft child.

It is deep in the woods where the men will never come in if they are ordinary people, far from even the closest cities and villages.

Even though it is strange for the voices of people other than ourselves to be heard, it is even stranger to assume that it is the voices of children.

My fellow men and knights are also amazed, with their eyes round.

Though the man doesn't think so, if you look in the direction his voice sounded......

"... really, aren't you a child"

A child with long, fluffy green hair looks up strangely wandering in the quiet woods.

The large flower ornament, which was drawn as an accent to the hair, was eye-catching and impressive.

"You, why are you here?

"It's about each other. Near here, Lara lives with her loved ones."

When I look down at the child and ask him, he returns it using the kind of salutation he wants to take.

I sigh like I see a fool, and when I say 'loved one' I get a slightly colorful face.

He said he wasn't interested in the kid at all, but the guy just had a little chest beep.

But the man is puzzled by the child's response.

There shouldn't be a village or other community near here. Do we live alone with this child and his loved ones?

Men see knights who seem to be more familiar with geography than they are, as they seek answers.

"Perhaps it is the devil who lives nearby. Something made it difficult to live in a village, and there are so many such people out there that they can't count."

The man nods cocklessly at what the knight taught him to blur.

That was by far the most convincing explanation.

"Oh, you're a kid, but you're cute."

It was the fellow man who approached the child with a hellish, uncomfortable smile, along with the light-hearted words.

I don't think so, the man asks his people.

"Hey, you can't be..."

"No, no! That's not what I meant. It's just that this guy looks pretty neat, and he'll sell for a good price."

While the guy is relieved that his buddies aren't such hobbies, he laughs bitterly at what he's saying about the mess.

My people were going to sell this kid off as a slave.

Indeed, the child was very cute and could be expected to sell for a considerable price.

"I would have made it mine if I was a little older, but I'm not a Loricon, so hey."

You would think so if good people saw if there was no conscience to sell such a small child as a slave, but who would have such a special heart for a member of the Grey Guild of Crime Superiority in the first place would not be alone.

Even men don't try to stop their people because they seem somewhat pitiful to their children.

"I don't really want you to do it in front of me"

Furthermore, even kingdom knights who should protect their people are this reaction.

Even though it was for the Dark Alliance crusade, the knights were not decent either, as they would do in joint operations with the Grey Alliance.

"Uncles, what are you doing here?

"My uncles are the righteous uncles who came to defeat the bad guild I heard they were in this forest. It's dangerous, so let's stay with your uncle."

The fellow man answers the girl's question with a frigid grin.

Obviously a verbal complaint to kidnap, but the child has stopped without showing any bare pretenses of escape.

Originally, are you a less alert child?

With that in mind, the man thought that the child would be sold off as a slave by his companions.

Selling it to the aristocrats of those hobbies would be a pretty high price.

At that time, I was going to buy you a glass of booze.

"Phew."

I guess my fellow men are already paranoid about the big money they can get by selling these kids off.

Niyaniya and I were grinning disgustingly.

"What. Uncles, have you come to sell the fight to Lara and the others"

"... Huh?

It was just after that that the grin froze.