I came to the town’s slave trading center.
This place sells criminals and war captives as slaves using the [Slave Contract] skill.
Although I don’t understand, since Yotsuba recommended purchasing slaves as a shopkeeper, I intend to listen to her wishes.
In the original world, slavery is illegal, you say?
They are legal in this world, and I don’t want to be assassinated for appealing for slave emancipation like a certain president was.
When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
I’m all about letting the sleeping dogs lie. I’m not on the side of justice or anything.
I knocked on the slave trading house’s door.
Come in; it’s open.
I open the door using [Telekinesis] and enter.
It looks like an ordinary stone-built store.
“……Oh?”
Inside was a middle-aged man with thin gray hair wearing glasses.
“Are you that Cat Sith I’ve heard so much about?”
[No, I’m not.]
“Hoo! I didn’t realize you could understand letters and use [Four-dimensional Space]!
Excuse me. What kind of slaves are you looking for today?”
[I want to see the elves and dwarves for now.]
“You come right in time. We have just received good slaves, Cat-sama.
You’re in luck.”
The guy with the glasses leads me to the basement with his obvious sales talk.
This basement turned into a prison. There were humans with lifeless eyes, elves, dwarves, and mermans..
“By the way, what are you looking for in a slave?”
[I want to hire them as shopkeepers in my store.]
“A shopkeeper! With all due respect, Cat-sama, do you have a commercial license?”
I showed him the permit that Viscount Barom gave me.
“Oh, indeed! Have you prepared the land yet?
I have a friend in real estate. I can introduce you if you like.”
I write, [Please.]
“Understood, sir! Hey, tell Rao-san we have a customer!
He said he’s a merchant recommended by Viscount Barom!”
The glasses guy instructed his employees to go.
In the meantime, the slaves were taken out of their cages and lined up.
“These are our pride and joy products.
Oi, go ahead and introduce yourself in turn.”
The guy with the glasses tells the slaves to introduce themselves.
I wrote, [I hear they are criminals, but they haven’t done much,] and it seems that those who have done much worse have usually been executed.
In the end, I decided to buy a dwarf boy who had been caught pickpocketing.
The conditions were set for them using the [Slave Contract] skill, that they wouldn’t divulge any secrets about me and Yotsuba, and that they would be completely obedient to me and Yotsuba.
The conditions of not disobeying the purchaser and not committing crimes seem to be attached by default.
If they try to break the conditions, the slave’s collar is said to cause pain to the slave.
Sexual favors are allowed if agreed upon (but can’t be ordered to accept them).
Their owners must guarantee the slaves’ minimum standard of living and food.
If the master tried to administer corporal punishment or withhold food, they would become a criminal and become a slave.
We also purchased land from a real estate agent who came later.
The location is a corner somewhere a short distance away from the inn.
The owner passed away two years ago, and the place has been abandoned.
The shop is said to be ready for use as soon as the sign changes.
I decided to take the dwarven boy to the shop I had purchased.