Gathering New Housemates(For now what"s appeared (through magic) is fine, but where can I get a cook and servant?)
I searched my knowledge
And so, according to it, it seems there should be some over at the slave trading place
Anyone can be slaves except for humans
(It was the correct choice not to bring those two along)
I don"t want to show them such a place
(It"s here, huh……)
There are humans doing business
The place is on the edge of town
A guardsman was standing alone in front of a building that did not look special
At my sudden appearance, he made a surprised expression, but it"s probably more because he can"t see my face
Once again I am wearing a veil
"…..do you have some business here?"
"There"s only one sort of business here, right?"
Aside from for that, are there guys who come here for something else?
Perhaps groups that hate slaves
Since I"m alone today, I have plenty of time to spend looking through my information
People who own slaves are nearly all human and only the rich possess slaves
Even so, within that group there seems to be guys that find it objectionable
Of this world"s human"s, it seems no small number of them are n.o.bles, such as a king and knights as well
The ones who seem to hate slaves seem to mainly be knights
They often have to go out on campaigns and can"t take along any slaves, so they feel them unnecessary
Besides, in battle everyone asides from humans are treated as (meat)shields
So they find spending money on slaves to be a shield to protect some other guy disagreeable
Though it seems not all of them are like that
The rest of the ones that find slaves objectionable are the guys who were abducted
To obtain freedom, you either have to buy yourself or somehow obtain possession of yourself……
If you see it done (abduction), it"s a crime
Even so it"s mostly ignored
The knights who are supposed to prevent such things pretend not to see
The ones that handle the aftermath are the humans who work buying and selling, the guys who planned to make them slaves
As I thought, there"s no point to saving anyone
The king protects those guys (slave traders)
Allowed to pa.s.s inside, what I see, is spirits and elves tied together with chains
The spirits wear handcuffs with magic seals
It seems there are no beastmen
Since they can be bought cheaply, it seems they mostly have become disposable goods
Everyone, at the appearance of my figure, turned their frightened eyes towards me
There"s no guy who glares defiantly
Everyone is making an expression of hopelessness at their own fate
Most of them are making an expression similar to the dead, but as I thought they are frightened
"Within here, the guy who can cook the best, detect"
From the start, there are few guys who can cook
Although it seems that a woman with weak power would be it and that among them would be a bunch of guys who can cook, but as for those women they are only used as s.e.x slaves
So normally there"s no significance (for women) even if you can cook
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(…..Hmm?)
Although detect worked, the one indicated is a man
It seems to be a spirit
This world"s spirit race have brightly colored hair and fairy-wings (TN: could also be feathers, I think I translated it as feathers before, but I decided it most likely meant wings)
That guy has blue hair and violet eyes and pale pink wings
(Even though he"s a man, his forte is cooking…..) (TN: s.e.xist Shin)
Does he really like cooking, or is it because his magical power is so lacking……
Or is it both?
Either way, the cook is decided
(Next is the servant………..what kind of requirements would be good?)
Even though I can say I knew generally, it doesn"t mean I knew the exact details, there"s no point (for me to know)
Since they"re called a servant, they"ll mostly work with those two
Someone who"s kind to children would be good
Someone who would handle the troublesome things would be even better
"Within here, the guy who"s best at taking care of others, detect"
As I thought, the requirement has to be that
This time the one detected is an elf
Within this group it"s the man with the oldest appearance, with light tea colored hair and brown eyes, he"s quietly sitting
He seems to be an elf, his ears are pointed
"Have you decided?"
"That one and that one"
"Understood"
When I point, they bring the two in front of me
The two brought over are the spirit who looks to be about Rune"s age and the elf who feels like he"s just become middle-aged and wrinkles will soon start appearing
The life expectancy of an elf is about 300 years and for a spirit it"s 500 years
So I don"t really know how old they are now
"For two, it is one gold coin"
(Really cheap)
For a person to be about a million (yen), as expected is it because they"re slaves?
I handed over the money and in exchange received a paper with their names written on it in order to subordinate the two
"Darius Kuujigafu and Roiona Se Hiniruda-e come with me"
Darius is the elf and Roiona is the spirit"s name
(I can fully explain after we return so how much should I tell them)
I wouldn"t have picked the two if I had no interest in them, but explaining things seemed too troublesome
(Having Rune explain….can"t do that, huh)
Even though I want to sleep as soon as I return
As they are still wearing the chains
Although it"s so they don"t run away, if Rau sees it she"ll probably cry
The time when we came to town and she saw the slaves she seemed scared
(First should be clothes)
The clothes they"re wearing gives off the feeling of wearing just for the sake of covering them, the cook is wearing filthy clothes that no one would willingly wear
After getting them collars to wear I made the chains disappear
I also took off the handcuffs with the magic seals
They make surprised expressions, but I want to hurry and return so I ignore it
Since I know their names, even if they run away I can just appear next to them
"Go to buy clothes"
While the two look dumbfounded I grab their arms, and move
Anyhow they"re too dumbfounded to try running away
—though there"s no point even if they try to run
I buy clothes for the two, and the men"s eyes go round (open wide in surprise) seeing that amount of money
Darius is a servant so his clothes aren"t that expensive
I don"t buy a cook uniform, and just get him everyday wear
I also buy everyday wear for Darius
"…… What did you intend to do buying us as slaves?"
While Darius held his servant"s clothes he seemed bewildered
Roiona held his clothes and also acted suspicious
"Darius is a servant. Roiona is a cook"
The two"s eyes go round again
"To buy me, I thought you were just curious, but you had a motive like that" (D)
The value of young elves is high
There was also the fact he was cheap, huh
Darius appears middle-aged after all
Elves only have their looks
"How did you know I could cook?"
Roiona asks looking hesitant
He"s considerably timid
As his magic power is lacking, his value as a spirit isn"t much
"Since I"m a demon G.o.d"
""Eh-!?""
Their voices harmonized
"Return"
I grabbed the two whose faces cramped in fear, and headed for the castle
Present (for Rau)?
Of course I already bought it
The two"s eyes widened
When Rune and Rau entered the castle for the first time they had the same reaction
"Come with me"
First, I show them the dining room
When we enter, Rau is there eating fruit
"Shin-sama!"
When she sees me she smiles and runs up to me
"Welcome back!"
She hugs me
Since she was eating fruit, Rau"s hands and mouth were all sticky with juice
Even so she grabbed my clothes
Rau is taken aback when she notices and makes a face like she wants to cry while looking up at me
The faces of the two nearby who see the scene turn pale
"Were you good (while I was gone)?"
Without rebuking her, I use the same voice as usual
Something like clothes, with my power I can make as many appear as I want
Since I planned to go out (and buy slaves), I wore unbelievable loud/showy clothes
"Sorry, I got Shin-sama"s clothes dirty…….."
"……Cleanup"
Since it seemed to bother her I used cleanup (on the clothes)
Along with Rau"s mouth and hands
"Remove stain"
I held her and pet her head, and she once again showed a smile
"Is Rune still asleep?"
"He"s awake, but he said he couldn"t walk. So he"s in Shin-sama"s room"
"I see"
Let"s get him later
"Luggage, come out"
I reveal the present I bought from the bag
I temporarily stored it in the treasury
"It"s your present"
"Really!?"
Her eyes sparkled
Her present is a stuffed animal that looks like a rabbit
In this world stuffed animals are high-cla.s.s (expensive) goods, it seems only rich/affluent humans have them
"It"s ribbon is the same as Rau"s"
"It matches?"
"Do you have the same one with you?"
The thing I bought yesterday
"Rau has it!"
I"m glad she seems pleased with it
Seeing this, it seems kids aren"t so bad
They"re more honest compared to adults
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"The alias of you two?"
I ask the two standing there looking dumbfounded
"Dea"
"It"s, Rona"
Just using Rau as an alias is fine
"Rau, this is the cook Rona. You no longer have to eat that unappetizing cooking. This is Dea, he"s a servant"
"What"s a "servant"?"
It can"t be helped that a beastman child doesn"t know what a servant is
"Someone who prepares the carriage or helps wake up Rau"
"Carriage?"
"A big box pulled by animals that transports you when you want to go to the town"
"(Rau"s) knows it! So that"s a carriage?"
"That"s right"
The beastmen who have never left the village shouldn"t know about this
Even if they don"t know it can"t be helped
Rune was scared (of it)
When he was taken to the demon king"s castle it seems he was placed in a large carriage
Although it seems he didn"t know it was called a carriage
"Rau, I just want to go get Rune, so could you be a good child and wait here?"
"……un, Rau, will wait"
Since guys she doesn"t know are here she seems a bit afraid, but as expected I need to introduce Rune too
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When I move to my room, Rune is lying face down on the bed
"Rune"
"Eh……? Shin-sama, you"ve returned?"
As he was surprised he raised his body but with a groan he froze
It seems his waist still hurts
It was his first time, so it"s unavoidable
"(I got back) a bit ago"
"…..Rau should be in the dining room"
"I"ve already seen her"
I gently hold him up
Although I could leave his clothes like this, but Dea and Rona are here, would it be better to change them
(However, after this he"ll keep lying down, it"s fine to stay as is)
Changing clothes again is troublesome
Although it only take a moment with my power, even that is troublesome
"Move to the dining room"
Like that we move
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"………………."
""…………………""
Both stare at each other in silence
I ignore them and sit in a chair
I put Rune on my lap
"Rona, the food ingredients are there, cook something"
"Eh-!?"
He let"s out a surprised voice, but I got him to be a cook so that"s what he should do
"Rune, that there is Rona the cook. Over there is Dea the servant"
I introduce Rune to the two
It can"t be helped I have to introduce them again
"Are these people you saved as well?"
"No, I bought them"
"……eh?"
Rune"s eyes widened
Even though I told him I wasn"t a good person
"These two are slaves I bought for Rune and Rau to use"
"……for us to use?"
"Since I don"t eat anything I don"t need anything like a cook, as for a servant I don"t need"
For now as far as I"m concerned, I don"t need either
"However, for you two aren"t they necessary?"
"……although I can understand the cook, but why do we need something like a servant?"
Rune tilted his head
"Are you fine with being restricted from going outside without me? If not you"ll need someone to handle the carriage. Well, you won"t need him much for that, so for now his job will be taking care of Rau. For that reason, I bought someone good at taking care of others"
At my words, Dea gave a blank look
Did I say something strange?
…….I can look through this world"s common knowledge to see if it"s strange
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(It"s no good, I"m tired)
Shall I go sleep a bit
"Rune, I"ll come get you later. Rau, once you (guys) finish eating can you come wake me up?"
"Yea!"
Once I heard Rau"s answer I sat Rune down in a chair
Since I made a cushion appear it should be a bit better
"You two eat as well"
After saying that towards the standing Dea and the cooking Rona, I move to my room
(TN: Barely finished three chapters…going back to edit sometimes I find a weird sentence and I’m like ‘what?’, so I check the RAWs and thus I realize the importance of TLC…… not that I really do it anyway… Should I look for someone to TLC? Seems troublesome…)