Sorry if I didn"t make it clear enough, but basically the t.i.tle is saying "how much is this". ハウマッチイズディス. Thanks for reading~
It"s almost certain.
Their grandfather, who I"ve never even met before, is clearly my old friend.
"Oi, where"s your grandfather? I want to meet him." (Velt)
"Wha! Don"t, don"t be stupid! Why does grandfather have to meet a man like you!" (Musashi)
Of course she would ask that. Well, how should I answer her.
He"s my friend? They would definitely know it"s a lie.
He"s my acquaintance? Basically the same thing.
"In the first place, do you even understand how much of a great person grandfather is?" (Musashi)
"Ahh? What, did he do something?" (Velt)
"Hmph, as if I would tell an ignorant and impolite human like you. Grandfather is a great person that brought about reformation to us demi-humans." (Musashi)
This girl is troublesome. Once again, she said she won"t tell me and then talked to me about it herself.
"In the past, demi-humans only showed their wild, conflict instinct, and not only against humans or demons, but even among the demi-humans, days of unending conflict continued. However, the person that spread the demi-human spirit of ethics, morals, manners, etiquette and so on as living things, was my grandfather, who put an end to the conflict between demi-humans forty years ago!" (Musashi)
"Haa? Demi-humans have etiquette~?" (Velt)
"Yes, and he is also the founder of the『Shinsengumi』, which was formed by a great variety of demi-humans that became an armed insurgent suppression force, that subjugated conflicts within the Demi-human Continent!" (Musashi)
"The shi, shinsengumi, huh." (Velt)
These brutal people have etiquette?
Moreover, the shinsengumi~?
"I have heard rumours of the shinsengumi, and the demi-human spirit too. Of course, I won"t say all of them, but I heard that there exists demi-humans in certain regions that have a similar spirit to our『Chivalry Spirit』." (Ura)
"Umu, as expected, a former demon princess would know of it, but that spirit gradually soaked through the demi-human continent, and was able to cultivate the hearts of demi-humans. It"s a spirit that has only been handed down in the demi-human society, but one day, when demi-humans hold hegemony over the world, all living things will know of that great spirit." (Musashi)
A spirit similar to the chivalry spirit.
Morals? Etiquette?
Are they samurai?
Oi oi, wait, does that mean,
"The demi-human spirit huh~, you"re not going to say it"s the『Bushido Spirit』or something, right?" (Velt)
""""Wha!!!!!!"""" (Musashi, Jubei, Ushiwaka, Benkei)
What, so I hit the bull"s eye, huh.
"Wait! Why do you know of us demi-human"s prideful bushido spirit!" (Musashi)
"And, there"s the culture of performing seppuku if you dishonour that, right?" (Velt)
"You, what does this mean! Why do you know the traditional way of taking responsibility that"s handed down in miyamoto kendo, sepuuku! Sepuuku is a treasured etiquette that no one knows except for us pupils!" (Musashi)
"Kuhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!" (Velt)
There was nothing I could do but to laugh. I"m laughing way too hard.
"Ura, did your old man not tell you anything about this? Karate actually has a connection with the bushido spirit, you know? Well, I don"t know the precise details though." (Velt)
Miyamoto, you weren"t a samurai in the edo period, nor did you know any actual samurai.
After reincarnating to another world, I don"t know what you were thinking, but why a samurai in a world like this? What kind of life have you been living against beasts like these.
"Velt, what exactly do you know? You"re making the same face as the one you had when you met my father." (Ura)
"Stupid younger brother. What happened? You"re hiding something we don"t know about." (Farga)
It"s understandable for those two to become curious about me.
But probably only sensei would understand my current feelings.
"Musashi." (Velt)
"Nu?" (Musashi)
"I don"t plan on doing something to demi-humans. I"m not interested in war either. But. I am interested in your grandfather. I wanna meet him, no matter what." (Velt)
"Wha, what are you! Why do I have to let the likes of a human meet grandfather!" (Musashi)
"Like I said, I"m not interested in war. So, I don"t care even if the other party is a demi-human." (Velt)
"!" (Musashi)
"Well, I probably can"t meet him all of a sudden, so I want you to pa.s.s on a few words to him. He"ll probably understand too. Tell him "the delinquent that ran together with you in the relay at the athletics festival wants to meet you."" (Velt)
Fifteen years for me was long, but he even made a grandchild, so how old would he be? Ah, but since he"s become a grandfather, what should I do if he even forgot his memories of his past life? No, I"m sure we"ll understand each other.
I have no basis for it, but for some reason, I had that confidence.
However, I didn"t notice something, because I was getting too worked up.
"Hmm?" (Farga)
Suddenly, Farga, who was leaning against the cabin wall, realized something.
"What"s wrong?" (Velt)
"…… Tch, I didn"t realize." (Farga)
"Ha?" (Velt)
"Stupid younger brother, d.a.m.n demon, this ship is………… surrounded." (Farga)
Even though he said that, I didn"t understand.
However, Ura, and Musashi, who"s trapped in the cage, sensed it, and their expressions became stiff.
"Wh, who are they!" (Ura)
"Fuh, they better not be reinforcements from those d.a.m.n demi-humans, right?" (Farga)
"Uwa, so troublesome. Good grief." (Velt)
At a quick pace, we went outboard.
Then, I saw around three ships with quite strange marks drawn on their sails, stopping this ship"s advance.
"A picture of a hear, heart mark and a roll of banknotes?" (Velt)
I"ve never seen something like that before.
A drawing of a roll of banknotes inside a huge heart mark, is their flag.
"That"s the flag of the d.a.m.n Shiromu"s auction organization! It"s『Heart and Money』’s symbol." (Farga)
"What is that straightforward name." (Velt)
"Hmph, so it"s a group of trash humans. However, why are they here?" (Ura)
A disturbing atmosphere is in the air from the entry of the unexpected, strange group.
Then, their ship moves right beside the ship we"re on, and one sailor shouts at us.
"Ocean liner over there! You guys are the Sea Thieves, right!"
No, we aren"t.
"We heard you have a lot of cargo, so we came to accept it!"
Eh, why?
"This time, hearing that virgin demi-humans are going to be auctioned, apparently other guilds are thinking of attacking you guys and stealing them! We don"t want our goods to escape in the confusion, so we came to pick them up this time!"
Wao.
Even though they"re such low lives, they"re dealing with the problem extremely kindly.
"What should we do? We can tell them the sea thieves died, but what should we do about the demi-humans?" (Velt)
"Oi, Velt! You better not be thinking about handing over those children to them, right?" (Ura)
"Oi, you d.a.m.n demon. I can"t say I don"t understand your feelings of pitying them, but their auction organization is a legal organization that"s been approved of in the Humanity Continent. If you oppose them, you"ll face severe punishment, you know?" (Farga)
"However, Farga!" (Ura)
"Ah~, for the time being, Ura. You wear your hat and stay in the back for a while." (Velt)
They hung a rope onto the ship we"re riding.
Many men, who have their whole bodies coated in black, boarded the ship.
And then, a slightly young man, who seems like their representative, approached us and smiled refreshingly as he decorously corrected his posture.
"Nice to meet you. I am the section chief of love and money"s supply department, Jiel. Best regards." (Jiel)
Are you a company employee or something. He makes a refreshing smile despite doing a disgusting business, which actually makes me shudder instead.
"Uhh, excuse me, but is Jeed-sama here?" (Jiel)
Then, before I started worrying about how I should answer, Farga dealt with it by taking off his hood.
"Jeed died. He was killed by those d.a.m.n demi-humans." (Farga)
"Eh! What does that, wait, huh? Ah, um, are you, possibly!" (Jiel)
"Since we couldn"t ride a ship that"s going to the empire from Stato, Jeed let us ride the ship until midway." (Farga)
"Ar, are you! Fa, Farga-sama!" (Jiel)
"Hou, so you know about me." (Farga)
Ooh, as expected of a celebrity.
The refreshing company employee and the men who came in with him became fl.u.s.tered.
And then, although he omitted parts in the middle, Farga explained what happened until now.
Jeed let us ride the ship he was lent.
By the time we realized it, the demi-humans that came to save the cargo killed all of the sea thieves.
"I see, to think Jeed-sama was… However, what about the cargo?" (Jiel)
Rather than Jeed"s death, this guy cares more about the demi-humans, huh.
Then, the guys who came inside the ship of their own accord, came out while carrying pens in groups of people, one by one.
"Jiel-sama! The goods are safe!"
"Ooh, that"s good! Is the showpiece there?" (Jiel)
"Yes, there are even three demi-human children!"
"Ooh, that is wonderful. Even though just one young demi-human girl can be sold for an extremely high price, there are even three of them!" (Jiel)
Demi-humans in pens come out one after the other. Their expressions are filled with despair.
"Nooooo! Save me, please, I don"t want to! I don"t want to be a slave!"
"Hiiii, I"m begging you, let me go! I apologize for poaching! Please, forgive me!"
"Please, please! Let me go back home!"
There"s no way those voice would reach the guys of the auction organization.
However, even so, the demi-humans could do nothing but scream.
"Tch, disgusting." (Velt)
"Kuh, uuu, those guys!" (Ura)
"Be silent, you d.a.m.n demon. Slave trafficking is something you demons do too." (Farga)
The auction organization is a legal organization.
And, slavery is recognized in the law.
If there are no problem, these guys can think what they"re doing is normal.
I understand that.
However, it doesn"t change the fact that it"s disgusting to me.
"Dieee! Die die die die die! You human!" (Jubei)
"Uuu~, I don"t like this, I don"t like this." (Ushiwaka)
"Let me go! Let me go!" (Benkei)
And finally, their pen came out too.
"Gehe, gehehehehe, section chief, there"s no mistake. These three are virgins! They"re 13 years old!"
"Fufufu, that"s fantastic. As always, your smell is on par to demi-humans." (Jiel)
The three girls, Jubei, Ushiwaka and Benkei.
A drooling, unsightly man, is looking at the three with excited, rough breaths.
"Ah~, there’s no problem for me if the demi-humans are this cute though."
"You can"t make a move on them. They are going to be showpieces this time. Well, minister Olband"s son of the Archline empire is the one that won the bid though." (Jiel)
"Eh~, that rich kid who"s uglier and fatter than I am? Hihihi, how pitiful of these girls. He probably won"t let them escape until their bodies get licked enough to die after all~."
This is unbelievable, oi.
I can understand feeling nauseous from seeing a human corpse, but to think this would make me feel even more disgusted and nauseous.
Even the noisy three became speechless, and their whole bodies were stiff.
And then,
"Curse you! You d.a.m.n humans!" (Musashi)
Finally, Musashi was carried in her pen too.
"Oya, who is that demi-human?" Jiel)
"She was strongly arrested in the back. Sniff sniff, ooh! She"s a virgin too!"
"You, you low life! What humiliation!" (Musashi)
You, you can tell from the smell?
"Gehehehe, nice~, from the smell~, hmm, she"s around 15 years old? Uhii~, this is unbearable!"
"Hou, a 15 year old demi-human, huh. That"s nice too. She has a well proportioned figure too. We can expect much from her this time." (Jiel)
"Uuu~, d.a.m.n, there"re too many hits this time! I"m getting stimulated, d.a.m.n it~."
"Honestly, you really are impatient. Well, it should be fine, since you contributed lots this time." (Jiel)
"The, then, section chief!"
"Do whatever you want to a demi-human other than these four. If it"s one of the females that were brought out with the fishermen from before, then I don"t really mind." (Jiel)
Proper use of the carrot and the stick. He"s probably a good boss.
That carrot is so heavy I wouldn’t be able to digest it that easily though.
"Uhh, uhh, hmm~, don"t hesitate~, alright! I"m going with that girl with long hair over there!"
"Wai, eh, what?"
"Get out of the jail. And then, we"ll go to my room."
"No way! No, I, I don"t want to! I don"t want to! I would rather die than company a human!"
"Don"t struggle. You were shaking your hips for the fishermen on the ship anyways, weren"t you?"
"No, let me go! No, I definitely don"t want tooo!"
Ahh, I don"t like this. I feel like this is going to become another trauma.
"St, stop it! Putting your hands on my brethren is unforgivable!" (Musashi)
Musashi"s must be frustrated.
Blood is oozing out of her lips and her fist that she"s gripping.
But there"s no helping it. You guys lost; you guys got caught.
Even though you at least know what would happen if you get caught, you guys still stepped into the human"s territory and lost.
"b.a.s.t.a.r.ds, are you b.a.s.t.a.r.ds that cold-blooded, you d.a.m.n devils! Do you b.a.s.t.a.r.ds have no hearts!" (Musashi)
Shut up.
You killed Jeed and the others without even giving them a chance too.
This is just the same thing, but the positions have changed. If I made one mistake, I would have been killed, or even trapped in a pen.
That"s right. I"m not connected to this.
I have no obligation to help demi-humans out of pity.
For "demi-humans", that is.
"Ura." (Velt)
"What is it…………" (Ura)
"Fuh, so scary. You look like you"re about to ma.s.sacre everyone anytime now." (Velt)
"B, be silent, Velt. I don"t think………… I can hold it in anymore." (Ura)
Ura"s looking down, while letting out a black aura from my back.
She looks quite angry.
I can see that she didn"t like the way they treated these demi-humans that much.
"Hey, I wanna ask you something." (Velt)
"What is it!" (Ura)
"Ura, have you………… ever done it with a guy before?" (Velt)
"…………………………………………… Oi." (Ura)
From the best angle and timing, a body blow stuck into me.
"Yo, you, youuuu! What stupid things are you asking at a time like this!" (Ura)
"Guoo, n, no, I was just a bit curious." (Velt)
"I"ll seriously kill you! What will you do by knowing that I have no experience! Ahh? I"m going to give it all to you after all!" (Ura)
"Sor, sorry, well, um, yeah, I was just confirming…………" (Velt)
"In that case, you can confirm it as much as you want next time in the bedroom! So thoroughly, that you will never ask such a stupid question again!" (Ura)
"O, okay, sorry, forgive me. That"s reverse s.e.xual hara.s.sment, so just calm down." (Velt)
She has an extremely similar face to when Samejima flipped out.
Yeah, I should stop asking Ura unnecessary things.
That body blow just now was truly dangerous. I thought my organs were going to scatter away.
Well, just in case, I guess it"s fine since I asked what I wanted to ask.
"Oi, section chief-san!" (Velt)
"Yes?" (Jiel)
"There"s something I wanna ask." (Velt)
"What is it?" (Jiel)
I asked Jiel, the refreshing section chief.
"Are demon virgins high price too?" (Velt)
"Demons? Yes, they really are! Furthermore, depending on their appearance, the price will jump up." (Jiel)
"Hmm, then………… how much would she be?" (Velt)
I took off the hat Ura"s hiding her head in, and pushed her out in front of Jiel.
"Wha, a de, demon! Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!" (Jiel)
At that moment, a shock ran through the whole ship.
Shock of the fact that a demon was here. And above all, it was at Ura"s appearance.
"Wh, why here, a dem, no, however, she is………… beau, beautiful………… furthermore, I sense elegance from her too." (Jiel)
"She"s the former princess of a certain demon country after all." (Velt)
"Wha, is that true!" (Jiel)
The ship became noisy.
"Velt………… wha, what are you?" (Ura)
And, probably because it was too much of a shock, Ura looked up at me with eyes that looked like an abandoned puppy.
"Fuh, stupid younger brother. You have such a troublesome personality." (Farga)
Ah, but Farga is laughing scornfully with a "I"ve seen through everything" kinda face.
That"s kinda embarra.s.sing.
"Ah, no, my apologies. Is this demon your slave? Well, however, she really is-" (Jiel)
"I get it, she"s beautiful. And, she has no experience with men. So, how much would she be?" (Velt)
"Ho, how much? However, with this much, u~nn, a demon with this beauty, furthermore, she is a former princess, which is extraordinarily premium………… not one hundred million, or two hundred million, but five hundred million ell. No, ten hundred million, and if she"s lucky, even more…………" (Jiel)
Ten hundred ell. By the way,『Ell』is the common currency in Humanity Continent.
And, one bowl of ramen at sensei"s place is eight hundred ell.
I see.
"Oiiiiiiiiiii!" (Velt)
"Buheh!" (Jiel)
"Ura isn"t an article for sale. How dare you try and put a price to my family, a.s.shole. Unforgivable. I"ll send all of you flying!" (Velt)
Therefore, I hit Jiel.
"Se, section chief!"
"Jiel-sama!"
"This brat, what is he doing!"
"Wha, like, weren"t you the one that asked the price first!?"
"What are you thinking, you brat!"
"Kukuku, stupid younger brother~." (Farga)
"Velt, you, what are you doing?" (Ura)
Sorry Jiel-san.
You guys aren"t wrong about anything by "thinking about it with this world"s common sense", but well, you were unlucky.
The world"s common sense doesn"t matter to a delinquent.
"Fuwa fuwa open." (Velt)
Fuwa fuwa open.
That is a technique to forcefully destroy a lock by twisting it.
"Eh, wai, oi! The pens broke! The lo, lock broke too!"
"Why, wait, oi!"
Kuhahahaha, they"re panicking because the demi-human pens broke.
"Yo, you, what are you doing!" (Jiel)
"Ahh? I don"t know, I just hit you because you behaved rudely to me, and the pens of the demi-humans randomly broke, so they"re just escaping." (Velt)
"Don"t fu, do you understand what you are doing! You, even though you are a human, are you going to help demi-humans!?" (Jiel)
"Haa? You"re f.u.c.king kidding me. Why would I help demi-humans. I"m not interested in doing that." (Velt)
That"s right, I"m not trying to help demi-humans, and I have no obligation to do that either.
Instead,
"However, between demi-humans who are fun to tease, and you d.a.m.n beasts. It should be obvious whose side I"m going to take." (Velt)
"Wha, what!" (Jiel)
Instead, what I"m doing is not a problem.
Then, Ura makes a whole faced smile at my actions and jumps up and down.
Because Farga was waiting, he readies his spear.
"Kuku, fufufu, ahahahaha, geez, Velt! You really do have a troublesome personality! You really are too troublesome! You"re so troublesome, I love you!" (Ura)
"Hmph, if we send all of these guys flying, this story will spread, and I guess I won"t be able to take the throne anymore. That"s a good thing." (Farga)
That"s right, I don"t care about the demi-humans at all.
But,
"You, you guys…………" (Musashi)
There"s no problem with helping my old friend"s granddaughter.
Now, I guess I"ll go help my old friend"s grandchild, who"s making a blank face.
"You d.a.m.n beasts, come. This great human will discipline you." (Velt)
Miya~ something, you"re in my debt, alright?