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Chloe was able to contact the red-eyed man and obtain information about the slave auction house. The man didn’t even know that the person who spoke to him was a real elf, and he kept talking about the elf being up for auction. It made me wonder if he was spreading information too easily to be considered a special and secret slave auction.

Of course, Chloe also didn’t take the man’s words literally. Rather, as she was a real elf herself, she did not believe the man’s words any more than Minwoo.

‘Still, there is such a thing as just one case…’

Chloe just wanted to confirm.

In her common sense, she couldn’t imagine that there would be elves other than herself in human society. Something like that has never happened before.

But if by any chance they are holding onto a real elf… We can’t just leave them alone. Although they are extremely closed-minded elves, their care for their people is stronger than that of any other race.

As time passed and the sun set and the time the man talked about got closer, Chloe moved to the place where the slave auction was being held.

Upon entering the place, which at first glance appeared to be a shabby warehouse, a rugged-looking man asked Chloe for an entrance fee. After she paid, her man she led her to her her basement her her her.

The size of the basement was much larger than the size of the warehouse seen from the ground. It’s probably a trick. Imperial law does not specifically prohibit slavery, but since it deals with sexual slavery, a certain level of secrecy seems to be required.

In the underground cavity, seats were arranged in a semicircle around a high platform, and a considerable number of people were already seated on it. Most of them were men, and their clothes were varied. At first glance, I saw some people who were exuding cuteness, and others who looked like they were city government thugs to the point where I thought they had somehow paid the entrance fee. Since it was an auction house that mainly dealt with sex slaves, it seemed like they came for the purpose of eye candy.

It was none of Chloe’s business

She just needs to make sure they have real elves.

Even Chloe, who was not familiar with the ways of humans, could guess that they would reveal the elf slaves last. You will have to wait a long time.

Chloe sat down as close to the podium as possible. She It was prepared in case something unexpected happened.

“Hello?”

“..Ah, yes. Hello.”

A man sitting next to her appeared friendly and greeted Chloe. Other than the fact that his hair was black, he was a human man who did n’t seem very special. Chloe received a brief greeting out of politeness and then quickly looked away, but the man continued to talk to her in an annoying way.

“Is this your first time in a place like this?”

“..Yes, but.”

“Oh, what a coincidence. Actually, this is my first time in a place like this.”

“…”

“This is our relationship, so why don’t you just briefly say hello? My name is Minwoo.”

“..I’m Chloe.”

Chloe found the man who introduced himself as Minwoo annoying, but since he didn’t want to make a fuss until he had confirmed the slave auction to the end, she decided to deal with him moderately. Anyway, there was no problem with showing a little of the face under the robe. Even with her optical illusion magic on her, she only looked like an ordinary human woman.

Chloe let out a loud sigh and briefly checked Minwoo’s face his. When I looked again, it was the man who had shouted the word “Elf” Loudly on the street earlier.

“But it’s unique that a woman comes to a place like this. As far as I know, I heard that this is a place where sex slaves are mainly exhibited… Ah, of course, everyone has different tastes, so I respect that. Haha!”

“…”

Minwoo was casually saying something rude, but Chloe just listened with one ear and let it go.

However, Minwoo’s next words were words that Chloe could not ignore.

“By the way, is the reason you wear a robe like that even indoors to hide your beautiful appearance? It’s truly a shame.”

“..Huh? What did you say just now?”

Minwoo was taken back by the sudden reaction.

“Hmm? Did I say something strange?”

“Just now… Did you tell me I’m beautiful?”

“..So?”

As Chloe said that, she looked closely at Minwoo’s face, which had a dumbfounded expression on its face. By human standards, he looks like he might be in his thirties at most. She didn’t look like a wizard who had trained long enough to be able to see through her magic.

Chloe asked again with a doubtful expression.

“I’m… Beautiful?”

When Chloe asked that question, Minwoo shrugged his shoulders and said.

“Yes. To be honest… It is no exaggeration to say that she is the most beautiful woman I have ever met. Of course, if you would take off that robe, I could take a closer look and judge…”

Minwoo smiled as he said that. Chloe finally just said one word and turned her head away again.

“..You have unique tastes.”

“Hmm..? I think I have a somewhat universal taste…”

Pathetic humans.

Chloe decided to completely ignore Minwoo.

Currently, Chloe’s appearance is not only the elf’s characteristic long ears, but also the elf’s unique beautiful appearance has been hidden through her optical illusion magic. This is because the spies of previous generations taught us that human men are a group of people who become annoying whenever they see a pretty woman.

That’s why, when this man first complimented her appearance, Chloe thought to herself that perhaps he had seen through her her her her own magic her.

But soon she thought that this was a ridiculous assumption, and she stopped caring about men again.

Despite Chloe’s blatant disregard for her, the man just laughed.

“Oh, looks like it’s starting.”

As a man dressed in flashy clothes came up to the stage, the participants who were talking about each other turned their attention to him. Probably the auction host.

The man greeted the crowd in a loud voice, and then he began to conduct the auction skillfully. When the auction started, Minwoo, who had been bothering Chloe, silenced her for a moment and focused on the auction.

…

“Now that I think about it, I couldn’t even ask how much time has passed.”

It was only after sending her Annie that Randel suddenly had this thought. It would have taken a considerable amount of time for her to arrive all the way to the village of Roswell with her body transformed into a spear.

Fortunately, Nerka kept her promise and didn’t chase him down, but that didn’t mean she could be completely at ease. There’s no way they would have gathered that many orcs just to play soldiers.

Randel thought it wouldn’t be surprising if they invaded here right away.

“Mr. Pyria…”

Randel still couldn’t understand why she made that choice. No, would it be more accurate to say that she is not convinced?

Randel did not have a high title, but he was the son of a noble family that had produced imperial knights for generations. His father, grandfather, and brothers were all great knights of the Empire, and he naturally followed that path himself. It was his duty from the moment he was born, and he was proud of it.

Randel was not the youngest in history, but he was awarded the title of knight at a fairly young age, and although he was only in his teens, he was able to command subordinate knights. Randel had talent and was also diligent and sincere.

On the other hand, he lived his life without worrying about love or romantic relationships. Just because he was a nobleman, there was no law prohibiting him from dating, and these days, there are knights who are active in dating, but this did not apply to Randel.

For him, Pyrrhia was a unique female image that he experienced for the first time.

In fact, wizards were not suitable people to be romantic partners. They were mostly people with eccentric personalities, and among them, there were some who openly ignored the knights. They were people who could not be said to be a good match for Randel, who was the epitome of a knight among knights.

However, did he say that love has no status or borders?

Randel felt a strange feeling from Pyrrhia, whom he had only known for a few days.

Whether it was truly a feeling of love, or just the novelty of seeing a human being for the first time, was unknown to Randel now.

However, there was one undeniable fact.

That Pyrrhia saved his life.

She ended up receiving favor from a woman who she thought was someone she needed to protect.

For Randel, her knight, that grace was, in another sense, like her humiliation.

Randel was unable to protect her until the end, and she was feeling disillusioned with herself for living like this.

Randel gritted her teeth and clenched her fists.

“…Let’s not think about anything else. For now, just…”

She’s doing what she can.

Let the empire know about this, quickly recover and save Pyrrha.

Landel thought only about that, and she fell into meditation.

Knights placed as much importance on mental training as on physical training. You can’t achieve anything if your mind is distracted.

How much time has passed?

Randel’s sensitive hearing sensed the commotion outside her.

Soon the door opened with the sound of footsteps echoing through the hallway. She was earlier than Randel thought.

“Wow, we’re in big trouble, Mr. Driver!”

“..What’s going on?”

She would have asked to call the guard captain, but Annie hurried back alone.

Randel seemed to be able to predict the meaning.

“The orcs… Are invading the village!”

…

Due to the thousands of orcs that arrived without warning, the village of Roswell quickly fell into chaos. The guard captain hurriedly locked the castle gate and even extended his arms to the adventurers to stage a sit-in protest, but it was not enough. Even though the scale was different from the beginning, it was very different.

The old gate could not stand for less than an hour and collapsed.

“No! We must stop it! We must not allow the orcs to enter the village!”

The guard captain shouted at the top of his lungs and urged the garrison, but there seemed to be no way to stop the orcs pouring in like a flood. The remaining defenders were disintegrating, and some orcs were already trying to invade the villagers’ residential areas.

The guard captain groaned in a voice full of despair.

“Ugh… If only Aisha were there at a time like this…!”

But it was just a vain wish.

The guard commander lowered his head, completely losing his will to fight.

It was that time.

“Be careful!”

“..Huh!?”

At the sound of a man’s voice, the guard captain was pushed by something and rolled around on the floor. It was the knight, Randel, who pushed him. Of course, he didn’t mean to attack the guard captain.

“Come to your senses. Are you the guard captain of this village?”

A young knight whose condition was by no means good, but who still had at least a spark of life in his eyes, spoke to the guard captain.

“..And you?”

“I am Randel, an Imperial Knight. First, let me borrow a sword.”

“Ah…”

Randel accepted a spare sword that the guard captain was wearing. Then he glared at the place where the guard captain was standing just moments ago.

There was something there that tried to attack the guard captain just moments ago.

“Is that… A bat?”

“It’s a vampire.”

“Yes?”

The guard captain made a dumbfounded noise at Randel’s words. Meanwhile, hundreds of bats in front of me were gathering toward a certain point.

Soon it transformed into the shape of a cute little girl. A girl with blond hair and a maid outfit that did not fit in at all with this place where a terrible slaughter was taking place due to orcs smiled seductively as she looked at Randel.

“Hmm… I was going to just look around for a bit… But there was a useful toy.”