Chapter 871 – The Illegal Slave Trader

After that, I lectured to the students until Priest Queln returned. Since he said it was almost a month old, the enthusiasm was less than in the beginning, but the students responded enthusiastically.

This is a good study.

School is not just a place to teach. You have to teach them how to live and how to live. After all, isn’t that what ‘culture’ is? Students learned about demons by taking my lectures and earned a righteous hatred. This will lead to a positive future.

You could almost call it a slope.

“Good work, Paladin. You’ve done very well for a month. Now that Queln has returned, he will be teaching again.”

My hanging, which lasted for about four weeks, was now over. Looking back, it felt as rewarding as when I was an instructor at the Paladin Training Center, and my heart began to grow.

I was a natural professor.

“It was quite fun. It was also very fun to educate children who will lead the future.”
“It seems that there is definitely a talent here too. Well, educating children is also important.”

Daejeon in the early morning.

After talking about it, I received a reward for the last Death Knight gun from the saintess. This time, it was a few gold coins. Now, making money is so easy that there is no special inspiration.

I just keep collecting them.

“By the way…”
“Have you got a job soon?”
“Unfortunately, something happened.”

Is it a pity?

The saintess took out a bundle of documents from her as she smoked her cigarette.

“Since he received the report that the Paladin killed the Death Knight, he conducted an investigation of the area. Gradually good information is coming up.”

Has the result of the investigation finally come out?

“Once, while gathering information about the sightings of the Death Knight, I made the route. I can’t say it’s perfectly accurate, but from the looks of it, it’s assumed that the Death Knight came up from the southern part of the kingdom .”
“You mean Southern?”

If you go all the way down to the southern part of Karga Kingdom, the sea spreads out.

Speaking of the sea, it reminds me of those fish-headed fishmen in the past. Fishman these fuckers put a city in a fucking sack.

If it wasn’t for me, people in other cities would have been harmed as well. They were bastards who could never be forgiven. In the end, didn’t my vacation become a bloody vacation because of those bastards?

It’s the sea anyway.

That I have to go again sometime.
Ah, I fucking want to eat sashimi all of a sudden.

Even though I hated the appearance of fishmen, the taste was really good.

“So that means the heathen’s Death Knight manufacturing facility is in the South.”

The fact that the Death Knight came from the South meant that there might be a pagan stronghold nearby.

This is definitely good information.

“No, it is unknown.”

The saintess shook her head.

“Because there are many ports in the south. If the cultists own ships, the location of the manufacturing facility cannot be revealed.”
“Ah… I will.”

Well, how do you know where you’re going when you get on the boat?

It would be even more serious on this side in the yard where smuggling by boat continues even in the modern world. It’s not like there’s a professional Coast Guard group with radar. Even if there are armed ships of the Royal Navy or local lords, their detection power will not be as good as the radar containing the essence of modern science.

“Then don’t you know everything? It’s good that you found out, but when you think about it that way, it doesn’t seem to be useful information.”
“Could this be all there is?”

ㅡ Whoops.

The saintess said while exhaling the smoke from her cigarette.

“There aren’t many churches in the South, but they’re not nonexistent. The local churches are always investigating and tracking the movements of pagans and demons.”

So what?

“Before, when the paladin came up to the capital, he must have gone out to investigate the Ascension Island of Paradise.”
“Ah, yes. I do remember.”

The preacher who was raising money from the orgy committed suicide when he was in danger of being caught by me.

“The local church in the south was tracking down suspicious pagans with similar doctrines. But… While investigating the Death Knight case, I collated information, and there was a part where the lines of movement subtly overlapped.”
“Five.”

Currently, it is speculated that the members of the Ascension Islands are some kind of fundraising organization created by real pagans.

They were moving from the south, and there was even a part where the movement line overlapped with the death knights who came up from the south?

This is questionable.

“Let’s check the documentation.”
“Yes.”

I immediately checked the stack of documents. There, along with a small map, the location of the port city of Leitas was marked.

“Leitas has long been a place that has been talked about illegal slave trade. In Karga Kingdom, slavery is only recognized when traded in a legal way, but as crimes do not disappear in this world, illegal slave trade is also somewhere. It’s doing well in .”
“No, you’re a slave!!!!!!”

At that, I almost had a seizure!!!

The illegal slave trade!
That should never happen!!

“However, Leitas is quite far from the capital, with few churches nearby, and the port is dense, so the problem continues. There are even rumors that pirates hide their identities at anchor, so eradicating them will be impossible.”

This is a hotbed of perfect crime.
It is half a city of pirates.

“The lord over there is also cracking down, but… Well, there’s a high probability that he’s taking a bribe and closing his eyes.”

Youngju is also under suspicion. However, it is difficult to investigate, and it seems that direct evidence has not been found.

“This is what the balance of good and evil means.”
“I guess you can do that.”

No matter how much criminal organizations are eliminated, evil beings do not disappear, so they continue to appear. This was the basic idea of ​​the Brass Celestial Society.

“This saintess is guessing that the pagans were very deeply involved in the illegal slave trade business. Because there is no other profitable business than this. We will be able to secure funds very efficiently.”

The saintess continued her words as she lit a cigarette.

“Actually, circumstances were discovered where pagans with doctrines similar to the Ascension to Paradise hid themselves in Leitas, and according to the report sent to the local church, one of the pagans was active as a slave trader. At this point, enough suspicion should be raised..”

It’s definitely suspicious.

“Was the slave trade organization legitimate?”
“On the surface, it seems so… But the truth is unknown. Even the church that sent the report couldn’t find any illegal evidence, so it can be said that there is a lack of information.”

It’s just a suspicious level, but in a city that is said to be a hotbed of crime, if a heretic suspect is doing such a thing, it’s just a confirmed criminal.

“Anyway, I’d like you to go and investigate, this is it.”
“That’s it. If you reveal this, you might be able to catch the tail.”

That’s what I think.

Pagans and illegal slave trade in Paradise Ascension Island… Come to think of it, these heretics have a history of human trafficking in the Mist Plains. There’s nothing strange about them getting into the illegal slave trade.

Of course, there is no guarantee that the island of Ascension to Paradise and the pagans that the lich is involved in are connected, but they are pagans anyway. It is well worth investigating.

“I’m starting to feel sick already because this is going to take some time.”

The saintess said while resting her chin.
I guess you don’t want to fall with me.

“Haa… I don’t want to send the paladin far away, but this is what the saintess saw.”
“This can’t be helped.”

All you have to do is go to a port city and dig into the organization of the slave trade.

“Then let’s go and come back. We’ll do our best to finish it as quickly as possible.”

I approached her saintess and said while brushing her face her.

“So don’t be too sad. It’s also heartbreaking to see a beautiful face stained with sadness.”
“…That’s how it should be. Still, I think the nights will be painful for the time being.”

I can’t help you with this.

“I have attached more detailed information to the document and the law on the slave trade in the kingdom. And this is a certificate that recognizes the legal right to investigate this case only. Take it. It will be very useful.”
“Recognition of investigative authority?”

I was given a document and a medal with something stamped on it.

A certificate?

“Then, if you show me this, you mean I can legally conduct an investigation no matter what the procedure is?”
“It’s like that. Of course, you can’t do anything out of the ordinary.”
“I’m well aware of it.”

I checked the stamps on the document.

This is the seal of the saintess… The one next to it is the Pope.
And the one next to it is similar to the kingdom emblem.

“Look at the seal.”
“Yes. Three stamped.”
“The Saint Bone and the Pope. And the dojo of Princess Einfel Gainsha Karga.”
“Yes?”

Princess?

“No, do you mean that the princess stamped it?”
“Well, didn’t Paladin do a good job at the academy this time? The cultists were involved in the illegal slave trade, and they said they wanted to investigate it, so they readily gave permission.”
“Hermi, my God.”

This is how it goes

“Could it be that you asked me to become a professor for this purpose?”
“It was just included. It’s great, so there’s nothing better.”
“I guess so.”

I have a really good head.

“And, of course, it must never be passed into the hands of others or lost. Since it is a paladin, it is given with confidence, but it is almost impossible to take it out under normal circumstances.”
“I don’t know if there is. I will keep it as if it were my own life.”

I’m not a kid and I’m not going to lose this.

“Then Paladin… I want you to kiss me goodbye.”
“Ah, yes.”

Anyway, something new has begun. I immediately kissed her warmly as requested by the saintess. If I start working, I won’t be able to see you for a while.

After kissing for a while, they came out of the temple.

*           *

As soon as I received the documents and returned home, I changed into comfortable clothes and looked at the legal documents.

Karga Kingdom recognizes slavery.

However, not just anyone can be enslaved, and only prisoners captured during the war or those who have been legitimately permitted in prison can be enslaved. To be. And there are cases where you become a slave because of debt.

When the slave trader expresses his intention to purchase to the victim through the prison, the prison becomes a kind of brokerage and talks with the victim, and if successful, sells the criminal to the slave trader.

The prison and the victim then share the proceeds from the sale.

Of course, criminals who can be traded are limited to felons, but this is not strictly enforced, and there are some prison directors who have the mindset of selling and seeing all criminals, so there are some problems.

After all, most legal slaves are produced in these prisons.

Now that you have come out of prison, there are documents that record the due process, and this becomes a document proving that you are a legal slave.

What if this is not there?
An illegal slave

Without the certificate, who knows where this man was suddenly kidnapped and enslaved? So it is illegal

In case of loss of the deed, the slave regains his freedom.

Of course, there are bastards who manipulate these documents… But how can you crack down and stop them all? No amount of enforcement can eradicate crime from the world.

Of course, illegal slave trade and document manipulation are both fairly serious crimes, so if caught, they are usually sentenced to death or thrown as fodder for arena monsters.

Anyway, these slaves are sold to mines or managers if they are male and to maids if they are female. Noe’s life is like that. There is no problem no matter how harshly you treat them because they are nailed to being criminals in the first place.

Killing, torturing, or sexually exploiting them is legal, but the problem is probably the illegal slaves who were caught unjustly.

Good night.

I have completed my knowledge of the slave trade law, and have received an official investigation certificate from the saintess.

At this rate, it would be easy to rob the port city where the crime was rampant. On the back of the document, the movements of the Ascension in Paradise group investigated by the local church are also detailed, so there seems to be no problem in catching them.

I’ll do some work in a little while.