Chapter 73 – BAD TASTE(3)

“Lord. That prisoner is…”

“Ah, maybe I suppressed it too strongly. I died.”

The dungeon door was opened again. She ordered an attendant to call Robin, and Robin quickly ran to the dungeon. With a sad expression on my face, she pointed to the corpse of Amori, the fallen prisoner. Robin also followed me, she said with a sad expression on her face.

“It’s not something the lord should blame himself for. Excluding those who invaded our territory was something a lord should have done as a matter of course.”

“But, this prisoner was just a man who wanted freedom. As a person taught by the Archangel Church, was it right to slay a man who wanted freedom so mercilessly? No, I was guilty. Robin. Please give me a funeral.”

“Yes. I understand. Can we do it as much as we do when the villagers die?”

“Yes. That’s enough.”

And I wrote a letter to the lord of Aberdeen in the Eastern Plains. It was quite a distance to the Eastern Plains, so it was good to inform them of my visit in advance by letter. To summarize the content of the letter, it was roughly as follows.

The lord of Aberdeen suffers. I’m Priest Lucius, and sooner or later I’ll visit your estate.

There was no need to recite the story of slavery or anything. It was enough to go and talk about the real purpose of the visit. In the original game, Elsie continues to live as a slave until the protagonist picks her up. So it didn’t matter if I went leisurely and told him my purpose.

Right now, on my desk, among the things Amory had, Elsie could recognize them. Heart-shaped necklace. The necklace design itself was a bit unusual, but it wasn’t something that would be given to a slave, and it wasn’t something that prisoners would normally carry. It was because prisoners usually didn’t wear jewelry.

Other than this, none of Amori’s possessions seemed plausible. A few biscuits and a dried jerky. And it was because a few pennies were all.

On the back of the necklace was written:

– Faith, Hope, and Love.

What? What kind of necklace is this? Could Amori be a transforming magical girl? What is Faith Hope Love? Maybe if I showed it to Elsie, I wouldn’t know the answer. I threw the necklace on the desk and got ready to go on a trip.

Preparations for the trip could be completed in no time. In front of the mansion, the funeral of Amori, a prisoner, was being held simply. People who did not know the rumors of the frontier were whispering about who Amori was, and the soldiers who fought in the frontier were murmuring about what kind of wind the lord was blowing to hold a prisoner funeral.

I climbed into the loaded wagon and prepared for departure. Eve and Sellu, Aira and Sieri approached my wagon. Eve had a really disapproving face.

“Where are you going this time?”

“Wait a minute, I’m in the eastern plains. This time, the dead prisoner asked me for his daughter.”

“Fuck, are you going to eat again?”

“Fuck you. Eve. You’re the lord’s wife. Use sophisticated words.”

“Are you trying to scare me?”

“It’s taking it.”

Eve looked at me with a strange expression. Sellu laughed at that and stuck out her tongue. Siri said.

“Are you sure you’d mind going alone?”

“No problem. Sieri. I’d rather be alone.”

There were few knights in the territory, so if I hired them as an escort, there was a problem with manpower. Besides, taking the escorts with me would interfere with my personal activities, so I had no intention of picking up escorts and taking them with me. If you feel uneasy, the Lord of Aberdeen will take care of it.

“Hey, are you really okay?”

Eve grabbed me with a more anxious expression. What Eve is worried about is not me, but this situation in which I leave the territory to Eve again.

“No problem.”

However, in the current situation, there was no one who could touch Eve. In a situation where the Grand Duke of the North touched Eve and got stabbed, who would be fooled by Eve? I don’t know about Eve herself, but we were the most feared lord family in the South.

“But this time, if a noble fights over the same thing again, just beat him up and put him in jail.”

“Okay.”

Of course, killing them again made things a hassle. I drove the wagon only after once again admonishing him not to kill me even if he quarreled with me this time. To see the face of the lord of Aberdeen in the East.

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“Welcome. Priest Lucius.”

I’m the lord of the Peta estate and the priest of Lucius, to be precise, but I don’t seem to have any memories of meeting a nobleman who calls me lord. I accepted the hospitality of the lord of Aberdeen with a smile. He timed the news of my arrival and came out personally to greet me with his soldiers.

The lord of Aberdeen was a man with the impression of a brave warrior who had defeated the beastmen of the East. He was of mongolian or Samoan ancestry, formidable, muscular, and burly, giving the impression of a bull. If the Grand Duke of the North felt like a dignified old man, the Lord of Aberdeen looked like a barbaric warrior.

The uniform he was wearing was already swollen as he couldn’t resist his muscles. His hands his gripping the reins of his horse were thick and the size of a man’s face.

“So what are you here for?”

Asked the lord of Aberdeen. I answered honestly.

“I’ve come to free a prisoner living here. Lord Aberdeen, I hope you will cooperate with me.”

“Convicts? Do you mean convict slaves?”

“Yes, it is.”

“Are you talking about just one and not all?”

It seems that there was a human who suggested releasing them all. I said.

“That’s not realistic. The Archangelists are against slavery, but we also recognize that there are many things that cannot be done without slaves at this time. All I want is one.”

Strictly speaking, Daecheonsinism did not oppose slavery, but strictly forbade those who had converted to the religion to keep slaves. Among the aristocrats, those who believed in Daecheonshinkyo did not have slaves, and the priests and other religious people of Daecheonshinkyo did not trade slaves either.

Slave trade other than slave trade for the purpose of liberation was strictly prohibited.

“May I ask why?”

“In fact, a prisoner who escaped from slavery came to my estate not too long ago. She was seized with fear and trembling. She resisted so strongly and there was a risk of injuring the people of the territory, so I subdued her with my own hands, but she It was so rough in my hands that I died.”

“Oops.”

“She said she had a daughter. As the head priest of the Daecheon Shinkyo Church, I couldn’t release all the prisoners in the East from slavery, but I thought I should take responsibility for the prisoners I accidentally killed.”

“You are wonderful.”

Lord Everdeen nodded at my explanation and agreed with him. I was thinking of unpacking at the Aberdeen manor house and running straight to the slave market. If I remember correctly, Elsie was keeping slaves at the slave market.

“Let’s rest for a while at the mansion.”

Accepting the invitation of the lord of Aberdeen, I took a leisurely break at the mansion and reviewed my future plans. After meeting her Elsie her and ‘freeing’ her her, I planned to seduce her her using her mother’s story her. The prisoners had a strong family relationship, so they would come over sooner or later.

If Elsie came to my estate like that, she thought of recommending that she settle down in my estate properly from then on. Mermaids were also given as wives, but now there was no problem with bringing one or two beastmen into the manor.

I relaxed in the bathtub and lost myself in thoughts.

The next morning. I was guided by the lord of Aberdeen and headed to the slave market where slaves were gathered. The Aberdeen Manor has the largest slave market in the East, where slaves who have not yet been sold or who have been sold but have been abandoned because they are too useless are gathered.

Some of them were taken as materials for wizards’ experiments, some to harsh construction sites, and some for medical research. Elsie was guarding the aisle on the human slave side of this slave market. In the original game, she was doing this under the condition that she not harass some of the other beastmen.

After all, human slavery was none of Elsie’s business hers.

The lord of Aberdeen looked a bit regretful when I said I wanted to take Elsie. It was only natural that she would find few slaves as loyal and strong as Elsie. Because the inmates have strong camaraderie and family love. If hostages were being held, none were as loyal as they were. If I wasn’t a priest, I would have bought one or two as slaves.

“Elsie most likely won’t leave even if I tell her to leave, because she wants to keep the other convict slaves.”

“I will buy all of those slaves and set them free. If you leave them to use Elsie anyway, aren’t they just greedy for food?”

Beasts are strong and conditionally obedient, but the risk and price are high, so the demand is not as high as expected. Slave hunters easily hunted ordinary mermaids, but there were frequent cases where they went to the afterlife after treating beasts in the same way. There were two cases in which prisoners were taken as slaves. Either you lost the war or you were deceived because you were angry.

As I remember, Elsie was a defeated slave.

Lord Aberdeen seemed surprised when I said that I would free all the prisoners. We were already entering the aisles of the human slave market. It gave the impression of a greatly inflated pet store. On both sides of the road, people locked behind bars were mumbling as they watched us.

The slaves seemed to be well aware of the owner of this place, Lord Aberdeen.

“Amazing.”

The lord of Aberdeen said so. I looked around the bars and found one with a familiar face in it. The sisters were trembling as they hugged each other. They were looking at me with hateful eyes. Who is it? Who are you to look at me this way?

“Ah, these are the slaves who were kicked out of Changgwan a while ago. They can’t speak, and they can’t move properly because the tendons in their limbs are cut. Even if you free them, they won’t be able to survive on their own.”

“It’s a pity. Who would do such a cruel thing…”

“Ah ah ah ah ah!”

“AA AA AA!”

Suddenly, the two sisters went into a fit and started screaming at me. Crazy bitches seemed obvious, so I quickly decided to leave.