[FANFIC] I'm Buying a Slave

Translated by Indra13

Edited by Oo-chan

Special thanks to Re:trans group that helping me in translating some words ^^

Translator Note:

There are a lot of feeling in this chapter, a happy one, joyous one, sad one, and other kind.

If you find the scene when the boyish-chan talk imagine an alluring voice from an onee-san ^^

If you find the scene where the loli talk imagine Kon (Tokyo Raven) voice.

Anyway enjoy the story ^^

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I'm Buying a Slave

I was at a loss after being driven out from Eris Medical Institute and became a jobless vagrant.

Eris’ decision was considerably firm, she looks unsightly throwing a tantrum like a child in front of the treatment house entrance, she even said, “not a chance” to me.

There was no sign of Eris going to change her mind.

“......What should I do from now on?”

My current problem is the future living expenses.

The amount of money that was deposited in the bank is the salary from Eris Medical Institute for three months.

The total amount is 60,000 Zeni.

If I take into consideration this other world’s cost of living, then the Japanese Yen conversion for it will be around 600,000 Yen I guess, huh?

By the way, this is considerably cheap compared with the market price.

Normally, you will need to pay 50,000 Zeni a month if you want to employ a <Healer> in your treatment house.

And also, while you might think that I’m boasting about myself, but actually my [Healing Magic] skill ability surpasses even this world’s best <Healer> ability.

Though I noticed that after I came here, but from the start I was able to use [Healing Magic] even when magical power is virtually nonexistent on Earth.

Because of that, I was appointed as the founder of the new religion.

However, what would happen if I, who had an aptitude in [Healing Magic] that could allow me to use it even without sufficient magical power in the first place, came to this other world where it’s overflowing with magical power?

My body, which had been hungry for magical power, has been greedily taking in magical power from the surrounding and the result was that my body stores an enormous magical power to the degree that it was impossible for a human to have.

Knowledge about the human body which comes from modern knowledge enables the exercise of efficient recovery magic. I, as the founder of a new religion in Japan who was once like a living god and gathered some believers, am glad to have an outstanding affinity with [Healing Magic] in this world of <Faith is the Core of Power>.

Oh well, those kinds of things don’t really matter.

The most important thing to think about right now is living expenses.

One night in an inn without a bathroom ― There was also no bathroom in Eris’ Medical Institute ― is roughly 500 Zeni.

It’s 100 Zeni if I eat a meal until I am full.

To sum it up, I need around 800 Zeni a day for three meals and to stay a night under a roof.

That’s mean, with the savings that I currently have, it’s 75 more days until I go broke.

It’s a very bad situation.

Even if I try to find work in other treatment house, there are almost no places that will hire a shady looking person like me who came from another world and was not a church apprentice.

Eris accepted me, a shady looking person who just came from another world, just like that, she is truly a kind person with a thick bosom(broad mind).

T/N: Write as “thick bosom” but read as “broad mind” – indra13

But there is also the possibility that when she saw my ability at [Healing Magic], she can smell the scent of money from me.

Someone from somewhere might find me out if I appeal using my ability in [Healing Magic] and it’s also not good to stand out too much.

In addition, as a <Healer> that has unparalleled ability, if I’m careless, there is a possibility for some health maniac aristocrat to know about my ability and then that aristocrat will confine me and forced me to work for them.

That is to say, authority is a fearsome thing and I don’t have any power to oppose it.

As much as I can, I do not want anything to do with them.

Since I have already came to this other world, I must at least make a harem in here.

T/N: Another world = Make harem, nice logic – indra13

E/N: When you have the money, then you have the power. When you have the power, then you have the women. Work hard you glorious pervert. - OodlesOfNoodles

*****

“Ah, It’s shiki. What are you doing in here at this time hm~?”

The earlier boyish-chan called out to me who is currently having an early lunch in a popular general people oriented bar that is located near the center of the town.

“It’s fine to sit beside you right?”, having said that, she sits beside me and then orders something.

“I’m binge eating because I have been fired from the treatment house.”

I glared at her with scornful eyes.

That reminds me, even though I had given her a discount, I haven’t rubbed her yet.

Or rather, I didn’t get any pay to begin with.

Let me rub it oo~i.

However that is indeed something that cannot be said in a place like this.

Because it’s a public bar, there are a lot of punk looking groups in the surroundings.

It's rare for someone to not get entangled with those ruffians if that person does something like rubbing a girl’s breast in a place like this, you know.

Basically, I don’t have any fighting ability.

I can only heal.

Therefore, I very much don’t want to raise any trouble in such place.

“A, ahaha. My condolences for that.”

Boyish-chan averted her eyes awkwardly.

I guess she is aware that she is also part of the reason for me to get fired.

Oh well, judging from how Eris had thoroughly prepared my belongings this time, the main reason for her to fire me is because she had reached the limit from me peeking at her in the bathroom yesterday and various other perverted things that I did, however....

T/N: so it’s not an accident! you pervert! – indra13

“That reminds me, what is your name again?”

I have been meeting with her many times in the treatment house for three months already, but I don’t remember doing any self introduction.

I don’t know how she even got my name.

“Wha, eh, EEEE~H!! EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE DONE THOSE KINDS OF THINGS TO ME YOU DON’T EVEN REMEMBER MY NAME!? Despite that we also have been knowing each other for three months already!? Uh, do, do you really not remember me!?”

T/N: what a jerk – indra13

“Do, don’t say something that can cause a misunderstanding, though it’s bothersome, what if I got into trouble because of what you’re saying. Besides, the relation that we have are only to the degree of someone that treated the other one on a treatment institute once every several days so it cannot be helped if I didn’t remember your name.”

T/N: you frickin’ idiot, cannot you even think on why she especially come to that far-off place, and no matter how stingy a girl is, she won’t just let any random guys to fondle her breast just to get some discount you know – indra13

“......That’s true bu~t .......Ruruka, My name is Ruruka. Please remember it properly, ok?”

She becomes sullen, was me being unable to memorize your name worth sulking about?

“Yeah, I won’t forget it.”

The devilish person who is part of the reason for me being fired is sitting beside me.

Seriously, what should I do from now on?

No matter how many times I drink the cheap sake, there are no good ideas coming out of my mind.

Ha~h.

“What is it hm~? You look like you’re sighing over something.”

“It’s about what should I do from now on, now that I have been fired from the treatment house.”

“Hmm, the~n how about something like becoming an <Adventurer>?”

“<Adventurer>? I cannot use anything besides [Healing Magic] you know.”

“I also think that it will be impossible if you do it all alone you know, but if you make a party, I think that it will work out somehow, don’t you agree? There is also a lot of requests for <Healer> as a party member, I think? If I don’t have any party right now, I would also want to come adventuring together with Shiki, you know.”

T/N: Dammit, what you see in him Ruruka!? – indra13

“Is it no good for me to join that party?”

“Ahaha, that’s because there is an innocent girl in my party you know.”

In other words, a girls only party, huh?

I want to participate in it by all means.

Since Ruruka often comes to the treatment house, that means that there is no <Healer> in that party.

Is it impossible for me?

If I were to become Ruruka, I won’t introduce my friends, especially if they are girls, to a repeat offender like me whose crimes are sekuhara.

E/N: Trust me, a girls only party is like a bomb waiting to explode. They're like sea otters, everyone gets along just fine but when a fight breaks, trust me, it won't be pretty. - OodlesOfNoodles

T/N: I know I have been there done that - indra13

“Ummm, is it difficult for a beginner <Adventurer> to search for teammates? It’s not something to be proud of, but I don’t have any friends or acquaintance you know?”

In the first place, it was three months ago that I came to this world.

I cannot say that I have anyone who I can trust.

“Wow, it looks delicio~us! Well, it will work out somehow, do your best oke~y.”

What a really irresponsible reply, huh.

It seems that she shifted her attention to the foods that have arrived.

If it’s like this, it seems that I cannot rely on her anymore.

Haah, what should I do from now on?

*****

Having finished my meal, I strolled around aimlessly. When I enter the avenue, there was a crowd forming on one side of the mainstreet.

In it there are various men and women wearing thin kantoui lined up in a row.

T/N: it’s a typical kind of clothes that looks like ponchos but not from wool – indra13

They are slaves.

Slaves exist in this world.

Because they committed a crime, because they made a debt, or because they wanted to live no matter how, so they exchanged their freedom for it.

Though there are various reasons to become a slave, the way they are treated is the same.

The master guarantees the minimum food and clothing of the slave.

The slave will offer his/her absolute obedience to the master’s order.

When they do not follow an order, the magically carved seal called the slave crest will activate and make them forcibly carry it out.

That’s right, what if I just bring in a slave into my party and then become an <Adventurer>?

If they are slaves, then I don’t need to worry about something like betrayal, and I can also take the full earnings from the exploration.

Whether the partner can be trusted or not is a very important thing for a healer, who hardly has any fighting ability.

This is probably the most agreeable idea that I can think of.

When I saw the slaves, there were various species in it.

Although overall they are the same ―slightly dirty and wearing a thin kantoui―, there are some of them that have inumimi and also elf ears. The youngest one is around 10 years old and the oldest one is around 40 years old.

But, all of them are expensive.

Even the cheapest one, an oba-san around 40 years old, costs 200,000 Zeni.

For something like a beautiful magician elf slave that has fighting experience, it surprisingly costs more than 400,000 Zeni.

It’s an amount of money that is enough to build a house.

I have at least 60,000 Zeni on my hands.

No matter how I think about it, it’s unaffordable to me.

Even though I will regret over it, let’s give up on buying a slave.

It cannot be helped if I don’t have any money to afford it.

While I was thinking ‘let’s just return to the inn and think about what I’m going to do from now on’, I accidentally happened to see a price tag of 50,000 Zeni.

There is a girl around 12 years old in front of my sight.

The first thing that attracts my attention is her face.

Was she attacked by a monster? Since there are huge wounds on her face, most of her face is destroyed except for her mouth.

Apparently, it seems that both of her eyes cannot see.

Her skin color is light dark brown as if it’s tanned by sunshine.

Her hair color is darkish gray and there is an elf ear sticking out from the side.

There is only one ear that I see.

Is she not eating well? Her body is skinny.

‘She will die if you leave her alone’ is the impression that the <Dark Elf> girl give off.

*glance* Just saw her a little and I find that she is missing both of her eyes, nose, and one ear.

It will be necessary to pile up a considerable amount of money to cure all of that.

<Bishop> or <Archbishop> class [Healing Magic] is needed in order to heal a lost body part moreover if that part is the eyeball.

A blind slave will hardly be usable even if you do not cure her wounds, and nobody will think that they want her for petting use when her face is destroyed like that.

So I’m wondering, why was she still in stock when her conditions are like that?

When I use [Appraisal], I found an interesting thing in her status.

Name: Yuel Species: <Dark Elf> Skills in Possession: [Dagger Arts]

She has the [Dagger Arts] skill in her.

Having a skill.

Even though I said having a skill, there are many kinds of skills from weak to strong ones. If you have a skill, even if that skill is the weakest one, you are guaranteed to have a level of power that can make you be able to challenge several of the weakest monsters. This is the kind of thing skill is in this world.

E/N: I am tempted to write “power level” just so you guys can make DBZ jokes - OodlesOfNoodles

“Oc-chan, I want that <Dark Elf> child over there.”

“That <Dark Elf> right? Errr..., Yuel, right? Is it fine even though that one’s eyes cannot see?”

“Yeah”

“Really!? Phew, it’s really good to finally be able to sell that one. I thought that there is no other choice for me anymore but to dispose it. It will be 50,000 Zeni for that one, how would you like to pay for it?”

“With a bank card.”

I put my bank card on the slave merchant’s bank card.

And then, I’m thinking silently in my heard that I paying 50,000 Zeni to him.

Then, I think silently in my head that I’m paying 50,000 Zeni to him.

Bank card is a magic item that lets the owner of it move their money to another bank card just by wishing for it to happen. It’s a magic item that most people have.

You can deposit or withdraw your money freely, you can also do transactions just by using the card like an E-payment.

“Yes, I have confirmed it.”

The slave merchant is bringing the <Dark Elf> with him.

Are her unsteady movements because of malnourishment or because she can’t see?

Or both?

Towards the magically created seal that his subordinate carries, the slave merchant drips a drop of my blood on it and applies it just as it is to Yuel’s shoulder lightly.

“With this, the slave contract is now complete. Because I do not accept returned goods and things like that, thank you for your understanding.”

The slave merchant is leaving Yuel and walks away at a quick pace.

I guess it’s because if it continues on like this, he doesn’t have any future expectation of being able to sell Yuel again and she will only be an extra baggage, so he leaves quickly before I can change my mind.

“I am Yuel. I hope to get along with you.”

The <Dark Elf> girl is facing towards the wrong direction and gives a greeting.

As I expected, it seems that her eyes are unable to see.

“Yeah, nice to meet you. I am Shiki. First, shall we go to the inn together?”

T/N: what you want to do with a little girl in a hotel shiki? – indra13

*****

I pay 2,000 Zeni for each underwear and second hand girl’s clothing, and then after I buy cheap shoes, I enter a high class inn which has a bath inside the rooms.

And then the front office onee-san gives me a repulsed look.

T/N: dude you brought a child slave into a hotel moreover she have disability, what else you expected from that onee-chan? – indra13

An inn with a bath is a kind of place where many people come to use it for “that” kind of purpose.

Of course it’s the kind of purpose that can only be done if you become a couple.

And now, I’m bringing a young girl, moreover with a destroyed face, to that kind of place.

No matter how you look at it, I can only be seen as someone that has a unique preference and also a dangerous one.

It’s a misunderstanding you know onee-chan.

After I finished paying 2,000 Zeni for a one night stay and meals for two while enduring the onee-chan gaze, I enter my room.

Because I don’t have money for double or twin, of course it’s a single room.

The first thing that we need to do is removing the filth and dirt that are stuck on our bodies.

“First of all, enter the bath. O~ka~y?”

“Understood, thank you very much for buying me. Although I have no experience in it, I will do my best to make Master even a little satisfied with me.”

T/N: Lolicon! – indra13

E/N: This reminds me of Pokemon somehow. Ash has little to no experience and tries his very best. Think about it. Now stop thinking about it you sickos. - OodlesOfNoodles

By the way this is her first speech besides her self-introduction earlier.

She was completely silent until now.

It cannot be helped that because her eyes cannot see, she doesn’t know either the surrounding circumstances or what I have done, but, you know~ *sigh*

Nevertheless, what she said just know is dangerous.

If I had to say which one that I like, then I like kyonyuu. Because of that, I should be able to say with confidence that I’m not a lolicon, but I feel a shiver along my spine from hearing her words just now.

T/N: Call police, FBI, CIA, and GKB! There are a lolicon in here! – indra13

Is this what people call an immoral sensation?

T/N: dammit, quickly call them, we must save the loli – indra13

Unintentionally, I almost made a smirking expression like those of a corrupt noble.

Be~ Coo~l.

Be calm.

As expected, even my tiny opportunistic conscience can feel a sense of guilt towards a child of this age.

Besides, the wounds on her face are terrible so I’m not getting aroused by it.

Or rather, I don’t have any interest in a loli in the first place.

“N, nah, as expected let’s treat you first.”

“Treat?”

Hmmm, I cannot tell by her expression, whether she is puzzled or surprised right now.

Rather than to say that I cannot read her expression, it’s more right to say there is nothing that can be read.

As expected, let’s have it healed quickly.

“Yeah, don’t open your eyes immediately, ok? [Ex - Heal]”

I can feel my magical power being drawn out directly.

[Ex - Heal] is a top ranking spell of restoration type magic.

As expected from  [Ex - Heal], I can really feel the decrease on my magical power.

And then, in front of me, Yuel eyes, nose, and ear are quickly regenerating.

“Hm? Ah, huh? Uwaaa!”

“A~, A~, what did I say about your eyes earlier? Because you won’t be able to see for a while, just close it as it is and wait a bit. Since I must go to get the meal.”

I leave Yuel for a moment to go get some sandwiches on the first floor dining room.

This is free.

As one would expect from a high class inn.

Well... however, the charge in here is still more expensive than if you buy several dozen portions of sandwiches.

Yuel was not in there when I returned to the room.

Huh, no way, did she escape?

No, it’s wrong, I can hear a sobbing voice from the direction of the bathroom.

She did not escape.

I’m glad.

In the case that the girl is running away and were to be seen by that front office onee-san, the next time we meet I don’t know what kind of eyes she will give me.

When I look in the bathroom, Yuel is there, standing in front of a mirror looking at her face in the mirror *pat pat* and touching her face while shedding tears.

“I have eyes, I have a nose, and ears, sob sob sob.”

“Yo, have you become able to see? Since I have some food, come here.”

“Th, that voice, a, are you my master?”

“That’s right, how is it? I’m an ikemen right?”

　間髪入れずに抱きついてくるユエル。

In a flash, Yuel comes to embrace me.

“Yes, a very, very cool looking guy. No one is cooler than you.”

Ye, yeah.

I’m embarrassed when someone replies with this reaction.

Or is this something that a slave usually does?

“Tha, thank you very much for curing my face. I think I would die just like that in that place, that’s why *sob*.”

Her face that is looking up is sloppy with tears.

We~ll, in this world, something like Japan’s public assistance such as safety net does not exist.

In a sense, maybe something like slavery is a safety net in this world, but even so for a blind slave, they won’t know when their meals will disappear and then die from starvation, right?

When thinking about such a girl, even this relatively heartless me will sympathize with her.

“The~re, there, there. Look, do you want to eat this sandwich? There is also water if you are thirsty, ok?”

“Sniff, ye~ah, thank you very much. Thank you, very much.”

Yuel began greedily eating the sandwich.

By any chance, maybe the slave merchant had stopped giving her meals anymore.

He judged her as a useless merchandise and just put her in the corner until I came and bought her, something like that I guess.

Someone might see it as a cruel treatment, but that is how slaves are normally treated.

It’s prohibited by the country to recklessly take the slave’s life, but it also means that as long as the slave does not die, you can treat it however you want it.

In addition to that, if it’s your own slave, as long as you are not killing it publicly then it will just be ignored by the country.

Don’t show blood at a public place, don’t do barbarous things, that is what the law implies.

Before anyone knows, the slaves are weakened and then die. There won’t be any investigations to such cases.

“After you eat, go to the bathroom.”

“Yes. Master is my benefactor. I will give one's whole heart and serve master with heartfelt sincerity.

Wrong.

That’s not it.

Certainly there is no problem after Yuel’s face has recovered. It is so well-proportioned that I can call her a beautiful girl.

It’s to the extent that I become a little surprised.

But it is three, no four years too early to hit on her.

“Ummm~, Yuel-san. I didn’t buy Yuel for that kind of purpose, I  am planning to have Yuel go into the labyrinth together with me, that’s why I bought Yuel.”

“To the labyrinth? Is master an <Adventurer>? I certainly thought that master is someone that has a position or rank that is equal to that of a high ranking <Priest>.

Well, even though I can use [Healing Magic], the truth is that I’m not a <Priest> you know. Moreover, I just got fired from the treatment house that I worked in recently and became jobless. ‘From now on, shall I try to make a living as an <Adventurer>?’, is what I thought and then I came across Yuel at that place. Yuel can use a dagger right?”

“Is that so? Errr... it is true that I have the [Dagger Arts] skill, but how did master know about it?”

“By the appearance of Yuel’s muscles, you know.”

That kind of thing doesn’t actually have any relation to it, because the truth is it’s actually the effect of [Appraisal] skill. In the first place, there are no such things like muscles in her body since Yuel was so thin at that time, however ――

“To have known from just a glance, as expected from master. You're so awesome!”

Yuel innocently let out a look of respect towards me.

It’s a good feeling to be praised by a girl.

E/N: You tricked a little girl and feel good about yourself, you should feel bad. - OodlesOfNoodles

“Please take care of me because I plan to immediately go into the labyrinth from tomorrow on.”

The money left on my hand does not even reach 5,900 Zeni.

It will disappear just like that if I were to stay in this inn for three more days.

Though Yuel is skinny, but if I were to let her eat properly and also apply [Healing Magic] on her from today until tomorrow morning then she should be able to move normally again.

I don’t intend to let her do anything recklessly, but to build muscles, it’s also important do some exercise.

“Yes, if it’s about fighting leave it to me. Even if I must exchange it with my life, I shall protect master!”

She is extremely motivated to do it.

“Well then, for now, go to the bathroom.”

“Ye, yes. I, it’s my first time. So please treat me gent... Errr... master?”

*sigh* Like I said, that’s not it.

*****

No accidents happened when Yuel washed her body, after that she changed her clothes to the one that I bought.

T/N: See ch 1 for more understanding why he need to say this line ^^– indra13

When Yuel comes out from the bath, a line like “Are we really not doing it master?”, or like “As I expected, I don’t have any charm, huh?”, can be heard from her. As one would expected, it’s impossible for me to respond to it.

Since I’m not a lolicon.

After all of that exchange, it’s meal time now. Yuel is eating the meal with gusto.

Without hesitation, she eats two to three adult servings.”

When we went to the dining room on the first floor, I must ask somebody to bring some light meals many times over. She was eating too much to the extent that

the inn people must put a stop to it.

The Engel Coefficient rises sharply, but I’m unable to put a stop on Yuel who *nom nom nom* is eating while crying and saying, “oishii, oishii”.

And yet, because she doesn’t look like she’s satisfied, in the end, we leave the inn at lunch time to go to a bar and once again get some grub.

My remaining money is only 5,700 Zeni.

T/N: Ahahahahaha – indra13

We left the bar and went to a weapons shop to buy some weapons for Yuel.

Yuel was awfully serious when choosing, but eventually she decided on two 20cm long iron knives.

The cost of those two knives are 5,000 Zeni.

Only 700 Zeni remaining.

It’s dangerous.

T/N: gahahaha, my stomach hurts – indra13

When we return to the inn, we have a meal again and then we go to the bed.

Yuel is lying down on the floor.

“Errr... wait, wait, it’s fine for Yuel to get into the bed. Yuel is small so there is still some room in here.”

As I expected, there is still some guilt in me for making a girl sleep on the floor while I sleep on the bed.

“Ummm... is it really alright? Since I, uh, errr, don’t have any charm in me.”

She looks downward in shame.

Was it really necessary for me to follow-up using words instead of making a move on her?

However, because she is still a child, just a few words won’t really convince her.

How should I do this?

Pattern A, “Yuel is a very attractive woman you know.”

Isn’t it strange for me to not make a move to an attractive slave?

Rejected.

Pattern B, “That’s because I have already thought of Yuel as my own family.”

The heck!? Meeting only one day and we became a family!?

Besides, “Family” is a delicate matter for someone with such circumstances.

Though there is a possibility for her to be happy, the possibility for it to become a very bad land mine is also pretty high.

Rejected.

“A~h, ummm, wha, what are you saying, look here. The truth is that Yuel is cute, but Yuel is still a kid right now. However, after three or four years more, I guarantee that Yuel will become a splendid lady. When that happens, I will have Yuel sleep with me even if Yuel doesn’t want it. That’s why let’s sleep together with me for now, ok?”

“Three more years.... huh? Yes, I understood. I will be waiting and looking forward to it until the time to do it comes.”

No, that’s wrong.

In the end Yuel does not move from the floor.

Though I just wanted for her to sleep in the bed, I ended up in making a future promise with her.

It can’t be helped.

I leave the bed at once and then lift Yuel up.

It’s an easy thing for me to lift up Yuel whose height has not even reached 140cm.

“Uwa~!?”

I ignore the surprised Yuel and just carry her as it is to the bed.

And then I turn Yuel into a dakimakura, cover myself with the blanket and go to sleep.

Though she doesn’t have any sex appeal, her childlike body temperature is warm.

E/N: Dakimakura is “bolster” in English, it’s a long body pillow made for hugging. Though dakimakura usually refers to bolsters that has pictures of anime characters or porn actors in suggestive poses. - OodlesOfNoodles

T/N: uhhh… what is bolster? - indra13

E/N: A long body pillow. - OodlesOfNoodles

I should have done it like this from the beginning.

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