"For all of the guests who have bought a slave today, Please go to the backstage to sign the contract with your slave, and for other guests who didn't get any slave today, I hope you can join in our auction again next year." The auctioneer bows to the entire guests and wrap up the auction as soon as the action is finished and go straight to the back straight, replaced by the pair of man and woman who start to call the guest to the backstage.
"Guest number seat 23, please come to the backstage!"
A masked guest comes to the backstage after he got called, and other guests who didn't have any luck today start to leave one by one leaving only the winning guests inside the auction venue.
While that's all happening, Villia's still calmly sipping her tea while Maria who's standing beside her brew the seventh pot of tea and serve Villia wholeheartedly.
"Then, like what I promised, I'll send my friend to your house as soon after I finish buying this batch of slaves. You can rest at your home and wait for her to arrive at your house now. Whether you will help my friend after she cures your daughter or not may not be her concern as she will help if someone sincerely asks for her help, but I hope you're not an ingrate like the other." Villia said that word to Mary with a stern voice, which receive a deep bow from her as she said. "Thank you, Milady."
Villia waves her hands at her and Mary who just finished brew the seventh pot pour the tea to Villia cup and tacitly leave the rooms as Villia continue to drink her tea and look up at the sky.
'I think I need to buy a carriage tomorrow…'
***
"The lady on the seat number 44, please come to the backstage."
After all of the guests finished signing the slave contract with their slave, it's finally Villia turn to come into the backstage.
There, she can see two of the slaves she brought today. One who looked at her with a smile and the other didn't even turn and look at her while in the center of the room is the Slave Trader who smiles at Villia.
"Lady…"
The slave trader looks at Layla with inquiries and Villia who saw that reply with a smile.
"Layla Vis Estania."
"Lady Estania is it… I'm…"
"Guielo Cocenham isn't it?"
Villia looks at the Slave Trader with her usual smile, but the slave trader can't smile anymore after he heard she mention his real name and turned serious. The pair of woman and man also get on standby position and will attack Villia as soon as they realize something is suspicious about her.
"Who tells you…?"
"Who? Who else if not Drunken Snake?" Villia relaxedly say.
"That old geezer!"
Guielo smashes the table with force and cracks it in an instant. No changes of expression appear on Villia face when she saw this happened as she keeps fanning her face.
"Then…what does dear guest want?"
Guielo smile back to his face, look at Villia who's still calm and collected even after he destroys the table. Since that old geezer has referred her to him, although he didn't like it, he also can't deny potential customer, since all that old geezer refer to him is a high-end one which is usually full with money but can't be offended even once
Villia on the other hand smile after hearing his words. Although she has boldly said it's Drunken Snake who tell her to him, the truth is, she has never met this Drunken Snake even once before. But since she can easily see the information of her foes, all bluff will turn into truth when she says it with her mouth!
"I want to see the most finest one you have but can't be sold in public…The Dark Inside The Light." Villia said with a smile, and what left of the Slave Traders face is a wry smile as he heard the term they use for the slave they get with secret means.
"Since that old geezer has said that much to you, he must trust you quite a bit…Then, how about we sign the contract with your newly acquired slaves before I guide you there?"
"Let's do as you said then…"
"Little Rose, Little Chrysanthemum, table!"
***
After signing the slave contract, Villia together with her newly acquired slaves, Media White and Aurel Sevasti Andrimund, followed the Slave Trader as they walk into the base of Holy Slavers, which is not far from the brothel and enter into hidden part of the buildings.
Slaves after slaves can be seen as they entered, but none of them catches Villia interest as she continues to follow Guielo and after some time, all of them enter one hidden room after another and finally arrive at The Dark Inside The Light, the rooms that are provided for the most secretive slave in Holy Slavers.
"How is it? Do you want to buy her?"
A girl with horn, wing and demon tail can be seen after they entered the room. Abuses are apparent on her body and all left on her eye is lifeless eyes waiting for death. Chains can be seen all over the body, but compared to the chain which chained Aurel before with this one, his chain can be said a junk while her chains are fully equipped with all kind of devices that ensure she can't run.
The problem can be easily solved if they sign a slave contract with her, but slave traders are, after all, a merchant. Although they want to use the succubus to the fullest, they also want to sell her after she has become useless. After all, every person can only become a slave once in their life, and once released, they can't turn back into a slave again. Which also mean every slave can only accept one master in their whole life, that's why they didn't let their newly acquired slave sign a slave contract.
"Demon Summoning…as expected of The Dark Inside The Light…"
"That old geezer…keeps sharing trade secret to other like it's his own!" Guielo grumbles as he looks at the girl and said. "That's right, this is the only succubus we have now. You should know about succubus characteristic and their use…50 platinum coins and I'll give her to you."
Villia looks at the lifeless succubus for a while. The succubus, according to her information has overuse her ability because of Guielo orders and ended up like this.
Summoning a demon with Demon summoning usually ended up with the Demon in the advantageous position, but looking at her information, it seems that the Guielo has found a way to communicate with the slave trader in the Demon World and exchange slaves with them.
'As expected of Slave Traders, their affinity is MAX as soon as they talk with each other.' Villia scornfully look at the Guieleo after she read that information and turn her attention back to the succubus.
Villia knows there's another Succubus other than this girl, but looking at this girl status, she decides to keep her after all and offer Guieleo her prices.
"10 platinum coins…"
"Milady…Succubus isn't that c-" Guielo who heard her response try to complain, but Villia only turns and look at him coldly as she said.
"Cheap? I say I have offered good prices, you have overused her and cause her to be this way, which means she's used goods...don't you think so? Slave Trader Guielo?"
"Ghrrgh…What used goods!? She's still a virgin!
"But you threaten her and make her hypnotize your slaves right? You whipped her every day if she refuses and in the end? She's blind as she is right now! You should know succubus skill mostly coming from their eyes, and you ask me whether I know their use or not? Do you think I am a little kid who's easy to be fooled!?"
Guielo gulp his saliva after he heard her answer, he wants to deny her, but knowing the one who refers her to him, he knows that she has known the whole truth and asked.
"Did...did that Old man told you..."
"Nope…Drunken Snake only requests me to take the one in The Dark Inside The Light from you because you have the best quality...but I'm disappointed in you…to show me a succubus you're ready to throw at any moment...if this is not insult...then what is it? Do I need to tell Drunken Snake about this?" Villia asked Guielo with a cold voice, for which Guielo resist and sigh after he knows that he can't lie anymore.
"Other succubus has been reserved to the other guests....I can't sell them to you since a merchant needs to uphold his promise. Since you have come from afar... and referred by Drunken Snake, I'll give you that succubus for 1 platinum coin then...I hope you can accept my apology and kindness."
Guielo grumbled in his breath. Sell that slave with 1 platinum coin is not a lost for him since he plans to throw that succubus to prostitution and earn the money she can earn tomorrow. But since the old geezer has gone so far to refer and boast to her that he has a good quality one yet he offers the bad quality succubus because there's no other that will surely make Drunken Snake to come and fight it out with him which he didn't wish to have.
With a heavy heart, he decides to sell the succubus for 1 platinum coins only...no worries...that woman has given him a lot of money, is the only thing he can do to comfort himself.
"Then, I'll kindly buy her off from you…"
Villia curtseys him, and Guielo as fast as possible release the half-dead succubus from her restraint and ask his servants to help the succubus sign a slave servant with Villia which is done in a while.
"Do you have any wheelchair here?" Villia asks Guielo after seeing the Succubus passed out soon after they sign slave contract. Guielo can only grunt and clap his hands and a wheelchair soon brought to him by his servants.
Villia took the succubus with care and put her on the wheelchair.
"Media, push the wheelchair lightly and follow us…and Au…Sevas please wipe off her sweats and hold her hands." Villia without any reservation order Media and Sevas to take care of the Succubus, and turned toward the Guielo with a smile on her face.
"I'll warn you...don't ask someone to follow or gather information about me or those I know about if I found out…you know what will happen right?"
"Hahaha, don't worry Milady, we will not do such a rookie job."
"I hope you understand."
With that, Guielo guides Villia, and it didn't take long for them to arrive at the entrance, where Guielo can only see Villia back figures, yet can't investigate her at the same times. After Villia gone far, shadows start to appear all around him and ask.
"Should we follow?"
"No…don't follow her and don't gather information about her or her slaves. It's likely that her current face is just a disguise and there's a possibility that she wants me to send any of you and then kill you to show off her might." Guielo clenches his fist hard as he looks at the direction Villia gone off to and say "That girl…isn't an ordinary noble girl you can fight easily like all of the opponents you have killed before…"