Meanwhile at John's end,
After reaching the mansion, they rested for a while, later everyone headed towards the Slave market so that they could have a better look and make use of the token for buying better slaves for production purposes. And they also wanted to take a look at all the slaves they brought recently and tell them his conditions so don't resist when they are transported via sea to North-Frontier town on their next journey. John had already told to Joseph that all the slaves must be treated with respect so that he can have Loyal men later on which he could rely on. John was most interested in that family of 5 and the dwarf named Tornwall. It was because both of parties seemed to have a story, that was why John was more interested in them and hoped to make them his loyal men later on. One of the reasons was that he knew that he can't handle every single thing on his own and he would need loyal men who would support him later on.
As soon as they arrived at the slave market, John and everyone else first decided to head towards Tom the Slave Dealer. Today, Eva and others decided that they would go and see the slaves since they would be brought to North-Frontier town eventually so it was always to better to check them first.
Meanwhile, Tom had already started treating the slaves as he was instructed by Joseph and John. So for the last 2 days, all of the slaves were given proper clothing and food while John and others handled other business. All of the slaves had astonished expressions on their faces since most of the time this treatment was only given to Warriors, Magicians, Runemasters and Top craftsmen. Tom didn't bother since he already got his payment, while he only ordered the guards to stop the commotion which the Magicians and elite warriors were making.
"Hey, why are those other slaves getting the same treatment as us?" the head of the magicians from the group asked the guards.
"Yes, why are they being well fed and clothed like all the warriors and magicians?" another elite warrior joined in and asked the question. After hearing this question, the guards weren't shocked and acted normally as they were thinking the same as warriors and magicians since this didn't fit the norm.
At this time, The head of guards came in the cafeteria,
watching him come, everyone on the scene became silent, while guards restrained those making a ruckus at the cafeteria.
After watching everyone become silent, one of his guards came and explained to him about the ruckus which was created by the warriors and magicians.
Hearing this, he first sighed and later headed towards the platform to explain everyone about the current situation.
He stood on the platform and said in a very firm and authoritative tone to everyone present in the cafeteria,
"You guys might be thinking, why are those slaves getting better treatment? Well, the answer to it is, these slaves were bought by a merchant two days ago and it was under his orders that these slaves are getting better treatment. He hoped his slaves get better treatment and he has already paid for these services so if any of you have problems regarding our discriminatory treatment then come and pay for the services and you can get the same treatment. After this, anyone creating problems with the guards will be dealt with appropriately, it won't matter if you are a magician, warrior or a normal slave."
He thought that this problem would not have happened and hoped that these bought slaves leave already but this time it was a big buyer who would come continuously and hence Tom already ordered him to manage this ruckus.
Hearing this, all of the slaves and guards were shocked since this was the first instance where they saw a large number of slaves being treated equally because most of the time only knights or nobles captured in wars were given this treatment.
Meanwhile, the slaves who were getting better treatment were also wondering about this situation and only now did they understand that it was their new owner who had made this request.
In the corner of the cafeteria, Tornwall also had his own thoughts while he was eating and listening to the commotion like everyone else.
While that merchant family of 5 was observing the situation from the sidelines. The head of the family was named Taylor and her wife's name was Martha.
The 16-year old boy's name was Jake while he had his own opinions after watching what was unfolding, so he decided to share his opinion's with his family. During this whole time, he cursed his own weakness and naivety for the earlier event. His parents didn't blame him but he still felt that it was because of him that all of them got implicated. From this, he understood how ruthless the aristocrats were in regards to most of the things.
Taylor was a man with short black hair while his height reached 5 feet and 11 inches. He looked like normal men but he wasn't bulky like other men from villages but more like people from the city who didn't do labor. He had black eyes and normal features of a white male, unlike the slight tan which laborers possessed.
Martha, on the other hand, was very pale these days after they became debt slaves. She had brown long hair, blue eyes and she had a height of 5 feet and 7 inches but was still full of energy after John had ordered Tom to keep all of his slaves well fed.
Jake had a height of 5 feet and 8 inches already, he also possessed brown hair and blue eyes like his mother. He had a white complexion and a sharp face however he had a very serious look on his face. During this whole ordeal, it seemed he had matured a lot and there wasn't a single tinge of naivety on his face. however, his eyes expressed a lot of emotions which included: anger, sadness, revenge, determination, and regret.
During this time he also trained and had bulked up a bit after asking other slaves around. After looking at this boy, Tornwall most likely understood what had happened to them and treated this boy in a good manner as he pitied him and taught him some self-defense techniques he learned over here.