Now these slaves are the property of Lord Satou.
Nidoren, the slave trader, says with a smile.
Nidoren is a middle-aged man who seems to be a good person, but his snide remarks about basic human rights are very typical of slavers.
We are now officially slaves of our master.
The beast girls said happily.
Yes, when Nidoren made the slave contract with Arisa and Lulu, he performed the ceremony of the slave contract with the beastgirls as well, since it had not been done yet.
Of course, they had to pay additional expenses, but it seems like there was a chance they would be punished when they crossed the border, so I think it was a necessary expense.
While I was talking with Nidoren, the beast girls and Alisa introduced themselves to each other.
I am Alisa and this is my sister Lulu. We have different mothers, but we are sisters.
I'm Liza from the lizard race. These are Pochi, the dogkin, and Tama, the catkin."
... Pochi and Tama?"
Arisa gave me a shocked look that said, ``Are you serious?''
Very prettily~?"
Pochi and others names were given to us by our master, nanodesu!
Cute and nice names, aren't they~?
Yes, Lulu is a good name, too!
Well, the name you like is the best, isn't it?
Seeing Pochi and Tama talking with Lulu, Arisa also looked as if her worries abated.
"Master, have you finished talking to Nidoren?"
Alisa called me by a new honorific title.
I had called him Mr. Satou before we signed the contract, but now that I was officially a slave, she said she would call me "Master".
He said he would write down the detailed rules on a piece of paper for me later.
The rules regarding slave trading and slave emancipation seem to be more complicated than I thought.
I wanted to free them quickly and easily, but Nidoren told me that it was not that simple.
"So, do you have any money to spare? If so, I'd like to clean up by hired life magic user."
'Arisa, we are slaves. Do not demand that"
Liza complained at Alisa's words.
"Wait, Liza. You said hire a living magician, but can they make us clean with life magic?"
"The first time you do it, you will want to do it with a clean body."
I couldn't catch the second half of the sentence, but if there is a shower-like magic, I would definitely like to ask for it.
I think it's expensive for eight people to spend a little less than 20 large copper coins, but it's okay once in a while. I don't have that many big copper coins, but I still have silver and gold coins, and I have some gems to exchange for cash.
All right, then, let's all go together.
As I sat up, Tama's ears twitched.
"Nyu!"
Tama, who had been taking it easy, opened her eyes and bristled.
"What's wrong?"
"Something's coming."
-Master, you must be careful. Tama's intuition is usually right.
The beastgirls are ready for battle.
"What is it?"
I repeat my question to Tama and look at the radar in the corner of my eye.
Geh.
Several red dots of light are coming towards us at a great speed.
"It's a monster!"
"Run away!"
Beyond the darkness, bonfires are kicked down and people are running away.
Master!
"Right."
Nydoren and his followers, carrying the least amount of baggage, rode away on donkeys.
"Let's run away too"
"Master, it is dangerous to run away in the dark without a destination."
"Rock! Climb on the rock!"
Alisa pointed to a large rock that had been used as a shelter from the wind.
Liza helped her up and she helped Lulu in turn. The youngsters, including Alisa, were good at climbing rocks, and they did it without any help.
"Are you coming?""
I've seen this one before!
According to the map information, the people who were chased by the demons - the grass demon wolves - were coming this way.
I could see their faces illuminated by the torch wielded by the man in the lead.
It was the thugs from earlier.
They must have escaped by using Alisa's mental magic and ran into the territory of the grass monster wolves.
"They are a nuisance, dragging monsters all the way here."
''Grass Demon Wolves will chase wherever they decide to prey. As long as they are being chased, there will be no damage to the encampment.
Liza seems to be quite knowledgeable.
Whoa.
Help!
The thugs were swallowed by a pack of grass wolves before they reached our campsite.
Their screams were muffled and drowned out by the snarls of the wolves.
Good thing it was dark. If it had been in a bright place, I'm sure I wouldn't have been able to look straight at it.
"I hope you eat them and go home satisfied..."
A pack of grass demon wolves approaches us, as if mocking Liza's words.
"No way, why-"
"It smells like meat."
"Over there~"
Lulu was speechless with a blue face, and Pochi and Tama found a lump of dried meat protruding from Nidoren's luggage that had been left behind.
The grass demon wolves quickly devoured the dried meat with their red, wet mouths, and looked up at us trembling on the rocks with greedy faces
"--Master"
Arisa says with a face that indicates she's ready to throw down.
"Is the only attack magic you can use the single-target stun type?"
"That and discharge net. That's all."
There is a "Meteor Shower" with only three shots that was installed as a beginner's rescue measure, but I have no doubt that it will be dangerous if I use it in a place like this, so I excluded it.
"However, since I don't have the skill, it's a gamble whether it will activate or not."
"Excellent! Repeat the spell until it is activated with my signal."
Even if you fail, you will consume magic power, so you can only try it two or three times.
"Understood?"
I answer energetically.
"Master, please wait. Even if you are a soldier, you can only deal with two or three grass demon wolves at a time. Even if you are a magician, you can only deal with only so many..."
"It's okay, Liza-san. For Master and I that aren't much of a challenge!"
Liza gives a cautious opinion, but Arisa declares with a confident face.
Grass Demon Wolf is the highest is the leader at level 7, and the average is only about level 3.
The magic level 10 user Arisa spells will probably work against the Grass Demon Wolf.
The grass demon wolves gathered around the rock.
"Stop there,desu!"
"Take this~!"
Pochi and Tama intercept the grass demon wolf as it tries to climb up the side of the rock with thrown stones.
Liza must have left a stick behind when she climbed the rock, and she was ready to throw a rock as well.
"I'll lead you this way, so Liza-san and the others keep the wolves in check!"
"Understood"
The grass demon wolves gather around the bonfire as Arisa says.
It was probably guided by some kind of mental magic.
"Master, now! Hit them as far and as widely as possible!"
Arisa shouted just as the grass demon wolves gathered.
"Got it!"
--- Kurae--discharge net.
The first time was a failure, but I managed to activate it the second time.
However, because the area of effect was expanded, although it was able to frighten the grass demon wolves, it did not cause any real damage.
"Alright! Eat this too!"
Something invisible emanated from Arisa.
Like ripples on the surface of water, something invisible spreads out.
The grass demon wolves who were touched by the ripples screamed and were thrown away.
All I could see was a prone beings lying next to the bonfire, but the light spots on the radar disappeared one after another.
"Will they be wiped out by this one blow…?"
A few of the animals on the outer edge ran away, out of radar range.
"Wandaho~"
"It's really amazing, nanodesu!"
Tama and Pochi's eyes widened in surprise at the power of Arisa's magic.
"This is Arisa-chan real ability! "
Arisa proudly poses like a Sentai hero, and Pochi and Tama applaud.
"What do you think? Master. Arisa-chan was a good purchase, right?"
When I tried to answer that question, I was simultaneously overcome with a severe drowsiness, similar to when I'd had three nights out, and unbearable nausea.
I can't stand.
My vision spins.
"Master, it's dangerous!"
Someone hugged me.
It is soft.
Black hair flutters in my field of vision.
"Well done, Lulu!"
Just as I was about to fall down with her, someone grabbed me forcefully and stopped me.
After that, my consciousness was swallowed up by darkness.