If Sherry fell into slavery, it means she was probably sold by her father.
Even if there were unavoidable circumstances, it would still be hard since that's basically her parent abandoning her. Even so, if she wants to see her father, I can help her find him.
「If I want to see him, I can find him. However, I don't think he's still alive. The capital wasn't sweet enough to let a bankrupt and debt ridden philanthropist live.」
「Right….」
She speaks indifferently as if he was a stranger. She sounds ruthless too.
It's not that they are unsympathetic but the slaves girls have seen their fair share of hell and have to kill their hearts to endure it.
「I'm sorry for suddenly telling you a dark story. It just came back to me.」
「No, I think it will be better for you to talk about it. I want to ask you but I don't know how much I can ask.」
There are many things in the past that I should never touch.
If you touch a person's past that they don't want to remember, it might make your distance with each other fall.
「I'm currently happy desu. I have oneesan in Sharon-oneesama and I have master who's like my father….or not? Can I think of you as my oniisan?」
「Well, I'll be glad if Sherry thinks of me that way.」
I never liked slavery.
In this social environment, I understand that without slavery, there would be more beggars and criminals so I'm not actually saying to remove it.
This is just my selfish wish but I want the slaves to live freely and not the slaves they are. At least within the reach of my eyes.
I'm frank with the slave girls but I think less than half of them have really been friends with me as a fellow human being.
「Then, will you spoil me from now on?」
「Yes, as long as no one's around.」
I'm glad that Sherry, who tends to think that there's a wall between master and slaves, is trying to break down that wall.
I embraced her who's acting like a baby and stroked her hair.
She's still a kid after all. I can't help but think how cute she is.
I'm still young but I guess if I had a little sister, I would spoil her like this.
「Oniisan, oniisama, oniichan, aniki, anisama…」
「Yeah, what is it?」
She said those in my ears and appealed like a little sister with rich vocabulary.
In the west, all of those words are equivalent to brother. What's going on with my language translation cheat?
「I was wondering what would make master react most and it should be oniichan?」
「Just call me as you wish.」
I think it's not good that she's not being childish.
However, it seems like imposing childishness on a child is not the right thing to do.
「Master is kind of complicated.」
「Adults are complicated. Sherry just needs to loosen out and act like the girl you are.」
I think it is tiring to be treated like an adult just because she's a mathematical genius and an economic cheat.
However, how do you spoil a child? A cat would be satisfied as you pet its neck.
「Okay okay, Sherry's a good girl.」
「Ah, master, I mean oniichan. That feels good!」
I stroke her hair while praising her and she likes it.
Right. No one dislikes being praised and now she's acting like a cute cat.
「Good good good, Sherry's cute.」
「Please praise me more, ah, oniisama. It feels great….」
「Okay. You're cute cute.」
「Please praise and pet me more. Ah, this is life!」
Somehow, her request is getting more and more troublesome.
It can't be helped since I started it. Sherry is so happy she's wagging her tail so I can't stop.
She's rubbing her soft paws all over me.
She's not different from the cat I used to have. Should I put a bell on her slave collar?
「Sherry has beautiful hair.」
「Haa, hahaa, oniisama, praise me more!」
Are you alright? You're starting to feel faint.
Her breathing got a little rougher and she's literally feeling hotter.
「Hey Sherry, you're burning up. Are you alright?」
「Of course….oniisama, I'm in my second life. Just praise me a little more!」
Her voice sounds fine but I'm really worried because she's kind of shaking.
I peeled Sherry off my embrace and picked her small body up. I took a good look at her face and beads of sweat are on her forehead making her hair stick on it.
Her cheeks are tinged with pink but Sherry has always had light skin pigmentation so I can't judge what's happening with that alone.