"I mean no disrespect, but could you even afford them? Lydia here is a tigerkin Swordsman. She's already level 36. I was told she alone could go for several hundred at auction. Miki is a nine-tailed fox who is a Spiritualist. I imagine a Sylph is probably valuable, as is an Earth Golem with a human soul."
"Wh-wh-what kind of slaves do you have!" With each reveal, she became even dizzier.
The boy who was unconscious suddenly sat up as if he wasn't just beaten to unconsciousness, grabbing his chin thoughtfully. "You must be a very wealthy man. Perhaps a collector of women? So, you are a man's man after all."
"Shut up, Brother!" She tossed a pan in his face, and he went back into an unconscious state before turning to me, Money is no object! If I request it, Daddy will definitely deliver. I'll give you 2000 gold for all four girls."
I let out a whistle. It was actually pretty tempting. I mean, she was freeing them which is something I wanted to have done anyway. I might as well equalize my debt. That 2000 gold could go a long way into building up Chalm. As for the girls, they were then free to do whatever they wanted. If they wanted to follow me home, they were welcome to it. Plus, the girls wouldn't feel like they owed me. Then they could truly be free to act on their own feelings. My heartfelt a little painful thinking about them leaving me, but it was the only way for me to know how they truly felt.
"M-master, you're selling us?" Lydia said tearfully.
"Do not worry!" Eliana said, "I'm freeing you! You don't need to worry about food or anything either. I can definitely get you jobs working in my home."
The girls were giving me sad looks, but that was just my slave affinity and high charm taking effect. Even Terra wasn't as warm on me until after she became my slave. I already felt bad for taking advantage of her in the water that one time. What could I say, I was a weak guy? I ended up being all four of these girls' first time. I hope they didn't come to see me as a pig after the slavery seal was cut. Well, that was the big obstacle, after all.
"If they were freed, that'd be best, but I don't have the ability to do it."
"Master… no…" Terra said, her lip quivering.
"Then-"
"Master… can we speak with Eliana a moment?" Miki suddenly spoke sweetly.
"Eh?" I asked, noticing that Celeste and Terra seemed to be crying.
"Celeste, Terra, don't fret so much." Lydia patted both girls, and then she whispered something into the two girl's ears.
They both seemed to brighten and strangely enough, they looked at me with extremely satisfied, happy expressions. I frowned back, not sure what was said. However, if the girls needed to speak to Eliana over being freed, I supposed it was there right. As the Slave Master, trying to butt in might be considered bad etiquette for all I knew. I'd have to ask Figuro next time I ran into him. I told them I'd be in the guy's room getting dressed.
"Wh-what are you girls doing? Why are you giving me such dark looks? Why are you circling around me! Eh? Eh!"
The door closed at I made sure to wash again at the seat before finally getting dressed and heading out to the front. The overweight lady was still sitting there, frowning.
"What was that racquet back there!" She demanded.
I immediately bowed. "There was an accident and some damage was made. Please allow me to pay the reparations."
I gave her ten gold coins to pay for the damaged wall. She seemed too lazy to check what the damage was. On the other hand, I couldn't even guess how much it'd cost to fix. So we both agreed to just settle it with that much. She looked quite pleased as I handed her the money.
At that moment, Eliana came out of the female locker room. She was still in her towel. She had a dizzy look and seemed to be walking like there was ice down her pants.
"Hmmm? What's up?"
"I have decided to not purchase your slave's freedom…" She said in a tight voice.
"Eh? Are you sure? I mean, if you have the magic to-"
"N-n-no!" She cried, "No! Please no!"
"Uhhh…."
Suddenly, her eyes rolled up in her head and she collapsed on the floor. I frowned looking down at her. However, before I could offer healing or anything, my four girls came out fully dressed. In fact, they were wearing some of the nicer dresses. It'd be hard to think they weren't ladies given the quality of the cut. The seamstress in Chalm said she once worked for a lady's house so her skill really shone through.
"What happened?" I demanded.
"Nothing!" Lydia grabbed my arm and started pulling me.
"Master is paranoid."
"We just reeducated her…" Terra admitted.
"Shhh!"
As I was pushed out of the bathhouse, I flipped another gold coin to the woman. "Please, take care of her and her brother. He's… uh… unconscious in the female tub."
She had her mouth open, but I didn't have time to say anything else before I was pushed out of the building. I ended up spending over 11 gold coins on a bath in public. I was realizing taking my girls out in public was really expensive. So much for saving money. I'd definitely go for the private inn in the future.
"Ladies… we need to have a talk about bullying others…"
"Eh!?"