Chapter 288: Slave Auction House (1)
Chapter 288: Slave Auction House (1)
Chapter 288: Slave Auction House (1)
A castle wall that has not been maintained properly for a long time, leaving traces of cracks and wear here and there.
I passed through a rusty castle gate that I couldn't tell when it was last closed and set foot in the neutral city of Feden.
"... Hehe."
As soon as he stepped into the city, Asil let out a small scream as he was met with stares from all directions.
Usually, cute scenes like this would be the role of Flora, the smallest and cutest, but the princess, who was used to being looked at, was a little intimidated, but didn't show it outwardly.
"Soira. What? Why are you looking at me like this?"
"Are you okay. Because it's no big deal."
"Okay? But for all that, I look at it a lot... "
"We're just trying to see if it's worth peeling and eating."
"It's nothing."
"If you're not careful, you might end up being ripped off and eaten instead of just an idiom."
"It's completely different!"
At least this was the extent of the robe wrapped around him before he got off the carriage.
The hood was also deeply pressed down, so what they were looking at was just a warning level for someone they were seeing for the first time.
Since she is smaller than a man, some people may notice that she is a woman, but this is still enough to attract mild interest.
If I had come with a bare face and not wearing a robe, something annoying might have happened with every step I took.
If I want to talk about an old experience for a moment, there was a time when I had to stop by Crime City when I was playing as a hero. Of course, it wasn't Feden at that time.
At that time, I didn't wear robes like I do now.
In a way, you could say that I let my guard down.
I was famous as a warrior, and more than anything, I had the ability to destroy a city from the front at that time.
I thought, no matter how much of a crime city it is, they would treat a woman who would surely die if they touched her.
But it really touched me.
Of course, back then, I had no intention of enjoying my sexual tastes, so I destroyed the entire city. It wasn't that difficult.
Anyway, these guys were the type of people who just looked at their partner with a grin as long as he was a girl. Even if there is a high probability of death.
There are two ways for a woman to live in this city without hiding her gender.
You can either join one of the organizations that divide the city into separate districts and receive protection, or go through all the tricks and then show your power by destroying them all yourself.
The former is convenient, but you can get caught up in the hierarchical relationships of the organization and experience all kinds of hardships, and the latter is simply annoying.
So I decided to just wear a robe like this. It wasn't going to be long, so there was no need to make it a hassle.
As soon as we entered the city, we immediately moved to find an informant.
They said that if you go there, you can get detailed information about Justitia's location and be provided with accommodations.
You said Aila is someone you can trust, so you can trust her.
– Knock, knock, knock.
I approached the building I heard about and knocked in a certain rhythm, and after a while, I heard a voice.
"... "Who is it?"
"I came to buy flowers."
"What flower?"
"Pink flower."
"..."
The voice broke off, and the sound of footsteps moved away beyond the wall.
They must be preparing something.
"I wanted to do it."
Asil, who was watching the exchange of passwords from the side, grunted.
"You were the one who told me to do it, right? 'What if I say something weird because I'm nervous?'"
"It was like that back then... "It's somehow cool to see it in action."
"Is it? So, do you want to do it next time?"
"Hmm. "Can I do it?"
"You should take care of that."
As I was trying to kill time by having a nice chat, the sound of distant footsteps came closer again.
– Click, click. Sigh...
There were a few clicking sounds, and then the door slowly opened.
A voice was heard inside a dark building with no windows and no light.
"Please come in."
I entered the building following the instructions that were not visible but could only be heard.
– Squeak...
As soon as the door closed behind him, the lights turned on, and the dark building became bright.
A woman standing alone in a spacious room greeted me.
"Hello. These are the people Eila sent, right? I am... "
"Sister Tanya?"
Flora interrupted the woman who was trying to introduce herself.
When her words were interrupted, the woman's eyebrows twitched as she looked at Flora.
"Are you Flora, by any chance?"
"It's Tanya!"
Flora even applauded and was happy.
And for the two of us who were confused, he introduced a woman.
"This is Tanya. "She often played with me when I was in Wangseong."
"This is Tanya, a member of the Vale Kingdom's Intelligence Department. "At the time, spending time with Flora was part of my job."
"No way. "You say that, but you had fun too, right?"
"... "I will exercise my right to remain silent."
The woman who said that, Tanya, kept her expressionless, but the tips of her ears were slightly red.
Tanya cleared her throat a few times and changed the topic, saying she didn't have much time.
"First, I am called a 'weasel' here. From now on, please call me weasel."
"Weasel? I knew that. Why a weasel?"
"Because I like it."
"..."
"I will continue. Justitia is now... "
It was difficult to say that Justitia's situation was good even with empty words.
He was handed over to a Changgwan with ties to the Demon King's army and secretly trained for several months.
I couldn't even imagine how mentally and physically shocked the princess, who was originally just a flower on a cliff, must have been defenselessly exposed to the dirty hands of men.
"Fortunately, it's not completely too late."
The auction of Justitia's maiden was a week later.
The worst thing that would happen is that Justitia herself, along with her virginity, would be sold and become someone's sex slave.
This is Feden, a crime city where all kinds of dirty criminals gather. Since there were so many places to get stabbed, he was also an expert at hiding those dark areas.
Tracking the whereabouts of the 'item' sold here would not be easy, no matter how tough you are, no matter how much of a weasel you are.
"So, you're saying we can rescue them within a week?"
"That's right. However, it is not an easy situation."
"Why? As long as you know which storehouse it is in, shouldn't you just attack it or sneak in and steal it?"
Since she said she was going up for auction, it would be easy to find out which store she is in by looking into the auctioneer.
"Justitia is said to be somewhere other than Changgwan. She said that even her guests can only be seen after they travel through the portal."
"Portal? No, you're using an illegal portal like that?"
All formal portals are under the management of the empire.
However, since portals are ultimately a type of magic, it was not impossible to create a portal if you had a wizard sufficiently skilled in spatial magic and an appropriate amount of time and budget.
Of course, not only does it cost a penny or two, but because it is not managed properly, it is an extremely dangerous thing that can easily lead to flying off to a strange place or losing a part of the body.
It was an illegal portal that was difficult to call sane whether it was making it or using it.
It was hard to understand that he would do something like that just to buy a girl.
However, if she was really using an illegal portal, it would not be easy to find Justitia's location and rescue her.
"Then what? Should we wait until the auction day and then attack the auction site?"
"That's one way. But it's difficult for me to recommend it."
"Why?"
"As word spread that Justitia was being auctioned, interest in her auction increased significantly. Accordingly, security became very tight."
Among the various words used to refer to Feden, there is also the term "Lawless city."
This saying, which is not much different from the crime city, meant that in Feden, force is law.
The reason why a normal 'transaction' called an auction can take place in such a chaotic place is because there were constant efforts to protect the auction along with all kinds of illegally traded items that can only be found here.
Mainly in terms of force.
Since the creation of auctions, there have been countless groups trying to destroy auctions and transfer ownership of goods for free according to the city's rule that force is law.
What was the end of such groups was proven by the fact that the auction has been maintained without collapse so far.
Security, already famous for being strong, has become more stringent?
Write it. Since we are strong too, I think it wouldn't be impossible to overthrow Justitia and rescue her if we plan our strategy well... If there is another way, I don't want to do that.
Fortunately, the weasel seemed to have another way in mind.
"I would like to recommend another method. I need help there."
"What is it?"
"No matter how well it is hidden, there is a rule that the item must be submitted to the auction house for quality inspection at least three days before the auction. At that time, we will infiltrate there and take Justitia out."
"Oh... Then how do you infiltrate there?"
"They are being auctioned off directly as sex slaves. "There are many women in this city who put themselves up for auction because they cannot repay their debts."
Of course, there are also men. The weasel added. It wasn't information I really wanted to know.
By the way, I have to go to auction as a sex slave myself.
Since they will escape as soon as Justitia is rescued, it will not actually be put up for auction, but it is still a heart-pounding development.
Since this was even mentioned, it was easy to predict what kind of help the weasel would need.
In other words...
"I will infiltrate with a transmitter and tell you the location, so please follow me and rescue Justitia."
"Are you asking us to become sex slaves?"
...
"Yes... ?"
Heh?