Matthias’s shop was along the main street. It was an imposing brick building. I mean, it felt overwhelmingly larger than the surrounding shops.
Isn’t it an inn instead? Ah, no, if there are many slaves housed within then I guess this size is to be expected.
Since his shop was set up proudly in such a location, looks like slavery is indeed openly recognized by the general public.
“Welcome, to the Fountain of the White Wolf.”
A male employee held a hat in hand and bowed.
He looked about 30 years of age and had a collar on.
… I see, so that’s the slave collar.
I read about it in Daijiro’s book. Once that is on, the slave would have absolute obedience towards the owner’s commands huh.
Although, the man in front of me didn’t look sick and did not have any visible wounds. He was a clean-looking man.
Hmm, but he is stationed to welcome customers so I guess they wouldn’t station a man that is unsightly.
“He is my customer. Well then, Ichinojo-sama, this way to the back.”
Prompted by Matthias, I moved to the back room.
The back room was a larger room with a sofa and table placed in the room.
Looking at the fountain pen and ink placed on the table, I imagine this was where the contacts were signed.
However, the space in front of the table was considerably wide.
Ah, I can roughly imagine why. I guess that was where the slaves line up for the buyer to choose.
“Ichinojo-sama, here. This is a service from my shop.”
“Tha … thank you.”
Matthias carried an expensive looking teapot over and poured a cup of red tea before passing it to me.
There wasn’t any sugar added but there was a thin slice of lemon floating in the tea.
“Well then, I shall bring over the slaves who carry the Adventurers Guild’s certificate. Please wait here.”
After seeing Matthias off,
I took a sip of the red tea for the time being and it was at the perfect temperature.
Even though I am only paying 5 sense to borrow a slave, I can receive such treatment? That’s hard to believe.
Well, seems like whichever world it is, businesses still push for new customers.
Even though it’s only 5 sense today, renting for 5 times a month will come up to 25 sense, a year would be 300 sense or 3 silver coins, a considerable profit of 30,000 yen.
If that’s the case, then this would be an initial investment by Matthias.
And after waiting for a while, Matthias returned.
… And for the first time since I was born, I was stunned by the beauty of a person’s hair.
There was a person with white hair that looked convincingly enough for one to mistake that the hair itself was giving off light.