Led by the soldier Ginger, I was walking down the road towards the Royal Palace.
The two of us were walking with a bit of a quick pace down a small corner of the main street that carriages pass back and forth.
The main road is twisted and bent, occasionally to the extent that the pathway is too small for carriages to pass by.
I wonder if it's a counter-measure for when enemy nations are attacking.
In the Japan of my past life I've heard that the town in the region of Mino is twisted like this.
"..."
Ginger was a silent person and she doesn't talk about a single unnecessary thing.
Just, if I ask, she always opens her mouth to answer, and her manner is always polite.
"Alright, next is this guy! This guy is an ex-Washawa Country Knight! He's a slave for battle purposes! He's a bit impudent, but he's quite skilled! Starting from 3 gold coins!"
Suddenly I heard that powerful voice so I took a look in that direction.
In a location just off the main road there was a slave market.
On top of an especially high stand, almost like a balcony, there were slaves lined up.
Three human races and one beast race with ears like a rabbit.
Two men and two women.
Both the men and the women's upper body were nude, even from a distance I could see their shining skin.
In order to make the display better, they may have been covered in oil.
I wonder if that beast race was brought up from the Great Forest.
Even though I don't have the leeway or obligation to save her, it causes me to drop my eyebrows a bit.
While my eyebrows were coming a bit closer to my face, after seeing her chest my nether regions were reacting a bit.
I thought it was mysterious that I wasn't reacting to Aisha, but after all it seems I still have plenty of energy.
I could hear the merchant on the side of the slaves explain all sorts of things.
I couldn't follow the contents, but I'm sure it was the slaves’ birthplace and abilities sales points.
After a little while, I heard the voice of the audience begin to rise.
It must be an auction system.
If Lilia and Aisha as well were unlucky, they might have been lined up over there.
After thinking that, I can't really say this current situation is all that bad.
...No, in the end, since I don't know what kind of situation Lilia is in right now, I can't really say anything.
After suddenly taking a look, Ginger was raising her eyebrows after seeing the slave market.
She is one of the ones who protect the public order in this country.
It must bother her for them to do that kind of thing out in the open.
"I thought slave markets would happen deeper in the city."
I let such words flow out.
I thought this was one such topic as well.
In other towns the slave markets are always deep in the back areas.
It doesn't seem like slaves are an especially bad thing in this world, but this is the first time I've seen it going on right off the main road.
"That's right, things like that are usually done deeper in the back."
I thought she might say something loathsome, but she responded with a flat tone.
"Is there some kind of event going on today?"
"No. The other day, it seems like there was a fight between adventurers in the place the slave market was originally. And then the market became unusable, so they decided to let them temporarily use this area as the slave market."
A fight...
A fight, huh.
A fight in the slave market.
A fight caused by Eris and Ruijierd.
I have no option but to feel like there's a link between them.
I'm getting nothing but bad premonitions now.
While thinking that I looked towards the slave market, then,
"Please."
Ginger grabbed onto my sides and raised me up so I could see well.
"Ah, thank you."
She's an easy person to get along with.
Her face was ordinary, and she absolutely doesn't give off the feeling of a beauty, but she notices the small details, I'm sure she'll find a good husband.
"Roxy-dono as well, when there were crowds of people she would start jumping up and down to see."