My Disciples Know That I Am Strong

Episode 1. Gathering Heroes (4)

“What’s going on?”

As I entered the alleyway following Folde’s guidance, a man leaned against the wall with his arms crossed.

With his bulging muscles and wearing a sword, he looked like a lookout.

“No, I came to see the slave trader.”

“Hmm? You just bought a slave, have you already got the money?”

The man smirked at Iris next to me. Iris folded her fox ears and hid behind my legs.

“Ah, I guess you came here to resell it because it’s useless?”

“No. I have come to transfer the slave contract.”

“Before the contract. So, you’re moving to that guy who looks like a gentleman after you, right?”

“Yes.”

“Hey, you bastard—”

He couldn’t finish his words.

The moment I cast my gaze at Iris at the man, he shuts his mouth.

“Huh… …. You bastard, where did you get that human from? Aren’t you a knight?”

“I don’t think it’s a knight. It seems certain that he is a strong person.”

A knight. How on earth is the power of living so that everyone who sees it reacts like this?

At this point, I was also curious.

As for me, I couldn’t feel the life nor the magical power I radiated, so I was curious about what people facing me felt.

“How long do I have to wait, Polde?”

“I’m sorry. Anyway, I want to meet the slave trader. Get out of the way.”

“No, I don’t think there’s anything good about that coming in.”

A man is wary and blocks me and Folde. His muscles tingle. He grabbed the handle of his sword.

‘Write. It gets complicated I’m not doing this because I’m spewing out useless life. I don’t have time.’

“Are you trying to block me now?”

He was taken aback by my words and took a back step. His hand gripping the handle trembles.

“Coup! What a life…… !”

The man’s breathing is disturbed. I could see his legs trembling.

Not bad. OK, let’s continue like this.

‘Is it because you don’t have time? I’d appreciate it if you could get out of the way.’

“I don’t say it twice. Get out of the way Otherwise, you really die.”

Please. Don’t make things difficult. My mouth

A man is troubled. But he gritted his teeth as if he couldn’t back down either, and gave strength to his hand.

‘Oh, please. Let’s just move on.’

“The moment you draw the sword, you die.”

Awkward!

The man is breaking out in a cold sweat as if his life has become stronger than before.

The state of confrontation between me and the man.

Folde was looking at me in wonder.

“Keugh! I-I can’t do anything about this either!”

The man is about to draw his sword.

Hey, don’t! Don’t pull it out! Am i crying?

“Stop! Go there.”

Just before all the blades were pulled out of the scabbard, the man paused and looked in the direction from which the voice was heard.

There stood a man with glasses wearing a suspicious-looking robe.

“You don’t have to be so vigilant.”

“But… ….”

“If he had tried to mess with me, I wouldn’t have even talked to him in the first place.”

The mouth visible under the hood grins.

What are you interpreting on your own, this guy? Thanks for clearing things up.

“By the way, did you say before the contract?”

“Yes.”

The man in the robe raises his glasses and makes eye contact with me.

“Wow… …. You have a great spirit. It makes my kid nervous.”

The man hesitated.

I’ve softened my life quite a bit, but I don’t feel like I’m shrinking.

Anyway, I have stood in front of many powerful people, so I seemed familiar with this situation.

“Anyway, there will be a fee for the transfer process. Are you okay?”

“It doesn’t matter.”

“Good. Please come in.”

Phew, fortunately, it looks like I’m over the edge of death.

I glanced at the man. He lowered his head slightly, avoiding my gaze.

‘Coldly.’

“You. The next time we meet, if that’s the case, we won’t survive.”

No, why are you warning a calm kid? That i will die

I sounded a vain warning and walked down the stairs to the basement.

“I am fairly confident in my skills. That kid was rumored to be quite strong in the underworld. Overwhelm it with just your eyes.”

…… Really? Didn’t you know?

Did I give a warning to that guy? Am i dying? Are you going to die

“I am not interested.”

But regardless of my agitation, the snout moved freely.

“Big. That’s cool.”

Chuckling and admiring.

After going down the stairs for a while, an iron door appears. The door was open, perhaps from where the man had just come out.

As soon as I entered, I heard a lot of iron bars and crying. Some were human, some were animal.

“There are a lot of slaves.”

“At this point, would you like to see one instead of just transferring slaves?”

“No need. There is one more thing I want to ask you.”

“What is it?”

“I understand that there will be a big slave auction in the next week. Do you know where to do it?”

“Hmm. I do know. The slaves there are expensive for commoners to buy.”

“Only answer the questions. If you say that one more time, I’ll beat you like a dog.”

Maybe I’m the one beaten like a dog. I want to cry.

“Oops. It seems that I touched the planting. Sorry.”

“So where is it?”

“Ah~ I need to pay for information like this~”

You’re sick of it.

It’s amazing how he never lost his smile even when faced with life. I took out a silver coin and threw it at him.

Skillfully grabs it and twists the corners of its mouth.

“I received it well.”

“That money includes transfer fees.”

“Of course.”

“So where are you?”

“Have you ever heard of the ‘wild generosity’ on the black market?”

Tolerance of wirang.

It was a famous bar in the black market. It was a large and large place where all the alcohol from the empire was distributed, and it was a shop that you would not have known if you had ever been to the black market.

“We will do it in the basement of the store.”

“I see.”

It matches the information I thought.

“Okay. Do it before the contract And folde.”

“Yes. Yes.”

I handed him two gold coins. I open my eyes wide and alternately look at me and the money.

‘I had a hard time. Go.’

“Let go of the contract now, and get out of here.”

At my word, he handed me the contract and hurriedly walked away. I watched Folde leave and glanced sideways at Iris.

She looked at the steel door that the folde had exited in bewilderment. She had a bitter face that she had been abandoned.

What comfort should I give you? He is already a child with many wounds.

My gaze… To be precise, Iris, feeling alive, looked up at me. I said, looking at the red eyes in which hope had died.

“Don’t make that face. Because it makes me feel dirty.”

What are you talking about to a child, I am.

From what I said, it seemed that I was more evil than Folde.

“Sorry, sorry… ….”

Iris bends her back in amazement, then she straightens it out again. Every time she moves her body, she frowns as if in pain.

“…… Are there any potions here?”

“You mean potions? There is. It is used when slaves are sick.”

“Bring me something suitable.”

“Okay. Please sit here.”

It refers to the table for receiving guests. I nodded and sat down on the chair in front of the table.

Iris stood next to me with her ears covered. He shakes her head slightly, closing her eyes tightly.

“Sit in a chair.”

“But… …. I-I’m no, I’m a slave…….”

“Not anymore.”

She sat down beside me, glancing at me. Her tail waggled a little.

It’s not long before the slave trader brings potions and tools to brand the slaves. It was like a big seal.

Give the potion to Iris right away.

“Drink.”

Iris looked at her bright red liquid in the bottle and gulped down, closing her eyes tightly.

Then the expression of her iris gets better. She seemed to be in pain.

Unfortunately, however, her swelling did not subside immediately. It seemed like it would take time.

“The effect doesn’t seem very good.”

“How nice it would be to have a good potion to feed the slaves. If you want a good potion, you should go to the cathedral.”

“I guess so. How much is the potion?”

“Give me fifty fairy tales.”

“It’s expensive.”

A potion with this kind of effect could be bought for around twenty or thirty copper coins. Are you trying to hit me twice? Did you even give me a tip?

“What can I do? This is my shop. Isn’t the price at the discretion of the merchant?”

I have nothing to say. Yes, if you can save the warriors, you can’t do anything.

I reluctantly handed out fifty copper coins and a slave contract. As soon as he gets the slave contract from me, he burns it. Then she immediately lifts her T-shirt and puts her hand on her branded spot.

“Wow!”

Iris frowns as she closes her eyes tightly in shame. Water formed around her eyes.

“Do it.”

The slave brand on her body gradually disappears.

“Now, would you like to write a slave contract? I need a drop of blood too.”

“No, I don’t need it.”

I got up and checked to see if the slave mark was gone near Iris’s chest. There was no more stigma that was stuck like a tattoo.

“Huh? Wasn’t it to make you a slave?”

‘It would be pitiful to enslave such a child.’

“What is the need to enslave? If you don’t listen, I’ll kill you.”

How can such a word come out when it is filtered?

Iris, who was listening beside her, trembled. Her teeth clashed, making her crackle.

“But it would be easier to manage if I put a slave brand on it?”

“I don’t need it.”

Heroes only need to grow until they awaken their strength.

After that, I will grow by traveling the continent on my own and defeating demons.

My role was finished as long as I helped the hero survive safely.

“Let’s go.”

“Yes… Lord, Master.”

As soon as you move your steps, they follow you in a hurry. The thought that I might kill him seemed terrifying.

“Don’t call me master. I have no intention of becoming your master.”

He said as he opened the steel door.

“Ha, but… ….”

“Please visit again.”

I didn’t answer.

Unless the hero is captured as a slave, I will never visit this place again.

As soon as Iris comes out, I close the door and go up the stairs.

“Iris.”

When she reached the halfway point of the stairs, she stopped and looked back. Iris, who had been following her from behind, answers her restlessly.

“Yes… ….”

“You are no longer a slave. Live like a human being.”

Her eyes wide open.

“This is my first and last command to you.”

She took her last steps.

It was enough without having to listen to the answer. After hearing my words, Iris was crying silently.