We change our minds and head to the slave market. In fact, the slave market is near the shopping street, so we all returned to the shopping street at once.
At first glance, the slave market looks like an ordinary trading company lined with shops, but the buildings are well built. The slave market is at a dead-end street, and there are soldiers guarding the entrance. I guess the soldiers are there to stop the slaves from escaping and to keep out suspicious people.
Eh?
There is a woman in the soldier’s place who I’ve seen before. Shiro and Ao charge towards the woman who is having a friendly chat with the soldier.
“Grandma!”
“Oh my, if it isn’t Shiro-chan. Oh, Ao-chan is with you too.”
“Yeah. Shiro is always with Ao!”
The person who was talking to the soldier was the wife of the former Margrave of the Eastern Frontier.
But, why is she in the slave market?
While I was thinking about this, the chairman of the executive committee and the shop owners approached the wife of the former Margrave.
Sue and I followed along.
“Oh, if it isn’t Madam. Are you doing consolation today?”
“Yes, that’s right. I also check to make sure that the slaves are living well.”
According to their conversation, members of the Margrave family often check the slaves in the slave market if they encountered injustice. This time, it is the old lady’s turn.
“Shun-san, are you touring the slave market today as well?”
“Yes. I decided to go around the church and the slave market. We had a terrible experience at the church though.”
“Yes, yes. That guy yelled at me. He said Shiro and Ao are unclean.”
“How could he say that! Can you tell me a little more about it?”
When I told grandma about today’s schedule and what happened at the church, she was quite surprised. It seemed that she was quite worried about Shiro and Ao’s disappointment.
The chairman of the executive committee and I talked about the events at the church, and the wife of the former Margrave started talking to the soldier.
“The Margrave family hasn’t heard of this change in the church either. Do the soldiers know about this information?”
“No. When I went around the church last week, there was no signboard like that.”
“This is not very good. Then please confirm the existence of that signboard at the church and report it to the mansion.”
“Yes! I’ll do it right away.”
As expected of the wife of the former Margravate. She immediately gave instructions to the soldiers.
The matter on the church is not even known by the Margrave family so it looks like it’s going to be more serious than I thought.
“Madam, we will visit the mansion after the tour of the slave market.”
“That will be a relief. The cherry blossom viewing festival starts tomorrow, and I want to prevent any trouble as much as possible.”
The chairman of the executive committee talked to the old lady. Looks like he wanted to ease her anxiety.
Alright, let’s finish the tour of the slave market early.
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.
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