The tour on the slave trading company was over, so we decided to head to the Margrave’s mansion.
At the entrance, the steward, who had accompanied the wife of former Margave, gave a souvenir to the chairman of the slave trading company.
“Thank you very much for your time today. Thanks to you, we were able to get some very good information. Please enjoy this with everyone.”
“I’m sorry to bother you, thank you.”
Slaves don’t usually have the opportunity to eat sweet treats, so I’m sure they’ll be happy with the gift from the old lady.
Just then, a carriage with the escorting soldiers of the former Margrave’s wife arrived in front of the company.
Everyone was about to see her off when—
Crash!
“P-please forgive me.”
“Shut up! If you don’t listen to me, this is what you’ll end up with!”
Bashin!
“F-forgive me, forgive me.”
“Damn! This thing is no good no matter how much time passes!”
Diagonally across from the one we just visited was the new trading company.
A little girl had been blown out of the building and she landed into the street. Then she is being beaten and kicked by the man who chased her outside. The little girl is crouching down, holding her head tightly while repeatedly asking for forgiveness.
We all froze at the sudden event, but someone immediately sprang into action.
“Hey! Stop it!”
“Huh? What’s up with this midget?”
Shiro stepped between the man and the little girl with her arms outstretched. Ao moved to the little girl’s side and quickly casted a healing spell on her.
Well, no matter how I look at it, the man seems to be a rogue.
“This slave is my commodity. It doesn’t matter what I do to her!”
“You should not bully a little girl!”
The man spat and made a sneer, but Shiro was not frightened.
The little girl looked up at Shiro with an anxious expression.
“I can’t believe there are people out there doing stupid things like this. How pathetic it is, indeed!”
And at that moment, someone stepped out of the carriage.
Oh, this person has come to pick up his wife.
“Grandpa!”
Yes, it was the previous Margrave who appeared from the carriage. He is angry at the barbarism that took place in front of him.
“What did you say? You damn old man!”
Then, thinking that he had been further interrupted, the man started yelling insults at the previous Margrave. As the man in front yelled insults, knights surrounded the previous Margrave as if to protect him.
People walking down the street and staff from other shops were also watching the commotion, and they seemed surprised by the man’s crazy words.
“Oi oi, that guy just insulted the previous Margrave.”
“Yeah. And what’s more, he did what the previous Margrave hated the most —bullying the weak— right in front of him.”
“If he’s not careful, his head will be blown off.”
The people around us are now making such buzz and they are actively talking about what could happen to him.
Hearing those words, the man now seemed to have realized the identity of the person he had just insulted.
“Eh? T-the previous Margrave? S-seriously?”
Oi, where did all your boldness from before go?
The man fell on his butt, trembling.
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.
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