"Because grandfather told me that there are still many people out there who are stronger than him and there are still many dangerous places that he cannot enter. For that I want to be stronger than grandfather."

Certainly what he said was quite true in this world where someone who wanted to travel had to be overshadowed by monsters on the way, so one would usually hire bodyguards or train until they were strong enough to survive.

"So, how is that grandfather now?"

Hearing Anindhita's question, Indurasmi just looked down while holding back tears. Seeing Indurasmi's behavior, Anindhita could see a picture of what happened to the grandfather.

"I lived in the forest for three years and occasionally grandfather came to see my condition but, gradually this was discovered by the villagers. They did not give grandfather any medicine when he was sick and the doctors in the village did not want to cure him."

It turned out that the villagers were quite sadistic too. They knew that they couldn't beat that old man even though he was old so they decided to kill him slowly.

"How do you know if the villagers don't help him when he's sick?"

"Sometimes I sneak into the village at night, when I overhear the conversation of the gatekeepers and they also plan to kill me in the forest. So hearing that I immediately went to the nearest village."

"Aren't the villagers suspicious of you?"

"At first when I arrived at the village I was asked a lot of questions but, I only answered that my parents' carriage was attacked by monsters in the middle of the road so they didn't ask any more. I also tried to register as an adventurer but, the officers said that I was not old enough to be an adventurous. So I'm just trying to collect medicinal grass and catch poisonous mice in the forest near the village. "

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"Can you beat the poisonous rat?"

Anindhita's question must be reasoned because the rat is poisonous even though it is not a dangerous monster but, it is quite troublesome because of its small size and gives it up to be agile.

"No, I haven't been able to defeat the poisonous mouse but, grandfather teaches me to set up traps to catch small monsters."

It turned out that the old man was smart enough he thought that a child this age wasn't strong enough to defeat a monster so, he taught him to set traps. Making traps is usually rarely done by adventurers because it is annoying, sometimes the trap does not catch the target or the trap is destroyed by other monsters. However, for a child the same age as Indurasmi catching one or two poisonous rats a day should be enough to eat.

"So I sell the catch to the adventurer's guild even though the price is cheaper at least I still get money to eat."

Certainly if we sell the catch in the adventurer's guild without becoming adventurers the purchase price is much cheaper, this is also one of the advantages of an adventurer. We can also sell game meat directly to the shop, but we must have the trust of the shop owner because we are afraid that the meat being sold is stolen.

"Then how did you get caught by a slave trader? You don't need to answer if that doesn't make you comfortable."

"No, ... It's okay. At first I intended to tell you. The villagers at first didn't care about me but, over time they also became felt annoyed. A child without a name whose origin is unknown made some villagers uncomfortable so they kicked me out, they worry that I am the unlucky child. Indeed, there were some residents who felt sorry for it but they didn't want to interfere because they didn't want to be bothered. I wasn't caught by a slave trader but, I gave myself up because I was desperate"

Of course at this time the treatment of slaves today is not the same as in the past. Slaves were originally residents who had been banished from society, some had committed serious crimes and were then sentenced to be slaves and some were born to become slaves.This usually happened when a slave couple gave birth to a child, slaves who wanted to marry were usually supported by their employer because the employer became there is no need to pay to buy another slaves. Slaves used to be treated arbitrarily but, since the rules for treating slaves were approved by every king of various countries, many people wanted to become slaves either to pay off family debts or to get a job even though the salary was not comparable to the general salary.

"Thank you, for talking Indurasmi"

"You're welcome, Anindhita"

Anindhita who heard that smiled softly but, the girl looked down to hide her blushing face.