"Hey hey, how much money did you get from the reward?"

Fia asks while walking beside me.

"Its 2 gold coins, 80 silver coins, 73 copper coins and a beautiful, radiant smile."

"No no, you forgot the herd of jealous men."

"Oh yeah, sorry. I forgot because it didn't really matter if they're unpopular."

"Hahahaha! Really, can you give me some of that confidence of yours? Anyways, if you're from the countryside or from a hidden town in the middle of nowhere, then you don't know the value of money, right?"

Oh, she's right, might as well learn from her isn't it?

"4 pieces of copper coins can buy a 2 slices of hard bread, 20 silver coins can buy you a studded shield or a cheaply made iron sword. 60 pieces of silver coins can buy either a sack of wheat or flour. Also, the currency in this land uses copper coins as the lowest, silver, gold, white gold, black gold and royal black gold coins as the highest sum. Rumors said that you can buy a castle at the price of 3 royal black gold coins."

As she was explaining, unexpectedly, I saw a caravan. Inside the caravan, there are many girls with bruises and with very cheap clothes that is almost like rags. Also, at the neck of the girls, there are collars.

Are those what they called slaves? Even this is unexpected. I do know that there are slaves in this world but to see them in person, they exeeded my expectations.

"Hey, can I ask how much a slave can be?"

Fia was shocked in my question though she still answered.

"It depends on the slave in question. Male or Female, beauty, virginity, experience and their profile. Depending to those things, the price will roll out higher or lower. Though the price of the female slaves are higher because of some reasons like sex slaves or the like."

She looks at me with cold eyes while saying those things.

"Hey hey, I do not have any sexual intentions alright? Its just plain curiosity, nothing more, nothing less. But, I do wonder the price if its a child, you see."

"You want to buy a child? Why? Are you perhaps..."

"You're imagining things, Fia. I just took an interest in a certain kid."

Yes, earlier, I saw a kid, a female one that is. Though I do not have any sexual intentions, I do want to buy her. Because of her eyes, that lacked life and hope, just like me in the past, I do want to relieve her.

That dull obsidian colored eyes, I will make it shine radiantly at night and let her learn how to properly deal with life.

"Oh, that reminds me, this day, there's a slave auction in this town. They come here once every months and sells slaves. If you took interest in a kid, might as well go there in the plaza. Though its your money to spend with, not mine."

And then, we head towards the plaza to buy a certain slave.

Hustling and bustling plaza. There are many people here. There's even a platform where the slaves show themselves and evaluated. No changes on the auction in Earth, people will raise the price higher and higher until a certain person wins.

"Here is a little human girl, you can use this slave to clean your houses and let her do some of the chores! The starting price is 2 silver coins!"

Currently, the girl I am interested with are being evaluated. With a short black hair, frail ebony skin, big eyes, small cute lips and a cutely shaped nose. A girl as beautiful as a doll was dressed in rags. Though what I'm interested is her eyes. That eyes is the exact eyes that I have when I was helpless and lifeless when I was cruelly treated as a killing machine.

I want to polish that rough obsidian eyes and bring light into her life for my own self-satisfaction.

"5 silver coins!"

"7 silver coins!"

"11 silver coins!"

"15 silver coins!"

"19 silver coins!"

"27 silver coins!"

The price keeps getting higher and higher, why not win with an overwhelming victory this time?

"1 gold coin."

"Wha-Wha!"

I raised my hand while looking nonchalantly. The people looked at me shockingly while me myself was composed and relaxed. Even Fia was flabbergasted when she heard my voice.

"1 gold coin, are there any more? I repeat, are there anymore price higher? Then this slave shall be sold to that man!"

Thus, the man pointed at me while declaring my victory. Though the victory was in the auction not in the battlefield.

"Aren't you spending a little too much?!"

"Aren't this my money to be spend, not yours?"

"Kuh!"

Fia admonished me but I retorted her with a comeback. She looked down with a beet red face from a slight embarrasment.

"With this, this slave is now yours."

The man puts a new collar to the girl and chants.

'Bind thee, follow thy master. Serve him with your life at stake. Enslavement.'

Then, with the collar that has been put in the girl's neck, it shone faintly.

Is that it? Is that a spell? What a farce way of words! I truly expecting it to be more expressed and gradoise but... Ah, reality is indeed cruel, isn't it?

"But, for a man like you to buy this in a gold coin, even the crowd went silent. Aren't you spending too much for the likes of this?"

The merchant asks me while looking down to the girl. Maybe she hates slaves? Nah, I don't want to be involved in his troubles.

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"You do not have the right to question me like that isn't it? Its my money to be spend with, not yours, understood?"

I released a slight bloodlust while looking at him with my chins down. The merchant went scared and walked out hurriedly.

"What the--Even I didn't expecting you to look at him like that."

Fia suddenly said while looking at me with a slight fear on her face.

"I do not like people who are looking down on me, my works and especially my own subordinate."

"Aren't you a little soft on her? Are you perhaps..."

"This is for my self-satisfaction, Fia. Remember that. Maybe this girl can be helpful than you."

"Geh! Anyways, aren't you going to name her?"

Eh? I'm going to name this girl? Doesn't she have a name already?

"Once a becomes a slave, they must throw away their names and accept a name for their master. Thus, you need to name her."

I looked at the girl. I think she's not listening to our conversation at this point of time.

I put my right hand into her chin and and forced it a little to match her gaze with mine.

"Child, what do you desire?"

Her eyes shone a bit while slowly focusing her gaze to me. I spoke to her.

"Do long for freedom? Do you heed knowledge? Do you wish strength that is unparalleled?"

Now, her eyes, shines. Tears wells up in the corners of her eyes and nods faintly.

"I am strong, wise and free amidst everything. Do you want to follow me?"

She nods with a hint of strength.

"If you follow me, you shall see the truth of this world, do you wish to see it too?"

"Y...yes..."

Ah, her frail voice. With a hint of longing and hope. This child, I shall teach her my everything. My honed techniques, my knowledge, my skills. Everything, I shall teach this child.

"But, this path of mine are hard, painful, sorrowful and bloody, for a child like you, do you have the resolve amidst this?"

"I...d-do..."

I smiled. I grabbed the magic dagger and cut my hands. Blood spewed out.

Earlier, I saw the merchant draw a magic circle to complete the slave contract. I've memorized the pattern enough to create it perfectly fine.

I will again perform a slave contract that is originally made by me. I draw the magic circle on the ground with my blodied hand.

"Wha--What're you doing?! Stop that! You don't know what will happen!"

Fia shouts at me while backing away. The circle is complete

"O' child who longs for freedom, heed the knowledge, wishing for unparalleled strength, seeking the truth! Thy name is Vadel Arsival, thee new Master. Follow mine path, mine knowledge, mine strength, mine everything! Become thy vassal, serve me, and shall be rewarded. 'Tis thee covenants: Follow thy order and be free! Thee name shall be, Risa!"

The magic circle shone brightly and sucking up my mana. Hmmm, there's no harm if I pour more mana into it isn't it?

"Haaaa!"

I instinctly pour more mana into the magic circle and it shone more but the color changed with a tinge of violet.

The intense light loosens and eventually, it disappeared.

I looked towards Risa.

"!!!"

I was shocked.

I wasn't the frail looking Risa. It was a beautiful doll-like appearance of a child dressed in a rag.

Ah, her short black hair became long and lustrous. Her frail body became healthy that her ebony skin shone white. Also, her big eyes,that rough looking, lifeless obsidian eyes becomes polished and looked alive and ecstastic.

"Would you look at that. Risa became a beautiful child."

I unintentionally blurted out while admiring her.

"Wha-Wha! What did you do Vadel?!"

"This is the first time I did such a thing. To think I just copied the magic circle and drew it from my blood as a medium. This is a discovery. Okay, I'll remember this. Maybe I can improve this contract with some ad--"

"What are you saying?! If that huge amount of magic ran wild, this town will be erased without a hint!"

Fia cutted out while explaining to me loudly.

"Oh? Is that so? What of that?"

"What are you?! We will die if that magic failed okay?! Do you understand?!"

"Okay okay! Such a loud mouth... Risa, do you hear me?"

I poked Risa's flushed cheeks. Hmm... did she lose conciousness?

"Hmm...Mmmmm--Fuwa?!"

She slowly opened her eyes and stood up.

She looked herself, touched her skin, brushed her lustrous long hair with her hands and even pinched her cheeks. She looked cute when she pinched herself if I may add.

"I-I'm not...dr-dreaming...?"

She asks herself. Then, looked around and she saw me. Tears welled up in her eyes and she ran to me.

"UWAAAAA!!!"

She cried in my chest loudly. This cute doll-like child crying in my chest... my heart somehow became warm.

"She... she's the child you bought right? I... I'm not dreaming... right?"

Fia blurted out with a flabbergasted face while looking at Risa.

"Ah! Cute... wait, is she this cute? Cute. Cute child... Uwaaa! A cute child!"

Fia dashed towards us and suddenly lifted Risa up and plopped her face into Risa's.

"Ahhhh... This smooth, baby-like skin of a child that looked like a doll... This is a bliss!"

Thus, from this day, I bought a cute companion, Risa.