A Little Desire Of Anti - Hero

Arc 1 - Chapter 5: Disaster Presence - 2

The atmosphere in the Maves City was festive as ever, with voices containing all sorts of promotions of traded goods.

However, on the black market side, traders and sellers make transactions discreetly without much noise. Just like in a minimal lighting hallway looks three people who make transactions.

They were none other than Alan and Bram, who were trying to sell Rion as a slave at the highest price they could get.

“Hey, come on add a little more,” bargain Bram for the price to be given to Rion.

“No,” said the slave merchant without much thought. “Price of 30 gold is more than enough,”.

“Come on, we've known you for a long time. Later if we get good goods we sell to you again.”

The trader seemed to be thinking hard. Staring at Rion who could be said to be a good item as a slave, he finally sighed softly. “Alright, I added one gold, more than this forget. In addition, you must remember if you have good stuff bring it here again.”

Alan and Bram smiled, they seemed satisfied with this price.

“Good, agreed.”

Without wasting much time, Alan handed Rion over to the merchant.

“Hahaha. We'll drink to the fullest!”

“Yea!” sahut Bram who had imagined they would drink as much at the bar later.

However, after they left, the slave merchant smiled cynically as he recalled the behavior of the two. Although Rion is a male half-elf who is often rated lower than women. However, with this unique shape the merchant was certain, if only other traders knew they might bid up to forty gold, he said, because it can be sold to buyers at a price up to double the purchase price.

“Stupid people! The greatest thing is not power but lies. Hahahaha.”

The merchant gave Rion an unconscious collar, before asking one of the maids to take him to one of the cells.

Sitting on the chair lazily, the merchant kept smiling looking at his luck.

The bell rang, indicating someone had entered the shop, the merchant was about to ignore him and tell a maid to deliver the person who entered. However, he immediately stopped his actions upon seeing who had entered his shop.

The merchant's smile grew wider as he lamented his luck the day, now his smile could be said to be disgusting.

Duke Arcchild G's. Eugary, who is still a descendant of the Imperial family, is seen walking into his shop with a beautiful young girl who has blonde hair and beautiful sapphire green eyes, accompanied by perfect ethics, it is not wrong to call it charming even with the age that looks still young.

However, it is not known whether he is his son or the new Consort of the Duke, because the disgusting habits of Duke Arcchild who likes young girls are known to the public. However, the people were still affectionate with their lives so chose silence, not talking about it considering Duke Arcchild was the ruler of this region.

“It is an honor for Duke to visit our store like this, and ...,” greet the merchant as courtesy as possible to Duke Arcchild in front of him.

“Seriana G. Eugaries. Princess Duke Arcchild G. Eugary.” The girl smiled sweetly as she introduced herself, to the extent that the merchant was unable to maintain his composure.

With Duke Arcchild's sharp gaze pointing at him, the merchant came to a realization. Feeling the cold wind running through her neck, her hair began to stand up. At the thought of what fate might happen if he continued to stare at Princess Duke even longer.

“So what does Duke need to do to come to my simple store?”

“I don't need to talk to trash like you, show me the best slave you have!”

The merchant tried to hold a bitter taste in his mouth upon hearing Duke's words, but given his position, the merchant did not dare to refute in the slightest.

“Sorry Duke, but what kind of slave does Duke need?”

The Duke looked at his daughter and nodded. “Slave handsome-faced man.”

Not only the merchant, Seriana was also confused after hearing this.

‘Does Duke have a new hobby?’ the inner merchant was full of questions.

‘This father misinterpreted my request to seek a slave,’ thought.

“Then please pass here Duke,’ said the merchant while keeping a smile as he showed the way to Duke.

“This is a former knight, he is famous for being strong and authoritative, being a slave due to debt, how Duke.”

“Rejected!”

“Then this is a former Nobles from another country, arrested for rebellion .... ”

The merchant continued to offer various other slaves to Duke Arcchild. However, everything was rejected without a second thought.

“This is a former mercenary ...”

Seriana who is bored at the explanation of the trader chose to walk around alone. He swept a glance at the slaves in the cell until his gaze stopped on a slave who was an eleven to twelve year old with a handsome face as well as completely black hair which was quite rare, even though he was unconscious.

Seriana approached, she stood in front of the cell with a closer look at the figure that attracted her, when she saw the shape of her ears that were slightly more pointed than humans, Seriana smiled. No one was paying attention to him at the moment, but if anyone saw him maybe they would be shocked instead of playing.

Serial G. Eugary, who is known for being sweet and gentle, is making a creepy smile, far from the sweet smile he always shows. Duke Arcchild, who saw his daughter standing in front of a cell, walked over.

“You're interested Seriana?” asked the Duke who looked at Rion uncertainly as to whether this child could be a worthy servant to his daughter.

Hearing the Duke who called out to her, Seriana's smile returned to its original form, a sweet smile that could thrill the soul.

Seriana slightly lowered her head as a sign of respect before answering, “Yes, Father.”

Duke Arcchild smiled with satisfaction, therefore his daughter wishes so be it. He glanced at the slave merchant who was following him, gesturing that this was what he had chosen.

The smile of the talc dealer grew wider, considering that he had not spent a dime of money other than to buy Rion.

“This is a new item besides that Duke can see that he has not been touched in the slightest,” obviously the merchant wants to woo more interest. Taking a breath for a moment he continued, “Also with his age still-“

“Enough!” snapped the Duke who did not want to hear the merchant's nonsense any further. Not much to waste, Duke Arcchild directly addressed the crux of the matter. “How much is it?”

“For the venerable Duke Arcchild, just 120 gold only.”

Duke Arcchild smiled cynically at the slave merchant, even though he realized that this merchant was increasing the price of this slave arbitrarily. However, his pride and pride would not allow him to pit his mouth any further with the trash in front of him.

Handing over the gold coins of the number mentioned, Duke Arcchild and Seriana brought Rion, the slave in question and immediately left the city of Maves to return to the fortress where they lived.

***

Darkness filled the sky, with starlight and not enough moon to shine across the city. Artificial lighting such as torches is lit, while in more elite places using lighting magic, indicating human activity in the city of Maves is still alive.

BOOM!

A loud explosion suddenly sounded from the west side of the city wall.

Teng! Teng! Teng!

Security bells rang shortly after, causing the crowd of citizens who were still unaware of the approaching danger to panic.

Like a fellow ant being bullied by its nest, they all ran in all directions, trying to distance themselves from the danger.

The city guards who were always relaxing for the first time were moved. It never seemed to be in the minds of everyone that the city of Maves which was considered to be one of the safest cities of the Eugary Empire in the Continent came under attack.

The mental guards of the city were shaken by the presence of a fox-shaped creature with nine tails that released ice balls towards the city. Creating a block of ice that closes the exit, the cold is radiated to make the atmosphere for the residents of the city of Maves become increasingly tense.