I Was Reincarnated Chapter 19
It's a Stalker "You're Wrong! (by Knight)"
(Was I too intense)
Rune fell asleep after only one round
I wiped the tear marks with my finger, and used cleanup to clean out the stuff inside
It seems that Rune suits me more than I thought
So much so that I think I don't want him to have a short lifespan
(Dangerous…..If I don't hurry and meet with G.o.d, after Rune dies I'll definitely be in despair and completely not know what to do)
While not knowing what I should do, I'll probably snap
Something like ma.s.s producing evil demons?
Before welcoming the end of the world, I can still destroy all living things
With the standard that besides the guys I'm interested in I don't care what happens to anyone else
Holding him in my arms, I fall asleep
Rune resembles that guy, but he's not that guy
I was never this attached to that guy
When I was with that guy—Yoichi, I felt like seeing his reactions were fun
There was also the desire to monopolize him and attachment, but there was no thought of spending our lives together
The me now is a demon G.o.d, since I can't die I don't need to worry about things related to lifespan probably, however
(It seems it's necessary to look up information about it in more detail)
Although I hate troublesome things, shouldn't I at least move for the sake of my desires
I felt movement from in my arms and woke up
"Are you awake?"
"….Go,good morning"
Rune whose face turned red is, as I thought, the cutest
I thought about continuing to lie down like this, but—
—Guuuuu…..(Stomach growling)
I unwrapped my arms since Rune's stomach growled
It seems that this time the strain on his body was less, although he staggered a bit he could still walk on his own
I got dressed as well so we could head downstairs together
By magic, of course
"Dea, after you're done eating come with me for a bit"
"Yes"
"What about Rau?"
"House-sitting"
Seeming dissatisfied she puckered her lips, but if I took Rau along she'd probably be frightened
Since Dea's been there before, he should be more or less accustomed to it
(Ah, I have to bring some money along too)
Since I don't know how much I should bring, should I bring a lot
My clothes today are a black robe
With blue thread embroidered in a flower pattern leading to the place where a gem is inlayed
The gloves are a light blue
Later I'll put on a veil
Going to the treasury, I put gold coins in a bag
Normally I only ever take along one bag, but today I brought two
The bag with money in it is small to the point of misleading
Even when not much is put in the weight will tear the bag
Speaking of this world's purse, it is quite fragile
While I was waiting for everyone to have their meal, I hooked the ideo up to the carriage
Then I extended the the castle wall out a bit farther and in the s.p.a.ce where there was nothing I built some houses
Since I don't know how many people I will buy, for now I make ten
As for things like fields, they can each make their own
The reason I'm taking Dea along is because it would be strange not to have a servant on the carriage
Me driving the carriage is unthinkable, and today it's only a decoration
Since it would seem strange, so sorry I have to have you in sight
Dea sat in the servant's seat and I teleported us to town
The second closest town to the castle
"Master, here is…."
"You recognize it, right?"
It's the place Dea and Rona were sold
"Wait here"
While Dea and the carriage waited in front of the building, I went in by myself
Since he has my divine protection, most likely nothing will happen to Dea
The carriage has magic cast on it as well
The inside hadn't changed from before, there were still people sitting in chains
(Today there are beastmen as well, huh)
They are different from Rune or Rau, one seems to be a fine man with a large physique that can only belong to a warrior
As far as I can tell the ears are…..bear?
With that large body he stands out considerably compared to the others
Although there are other beastmen as well, that bear gives off an overwhelming presence
With a stern expression, he was sitting with his eyes closed
The guy sitting next to him looked awfully small
Previously there were only men, but this time there are also women
There are no children that look like they could become Rau's playmates
There is a somewhat large youth, but since it's an elf his age is probably higher than his appearance suggests
(I wonder who I should buy?)
There aren't that many people, so should I just buy them all?
Since choosing is troublesome, let's do that
"Hey"
"Yes, which would you like?"
When I call out, the human man comes closer
"I'm buying all of them"
"………hah?"
"I said I'm buying everyone here"
The man has a blank face
Saying it once more, he seems to finally understand
"Eh-!? Everyone…..? Th,the cost….."
He ran further inside
Keeping me waiting, it's irritating
After a short time someone came to talk to me, a middle-aged man
He's different from the man that just ran off
"Sir, will you be purchasing all of the ones present? The sum will be 26 gold coins and 10 silver coins, is that alright?"
"I see"
I took it out from my purse and gave him 27 gold coins
I know women are expensive, so it's probably for that reason that the price this time is expensive
Dea and Rona would have been disposed of if I hadn't bought them
"……I have certainly received (the correct amount) Hey! Bring the account book!"
"Y,yes!"
The man I had been dealing with just before brought an official doc.u.ment looking thing
"Please excuse me, of the guests who have come saying they want to buy everyone, until now there were only scammers, those guys without paying the gold, tried to make off with the slaves"
The man who had been vigilant up to now relaxed and grinned
Disgusting
"Here are all the slaves' names"
He pa.s.ses me the paper covered in closely packed writing with the names
With this, if I read out the names they will be subordinated
"Your change"
He gives me 10 silver coins, and I take the people tied in chains
One by one, the individually tied chains are all tied together with another chain in order to connect everyone
It's probably to make them easier to transport when buying a group
The slaves walk while tied with chains
……rather, doesn't this make me look like a tyrant
I bought 21 people
Beastmen, elves, and spirits, the three races
Although I didn't intend to buy this many, since I'm letting them live as they please it shouldn't matter
While, in succession I bring them along and head outside, for some reason outside is noisy
(What's going on?)
Has some guy trying to steal the carriage appeared again?
However the moment I come outside I understand why it's noisy
"What do you want to do buying so many slaves?"
The knight we met before is there
Aside from that, there are several other people that seem like knights, they seem to be standing around in order to encircle me
Why is he even here?
It is even a different town
"What are your intentions?"
Since I killed those criminals he can't find their hideout, he said something or other like that, but there should be no reason to go so far as to follow me around
Is this knight weak in the head?
"Although you could escape before, this time you won't escape"
The knight drew his sword, but I ignored that and put everyone on the carriage
"There are various things I want to hear from you"
"There's nothing to talk about"
I hate persistent guys like this
"I eliminated guys who wanted to steal my stuff, that's all"
Concerning any charges added by that guy, I know nothing about it
Done putting everyone in, I prepare to teleport
These guys are annoying
Why am I not just returning?
That is because I decided to buy presents
"Dea take care of these guys (the slaves) and tell Rona to prepare some tea"
It seems that tea is a high cla.s.s item in this world
There are a lot of ones are sweetly fragrant and flavorful, they are quite expensive
Although I don't really understand the taste, but I can still smell
If I drink I can only taste plain water
"Carriage, to the front of the castle"
As I say so, the carriage disappears
The surroundings show surprise at the unexpectedly disappearing carriage, I remain behind and the governor regains his composure
"Was there a spirit inside the carriage, it's rare to be strong enough to use magic like that, present him to the king"
Even though I'm the one that did it, it seems he thought a spirit did
Moreover, present him to the king?
This guy, is he an idiot
Although Rona is a bit different from my thing, I don't intend to give him to others
(You can't communicate with an idiot)
He was able to rush to me, though he should be struggling to find the criminal organization's hideout
"The king's stolen private property, search"
In that case I will find the stolen things, it's best to quickly get him to disappear from in front of me
(Hmm?)
The search, if it was too far off it would only give a vague direction
However this time I could immediately detect it
The stolen goods were in this town
Moreover in the building behind me
The place where they sold slaves
Were these guys the criminal group
Since they're selling slaves it's not that strange they would dirty their hands with other endeavors
"The hideout you're searching for is here"
"What did you say!?"
All at once the knights' countenance changed
"You, stay here and guard this man!"
The governor says towards one knight and leads everyone else inside
It soon became noisy and there seemed to be a struggle
(What should I buy as a present…..)
When I was walking off like that——
"Wait-! Until Sei-sama says so, you have to wait here"
The knight who was left behind stood in my way
He's in the way
"Sleep"
I put magic into the word and he seemed to immediately lose power and collapsed
(Should I buy a ribbon for Rau, what would be good for Rune?)
I left the man as is and walked away
I thought that once in awhile it's good to buys presents for Dea and Rona as well…..
—Sei side—
I am a knight of Gudoudodelia (changed again, lol), I have a.s.sumed the official position called governor and am in charge of organizing the knights
My name is Sakuris Vizikania, but only I know this name
I work for the country, but that doesn't mean I am subordinated to it
I am not a slave
Lately, the precious item of the king's child, a flute, was lost and I was put in charge of the search
That item was quite expensive apparently, anyhow it seems it was made by a famous artisan, and there is no other like it in the world
Steadily gathering information and investigating tips, I discovered there was a man
However, although that person was already close at hand, it was confirmed that he was part of an organization
Continuing to tail him, we investigated the people he came in contact with one by one
Then, we ran into those guys that seemed to be on the edge of the organization
If we could raid the hideout, we would be able to catch all of them at once
Even though we were always waiting for such an opportunity, I received information that those three died
I thought maybe it was the organization sealing their mouths, but instead I heard that the guy whose carriage they tried to steal killed them
A man with beastmen, elf, and spirit as slaves
He seemed to kill them with magic, so it seems that spirit was considerably powerful
The man who possessed the spirit as a slave seemed to have concealed his face with a veil
He seemed to be a man whose voice and body stood out, but beyond that they were not sure what kind of guy he was
They didn't know where he came from either
If he's in the town he would stand out, and one day that guy appeared
Wearing a veil, a strange person who walked around while holding hands with a slave
It appears that he cherishes the slave and treats him with care
Such a guy is unusual
Despite something like a slave almost always being thought of as disposable
He didn't seem to know about me and I could only a.s.sume he was a foreigner
His appearance is good, and he was wearing expensive looking things
The slave also seemed to be wearing high cla.s.s goods, which as expected reinforced my impression he was a strange person
The only incomprehensible thing was that my body moved on it's own and couldn't move from that spot
Although that time was short, but was that too the power of the spirit?
I hurriedly chased them, but the carriage disappeared
Transferring multiple things through magic is not easy
Is he perhaps an extremely powerful spirit
Utilizing my position as governor, I made a proclamation so that if that guy enters a town I will be contacted
Then, that (notification) quickly came
It seems he went to buy slaves and the man entered the building like that
I brought along six subordinates and surrounded that building
The man's carriage is here and so is an elf wearing servant's clothes
His face tensed when he saw me, but there's no way an elf could say anything (in complaint) to a human
A short time later, the man brought out slaves
Even though he was surrounded by knights he seemed unperturbed, and put the slaves on the carriage
Nevertheless I drew my sword
He wasn't interested in what I had to say and replied indifferently, in the end he completely disregarded us and called out to his elf slave
However, I won't let him escape
He escaped last time, but this time there are this many knights and the carriage is surrounded and can't move
"Carriage, to the front of the castle"
He lightly clapped against the carriage and in the next instance the carriage which should have had quite a number of people on it disappeared
(What-!?)
Was that spirit inside the carriage?
However, this man was left behind
I questioned a bit at leaving the master behind, but those doubts were blown away by the man's words
"The hideout you're searching for is here"
"What did you say!?"
We went to that much trouble to grab the tail to find the hideout, but you say it's here?
(Although I don't know how he knows that, but we need to confirm it)
I left one man behind to guard him and brought the remaining five inside with me
Seeing us knights, the guys inside attacked while trying to escape
Of course, we had no intention of letting them escape
We pursued them and noticed there was an underground area
In there, money and goods were lined up in a row and several men were huddled up together and tryinig to hide, but we captured them all
In that underground room we found the property of the king's child which became proof that this place was indeed the hideout
Once it was all over I went outside, but the figure of that man wasn't there, the guy left to stand guard seemed to be sleeping well while collapsed on the ground
"You-! Why are you sleeping!? Didn't I tell you to guard that man!!"
"Uah, yes-!"
The knight frantically jumped to his feet, but it's obvious that man is no longer around….
I don't even know his name
I don't know his face either
I also don't know where he lives
I don't even understand what he plans to do
What I do know is, he's called Shin-sama, he treats his slaves with care and that he's quite wealthy, only that
Other than that, he has beautiful jet black hair that goes all the way to the end of his spine
(What kind of guy is that person!?)
Humans always have blonde hair and blue eyes
Is that guy not a human?
Or could it be a mutation?
Is that why he hides his face?
Since humans without blonde hair and blue eyes are despised (TN: n.a.z.is, confirmed)
(However, he seemed to be quite wealthy)
Even if he was said to be a king it wouldn't be strange, I could tell that his clothes ornamentation were quite expensive
(Is he perhaps the illegitimate child of some king from some other country?)
No, if that were the case he would be killed or sold
Royalty without blonde hair or blue eyes, such an existence would be immediately erased
He has enough wealth to buy slaves, there's no way it was given to him
(What the heck is that guy?)
I've become interested
—Sei side end—
TN: And I am ⅕ done with this series, only 80 more chapters to english *throws confetti*
If I do 2 chapters a week from now on I'll finish in the next ten months……….