Chapter 32

Chapter 32: The Daughters' Decision!

To prepare for the work starting tomorrow, I took another look around the village.

Lloyd and Fran came along with me.

Al and Nero were still playing their ○× game as usual.

The difference was that the village children had joined in.

The village itself is reasonably large.

However, perhaps due to the influence of monsters, the population has decreased and many houses have been abandoned for years without owners.

Even the houses currently occupied were in various states of disrepair.

The village chief's house was also quite dilapidated.

In my imagination, I requested a grand church-like building, but the villagers will probably try to create something nice to meet expectations.

However, that's not what I truly desire.

It should be done at a level that doesn't burden the villagers.

It's just a matter of rebuilding according to their living standards.

I was too elated by the acceptance of my proposal.

I should correct it later.

If I were to live here, I could lend a hand in various ways, but I plan to leave in a few days.

It's not good to interfere too much in this village.

"Good morning."

I was greeted by the five girls.

They were the girls I rescued from the goblin village.

I was having a casual conversation with Fran.

From Fran, I was introduced to the girls again.

The girls introduced themselves as "Momo," "Shizu," "Rizu," and "Marie." They were slaves who were captured by goblins when slave traders were attacked.

"Kerel" is a woman from this village.

"Takuto-sama, will you be staying in this village a little longer?"

Marie with her aqua-colored hair asked the question.

However, being called "sama" felt good at first, but gradually it became unpleasant. Maybe I should change the way they address me to something more casual or with honorifics at tonight's gathering.

"Well, I'm thinking of leaving in two days."

"I see."

"What are you girls planning to do?"

The four former slaves had no place to return to.

Even if they returned to their hometown, they would likely be sold to another slave trader.

"Where are you planning to go next?"

"For now, we'll head to Sieg."

I told them that our next destination was Sieg, which was the place the broken goddess had transferred me to.

"Sieg, huh?"

Fran seemed to be thinking when she heard the destination.

"We're thinking of staying in this village and relying on your hospitality."

Shizu and Rizu seemed to be staying in this village.

They were being well taken care of by an elderly couple in the village.

I thought they looked similar, and it turns out Shizu and Rizu are indeed twin sisters.

Their hairstyles are different, so I can barely tell them apart.

Momo said she was undecided.

Marie wanted to go to a big city, so she wanted to accompany us.

Since all four of them were together at the moment, I decided to ask a difficult question.

I asked Lloyd, Fran, and Kerel to step away from this place for a moment.

"Can you tell me about your experiences as slaves? If you don't want to, you don't have to talk about it."

I just couldn't accept the institution of slavery.

I couldn't forgive the essence of making someone else do the things they didn't like, especially when they were weaker.

Everyone was troubled.

It was a delicate issue.

However, by distancing myself from Lloyd and the others, they might have understood what I intended.