Slave market
Hearing Jason, the group of men on their canine soulbonds were astonished about his youthful voice which told them that Jason was most likely not even at the magus rank.
Additionally, they couldn't believe that Jason straight out lied to them about Emily being his employee.
He seemed to hail from an influential family which was able to acquire a concealment technique, but his confidence when he lied was still somewhat baffling to them.
They were sure of the fact that nobody cared about Emily because her family was already dead while the orphanage she was sent to was not any better than her trying to survive alone in a world after the mana breakout.
Jason was also considered to be an orphan but he had never wanted to go to an orphanage because they were known for snatching away all remaining belongings of the deceased, leaving the orphan with nothing except the clothes they wore.