Chapter 197 - Arrived at Granicus

After a two days of long journey, Shirou, Negi, Kotarou, Chisame and Chachamaru finally arrived at Granicus the port city. A city much that larger in size than the city of Hecate.

At the Immigration office of Granicus city, Kotarou shouted very loudly because he was annoyed by what he had just heard from the officials at the immigration office.

"Haaaaah!!? What do you mean by those three people are already became a slaves!"

"According to the information our side has provided to you, the names of Natsumi, Akira and Ako were registered as official slaves belonging to Mr. Dolnegos about three days ago," said the immigration officer who had two horns on his head.

"How can the three of them become slaves!" Kotarou said while pulling the collar of the immigration officer's shirt.

"How do I know?" The officer said in a cold tone. "What is clear is that the three of them have become slaves legally, because in the agreement the three of them signed, they had to become slaves until they could pay off they debt, one million Drachma."

"Hmm it seems the thing I feared became true, the three of them were really became a slaves," Shirou said. "Sir, could you please tell me where the three girls are now?"

"That's fine, but if you all try to kidnap the slaves you will have to deal with the police and you will all be made criminals," The immigration officer said with a happy face because he imagined Shirou, Negi, Kotarou, Chachamaru and Chisame being caught by the police.

"Of course we wouldn't all do something so reckless," Shirou said while emitting a murderous aura that made the immigration officer feel suffocated because Shirou noticed that the officer looked pleased when he mentioned that Shirou would became a criminal when he try to kidnap the slave. "Thank you for telling me where the slaves are now, goodbye."

(Though of course Shirou already knows where the three of them are because he was able to track their whereabouts thanks to the fragments of his shadow embedded in Ako, Akira and Natsumi's shadows. He asked the officer just to teach the officer a little lesson)

when Shirou and the others had left the immigration office, the officer who was finally able to breathe smoothly again looked at the Shirou who already far away with a pale face and said:

"How can there be such a strong person like that in the port city like Granicus!"

In a place a bit far from the immigration office, which served as a temporary gathering place for Shirou and the others.

"Chachamaru-san can you help me count, how much One million Drachmas roughly is?" Asked Negi who didn't know much about money in Mundus Magicus.

"One million Drachma is quite a large amount of money in Mundus Magicus and can support a normal income family for a hundred years without doing anything," Chachamaru said who immediately did the calculations instantly after she heard the amount of the money thar Ako, Akira and Natsumi owe. "Shirou-sama do you have a way to get that amount of money?"

"Hmm when I wanted to buy a permanent life changing pill, I sold a lot of swords and gems that I made using the Denial of Nothingness and the money I made was around one billion Drachma, I used fifty million to buy an age changing pill and now my money is stored in my personal bank account at Mundus Magicus, there are still around nine hundred and fifty million Drachmas left in my account, so if it's only one million it's not a problem for me at all, because to me that much money is just like pocket money," Shirou said in a tone that sounded relaxed and a calm expression on his face.

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Hearing Shirou's words, Kotarou, Negi and Chisame's mouths fell open. The three of them knew that Shirou had a lot of money in his bank account because he sold a lot of gems and weapons that he made using Denial of Nothingness. Because Shirou needed the money to buy an age changing pill. But the three of them did not expect that Shirou had such a large amount of money.

"Shi-Shirou-Nii, do you really have that much money?" Asked Negi whose voice sounded trembling as he was surprised by the amount of money Shirou had.

"Of course, that's why right now I'm not worried at all about Ako, Akira and Natsumi's condition," Shirou replied with a smile. "Because we can free the three of them right now!"

"Thank God!" shouted Kotarou whose face looked relieved with tears rolling down in his cheeks. "With this, it is certain that Natsumi-Nee-san will stop being a slave!"

"Sigh, I never thought that a problem that I thought would be very difficult to solve could be so easily solved," Chisame said while wiping the sweat off her forehead. "I'm already afraid that we all have to work really hard to earn money."

"Right now we just need to find the Ala Alba members who are stay in this town," Chachamaru said. "But since I can't track her whereabouts, Shirou-sama can you track her down?"

"Asakura is currently in front of a fountain playing the guitar along with Aisaka who is singing accompanied by the strings of guitar played by Asakura they are about a kilometer from here," Shirou said who could clearly see Kazumi and Sayo's condition thanks to his shadow pieces.

"It turns out that the member of Ala Alba who lost the pin was Asakura, while Sayo, even though she was a member of Ala Alba, she didn't get a pin, so we couldn't trace Sayo's whereabouts," Chisame said, feeling a little relieved because the five of them finally found twoanother member of Ala Alba."Then all we have to do now is meet Asakura."

"But what are Asakura-san and Sayo-san doing by playing guitar and singing in public?" Asked Negi whose innocence mind confused by what Asakura do. "Do the two of them want to cheer someone up?"

"Negi! you're a genius but sometimes because your knowledge of general knowledge is way below the average human, sometimes you look like an idiot you know!" Kotarou said who was annoyed at Negi's words. "Don't you know that they both doing a show like tgat so they both can make some money."

"Eeeeh!" Negi said who was surprised to hear Kotarou's explanation. "I didn't realize that at all."

"The line between a genius and an idiot is really thin, huh," Shirou said who felt a little sad seeing his younger brother who was said to be a genius with a sharo brain acting like an idiot. "Negi's knowledge of general things that exist in the real world is really thin, even in terms of general knowledge he lost to Anya who is his own girlfriend."

"According to Master, Negi-Sensei has focused too much on learning the magic theory and ancient magic spells to the point he ignore the common knowledge study," Chachamaru said. "That's why Negi-Sensei doesn't learn trivial things that are actually very useful in everyday life."

"He neglects important things like general knowledge, because Negi is too focused on finding our father Nagi Springfield," Shirou said with a sad look on his face. "Because he thinks with a lot of knowledge of ancient magic and powerful spells he will have enough power to be able to find our father."

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In front of the fountain where Kazumi and Sayo were performing, there were a lot of people gathered because of Sayo's good voice and Kazumi's pleasant guitar playing. A large amount of money was collected in the basket that was put in front of Sayo.

A few minutes later right after Sayo and Kazumi's show ended. Sayo and Kazumi decided to take a break after performing more than half an hour.

"Aaah that was really tiring!" Kazumi said. "My fingers are sore."

"Well, we both get enough money to live on for the next few days," Sayo said who saw the large amount of money in her basket. "Our show today was a great success once again!"

"Yeah, but I don't want to have to go on like this!" Kazumi said who was tired of having to keep doing shows just for a little money. "We really need to find our other friends so we can going back home to Japan!"

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