Chapter 6: Lexi
Virin woke up early and after wiping his body with a wet cloth, which was supposed to be an alternative for bathing and eating his breakfast at the Inn he went to the owner with his query.
He made some basic inquiries on how to purchase a slave.
He wasn't a hypocrite and didn't really have any negative opinion on slavery.
Heck, he was thankful that he can buy a slave in this world.
He knew that the most important thing he needed right now, was a loyal partner and only a slave seal can ensure that.
He followed the directions given by the Inn owner and finally reached the street which had several slave trading establishments.
Most of these slavers dealt with criminals which were bought by them from the authorities.
And others were people, who had failed to pay their debt and were sold as slaves, to recover the debt.
Virin chose and went straight to the slave trader, the Inn owner had told him about.
He followed his suggestion because according to the Inn owner, this slave trader gently handled his slaves, as compared to others.
When he entered the establishment, a middle-aged man welcomed him with a business-oriented smile.
After going on and on about how he has the best slaves, which he liked to refer to as 'Products', he took Virin inside a room where he could sit and enjoy the display.
Virin told him that he would prefer a female slave in response to which the slave trader gave him a weird grin.
"Of course, you're quite young and need someone to quench that thirst, Sir," he said dramatically.
Virin didn't like the way he framed his sentences, it made him feel like the old man was trying to get too acquainted with him.
He then called his assistant and gave instructions to bring the best batch of slaves.
Then after a few moments 15 young women, most
mostly teens stood before them.
According to the slave trader, these were his best products, 'the untouched fruits' he loved to call them.
Virin had an idea of what was going on.
Like any sales manager, he tried to show his most valuable and priced possession to him.
But they were quite expensive and not as per Virin's taste.
After Virin told him his budget, a new batch entered which was not as overwhelming as the previous batch.
He was examining the new batch when his eyes fell on one particular woman.
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Name: Lexi Emra
Race: Human
Age: 32
Class: Healer
Level: 6
Strength:52
Attack: 38
Defense: 54
Stamina:51
Agility:42
Mana:125
Skills: Basic Cure (Lvl 2), Basic Cooking (Lvl -9), Clean (Lvl-5), Refresh (Lvl - 3), Lie Detection (Lvl - 2), Bibliophile ( Lvl-5), Novice Water Affinity (Lvl-3).
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'Waifu????' he screamed internally.
She was a beauty, a healer, and most importantly a cook.
Virin wasn't just looking for a woman with looks, he needed a woman with utility and her stats were like hitting a jackpot.
While looking at her weakened state there's only one thing on his mind.
He immediately decided to buy her and his desire to protect her and nurture her was boundless.
'She's so beautiful and cute. Maybe I should keep her in the basement to protect her,' he thought inwardly.
"Ahem~ Can a slave betray its Master?" after getting his composure back, he asked the most important question.
The second most important reason to buy a slave was to ensure that he was not betrayed, like some wannabe be protagonist.
"If a slave seal is used, no slave can betray its Master."
"Master's orders are absolute for a slave and even the thought of betrayal or protest will bring unbearable pain to the slave."
"While attacking their master with an intention to harm them, will simply crush their hearts," he finished the explanation regarding the slave seal.
Virin nodded as he was quite satisfied. Although it would be a waste for such a beauty to die, it's far better than his death.
After being satisfied with the explanation, he paid them and after all the formalities were done, they left the establishment.
While walking back, Virin saw an apothecary shop and then his gaze fell on the woman.
Her weakened appearance was not sitting well with him.
She was 'his' now and like every man, he must take good care of his woman.
So he held her hand and pulled her to the apothecary shop and asked the owner to suggest any potion or any medicine for her.
When the shop owner came to know, that she was just a slave he bought and now was willing to spend more gold on her, he was baffled.
But he made a few suggestions and Virin bought a few potions for her.
He immediately asked her to drink them. She had to follow his order, as they were absolute, so immediately gulped down the contents of the vials.
Then her complexion improved and now she looked more healthy and they visited a tailoring shop.
Then after buying a few sets of clothes even after her denial, he decided to head back to Inn.
Everyone was eyeing his woman and he didn't like it one bit.
'She's all mine!' he scoffed and took her to his room.
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Lexi, that was the name of a bubbly woman from a small city.
Like every young maiden, she had always wished for a romantic rendezvous with her Prince charming.
She never had been too greedy, what all she wished for was a small house, a loving husband, and maybe two kids.
Like most of the commoners, she married at the age of 18, after meeting a person who she thought to be the love of her life.
Her husband, was a seasonal laborer and had to travel to other areas as per demand and mostly stayed out of home but he still visited her to share passionate nights.
The first few years of their marriage were 'warm' but her husband wasn't planning to have kids for a while unlike her.
He told her once they improved their living standards they can have kids.
On the other hand, she wanted kids to escape the emptiness that arise once in a while when he was gone.
But after a year his attitude towards her started to change and soon deteriorated he started verbally abusing her.
She even caught another woman's scent on him and was crestfallen.
She kept on asking him, that what had she done wrong, but all she would get were excuses and lies.
After a few more months she even got a 'Lie Detection' Skill due to her sole desire to know whether he was telling the truth or just lies.
The more she used her skill on him the more depressing her life became until one day she decided to divorce him.
She told him that she needed a divorce and he was surprised at first but told her that he needed some time to think and left.
It had been a few months but he never came back, but she was fine with it.
To her, his absence meant that he had accepted her suggestion to get a divorce and didn't want to meet her.
She started getting back on her feet and living for herself.
But one day a merchant visited with a few city guards claiming that her husband has been absconding after taking a debt.
She told them that they were divorced and now she is not related to him anymore.
But when she was shown the debt contract, her whole world crumbled.
Her husband had pawned her for debt.
She found it funny, that how a man could pawn his wife, but that was the sad truth about their city.
Women were like the property of men, which can be used in any way they wanted.
She ended up being enslaved to be sold for recovery from the debt of her husband.
She always cursed her luck for being such a bitch to her.
Soon a few months have passed since she was enslaved, she was displayed before many men who looked at her body with pure lust but never looked into her eyes.
But even though they desired her body, there were a lot of young fish in the pool, so no one ever purchased her.
She was thankful for that as well. Her life there wasn't that bad compared to another slave establishment.
But one day she was presented before a black-haired man. Although he was tall and a little muscular, he was young.
Mostly youngsters from the merchant or Noble houses could afford a slave at such an age, but he didn't belong to them. She could deduce that easily.
No arrogance or pride was emanating from him, but rather he was curious.
She looked at him with lifeless eyes, with a plastered smile on her face, as his gaze was analyzing her body.
He was no different from men before him, or at least that's what she thought.
Then his gaze met hers.
At first, his eyes were looking at her with a warm gaze but with each passing second they changed to the gaze of 'Possession?'
After her transfer to his new master, he took her around shops, buying medicine and expensive clothes, while looking at her with a warm gaze.
Though he sometimes stole glances at her curves he mostly looked into her eyes, while talking or complimenting her.
Then he took her to the Inn he was staying in and carried her to the bed and made her sit on it while he was still standing.
She already knew this was inevitable, so started to remove her dress, but he stopped her.
Then he went on his knees while her hands were still in his palms.
Then he looked straight into her eyes and started speaking with a gentle smile.
"I'm not a saint and you've already guessed it right that I have bought you to sleep with you."
She nodded while looking into his eyes.
"But before that, I would like to know about you," he said with a gentle smile
[A/N: Hey guys! I hope you are doing well and enjoying this story so far. I've another story going on, "Apostle of Destruction" please check it out.The build up is quite slow but it gets better. At current the MC has finally became 18 so story now will me much more interesting.I hope you'll give it a try .]