Slaves

Arthur excused himself and returned to his room. But before he left, he reminded them about the schedule of the training would be left to grandma Jennie for tomorrow.

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The slave houses is divided into two locations which are the Mortal Lane and the Hybrid Lane.

The Mortal Lane, as the name implies, only sells normal beings who are bought for menial work. The Mortal Lane is further divided into sections which are Premium, High, Middle and Low Stores and the prices differ based on where you will buy your slaves.

The Hybrid Lane, on the other hand, sells hybrids which is divided to Premium and Contractual Sections.

Usually the slaves that are available in the Premium sections are hybrids who have different circumstances which led to them on this situation. For example, hybrids who committed serious offenses like murder, theft and other things. Even half breeds and other non-human beings are sold here.

On the Contractual sections are where hybrids who sold themselves for a certain time. The people in-charge here only serve to recommend the hybrids and hold up the life contracts. Hybrids who have no backing or just trying to earn money go straigt here.

Arthur naturally needed mortals for his plan to work so he went straight to the fine goods which is in the Premium section of the Mortal Lane accompanied by Christian. Marty backed out at the last second because of pressing matters.

"Master, can we choose the slaves? I mean this is the time that we can showcase ourselves to you"(Bolton)

"Master, I hope you can agree. I need to show this idiot that I have better judgement than him".(Thea)

"Master, how about a little game. We select the slaves just as Bolton suggested but we won't tell you why until we get home. You judge them then tell us who picked the best slave. The winner will give half his mana when you create the new skill."(Argon)

"Fine. It seems you already planned this anyway. But the who brought me the worst slave will forfeit the chance to possess me at my discretion. That would make it fair."

Just like that, a deal is agreed upon.

Arthur and Christian went to the best store in the premium section. Once they entered, a man quickly welcomed them and brought them to the viewing area. The young man brought in food and drinks and told them to wait for one of the supervisors of the store to arrive.

"Good morning, sir. My name is Louie and I hope to be of service to whatever you wish to buy. I must remind you that this store does not accept credit and the slave crest tattoo that will be used on the slaves that you will get is already free. A ten percent discount is given for every three persons of your choosing. If you wish to return what you get, the store will only refund half of what you paid only if the slave you bought does not have any defects during his stay with you. If you have questions, you can ask me right now."

A few minutes after the man left, the supervisor named Louie introduced himself and explained the rules of the store. Although it is weird to have a client to bring in a child with them, the supervisor just let it off and spoke directly to the old man.

"Oh don't mind me. I am just here to accompany my grandson. Do not worry and just ask him what he wants and I will be the one to pay".

Louie was definitely startled. This is the first time that someone so young would be the client. However, a client is still a client, he must handle it professionally.

"Young sir, may I know your name?"

"My name is Arthur. You can just call me like that."

"Then Arthur, may I know the specifics of what you want to buy?"

"Oh then just bring all of the slaves not older than 25, either male or female, human or not. I want to see all of them starting from the highest price to the lowest."

"Alright. Will you give me some time to gather them then?"

Louie quickly left them there.

"You need so many slaves? Are you building a mercenary group or something?"

"Maybe. Why grandpa? Are you short on funds or something?"

"Money is not an issue, atleast for these kind of things. Your grandfather, Richard, had a thing for slaves too. When I ask him what they are for, he said there is a friend who requested it from him."

"Oh is that so?"

Louie came back a bit of an hour later, tagging along what seems to be a hundred mortals. Furthermore, they were all holding numbers to signify the price rank in which the number 1 is the most expensive. Surprisingly, the one holding the number 1 is woman, and judging by her looks, she is way past the age of twenty.

Louie tried to advertise all of them one by one but Arthur requested to have them stand in front by forming groups of ten.

From batch number 1 to batch number 10, Arthur never picked anyone until the slaves had their turn to be seen.

"Arthur, I apologize. I think there is no one here that caught your eye".

"You are mistaken, Sir Louie. I will now tell you the numbers that I picked. 7,16, 44 and 67 please group them up. 1,74, 36, and 90 would be the second group. 3, 14, 26 would be the third group. I hope you can formalize there sales papers as soon as possible."