Capítulo 21: Chapter 21: Buying Slaves
Shirou who had finished his first match in the Tian Dou Great Battle Arena did not immediately return to the Tian Dou Hotel like the plan he had previously thought. Shirou was still renting some match tickets and watching the high-level match that was in the central battle arena. However, in all the matches that Shirou saw, they were all at a soul power level below the Soul King which bore him with being so easy to beat every opponent in the arena.
Shirou also had to wait for some time, but every time he wished to watch a Saint Soul match or higher, Shirou's wish was instantly crushed because there was no Saint Soul or higher match today. With regret for not being able to watch the high-level match, Shirou immediately walked back to the Tian Dou Hotel in the same clothes he had worn when he came to the Tian Dou Great Battle Arena.
Shirou's steps suddenly stopped in front of a building that was quite large and had five floors. Shirou was slightly intrigued by the building as he glanced at the signboard displayed above the door of the 'Ren Li Pavilion' shop.
Reading the name of the Pavilion, Shirou immediately frowned, " Ren Li in Chinese in my previous world meant human. Does that mean this building is the location where human slaves are traded?" Shirou thought as he glanced to the side and saw a lot of very luxurious horse carriages typical of nobles parked.
Shirou, who was curious about human trafficking, immediately walked into the Ren Li Pavilion. Arriving inside the Ren Li Pavilion, Shirou saw various very luxurious designs as well as various beautiful decorations. One of the employees who saw Shirou's arrival immediately came over and said in a polite tone, "Welcome to the Ren Li Pavilion. Did you come here to buy a slave?"
Shirou who heard this immediately frowned, " Seems like I was right. This pavilion is the location where slaves are sold." Shirou immediately turned his attention to the employee as he said hoarsely, "This is my first time coming here, can you explain to me about this Pavilion as well as how I buy slaves?"
The employee smiled but did not show a genuine smile but only a mask that the employee made while saying, "Yes sir, please come with me"
Shirou nodded and immediately followed the employee to one of the sofas in the front room, " Looks like the employees in this Pavilion are also a bunch of slaves. I didn't expect, with their greed they would do so many things like this" Shirou thought and immediately sat down on the sofa opposite the previous employee.
"Master, this Pavilion is a shop that specializes in selling human slaves. We have human slaves from 6 years old to 60 years old. Each slave we have also had several levels ranging from level 1 to level 5. The first level is slaves with the lowest quality and the highest is level 5 possessing various types of skills and others that are usually required by their masters."
"In terms of sales, slaves at level one have prices ranging from 1 gold soul coin to 10 gold soul coins, level two has a price of 11 gold soul coins to 100 gold soul coins, tier 3 has a price of 101 gold soul coins to 1000 coins gold souls, level 4 has a price of 1001 gold soul coins to 10,000 gold soul coins, and finally at level 5 has a price of more than 10,000 gold soul coins. For the price of tier 5, it all depends on how many skills, appearances, as well as various things the slave has."
"For the matter of holding possession, Master only needs to buy it directly. For other matters, we will be able to resolve them very quickly."
Shirou frowned and said, "Can you guarantee that the purchased slaves are obedient to their new Master?"
The employee nodded with a smile and said, "Master there is no need to worry about that, these slaves in our shop are all guaranteed to be 100% loyal to their Master."
Shirou was a little relieved by the employee's words because Shirou did not find that the employee said a slavering or a formation that made the slaves feel pain if they were to fight their master. Moreover, they are still human themselves, they have the right to decide whether they follow orders or not. Especially if the order is an order that has violated many things.
Shirou nodded and said back, "May I see the list of slaves in your shop?"
"Yes sir. Please wait, I'll take the list." The employee immediately got up from his position and walked towards the cashier's desk and took out the five large books that had the list of the shop's slaves.
The employee immediately placed the five books in front of Shirou as he said, "Sir, this is a book that records the slaves we sell. In the book, there are self-identity, photos, skills, and martial souls that they have. Master can have a look first, if you have chosen or are interested in one of the slaves in the book, you can immediately tell me. I will immediately confirm and bring the slave here directly"
" Hmm~ Hopefully, something interesting," Shirou thought as he picked up the slave list book starting from level 5. When Shirou looked at the various kinds of slaves listed in the book, almost all of the slaves at level 5 were female slaves who had reached the age of five. mature with a beautiful appearance and various skills that are very indulgent for rich people.
After seeing all of the tier 5 slaves' books, Shirou immediately closed the book again and took the tier 4 book, and started looking through the book. Almost the same as a level 5 book, the slaves at level 4 were almost all women who were in adulthood. However, their appearance and skills were less than those of the slaves at tier 5.
Not finding anything that caught his eye, Shirou closed the tier 4 slave book and took the tier 3 slave book. Just like the previous two books, nothing caught Shirou's attention for the tier 3 slaves. Only, Shirou looked in the book. The tier 3 slaves that were adult males as well as teenagers had already entered and had some skills.
Shirou closed the tier 3 book and took out the tier 2 book. He started to open it and looked at the slaves at tier 2. Just like at tiers 3, 4, and 5. Nothing caught his attention the slaves at tier 2. Moreover, the slaves at level 2 are slaves who have entered old age who look fragile. Besides that, Shirou's purpose in coming here was to see if there was someone he could take on as a follower or perhaps his disciple.
Until when Shirou opened and browsed the level 1 slave book, suddenly Shirou stopped turning the pages of the level 1 slave book and was very interested in one of the slaves at level 1.
Name: Ciel
Gender: Male
Family Name: None
Age: 6 years
Martial Soul: Sword or Zanpakuto (mentioned directly by the person)
On the page of the book, not only was there an identity but besides the identity was a photo of the slave. Perhaps if one saw the martial soul that this child possessed, they wouldn't care because they didn't know it. However, Shirou who was not from this world knew very well the name of this martial soul.
Shirou was slightly surprised to find or find someone possessing this martial soul, " Zanpakuto? Amazing~ I didn't expect to find someone with a martial soul possessing such terrifying potential." Shirou thought excitedly but suddenly his face frowned, " Then how come this kid can become a slave here? With a martial soul like this, at least the soul force that he awakened would reach level 8 or 10. Surely if he were to take part in the Wuhun Hall's revival ceremony, he would be immediately drawn by the Wuhun Hall to join. Did something happen?"
Shirou, who was very curious about the child he saw, immediately turned his attention to the employee in front and said, "Is this slave still around?" While pushing the book in front of the employee.
The employee hastily looked at the slave that Shirou wanted. The employee immediately nodded and said, "We still have it, sir. We just received this person recently. Please wait, I will immediately take that person to come here in person. You can judge right away."
Shirou nodded and said, "Fine. Please treat him well. I'm interested in this person. I don't want you to do anything to harm him."
The employee gave Shirou a strange look at the request Shirou wanted. However, due to the customer's request as well as himself not wanting this customer to run away, the employee nodded and said, "Fine. Please wait a moment sir."
It didn't take long for the employee to return with a boy who had the appearance of short black hair, golden eyes that were sharp like swords, well-defined eyebrows, white skin, and also a face that looked sharp and serious. The boy was dressed in quite shabby clothes and had a chain in his hands.
The moment the boy came into the room, he immediately looked at Shirou with a curious look. The employee who brought the child back immediately sat back in his previous position while the boy stood at the side of the seat, the employee looked at Shirou and said, "Master, this is the slave you wanted"
Shirou nodded and turned his attention to the boy and said in a hoarse voice but had a kind of softness to the tone, "What is your name, Ciel?"
The boy named Ciel nodded and said, "Yes, sir."
"May I see your martial soul?" Shirou asked casually.
Ciel was a little surprised by Shirou's request, he looked at the employee beside him because he also needed approval. The employee suddenly nodded, Ciel immediately walked towards the front of Shirou while raising his right hand and summoning his martial soul.
A sword encased in stone instantly appeared above Ciel's hand. Shirou who saw this immediately received various information, " Looks like this child's martial soul is still sealed and needs someone to help him break the seal" Shirou thought as he looked back at Ciel and asked, "How much soul power did you awaken?"
Ciel was once again taken aback by Shirou's question. However, because he had obtained permission from the employee, Ciel immediately replied, "I woke up with the power of soul 1"
"I see" Shirou nodded, " Interesting~ This kid can be my right-hand man as well as a companion in traveling. I can also train him to be my disciple" Shirou gets excited thinking about Ciel being able to use various abilities from the Bleach world after he helped awaken his martial soul.
"Is it true that your martial soul's name is Zanpakuto?" Shirou returned to ask for a valid confirmation.
Ciel again felt strange at Shirou's question, Ciel nodded and said, "That's right, Master"
"Who gave your martial soul a name? You or the martial soul itself gave it the name?"
"The martial soul itself gave me the name. As soon as I awakened the martial soul, I immediately got the information about the name of this martial soul." Ciel replied calmly but there was a hint of unease within him as he felt that it was as if he had been seen by Shirou into him.
Shirou nodded and was satisfied with Ciel's answer. Shirou turned his attention to the employee and said, "I want to buy it. What is the price for Ciel?"
Ciel was very surprised to hear that he would be bought by the person in front of him now. However, the feeling of surprise was immediately dispelled and calm again as he also pulled back his martial soul back to stand beside the employee.
Hearing Shirou's words, the employee became happy and replied, "Sir, for this one slave, since he is still 6 years old and has the potential to become a Soul Master, he is valued at 10 gold soul coins."
Shirou nodded and immediately took out 10 gold soul coins from the storage room and gave it to the employee, "Here, for the payment" While simultaneously taking out a complete outfit of shirt, pants, and shoes from inside his storage room and giving it to Ciel, "You can replace the clothes you are wearing now with these clothes"
Ciel who saw the clothes in front of him was very surprised because the quality of the clothes Shirou gave was very good, even the employees who saw it were also very surprised to see Shiro giving the best quality clothes to the slaves he had just bought.
"This master---"
"You don't argue. You just wear these clothes, because I only have these clothes. Later after this, we will go to the clothing store to find clothes that are suitable for you to wear"
Shirou turned his attention to the employees and said "I've become the new Master, I want you to untie the chains that bind his hands"
"Yes sir." The employee nodded politely as he took out a key from his pocket and untied the chains that bound Ciel's hands. After the chain was released, Shirou turned his attention back to Ciel and said, "You can go change your clothes"
"Okay, Master" Ciel nodded and immediately took the clothes Shirou gave him and went to the backroom to change into his new clothes with a warm feeling. The employee also immediately rose from his position and went to take care of all the paperwork Shirou needed.
It didn't take long for Ciel to return with his new clothes. The clothes Ciel wears are a white long-sleeved shirt, black trousers, and white sneakers. Ciel immediately walked towards Shirou and said, "Sir thank you for the clothes you gave me"
Shirou nodded and said, "You're welcome. How? Did you like it?"
Ciel nodded and said, "I like it, sir"
"I see," Shirou said, "We waited for a while, the previous employee was still taking care of your papers. After that, we will both be out of here."
"Yes sir." Ciel nodded and immediately stood directly behind Shirou's chair.
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