Chapter 114 - Cap 114: Strange Child

Pov Mari:

Today I got to meet Diana's new Group, I had already met Kira and I thought she was a good person, but for the rest of the people in her group, it was the first time I could see them.

The black-haired human woman had the same name as Diana's deceased friend, I'm afraid she's a constant reminder to Diana of her friend's death.

There was also a young Oni woman in her group, her personality was cheerful so I liked her a lot, a pity I didn't have time to talk to everyone any longer.

The two Brothers caught my eye, they were wearing masks that hid from the nose down, so I couldn't see their teeth, but they must be Dhampiros, their eyes being one red and one another color almost give away their identities, but they looked like good people.

The last member of Diana's group that worries me, he is the leader of the group and I could see that they all care a lot about him, he wore the same mask as the brothers, but none of his eyes were red, other than me. confusing is his age, he looks like a kid, but the way he behaves and talks makes him look like he's older than the other members of the group, he seems like someone nice and cautious, my adventurous instincts are screaming that there was more thing about him, he's someone weird.

After I follow them to the exit, I go to my room on the third floor, start reading the answers to Diana's group survival questions, with these questions I realize that the whole group has a good knowledge of survival, except for the woman Oni, she didn't answer almost any questions.

After reading the answers to the survival questions I closed my eyes to remember the simulated battles, the whole group is strong individually, but I don't know if they're capable of doing well as a team, I'll find that out after a few missions.

From what I remember of their fights they all hid their true abilities, the way the brothers fight they have a lot of combat experience, Jonas saw that and decided to end first with the sister who was the support, then he ended with the brother.

Kira as you would expect from a Gray Elf fights using assassin techniques, she can attack vital points and joints, is also very good at evasion, the way she fights resembles the Night Warriors, but it's a little different.

The woman named Érica is a good magician, even under attack she didn't panic, the Oni woman clearly didn't have much combat experience, but she was brave and wasn't afraid to attack head-on, she has potential but needs more training and combat experience.

About tenons, his fighting technique was strange, something was missing, but he seemed good both in attack and in evasion, he also has a good sense of the situation, the only reason he lost so fast was because of his lack of experience in combat against other people, the way he fought showed that he was used to fighting monsters but not people, but he realized that too.

What surprised me the most was his Aura, when Jonas continued to irritate him, for a moment his Aura fluctuated, but it was enough for Jonas to go into combat mode by instinct, his Aura was weird as if they were several mixed things, I have never seen an Aura like this.

If I had to guess I'd say Zenos is also a Dhampir, but the truth is, I'm not sure what race he is.

The final decision will be taken by Carlos, but I can already imagine what their classification will be, Zenos should go straight to a Grade -C adventurer, the Oni woman should become a Grade -D or D adventurer, the rest of the group should stay as Grade +D adventurers.

Let's see how they do on missions from now on.

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Pov of a slave trader:

I was in my office trying to figure out how I would sell the three most expensive slaves I currently own, I've been with them for months but no one wants to buy them, this is getting dangerous, word of them has spread to other Kingdoms too, slaves like Elves are rare these days.

The problem is that the people who are getting interested in them are people who are looking at their bodies and not their abilities and skills, I despise anyone who squanders people with so much potential, but I can't help but sell them.

Those three slaves would be safe in this Kingdom that gives some rights to slaves, but if people from another Kingdom come to buy them and take them back to a Kingdom that doesn't give rights to slaves I won't be able to do anything, I can't refuse a customer who not cause any problems, otherwise, my store's reputation will crumble.

While looking out the window thinking about what to do I saw a strange group approaching, this group caught my attention because of the various races they have, they seemed to be talking to each other, they were coming towards my shop, like a slave trader I'm proud of being able to see people's potential, and I know that each one of them is strong, the only one I can't measure is the child that accompanies them, the way that child is acting as they approach my store is strange, it doesn't match his appearance.

I'm curious, I'll tell my personal maid to attend to them and take them to an empty room where I'll meet them, I want to know more about them.

When I enter the room I notice the way they are positioned around the child, I tried to use my evaluation lenses on them, but I couldn't, they must be using status concealment items, these are very expensive, which means they have money, their clothes they are simple, practical and durable, but they are of good quality.

I couldn't assess the status of any of them, but I can see their races better up close, two of them have some resemblance and must be siblings, but what catches my attention the most is the child in their midst, he's standing there without expression, he's calm and I can see a gleam of intelligence in his eyes that no child should have.

As soon as I sit down and introduce myself, the sister I saw before is the one who introduces herself and talks to me, but I can say that it is not she who makes the decisions but the strange child beside her.

When the woman called Irina said that she has a new mansion, the last drink meeting I had with old Wilson came to mind, he told me that he finally managed to sell that mansion Trigan, as among the requests of this young woman there are requirements for those who are able to resist miasma, so they must be the ones who bought that strange mansion.

While talking to Mrs. Irina, I couldn't help paying attention to the child, unlike the others, he's been analyzing me since I walked in the door, the same thing I've been doing to him, it even seems like I'm facing another shopkeeper.

After going out to get a list of slaves with the characteristics they asked for I leave it in front of the boy to show that I know he is the one who makes his decisions, I did this to see how he would react, to my surprise he showed no reaction, he just took the papers and calmly flipped through them one by one.

After that I started talking to him, he's smart, and the way he has several races on his side and they all seem to serve him, so I think he would be perfect for those three slaves, I could buy them, I don't think he would waste their potential I hope.

During the conversation he asked for my recommendation, this was the opportunity he wanted, I remove the papers with the information of the three slaves and he read it, it seems that I caught his attention.

He asked to bring the three slaves plus two that he picked from the other list, I brought them and saw how he rated them, his eyes didn't have lust, it looks like he's interested in their abilities anyway, that's good, so he won't waste these great potentials.

The strange child did not show any expression even when he brought the slaves, I thought he would show some expression when I said their price, but to my surprise, the boy did not deny his interest, in fact, he openly said he was interested but would not pay this amount. and started walking towards the door.

I waited to see if he would really give up the slaves, but in the end, I couldn't wait long, when I saw that they were about to leave I offered a good discount to sell these slaves right away, but he still wanted the right to choose one more slave from ours. catalog and I accepted.

After removing all the slaves of a certain value up from the catalog I gave it to the boy to choose from, to my surprise again he chose a Dark Elf who had many combat skills but was unable to fight again due to her physical condition. , he chose her without hesitation or hesitation.

After sealing the deal he paid me and took the slaves away.

Sigh

"Are you tired master?" (Maid)

"Mentally yes, this boy was supposed to go to the Commerce Guild, during the entire negotiation he left nothing that I could use to raise the price." (I)

"He even admitted his interest in buying, but even so he showed that he would still leave if the price was not acceptable." (I)

"I don't understand, why is the master laughing at such a situation, I thought he didn't like negotiating with them?" (Maid)

"Because now that they know they can trade with me they'll come back, they'll be good customers for both me and you." (I)

"By the status concealment items that must be why my glasses don't work on them, I assume they're already your customers." (I)

"You may be right, I'll let them know tonight." (Maid)