Volume 5 - CH 6

Chapter 6 – Every Man To His Trade

“Oi Mouthless, what are you looking at! Do you want to get beaten again!”, Dent shouted.

“Dent-san, isn’t he the newcomer brought by Tamara-san?”

A middle-aged man dressed in a neat suit turned his face.

“Yes. Although he remembered his work quickly, I just don’t really like his eyes.”

“Eyes? There is nothing weird about his eyes, though?”

The man in suit then looked at Eto’s eyes. This man is Tulle, the owner of the slave firm. He is a fashionable man who always pays attention to his clothes, both inside or outside the room.

“How is it? Have you gotten used to working here?”

Tulle asked Eto. And Eto, who is supposed to be unable to speak, shakes his head many times to replace his words.

“When we start a joint venture with Tamara-san, I’m sure he will find you, who knows how we work, useful. So, if you do your best now, I think even a successful life will not be a dream for you.”

“Tulle-sama, I don’t think you should give such sympathy to a kid like him.”

Dent stared at Eto with a bitter face.

“Dreaming is a privilege of young people, isn’t it? Even Dent-san had such a time, right?”

“Well, yes…”

After telling Eto to do his best, Tulle left. And when Eto was thinking that Tulle was not a simple man, he gets his ass kicked by Dent.

“You better not misunderstand! Someone like you would definitely make a mistake as soon as you get carried away!”

Having said such a thing as if to spit on Eto, Dent leaves.

Apparently, this man named Dent was a former C-rank adventurer. It seems he got into a fight with ordinary people and was fired from being an adventurer. And now, he is in charge of managing subordinates as an aide of Tulle. For some reason, Dent hated Eto from the beginning. If the reason he hated Eto was because he was suspicious of Eto, then Dent may be a man with a sharp intuition.

It’s been a week since Eto lived and started working at the Tulle Slave Firm. By the way, his main job is managing slaves in the warehouse. Slaves were moved back and forth between the stores and warehouse, depending on the customers and the best-selling ones. And Eto’s job is to help bring in and out the slaves according to his boss’s instructions, and also took turns preparing meals for the slaves.

And at night, Eto begins collecting information, which is his original purpose for working there. The place Eto stayed in the firm is a lodging made for servants in the warehouse. Of course, he isn’t alone in the room. Thus, to the colleague who lives in the same room as him, Eto cast Dark on him just in case, and then put sleeping pills in a small bottle that the guy drank before sleeping. Even if by chance the guy couldn’t sleep and just closed his eyes, his vision would darken until he woke up in the morning. He would make him think that he fell asleep before he knew it.

Eto also used the same method that he used on his roommate to incapacitate those who were on guard duty that night. Besides that, he used Silent to erase the noise he made when approaching them. But in the first place, those on guard duty who were paying attention to intruders from the outside were completely vulnerable to Eto, who approached them silently from inside the building. Hence, Eto was free to move around in the warehouse at night to collect information.

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“I thought with how easy it was, we would be able to get the information we needed in less time, but this time too, there is no yield.”

Eto hung his head in frustration.

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“Understood.”

And the guild’s investigator nodded.

The one Eto talked to was a young man who had been introduced as a liaison in advance. He appears out of nowhere when Eto goes out shopping to exchange information in the back alley with no eyes around them.

There was no important information found in the warehouse office. Although Eto was able to see the information of some slaves held by the Tulle Slave Firm, no one seems to be brought from the Margrave of Erven, where Kabs conducted his operation. Eto also didn’t find any hidden room in the warehouse. Yes, unfortunately, despite walking around the warehouse every night, days with no yield continue.

Eto also heard about Kohaku and the other two from the investigator. It seems that they earn a lot of money by getting work from the guild, centering on Kohaku who was released from slavery.

The fact that the disappearance of him, who was their party leader, doesn’t hinder their work is proof that they have enough power. But, that also nearly made Eto lose confidence in his seemingly worthless work.

“And now I’m going to tell you what we found. There is an old castle on the south part of the forest in the west side of the royal capital. Half a year ago, Tulle bought the old castle from a wealthy man. There is evidence that the owner of the old castle was intentionally hiding his identity by using several intermediaries between him and Tulle. And the other day, we confirmed that the carriage owned by the Tulle Slave Firm entered the old castle.”

“Do you think that old castle is their hideout?”

“We don’t know yet. But if we look at the amount of food that they brought, there could be quite a number of humans in that castle. We suspect that perhaps they hid the slaves that they cannot show in public in that castle.”

“Amazing! You guys even figured that out. Compared to that, I…”

“Of course, we have been using Eto-san’s information too. Such as the number of personnel and fighting power of the firm, or even the fact that there seems to be no valuable information in the warehouse is also important information for us.”

“Haa, if you say that, I feel a little relieved.”

“Then, please continue with the investigation.”

“Yes. Thanks for your information.”

“Oh, that’s right. There is a message from the guild master. He said to remember to not overdo it.”

“…Understood.”

After being comforted by the investigator, Eto had to admit that the words ‘every man to his trade’ is true. Even the idea of trying to use a slightly forceful way was also read by Sidrake. It made Eto begin to think of a way to get information.