Chapter 283: The Past of the Criminal Slaves, and Subordination by Fear (1)

"For now, right... I think better to know the two’s things well to make Dules."

"W-who would become a Dule!! I do not want to! Absolutely no!! You become a Dule!! Become a Dule for my share too!!"

Elmegaldo hearing my words had a fit again. "Stop Gejia!"

Gejia whose patience string seemed cut put a blue vein on her face and started moving, and Muriel who sensed that put out an order and restrained with all the Dules. "Hi!"

Elmegaldo who stopped the shouting voice wondering what and looked at Gejia fell on her buttocks hit by the killing intent emitted from Gejia who was under all the Dules. "Gejia, already fine."

"...Understood."

Gejia who listened to what I said immediately nodding dissatisfied was rare. Still she withdrew the killing intent. Muriel and them confirming that wiped the sweat on their foreheads and returned to their respective places. Well, if Gejia got serious a large hole would open in the wall, and an ordinary human would faint. Probably she did not get serious to that degree. "Haa. For now let us go from Nadja."

"Eh? Ah, un. I am Nadja. Just Nadja. That I was freeing slaves... you know."

"Ah, because you invited me to the village."

Before coming to this city I was mistaken for a slave merchant selling Dules and attacked by Nadja and them. Among those attackers Lilli was there, the misunderstanding that I was a slave merchant was resolved, and as Lilli’s benefactor I was invited to Nadja and them’s Dule liberation village. There I received one night with dinner and breakfast included. "Those villagers... what happened?"

Hard to ask, but I could not not ask. "Because they escaped with margin, probably fine. Roza... Rosalie is commanding."

Rosalie was the other summarizing role. At best Nadja in charge of combat, and Rosalie in charge of internal affairs. By the way Gejia was suspicious whether Rosalie was a demon. The smell of a demon being the basis, apparently. Well, we did not know. "I see, that is good. But then why was Nadja captured?"

I thought it a question and asked Nadja. "That, noticing Elmegaldo was not there I returned to the village. Then Elmegaldo was surrounded..."

"So you entered to help and became unable to escape."

"Ah, with that many against few as expected nothing could be done..."

Nadja entered among the many enemies to help Elmegaldo. "Because you lost to those people at that time it is bad!"

Elmegaldo cursed. "Ah, my lack of strength. Sorry."

Nadja bowed her head and apologized. "Haa."

Then I sighed again. Was Nadja being held some weakness by Elmegaldo? Too much belittling herself. There... let us ask gradually. "So... speaking of which Nadja became a Dule wanting to become a knight, right?"

Something I heard from the person herself when treated to dinner at the Dule liberation village. "Ah. Speaking of which I talked. I am... fufufu, already fine. I am a human child impregnated by the oni race."

Oni race? First time hearing. Looking around. "The oni race is one of the races in the demon world. Large build and strong power. Because the ogre is a retainer they tend to be thought weak-headed, but they live a cultural life the same as us."

Gejia who met eyes explained the oni race while leaning her back on the wall. "Hmm, because together with that Rosalie I did not understand, but indeed a faint smell from there. But even so the oni race should have horns. Even if the blood thins it should remain if one generation. Why do you not have?"

Gejia sniffed on the spot and self-answered, but put out the new question that came out from that. "I had them grow too. But that guy said if horns grew I could not become a knight so I cut them off."

Nadja said that and parted the hair on the forehead to show. There was a white round stump-like mark. "I see. That was convinced too."

Gejia said that, then closed her eyes as if not knowing after. "Thank you, Gejia."

When I thanked Gejia opened her eyes and smiled nipaa. "For the master natural."

Gejia who said that smiled nyanya and closed her eyes again. Leaving the other Dules looking at Gejia enviously, so Nadja was a half child of oni race and human. But knowing that one question floated. "...Is the oni race’s soul not that large?"

Gejia who was the same demon race had a considerably larger soul than Muriel and the humans. The dark elf Yanica was large too. Then I thought the oni race was large too, but why could an ordinary human make Nadja a Dule? "The oni race indeed has a larger soul than humans, but cannot compare to me or Yanica. If a half child with a human even more not large. Well even so it would be about two or three times an ordinary person, but that degree rarely there are humans who can make Dules. Like Freit."

When I asked Gejia answered. I see, indeed Freit had two Dules. Moreover one of them was a To-Dule. Then even if looking large a soul three times an ordinary human, if A-Dule he could make it. "Understood, thank you."

"Glad I could be useful."

Again Gejia directed a smile at me. "But do not call Freit without honorific."

"Ugh, sorry. I will correct."

At my caution Gejia made a solemn face and apologized obediently. Beside Muriel was smiling wryly. "Now... I see, because a demon’s child she could not become a knight."

"That too, but in the first place commoners becoming knights is not often. Well even if there is the opportunity not becoming is as you say."

Nadja who was looking at the exchange of me and Gejia with a surprised expression answered my words. "Even so I was looking for the opportunity. But after all there was no opportunity. At such a time I was called out. If becoming a knight become my Dule, like that."

After Nadja talked that far she smiled wryly. "That guy I knew well from childhood. Because I left there before he became an adult I had not met since, but suddenly he came to meet. Thinking now it was suspicious. Where he knew my location..."

Saying that she wore a sneer this time. "Well he had grown into a good man. I liked him too, and as he said I cut off the horns and immediately became a Dule. Then he changed suddenly. Made me a show, made me a sword gladiator slave. In the end made me sell my body. If I resisted he immediately gave punishment. Then when that guy died and tried to succeed me to another guy I looked for a gap and escaped."

I see, I had thought probably that, but Nadja had hardships too.