Apparently, Mother and Justinia would only stay at the city or town for as long as they needed to verify that the person in charge of the place was doing their job properly before moving on.

So technically, we should already be preparing to leave right now but it seems like Mother was planning to stay here for another day so that we can explore the city a little.

Of course, we have to do it while we are incognito so we had to put on our [Mask of Impossible Identity] before we left Unerolia's mansion. Your journey continues with empire

Incidentally, she was also accompanying us while wearing a mask of her own as well.

At first, it was going to be just Mother, myself, Mary and Katsuki on the tour around the city. But when Unerolia heard about it, she begged for us to let her join in as well.

Her excuse was so that she could see her city from an incognito position but we all know she just wanted to follow along to play.

Mother did not even say anything and simply stretched out her hand towards Mary who placed another one of the masks in her palm which she handed over to the Marchioness.

Well, at least she was actually guiding us through the city like a tour guide so I wasn't going to complain.

I also would like to say that she had completely given up on acting like a lady after putting on the mask and she was skipping around while she introduced the city to us.

The fact that she was also dressed in a skirt so short that she practically kept flashing me everytime she jumped a little didn't help at all.

The only silver lining was the fact that there were slaves who were completely naked walking along the street made her outfit look normal in comparison.

"Over there is the market street where a lot of stores are being managed by slaves~ At the end are specialty shops dedicated to servicing slaves, since they don't really have much of a salary to begin with so we've made a system that allows slaves to get some luxury items by working off a points system instead~"

Ok, that sounds interesting… Though I probably wouldn't go and find out more since I don't plan to be a slave anyway.

Unerolia then turned to me with an excited look on her face, "Aster~ Would you like to get a slave for yourself?"

"Ah… Umm… I already have one though, Sister Rolia?"

"There's nothing wrong with having a few more right?"

I looked towards Katsuki, "But I already have the best one I could ever have?"

Unerolia turned to Katsuki in surprise, "Eh? She's your slave? I didn't even know that! Where did you get her?"

"Umm… She was actually given to me after I saved a merchant."

"Oh~ That's nice~ In that case, this means you've never actually gone to a slave store before right?"

Technically, I have… But I guess she's asking if I had gone through the process of getting a slave through a slave store then the answer would be no of course.

That's why I simply shook my head at that question.

She clapped her hands together, "That's great! In that case, why don't I bring you to one right now? Slave shops are our city's specialty so not going to one would be a waste!"

I turned to Mother and she giggled, "Ufufufu~ Why not? Little Une knows this city best after all~"

Alright then…

I turned back to the Marchioness, "We'll be in your care then…"

"Ahaha~ Right this way!"

She spun around and started leading us towards one of the streets which seemed to be significantly more decorated than the other streets we have been in so far.

Additionally, the slaves on the previous streets were dressed in either more practical clothes or were just left completely naked but on this street in particular, the slaves were dressed in revealing clothes that were designed to accentuate their body instead.

I didn't need to ask to know that they were probably dressed that way so that they could attract potential buyers to purchase them from the store that was selling them.

As if to prove my point, the moment we entered the street, several slaves started to call out to us.

"Over here, dear ladies! If you are interested in me, I am for sale!"

"Here, here! Do you want a strong man to hold you or to work for you? I am for sale right now!"

"My ladies~ I am trained in the art of pleasing another woman in bed. If you would like for me to be your personal pet, I am for sale~"

Somehow, even though this kind of looks like the scene back when Mother brought us to Modgnik Republic, the feeling I was getting from the slaves were different for some reason.

Then I realised that it was probably because the slaves and store owners back at Modgnik were promoting the store to get people to go inside while over here, the slaves were mostly promoting themselves instead.

Unerolia ignored them all and continued guiding us through the street until she arrived at a particular store at one side of the road.

Unlike the other stores that seemed to have put quite a lot of time and effort into decorating the store front, this one was relatively simple looking.

That's not to say that the place looked rundown but it just looked like a normal store and you probably wouldn't have guessed this was a slave store if it wasn't located on this street.

Unerolia led us up to the front door of the store where a woman wearing a red dress that showed off her cleavage was seated in front of. She was smoking on a pipe and the left half of her face was covered by her long bangs.

I was so distracted by the large bosoms hanging in front of her chest that I almost missed the collar around her neck that showed she was a slave.

As we were about to reach her, another group of people walked past her but stopped when they saw her.

Somehow from how they were acting, I knew that these people were not locals of this city.

They quickly turned back around and went to surround her.

"Hey, this is a slave shop right?"

"Are you also for sale?"

"How much?"

The woman blew out a puff of smoke, "Apologies but this place is only open for specific guests only."

One of the girls from the group crossed her arms at her, "And what does one need to do to get an invitation here?"

The woman took another drag from her pipe before blowing out again, "Unfortunately, it is impossible for you to be invited to this establishment."

Obviously, her words seemed to piss off a few of the people in that group and they got closer to her with clenched fists.

"Hey?! What is that supposed to mean?!"

"Yeah! Are you saying we're poor or something? Because we have Creas!"

One of them even took out a bag of coins to throw it on the table in front of the slave girl, "Look! Is this enough to admit us in there?"

The slave didn't even look at the bag that was thrown in front of her, "Money is not a factor. Please leave or I will need to remove you from the premises."

"Ha?! Remove us from the premises?! Who do you think you are?! You are just a slave!"

I was just about to ask Unerolia if we should do something when I heard her mutter, "Stupid tourists… Must be stupid rich kids from Shendhala…"

"Should we do anything then?" I asked.

She shook her head, "There's no need. Just watch."

I turned back to the scene and the group had already surrounded the smoking slave girl threateningly.

"Hey, we demand an answer! Get your master out here right now!"

The slave girl sighed, "This is your last warning. Please leave."

"A slave giving her betters a warning?! The gall on that mouth of yours! If your owner refuses to discipline you, then we'll do it in their stead!"

One of the men raised his hand in preparation to slap her but before his hand could reach the slave, a portal opened beneath his feet and the guy fell into the portal.

The others stared at the space that their friend had occupied not too long ago in shock.

Before they could respond, more portals opened under them and the entire group fell into the portal, disappearing completely.

The slave girl then continued to sit there and blow on her pipe as if nothing even happened.

Unerolia then went ahead to approach the woman without fear and the rest of us followed behind her.

The slave gave us a side eye until the Marchioness fished out some kind of badge from between her boobs to show it to her.

The slave's reaction was immediate as she placed her pipe away and stood up to bow at a perfect ninety degree.

"Welcome, honoured guests. Please enjoy yourselves."

Well… Alright then…

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