8 – Helping those who help themselves (8)
Dahham’s branch of the Paling Trading Merchant is located in Pier 2, not far from the Security Agency.
This is because Pier 2 is the largest in Daham, so large ships such as galleons can berth.
Large galleons were lined up at Pier 2 today as well.
On one of the ships, workers were loading cargo by placing a plank between the side door and the pier.
And there Ainor could see Ael.
Yesterday, Ael, wearing the baggy clothes that you gave me, was crossing the planks with her head bowed down with her despairing expression on her face.
I could have escaped by opening my body….
At that time, Ael found a woman holding her chin behind her and arrogantly following her.
Looks like that woman is the unlicensed saint Ael talked about.
If there is a woman who uses divine power, her demons will be inferior to a mouse in front of a cat.
“Ael!”
Ael turned her head this way and opened her eyes wide.
“Teacher?!”
“Just wait!”
“Yes?!”
“I don’t know about other places, but not to Brechner!”
Ainor passed by Ael and the porters and jumped straight into the branch of the Paling Trading Merchant.
The guards guarding the main gate were embarrassed by Einer’s sudden intrusion, but they were dressed as port security guards, so they let him in without hesitation.
The Daham Branch of the Paling Trade Corps is so grand that an uninitiated person would mistake it for the palace of Archduke Jahelan.
The branch building, all made of pure white marble, dazzlingly reflects the bright sunlight of the southern ocean, showing off its presence like a lighthouse even in the distant sea.
In the garden, exotic flowers and plants brought in from all over the world are in full bloom, and birds with colorful feathers, including Dukes, roam peacefully between them.
Einer ran across the magnificent garden to the front of the branch headquarters lined with huge colonnades.
In front of the main office, several middle-aged men who appeared to be senior executives were discussing something holding ledgers.
“What?”
As Einer stopped in front of him, the officers looked at him suspiciously.
“I’m here to see the branch manager.”
“The branch manager?”
The executives exchanged glances and snorted as if they were dumbfounded.
The Paling Trade Corps is a caravan that has enough capital to buy an entire small country.
It was customary for the head of such a guild to be treated like a count, more than just a mayor.
But suddenly, not even the security chief, but a mere security officer bursts in and says he wants to see the branch manager, so I can’t help but feel overwhelmed.
“The branch manager is busy right now.”
The executives looked blatantly up and down at Einer and answered curtly.
“It’s about the Demon Slave captured by your company this morning.”
“What does that have to do with the Port Security Force? Even if it has to do with it, it’s difficult to do something like this. Bring an official document and come back.”
“The branch was operating an unauthorized saintess. Shall we bring an official investigation warrant?”
At Einer’s words, the executives who were about to enter the building hesitated as if somewhat perplexed.
“Unauthorized saintess? I don’t know what you’re talking about?”
Unlicensed saints are illegal.
All women who can use the divine power must officially enter the sacred university of the church and become saints.
Sometimes there are women who secretly make money through divine treatment while hiding the fact that they manifest divine power, but they are unlicensed saints.
It’s absolutely illegal, and if the church knows about it, it’s probably going to be inspected right away, or if the luck is not dirty, the Holy Knights will come.
That’s why the top executives pretend they don’t know in that way.
“As far as I know, the church doesn’t dispatch saints to places that move for commercial purposes. Isn’t that right?”
“What do you want to say?”
You pointed your chin at the mast of a galleon visible over her wall.
“If the demons open their bodies, they can sink at least one ship like that and run away. But instead of doing that, they are just waiting for the day they are helplessly caught and sold. If they don’t have divine power, they can never control the demons.”
The speechless executives eventually burst into anger.
“Get out of the way now! Where’s the guard, I’m afraid to come all the way here!”
“I’m not a guard, I’m a security guard. And I need to talk to the branch manager.”
“Sounds crazy! I’m not too lazy to date someone like you!”
“Wait.”
At that time, a window on the second floor of the main office opened and someone looked down.
She was an elderly woman with gray hair.
Although her wrinkles have been wrinkled as she gets older, her skin itself is so good and her features radiate grace, which makes it seem like she was a great beauty when she was young.
Einer knows that woman.
It doesn’t make sense that Daham’s port security officer doesn’t know the face of the Daham branch manager of the Paling Trading Corps.
“Ask him to come in.”
“Chief…! You don’t have to do that!”
“No. Let me in.”
There was considerable charisma in the voice of the branch manager, so the executives could no longer dissuade him and gave way to Einer.
“If you show any rudeness…”
“Don’t worry, I’ll take care of it.”
Ignoring the bullying executives, Einer entered the headquarters.
When I opened the door to the branch manager’s office on the second floor of the headquarters, the branch manager who had been waiting for me smiled gracefully.
“Welcome.”
“My name is Ainer, a port security officer. There are a lot of examples in the first place.”
“Let’s sit down. I think I have something important to do.”
As soon as you sat down on her sofa, she immediately got to the point.
“Sell me the demon slave.”
It was a rude and embarrassing remark, but the old-fashioned branch manager did not raise an eyebrow.
While maintaining a subtle smile, the branch manager stared at Einer and asked.
“A demon slave?”
“This is the Demon Slave that the Harbor Security Force was asked to search for. They say it’s being sold as Brechnut.”
“Hmm.”
The branch manager closed his eyes slightly and put on a thoughtful expression, then said as if he had just remembered.
“Ah, I remember. There was such a product.”
“Sell it to me.”
“Why would you want to buy it, the name is…”
“This is Einer.”
“Yes. Member Einer. You came in without any prior notice and without any haste?”
“Would you have said you would sell it if you had made an appointment in advance?”
At Einer’s reply, the branch manager’s eyes twitched slightly.
“That’s rude, Einer.”
The branch manager was still smiling, but there was considerable intimidation in his words.
The branch manager of the Paling Trade Corps, which trades all over the world.
He is also an old and cunning branch manager who oversees Daham, the center of continental maritime trade.
Such a branch manager has the power to take out at least one port security officer without blinking an eye.
But Einer wasn’t the kind of person to be discouraged by that.
For Einer, who had various titles and careers, such as War Hero, Demon Butcher, and Royal Brechnert Knight, the branch manager was not a very daunting opponent.
And I wouldn’t have come here if I had only been pushed by an old man like that in the first place.
“Come to think of it, you didn’t even tell me why you wanted to buy that slave? Is the original Daham port security force like this?”
“Yes, head of the branch. To deal with sailors, you have to be ignorant, rough, and cruel. If you don’t, you’ll get killed. And why do you want to buy demon slaves?”
Einer’s eyes turned to the window.
The sails of the galleon carrying Ael were slowly unfurling. Soon she was poised to sail.
“I also have a dream of a girl with horns. I’ve been wanting to grab her by the horns and do it behind her for a long time.”
“Ha ha ha!”
At Einor’s answer, the branch manager covered his mouth and laughed.
After laughing like that for a long time, the branch manager immediately stopped laughing and said.
“Okay, Einer crew. I’m selling it. In fact, we were also in a very difficult situation to defeat the demon slaves, but it turned out well.”
Then the branch manager spread all his fingers.
“It’s not ten gold coins, is it a hundred?”
At your question, the branch manager smiled and nodded.
A hundred gold coins. I mean not selling.
I don’t think I had any intention of selling it from the beginning. Of course.
“Why didn’t you answer me, Einer? Did you come all the way here to give me a virgin horned slave when you couldn’t even get a hundred gold coins?”
“Of course not, chief.”
“Oh, then pay the price and take the slave.”
A hundred gold coins is a lot of money.
With only the salary of a port security officer, money that has to be saved for several years without spending a penny.
Of course, the branch manager decided that Einer wouldn’t have such a large amount of money, and was joking around.
And of course, there was no way Einor had a hundred gold coins in his hands.
In the meantime, the mast of Ael’s galleon was fully extended and began to slowly fall from the pier.
Hey, you opened his mouth as you watched the mast recede.
“But I’ll give you something incomparable to a hundred gold coins.”
And then Einer explained to the branch manager the plan he came up with while deciding to save Ael.
A sneer passed across the branch manager’s face when he heard those words.
But at Einer’s words, the branch manager’s laughter began to fade.
I don’t know about other places, but I absolutely can’t do Brechnert.
I can’t keep my eyes open so that Ael is sold there!
* * * * *
The lower deck of the Paling Merchant’s freighter.
Crouching in the corner of a filthy cargo bed covered with straw, Ael looked out at her pier through a small circular window.
As Einer told you, Ael left the house before the horizon was bright.
And moved quietly to the other side, not to the harbor.
At that time, the fatigue of the night shift is the highest, so vigilance is weak.
That’s why Einor told Ael to move at that time.
But there was one thing he hadn’t thought of, and that was the members of the Paling Corps who turned their eyes to find the lost item.
Eventually, Ael was caught by a search team that included her saintess without permission, and she was forced to return to the cargo ship.
“What are you looking at? Maybe your boyfriend will come to rescue you?”
The unlicensed saintess, who was sitting obliquely in the chair across from Ael to keep an eye on Ael, sneered.
Ael instead of responding to that, stared at the front door of the upper branch where Einer had jumped in.
She came out of the dark situation and wanted to carve out her own destiny.
Heaven helped me, met a compassionate security guard, and received a lot of favor and kindness.
But it turns out like this in the end.
The teacher told me to wait, but… It would be impossible….
The teacher is a nice person, but he’s just a security guard, and my owner is a huge guild….
Come to think of it… I couldn’t even ask the teacher’s name….
Seeing Ael like that, the saintess of her without permission sarcastically.
“Hey, don’t be so dead. You know? The person who buys you is a big deal, so will he send you to heaven every night?”
She said, “I think she knows why she didn’t become a canonized saint.”
In response to Ael’s reply, the unlicensed saintess stood up from her chair halfway, revealing her teeth.
However, since Ael is a commodity and cannot be flawed, the saintess cursed Ael while uttering swear words that were hard to bear.
Either way, Ael sighed and left her dock….
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“Huh?! Teacher?!”
Einer ran out of the main gate of the branch and leaped toward the ship from the edge of the pier.
“No Brechnut!”