NOVEL NEXT WORLD Chapter 2: She is both my owner and employer
Chapter 2: She is both my owner and employer.
“From today, you belong to me.”
Those were the first words from the petite beauty who bought me.
Currently, we are heading to the mansion where she resides, in a carriage.
She sits with an air of intelligence and maturity , despite looking younger, with her dazzling semi-long golden hair and cat-like vertical
crimson eyes. She elegantly crosses her legs extending from her black dress, and I can’t help but think that there are also noble ladies
like her in the world.
In reality, she’s like a genuine lady. Wasn’t she the daughter of a duke?
“Hey, can’t you at least answer?”
“Ah, sorry…”
Prompted with a slightly annoyed expression, I hastily apologized.
“You’re quite uptight. Well, I guess anyone would become like that if they were sold by their own parents for money.”
“…”
Her words make me tremble and feel shaken.
What she said is an undeniable fact.
Three days ago, when I returned home, my parents were nowhere to be found.
In their place was a merchant dealing with slaves from another world.
“I bought this brat’s body for one hundred million.”
With those words delivered right off the bat, I understood why my parents were absent.
My father was an inept businessman who, in an attempt to create something new, ventured into various businesses but only brought
about deficits. As a result of his contrarian stubbornness, everything slipped through his fingers.
My mother had a dreamy personality, reveling in supporting my father’s repeated failures. She was a narcissist, intoxicated with the
idea of being the one to support him in times of family crisis.
So, it was only natural that such people would end up in debt. It was commonplace for them to borrow more money from elsewhere to
repay their debts.
We had always lived in poverty, even before I could understand anything. I struggled with odd jobs and part-time work, and all the
money I earned would be taken by my parents… that was our life.
I knew we had debts, but I never imagined it would be one hundred million. When I was informed by the slave merchant, my mind
went completely blank at the astronomical amount.
And now, in order to repay the soaring debt, my parents finally sold me, their only son.
Even though they were terrible parents, I had believed that we still had a bond as a family…
From there, everything happened in an instant.
I was taken to another world by the slave merchant and put up for auction in a dangerous underground auction.
And the one who bought me in that desperate situation was the beautiful girl right in front of me—the young lady, Elinarese Luna
Scarlet, daughter of the Scarlet Duke.
She is a noble in the other world, and moreover, she is a vampire.
Her golden hair and deep crimson eyes are of an especially noble lineage within her family.
Why would a duchess from another world come to an underground auction and buy me? I have no idea.
I don’t think she would give me an answer even if I asked, so I decided to consider myself lucky.
“What’s your name?”
“Um, I’m Itsuya Tsujizono Isaya. Nice to meet you, Lady Scarlet.”
I tell Lady Scarlet my name.
I’m not sure how well honorifics from Earth will work, but considering the future, it’s better not to provoke any animosity.
However, Lady Scarlet didn’t seem to like my words and narrowed her deep crimson eyes.
“Well… in public, that’s fine, but even in private, you don’t have to be so formal. If you keep up that stiff attitude,
I’ll feel suffocated.”
However, what she said was unexpectedly unexpected.
I was slightly taken aback by her overly relaxed tone.
“Well, it’s not disrespect towards your master… if I’m saying it’s fine. Besides, you can address me however you
like.”
“Then… Elina?”
“Rejected.”
“Ugh… how about Lady?”
“Too formal language.”
“Ugh… Nice to meet you, Lady…”
“Okay, that’s good♪”
With a satisfied smile, Lady Scarlet—no, the young lady—gives a nod of approval.
Her smile is so beautiful that it makes me forget that she’s younger than me, and I can’t help but look away.
Somehow, she exudes charisma that makes me want to follow her.
While I’m thinking about that, the young lady continues speaking with the same expression.
“Now, about Itsuya’s future, for the time being, it’s okay for you to continue attending high school.”
“Eh, is that okay!?”
“Yes. However, I want you to work as a live-in butler in the Earth mansion we’re heading to now. You can
commute to school from there.”
“A mansion…”
Although bourgeois words come to mind, I am relieved beyond measure by the fact that I don’t have to drop out or transfer schools.
Since the previous house has surely been terminated, it’s also grateful to be given a place to sleep and work.
“You’ll receive a salary, and you can eat the meals there as well.”
“Seriously!?”
Is that the condition for this extraordinary employment opportunity!?
The employment conditions are too good to be true, and for a moment, I almost forget that I am a slave.
Even though I have some experience with part-time jobs, I have to be careful not to get fired…
“And besides your job, there’s something else I want you to do.”
As she says that, the young lady raises her index finger.
“Something you want me to do?”
“Yes. It’s even more important than the job.”
Is she entrusting me with such an important matter?
It may sound conceited, but based on the way the young lady talks, it sounds like she bought me for that crucial reason.
“Well, I’ll explain in detail after we arrive at the mansion. Now, I have a few questions, so please answer them.”
“Questions…”
“Ahaha. It’s not like it’s a strict job interview or anything, so feel free to answer without any pressure.”
“Huh…”
While feeling flustered by the unexpectedly changing expressions of the young lady, I concentrate on not missing her questions.
“First, how much do you know about the interaction between our world, Verzeld, and Earth?”
“I think I know about it to some extent from what I learned in school and through part-time jobs.”
“Oh, so you’ve been living in extreme poverty. Does that mean you haven’t been keeping up with the news?”
“I don’t have a smartphone or anything expensive like that.”
“I guess there’s no helping it, but it’s like an endangered species…”
Hearing about my sad circumstances, pity reflects in the deep crimson eyes of the young lady.
It’s a gaze that seems to appeal to a certain layer of society and stops there.
“I’ll quickly contract a smartphone for you. In this day and age, it’s convenient to have one.”
“You’re an amazing lady.”
“Oh, you know it.”
I express my gratitude for her generous offer, not only for clothing, food, and shelter but also for providing me with a smartphone.
She seems to be pleased with my pure admiration and wears a proud expression.
Finally, I feel like I’ve seen a side of her that matches her age.
It makes her even more adorable.
“By the way, how much did the young lady pay to buy me?”
“Hm? One hundred platinum coins.”
“What…!?”
The amount she casually mentions is an exorbitant sum that would make me feel like my soul has been left behind.
Wait, wait, wait, wait.
Did she just say platinum coins?
If a gold coin is worth about one million Japanese yen according to the market rate, then one platinum coin is approximately thirty
times the value of a gold coin.
So, with one hundred platinum coins…
…in other words, I was bought for three billion yen.
…
…
Hahaha, I don’t feel like I can ever repay that in my lifetime.
The words “lifetime employment” are burned into my mind and won’t fade away.
Cough.
To bring the conversation back on track, the young lady clears her throat and continues.
“Now, let’s talk about the interaction between Earth and the other world as far as you know.”
“Understood.”
She probably proposed that to distract me.
Considering the young lady’s background, she probably knows more than me, but having knowledge of the other world in my line of
work will be beneficial.
That’s why she wants me to explain it, even if it’s within my limited understanding.
I express my gratitude for her consideration and decide to talk about the interaction between Earth and the other world to the best of
my knowledge.
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