(EP-97.1) Pet #4

097 – Master and Pet #4

Elga still remembered clearly what happened a year ago.

It’d been a while since she was back to Monarch City, the capital of the Angmar Kingdom. This time, she was here for her cousin Aira’s grand birthday celebration.

“The capital city is so bland and boring. Is there anything fun at all?”

At that time, Elga was busy traveling on expeditions such as pacifying rebellion and looting of immigrants on the periphery of the kingdom.

For someone like Elga who hated pretentiousness and flattering, Monarch City’s social gatherings were no different from hell.

“As expected, Lady Lioness is as beautiful as the rumors described. Why don’t you wear this necklace, our family’s heirloom? It’ll make you even more dazzling.”

‘Idio†.’

“According to the information, the price of tulips will go up a lot. So I bought all the tulips using 3,000 gold. Later, when the profits increase, I’ll present a box of tulips to Lady Elga.”

‘Tulips? Are you a fool? ‘

“I heard that the Lioness mansion in Borgia has lions. Is that true? They’re amazing animals. I also have an elephant in my villa. Ah, elephants are much stronger than lions.”

‘What bas†ard’s elephant?’

In particular, she was fed up with the s†upid noblemen in the capital. All they did was brag about how rich and great they were.

They were like a pack of mindless and greedy hyenas, gobbling up whatever they could.

However, when such people got put in front of her father, Reinhardt, these so-called nobles were no different than children playing house. It was simply ridiculous to watch.

These shi†heads would be the end of the Angmar Kingdom.

Every man must have ambition!

‘Ambition…’

In this chaotic world, shouldn’t you dream of leaving your name in history through one way or another?

Rather, the barbarian slaves she captured a while ago were better than these guys. At least they showed fearlessness in invading Queen Aira’s territory.

Elga spitefully uttered and mocked the babbling man, who was talking about how cool elephants were, in front of her.

“Slave.”

You were a slave of time.

However, the man did not understand Elga’s intentions, and instead of stopping, he babbled more.

“Ah, Elga-nim is interested in slaves. I like slaves too. They’re useful servants. The new slave market is also good.”

The man then went on to describe his slave fanaticism. It was a boring story about buying the daughters of the fallen nobles during the Angmar Civil War as slaves and making them serve him.

Then the man said while Elga was yawning.

“Come to think of it, there was some strange slave. I heard it’s an expensive guy that costs 30 gold coins-.”

‘… 30 gold?’

How could there be such an expensive slave?

“Is it a princess from a neighboring kingdom?”

As Elga scoffed, the man explained.

“It’s not a princess, but a man. He always talks about strange things and, apparently, he knows the future.”

“Know the future? What’s that guy’s name?”

“Theo Gospel. I think that was the name. They say he’s waiting for someone to buy him at a high price. Very-.”

And with that, the bored Elga got up and headed to the slave market.

Lo and behold, Elga found the man who was speaking odd nonsense.

“So, what is liberal democracy? It is an ideology that values freedom and responsibility. It’s equality, with no slaves or nobility.”

It wasn’t really difficult to find him since there were a lot of people gathered around.

“Pfft, look at what this guy is saying. He’s spewing nonsense.”

“Don’t you know that democracy has already failed in the ancient Artena Kingdom? How uncultured.”

“Is he really, though? He’s quite eloquent compared to other slaves. Since he’s decent, he must have been a scholar but got expelled or couldn’t pay his tuition and was sold.”

“Did he study so much that he went crazy? Poor thing…”

“…….”

The man in the cage frowned amidst the ridicule of the people. But rather than a man, he felt more like something between a boy and a teen.

Elga then asked.

“Are you Theo Gospel?”

“Theo…… Gospel?”

The man repeated, as if he was hearing his name for the first time.

His mental state was weird.

But the man’s face quickly turned very bizarre, revealing a kind of madness or ecstasy. The man soon shouted, grabbing the cage like an agitated monkey.

“Theo Gospel, yes, that’s it! That’s correct! It’s Theo Gospel! This is Angmar Kingdom, right? Under Queen Aira’s rule!?”

The man’s eyes quickly scanned Elga’s whole body. His gaze somehow felt eerily unpleasant and Elga was about to turn away.

“You’re Elga Von Lioness, right? Blonde hair, blue eyes, and a cloak with a lion’s seal! Reinhardt’s daughter!”

“… You know me?”

“Yes! Buy me! You won’t regret it! Really! I know the future!”

‘Know the future…‘

It was just like what she heard.

For the time being, Elga decided to purchase the slave. She thought it would be a good way to pass the time.

“The original price was 10 gold, but I’ll give him to you for 5. I was thinking of disposing of him soon anyways if he’s not sold.”

She heard it was 30 gold. The price was cheaper than expected…

And that was how Elga bought a slave out of boredom.

If he got too fussy with his nonsense or she grew bored of listening, she could always use him as a mansion servant.

He looked quite smart, and his words and actions were not as ignorant as other slaves. He might have been a scholar like what people said.

She didn’t know if it would be fun to bully a weak scholar.

But the things that slave was saying really started to happen and a lot of things began to change.

And now, that same slave stood before her, speaking with majesty.

“I am a descendant of a fallen family.”

‘A descendant of a fallen family…’

It meant nobility.

After Demon King Angmar was subjugated, there was a lot of civil unrest in the kingdom and a lot of families had collapsed.

Elga forgot that she was upset and was reminded of the past. Obviously, Theo Gospel was different from ordinary slaves.

He was smart and spoke more like a noble than the actual nobles. He’d also got some bizarre theories such as gravity, conservation of mass, and the communist party.

And he was indeed hiding his identity. Elga already suspected it before, that he might have been from a noble family. As expected, she was right.

Elga praised herself for her wisdom and asked, while pretending not to be interested.

“If it’s a fallen family, which one?”