Published at 5th of August 2021 10:35 pm

Volume 2 Chapter 41: The White Fox Sisters

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Cain couldn’t take his eyes off the sisters with missing limbs.

Koran was shocked at Cain’s sudden decision, his mouth hanging wide open in surprise.

Hearing Cain say that he wanted to purchase the sisters, who were missing limbs, Sandaramar, too, was surprised.

However, the sisters themselves were the most surprised. The older sister couldn’t even stand up without help, while the younger sister was one-armed at the age of ten, and yet they had been told that this child noble would buy them.

“Cain-sama! Don’t just go around deciding these things. Also, these children are missing some of their li– –”

“It’s fine. It’s my decision.”

Without even sparing Koran a single glance, Cain was still staring at the two girls.

“– –Yes, I understand.”

Koran realized there must be a reason for Cain’s unconventional behaviour, so, half-convinced that Cain had a plan in mind, he nodded along obediently.

“Lord Silford, is that really all right?”

Sandaramar asked. As the president, he was worried that Cain had said he was going to buy defective slaves.

“Yeah. May I talk to them before that?”

Cain asked Sandaramar, still staring inside the room.

Sandaramar nodded and opened the door.

Nervousness ran over the sisters’ faces when the door opened.

“There you go. Although, I would like to talk this over once again, then you can decide, Lord Silford.”

Cain entered into the room, once more surprising the sisters and making them huddle together even more, trembling.

The older sister held her hand out in front of her younger sister as if protecting her, glaring at Cain.

Slowly walking up to them until he was standing right in front of them, Cain squatted down so their eyes were at roughly the same height, smiled at them, and began talking.

The two of them were a bit surprised at Cain’s actions, as to them he had looked like some child noble, but then he actually went to the trouble of squatting down in front of them to look in their eyes and smile at them.

“Would you two like to come to my house? I don’t mind if you’re unable to move freely. I’d love for both of you to come together.”

They shrank away at his question, but then, after silently confirming it with each other, they nodded ever so slightly at Cain’s pure and innocent smile with nervous faces.

“Thanks for accepting.”

Cain’s gentle words softened their expressions, even if only slightly.

“Could you wait for a little while? I’ve got to go sign the contract. When I’ve finished, let’s go home together.”

Having said that to them, Cain left the room, still looking back.

“Lord Silford, is that really all right?”

“Yeah, I don’t mind at all. Could you please prepare them to be taken home with me today?”

“Yes, of course. We’ll begin doing so immediately. I’ll write up the contract, so let’s go back to the meeting room from earlier.”

Walking behind Sandaramar, Cain and Koran followed him back past the slaves’ rooms and through into the meeting room.

Sandaramar instructed the staff to get the White Fox Sisters ready, and began writing the contract.

In this country, slaves were bound to their contracts, which were made by mutual agreement. The contract itself required the slaves, the slave trader, and the purchasing party to all sign it. It was said that slave traders had their own shrines to the gods, and that when the contract had been signed by all parties, it would be offered up and disappear into the world of the gods. Of course, this didn’t apply to criminal slaves.

“Lord Silford, as we were protecting those sisters, they don’t cost anything. However, they spent two whole years here at our company. We had to pay for their education and meals. So if you would be so nice as to reimburse us. It would be one gold coin and four large silver coins for the two of them, if that’s all right.”

“Yeah, no problem. On the contrary, I’m worried about you not making a profit.”

Cain thought that Sandaramar’s suggested price was only just about enough to cover the cost.

“It doesn’t matter. Nothing will change if they stay here like this, and earlier, their faces relaxed, even if just a little. I’m sure you’ll be able to do something with them, Lord Silford.”

Sandaramar handed over the completed contract to Cain, who checked its contents before passing it over to Koran, who also looked it over.

“Cain-sama, there aren’t any problems with the contract.”

Nodding at Koran’s words, Cain signed the contract and laid two gold coins from his purse onto the table.

“Keep the change, I don’t need it. I think I’ve got a handle on what kind of person you are, as you were willing to take care of those disabled sisters for two years.”

Sandaramar smiled at Cain’s words, but his facial expression returned to normal soon enough.

“Understood. I’ll gratefully accept.”

Having received the payment, Sandaramar bowed, then left the room to help the sisters get ready.

“Sorry, Koran. There was I reason I had to buy them no matter what.”

Sitting down on the sofa, Cain began talking to Koran, who was standing behind him.

“Cain-sama, I do not know what you may be thinking. All I do is help you continue onwards on your path.”

“Thank you, Koran.”

Having thanked Koran, he sipped his black tea.

After a little while, Sandaramar brought the sisters into the room. Naturally, the older sister couldn’t walk as she was missing her legs, so she was being carried by a staff member.

Sat down on the sofa, they listened to Sandaramar’s explanation of the contract.

Unlike earlier, the two were now wearing dresses that looked like commoners’ everyday clothes, their long hair beautifully combed. Cain stared at them.

Eventually, the two sisters were convinced, and signed together.

“Well then, the contract is complete. From now on, Lord Silford, head of the viscount family of Silford, will take care of you two. Why don’t you say hello.”

The two of them turned away from Sandaramar, now facing Cain. The little sister grabbed her older sister’s arm. Unsurprisingly, she was nervous.

“Master, I’m the older sister, Lula. She’s my little sister, Laura. Both of us are disabled, so I don’t know if we’ll be able to help you, but nice to meet you.”

“I’m Laura. Nice to meet you.”

The two bowed to Cain.

“I’m Cain von Silford Drintor. Nice to meet you, you two. I came by carriage, so let’s all go home together.”

Cain smiled at them. They both still seemed nervous, but their expressions were loads better than they had been inside the room.

Guided by Sandaramar, they left the building and got in the carriage, Lula lifted inside by a staff member, Laura sitting next to her.

“Well then, I’ll go visit Drintor this weekend. Thank you for you business today.”

Sandaramar and the staff lined up and thanked Cain.

“Yeah, thanks for your help with that.”

Koran raised his voice at the horses, and the carriage departed.

Sitting face-to-face with Cain, this was the first time the two had ever been in a noble’s carriage, so they were curious about the interior, their gazes not resting for a single moment. As Koran was driving the coach, it was just the three of them inside.

Still, the two sisters were nervous, so they sat directly next to each other, tightly holding onto each other’s hands.

Outside, the sun had started to set, the streets now filled with people going home from work or shopping. The carriage made its way through all the hustle and bustle, continuing on towards Cain’s mansion.

“I took you two away from there, and I apologize for doing this without your permission, because I appraised you.”

Cain told them, instantly making Lula tense up.

Laura, seemingly not understanding, looked up at her now slightly more tense sister’s face.

“We’ll talk about that later, when you’ve calmed down.”

Saying that, Cain turned to gaze at the cityscape outside the carriage’s window.

The carriage entered the nobles district, and continued along a road lined with huge mansions on even larger plots of land. Amazed by the size of the mansions, Laura gazed out of the window for a long time.

And then, having passed through a guarded gate, the carriage stopped in front of a mansion.

“We’ve arrived. I’ll carry Lula-san. As rooms are being prepared, I’ll show them to the reception room.”

Cain could have held Lula without any problems, but he left it up to Koran.

Koran picked Lula up and carried her towards the mansion. Silvia was momentarily upset at seeing him come home with two white-haired little girls, but went to help him soon enough. Shown into the reception room by Koran and Silvia, the sisters sat down. Black tea and sweets were served.

Cain, sitting opposite the two sisters, sipped his tea. As always, the tea brewed by Silvia was delicious.

The sisters stared at him. Well, Laura was staring more at the sweets than him.

“Go ahead and have some tea and sweets, you two.”

At those words, Laura, although she was nervous, took a piece of candy and popped it into her mouth.

The sweetness spreading inside her mouth made her smile.

“– –Yummy.”

Cain, Koran and Silvia smiled at seeing her happy face.

Lula’s cheeks also twitched for a moment at seeing Laura smile, but then she turned back and looked at Cain with a serious face.

“Master, the two of us are missing limbs, so why did you buy us?”

“I don’t think not having limbs is all that big of a problem. I can just regrow them.”

Cain answered lightly, but Lula and Laura were shocked at hearing what he had said. They had been told that regaining their limbs years after they had lost them was basically impossible.

They didn’t know what kind of help he was exactly offering, as they highly doubted that the kid in front of them would be able to something like that as easily as he had claimed.

Ignoring their surprise, Cain continued.

“Having your bodies be in that state is inconvenient, isn’t it. Also, we’re already in the mansion, so I think it should be fine now.”

Saying so, Cain stood up, and, standing in front of the two of them stretched out his hand.

[Perfect Heal]

Cain, holding his hand out over the two of them, chanted a spell. In that moment, the two of them were enveloped in a divine light the likes of which they had never seen before. When the light subsided, Lula’s slender legs were stretched out in front of her, while Laura’s right arm had returned.

If they had only just been amputated, the high grade recovery magic [Extra Heal] would have been enough to solve the problem, but it had already been two years since they had lost their limbs, so super grade recovery magic was necessary, which Cain used without hesitation. Super grade recovery magic was said to only be able to be used by the pope of the Marineford Holy Country and the cardinals who were candidates to be his successor. Not even the bishops despatched to the countries capitals could use it. He had used such a legendary magic for slaves.

“Eh…”

“…No way…”

“…Wow…”

“Oneechan! I have my hand again!!”

Seeing Cain’s super grade recovery magic for the first time, Silvia and Koran were stunned. They knew how rare this magic was. Seeing magic from picture books and fairy tales with their own eyes, they could hardly believe it.

Laura was celebrating, opening and closing her right hand that had now regrown. Lula, seeing that sight, and having checked her legs, had tears trickling from her eyes.

It was obvious that the two of them had gone through many hardships with the little sister’s lack of a second arm and the older sister’s missing legs.

Lula hugged the delighted Laura, who didn’t seem to have registered that super grade recovery magic was all that amazing, perhaps due to her being a slave ever since she was little.

Lula hugged Laura for a while, but then, loosening her grip, she once again turned to Cain.

“Master, I don’t have the words to express how thankful I am. Thank you so much for healing us.”

“Master, thank you.”

Lula lowered her head, and Laura, copying her, did the same.

Thanks to the recovery magic their complexions had improved as well.

“Yeah. No biggie. Although I do think you need to rehabilitate for a bit more, when you’re fully recovered, how about working as maids under Silvia? You can just go relax in your room today. I’ve got to go to my territory now, so Koran, Silvia, I’ll leave the rest to you.”

Behind him, Koran and Silvia nodded their assent. Having witnessed the emotional scene just then, they were wiping their eyes with their handkerchiefs.

“Waah… Th-the room is ready. Lula-san, as it’ll probably be painful to walk right after having your legs regrown, let me help you.”

Wiping away her tears, Silvia let Lula lean on her, and, Laura walking beside them, they left the room.

Left alone in the room with Koran, Cain settled back down on the sofa with a sigh of relief.

“Cain-sama, I didn’t think you could use super grade recovery magic. So that’s why you weren’t concerned when buying them.”

“Yeah, that too, but there might be another reason. Although I’m not going to say anything about it just yet.”

Cain answered Koran’s question lightly. He couldn’t say any more, not even to Koran. That’s just how important of a secret it was.

Cain stood up and stretched.

“Well then, I’ll be going to Drintor. I’ll be back by nightfall.”

“Understood. Please be careful.”

Koran bowed, and with that, Cain transferred to Drintor.

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