Crow, giant trees, vast lakes…
Though all were beautiful sceneries, appearing in a dream at a time like this gave Ileya a rather bad premonition.
It didn’t feel like a good omen.
So, after getting up, the young lady immediately took two maids and went to see the Great Priest of the Dark Passage Tribe temporarily residing in the Marquis Castle.
On the way back, he had told Ileya his name—
Galulu Blackfeather.
In the Cave-Dwellers’ language, “Galulu” means a powerful leader.
But at this moment, this Great Priest of the Cave-Dwellers was clearly completely subdued by the young lady, now a loyal and spoiled lackey.
When questioned by his mistress, Galulu thought for a moment, then shook his head vaguely.
“I have worshipped the Crystal Giant Tree for over forty years, and I have never had such a dream…Could it be that, Mistress, you are the one chosen by the Giant Tree?”
“Hopefully not,” Ileya’s expression darkened.
Although she had never seen it, through Amisa’s exposure to it, she could imagine just how dangerous this world’s high beings were.
As a human, being targeted by such an entity was definitely no good.
But there was no use thinking about this now.
There was no one around who understood these matters.
Her mother’s words…no, her body had been unwell recently; if she knew about this, it would only cause her more worry.
Ileya shook her head.
Better to first…buy back that old man.
Without hesitation, the young lady stood and gathered her entourage.
Compared to when she first crossed over—alone as Yumina—now behind Ileya followed Miss Goddess Veil, the fishman zombie Insmouth, the Dark Passage Great Priest Galulu, and the serving maid Amisa.
Sigh.
Besides the twin-tailed maid, the others could be considered Transcendents, right?
This lineup, even in the Crystal Capital, was quite luxurious~
The group did not hide their identities, boarding a carriage adorned with the coat of arms of the Marquis Mansion and departing beyond the castle walls.
The road was clear all the way; no one dared approach the carriage.
Clearly, over these past few days, Ileya’s fearsome reputation had spread until it was known to all.
When the carriage reached the street, the usually bustling road was nearly deserted.
“Lady’s prestige really is…”
Amisa said in amazement, looking at the unusually quiet street that was normally always crowded.
“How is it! This prestige has been built step by step by the young lady~”
Sitting beside her, Yumina puffed out her small chest proudly.
She had been by the young lady’s side throughout the accumulation of this reputation, so she figured she deserved at least 1% of the credit~
Well…this isn’t really something to brag about, right…
Although Amisa’s tastes were somewhat unconventional, her basic values were still normal; being a Transcendent hadn’t twisted her outlook.
“At this level, it really is quite impressive…”
The carriage rolled down the deserted street and arrived in front of the slave trading center.
Compared to the silence on the street, here was lively and bustling…
All the leaders of the slave caravans had gathered at the entrance, wearing bright smiles.
Apparently, these guys had scouts outside and had long noticed from the route of the Marquis Mansion’s carriage that the “Bloodblossom Demon” young lady was paying them a visit today.
Though the Marquis wasn’t the highest noble, in this East County, in the Crystal Capital, the House of Bartios was the undisputed local ruler.
No one would dispute calling them the King of Eastern County.
And this young lady was the most spoiled of the spoiled, with recent rumors saying she would wipe out entire families over trivial matters and even conduct public executions right on the street…
She was completely an unreasonable demon.
So…her visit was dangerous, but also an opportunity.
As the carriage door opened, the white-haired girl in a black long dress stepped down with the help of the twin-tailed maid.
“Oh my! Lady Bartios gracing us with her presence truly honors us and brightens this place!”
The captain of the slave caravan was a tall, middle-aged fat man with a large beard and a friendly smile, like a drunken dwarf.
He stepped forward but stopped at a respectful distance to avoid any misunderstanding.
“Hm~”
Contrary to what the slave merchants expected, this Bloodblossom Demon young lady did not ignore their captain; instead, she nodded slightly to him.
“You’ve worked hard too, Yumina~”
“Yes, Lady!”
The twin-tailed maid smiled and nodded, then took a cloth bag from her waist…
She opened the bag and tossed it into the air!
Clatter!!
Over a hundred gleaming Kingdom Coins glittered in the sunlight, dazzling the slave merchants to the point of squinting…
Clinking sounds of coins hitting the ground snapped everyone back to attention!
These…these are all Kingdom Coins!
Grab them!!
“Th-thank you, Lady!!”
“Long live the Lady!!”
The slave merchants sincerely knelt, scooping up the dust and coins on the ground into their arms…
“Uh…uhahaha, Lady, you really are generous! You’re the most generous noble I’ve ever seen.”
The fat captain of the caravan also wanted to bend down to pick up the coins…
But now he had to attend to the young lady; doing so would be disrespectful.
“Heh, generosity is not the point. I just felt the ground was a bit dirty; it’s much better now~”
Huh?
The fat captain lowered his head, looking at the ground, now swept clean by the sleeves of the slave merchants, feeling somewhat confused.
But the twin-tailed maid’s voice broke through his bewilderment.
“Hey, what are you standing there for…Aren’t you going to escort the young lady inside?”
“Ah! Ahhh! Y-yes! That’s right! Lady, please follow me!”
The fat captain quickly stepped aside, signaling Ileya to walk with him.
But at that moment, a commotion broke out on the side of the slave market.
“Hey! What are you doing?! We came first, didn’t we?! Bastards!!”
Everyone turned to the source of the noise and saw two girls being pushed out by a staff member of the slave market.
“Go, go, go! We’ve said we’re closed today! Can’t you understand?”
They clearly hadn’t noticed they had drawn the interest of a certain “Bloodblossom Demon” and continued arguing.
“Is this how you do business? We’ve only been inside for ten minutes…It was fine before, but now you’re kicking us out!!”
The speaker was a brown-haired girl with a single ponytail, clad in leather armor and a longsword at her waist.
Her voice was loud, and starkly contrasting her fiery temper was the silent blonde girl beside her.
Together, they were like a crackling flame and a piece of chilling ice.
“Tsk…This place is rented by our slave caravan! We decide whom to serve or not! Don’t understand? Then leave!”
The staff member was clearly growing impatient, and the fiery girl only grew angrier!
“Get lost!”
“Hey!? You little runt! Say that again!?”
“Even if you say it a hundred more times, you can’t come in! Get lost!”
“I 【Pathfinder Girl’s Tibetan Speech】 you 【Cybertronian】 go to your 【Number Thirteen Swear】!”
Smack!
“Ow!! You…why did you hit me…?”
“I’m hitting you 【Aminos】!”
Smack!
Bang bang bang!!
“Ah yo! Ah…”