Chapter 54

The next day, Luolin and his companions finally entered the city, and then they found the location of the slave market.

'We should be arriving soon, right?'

While walking on the road, Shirna suddenly said, and Luolin just nodded.

'Once we reach the slave market, we should say goodbye, Master.'

Shirna said to Luolin. She stopped in her tracks and took a deep breath.

'Thank you for everything along the way, Master.'

Shirna said, and even performed a proper bow.

'Thank you for taking such good care of me, and also for never doing anything inappropriate to me.'

Shirna seemed to be recalling something.

Having come this far, Shirna could be certain that Luolin wasn't lusting after her body, nor was he doing this for any other reason.

'I know I can never be redeemed, because I have this thing on my body.'

Shirna looked at the slave mark on her body. It was like a nightmare she could never escape from, probably accompanying her for life, never able to break free from this fate.

'But even so, thank you for treating me so well in these final moments, Master.'

After Shirna finished speaking, she continued walking forward.

The slave market was right before their eyes. The guards ahead stopped Luolin and his group.

'Halt, what are you here for?'

Luolin glanced at him, then took out his mercenary badge and the commission parchment.

'Oh, so you're mercenaries. Is this the "goods"?'

He glanced at Shirna, but Luolin immediately pointed the stick in his hand at his face.

'You... what are you doing?'

He was startled, thinking Luolin was about to attack, but Luolin withdrew the stick.

'Don't talk about her like that. She's not any kind of item.'

Luolin said, handing over the commission parchment to the other party, then took a stamp directly from his hand - proof of commission completion. With this, he could return to the guild to collect the commission reward.

'You...'

When the guard wanted to say something, Luolin ignored him. Luolin gave Shirna a look, and Shirna obediently walked over.

'Goodbye, Master.'

Shirna stood in place and said. Luolin nodded.

'Those people were right.'

Luolin suddenly said:

'In this world, anyone who does anything definitely has their own reasons. Pure "goodwill" basically doesn't exist.'

After speaking, Luolin actually turned and left.

'Hey! You guy!'

Ailuka immediately chased after him. Shirna watched the backs of the two leaving, her expression complex.

'What are you looking at? Why don't you hurry up and go inside?'

That guard was losing his temper at Shirna. In the past, Shirna might have silently accepted this, but now, she wanted to try a different approach.

'Do you dare to hit me?'

Shirna directly said to the guard. The guard was stunned.

"What did you say!?"

"Hit me? Can you afford to pay for it? I'm very valuable merchandise, am I not?"

"You...."

Although he was very angry inside, that guard really didn't dare. He withdrew his hand.

"Stop wasting words! Get inside now."

He forcibly pushed Shirna inside. Shirna took one last look in the direction Luolin had left, then continued walking inside, leaving behind a soft whisper:

"Goodbye, Master."

[Affection +300]

This affection was like Shirna's final gift to Luolin.

....

Ailuka caught up with Luolin.

"You guy, what are you doing!?"

Ailuka slapped Luolin on the head.

"What are you doing? That hurts."

Luolin said while covering his head.

"You still dare to ask? Let me ask you, are you really planning to just ignore Shirna like this?"

"Then what do you plan to do? Rob them by force? Are you sure the two of us can stand against the entire marketplace?"

Luolin asked back. Ailuka fell silent for a moment. She knew that was impossible.

She was even more aware of the marketplace's strength than Luolin, having been a mercenary for so long after all.

"Besides, if we don't complete the commission, the possibility of Luna being in danger becomes even greater."

Luolin continued.

"So what are you planning to do now?"

"Hmm, let me think....."

Luolin pondered for a moment.

"There's a guild branch here too, right? Let's go get the commission money first."

"Money, all you know is money!?"

After hearing Luolin's words, Ailuka immediately threw up her hands in frustration. She now truly believed she had misjudged him back then.

"Is money really that important?"

Ailuka questioned. However, Luolin nodded matter-of-factly.

"Of course money is important. Without money, what am I going to use to buy Shirna back?"

"....."

Buy her back?