Chapter 59: Vivian

  "Aiolos looked at Dais strangely, what happened?"

  "Haha!" The boss wiped the sweat from his forehead, dryly laughed twice, and carefully looked at Saber with both eyes. "Young master, don't mention anything else, why not buy a few slaves to take back home? When there are guests coming over, there are people who can serve tea and pour water too!"

  "Hmm!" Francis thought for a moment, that's also true. If he were to go to the academy, Dloris couldn't always let Saber take care of her! After all, she was a warrior and needed to train. Moreover, someone in the house had to know how to cook, they couldn't just have Dloris eat roasted meat all the time!

  "Find someone who can cook and... also take care of children!" Francis said after some deliberation.

  "This is no problem, just wait a moment! I'll go pick out a few for you to choose from." The boss hastily agreed and went out to select some people.

  "What's Mother going to do!" Dorothea exclaimed, scratching Garry behind the ears and causing the white cat in her arms to yowl loudly.

  "Haha!" Francis took Gary from Dolores' arms, "How many times have I said it, you gotta be gentle! Luckily Gary isn't a real cat or he'd have been driven mad by you already!" Gary also cooperated and hummed twice.

  "Mom hasn't said what she's going to do yet?" Dorothea snatched Gail back and held her in her own arms.

  "Of course we'll find you a nanny! I have to go to the academy during the day, and I'm afraid I won't have time to keep you company. You can't always be bothering Lila!"

  "But I don't like other people taking care of me!" Dorothea scratched Garry again in a flurry.

  "Master! I've brought some people for you, take your time to choose!" The boss bowed and led in several girls from outside, their hands still locked in handcuffs.

  "Hmm!!? Isn't it too small!? Francis looked at the several girls in front of him, how old were they, could they take care of Dolores? This little girl was quite a handful."

  "Hey, young master! You're underestimating them! They are absolutely the kind of girls who can enter a grand hall and work in the kitchen! Lift your faces up and let this young master take a good look!" The boss suddenly changed his tone and shouted at the several girls.

  Several girls trembled and quickly lifted their heads after hearing this. Francis looked at each of them, and several girls were all beautiful and had good looks. "Does Dolores have a favorite?" Francis asked his daughter, after all, he was going to take care of Dolores, if she didn't like it, buying one back would be useless.

  Dolores looked at several girls and shook her head in dislike.

  Francis suddenly remembered that his daughter was a blonde control. He said to the boss, "Is there any with golden hair? My daughter prefers those with golden hair."

  "Blonde?" The boss thought for a moment, it seemed that there was no blonde in his store... wait, there was one, but he didn't know the customer's preference. "Young master! You're really making things difficult for me! But indeed, we do have a blonde, I just don't know if you'll like her?"

  "I don't mind, as long as she likes it, let's bring it over and take a look first!" Francis patted Deloris on the head.

  "Alright!" The boss turned around and instructed a few words, the people behind him took out several girls. "This young master, this is a good quality item, I originally wanted to send it to an auction to sell for a good price! But I see that you, young master, are dignified and impressive..."

  "Alright, alright, I know. Just name your price!" Francis stopped the boss's flattery, it was too fake. My whole face was covered by my hat, how did you even tell that I looked dignified?

  "This young master, look at what you're saying! Our small shop is not a black shop, how can we do that kind of thing!" The boss's eyes lit up when he heard Francis' words, and his mouth was about to split open.

  "Creak!" The door was pushed open, and Francis looked through it to see a girl in a long dress appear before him. Her dazzling golden hair caught his attention, but what really drew his eyes were the fluffy ears on her head and the tail swishing back and forth behind her.

  "What? A beastman?" Not just Francis, but also the three Dis were stunned. The relationship between humans and beastmen can be said to be like fire and water. In human countries, except for slaves, it is impossible for other beastmen to appear, and they are seeing a beastman for the first time.

  "Right! Young master, you're absolutely right! Lift up your head!" The boss pointed at the girl's ears with pride and said: "This is a beastman from the Fox tribe. On this continent, aside from elves, they are the top-tier female slaves. Of course, it's currently prohibited to sell elves, so these fox tribe girls are very expensive. This was brought in by our store at great cost from the slave traders!" The boss glanced at Saber and walked over to Francis, whispering: "And absolutely a virgin!"

  "Ah!" Francis carefully sized up the fox tribe girl in front of him, and her appearance was absolutely a step higher than the previous few girls. Moreover, Francis looked at those ruby-like eyes, which had a bit more spirit than the previous ones, and were not so stiff!

  "What do you think, Dolores?" Francis asked, still deferring to her judgment.

  "Mmm! I want!" Dolores stared at the fox tribe girl's swishing tail, and shook her own tail back and forth.

  "Haha! Young master, look at this!" The boss rubbed his hands together, it seems like he's going to make a big profit today!

  "Aiolos, go pay! This girl, I'll take her!" Francis pulled the hat on his head. Saber's gaze was like a knife blade, scanning back and forth over him, making him feel a bit chilly.

  "Haha! I knew this deal would definitely go through, this is her slave contract! Here you are!" This young master was really generous, the boss handed over the contract to Francis, and this person didn't even ask about the price, such a wealthy master was rarely seen.

  "This young master, and this, this one you must take." The boss handed over a golden card.

  "What is this?" Francis took the gold card handed over by his boss, which was quite heavy, and it was made of pure gold.

  "Haha! This is the VIP card of Imperial Auction House, our store is just a small subsidiary of the auction house! This is specially reserved for esteemed guests like you!" The boss hastily explained.

  "Auction house! I didn't expect, your business is quite big!" Francis put the card in his spatial ring, it was a membership card, maybe it would be useful later. After all, it's a gold card, selling it could also fetch some money!

  "Right, prepare a horse carriage, I'll set off to that manor immediately." Francis had originally planned to find an inn to stay in today, but now that the house has been bought, why would he still go to an inn.

  "Oh! Right, right! I'll go and arrange it now! Here's the key to the manor gate, for you!" The boss handed over a set of keys. "This young master, we will definitely prepare the best carriage for you, consider it as a small gift from our store! Hehehe!" The boss smiled kindly.

  "That's really embarrassing!" Francis was surprised by this old boss, who had exceeded his expectations and was indeed very meticulous.

  "You're too kind, if you need to buy anything else in the future, our small shop may not be big, but it's still quite complete!" The boss sent Francis and others all the way to the carriage and saw off the carriage.

  "Boss!" A servant-like person walked over.

  "What's going on? Who are these people, have you found out?" The boss walked into the store, his face changed, and he suddenly showed a few stern looks.

  "According to intelligence, these people just entered the Imperial Capital today and left Du's residence at noon, and were even sent out by Du's butler, Teide, in person!"

  "Hmm! The Du family! Ted the butler!" The boss slightly furrowed his brow, could it be someone from the Du family? No way, if they were from the Du family, why wouldn't they live in the Du house.

  "Is there any other intelligence? What's their background?"

  "Incompetent subordinates!"

  "Hmph! What's the use of the Empire raising people like you, can't even investigate the background of a few individuals." The boss furrowed his brow, this group of people, their spending power is in purple gold coins. Looking at the spatial rings on their hands, they're not ordinary goods, where did they come from? "You send someone to keep an eye on me again, be more careful, don't let them discover it!"

  "Yes! Understood!"

  On the carriage, Francis listened to the conversation between the boss and his subordinate, and smiled slightly. Indeed, the water in the imperial capital is deep! However, it sounds like they should be part of Caesar's intelligence department. Francis didn't think much of it, he wasn't planning on doing anything anyway, let them investigate if they want.

  "What's your name?" Francis looked at his daughter who was constantly playing with the fox tribe girl's tail.

  "Ah! I...I...don't have a name! Master...please give me one...just any name will do!" The girl's ears on her head trembled, and she said in a low voice.

  "Really! So your name is Vivian! It's a nice name, I'll call you that from now on!" Francis said with his eyes closed.

  "Ah——!" The girl raised her head in surprise, how did this guy know?

  "I am Francis de écus! This is Saber!" Francis points at Saber, who responds with a cold hum.

  Francis rubbed his nose in resignation, pointing at Dolores and continuing "This is my daughter Dolores, and the one she's holding is Geli! The two outside are Dismausk with blue hair and Aeolus! You can get to know them slowly later. Also, I don't like being called 'master', just call me young master!"

  "Yes... it's! Young... master! Saber-san, Dorothea-san!" Vivio said in a reserved tone.

  "Don't be so afraid, you just need to take care of Dolores in the future, and don't worry about anything else. By the way, how's your cooking skills?" After all, what's needed is someone who can cook, what's the use of a vase?

  "I'm best at cooking!" Vivi said with her head down, since getting on the car she had only looked up once and was now studying her tail with Dolores.

  Francis looked at Vivian who was shy and thought it was better this way, shyness made her quieter, and Deloris seemed to like her too.

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