It is said that the portside Jaranoa market sells anything. From legal goods to the very most rare and illegal. You can get it there if you know the right people.

Also the market is renown worldwide for its variety of slaves you can get there. Fair and blonde men and women from the northern tundras fetch a good price here. Meanwhile natives are abundant and relatively cheap. If you get lucky you can buy a demonkin for enough money to feed a low income family for twenty years. Because of this slave industry several supporting industries sprung up around it. Everything from blacksmiths, enchanters, food catering to bloodsport arenas.

If you want it, you can get it. Is a motto said in Jaranoa market.

”Why are we heading into the slave market, Laurel?”

I asked the prince. Why would he be interested in such things?

”You are going to need a guide in the jungle.”

He then answered me.

”A slave guide?”

Me and Izumi inquiried him further.

”Without one you will get lost. Also as you know slaves are bound by a magical contract to obey their masters. So it will be impossible to willingly mislead you.”

The way he puts it make me think he is having trust issues.

”Master, what do you think of adding another member to our family?”

I asked Izumi.

”It will have to be a girl as you know.”

Typical Izumi. Not even for a second considering another guy in the party. Laurel looked at him in a way that just said. ”I won’t even bother.”

After browsing the slaves on the market for about an hour, Izumi finally used his appraisal skill to look into the future for our next addition. Took him long enough.

”Alright, follow me.”

Izumi said and he walked a very specific way past high class women slaves and muscled brutes of men slaves. We walked into a dark den which smelled of tobacco and incense. For what was about ten minutes we finally arrived at the location.

In front of us was one cage with two slaves in it. There was two girls, one which had pink hair and looked like she was in her late teens. She wore old animal skins, how curious. And one which was mature with blonde hair and wore a blue dress.

”Is this the right place, master?”

I asked Izumi.

”Yes, this is it. The girl with the pink hair is it according to my skill.”

As he answered, I crouched down in front of the pink girl. She saw my collar first and then looked at my clothes.

”Hey, what is your name?”

I asked the frightened girl.

”K- Kim...”

The poor girl said as she looked frightened. Reminds me of the time before I got sold to Izumi. All the sad girls with no hope for the future. At least this girl will come to a good master, in a good home. I smiled as I thought of it. The girl then gave me an odd expression.

”You are not sad. Why?”

She asked me.

”Why would I be sad?”

I answered her.

”Isn’t your master making you do things against your will?”

The girl looked away as she said that. I sighed.

”Not my master.”

She looked then at me with one eye.

”This is not a trick, is it?”

”No. If you meet him yourself, you will understand. To me, master and the girls are family.”

”H- How can you be family!?”

She then shouted and pounced at the cage. Her hands gripped the bars so hard her nails made marks on the wood. I looked away for a few seconds.

”Family to me is the people I love.”

She then had a look of shock upon her face as I said that. Then after a short while she sat down.

”...people I love... Huh...”

She looked out into the window overseeing the jungle.

”...family... Fang...”

I then heard her sob with her face between her legs. I wonder what made her this emotional. I stood up after that. By now the transaction must be done.

It is not easy being a first time slave. I know it myself by heart. At least I got to a good master on my first time. Kim will be counting herself lucky in the future to have Izumi as her master too. That should comfort her at least.

Also after being a slave for this long, my mindset has changed a lot. I do not crave freedom as much as before. Probably the influence of Izumi as my master, because he treats me well and listens to me. Being with him I do not lose anything and he is the one ultimately responsible for my wellbeing. We become like a family by being tied with him. Instead of having ties with blood, we have ties together with our bond to our master. Whether through love or loyalty we become one as a family. Oh well, I guess if it was on Earth I would had gotten a submission kink by now. That thought made me chuckle.

”...and finally put on the collar.”

Izumi says as he applies the collar on an angry looking Kim. She looks incredibly mad and humilated. With a click and the application of a magical key she is then bound to him as his slave.

”Welcome to the family, Kim.”

I smile at her.

”Now I should give her a new name...”

Izumi looks deep in thought but before he manages to think up one, Kim butts in.

”FOR THE LAST TIME, I AM NOT A GIRL! I AM A BOY!”

Kim yelled at Izumi with unrelenting anger. Izumi look at Kim in confusion at first.

”How can you be a boy!?”

Izumi said as he looked suspiciously at Kim.

”You do not believe me!? LOOK!”

Kim says as they take off their clothes. And well, look at it. Their feminime body indeed got the equipment to become a family man. Not big by any means, but definitely smaller than the one my boyfriend had.

At this moment Izumi had a look of despair as he fell onto his knees. Looks like the 1% of the time his appraisal skill failed him, actually did. The 1% it got wrong was the gender of his next party member!

Kim, he had a pretty smug look. The amount of damage happiness he felt must been enormous. Then from out of nowhere Seris came and picked Kim up.

”Aww, he is sooo cuuuuute!”

Seris cried out in joy as she smothered him with her mountains. Nyaya joined shortly after in the hugging session. Meanwhile sat Nino beside a crying Izumi trying to comfort him. It must be hard for him to no longer be the only man in the party. At least I guess I get a conversation partner now...

”Kim will need clothes.”

I said. Then Seris who held a Kim gasping for air, looked at me.

”Of course he will! Let us get him something cute!”

Seris is way too enthusiastic about this. Is this a hidden part of her past life before becoming a slave?

Nino had now helped Izumi getting over it. By slapping him in the face. She is not very subtle. He simply thanked her and went over to Seris which was hugging Kim like a bodypillow. I bet if Izumi tries to sell Kim back now she will be heartbroken.

Laurel which had simply spectated this was trying his best to not laugh. To think his idea of getting a guide could be so entertaining. Mission accomplished he thought.

After now acquiring Kim into our party we went off to get him some clothes and basic equipment. Because of his weak body strength we thought of giving him a crossbow or sling for a weapon.

We got two sets of clothes for Kim.

One was a dress which was much like the ones we got. He protested at first but then we reminded him of how much of a girl he looked like. (Or it was a excuse for Seris to dress him up.) Would be better for people to simply think he is a girl when we are out. Obviously his face was red during the time we tried out different dresses on him. In the end we also got a pair of heels for him to wear along it.

Second set was practical clothes to use on this continent. A white loose shirt with a leather vest and white baggy pants along with heavy duty trekking boots. He was more receptable to trying out this. Probably because he felt his dignity was intact.

The only interaction Izumi did during the clothing sessions was paying. He still had not come to terms that his appraisal skill had failed so spectacularly. About the time when it came to buying adventuring gear for Kim he started to snap out of it.

”I have never used a weapon before...”

Kim protested when Izumi shown him a sword.

”Really? How did you survive until now then?”

Izumi asked.

”Umm... I always had animals do things for me...”

Izumi then looked suspicious at him.

”Really? [Appraisal: Projection]”

Race: Human

Class: Feral Druid LV.0

Titles: Tamer of Fang (Sabretooth cat), Beloved by Animals

Appearance: His skin is tanned light brown. His natural colored wild pink hair go to his hips. His body build is extremely feminime and lean. His eyes are emerald colored. His voice is extremely feminime. His height is one meter and forty centimeters. His physical age is about sixteen years old. His facial hair and bodily hair is non existent.

Blessings and skills:

Animal Magnetism: Animals not affected by madness or curses see the user as their kin. They will try to assist the user as long as their lives won’t be affected drastically by it. For example they won’t try to kill themselves for your sake.

Animal Self Taming: With enough physical and/or verbal contact with an animal a bond is formed. The bond is deep in both the physical and spiritual level. Even without the ability to understand languages the meaning can be transmitted between them.

”Woah! Just like in videogames!”

Kim said in excitement.

”Video- What!?”

Izumi and me looked at Kim with a look of surprise. The girls just looked confused. What are we so shocked about they thought.

”Do not tell me that you are an otherworlder too?”

After the initial shock Izumi asked Kim.

”Umm, I guess I am so. I have died once, sooo...”

Kim nonchalantly answered our question.

”Welcome to the club.”

I sarcastically told Kim. Then Izumi looked at me.

”Lotus, how do you feel about teaching Kim?”

He had a whole pile of books in his arms as he asked me. The books was all about druid related things. Also books about animals. What the heck are you intending me to do?

”...I got no choice. Do I?”

I made an uncomfortable smile as he handed me the pile of books. Then he continued looking for equipment for Kim. We gave up on weapons because he had innate potentional to become a Feral Druid.

Looks like we gotta acquire glasses and a teaching stick for me. It is time for me to get my Teacher’s license. All my spare time will now go into cramming those books into Kims skull. Luckily because of my blessing we won’t need to carry all that junk once I read the books.

And that is how I became a teacher in another world.