Arisa put up two finger while talking.
"The third was 『Protein』. Nutritions only come out in a few books since the era of Yamato-san, most people don"t know about it. Furthermore, I said 『Protein』 fully in j.a.panese, but you ignored, didn"t you?"
I was careless...
"And the fourth."
"There"s still more?!"
"The next one is the last. When the thing about me being a j.a.panese came out, weren"t you upset? You should have set a poker face and asked back, what"s a j.a.panese? instead."
So I was completely caught in her bluff...
"I"m sorry, actually there"s one more."
She points at my trunks, "A trunks made from synthetic material with a was.h.i.+ng tag attached, there is absolutely no such thing in this world", and she laughs.
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"Next, tell me the contents of your item box. It"d be bad if I was killed when I"m asleep if you take out knife or poison from it."
I"m not forgetting to check for potentially dangerous situation.
"Umm~ 『Mind Magic』 related, five magic books."
She piles it up on top of the bed.
"If you"ve sold this books, wouldn"t it be enough to buy yourself back?"
"Slaves belongings, if taken, it"s the end. Besides, if they knew that the writing is about the detested mind magic, I don"t know what they"d do..."
"Isn"t it better to learn other magic?"
"Only this was available. If there were magic I wanted to know, I had to learn it by myself."
I know that feeling well.
"The remaining ones are just the water jug from a while ago, and various clothes, do I have to take them out too?"
"Ah, take them out. You don"t have to for the water jug."
I got a headache after seeing the clothes Arisa took out. Yukata, sailor uniform, and unfinished maid clothes... It seems that they"re all hand-made. She doesn"t have tailoring skill but it was her specialty before reincarnating.
I take memos for only the t.i.tles of the magic books, and allowed all the things back to the item box.
"You won"t take it?"
"I want to read the magic books next time, but I don"t have any intention to take them."
I tell the slightly dubious Arisa clearly.
I"d be treated as a pervert if I carry around little-girl-sized sailor and maid uniforms after all.
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After pulling myself together, I ask for the last question.
"Why did you make me buy not only yourself but Lulu too?"
"Since she"s my older sister. Lulu is my half-sister."
"That"s why you want to be together huh..."
Arisa goes to the bed and pat Lulu"s hair, while looking sad, she talks.
"It"s not just that. Master won"t scorn Lulu despite how she looks right? Even in our hometown, servants were talking about how ugly she is behind her back."
"Even though she"s this beautiful..."
"I think so too. Moreover, I was in the same situation. Don"t you think that my violet hair and iris unusual?"
Arisa lifts her hair with both her hands and looks here.
"Ah, I haven"t seen it beside on some stylish grandma"s dye."
"D, don"t put me together with such things..."
Arisa becomes crestfallen, but she"s immediately back on her feet and continues.
"Violet hair and iris are considered to be bad omens, although there are few people who know the reason, if anything bad happen then they will be accused of being responsible for everything."
Is that why she was unsold? Is her [Witch of the Lost Kingdom] t.i.tle due to that too?
"Could you tell me the reason why you became a slave? This isn"t an order. If you don"t want to tell me then you don"t have to."
Arisa is at loss for a bit, but pieces by pieces, she begins to talk.