"Is that so...?"

He could only offer a bitter smile.

Then, he said calmly and casually,

"Well, it's getting late, I should hurry."

"Oh, since you have urgent matters to attend to, I won't delay you any longer. Please forgive me for not seeing you off."

"It's fine, I'll take care of things myself from here."

With that, Ryuto quickly pulled away with Miyuki. Of course, though the words were said this way, he actually left quite calmly, it's just that Ryuto's mind was elsewhere.

Oh my...

What a powerful show-off aura, almost breathless. I never expected there would be such a master at showing off in the world. Today really broadened my horizons. The reason why Ryuto hurried to leave was precisely because of this.

By the way, that guy might be able to set a new record for showing off in Monis!

"Hehe."

Just as Ryuto was inwardly making sarcastic remarks, Miyuki laughed beside him.

"Hmm? What's so funny?"

"Well, I just found the scene from earlier quite amusing."

"What's so funny about it?"

"I never knew darling was quite good at deceiving people! Although I've already had some understanding of this, in reality, it seems far beyond my imagination."

"...That doesn't sound like a compliment to me."

Miyuki just smiled faintly.

"No, it is indeed a compliment. To think he could temporarily turn existing information into such seemingly legitimate reasons, darling really has a way with words. Clearly, he has the talent to be a politician."

"Never mind, that's too much trouble."

Ryuto declined directly.

"Well, that's true. Although he has the talent, darling seems to have no interest in it."

"...Good to know."

"By the way, did darling already know?"

Miyuki suddenly brought up this inexplicable topic.

"What?"

However, Ryuto didn't understand.

"I mean, the existence of the 'slave factory' itself."

"Why do you say that?"

"Isn't it? Before going to the auction house, darling had me use my abilities backstage to extract information from the person in charge regarding the founder of the auction house. That was the main reason darling had me go backstage. Of course, this also included information on other slaves. It's because of this that we knew about the existence of the 'slave factory,' as well as the fact that both the auction house and the head of the 'slave factory' are controlled by Marquess Delrank. Darling anticipated this, which is why he had me do it."

"No, it's simply because I felt the auction house couldn't satisfy them."

"Huh?"

"Once the first one exists, humans will naturally create the second, and the third. After all, human desires are endless, and once they taste success, they won't stop. They try to fully exploit the slaves, and their intention all along should have been this."

Ryuto squinted involuntarily.

"Darling is so smart, hehe! Truly the darling I admire!"

As she said that, Miyuki suddenly threw herself at him.

"Hey, at least pay attention to the occasion."

"Oh... does 'darling' mean as long as the occasion is right, it doesn't matter what we do? Then a hotel is fine, right?"

"When did I ever say that? Don't misinterpret what I mean.

"Then shall we hurry back to the hotel."

Ignoring Ryuto's response, Miyuki had already started walking back on her own.

"Hey, don't forget the purpose of coming here, we haven't done anything yet, right?"

Hmm...

It seems the road ahead will be challenging, Ryuto couldn't help but worry about his future.