“......！？”

Although the dark-skinned little girl immediately covered her mouth with her two little hands and did not scream, she accidentally leaned on the wooden box beside her and made a loud movement, which immediately attracted the attention of the sailors around her.

Originally, the traffickers who secretly followed their companions and kidnapped them carefully tracked them all the way here, and there was a chance to sneak into the cabin for rescue. Now unfortunately because of the unknown little maid behind her, all your efforts have come to naught.

This made the little girl can't help but cast a resentful look at the maid who suddenly appeared behind her and startled herself.

She ignored the maid's question, but turned around hurriedly, and tried to run away...... But as soon as she took a step, she found that she was surrounded by men dressed as sailors.

"Dark skin, short hair. You're Gretta, aren't you? ”

But to the little girl's surprise, the little maid who suddenly appeared, facing the desperate situation surrounded by fierce men, did not feel any nervousness about the imminent disaster, she ignored the existence of everyone around her, and just continued to confirm her name to the little girl with an indifferent face.

Due to the suddenness of the incident, half of the sailors who gathered around were only bare-handed, and not all of them were armed. But when they saw the two little girls hidden in the shadow of the wooden box, they all showed a relaxed and malicious smile.

"Haha, I thought it was!

"Yo ho~~ The dirty girl who is black and not slippery will be put aside, this maid girl is really the best......

"Look at the ......hey! It's a little girl born in the aristocracy, I really can't stand it, I really want to lick it!"

"Well, she'll be able to sell it for a good price! But before we sell it, we might as well tow it into the hold and let us taste it!"

"What stupid thing are you talking about, you bastard has tasted it, and you have to sell it?"

"That's right, hahahaha——!!"

If there is no tension, the same is true of sailors. They even have the leisure to comment on the cute appearance of the little maid.

- Listen, when you encounter a situation surrounded by many people, the first strike is the key! Open the breakthrough as quickly as possible to ensure that you have plenty of room for action.

The teachings from the master echoed in the little maid's mind, and 'she' acted without warning.

The maid took two quick steps into the air, slashing her legs widely, ignoring the fact that the bottom of her skirt would be gone, and a sharp scissor kick hit both sailors in the face at the same time.

Saliva and blood, along with broken teeth, spurted out of their mouths, and their bodies spun like spinning tops for a few weeks before falling to the ground, convulsing a few times and not moving. The originally tight encirclement network was immediately torn open by a gap.

This sudden scene made the other men next to him stunned, and it wasn't until two seconds later that they finally reacted to what had happened.

"Stinky girl, you dare to ......!"

"Let's get on it!

The sailors shouted and waved their fists and feet, and attacked the little maid from two directions one after the other. But their aggressive offensive was simply defused.

The maid didn't make any extra moves, and she raised her elbow, took the punch with unmistakable precision, and then threw the right amount of amplitude and force into her opponent's face. Then, with the help of the position she had taken from the moment she had retracted, she seamlessly picked up the attack from the other side, alternating her hands and striking the door again.

No matter what angle the sailors' attacks come from, the maid always has a way to easily defuse them. Not only that, but 'her' is very clever and vicious in her defenses, always using the sharpest part of her body to fight the opponent's joint weakness head-on, and while blocking the attack, she has already caused full damage to the opponent.

And after that, the counterattack is even more tricky and sharp, boxing, palm splitting, and flirting legs are all directed at the opponent's face, jaw, head and neck and other vital points, and the strength of the move is just right, and it can always be just the strength of a blow to beat the enemy unconscious.

Among these sailors, there are also a few veterans with considerable combat experience. But even they had no way to do anything about the tricks used by the little maid in front of them.

'She' moves are quiet and vigorous, without the slightest redundancy, and there is no blind spot on her body, and she can use all parts of her body to fight back from any posture.

So, after it swept like a violent wind, the only people who could still move were the maid and the dark-skinned little girl.

"Answer my question first, you're Greta, right?"

The little maid, who had easily brought down dozens of sailors, turned to continue her question as if nothing had happened.

"Yes, yes, I'm Gretta...... You're so amazing, little sister——! you can beat so many adults! Who the hell are you?"

“...... It's because these people are too weak. ”

It's just that the praise from the little girl named Greta didn't make the maid complacent because of it. After all, every day, 'she' is constantly fighting against opponents who are absolutely invincible...... But these things are all good now, in response to the girl's question, the maid put on a posture with her head held high, and continued-

"Anyway, I'm John! I've come to save your man!

"Eh...... John...... Man, you, you're a boy?"

"Of course——!"

John did not hesitate to assert this, which made the little girl Greta stunned in every sense of the word......

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In the deep streets and alleys, several men are like sculptures, maintaining a strange posture and not moving.

Carefully bypassing the man, Alice shook her head and sighed 'haaa.......

I have to say that [Point Point] is really a convenient and practical skill, and after mastering it, it can easily deprive the opponent of the ability to act, so that Alice does not have to kill these little minions.

In his previous life, the 'boy', although he would also strike at the acupoints of the human body when he was in the ring, would paralyze the opponent's muscles and expose his flaws. However, to completely block the opponent's movements, he can't do it.

Therefore, the general magic skills in martial arts like the one in front of you probably also benefit from some special effect of the fighting spirit. In terms of the specific principle, Alice didn't know, after all, she was not her sister Eliza, and she didn't have the mind to get to the bottom of it.

Besides, at the moment it doesn't matter how combat skills work, what matters is-

Less than an hour after stepping into the alleys of the slums, Alice had forgotten how many times she had been attacked. She had to wonder, what was wrong with the security of this town?

At first, she stepped into the slums, hoping to find traces of the dark culinary world. Because in the previous life, ordinary barbecue restaurants would cleverly avoid the city management and wander in the deep streets and alleys.

The basic configuration is that a Xinjiang brother pushes a trolley with a barbecue grill and sets it up at the corner of the windward street.

But Alice never expected that there would be such a world of difference between the inside and outside of the slum street.

The sight of the grilled squid was irrelevant, for Alice had witnessed so many of them here that the mere sight of it would have made her lose her appetite.

And these scenes also showed her a dirty truth: this port town, on the surface, is just a fishing port, but behind the scenes, it is actually a port of trade where human slaves are rampant. `

Not wrong, yes - the exit of the "human" slave.

It sounds incredible, but in the Terrence Empire, because of the existence of the Goddess Cult, human slaves themselves are against the laws of the Empire.

But despite this, as long as the ships smuggled up to foreign countries drift across the ocean, then everything will be fine.

As for where the key slaves came from? In summary, there are two ways.

One of the sources of slaves is that they are commonplace, and they are captured.

The usual methods of human traffickers are not much different from their counterparts on Earth in their previous lives.

If you are confident in your physical strength, you can run with a sack set of legs. Or pretend to be kind, buy some sweets, and abduct the child.

The target of the captivity is nothing more than orphans from the slum streets, who are lonely and miserable. These children have no relatives and no cause, and often make a living by begging and stealing, and are not only numerous, but also congregated and dependent.

So, as long as you find one of the hiding places, you can catch a whole nest of orphans in one go.

Although whether it is a robbery or an entrapment, it is not difficult to capture a poor child. But as a commodity, the quality is not ideal, most of them are inferior, malnourished, and even sick, in short, they can't sell a few copper coins.

However, there are also occasional high-quality goods, giving traffickers the opportunity to grab a lot of money. For example, Alice, a noblewoman with fine skin and tender flesh, outstanding appearance and elegant temperament (at least it seems), accidentally got lost and wandered into the slums, if she can be caught, she must be sold for several gold coins.

Because of this, Alice didn't take a few steps before she was forcibly filled with a rock sugar gourd (green) that was automatically delivered to the door. After that, a large number of after-meal digestion objects were attached, and by the way, she brushed a wave of proficiency in the [Point Point] skill.

Let's talk about the second source of slaves: the mad ...... Acquisition.

In a world where slavery is widespread, there are certain cases where people sell their children or family members because of poverty. For such a phenomenon, Alice was also mentally prepared from the beginning. After all, we cannot impose the moral norms of the modern earth on the backward society in front of us.

The least Alice could do was to urge her father not to let such a moral depravity happen in Celeria. She forced herself to turn a blind eye to what existed elsewhere.

But despite this, Alice's worldview was still violently impacted, because the logic of these people in the slum streets of [Regeria] City is too outrageous.

Relying on the convenience of the coastal areas, they actually regarded the sale of children as a reasonable industry, and from the very beginning, 'giving birth' was not to raise them well, but to 'weigh and sell their own flesh and blood like livestock'.

As she walked the streets, Alice had witnessed similar scenes several times. Many children of their own age were stripped naked, with their hands tied behind their backs, revealing their shocking skinny bodies, with inferior hemp ropes tied around their heads and necks, and rudely taken away by strong men.

And the adults, who looked like their parents, were happily counting the coins. If it was on the earth in the previous life, this kind of parental ghost animal behavior would probably have been in the headlines long ago.

Just when Alice couldn't help but want to make a move, only the children who were sold were like puppets, and they were extremely indifferent.

They didn't cry, they didn't struggle, they didn't even mourn, and no one was looking for redemption...... just accepted his fate with a smile, and the pair of eyes that looked like dead people made Alice's blood cool down in an instant.

She remembered what her little sister Sophia had said before she set off - the politics of this country were now in a rather distorted situation. I have also given myself a vaccination, so don't be angry about what you see or hear outside......

Unexpectedly, just to find a snack and take a few casual steps, the distortion of society has already been exposed in front of his eyes. It's hard for her not to be angry.

But even if she wanted to be angry - how to save them, beat up the traffickers, and then return the children to the parents who ruthlessly sold them?

In the end, as he and John said, there is no problem with fists, and even if you put the impulse into action, no one will be grateful to you for it. Maybe there will be even more miserable encounters waiting for these hapless children.

That's right...... There is no point in doing anything, and Alice's not very clever brain will not be unable to figure out such a superficial truth. If we want to change this tragic situation, we can only start from the side of the social system.

But it's not easy to say, indeed, to talk about identity...... He may be a nobleman, but Silia City is just a border town, and his father is only a seven-rank sesame official, it is not difficult to imagine that he has no say in the central government at all.

Then, after less than ten seconds of contemplation, Alice realized that this was a dead end...... By now, she had completely lost her appetite, so she had to turn back to the street in advance, thinking about finding John as soon as possible, and then slap her ass and leave after finishing the 'business' that she came here, after all, ...... Out of sight is out of sight.

But at this moment...... Alice suddenly worried. She suddenly remembered that the task she had set for John on a whim was to save five girls in distress...... But in this city, if you take a few steps, you can bump into a few 'poor goods' who have been put naked in wooden boxes and carried rudely onto the ship.

"I'm going to it, oh no! John's kid might ......"

Although Alice is only eight years old, her cumulative age is more than twenty years old, how to say that she is also a noblewoman with a mature mind and knows how to weigh the weight, of course, she will not do anything angry because her brain is hot.

But her young apprentice was different...... John is a veritable elementary school student, and he is a dangerous schoolboy who can turn most adults over with one hand, and has a high sense of justice.

If he is left alone...... At the moment when ominous thoughts like this were popping up in Alice's mind—

Only a deafening explosion of "boom-" was heard, and the direction came from ...... The direction of the harbor where the ship was docked came.