After a long time, in the face of the beautiful maids who served her diligently, Summer Night would recall the morning when Luca took her to meet her pets.

……

"Original...... Is this a pet? ”

Summer Night looked in front of her and muttered to herself with surprise on her face.

Unexpected...... But it was expected.

It's no wonder that both Luca and Lillian have such strange expressions when they hear Summer Night mention pets.

They don't think ...... I want to buy a few back, right?

Pets are not animals, nor are they otherworldly creatures.

It's a witch. And—

At a glance on the summer night, they are all witches with good appearance scores, the lowest is 2, the highest is more than 2.5, and the average is about 2.3-2.4.

"So, Debussota allows human trafficking?" Summer Night pointed her finger at the beautiful "goods" around her and asked Lucca.

"So you don't know what a pet is?" Luca also asked in surprise.

"I don't know. Oh, and I forgot to tell you, I've only been here for a long time, so I'm not familiar with it yet. "In the place where I used to live, pets meant something like a demon. ”

"I see." Luca nodded, a relieved expression on her face.

Summer Night caught this subtle change in expression and couldn't help but smile: "What? You thought I was going to buy it? ”

"Uh...... Be. Luca hesitated for a moment, but finally replied frankly, "Actually, I personally ...... I don't really like the practice of buying and selling pet land, but it is indeed permitted in Debussota. ”

"Oh, then don't worry, at least I won't buy a pet now." Summer Night pursed her lips and smiled.

"Now?"

"Because I'm short on magic right now." To be precise, it is a lack of 2575 moles to pay off today's overdraft.

"Then if you don't have a ......," Luca frowned slightly.

"This kind of question, I'll talk about it later." Summer Night replied as she walked over to a pet standing in the enclosure, "I don't like this kind of behavior either, but maybe I can't help but buy one?" After all, some of the pets here are really cute. ”

As she spoke, she reached out and ran her fingers lightly across her pet's cheek. It was a girl with black hair and black eyes, her appearance was somewhat similar to Luca, but her temperament was very different, if Luca was like a sharp sword that had been tempered thousands of times, then the one in front of her could only be regarded as a fruit knife at most.

"You're so pretty, little sister." Summer Night smiled at her.

Under the gaze of the crimson eyes of the summer night, the expression of the sister of the "fruit knife" was both nervous and expectant: "That...... Can you buy me? ”

"No, because the one behind me is staring at me." Summer Night chuckled.

Although she rejected the other party, her fingers still stayed on the other party's delicate face and refused to leave. Unfortunately, at this moment, a voice sounded beside her, preventing her from continuing to rub the oil.

"This guest. If you don't want to buy it, please don't touch the item. ”

Summer Night turned her head and saw the owner of the pet store staring at her with an unkind face.

"Okay, good ......" she honestly retracted her hand and turned to walk towards Luca, "Shall we go?" ”

With that, she walked out of the pet store first, and then—into another one next door.

The entire street here is filled with pet shops, large and small, the total number is estimated to be in the hundreds, and it is one of the largest pet trading markets in Debussota.

"Why did you do that?" Luca asked behind her.

"How?" Summer Night asked rhetorically.

"......" Luca was silent for a moment.

"Oh, yes, I have a question too." Summer Night said, "Why in Debussota, would anyone like to buy pets?" ”

As a vegetatively reproduced oviparous creature, the witch should not have that kind of desire, so when Xia Ye saw the pet for the first time, she was so surprised.

"Didn't you like that too?"

I don't know if it's an illusion, Summer Night always feels that the tone in which Luca said this is a little wrong.

"I just did it because I thought it was fun." She looked at Luca innocently, "It doesn't mean I really want to buy one." So I'm curious, what kind of need, or desire, do those who buy pets have? ”

Luca thought seriously for a while before saying, "Actually, I don't know too much, people in Downtown rarely buy pets, and most of the customers who come here are people from the middle district, as for Uptown, there are several specialized suppliers who regularly deliver the best quality goods to Uptown for people there to pick."

So I'm just hearsay: even if people in the middle floor buy pets, they buy one or two at most, and they usually use them as a beautiful tool or toy. But the people in Uptown are a little different, and some people are said to like ...... Collection, therefore, legend has it that some people even have hundreds of pets in their homes. ”

After listening to this, Summer Night nodded thoughtfully.

Although witches don't have that kind of physical desire, they still have other desires, possessiveness, control, domination, and even collecting...... These desires are enough to support the emergence of this industry.

What's more, Debussota uses magic as currency, and a person who is bankrupt in a magical debt is legally equivalent to a dead person. Although Luca didn't say it, Summer Night was able to guess where so many pets came from.

"These pets are bankrupt people?" To confirm her suspicions, she asked Luca.

"That's right." Luca replied.

"According to the provisions of Chapter IV of the Code of Debts, a bankrupt person may apply to register as a pet on a voluntary basis by going to any company with a pet business license before or within 48 hours after bankruptcy, and if the conditions are met after inspection, it can become a pet for sale. From this moment on, the pet company will have its ownership, use and sale rights, and all debts it bears must also be paid off by the pet company. ”

Luca paused and added: "In legal terms, a pet is an individual who is about to lose or has lost the right to live, and the pet company has regained the right to live by spending a certain amount of magic power, so de jure, the pet company has the power to control its life and death. At the same time, this right is also transferable, and if a buyer buys a pet from a pet company, then the power to control the life and death of the pet will naturally pass to the buyer. ”

"Hmmm......"

Buyers can control the life and death of their pets, and it's no surprise that summer nights are no surprise. She thought for a moment and then asked, "You just mentioned 'companies with pet business licenses', which means that you need to get some kind of license to sell pets?" ”

"Yes. All companies or individuals must obtain a license from Aether Exploration to produce and sell pets and pet-related products. Luca replied.

"Supplies?"

"yes, like the collar they wear around their necks." Luca said.

Summer Night did see that all of the pets wore a collar around their necks in different styles, and although they were all made to look good, Summer Night could guess that they did more than just look good.