“What right do you have to claim she is yours?” I demanded.
“Hmph! Naturally, I previously owned her.” Lord Tibult responded.
“You sold her, and she was then purchased by me,” I responded.
He frowned. “I’ve seen her battle in the competition! Naturally, her talent was far greater than I was led to believe. According to her slave paperwork, she is registered a rare tigerkin, instead of the catkin I was lead to believe. I was clearly bamboozled by that slave trader and this man! They conspired to cheat me out of the proper value of my slave to net a profit. Witnesses found them colluding together, as such, repossession of this slave is only correct.”
“You abandoned her in a dungeon!” I responded angrily. “How would you say I made a profit?”
“Hmph… I have my resources and I’ve made sure to check up on you. Although this slave clearly has a value of 500 or more gold, you bought it for a mere 100. You end up getting a 500 gold slave for 100, and he ended up getting 100 gold without having to work at it. How is that not dishonest?”
After finding us in the competition, he must have sent someone to the slavers guild to look up our transactions. Figuro was an honest man, and all of his transactions would have been placed there. Naturally, a catkin being purchased for a couple of gold coins suddenly turning a few days later into a tigerkin being sold for 100 gold coins looked incredibly suspicious. He actually had some room to make this argument.
However, it was clear that he really didn’t care at all about such things. Although he spoke of treachery, his attitude was less angry and more smug. It was abundantly clear he didn’t believe in his own words. Rather, he was simply looking for a way to punish me. He had lied initially with the plan that I would go to the capitol only to find her already sold. Fortunately, Figuro revealed the man’s deception and I was able to buy Lydia back anyway.
“That’s not true!” Lydia yelled out. “Figuro didn’t know I was a tigerkin until he had me examined!”
“Figuro didn’t, but did your owner Deek?” He demanded.
Unfortunately, he had accurately predicted that I had known about Lydia’s race. Lydia was unused to lying and was caught completely off guard by this question. She could only shut her mouth and turn her head. However, she had already accidentally revealed the truth of things by the expression on her face. I had known that Lydia was a tigerkin. At the time, I had no clue what that meant when it came to slave value or anything. It wasn’t like I could have predicted that things would have turned out this way.
“I wouldn’t be surprised if these other slaves were acquired through such means as well. Although there is paperwork available, I have confirmation that the 9-tail fox was never officially purchased. Perhaps the slave trader gave her as a gift? As for the other two, you have no official claim on them!”
My face started to turn white. He was right when it came to the other two girls. I hadn’t even considered it, but one was taken from a fairy queen, and the other was acquired through a magical control rod. Both girls had no official paperwork. As slaves, I technically had no right to them! Lord Tibult’s grin started to grow as I felt slightly nauseous.
Completely idiotic, if you sell a painting and it turns out to be a Monet then you are a fool, in no society ever can you just go grab it back. No one would ever trade with you again. You would be a ruined laughing stock if you tried it. Dumb stuff like this throws you right out of the story.
Dude...seriously? This guy spewing a whole bunch of BS and MC just be like...oh my god he's right! Like WTF?! I've already got several things to say about this but author really is looking for bs reasons to create drama.
Naturally, a catkin being purchased for a couple of gold coins suddenly turning a few days later into a tigerkin being sold for 100 gold coins looked incredibly suspicious. He actually had some room to make this argument.
Umm... Tibault sold Lydia for 100 gold, because the price was raised after it was determined she was a tigerkin, and a 14th level Swordsman, and Figuro couldn't legitimately buy her cheap. Figuro sold her to the MC for 100 gold, explicitly stating he wasn't making a profit on the transaction.
So the above statement is entirely false, and considering how much Deet obsessed over the costs involved, there's no way he wouldn't remember that.
It;s the author that doesn't remember lmao plot hole after plot hole
Was about to comment this, I'm ok with all the other plot holes, since they don't seem as much, but this was too much. Even the MC had been told that figuro wasn't making a profit there, and that Tibult wanted to demand more money even before knowing her value.
The only "excuse" I'll give the author here, is that unless you are binging the novel, you might forget what happened at the start of the story, even for an author. But he should double check on stuff before doing claims like this one.
Kill! Posion them all secretly problem solve. Unfortunately MC is dumb
this is so stupid
Someone else would require proof of ownership to seize them. A deed is for when someone else has possession of your property to prove right to reclaim. Someone else would require proof to take them from the MC. The mc doesnt need proof to maintain possession
... I really want to bomb dat pase of sh*t of a world now and al because of the idiot of the mc
If he was a man of his word and not a bit*h of his word, he would have known about her once they got back to the capitol
Dude!
Your theme is on magical world with kingdome building on a medieval era where nobleman and dungeoneering/adventuring/exploring exist.
There's what you called 'The right of Conquest' either in nobility or in dungeoneering/adventuring/exploring that's very very basic and common in all kingdom building genre of novel.
Im just saying..