The Sword, Gem and Shield

Chapter One: The Shield Hero

A/N:
For those who are wondering I'm taking the more light Novel version of it instead of the anime... What? So what, there's actually a lot of stuff that's been skipped and is relevant to the story.

Wandering... the broken man continued to wander down the dark alleys of the town, looking at the rain pairing down from the dark grey clouds, betrayal, anguish, despair those feelings attacking him on and on in an infinite battle in his mind. Suddenly a man who's clothes remind him from an anime show that he frequently watches approaches him.

"Young man, would you like to purchase a slave?" The strange man asks.

"Tch, I'm not interested in things like that" Naofumi grumbled and turns to leave this conversation.

"You are aware that Slaves cannot betray their masters, correct?"

Naofumi pauses at this information. "Go on," as he turns back towards the person.

"They are bound by a high level curse that forbids them from betraying their master. I take it your interested? The follow me."

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When at middle three, sure that boy is the most likely candidate for become his [Slave] but the other two beside him were women, the same gender that betrayed his trust, framed him for a heinous crime that he never even committed, that he'd be the one who has turned her into a lowly slave, if they ever did die he could just imagine that they were her, in fact if that did happen, he'd probably get some amusement, hell maybe even pleasure out of watching it. But one is possibly brain dead, so that will be a problem but there is no apparent signs that she is. While the other , a Raccoon Demi-Human has an illness and has night terrors, it would be a royal pain for him to deal with.

As for the boy... it would actually be good for him in a way, since the pure thought of women makes his stomach actually churn, there's no physical signs that he is brain dead, when tallying the total signs of health, the boy far surpasses the two girls and seems more capable than them.

"Your unable to decide are you?" The Slave Trader asked.

"Indeed, these slaves are a bit low graded..." Naofumi said.

"Your strike me where it hurts. Tell you what, I will give you the prices of the red Raccoon and the black Rabbit Demi-Humans for the price of one~" the round man said gleefully "they're a real hassle so you will owe me a total of fifty silver coins, instead of seventy-five, does that sound like a fair deal?"

Naofumi pauses, having a group of four is a far better idea than having just one slave, that way if they desperately needed someone else to assist them, they'll be able to kill more monsters as well and gain much more experience points as well... and if one of them dies he won't need to come back here to buy a new slave while he still has two to spare, especially the two females.

"Fine, you got yourself a deal."

The Slave Trader laughed as he open the three cages signaling his subordinates to take the three to the front of the shop. Watching the Slave Trader waving his hand into the air for a second, after a few seconds a subordinate, that both Shirou and Rin are well able to remember, to walk in with a familiar jar of ink, a paintbrush and a silver bowl. The subordinate sets down the items and begins to pour the red ink into the bowl and sets the paintbrush and takes out a dagger and places it on the table.

"Hero-sama, may I ask you to draw a droplet of blood for me into this bowl, it is necessary to complete the contract that binds them to your will" the Slave Trader said.