This lady was a famed NPC back in the game. He could still remember her background setting but he didn't think that she came from this world.
According to what he read before, Isabella was an orphan that was picked up by a potion master. She learned how to brew potions from that man but an accident occurred and her master died. She took all books and strived for perfection to reach her master's level.
Then, a slave trader took her and that's how she became a slave. She was just a small child at that time so she couldn't fight back. That's just how slave traders worked. They always took homeless people.
"Isabella Dynaie...? Is that right?" Souta tilted his head.
"Yes, sir..." Isabella replied to him in a timid voice.
He couldn't believe that this timid lady will become a Great Potion Master that countless people were vying just to create a potion for them. This lady will establish the Heavenly Potion Pavilion that will be known throughout the entire world of Imperium.
If there's a possibility, he wanted her for his own team. He could imagine how great benefits she could bring to him in the future.
Just by imagining it, Souta couldn't help his mouth curved upward.
'Oi! Don't grin! You're freaking the girl!' Saya said to him.
Souta hurriedly raised his hand and covered his mouth. He then forcefully coughed and said, "I'm sorry, then can you tell me who's your master?" He asked as he changed the topic to Isabella's master.
"My master...?" Isabella slightly tilted her head.
"Yes, your master. You're a slave, right? So can you tell me who's your owner?" Souta said as he pointed at the collar around her neck.
Isabella lowered her head and nodded, "Yes, I'm a slave and my owner is..."
Before she could complete her sentence a man stepped forward and interrupted her.
"I'm Orlando, the owner of the one you're talking to." The man introduced himself as Orlando. "You're disrupting my business here. So can you hurry up and tell us what you want?"
Souta examined Orlando from head to toe. This guy was probably rich as he could see that he was wearing exquisite clothes. After a few moments, he said what he wanted, "She's a slave, right? So how much do you want for you to give her to me?"
"You wanted to buy her...?" Orlando raised his eyebrow as he looked at Souta.
"Yes, I want to buy her." Souta nodded his head with a serious expression.
"Hmm... From what I could see you don't have the money to buy her. Are you aware that she had a talent for brewing potions? That talent raised her value to a higher degree." Orlando said after examining Souta.
"Just tell me how much you want and I will buy her," Souta said to Orlando.
"Hmm..." Orlando pondered as he looked at Yuko and said, "This the first time I saw a bear like this one. So how about it? I will take the bear and you will take the slave."
"Anything aside from Yuko. I will not give her to you." Souta said as he shook his head.
"Oh? You already named the bear. It seems that you're quite attached to it. Well, I'm also attached to my slave so I will not sell her to you if you wouldn't give the bear to me." Orlando said with a disappointed look. "Just realized the difference. This slave can bring you profits by brewing potions. If you want she could also accompany you at night as you will become her owner. There are no cons with that."
Isabella lowered her head in shame. Her owner didn't even call her by her name, while the man in front of him was treating his pet better than how her owner treats her.
"I see... What a disappointment..." Souta glanced at Isabella and saw her didn't dare to lift her head in front of her owner. He said, "Do you want to be free?"
"Oi! What are you saying to my slave?" Orlando sounds like he was angry.
Souta turned to him and said, "I'm just asking a question."
"Just get away from here. If you don't have any more business." Orlando shouted.
Souta ignored Orlando and looked at Isabella. "You want to be free, right? Just tell me and I will grant it to you. I just have one condition and that you will work for me for five years. After that, you can leave if you want. I will not stop you."
"You!!" Orlando was enraged. He called the security and it quickly arrived at the scene.
"Decide for yourself. Don't let other people influence you. Just tell me what you want? I will grant it to you. I will let lend you my forces. I come back later for your answer." Souta said as he turned around and waved his hand.
'Just what did you see in that girl?' Saya asked him.
"Potential..." Souta replied to him as he walked towards the direction where he left Alice and the rest.
The winner of the competition looked at Souta's back with scrutinizing gaze. The combination in that stall gathered the attention of the crowd so she noticed it too.
"That man is a tamer and I felt danger just by looking at the bear."
She muttered to herself.
...
"Just what did you do?" Gyun asked Souta after he came back.
"Just saw something worth coming here," Souta replied to him as he motioned Alice to follow him. "Let's go!"
"Oi! Where are you going?" Mae asked them. She was confused why they would suddenly leave.
"I'm going to form a plan..." Souta paused for a moment before he added, "If you wanted to join then you can follow us but I'm going to warn you about it. You can't turn back once you decide to follow us."
After saying those words, Souta left with Yuko and Alice.
Gyun, Mae, Ginji, Rini, Limber, and Johnie looked at each other.
"So what are we going to do?" Gyun asked his comrades.
"Should we follow them?" Limber asked.
"I'm worried about them. Even though Alice is strong, they are still ignorant in the outside world." Mae said.
"What about you guys?" Gyun nodded at Mae and asked his remaining comrades who didn't say anything.
"Well, Alice saves us from the mercenaries in the labyrinth so we should help them in return," Rini said her opinion.
The other nodded at her.
"Okay, then let's go," Gyun said.
...
"So what are we going to do?"
Alice asked him as she took a glance at his face. She knew that Souta was going to do something big based on his action.
It's always like this when he was going to create a big event. Sometimes she was worried about what kind of things going through his mind as all the events that happened in the past were big. No, the scale was getting bigger and bigger alongside his growth.
The most recent one was in the Blue Lawless City. The fight shook the entire city. She was worried that his next plan it would scope a whole country.
"I met someone who had a potential," Souta replied to her.
"Potential..." Alice replied to him with a confused expression.
"Yes, that girl had a talent in potion brewing. I think that we could bring her with us." Souta explained to her.
"Hmm...? A potion master... That's fine. In our legion, we always ordered batches of potions from another store so if we had someone who could brew it then why not." Alice nodded in understanding.
"Yeah, the problem is that girl is a slave. I tried to buy her from her owner but the owner rejected anything from me." Souta paused for a moment before he added, "So I'm planning to freed her. I will lend my powers to her if she wanted to be freed. If she didn't want to join us then we couldn't do anything about it."
"I see... Then, when are we going to start our plan?" Alice asked.
"Tonight but first we're going to gather information about her owner. I will also tell Isabella that I will provide her rare ingredients that she wanted if she will join our group. She didn't need to worry about other things." Souta explained to her his plan.
"Okay, I'm in." Alice nodded.
At this time, the two arrived at the inn. They went into their room and they heard a knocked on their door.
Alice stood up and opened the door. She saw that Gyun's party was standing in front of their room.
"Can we come inside?" Gyun asked.
Alice simply moved her body out of their way as she made a way for them to come inside the room.
"Thanks!"
Gyun and the rest said as they entered the room. Inside the room, they saw Souta sitting on the bed with his eyes closed.
"I'm already sure that you guys already decided on what you're going to do," Souta said as he slowly opened his eyes.
