Shield Hero With Barrier Magic

(Hiro's POV)

I woke up n.a.k.e.d embracing my wife... We had a wild night, yesterday... The room is filled with the scent of our body fluids... Well, this might be our last s.e.x for a while because we decided on getting a slave... I mean, slaves can't stay in a room without their master and I can't just leave her in a hotel room and come to this hotel to have s.e.x, right ?? Sure, Madam or Erhard will take care of her while Eclair and I have s.e.x... But it will take some time for that...

Anyway, I decided that it's better for us to wake up as we need to meet the slave trader today... So, I woke Eclair up... She made a cute m.o.a.n before opening her eyes... And once she did, she stared right into my eyes... I started brushing her hair...

Hiro - Good Morning, my dear wife...

Eclair smiled back at me and moved forward and kissed me... I responded to it and after a while, she broke the kiss...

Eclair - Good Morning, my dear husband...

I grinned at her and said...

Hiro - You know, you were very wild yesterday... We tried it for the first time and yet you moved your h.i.p.s to do you more...

Eclair blushed when I said that...

Well, last night, she lost her anal v.i.r.g.i.n.i.t.y... But she loved it a lot... Well, I enjoyed it a lot myself too... Too bad this is going to be our last s.e.x for a while... Well, the other way to have s.e.x is to put a barrier and have s.e.x with Eclair when the other person is sleeping... But there will be one problem, there will be only one bed in that room... I can't just ask the other person to sleep on the floor just because I want to have s.e.x with Eclair... And there is also the issue of cleaning the room after s.e.x...

Of course, everything will be a piece of cake if I use my magic but I don't want anyone to know about my magic... Not even Eclair... Why am I hiding this from the person I love ?? If Eclair knew about my magic, she won't force me to use it to save the world but she will definitely feel uncomfortable and guilty for the innocents that aren't being saved... And if I stopped these Waves for that reason, everything will be a Mess... And I don't want to clean up every single mess that comes with it... I would rather have a mess that I can predict instead... So, no one will ever know about my powers... They are just insurance for me so that I can protect what I care about... That's all I need... Just insurance that I won't lose anything in this life again...

Anyway, Eclair and I took a bath together, put on our clothes and went downstairs... Old Lady Elaria, Uncle Erhard and Rose are waiting for us there... Old Lady is just grinning and Rose is expressionless as usual but Uncle Erhard seems a little bit down...

Elaria - Fufufu... Good Morning, newlyweds...

Hiro - Good Morning, Madam... Why is Uncle Erhard upset ??

Elaria - Fufufu... He lost something important yesterday...

I looked at Uncle Erhard and he is still gloomy... If my intuition is correct about what happened, then I pity him...

Eclair - What happened, Uncle Erhard ??

Erhard - Please don't ask about it, Eclair... Just that one thing...

Hiro - Yeah, it's a matter of his pride after all...

Erhard looked at me with shock...

Erhard - H... How ??

Hiro - Intuition... I already told you that I have a good intuition, didn't I ??

And he became gloomy again... Eclair still couldn't understand what happened... So, Eclair asked the only person who will give a straightforward answer...

Rose - Yesterday night, Mr.Erhard lost to Mrs.Elaria in drinking challenge and they ended up going into the bas.e.m.e.nt and Madam gave me her room to sleep... I don't know what happened after that... By the way, I couldn't sleep because you were too loud yesterday night and Madam's room was right below your room... degozaru...

Eclair's face immediately became red when she heard Rose's answer... Eclair immediately turned to Madam...

Eclair - W... Why did you give us the room above yours, Madam ?!!

Elaria - Fufufu... It's just a coincidence...

Erhard - Coincidence, my a.s.s !! I am sure that this perverted old hag did it on purpose !! She is one hell of a pervert after all !!

Instantly Uncle Erhard became gloomy again...

Eclair - Seriously, what happened ??

You still didn't get it, Eclair...

Elaria - Fufufu... You remember that conversation we had about how to put a man on a leash ?? Let's just say that happened between Erhard and me...

Eclair started looking at Uncle Erhard with pity...

Eclair - Did it hurt ??

Erhard - Please, just stop this conversation right at this moment... My heart can't take it anymore...

Elaria - Oh, come on, old man, you enjoyed it a lot too... Rose, didn't you hear him shouting "More" yesterday ??

Rose - No, I didn't... I think Eclair-sama was too loud that I couldn't hear Erhard-san... degozaru...

And now Eclair immediately buried her face into my c.h.e.s.t to hide her embarrassment from the teasing Old Lady who is grinning at her...

Hiro - Umm... I think that's enough teasing... So, Rose, could you take us to the slave trader ?? And Uncle Erhard, you have some clothes in your weapon shop, right ?? We might be needing them for our new slave, so wait there for us...

Erhard - Alright... I want to get out of here as soon as I can...

He said with a pale face... Get it together, Uncle Erhard... He went out of the hotel...

Elaria - Fufufu... He will definitely be back tonight...

For the first time, her smile looked like that of a devil to me...

Rose - I will tell you where to go and I will follow in my Shadow form... degozaru... He will be waiting there for you and Eclair-sama, please contain yourself and try not to scare him...

Eclair - I am not that foolish... I won't do anything to him... If I kill him, the slaves under him won't have anything to do and with the situation, we are in, we can't save all of them... And he will be knowing my identity, so doing anything foolish will blow our cover...

Rose - As long as you understand that...

(Hiro's POV)

??? - Welcome, Shield Hero-sama... I was looking forward a lot to this encounter...

The one who spoke is a short, creepy-looking little man who wears a traditional circus ringmaster's tuxedo (given that his slave tent has a circus-like motif), glasses with a small chain attached, white alchemist gloves, long top hat, and a red bow tie with a small diamond brooch in its center. He has a small, old-fashioned handlebar mustache and wears a somewhat sinister, omnipresent grin on his face... Beloukas... He is creepily smiling at us...

We are currently just outside his slave tent... And anyone can clearly say that Eclair is feeling uncomfortable...

Beloukas - So, shall we start the slave ritual, Miss Eclair Seaetto ??

Eclair - It's Iwatani...

Beloukas - Huh ??

Eclair - My name is Eclair Iwatani, wife of the Shield Hero, Hiro Iwatani...

Eclair said while looking at our wedding ring... Beloukas was surprised at first but looked at both of us and started laughing...

Eclair - Before that, do you have any slaves from Seyaette ??

Beloukas - No... But if you want, I can get their info using my slave trader connections...

You don't know that Raphtalia is from Seyaette ?!! What could have happened ?? Ah... He bought her from Idol but Raphtalia was already broken by then... So, I guess he never considered enquiring about her past... Well, it doesn't matter though...

(Author Note - The above paragraph is my own addition... If anyone has a problem with it, just think that I changed the background a little...)

Hiro - Gather them then, I will be buying them in the future...

Beloukas - Hehehe... Very well... Those are the eyes of a promising customer... Shall we start the ritual then ??

We went into the tent and did the slave ritual...

Eclair - Ouch... That hurt a little...

Beloukas - I don't know how much pain resistance you have to call that a little, Mrs.Eclair... Anyway, as per your request, I put a low-grade seal... You have your will and you can refuse ay order from your husband but the only conditions are you can't lie to him or kill him... I guess that's okay with you...

Eclair - Yes... It's fine and it's not like Hiro would order me to do anything even if you gave me a high-grade seal anyway...

A window popped in front of me with Eclair as a slave and the conditions he said mentioned here... Well, there aren't any extra conditions... So, that's good...

So, the next thing... A slave... Can I know what are your preferred conditions ??

Hiro - Well, it's complicated... I need someone we can trust... even without a slave seal... Any price is fine...

Beloukas - Well, that's a complicated condition... I will just show you my slaves like normal... You can choose...

Eclair - No s.e.x slave...

Beloukas - Huh ??

Eclair - That's my condition... No s.e.x slave...

Beloukas laughed at us...

Beloukas - Hahaha... It looks like your wife is quite possessive, Shield Hero-sama...

I just smiled at him... Beloukas took us to his most expensive slave... The werewolf beast-man...

Beloukas - This slave here is 15 gold... My most expensive slave...

Hiro - Nope... I don't like his eyes... And he tried to attack before you snapped your fingers...

Beloukas - So, you trust others through their eyes ??

Hiro - Well, not just eyes... The whole body language... It's complicated... Show the next one...

Beloukas showed us some more expensive ones... All of them looked miserable... I stopped Beloukas from showing the slaves...

Hiro - Stop it... I will find one myself...

And I went through the cages... Looking into the eyes of all the slaves that are there... All of them looked like they wanted to be free and get away from those shackles as fast as they can... Anger, Pain, Suffering...

And finally, I came across the cage I was looking for... It has a girl of around ten. She was unbelievably skinny, and her eyes looked terrified. She was coughing. She also had dog-like ears that were tied up around her head. She appeared to have a large, round tail as well... Raphtalia...

And in her eyes... There was no hope... She wants to die... She didn't want to be free, she didn't want to smile... She just wants to die...

Her eyes reminded me of someone else and suddenly her image overlapped with a certain nine-year-old boy... The boy who lost all the hope under abuse of a certain Bitch... The boy who was waiting for death until he was saved by a certain old man who came to kill that Bitch... And my reflection in Raphtalia's eyes overlapped with the image of that old man...

"It's your turn to be a father, son. Don't make the same mistakes I did"

Yeah, knowing him, he would say something like that...

Hiro - I am taking her...