I Have Been Called The Idiot Son Behind My Back. But I Remembered Memories, And I Can Use The Abilities I Had In My Past Life. So I Will Make Use of Major Online Stores Like Am**on And Aim for a Slow Life for Now - 104

### Episode 104: Just Living

~A Certain Slave’s Side

When Master told us, “I want to select about ten members to develop the Death Forest,” I was the first to raise my hand.

I was enthusiastic, thinking that this would allow me to contribute like Asha and Hepta. However, it seems the number of volunteers was much higher than Master had planned, so the development will be on a rotation system every three months.

This is unavoidable.

Many of us left our closed-off villages hoping that things would change in the city, but with no skills, many ended up living as prostitutes. In other words, many of us are those who migrated from villages in the mountains or forests.

In the end, what changed by coming to the city? Nothing much; sometimes I even think life in the village was better.

Still, since I chose this path and walked it on my own, the pride and self-respect I gained from making that choice were things I would not have obtained if I had stayed in the village.

Even so, someone reached out to help me, rescuing me from a life where the next step was uncertain and where I might fall into the abyss.

Master did not make me discard the pride and self-respect I had earned by choosing to stay with him.

With Master’s power, it would be easy to force us into slavery. Yet, Master gave us the option to choose.

It might seem trivial and unimportant to Master, and if he were only helping people like us, it would be more efficient to force us into slavery rather than extend our lives by treating us.

However, to us, it is no different from being mere livestock, and it is no different from just “living” in a village.

Of course, I understand now that some people might think this is good, but at the time, it felt like living while being dead, and I still hold that view.

Perhaps Master did not think this far, but that small consideration was the decisive factor for me to become Master’s slave. Moreover, my health, which had been worsening recently, improved considerably thanks to the treatment, and despite being a slave, I was also given “knowledge and education.”

These were two things I desired greatly and thought I would never have in my lifetime.