So, when he's thinking "both of the 'villains'" he means him+the hero's master right ?
It's weird said master immediately recognised the "king of thieves". I had assumed the reason he was down to selling family heirlooms was that he was not yet a great thief. But if the hero's master knows him by that title already, how did a top tier thief end up in such a predicament ?
Anyway, as expected, everybody's assuming MC just bought himself a sex slave. I thought he was regaining favor with his wife pretty fast, but I can see this is going to be one of these one-step-forward-three-steps-back situation.
Talking about the slave, how the hell does she not have a name already ?