Why wont the merchant pay someone to buy her and transfer the ownership to someone he trusts or just make a lie and say she's already bought, and use magic to change her appearance and start a new life and in case of someone asks who bought her, just say you cant disclose the info of the buyer. Like bruh, how did he even became a merchant.
Phew, just had to type that since my inner critic weeb is screaming. Now, that's out of the way...
Thanks for translation!