Tobakushi wa Inoranai

is a Japanese light novel series written by Ren Suto, with illustrations by Nilitsu. The series began publication on March 10, 2017 by ASCII Media Works under their Dengeki Bunko publishing imprint.

The series won the Gold Prize in the 23rd Dengeki Novel Prize.

Synopsis
London at the end of the eighteenth century.

A product that the young gambler Lazarus, who has earned a lot of money from his failure at the gambling house, was forced to purchase it.

-It was a slave girl.

Leela is a girl who has been trained only to satisfy her husband's sexual desires, with her throat burned, her voice lost, her emotions lost, and no matter what treatment she receives.

Lazarus decided to hire her as a maid while educating her because she couldn't throw her out. Although they are confused by the unfamiliar contact, the two gradually let their thoughts pass.

Eventually, a tragedy that tears them apart will come. And the man challenges the gambling of the first generation to protect the slave girl.