Free time to be loafing around with 油を売る

ルベウス:

「エスメロード　こんな所(ところ)で油(あぶら)を売(う)ってるヒマはあるのか？」

“Esmeraude, do you have time to be loafing around in such a place?”

Key Points

1. 油(あぶら)を売(う)ってる = “loafing around” / “slacking off”

   • 油(あぶら)を売(う)る is an idiom meaning to waste time chatting or idling instead of doing what you should be doing

   • Here Rubeus is criticizing Esmeraude for being distracted instead of focusing on her mission

2. 売(う)ってる = casual spoken form of 売(う)っている

   • 〜てる is a very common spoken contraction of 〜ている

   • That contraction keeps the line sharp and conversational, fitting an irritated reprimand

3. こんな所(ところ)で = “in a place like this”

   • こんな所(ところ)で adds a critical tone: “here, of all places” or “in a place like this”