Chapter 7: Master-servant bonding
The next few days breezed by as the heroes got ready for their dungeon diving and Sophia continued her lessons. Apparently the crown prince will be joining them as the sixth member since Iâve already vacated the spot and Itâs tradition for the hero party to always have six, even once there has been deaths. I bet the king was just jumping at an opportunity to have a man on the inside, not the mention the positive publicity of a hero crown prince. They have been going on bandit clearing operations for the last few days to get them use to killing and I gain quite a bit of sp when they brought some of them back for public execution. Managed to gain two skills too, including the one I needed to start casting spells: mana shaping and sense intent. Iâve gotten my intelligence maxed out at one hundred in the last three days and read the next stage of runes and books on magic. I learned the spells that the apprentice mages use to clean and heat up the bath, which is a good thing since they all started avoiding me after that last encounter. Whimps!
Iâve managed to requisition some additional beauty products from the housekeeping department on my way back from gathering dinner tonight. Only had to threaten to spread rumors that my princessâs marriage was in jeopardy due to her not being able to receive proper care. They even handed over her allowance that theyâve been embezzling.
âMistress, could I please use the mint oil Iâve appropriated from housekeeping to give you a deep tissue massage tonight? It has a great exfoliating effect that would be wasted with your usual massage.â~me
âOh, all right. Youâve been pretty good the last few days anyways, just donât go too far!â~Sophia
âYippee!â~me
âNot gonna happen!â~Sophia
âWait. What? Why not?â~me
âNot the massage. The thing you thought about after. Geeze, itâs a good thing I took your advice to get better with using our link. To think you were planning to feed me mouth to mouth in the morning while I canât move on my own!â~Sophia
âH-how did you know?!â~me
âThe link letâs me know any and all thoughts you have regarding me as long as I wish to know.â~Sophia
âI didnât know that was a thing! S-since when have you been listening and how much?â~me
âHoh. Getting a little embarrassed are we? I figured it out about two days ago and havenât turned it off since. Your thoughts about me are, to say the least, very intimate. Perhaps borderline obsessive.â~Sophia
âYouâre teasing me! Why do you know how to tease me so well?â~me
âYou arenât actually the first personal maid that Iâve had, just that my brothers will try to ruin any good things that I have. I stopped taking personal maids after they broke the first two, which is also why I worry so much that they will find trouble with you.â~Sophia
âHmph! Iâll burn them to ashes if they try. Iâm much better at magic than I was before.â~me
âYes, yes. Perhaps only my two oldest brothers have any chance at matching you, but donât forget they are princes. They can throw their subordinates at you to tire you out first.â~Sophia
âUgh! Such hateful men! Why do they think itâs appropriate to pick on little girls so much. That pig king sets such a lousy example for his children.â~me
âI agree with you. Iâm done. Letâs get in the bath.â~Sophia
âYAY!â~me
We take our bath like usual, except that Iâm allowed to give her a deep tissue massage with the mint oil, albeit much lighter so she will be able to move afterwards. Just as planned, the mint does a great job of exfoliating. Iâm now highly frustrated because the extensive use of my hands has put my new curse effect into overdrive. I barely manage to finish without jumping on her.
âWhy are you fidgeting so much?â~Sophia
âMistress, when was the last time you checked my status?â~me
âWhen we saw the king after the ceremony. Why?â~Sophia
âPlease check my status more often, preferably every time you check your own. Think of my status as an extension of your own, whatâs mine is yours after all. Please check it now. I donât know how much longer I can hold myself back without an order.â~me
â...When did you get a new curse?! And how!?â~Sophia
âIt appeared after my first night as your servant.â~me
âTell me things like that sooner, you must be feeling terrible! This is an order, go get into bed, you donât get to argue and can only receive this mistress tonight!â~Sophia
With that, I leave the bathroom and promptly deliver myself to bed. Sophia follows soon after, not even bothering to put on her clothes. She climbs into bed with me and starts to slowly investigate my body. I want nothing more than to skip directly to the finish, but she is having none of that. My nightyâs effect makes her touching feel way better than I had thought it would, yet she still hasnât pushed me over the edge somehow. Itâs almost as though she knows just when to stop. She smiles at me and the glint in her eye makes me think she really does know, perhaps due to the link. As she starts pushing my nighty up my body, it and my panties start to disappear, ultimately condensing into cute little flowers on my lace choker while maintaining the effects they had on my body. Iâm constantly sending her pleas and begging for release. She only allows me to cum when she is satisfied with her investigation of my body. She revisits each of my sensitive spots, giving me multiple releases until I finally faint.
I wake up in my usual position as Sophiaâs hug pillow, and I canât help but smile when thinking about last night.
âGood morning, Lilia.â~Sophia
âGood morning, Mistress.â~me
âI wish you would call me by name, especially after last night.â~Sophia
âYou could order me to do so.â~me
âYou know I wonât do that. Why do you constantly objectify yourself?â~Sophia
âI have given myself fully to you, Mistress. For a lifetime, I am yours. Please think of me as your irreplaceable and treasured possession. Do not think of this as the same your father has done to you and your mother, to him you are a replaceable toy.â~me
âIâm never going to win this conversation am I? I suppose we should get up and not be late for lessons then, but Iâd like a quick rinse before we set out, for the both of us.â~Sophia
âIâll immediately prepare the bath, Mistress.â~me
I quickly use my magic to clean and heat the water. Then we both clean up without any fooling around. Once she is dressed, I retrieve our meals from the kitchen. Thereâs only three more days until the hero party sets out. I meditate on my mind cultivation while Sophia is learning from Grand Mage Sven. Kind of expected it but yea, found out that heâs actually the head mage around here. Good guy too, treats Sophia like his granddaughter and always has some candies. Iâve learned a lot from him too and found out that he is in the fourth tier of mind cultivation. Apparently there is a quality increase of your energies after ever three tiers not counting tier zero. Second tier is average for soldiers, adventurers and bandits. Third tier is considered elite and fourth is considered masters. The higher tiers are only seen in the longer lived races. We head back to her chambers to eat lunch and I make sure to change the sheets while she eats, stopping occasionally to refill her tea.
âMistress, the hero party will set off in three days. Will it be necessary for you to dress up for the occasion?â~me
âIndeed it will. Did you have a specific outfit in mind?â~Sophia
âNot quite. I was wondering if you would like to go shopping?â~me
âIt might be nice to buy some new clothes, but I have no money of my own.â~Sophia
âFufufu. That was true. However, that was because the housekeeping department had been embezzling your share of the funds.â~me
âAnd I suppose you have a way for me to get them back?â~Sophia
âAlready done! We can go shopping now, right?!â~me
âThereâs something you want to buy isnât there?â~Sophia
âYes! You need new underwear, yours is much too tight!â~me
âBad girl. Did you just call your mistress fat?!â~Sophia
âWell endowed!â~me
With that last comment turning her scarlet, she blocks my further messages, as she has recently learned how to do, until it is time for the next lesson. I put on a hurt look and take a look at my status to pass the time.
+[disguised stats], -[hidden stats]
Name: Lilia | Age: 20 | Sex: Female
+Race: {Vampire(50%)}{Blood demon(25%)}{Dragon(20%)}{Dryad(5%)}
Cultivation Stages: {Body: 1(5%)}{Mind: 1(65%)}{Spirit: 0}{Divine: 0(16%)}{Law: 0}
Energy Reserves: {Qi: 0/17}{Mana: 0/100}{Spirit: 10/10}{Divine: 0/10}
Attributes: Str: 13(50%) | Vit: 18(50%) | Agi: 22(50%) | Int: 100(50%)
Soul Potential: 40
{passive}
[Sense Mana 1]
-[Soul Devourer 1], [Sense Presence(activate: 9sp)], [sense intent(activate: 9sp)]
{active}
[mana control 1], [mana shaping 1]
-[Contract(activate: 19sp)], [Shadowmeld(activate: 49sp)]
-[Vampiric Bite], [Agility Boost(activate: 25sp)], [Regeneration(activate: 50)]
-[Body Manipulation(activate: 100)], [Dragonâs Perception(activate: 150)], [Adaptive Blood(activate: 200)]
[Eidetic Memory], [Donât Mind Me]
[Priestess(Goddess Katherian)]
{Prayer}{Bless}
-[Status Manager]
[Glass Cannon], [Slow Learner], [Mute], [Frustrating Magic Hands]
[Destined to serve(Master: Sophia)]Â (Attribute control is locked at 1 until master is decided)
{Orders}{Attire}{Punishments}{Empathic Link}