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 I’ve already vacated the spot and It’s 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. I’ve 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!

I’ve 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 princess’s marriage was in jeopardy due to her not being able to receive proper care. They even handed over her allowance that they’ve been embezzling.

“Mistress, could I please use the mint oil I’ve 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.”~me

“Oh, all right. You’ve been pretty good the last few days anyways, just don’t go too far!”~Sophia

“Yippee!”~me

“Not gonna happen!”~Sophia

“Wait. What? Why not?”~me

“Not the massage. The thing you thought about after. Geeze, it’s 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 can’t move on my own!”~Sophia

“H-how did you know?!”~me

“The link let’s me know any and all thoughts you have regarding me as long as I wish to know.”~Sophia

“I didn’t know that was a thing! S-since when have you been listening and how much?”~me

“Hoh. Getting a little embarrassed are we? I figured it out about two days ago and haven’t turned it off since. Your thoughts about me are, to say the least, very intimate. Perhaps borderline obsessive.”~Sophia

“You’re teasing me! Why do you know how to tease me so well?”~me

“You aren’t actually the first personal maid that I’ve 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.”~Sophia

“Hmph! I’ll burn them to ashes if they try. I’m much better at magic than I was before.”~me

“Yes, yes. Perhaps only my two oldest brothers have any chance at matching you, but don’t forget they are princes. They can throw their subordinates at you to tire you out first.”~Sophia

“Ugh! Such hateful men! Why do they think it’s appropriate to pick on little girls so much. That pig king sets such a lousy example for his children.”~me

“I agree with you. I’m done. Let’s get in the bath.”~Sophia

“YAY!”~me

We take our bath like usual, except that I’m 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. I’m 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.

“Why are you fidgeting so much?”~Sophia

“Mistress, when was the last time you checked my status?”~me

“When we saw the king after the ceremony. Why?”~Sophia

“Please check my status more often, preferably every time you check your own. Think of my status as an extension of your own, what’s mine is yours after all. Please check it now. I don’t know how much longer I can hold myself back without an order.”~me

“...When did you get a new curse?! And how!?”~Sophia

“It appeared after my first night as your servant.”~me

“Tell me things like that sooner, you must be feeling terrible! This is an order, go get into bed, you don’t get to argue and can only receive this mistress tonight!”~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 nighty’s effect makes her touching feel way better than I had thought it would, yet she still hasn’t pushed me over the edge somehow. It’s 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. I’m 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 Sophia’s hug pillow, and I can’t help but smile when thinking about last night.

“Good morning, Lilia.”~Sophia

“Good morning, Mistress.”~me

“I wish you would call me by name, especially after last night.”~Sophia

“You could order me to do so.”~me

“You know I won’t do that. Why do you constantly objectify yourself?”~Sophia

“I 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.”~me

“I’m never going to win this conversation am I? I suppose we should get up and not be late for lessons then, but I’d like a quick rinse before we set out, for the both of us.”~Sophia

“I’ll immediately prepare the bath, Mistress.”~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. There’s 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 he’s actually the head mage around here. Good guy too, treats Sophia like his granddaughter and always has some candies. I’ve 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.

“Mistress, the hero party will set off in three days. Will it be necessary for you to dress up for the occasion?”~me

“Indeed it will. Did you have a specific outfit in mind?”~Sophia

“Not quite. I was wondering if you would like to go shopping?”~me

“It might be nice to buy some new clothes, but I have no money of my own.”~Sophia

“Fufufu. That was true. However, that was because the housekeeping department had been embezzling your share of the funds.”~me

“And I suppose you have a way for me to get them back?”~Sophia

“Already done! We can go shopping now, right?!”~me

“There’s something you want to buy isn’t there?”~Sophia

“Yes! You need new underwear, yours is much too tight!”~me

“Bad girl. Did you just call your mistress fat?!”~Sophia

“Well endowed!”~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.

<Status> +[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
<Skills>
{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)]
<Traits>
-[Vampiric Bite], [Agility Boost(activate: 25sp)], [Regeneration(activate: 50)]
-[Body Manipulation(activate: 100)], [Dragon’s Perception(activate: 150)], [Adaptive Blood(activate: 200)]
<Blessings>
[Eidetic Memory], [Don’t Mind Me]
[Priestess(Goddess Katherian)]
{Prayer}{Bless}
-[Status Manager]
<Curses>
[Glass Cannon], [Slow Learner], [Mute], [Frustrating Magic Hands]
[Destined to serve(Master: Sophia)]  (Attribute control is locked at 1 until master is decided)
{Orders}{Attire}{Punishments}{Empathic Link}