Chapter 57 – New Generation Demon King (3)
– No, I’m going to go to the middle of the day… Z, master. I… ，Loxia… No see.
The incoherent greeting was the words Roxia managed to squeeze out the moment she met Roden for the first time.
[Master] This is the title Roxia always uses when calling Roden. If there are eyes around her, it changes to uncle, but basically, the girl always calls Roden her master and thinks so deep in her heart.
It was very natural at first to hear the voice of the master through the mouth of the girl from the perspective of Roden, who legitimately purchased a demon girl who was being auctioned as a slave for a considerable amount of 20 gold.
Roden accepted the concept of a slave without much resistance because he had fully adapted to this world, but gradually, as the time spent with Roxia and the memories piled up, every time he heard the word master from the girl’s mouth, one side of his heart ached little by little. I heard this.
The meaning that a person uses the title of master to a person is the same as recognizing the fact that he is eventually a slave and the property of another person at that moment.
-Master… I’m sorry. I used the gift the owner gave me after a long time. It seemed like a valuable item… ．
In particular, the day I first witnessed blood oozing from the girl’s body, which I had seen in the back alleys of the port city.
Even in such a situation, from the day I heard Roxia’s voice, instead of saying that her wound hurts, she apologized to herself first, I began to ponder from the bottom of my heart whether it was really okay as it was now.
“Actually, there is something I wanted to ask you from before.”
“Do you want to ask? Feel free to ask.”
Roden, who had been thinking all along about when to speak up, decided to bring up her story with a feeling that she would lose her horns as soon as she revealed her relationship with her twin sister.
“That’s it… Well, for now…”
She’d imagined having this conversation many times, but when she actually tried to do it, she felt uncharacteristically tense.
Just like Roden’s conversation with Roxia in the morning, she slowly stepped on the train while talking about something lighter than the main topic, such as what to do for the menu tomorrow morning.
When the dispensing work that started with the girl who nodded her head was nearing its completion, the flow of conversation changed.
“Come to think of it, doesn’t it make Roxia uncomfortable or uncomfortable to call her master when she’s alone with me?”
“No!! Not at all!”
At the same time as the words spoken by her master, a reflexive answer popped out from the girl’s tight lips, her face slightly hardened.
Even raising her determined voice.
Then, Roden, who opened her eyes wide, as well as Roxia herself, who let go of her loud voice, were startled.
“Ah! I’m sorry. Master… Stop it without me noticing.”
“No, no, it’s okay. It looks like I surprised you. For now, the work is almost finished, so let’s finish it and talk again.”
“…Yes.”
After a while, the distinctive sound coming from the automatic blender, which started working again, informed us that the work was finished.
Roden took off her overalls with Roxia and, as usual, carefully stroked the girl’s hair as usual, continuing the conversation we had just shared.
“You did a good job today too. Didn’t you feel very embarrassed when you suddenly said such a thing a while ago?”
“A little bit… Until now, it was so natural for me to call you master, so I never felt uncomfortable until now.”
Roden glanced at the center of the girl’s plump breasts who was stroking her hair.
From this child’s point of view, she thinks it’s as natural as breathing. ．
An invisible restraining tool bestowed by black magicians who are said to be proficient in spirit and mental magic in cooperation with slave traders and organizations that enslave some criminals.
It is the result of developing a semi-permanent magic form that causes pain in the head and chest when the command of the person registered as a master through mana recognition is not obeyed.
So far, few orders have been given, but for Roxia, the very existence of the imprint on her body must have been a huge burden. Her habit of apologizing first must also have a considerable impact.
After stopping the act of stroking Roxia’s hair, Roden lowered her stance, leveled her eyes with the girl, and began to speak in a soft tone.
“Come to think of it, on the first day I met you, I was brought into this family as a master and a slave.”
“Yes. I still remember it as vividly as the day before. At that time, the owner said he needed a clerk to help with the store.”
At that time, the owner’s eyes were colder than now, and he did a lot of strange things, so I was scared… Thinking about it now makes me feel ashamed.
The girl talked to the owner and recalled the memories of her first day.
“Because she’s a clerk… Until now, Roxia worked hard as a clerk in our store to help me, so I felt more comfortable. Every day spent with you was a lot of fun.”
Continuing her words, Roden stretched out her arms and gently grabbed the soft hand of the girl in front of her.
“Roxia, I’m not good at expressing myself normally, so I can’t speak properly, but I always cherish and love you. That’s why I want you to think of yourself as a person who has the right to be happy, not a slave who is someone else’s property. .”
“Master…?”
“As long as the imprint of obedience remains on your body, what I say will only feel like hypocrisy. That’s why…”
Loden paused for a moment and swallowed her saliva before speaking to her that she would never have said if she had been herself before living with her Roxy.
For her sake.
“Let’s find some time in the near future and go to the magic tower in the capital. We’re trying to erase the imprint on your body there, what do you think?”
“Possession, poetry…, I don’t like it!!!!!”
A scream echoed through the girl’s mouth so loud that I thought my voice a while ago was rather cute. Then, Roxia, who heard it as if clinging to her master’s arms, was trembling with extreme anxiety.
“If there’s anything you don’t like, just tell me. I’ll fix everything right away. From now on, I’ll clean even more by myself. ．I will gladly accept whatever my master commands, so please… Please don’t abandon me. I don’t want to be abandoned again…”
… There seems to be a strange word mixed in. Did I hear it wrong?
Roden started to beg her not to throw her away, as if muttering to her, and she was taken aback by Loxia’s extreme reaction, but she immediately started to reassure her by patting her on the back or touching her gently.
“Calm down, calm down. My thoughts have gone too far. Erasing the imprints on my body never meant that I would abandon you or live alone. It meant that from now on, I would like to live like a family without any restrictions.”
There was really no thought of letting Roxia go outside just because she released the imprint. No matter how much she learned magic, and the area around here is a relatively peaceful territory, basically there are monsters and sometimes more than them. It is a harsh world full of evil people outside.
It is literally irresponsible to blindly send a girl who has no family to rely on, even a non-human demon girl, to the world of humans.
Roxia, who barely came to her senses after hearing Roden’s calm words, lifted her head as she was in her owner’s arms. Even tears welled up in her eyes, which had become moist in the short time.
“Really…?”
“Of course. I’ve never lied to you about this before. So don’t be afraid.”
“Yes… Yes… Master.”
Roxia, still uneasy, clung to her master’s chest like a cicada on a summer day, not thinking of falling.
Roden, who couldn’t bear the thought of dropping the girl who was shaking because of her sin of making her loxia cry, supported her lower body with one arm, and picked her up with her other arm in a posture of supporting her back. They went upstairs side by side.
… As she continued to hold her in front of him, he felt her girl’s swollen breasts pressed against Roden’s body, but he decided not to care.
Anyway, Roden, who wandered around her living room for a while while holding her Roxia, calmed her down until the girl’s trembling completely stopped.
“…Master, it’s okay now. I’ll go down.”
After some time had passed, Roxia, who had regained her complete composure, slid gently to her floor and bowed her head toward her master.
“I made my own judgment on my own and caused trouble to my master again…”
“I also created a situation that could cause you to misunderstand, so let’s say it’s a draw. Anyway, do you plan to go to the Mage Tower together and erase the imprint?”
Roxia, who listened to her master’s words and placed her hand on her chest, where her obedience was engraved, refused very calmly, unlike before, when she screamed like she did.
“I’m really grateful for the suggestion Master gave me… But I want to stay as I am right now, is that okay?”
For Loxia, who is neither a family by blood nor a lover who shares love with Roden, the only connection with her master is the master-servant relationship through the imprint of obedience, so the girl did not want to cut off even this.
“I can’t force my will, so I can’t help it. If you ever want to erase the imprint, tell me anytime. I’m always on your side and I respect you.”
“Yes, Master. Thank you.”
After that, the two men and women ended the small commotion, and after that, they ate dinner together as usual, washed up in order, and then went to sleep in their respective rooms.
When Roden, who immediately threw herself into bed after doing some light stretching, closed her eyes as if she were dead and slowly tried to blur her consciousness… ，
Smart!
There was a regular knocking sound. When she opened the door, of course it was Loxia, a girl wearing a pink nightgown, looking up at her owner with a somewhat embarrassed face.
He’s a big deal at this hour.
“Master… I really have no face, but… I have a request that I want you to listen to.”
“What’s happen?”
“That, that’s it…”
Before knocking on her door, she made up her own mind, but when she tried to speak to her master, her mouth wouldn’t open. Roxia barely mustered up the courage to close her eyes.
“I’m too scared to sleep alone today… Master, can I sleep with you?”
