Master and Slaves

"By the way, Helene-san. About what we were talking about earlier, why are we going to the city of Lübeck today?"

Cathy tilted her head and asked Helene.

"Ah, right. There are various reasons, but the main one is that Hiroyuki-sama is cursed. We’re going to exorcise it."

"Is that so....... Am... mmm... mmm... mmm... gulp... hm?...... Um, Helene-san. Can you say it once more?"

"That’s why Hiroyuki-sama is cursed, so we’re going to exorcise it."

"... My Master... has... been cursed...??!!"

Cathy slammed her hand on the table with a bang and leaned toward Helene, her face close.

"What do you mean!?"

"Your face is too close... Calm down...."

Helene pulled her face and warned Cathy.

"Master, are you alright? Do you feel sick anywhere!?"

Cathy knelt on the floor and started checking my body.

Because she was leaning forward, my white butt was right in front of her eyes.

If she touched there....

"Ah, poor thing... to become like this. I’ll comfort you."

"No, wait, Cathy, wait."

Cathy loosened the string of my pants and tried to pull them down.

I gripped the waist part with both hands and desperately guarded it.

"Calm down, Cathy, sit still—!"

"Hii!"

Cathy froze for a moment at my shouting.

For some reason, the table shook with a gata.

"Master...."

"I’m fine for now. So calm down."

"Y-Yes. Um, sorry."

"Cathy, if you can’t predict something, getting panicked is the worst. In those times, first calm down and look around."

"Yes...."

"Understood."

I stroked the head of Cathy who was sulking, and even Tiria who was holding her head and groaning under the table, I stroked her head.

......

"How is it, Master?"

Cathy spun around, and the skirt with only the front part floated up.

"Ah, it’s beautifully done. But that’s impressive, Cathy."

"Ufufu. Thank you very much."

Cathy smiled happily.

After breakfast ended, I handled Tiria’s physiological process, and Helene went out shopping for necessary items.

While that was happening, Cathy repaired her maid uniform to the proper Dule style.

And the one who took the longest was the one I thought would take the longest—yet Cathy finished first.

When Tiria’s processing was done and we went to the living room, Cathy was waiting in the repaired maid uniform.

Cathy’s maid uniform was a one-piece based on navy blue, tightly fastened all the way to the neck with little skin exposed.

The sleeves were half-length, but she had white gloves covering up to her upper arms.

The lower part was a skirt up to the knees, and she was wearing white stockings.

The parts I had repaired this time were the chest and the back of the skirt.

The chest was cut into a long horizontal oval, exposing the breasts.

The skirt had the back completely cut out, and a black garter belt was hanging from it, suspending the white stockings.

But I hadn’t expected the garter belt to be so erotic.

Moreover, since she wasn’t wearing panties, it was even more erotic.

Her fair butt looked even prettier.

Cathy turned her back to me again, only her head looking toward us.

"Um, Master, if it bothers you that much, you can use it too, you know."

Cathy’s face turned red while thrusting her butt toward me.

It seemed she had been staring.

But....

"No no, Tiria is watching over there."

From the shadows at the entrance of the living room, Tiria was peeking with a sulky face.

......

"Now, is there anything forgotten?"

Helene, dressed in her usual half-plate armor with an open chest, carrying her luggage, and a two-handed sword at her waist, asked in full preparation.

I was wearing my usual blue dragon-scale tunic and had only slung Shiranui at my waist.

The Destroyer, since it was too heavy to use right now, I had decided to leave behind.

Because it was too heavy, no one would steal it.

Cathy had worn the maid uniform she had just repaired and carried her luggage on her back, holding a tea-set bag.

According to Cathy, it was so she could enjoy tea anytime.

Tiria was, as always, completely naked and had tied Laila’s Tear to her thigh.

"It’s fine."

"Me too."

I and Cathy answered.

"Me too..."

"Hey. Don’t talk on your own."

"Auu...."

Tiria tried to answer, but Helene scolded her.

"I’ve been turning a blind eye until now, but from today I’ll be strict."

"Auu...."

Tiria hung her head dejectedly.

Well, since she was a To-Dule, it couldn’t be helped.

Helene didn’t even glance at the hanging Tiria and opened the entrance door.

"Then, let’s depart."

Helene went outside first, and I followed.

But someone pulled the hem of my clothes.

When I turned around, there was Cathy who was bowing, hiding her own chest with her right hand and grabbing my hem with her left hand.

Her body was slightly trembling.

"Cathy, you...."

"Wait a moment, Helene."

I stopped Helene who was trying to warn Cathy and turned to her.

"Cathy, are you scared?"

"... Yes."

Of course she was.

Walking outside in such an outfit, "please violate me" style.

Moreover, Cathy had been violated just yesterday.

If I said it wasn’t scary, she would immediately say it was a lie.

"I see. Helene, can we postpone going to the city by two or three days?"

"That’s possible...."

"No! We must lift Master’s curse first!"

Cathy shouted.

"No, but...."

"I’m fine. I’m fine."

Cathy muttered as if comforting herself.

"... Cathy, shall we hold hands?"

"Eh...?"

Cathy’s right hand, stunned, was held by my left.

It was probably when we were middle schoolers.

My girlfriend had said she was scared during a ghost hunt, so please don’t hold hands.

If we didn’t hold hands, we felt strangely reassured.

"Look, it’s not scary anymore. Because I’m connected to you, it’s not scary."

"...Yes. Because I’m holding hands with Master, it’s not scary."

"It’s fine now, right? With me, you can go outside."

"...Yes. It’s fine now."

"If it gets scary, you can squeeze my hand tight."

"Ufufu, yes, I’ll squeeze tight."

A smile returned to Cathy’s face.

"Alright, then let’s go."

"Yep. Ah, but Cathy is fine, Tiria is not."

Helene poked at Tiria.

When I looked right, Tiria was hanging her head.

"Until we reach the highway, it should be okay, right?"

"Ah, already! Master is sweet!... Haa, only this time, okay?"

Helene warned me, but Helene was also pretty sweet.

I got Helene’s permission and held hands with Tiria too.

Tiria looked up at me with sparkling eyes.

On the left, Cathy was also looking up at me with a smile.

This was probably what people called "having two hands full."

"Ah, yes yes. Then, we’re going."

Helene walked off with a tired expression, and the three of us followed her.

......

After greeting the village chief’s house, we left Rade Village.

When I greeted, I asked about Milli, but apparently she hadn’t been found yet.

Milli’s parents were desperately searching, but the villagers were giving up.

When we left the village, we met some village men, and they were stretching their noses and looking at Helene and the others as usual.

Cathy, while clinging tightly to my arm with her eyes on the lustful gazes of those men, endured it.

Even so, once we reached the highway, both Cathy and Tiria left my side. Cathy walked half a step behind on my left, and Tiria walked behind on my right.

I held the lead for Tiria with my right hand, while following Helene in the lead while keeping an eye on Cathy.

"And how long will it take?"

"We’ll arrive before the sun sets."

Helene answered my question.

"It’s quite close."

"Yes. Ah, we can see it soon."

The highway passed through the forest.

As the trees on both sides disappeared, the view opened up and the road ahead became visible.

"Is that...?"

"Yes. That is the merchant-ruled autonomous city, Lübeck."

In front of us, a yellow wall blocked the highway like a city wall.

As we got closer, the wall grew larger, and we realized it was bigger than the royal capital Torres.

And right before the wall, we saw buildings built in disorder.

"That’s the city where people who can’t enter the town live, as Mateus-san said."

"Ah, yes. That area is one the Lübeck security organization doesn’t monitor, so the security is quite bad. Hiroyuki-sama, please keep your money pouch properly."

"Ah, I understand."

When Helene said that, I took the pouch I had tied to the waist string of my tunic for easy access, re-tied it to the waist string of my pants, and hid it with the tunic.

"Is this fine?"

"Yes. But please don’t let your guard down."

"Ah, I understand."

"And don’t let Cathy and Tiria be taken."

"Gulp... yes."

"Yes."

Cathy and Tiria answered.

After walking for a while, rough houses began to appear, and they started standing densely.

From various parts of the buildings, we felt gazes directed at us.

They weren’t the lustful gazes like in Rade Village, but the sharp, predator-like kind.

"I heard that merchants say guards are necessary to go to the city of Lübeck."

"That’s why you can call it a merchant city."

"Because only merchants who can hire guards can enter, that’s why it’s a merchant city."

In other words, only rich people can enter.

"I see."

"Ah, the gate is coming soon."

As Helene said, after walking a little, we reached the gate of the city of Lübeck.

There, a few city guards were conducting a checkpoint in front of the gate.

"They aren’t lining up much. In the royal capital it was quite lined up."

"Everyday here it’s normal, so we’re used to it."

Indeed, the guards were efficiently letting people in the city.

"Now, let’s use the side entrance."

When Helene said that, she walked past the few people lining up and approached the guards.

"You there, Dule, what are you doing? Line up in this line."

"I am an envoy from the Kingdom of Torres, and I am Helene, the A-Dule of Court Magician Mateus. I have come with a letter from my Master to the integration councilor Freit-Clam of Lübeck."

Helene bowed respectfully, took a rolled-up paper from the pouch at her waist, and showed it to the guards.

"I understand. Wait a moment. Hey, you. Call the captain."

"Yes."

The younger guard who had been talking to Helene went into the building that seemed to be the checkpoint office.

After a while, a middle-aged man came out of the building.

"Oh, it’s Helene."

"Hello, Captain Falco. It’s been a while."

"Hahaha. Glad to see you healthy. I’ve heard the story from Lord Mateus. But it was quite early. I heard it would take about a week."

"Yes. The investigation went further than I thought."

"Hahaha. I see, I see. So, the rumored Hiroyuki-dono is here?"

Rumored... what kind of rumor was it?

"Hiroyuki Asahi. Nice to meet you."

"I am Falco-Zuse, captain of the autonomous security force here. Nice to meet you."

When I said my name, the man who called himself Falco also introduced himself.

He was a straightforward man.

He was probably over thirty.

He was a little taller than me.

His face was deeply chiseled, his body sturdy, and he had the look of a warrior.

"Helene, let me just confirm, okay?"

"Yes, please look."

Helene handed the rolled-up document to Falco and stood tall.

Falco placed his hand on Helene’s left chest and began comparing the mark that appeared there with the document.

The rolled-up document Helene had brought had a wax seal, and it seemed to have the mark of Mateus stamped on it.

"Hmm, it’s correct. It’s Lord Mateus’s mark."

After confirming, Falco returned the document to Helene.

"Okay, Helene is allowed in. Next is Hiroyuki-dono, right? However, this is a Dule and a To-Dule? Hiroyuki-dono has quite the talent."

Falco looked at Cathy and Tiria and said to me admiringly.

Talent? What?

"Hiroyuki-dono, show me your hand."

"Ah."

I extended my right hand palm up.

"Oh, beautiful mark. Now the young ladies. Let’s start with the Dule."

When Falco turned to Cathy, Cathy flinched and hid behind my back.

"Oh dear. Did I get disliked?"

"Sorry. Cathy, please endure it for a little while. You can hold my hand. Can you?"

After apologizing to Falco, I asked while holding Cathy’s hand.

"Y-Yes. I’ll do my best."

After hearing Cathy’s answer, I asked Falco.

"Then, please do."

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