Master and Slaves

"Okay, then let’s go eat breakfast."

We ate breakfast at the same cafeteria as yesterday.

It wasn’t a buffet, but the dishes were on par with the morning meal we had at the Torres Kingdom castle.

Of course, the menu for me and the women was different.

......

"Hiroyuki-sama, I’m going to the magic guild now to talk to Master. Is there any message I should pass on?"

After breakfast, we went back to the room to equip our weapons, then headed to the lobby.

There Helene asked me that.

"Yeah. The ruins investigation is progressing well. Tell them I’ll return there right away."

"Eh? Ah, yes. Understood. I’ll pass it on."

Helene seemed a little flustered by my words... was I imagining it?

"Then, I’ll be going. Please gather in the room by noon, okay?"

""Understood."" ""I understand."" "I understand."

I and my slaves answered each with our own words.

Muriel also seemed much more energetic.

Helene waved and left the inn.

"Now then, shall we go too?"

I called to my slaves and took Tiria’s lead out of the inn.

......

"This one, okay?... This one too is nice.... Ah, this one feels good."

Muriel was looking at various items inside the shop.

Well, normally, a girl her age would look at clothes, shoes, bags, or accessories.

There was also the matter of what to eat.

But for Muriel....

"Hmm, I’m troubled. This one-handed sword has a good grip, but this one seems sharper. Oh, this one has the perfect balance between blade and handle."

She was energetic, but a girl happily swinging weapons... was weird.

"Hiroyuki-dono, which one do you think is best?"

Muriel placed three one-handed swords in front of me.

All three were broadswords, but there were differences in what Muriel had said.

The other difference was that the first sword had beautiful decorations.

"Wow. This one is pretty."

Cathy peeked from the side and said her impression of the first sword.

A normal girl would react like that, right?

"Sword decoration doesn’t matter. It’s about whether it can be used in actual combat."

Muriel explained to Cathy.

That was certainly true... but....

Well, for now....

"Couldn’t the grip be adjusted later? Wrap cloth around the handle, or wind chain around it. Sharpening the blade would also improve sharpness, right?"

"That’s... true. You’re right, Hiroyuki-dono.... Sorry, could you sharpen this for me?"

Muriel picked up the leftmost sword and asked the shopkeeper if it could be sharpened.

"Yes. We’ll sharpen it here."

"And, is there anything to wrap around this handle? I want to make the grip better."

"Yes, we have some.... If you like, we can attach one."

The young male clerk brought out long, flat strips of leather.

"It’ll be done around noon, but what should we do?"

Muriel looked at my face.

"I think it’s fine. We’ll come pick it up after reuniting with Helene."

"Then, I’ll take that."

"Understood. Please come to pick it up around noon. It will be four silver coins. That’s enough."

When the clerk took the sword from Muriel, he explained that.

"Got it."

"Ah, thank you, Hiroyuki-dono."

Muriel bowed to me.

"No, it’s fine. I can’t do escort without this."

"Ah, ah. Yeah. I’ll have it done properly."

Muriel’s face turned red as she answered.

"Hiroyuki, this one is good."

From the side, Sophia brought a longbow and dozens of arrows, all stored in a quiver.

"Won’t you adjust it?"

"I’ll do it. Normally I’d make it from scratch, but there’s no time."

Sophia replied while lifting her green hair.

"Understood. Then, please take this."

"Yes. One longbow, one quiver, and thirty arrows... one silver and seventy copper."

"Alright. Here."

I took two silver coins from the gold pouch and handed them to the clerk.

"Thank you. Is this fine as it is?"

"Yeah, it’s fine."

Sophia took the bow and arrows, slinging the quiver and arrows on her back.

"Then, shall we go next?"

I called to the not-so-happy Cathy and Tiria and left the weapon shop.

Next was the armor shop.

......

"This... what do you think?"

Muriel came out from the back with a red face.

"Hm~ it’s okay, but doesn’t it feel uncomfortable?"

"It’s a little uncomfortable."

Of course it did.

It was obvious.

Because it was a male-sized one.

"That’s not a little, right?"

"Hahaha, it’s pretty uncomfortable."

Haa, haa, Muriel was breathing heavily.

Of course, because she was already being squeezed by her huge breasts.

"But, girls, we don’t have any armor that fits."

The middle-aged male clerk crossed his arms and groaned.

Apparently there were few female armors.

Normally they were made to order.

In addition, Muriel was tall.

And her breasts were large.

If she weren’t tall, there would be a few female armors, or if her breasts weren’t large, male ones would suffice.

"But... it’s no good."

"But I can endure it. It’s fine."

Muriel was visibly enduring it, but it wasn’t going to work.

"Then, how about partial armor? Attach a female chest plate."

"But I’m a knight. I want a complete armor...."

"I’m a former knight. I think this is fine. For something made by humans, it’s pretty good."

Again from the side, Sophia came out wearing the armor she had tried on.

She had a vibrant blue leather chest plate.

Underneath she wore a grass-green tunic matching her hair.

"Oh, it looks good. It suits you."

"N-No, really? Of course. I’ll take this. This one is good."

Sophia moved her long ears, which had been dyed red at the tips, restlessly and told the clerk she wanted to buy it.

"Hahaha. It’s great. I’ll give you a discount on the silver six coins."

"Thank you."

"I’ll try on partial armor too. Is there anything I like?"

Muriel strangely sulked and started looking at the partial armors.

"Ah, Master, this is pretty, right?"

This time Cathy peeked from the side.

Cathy and Tiria had been having fun picking out ornaments in the decorated corner.

The thing in their hands was... a piercing, right?

It was decorated with gold metal on a blue teardrop-shaped jewel, and a gold chain extended from it.

At the end was a gold fitting shaped like the Greek letter Ω.

The chain was attached to the top of that.

Normally a piercing would have a needle sticking into the pierced spot, but it wasn’t there.

"This set of three is perfect for a young lady."

The female clerk who had been accompanying Cathy and Tiria interjected.

"Would you like to try it on once?"

"Y-Yes. Um, like this?"

Cathy placed one on the counter and the other on her... right, where was she trying to put it?

"Um, like this?"

Cathy pinched her nipple with the opening of the Ω-shaped gold fitting and poured magic into it.

"Nn!"

Golden needles emerged from the left and right gold fittings and pierced both sides of the nipple.

"Haa, haa, it’s... a bit heavy."

When Cathy removed her hand from the piercing, the blue jewel swung down like a pendulum, pulling on the nipple.

But the firm breast didn’t distort the shape.

"I think it looks good. Would you like me to pour magic into it for you, Master?"

"Y-Yes. Um, um... can you pour magic into this stone, Master?"

"...Eh?"

At the puppy-eyed Cathy who was looking up at me while blushing, I unconsciously let out a dumb voice.

"N-No... is it bad?"

Was she thinking it was bad, and Cathy’s eyes immediately filled with tears.

"No, it’s fine... but I wanted to ask something first... is it painful?"

What was she asking?

But I didn’t know what to ask.

So I asked what I thought.

I was seriously panicking.

"It doesn’t hurt. It feels a little, and it’s embarrassing, but...."

Cathy’s face turned red.

"Eh, um, what should I do?"

"Please pour magic into this."

The female clerk took the jewel of the piercing on Cathy’s nipple.

I accepted it, lightly squeezed it, and poured magic into it.

"Aahhh!"

The jewel glowed blue.

At the same time, Cathy let out a short moan.

"How is it?"

"Y-Yes. Nn, I feel Master’s magic. Ah."

"You’ll feel Master’s magic all the time. Isn’t that wonderful?"

"Y-Yes... nnn."

Cathy answered the female clerk with an ecstatic expression.

"When you pour magic into it like this, it will get hard, so it won’t hang down due to the weight."

...What were they doing in the shop.

"Um, Cathy? Are you buying that?"

"Eh, um... nnn... is it bad?... nnn..."

"It’s not bad, but... is it really okay? If you wear something like that, you’ll become even more of a target, won’t you?"

"Yes.... I’m trying to get used to gazes. After all, I’m always Master’s Dule. I’m always in this outfit. It’s hard to be embarrassed and scared all the time when I finally get to be with Master... I talked with Tiria-san earlier. She said she was embarrassed at first too. But now she’s fine. On the contrary, she said she was proud. ’I’m Master’s Dule.’ This outfit is proof of that. At dinner yesterday I was embarrassed, but she said she would try hard. So I have to try hard too... I want to become Master’s Dule and make myself look more decorated, in an outfit suitable for a Dule."

Cathy said it all at once in a long monologue.

It was embarrassing, but strangely happy.

It felt like the direction was a bit different....

"I understand. Then, let’s buy that too."

"Ah, thank you."

Hm, wait.

Come to think of it....

"...Come to think of it, you said this is a set of three, but there’s one more...."

Surely she wasn’t going to put it... there.

"Yes, this one."

The female clerk had taken the jewelry from the counter.

It had the same jewel as the one on the nipple, but the chain was about 1.5 times longer, and on the other end there was a round crystal bead.

The size was about the size of a circle made with thumb and index finger.

"Where is that... supposed to go?"

I asked the female clerk, but the answer came from Cathy.

"Um, the butt...."

"...Fufu, the butt, huh."

I see, the butt.

I was relieved at the unexpected answer.

But it was only a moment.

I immediately realized she had gone beyond my expectations.

"Eh!... no... um... where on the butt...?"

"In the butt hole... I’m putting this in."

Cathy explained with a red face.

"...Is it okay?"

"Yes."

Even though she was the one who said it was okay, Cathy answered firmly.

I see, it’s fine.

My head was starting to feel like smoke was rising.

"If Cathy says it’s okay, let’s buy it."

"Thank you very much!"

Cathy bowed again.

This was fine.

Was it really okay?

After that, I bought the three accessories Cathy had on her body with magic, evaluated Muriel’s chest and waist armor as matching, and bought Sophia’s chest armor too, then left the armor shop.

...Was this really okay?