Waking up after battles was something of a chore whenever it happened. Your body begged for more sleep to recover, but your mind woke you up as it was wary of the next battles to come. It wasn't entirely the case, but this time with my injuries from the battle, I couldn't help but groan and hate that I had to wake up.
We were not out of this mess yet, and there was the entire travel to the other cities of the Empire. We had escaped the encampment of the Military, taking over the whole city back where we came from, but there were other cities up ahead. The problem was the lack of knowledge that we had about the reporting system the Empire had. Would we need to dock in the next City? Or the Capitol? Should we leave and take the rest on foot? Would they catch up to us on foot?
There was a lot to think about and see what was happening. Then from there, I also needed to start regaining my energy with slow movements. Energy, like gathering mana, absorbed what was in the atmosphere and turned it into something of your own. It was a process that was slightly different in all but the same in essence. Wizards needed to gather it into themselves and make it theirs. On the other hand, I had to both expend and gather energy into myself in the same way. If I was low on it, I needed to condense and fill myself while expanding it.
When gathering it, I just expended more than I converted. It was simple in the process but dangerous if you fully ran out of energy. It wasn't that you would lose all energy if you ran out or expended it all. But it would be a remarkably slow process to regain it, even with meditation. It would almost be like restarting from the beginning, although the container you had was much larger.
Complexities aside, I got up, stopped contemplating the world I inhabited, and confronted it instead. My eyes fluttered open when I noticed Kara around the captain's room, looking worried about doing something. She was in her maid uniform while Kitty was lying on her side in the cage, looking cute. I could see her watching Kara looking curious about what was going on in her mind.
Kara looked like she was fussing, moving an object a little before moving it again and looking disappointed. Then she moved something else before looking at everything in total, and I finally got up fully wincing at the pain of my injuries. I looked down and noticed the bandages and quickly realized that Freya or Stacy, Probably Freya bandaged my wounds.
That was good, and I couldn't help but wonder if it was Stacy which would be spicy. My thoughts centered on Stacy momentarily, remembering that I promised her release and kept my word. Allowing her to look at women again would be interesting, and playing with her in front of Kara was another question of how she would react.
Kara was innocent, and her mind was so malleable, but there were inconsistencies in that innocence. Or at least in the innocence that I thought of it in my previous world. In my previous world, the thought that someone shouldn't kill another was an innocent look at the world that bordered on stupidity. Still, I could already recognize what was wrong with Kara, and I looked at her as she fussed.
"Kara," I said, making her jump and turn to me with that big doe-eyed look in her eyes. Her innocence was something that was to be treasured and teased. It made her so interesting that I wondered how I could use it or destroy it. No, I liked having her care too much, and Kara was someone that I would change with purpose, and it would start now. "You are fussing over non-details is unneeded," I told her, my voice soft.
"B- BUT Mistress, I want to make myself useful!" She exclaimed, and I wanted to chuckle.
"You were fussing over how one thing looks or another look is not helping me, Kara," I told her and got up slowly. I looked down and noticed I was naked, and now I knew I needed to learn who did bandage me. Kara looked at me distressed, and I knew that she thought this was the only way that could be useful—an interesting and valuable thought pattern. Then I looked at the collar on her neck and knew it was her previous master. It was useless and harmful to my cause. I would have to find a way to fix that soon.
"T- Then," Kara said, the distress getting higher as she thought she didn't have anything to contribute.
"Kara," I said, stretching my arms around my head, feeling slightly lightheaded only in the briefest of moments. "I will help you find how to make yourself useful. You do not need to decorate small details to do that. When you have nothing to do and nothing in the background to help me with, you can relax and prepare yourself for the next time I do have an order," I told her soft and sincere voice and cut the distance between myself and her. "I will give you your freedom and help you change to what is perfect for me, Kara. No need to be fussing over two small objects that mean nothing to me. You mean much more than that," I leaned down and kissed her lips as she began crying.
When talking like this, the hardest thing was to stop myself from smiling sadistically as Kitty watched, and I could feel her gaze. I could almost feel her want for those words to be directed at her as she remained in her cage for much too long. She wasn't allowed to speak or communicate in any way other than an animal. I could hear her purring a little from across the room as she saw something that pleased her, and she didn't even realize she was doing it.
Kitty was another project in the works, but she needed more time to be ready. I would work on her soon, but she still needed a bit more breaking. In the meantime, I focused on the woman who had been fussing moments before and making her melt into my arms. I let her lavish in my love and care for longer than I should as I planned in my head.
When I broke the kiss, Kara was blushing as she looked up at me with a growing desire. One that she quickly deflated purposefully as I didn't continue to initiate. I could see that she quickly could suppress her desire for someone else too. Still, there was the briefest moment of disappointment as I didn't continue that kiss into sex. "Later," I told her, brushing her cheek softly. "Later, we can enjoy some time together," I whispered into her ear. "For now, we must set your worries aside a little and see what you can learn the fastest," I said, taking a step back, and Kara tilted her head.
"L- Learn the fastest, Mistress?" She asked, unsure of herself.
"Yes," I said with a smile backing off, "Much like my Kitty in the cage over there," I said, pointing her out, "She has talent in being a good kitty; we need to find what you have talent in. When I was young, I was not cut out for the sword," I shook my head, "Still not good with the sword."
I walked over to my gear, looked at Kara, pulled out my Sadist's Bladed Whip, and let it fall into a whip. "This is a bladed whip, and normal whips are something I am much more talented in." I informed her, "When we were fleeing the City," I began and saw the fear in her eyes and the worry, "I fought twice with a dagger. I killed one B ranker and maimed another B ranker in one night while fleeing with you," I said, my voice filling with pride, "I killed them with a weapon I was unfamiliar with. Last night in total, I killed Three B rankers," Pride filled my voice, and I saw the worship in Kara's gaze.
Taking in a deep breath, "What you will need to first learn if you have any talent. Talent is only useful, not a necessity, though. We need to see if you have some first, though," I told her and smiled, "We will have some fun with you attacking me or others with a weapon. From there," I shrug, "Might even be a talented Wizard, although I wouldn't be able to help you much with that," I finished.
"What happens if I am not talented?" Kara asked.
"Nothing," I shrugged, knowing she would feel guilty if she wasn't good at anything for me. The trap was already in her head, and I smiled, "There is nobody that is useless, Kara. There are only those who do not try," I told her and started to get dressed, and Kara looked lost in thought. I smiled and finished putting on my gear before walking over to Kitty.
"What a good little Kitty." I said and snapped my fingers, "Oh, yeah, Melony!" I grinned, "Should I let her stretch her limbs a little?" The woman was still in a package somewhere on the ship. It would be good for her health to let her stretch. I turned my attention back to Kitty, "I will come to feed you soon, or maybe Stacy." I said with a smirk.
"Nyah, Nyah!" Kitty exclaimed back at me, hoping for more attention. I could see the desperation in her gaze. I turned my back and moved to the door.
"Come, Kara, we need to start our day," I said, and no one noticed the wince of pain in my expression.
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