"Greetings, Goshujin-sama, Aijin-sama. Would you like me to make your breakfast, or do you have other work you would like me to do?" the slime girl folded her hands politely in front of her and asked with a bow to her master and mistresses. Basic maidly manners hadn't cost him anything either.
"Yes. A hot breakfast would be wonderful, Belfast." Hiro quickly agreed, drool already starting to drip from his mouth at the thought of eating a breakfast made by a genuine maid.
"Very well. May I use the remains outside to make a suitable breakfast for Goshujin-sama, Aijin-sama, and the pets?"
"Ahh." Erza covered her mouth in embarrassment. "In all the excitement yesterday, we completely forgot about those."
"Not a problem, Aijin-sama. Such things should be left to servants such as myself rather than a lady such as yourself. Rest assured, I am perfectly capable of creating a delicious and nutritious breakfast out of remains that are less than a day old." Belfast reassured her mistress. "Now, if you will excuse me." After receiving a dismissive nod from Hiro, she bowed once more before gliding out of the grotto cave on her quiet slime feet.
Hiro, Erza, and Kage all smiled at each other as they watched her go. It was incredibly reassuring to have someone they knew to be capable and reliable to attend to their daily needs. Feeling unusually relaxed and liberated by the presence of their new companion, Erza and Kage didn't force Hiro outside to do a bit of training before breakfast was prepared and instead spent the hour before it was time to eat cuddling with him on top of their pile of furs. With any luck, it would be the last time they would ever lay on their mound of pelts turned bed.
As expected, breakfast was delicious. Belfast had made scrumptious a meat and vegetable stew out of yesterday's remains and sliced fruit for the humans. Huge patties of raw meat and organs stuck together using bone marrow for glue and sinew for string around large thigh bones to gnaw on for the dire wolves. The cooking pot that came with the starter equipment wasn't big enough for the stew, so Belfast had used her slime acid to clean the largest intact kameshishi shell and used that instead, so there was plenty even for a glutton like Hiro.
"Best meal ever." Hiro said with a lazy grin as he leaned back and patted his bloated stomach. Erza and Kage nodded in agreement. Belfast's cooking was so much better than their's that there was no room for womanly pride to get upset over the fact their love preferred another's woman's cooking over their own. There was only the contentment of a good meal. Besides, they were warriors, not housewives.
"I'm glad you enjoyed it, Goshujin-sama, Aijin-sama." Belfast bowed and said with a gentle smile on her face. "What else would you have me do?"
"Hmm, let's see…" Hiro pondered what else they wanted her to do. There were so many things he had made her capable of, and that could be done to make this grotto as comfortable as possible that he wasn't really sure where to begin. So he just started listing things.
"We need some furniture to make the cave more hospitable; A big bed, dining room table, kitchen, pantry, some rooms with door for privacy, and such. Hmm, we will probably have to expand and refine the cave to make foom for all of that. Can your slime acid take care of that?"
"My apologies. While my slime acid will be able to easily elevate the existing walls to a smooth, firm finish, I am afraid it is not potent enough to create entirely new rooms. Forgive me for not being able to meet your expectations, Goshujin-sama." Belfast lowered her head in apology.
"That's fine, Belfast." Erza reassured her. "We can't blame you for not being able to do something that Darling didn't give you the ability to do in the first place. Rather than an indoor kitchen, it would probably be better to expand the outdoor fire pit considering the volume you will be required to make since we won't be able to expand the cave any time soon. We could also use a fence and other external defenses to at least slowdown anything trying to invade our home."
"Very well, Aijin-sama." Belfast acknowledged with another bow.
"Guess that also means we will need to hold off making a forge for repairing our nonlegendary gear and making replacements." Kage mused.
"Yeah, the forge will have to wait till I can create a dedicated blacksmith. I didn't want a water-based entity to be in charge of a room full of fire and steel anyway. However, with Belfast's control, she should be able to use her slime acid to make some basic accessories and do minor repairs." Hiro looked at Belfast for confirmation.
"It is my privilege to serve you, Goshujin-sama." Belfast confirmed with a slight smile and another bow.
"Excellent!" Hiro exclaimed, as a lewd smile, tried to climb onto his face. "Then the first metalwork project I want you to complete is a metal collar and short-chain for yourself."
"Goshujin-sama?" Belfast asked, her form becoming slightly less distinct at the order.
Hiro nodded his head enthusiastically, not noticing his maid's discomfort or the glares from his waifu's. "Yep. A collar and leash that your main body will always wear so that we can tell which one it is even when you are split into your smaller parts." The lecherous man gave an excuse that none of the women believed but decided to accept without comment since they understood the type of man he was.
[But all my split bodies are my real body.] "As you command, Goshujin-sama." Belfast bowed low as she accepted his order to collar herself for him. "Will there be anything else?"
Hiro exchange glances with Erza and Kage, who were still giving him accusatory looks. There was nothing else he could think of.
"Casual clothes. Especially comfortable underwear." Kage quickly nodded at Erza's request. "I don't care if they get cleaned every time we unsummon and resummon them. Wearing the same underwear every day for almost two weeks feels disgusting."
"I think that's it then." Hiro said with a shrug.
"Very well. I will begin work at once. And what time would you like me to have lunch prepared for you?" Belfast asked.
"Uhhh, around when the sun is directly overhead." Hiro answered hesitantly, realizing that they didn't have any way to tell time here accurately. "You know what, put creating a sundial down on that list of things to do as well."
"As you command." Belfast acknowledged the additional order with a bow. With her head still lowered, her form collapsed into a splash of pale green slime that congealed into twelve smaller blobs that soon began to shift and change, gaining the appearance of a precious 8-year-old little girl in a frilly maid outfit covered in bows. "We will begin work at once." The loli Belfasts rose from the bow they had formed in and said in chorus before splitting off to perform their duties.
"They're so cuuuuuute!" Kage squealed as she watched them go, barely holding herself back from grabbing one of them to cuddle the life out of since she knew they had given Belfast a lot of work to do so soon after being created.
Erza continued to look at her beloved with narrowed eyes and a frightening smile on her face. [You want such an adorable little girl to wear a metal collar for your own perverted fantasies. I'm disappointed in you, Darling.] Erza thought but didn't say. That was one of the problems with being a waifu created for someone. You could only accept them for all their flaws. You could try to change them, but you couldn't oppose them.
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*Uuuggghhh* Hiro groaned as he collapsed on the oversized kingsized bed Belfast had made for them using the hides from taigons, silk for a giant arachnid nest they had found not far from their grotto that Erza had helped her gather, and stuffed with feathers from the Okchos, large flightless birds with long powerful legs, that looked a bit like oversized ostriches, which ran through the forest in flocks, that the dire wolves had captured for her. The bed was heaven compared to what they had had before, but Hiro was so sore that he couldn't fully enjoy it. Due to their annoyance at their husband, Kage and Erza had doubled his training for the day and increased the difficulty by at least five times. It had been hell for Hiro, and the worst part was he still didn't understand how he had pissed them off.
"Goshujin-sama. I have completed the collar as you requested." A Loli Belfast approached her exhausted master, who was still trying to figure out what he could have done wrong with a crude though smooth metal collar with a chain with two dozen or so links hanging from it in her hands.
At her words, Hiro immediately sprang to his feet. All signs of his previous pain and exhaustion were gone. "Wonderful! Call your other split bodies together, and let's see how it looks on you."
Belfast nodded, and soon more Loli Belfasts arrived and walked into the Loli Belfast holding the collar. With each split body that merged with her, Belfast seemed to grow a year older until the original 20-year-old Belfast that Hiro had created was standing in front of him again.
Hiro gulped down some of his salivae in anticipation as he took the offered collar from her hands. It was a simple metal circlet split in half with tabs jutting out from the splits. The front tabs were held loosely together by the first link in the chain, while the back tabs had a simple locking mechanism to keep them together. As long as the back tabs were unlocked, the collar could be easily opened wide enough to get around a humanoid's neck, but once they were locked, it would be almost impossible to take off without help due to the awkward positioning of the lock.
Hiro's eyes turned red, and his breath quickened as he opened the collar with shaky hands and moved it towards Belfast's slim, flawless neck. While a part of him knew that collaring a slime that could change its form at will was pointless, it didn't change the thrill he felt at putting a collar and leash around such a beautiful woman.
Belfast raised her chin slightly to give her master easier access to her neck. In truth, despite the apologies Erza and Kage had given her for their beloved's plan to make her wear a metal collar, she didn't mind. Actually, she was looking forward to it. Her collar would be a symbol for all to see that she belonged to someone, her master. When Hiro had made her, in addition to the ensured loyalty, he had changed her personality matrix to emphasize submission. Thus, Belfast took pleasure in knowing that she would be able to wear such a clear sign of who she belonged to, especially when he would be the one to put it on her. It made even her slimy body wet.
*Click* With a subtle click that rang unusually loud in Hiro and Belfast's ears, the collar was locked in place. The two stayed like that for a while as the sound echoed in their heads, their breath growing quicker and their bodies hotter.
"Goshujin-sama," Belfast whispered as she looked down at Hiro, who still had his hands around her neck from fastening the collar with watery eyes.
"Belfast," Hiro panted, looking up at her. Seeing the heat in her eyes, he lost all hesitation.
"Belfast!" He cried as he let himself fall back onto their bed and yanked hard on her leash. Yerking her down to her knees next to the bed in front of her.
*Aah* Belfast softly yelped as her soft squishy cheek bounced against the rigid, hot dragon hiding within Hiro's pants. She looked up at her master with glazed eyes, asking for permission as he held her leash taunt, keeping her cheek pressed against his crotch. A wicked, perverted smile split Hiro's face as he whispered to her, "It's a maid's duty to service her master."
"Yes, Goshujin-sama. Please allow this naughty maid to serve you with her body." Belfast moaned as she used her mouth to lower his pants and underwear, exposing his raging tower.