Chapter 75: I just do what I want.
Using the connection to his wives as a guide, Victor managed to find Scathach's mansion.
"Hey, Girls. I came back- " Before Victor could finish his sentence, a Violet-shaped rocket attacked him.
"Darling~! Darling~! Darling...?"
Violet stops snuggling and smells Victor's clothes:
"A woman..." His eyes darkened, but soon she wore a confused expression, "Wrong, is that a little girl...?"
"Hmm..." Violet pulls away from Victor and looks at him, "Did you get your hands on a little girl?"
"Kakakaka…" Victor laughs, then he looks at Violet and says, "When I was visiting the capital, a strange little girl approached me."
He started to explain to her his meeting with Ophis and Elizabeth.
In the middle of the explanation, Ruby and Sasha also appeared, accompanied by Lacus and Pepper.
"Yuki... Are you okay?" Pepper asked, a little worried.
"Do I look okay?" Yuki commented with a tired face.
Her elegant appearance was totally worn out, and even her hair was messed up.
"Ugh." Yuki put her hand over her mouth, she felt like throwing up.
"I think you should take a shower..."
"I'm still working-" Before she could finish speaking, she felt someone patting her head.
"You're off your job today. Go rest." Victor chuckled, then went back to explaining what happened to his wives.
"..." Yuki exhibited a small smile, she nodded her head and soon entered the mansion.
...
In a room at Scathach's mansion.
Victor was sitting on the couch, Violet was on his left, Sasha and Ruby were on his right.
"...Darling...How can you get in so much trouble when you're alone?" Ruby asked in disbelief.
'Did he just go to a random shop and suddenly meet the king's two youngest daughters? Bulshit!' If Ruby didn't know Victor's personality and trusted her husband, she definitely wouldn't believe this story.
"In my defense, I was walking around the capital having fun, I didn't look for trouble, and it was Ophis who approached me and started calling me 'Father'."
"But you could avoid that by turning down Ophis's request, right? You just didn't do it because you found it interesting."
"..." Victor couldn't deny Sasha's words.
"See? He's a lot like my mom." Pepper laughed as she spoke to Eleonor.
"Shh," Eleonor put her hand over her mouth in a silent gesture, she looked like she was about to watch a very interesting scene.
"..." Pepper pouted cutely.
"Letting my mother take care of you for six months was a big mistake... You ended up acquiring her quirks of looking for problems." Ruby commented.
"Kakakaka, no need to be so upset, I know what I'm doing, and I do what I do on purpose."
"Husband, you don't know! They are-"
Victor interrupted, "They're from the king's family, and they're definitely going to investigate me, and they're going to find out about our relationship, right? And that can cause problems because some of the children or relatives of the king will not like this situation. They will think that the three families have become allies." He commented with a smile on his face.
"And some of those relatives are definitely going to come looking for trouble."
"…" Sasha was silent.
"Sasha... My beloved wife, I'm not stupid." He patted Sasha's head.
"Then why-." Violet, who was silent, was going to ask why he did it even though he knew the consequences, but Victor interrupted her:
"I did it because I wanted to."
"..." She was silent.
"I do what I want, whenever I want, and wherever I want. I won't limit myself because I'm afraid that 'X' or 'Y' person will be upset with my actions."
"And I'm not ashamed of our relationship either. I love you girls. And this is definitely not wrong."
"…" Violet, Sasha, and Ruby's cheeks turned a little red at the sudden confession.
"I will live my life however I want, and if someone doesn't like it, they are most welcome to knock on my door. I will rip their guts out and hang it on the gate as a warning." He spoke with a smile that showed all his sharp teeth.
"But what if you get it wrong…? I mean, what if you make a wrong decision?" Eleonor asked.
"If I make a mistake, I make a mistake… I'll just have to live with the consequences of my mistake. I'm not a perfect being who never makes mistakes, and I also don't want to live by planning every step I take. That isn't living; that's just a way of mentally torturing yourself."
"..." Eleonor was silent, she seemed to be thinking of something.
"And if I get it wrong…" He showed a gentle smile, "I also have my wives to advise me, and say something like; 'Victor, you idiot, you made a mistake.'"
"I'm not alone... My wives are my greatest allies."
"..." Sasha, Violet, and Ruby showed a small smile on their faces.
They were so happy that Victor thought so deeply about them.
"Tell me, my wives. Was the decision I made today a mistake?" He asked, still smiling.
"...If you look at the whole situation coldly... You didn't make a mistake because it looks like you've earned the affection of the king's youngest daughter," Ruby commented, she looked like she was planning to do something.
"I don't know, and I don't care about politics either. I just don't like other women getting close to you!" Violet spoke as honestly as ever.
"I think contacting the king's daughter now was a rash decision… Although I understand you didn't know that Ophis was the king's daughter…." Sasha commented....See?" He smiled and looked at Eleonor, "My wives have different opinions from each other, and with those opinions, they can help me a lot... But in the end, I'll still do what I want, just as my wives will do what they want..."
"And if any of us make a mistake, we just have to help each other, together as a family..."
"..." Violet, Ruby, and Sasha felt their hearts were quite sweet now, and they even had a goofy smile on their faces.
"My beloved mother always told me when I was a teenager that making mistakes is normal. Every human makes mistakes, but to keep making the same mistake is just insanity. You must learn from the mistake so that in the future you don't repeat the same mistake. We must always seek to improve."
"...Although I am no longer human, that concept still applies to me and to everyone in this room."
He always took his mom's lessons seriously since his dad just taught him not to be a coward, and he thanks his dad for teaching him that since he was little.
Seeing the faces of the women in the room, he said:
"I think I said too much, Kakakakaka. This turned out to be a moral lesson, ignore what I said, okay? Those are just my honest thoughts."
"It's okay...I could learn something from this conversation." Eleonor seems to have understood something.
"…" Pepper, Lacus, and Siena also nodded in agreement with Eleonor's words.
"Umu!" He nodded in satisfaction.
Suddenly, he felt the presence of someone around the mansion, and Victor exhibited a smile of a predator:
"This is something Scathach always told me while I was training with her; 'Victor, you must not limit yourself, live however you want, but you must know the consequences of your choices.'"
"That's something my mom would say…." Siena commented.
"…" Everyone in the room agreed with Siena's words.
"You know what? I agree with Scathach."
"…" Everyone in the room rolled their eyes; for them, this was no longer a novelty.
"KAKAKAKAKA!" Scathach's laugh echoed throughout the mansion.
"Oh no…" Pepper said.
"…He definitely did it on purpose." Lacus sighed.
"Well said, stupid disciple!" Scathach appears behind Victor, she leans behind the couch and looks down towards Victor's face.
Victor lifts his face and looks into Scathach's green eyes:
She holds Victor's face and displays a distorted smile:
"Why live limiting yourself? Why live by the rules of others? Why live always planning the future? That is not life."
"Just do what you want. So what if you make a mistake? Just don't make the same mistake in the future! You should just move on and never give up on the path you've chosen; that's the way of life I live. Living this way is a lot more fun, right~?"
Victor's teeth sharpened, his smile grew, and his red eyes glowed:
"Indeed... Indeed, it's a lot more fun to live like this."
"Pfff...KAKAKAKA!" Scathach laughed madly; it was like she found something hilarious.
"KAKAKAKAKA," Victor started laughing along.
"..." Violet, Sasha, and Ruby didn't know how to react to their words, but one thing they were sure of, it was a mistake to let Victor stay with Scathach for six months! Just what has he become!?
By teaching Victor, Scathach basically created a version of her in male form!
They could handle one Scathach... But two!? Two is impossible!
"...Now, I understand why my mother reacts so much to Victor..." Siena commented in a low voice.
Lacus, Pepper, and Eleonor looked at Siena.
"They're the same..." But, then, she corrected her words, "I mean, they're not exactly the same because that's impossible; after all, no one is the exact same as anyone."
"What I mean is that the starting point of the thoughts that dictate their actions are the same. I think that's why my mother reacts so much to Victor... She found someone who is similar to her... "
"..." Hearing what Siena said, the women looked at Scathach, who had stopped laughing, and was sitting next to Victor.
"... You may be correct, sister..." Lacus commented, then she added, "But Victor is still not as crazy as my mother, he has not experienced tragedies or fought wars, he is very green... "
"Yes, but the seed is there, and that similar way of thinking has been there from the beginning. He just has to experience it... And, when he experiences it, he will turn into something terrifying..."
"…" Lacus was silent, but inwardly she agreed with Siena's words.
"War...Huh." Eleonor seemed to be thinking of something, she looked at Victor, and for a moment, her eyes flickered with interest.
Chapter 76: It's not like they're trying to keep secrets.
A shadow appeared in the middle of the room at Scathach's mansion, then a maid with oriental features emerged from the shadows.
"Oh, Kaguya. You came back."
Kaguya heard Siena's voice, then she looked at the woman:
"Yes. Where is my master?"
For some reason, Kaguya felt a pleasant itch in her heart when she said, "My master."
"Victor? Currently, he is on the second floor, in a room that has been assigned to him and his wives... If you follow the stairs, you can easily find him."
"Thanks." Kaguya made a simple gesture of thanks, then walked towards the stairs.
On the way to the stairs, she saw someone's room with the door open, and, as a responsible maid, she would close the door to give more privacy to the individuals inside the room.
When she touches the doorknob to close the door, she hears Pepper and Ruby's voice:
"Pepper, is this a new anime?"
"Oh, it's a release from last season. I don't think you've seen it, sister."
"Hmm. A lot of things happened, and I had to train for six months...I missed two whole seasons."
"Umu. Don't worry, as a responsible big sister, I recorded all the animes!"
"Ohhh! Good job, sister... But what is this 'Umu'?"
"Victor says that a lot when he's happy or relaxed. I thought it was cool... So I copied it."
"... Hmm. I remember that Anna, Victor's mother, talks about that a lot too... But, you've been watching my husband a lot, huh...?"
"... F-Fue? What is that scary look!? I did nothing!"
"Nothing. Let's just watch anime."
"Ruby... Don't become like Violet, please..."
"…" Ruby was silent.
'Well, that was interesting.' Kaguya was pleased, but realizing what she had done, she quickly shook her head several times and closed the door.
'How rude. I must not eavesdrop on others' conversations.' She thought she was being a very bad maid now.
Going up the stairs, Kaguya reached the second floor, and again, she found another room with the door open, and, like a competent maid, she had to close the bedroom door.
As she approached the room, she heard the voices of Eleonor, Lacus, Sasha, and Violet.
"I don't understand how this works…." Sasha.
"What?" Eleanor.
"That sword. It's massive and heavy; I prefer something lighter like daggers." Sasha.
"That's because your fighting style is more focused on speed." Violet.
"Indeed. My fighting style is more focused on strength, and, because of that, heavy weapons are better for me... But, now that I stopped to think, what is Victor's fighting style?" Eleanor.
"We don't know, but the way he easily used his sword, is he a force user? But he's pretty fast too." Sasha.
"I wonder if he chose greatsword as his starting weapon to train with my master." Eleanor.
"…The only sword influences in Darling's life were the movies of a barbarian he watched with his father, so I think so. He must have chosen greatsword as his first training weapon." Violet.
"..."
"What? Why are you looking at me like that?"
"Just... Sigh." Sasha sighed, then continued, "Just how long have you been watching my husband?"
"A long time… A long time indeed."
"..."
"…How can I say… would Countess Agnes be proud? After all, her daughter is just like her." Eleonor commented in a sarcastic tone.
"Hey! West bitch! Don't bring my mother into the conversation!"
Deciding enough was enough, Kaguya closed the door.
'As expected. Stalker's blood is strong in this family...' Kaguya nodded and then started walking towards Victor's room.
How did she know it was Victor's room? Well, the name 'VICTOR'S ROOM' was written on the door. Looks like someone did it on purpose. After all, he's the only man in this mansion.
Touching Victor's doorknob, she heard Victor and Scathach's voice:
"KaKaKaKa. Did you let that little girl drink your blood? Violet better not find this out; she's going to freak out."
"But she already knows. I had a hard time making her calmer..."
"Kakakakaka"
"Stopping to think... I remember your daughters said that vampires only drink blood from other vampires only if they are from the family or someone very close as a lover."
"Indeed."
"I totally forgot about that."
"Well, don't worry too much, she just drank a few drops of your blood, so it shouldn't be a big problem... But I think she'll go without food for a while, considering all the blood she eats will have a disgusting taste to her."
"I see; I hope she's okay…."
"…You seem to like the princesses…."
"Ophis? Yes, she is a good girl. Elizabeth? I don't know. My opinion of her is neutral."
"Not bad… I think…?"
"But to think you'd find the fourth flower of the vampire world with just a casual stroll through the capital. Kakakaka"
"Flower? Who? Elizabeth?"
"Ophis."
"Eh?"
"Don't make that stupid face. Haven't you noticed her unearthly beauty despite being 5 years old? That's unnatural even for vampires. That's why she's so protected."
"..."
"Oh, I remember she completely disappeared from my senses, was that some concealment technique?" Victor seemed to change the subject.
"Kakakaka. You're wrong, stupid disciple. That is not a technique; that is her power, she was born with the ability to teleport."
"… Interesting… I thought the king's family would follow the same example as the noble vampire family. So, for example, you can control ice, and your descendants will also inherit your powers."
"You are right and wrong at the same time. The king's family is special. You will find out more in the future."
"Why so much mystery?"
"Kakakaka, it's more fun this way, and it's not like this information could help you with anything because even I don't know all the powers of the king's children... That man made sure to hide that secret completely."
"I understand..."
"…" A moment of silence fell in the room. Then, sensing an opportunity to step inside, Kaguya turned the doorknob but stopped when she heard Victor's voice.
"So, how's your bloodlust?"
"It's manageable... It's been years since my head felt light like a feather, although I'm already starting to feel the effects of bloodlust again."
Victor, who was sitting at his bedroom window, looked into Scathach's eyes. Seeing her eyes constantly changing color and seeing the frown on her face, he realized she wasn't completely honest. She was already thirsty but just didn't say anything.Come here." Slowly, he unbuttoned his suit a bit and showed Scathach his neck.
Scathach, who was sitting in an armchair away from Victor, looked at this scene.
Bathing in the moonlight as he sat elegantly at the window, Victor's current appearance seemed quite irresistible to her, especially when she looked into those crimson red eyes that, for some reason since the coliseum incident, never changed to sapphire blue again.
"..." Scathach gets up from her chair and walks elegantly towards Victor.
Coming close to him, she spoke in a low voice, "Do you know what you're offering me?" She lightly stroked his neck, and slowly her eyes changed to blood red.
Victor displayed a small smile that showed his sharp teeth:
"Yeah. As you said earlier, vampires only offer their blood to other really close vampires or family members, right? You're my mother-in-law, you're my family... And I can't let you walk around with constant destructive impulses."
"Humpf, I put up with this easily for 21 years. Don't treat me like a delicate woman."
"I am not. I just don't want to see you in that state again~" He lightly stroked her face, "And I know damn well how strong you are."
Scathach leans her voluptuous body against Victor, she wraps her arms around his neck and then starts sniffing his neck, "Hmm... Glad you understand~" she spoke in a low voice, she extended her tongue, and start licking his neck.
Victor lightly grips Scathach's waist and does his best to ignore the feeling of temptation that is overflowing from this woman's body... But, this proved to be an arduous task; Scathach was very similar to Ruby, which was a weak point for Victor.
He kept repeating like a mantra in his head: 'She's my mother-in-law. She is my mother-in-law. She is my mother-in-law.' He didn't want to betray his wives, and what he was doing now was just helping Scathach control her bloodlust.
And that was also a form of thanks for helping him out of that deplorable state he was in the coliseum. If it wasn't for her having helped him, he wouldn't know what he would become today.
Scathach's teeth began to sharpen as she bit into Victor's neck.
"Ugh" Victor held back the moan, feeling his blood being sucked, his eyes began to glow blood red. Looking at Scathach's delicate collarbone, his instincts were begging him to bite.
And that's what he did; he hugged Scathach tighter and bit her neck!
"Hmm~" Scathach tightened her grip on Victor's neck, and unconsciously, she was regulating her strength so as not to break his neck.
Victor's bedroom door opened a little, and then Kaguya's snooping eye appeared.
'That was unexpected... I don't know what happened in those six months, but they got so close for my master to casually give his blood?' Kaguya thought in surprise.
Kaguya was thinking about several things now, and the main ones were how their relationship had become so close in such a short time, but she had a doubt that remained from the beginning; 'Scathach is a 2,000-year-old vampire, she must have already realized that I'm here. And Victor is a vampire who was trained by her, so he also knows I'm here... Now, why do they want me to see this?'
Like a hardworking maid, her mind began to work on an answer, and soon she understood something; "Oh, as Victor's personal maid, I must know about this." She thought that was it. After all, a maid sometimes hides the darkest secrets of their masters.
Despite being a hardworking maid, she could never imagine that Victor and Scathach just didn't mind someone in the family watching them both; it's not like they were trying to keep secrets either.
Chapter 77: My Master.
Victor stopped drinking Scathach's blood when he felt satisfied, and he licked her collarbone a little to clean up the spilled blood. Then, seeing that the woman was still drinking his blood, his eyes sparkled with a mischievous glint. Slowly, his hand approaches Scathach's head and begins stroking the woman's head.
Scathach's body visibly trembled as Victor began to stroke her head, but she didn't care, she didn't want to stop drinking his delicious blood because of it.
"Heh~" Seeing that he was successful, he exhibited the smile of someone who has gotten what he wants.
A few minutes passed, and Scathach was still drinking his blood; it seemed that the thirst of an ancient vampire was insatiable.
But Victor definitely didn't care, so he looked at the full moon of Nightingale's world.
"A beautiful night... A beautiful night indeed." As a creature of the night, he felt much more comfortable with the night. Every time he looked at the moon, he felt a tingle in his stomach. It was the same feeling he felt when he arrived at his mother's house.
It was a feeling of welcome, a feeling that said: you are home now... A pleasant feeling.
"Ahh~" Scathach stopped drinking Victor's blood, she was finally satisfied, so she started licking his neck like she didn't want to waste anything.
"Your blood is irresistible as always~." She spoke as she licked his neck.
Victor looks at Scathach, and, seeing the seductive smile on her face, he displays his own smile, "Are you satisfied?"
"... How long are you going to keep doing this?" She didn't answer his question, and instead, she asked another question, "I'm not a little girl."
"Kakaka~." Victor chuckled playfully, "Indeed, you're not a little girl. But you don't seem to dislike it, right?"
"..." Scathach lowered her face and used her right to remain silent.
Victor stops stroking the woman's head, brings his hand closer to Scathach's chin, and lifts her face a little higher, looking into his mother-in-law's green eyes, "Your eyes are back to normal, are you satisfied now? " He asked the same question.
Looking into Victor's crimson red eyes, Scathach felt a strange feeling in her heart, it was a very sweet feeling, a pleasant warmth, and it brought a spiritual peace to her:
"Yeah~" She flashed a seductive smile, "I'm satisfied…." Then, slowly, she starts to walk away from Victor, "For now…."
Without her even being aware of it, she was slowly creating a desire for possession towards Victor in her heart.
Scathach straightened her outfit, which was a bit messy, she straightened her hair, and soon she looked the same as she always does. Like at home, she was wearing casual clothes, a pair of jeans, and a simple black shirt.
She looks at the door and flashes a slight smile, "Come in, maid. We know you're there."
"..." Kaguya expected this, she opened the door and entered.
As she closes the door and turns around, she looks at the two individuals. Scathach was back to her normal appearance, but Victor didn't bother to straighten his clothes.
Because of this, evidence of what happened was still visible for Kaguya to see. Looking at her master, who was sitting at the window while looking at the moon.
Kaguya's throat began to itch, even though she had never tasted Victor's blood, just smelling the scent in the air made her very thirsty.
'Before it wasn't like that, but now… Why am I feeling this now?' She didn't understand this feeling.
"Kakakaka. Do your thing, maid. I'll go out for a bit." Scathach said she could deduce why Kaguya was here now.
Scathach walked to the entrance of the room, passing by Kaguya, she spoke in a low voice, "You're lucky, maid."
"Eh?" Kaguya doesn't understand, she looks at Scathach, but the woman has already left the room and closed the door.
Kaguya turned and looked at Victor:
"Master."
"Kaguya. You left your master for a long time. Do you have any excuses?" Victor spoke, still looking at the moon.
Kaguya's body visibly trembled when she heard Victor's serious voice, but soon she replied in a neutral voice:
"I told you-" Before Kaguya could finish saying something, Victor spoke:
"I'm kidding." He spoke, looking at Kaguya.
"..."
"KAKAKAKA" Victor laughed amusedly.
Kaguya very much held back her urge to pout.
Sigh!
Kaguya visibly sighed, she reached into her pocket and pulled out something that looked like golden paper that was rolled into a parchment shape.
"This golden paper is a contract, a material made by the witches. Does the master know about this?"
"Yeah. Scathach taught me the basics of contracts."
"The magic contracts made by the witch are divided into several levels according to the color of the paper. White paper are the simplest contracts that are made by an inexperienced witch, and this type of contract can also be broken by other inexperienced witches."
"The golden paper are exclusive contracts that can only be created and broken by experienced witches... There is also the black paper which is a contract created by the queen of witches, and like the other contracts, only the queen can break this contract ."
"Unexpected... I thought you were only taught about fighting."
"Oh, she taught me about fighting, but she also taught me some knowledge so I wouldn't be fooled by the witches."
"According to her, witches are greedy bitches."
"...Indeed." Kaguya agreed with Scathach's thoughts.
Soon Kaguya starts to explain:
"The contract for an exclusive maid works this way, the master must state their working conditions, and the maid must decide whether to accept it or not. To avoid situations where vampires use a maid against her will, this specific contract that is in my hand was made to record the entire contract process and send it to the government agency that oversees slave labor."
That seems pretty safe, huh?" Victor said that, but inwardly, he was laughing at the irony. After all, Vampires treat humans like cattle in this world.
As he was jumping from building to building on his way back to Scathach's mansion, and saw several situations of humans being used only as merchandise... Like the ancient humans. This situation revolted him, but he wouldn't go out of his way and cause problems because of unknown people.
Despite being revolting to Victor, he was curious about one thing. 'The noble vampires weren't using humans as a sex toy. They just seemed to use humans as a blood store.'
Victor thinks this is an effect of the mindset of noble vampires who think they are superior to humans, noble vampires seem to be disgusted with seeing a human as an equal, and they just treat humans like animals or food.
'It's the same thing that happens in the human world.' Victor's thinking was that humans raised chicken, and after a few months of life, that chicken was killed and ended up on someone else's plate.
The thought was the same, they were taking the humans and using them as a blood store.
And another thing he realized with a brief look at the capital was that this type of market wasn't very popular in the vampire world. Yes, the market existed, but it was only frequented by young vampires.
Victor thinks this is because of the ritual he went through since he realized that most vampires were married.
Though Victor doubts that plebeian vampires who were once human will think the same way as noble vampires. 'But all the plebeian vampires I saw were treated like slaves.'
Plebeian vampires were slaves, and they had no autonomy in this world; they were at the bottom of the hierarchy.
Victor felt an irony in this situation. Humans were being treated much better than plebeian vampires.
'I think it's the difference in value? Humans, despite being treated like animals, all they need to do is give blood regularly to vampires, and the human will live a good life. On the other hand, plebeian vampires were just slaves for bored vampires to abuse.'
"Yeah. We are a civilized society. We do not enslave our fellow men."
"Kakakaka" Victor started laughing like crazy with the irony said by Kaguya without her knowing, and he couldn't hold back his laughter.
"Master?"
"Excuse me. It's nothing, Kaguya." He displayed a small smile.
"...Hmm, Okay." Kaguya takes the golden paper and throws it towards Victor.
Victor raises his arms and grabs the paper, then he analyzes the golden paper for a few seconds:
"My contract is simple, don't do anything that harms my family or me. To put it in precise words, actions like divulging information to enemies, actions like planning a betrayal, actions that in any way will harm my family will not be allowed."
The paper began to glow and began to float, and soon the words Victor spoke were written.
"... Only that?" Kaguya was internally surprised, she expected ten paragraphs of boring rules. But, instead, what Victor said is just the basics of the basics.
"Oh!"
"I forgot the most important rule..."
He exhibited a small smile:
"The maid can't deny the master's headpat."
"…" Kaguya's cheek turned a little red. It's not like she wanted to deny this treatment either.
"Oh, I almost forgot... The maid should always ensure her safety first."
"..." Kaguya's face distorted when she heard Victor's last order.
"Do you agree with these terms?"
"Master... I can't accept the last one. The main duty of a maid is to keep the Master safe."
Victor exhibited a gentle smile, "I know… And that's a dangerous thought. I'd rather die than let someone close to me die in my place; I would feel devastated if my favorite maid died in my place." He joked at the end, but Kaguya could tell he was being very serious.
"…" Kaguya didn't know how to react. It goes against what she was created to be.
"Kakakaka. Don't overthink; do you accept or not?"
"I-..." She didn't know what to say.
Victor continued, "You're free to do whatever you want. I just want you not to betray me. And I just want you to put your safety first, especially considering your power is good at running away, right?"
"..." Kaguya felt a warm feeling in her heart. It was such a sweet and gentle feeling that she didn't know how to react. This was the first time anyone cared about her, other than Julia, Sasha's personal maid who died by hunters. She was happy! But she didn't know how to express her emotions.
Sigh!
She just visibly sighed.
"I accept." By accepting this contract, she was going against what she was created to be, a maid who sacrifices herself for her master...
Soon the golden paper catches fire and disappears. As soon as the paper disappeared, Kaguya could feel a magical current around her heart. But for some reason, she didn't feel like she was trapped or that her freedom was threatened, it was a weird feeling.
Looking into Victor's crimson eyes, she flashes a professional smile, holds her uniform skirt, and gives an elegant greeting:
"I hope this partnership will last for a long time..."
"My Master."