"Welcome, Lord Edrick awaits you just ahead" Linmin greeted the guests professionally, even though their deprived appearance and smelly odour would have normally made him chase them away like the filth that they were, but his lord's will was above everything else.
Still, he watched that group of peasants closely lest they get the idea to try and steal something, they didn't dare to even breath to loudly however, only being here because a demand from town's lord was basically an order, otherwise, none of them would have set foot anywhere close to this residence.
All knew what Edrick Lucien Anoteros was like, unlike the lord before him, he was foul, dozens of families had had holes tore into them so that he could satisfy his urges, everyone knew exactly what happened to the girls that were 'invited' up here, one did not need to be a genius for that.
And yet…
"Ah… Glad to see you all here- You wouldn't want to miss your beloved Fanqia becoming Fanqia Anoteros, would you?" sitting back in this lavish couch, legs spread apart, one arm stretched out whilst the other held onto his wife, caressing her waist in the least subtle manner he could possibly muster.
Linmin walked up to stand behind his lord, casting a dark glare at them, which allowed for these fools to understand that they should be prostrating before Edrick.
"Your family is bigger than I had expected"
"I barely know most of them…"
"You- You've truly married my daughter, Lord Anoteros?" the emaciated father spoke up, without being authorised to, much to Linmin's ire.
"Calm down, they are just ignorant" with a slight rise of his hand, Edrick had his servant settle down.
"However" he added.
"I feel like I heard something… Something like- I did not actually believe you would do what you claimed you were going to- Sounds like you actually assumed I was lying, mister"
"I-"
"Silence, Do I look like a liar to you? Respond"
"No, Lord Anoteros! Absolutely not!"
"Then why would you assume that I was lying? Because I trounced some whores before? This and that are two entirely different matters, honestly, I feel hurt, my sensitive, little heart is wounded by such prejudice… Is using and disposing of random women a crime now?"
The father didn't even try to say anything at this point.
"But let's put this little misunderstanding behind us, we are family now, and family forgives everything, although it isn't technically official, I have already decided that I would be owning Fanqia until death parts us-"
"Own?! What the hell is wrong with you? She's not your slave!" someone shouted, raising his head amongst the small crowd, all turned completely silent, the speaker now locking eye contact with Anoteros, a clear look of regret embedded in his eyes as it looked like he had just seen a ghost.
Edrick just smiled, Linmin had been about to walk over and split this sorry guy's head in half, but was stopped as Anoteros grabbed his hand, Fanqia meanwhile, kept quiet despite clearly feeling like saying something, the slight pinching against her waist enough to calm the girl down.
"Fanqia, who is this dolt?"
"My brother, one of them" she replied.
"Mmh, are you my slave?"
"I am whatever you want me to be"
"Now, would you mind if I beat this sorry fool to death right now?"
"He was brave enough to disrespect you, he's clearly ready to die"
Edrick kissed his wife on the forehead, lowering the hold from her waist to buttock, giving a good squeeze.
"Linmin, take him outside" ordered Anoteros, the servant doing so immediately, the sight of a grown man getting dragged away by his effeminate follower was certainly an amusing sight, but for all that delicateness, Linmin was still a trained swordsman at the end of the day, handling a skinny peasant that was already soiling his undergarments was an easy affair.
No one said anything after that, Edrick casually groping and grasping Fanqia's body, only the distant cries and screams sounding out until Linmin returned, wiping the blade clean with a piece of cloth.
"If anyone else would like to oppose this union, they may speak"
"No one? I knew you all approved of this marriage, it is a great opportunity for you after all, you get the occasion to graduate from disposable peasants, to disposable peasants that spoke to the lord personally, this honour is worth countless pieces of bread" Edrick said.
"Nod and agree you fools" Linmin added, forcing them to act like Anoteros was not doing the equivalent of pissing on them using words.
Their lord momentarily stopped making out with their family member, raising his index finger.
"I have a mission for you, all of you men will be looking out over the entire town for a certain young man called Xiao, he has brown hair and fierce crimson eyes, you can't miss him, once you do find him, report back to me, alright?"
He waited for them to nod.
"As for your payments for this little work…" Edrick paused, letting them get their hopes up "...I shall try not to break the women of your family"
"Indeed ladies, you are further promoted and will get to enjoy what Fanqia loves so much- Yes, even you with your abhorrent face! I have a saying : All women are beautiful from behind… It's passed down from my grandfather, that man was a visionary" shaking his hand in the air, he shooed the men out of his residence.
All were left in a stunned silence, but as expected, no one was even willing to try and defy Anoteros's will, they were just resigned to their fates, like pigs to the slaughter.
"Linmin, have them wash themselves, no need to bother with clothes"
"Very well, Lord Edrick" bowing to his lord, the servant turned to the women "Come on, hurry it up!"
Quickly enough, the husband and wife were left all alone.
"Tonight, you'll get to see how the act goes down from an outside perspective and get to learn how to pleasure me whilst I am busy with another woman" he explained, all that his words caused in Fanqia being to look forward to tonight, no proper thoughts of concern extended to her relatives, who Edrick clearly wasn't planning on keeping around for long.
"So… Another lesson?"
"Indeed, are you already craving some more?"
"It's just… It's just that today's earlier lesson left me all worked up… I liked it but there wasn't much stimulation- Down there… Ah!" just as she said this, Edrick rubbed one finger upon the sensitive zone in question, even through clothing, Fanqia's reaction was strong.
"Tell me… Did you ever pleasure yourself? Let me guess, you didn't because you used to think that it wasn't proper? No one told you how to enjoy yourself? You must have been convinced that it was only right if a man was involved…"
Fanqia nodded, full of embarrassment at her ignorance.
"Aren't you a cute little thing… Lift that dress and I'll show you" grabbing hold of her, laying his wife on the couch, sliding what was covering the erogenous zone off and gently taking hold of her right hand.
"Listen attentively…"