Irina had spent the last few weeks in her masters absence attending presonal lessons for her and the trio of maids, to help them adapt to their new life outside the dungeon and lesser orc tribal society. And while a person of Rex's previous world would think that slavery was abhorent and detestable practice, and no doubt, it was for the most part, there were always worse scenarios that one could be in a world of personal might over groups. As she has more than enough free time she had spent a considerable amount of it comparing her potential life in her tribe in comparison with the life she was leading now. Sure, she was branded- a slave of her masters, and she was entirely aware that she was influenced by the brand to have unbreakable loyality to her him, and even then she was treated better than she would have been in her tribe. While she had not left the mansion, and she had learned from her lessons how ordinary people tend to act as the betters and even abuse ordinary slaves, she was also aware that her situation was far from the normal one.
For one her master was a blood mage. A type of shaman that was almost revered, and as such, his property, be it equipment, wares, or his slaves were treated with utmost care, so as not to offend the man, in addition, since they were branded, there were no chance for anyone to see they were slaves unless their cloting got torn quite badly, revealing their chest and neck, in addition all guards of the city had been informed and drilled regarding the identification accesories the girls carried, ensuring they always had someone to turn to, in case some unforseen danger occurs. The maid trio had done some shopping together with their tutors, and they had told her many things.
Another wery important aspect was that her master had taken a particular liking to her, as she was the only one of his girls who was called upon at night. What she had learned from the maid trio, as they had been bondedin the tribes, the copulation was indeed painfull, as they partners would force them on all four and have their way and leave them afterwards, to go hunt, fight or whatever else. And while her first time was somewhat painfull, it didnt last long, and the pleasure she felt afterwards couldnt be described in words. Her experience was wastly different from her compatriots. And as a slave, unlike what would happen in orc tribes, she was not shared around free for anyone to use. She was treaded like a treasure, and her master had told her so as well. She was a rare gem, more beautifull than most, only for his eyes adn joy. And while she was not allowed to leave the masion as of yet, he told her that they would explore the city together at a later date. He needed to develop ways to protect her from greedy fools who do not have the proper self preservation instincts.
Her reflection on her new life had provided her with the necesary knowledge and information to come to a rather simple conclusion- her life, and the life of any girl who her master keeps as his, was incomparably better than anything she could ever have had back in her tribe and dungeon. And she was gratefull to the gods for her fortune in the posible misfortune that was her slavery. She was not a slave in name only in her life before the brand, and now she was slave almost in name only. There were rules, but they were as much to protect her as they were to control her, and she was content. She did feel a bit lonely, with having spent more two weeks alone, without her masters presence during nights, so when she stirred awake this morning, and sensed the smell and feeling besides her that she had longed for, a smile crept on her face, and she hugged the person next to her with vigor and happiness. She nuzzled herself even closer, placing her head on his broad chest and enjoyed the feeling.
A while later when she felt her master stirring awake, she ddint delay in embracing him and engaging in a passionate kiss, something she had been working with him before he left for the dungeon dive, and he responded in kind, making her even more happy, and awakening a lustfull feeling within her, a desire that had to be slaked. And she showed her enthusiasm and need, for unlike humans, orcs had litte shame and akwardness, they showed their emotions openly, and were direct with their desires.
Aproximately an hour later, when they were in full swing of their intense makeout session, a knock on the door and a wery apologetic voice sounded from the other side of the door
"Im sorry to disturb you master, but Lord Victor, and the esteemed merchants had come to visit. We are a bit worried about them with the tigers outside." Lira on the other side of the door spoke. Rex sighed, not willing to stop now, and his brain came up with the perfect solution.
"Tell them, I require they summon one of their best chefs, and one they bring the cheff, bring them to the cold storage number one. Have then collect a few killos of meat from there and have the cheff prepare the meat. Make sure he knows its from floor thirty in the dungeon. Have them relax with tea while the meal gets prepeared. Also on the way to the gate for them, go to the tigers, and tell Tigra they should ignore these visitors for now, she should rest." Rex spoke, and returned to his previous activities.
Lira proceeded to do as instructed, and approached the barn with the sabertooths, while she was a bit nervous, she knew they too were his msaters, and as such knew she was in no danger. Upon entering the bar she spoke
"Tigra, master is going to have guests, he has ordered for them to be ignored for now. The guest will be following me." The giant cat looked at her, noded and went back to sleep since before exiting the dungeon she had eaten so much she would feel lazy for a few days, adn if not necesarry , whe would just lay around and sleep. Then Lira proceeded, with the rest of her orders. City lord was suprised by Rex request, but they performed it regardless. It took them half an hour to get a cheff of considerable skill to Rex mansion, and while the cheff looked a bit arogant and annoyed, his tune changed the moment he learned he gets to create a dish with floor thirty beast meat. Form the texture alone he could discern the beasts the meat originated from, and after selecting a few pieces he urged everyone to bring him to kitchen, for him to show his skills. Lira was quite confused, but followed the request regardless.
While the cheff worked his magic, Brogni, Eredar and Victor were waiting in one of the offices enjoying a decent tea- proof the the maids efforts to prove their value to their master. Their lives were simple yet pleasent in this new home of theirs, and they wanted to ensure their master was happy with them. The two merchants and Victor also were more than willing to wait to enjoy a luxorious meal made of such high quality ingridients. It was not the price that limited them from accessing it ion a regular basis, but the scarcity of the recourse, since raids had to be conducted, for a fresh influx of monster meat from thirty floor or deeper, and even then, most of that meat had already been reserved by various nobel clans and merchants. That was the case with all such deep dungeon consumables, since they provided quite the benefit for adventurers- strenghtening their bodies, expanding ones mana capacity, and other wonderfull permanent effects could be seen from constantly consuming such naturally mana rich meat.
It had been and hour and a half, when Lira one again arived at her masters room, knocking and notifying of the meal being ready. A few minutes later, both Rex and Irina exited the room. Both having just taken a quick bath, and with a somewhat satisfied expression on their faces.
"Good job Lira." Rex spoke "make sure all my girls are using the meat i will bring from dungeon for our and sabertooths meals.It will be immensly benefitial in making you stronger. I will be much happier to know my people are safe, and if anything happens strong enough to escape the danger." he smiled, and patted Liras shoulder. Then he followed her to the dining room Victor and the mechants had been moved for the meal.
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"Make sure the cook doesnt see my face. he is an independant party adn i dont want to hide myself in my mansion mansion." he instructed as they approached the dining room. The other two maids were already attendign the three guests adn prepearing them for the meal, and Lira rushed ahead to make sure the cheff was informed that the mansion master was a rether eccentric person and had difficulties trusting people he was not well familiar with. She then brought the cheff to a room not far from the dining room, as Rex had asked her to keep him around till the meal is over. he would reward the cheff, if it would be extraordinarry.
Entering the dining room, Rex greeted Victor and the merchants, sat at the table, and signaled for Irina to sit next to him. The trio of guests, glanced at Irina for a moment untill Brogni spoke
"You are one damn lucky man. To find such a treasure in the dungeon is indeed a blessing. No wonder you take every oportunity to show her off." he spoke laughing.
"Only to people I know can be trusted. Dumber men would fail to see past their momentary desires and consign themselves to an early grave." Rex responded, while he waited for the maids to serve the food that had been prepeared. That they had was rather simple steaks, but masterfully preapeared, enhancing the already rich flavor of the meat, with salad, to complement the meat even more. While eating, Rex asked one of the maids to go to Lira, who was with the cook and reward him with half a kilo of the same meat he had prepeared as thanks for his work and willingness to entertain his request on such a short notice, then the two maids should escort the cheff off the mansion grounds and return here.
Rex, Irina, Victor and the two merchants enjoyed their meal in relative silence, the ocasional praises for the quality and tase of the food resounding in the room. One they were done, Rex signaled for the guests to advance to a study to discuss what they wanted, and before joining them, he turned to his maids and Irina
"Help the girls out with this, and make sure they enjoy the same as we did before they clean up." Rex had told Lira to have cheff prepeare a few killograms for that exact purpose. He wanted his maids to eat the quality food as well. As he noticed the spark of joy and gratitude in the maids eyes, a small smile bloomed on his face, and he went in the study. his afliliates had already taken seats around the table and were waiting for him, quite the satisfied smiles on their faces. This new friend of their was providing more and more pleasant suprises. They did wonder how safe he was in the thirty floor, since he had surely hunted for the beasts there. And while they were happy with the chance to enjoy such an exquisite food, they were more worried about the Rex's safety in the deep floors. Their future mega enterpraise depended on him being alive after all.
As soon as Rex sat at the table Victor asked the most important question had they now had "It is clear that you reached floor thirty. Thank the gods you have returned safely. i told you about the dangers that can be encountered there. Fortunately you didnt encounter the great sabertooths or night prowlers. They are wery dangerous."
"Before we continiue this conversation, and to answer your next question and no doubt inital reason for coming here, come with me." Rex spoke once Victor had finished his thought, then rose from his seat and led the three to Tigras barn. Tigra sensed people aproaching her new home, but since her master was with them she just kept sleepimg lazily, with the cubs having their fill of milk. Rex got to have a hearty laugh, when they entered the dark barn, and once the door was mostly open iluminating the buss sized Tigra, the scream of fear that came from Eredar, and the trio to collectively stumble and fall back on their asses.
"Thats rude gentlemen. Tigra here is a very sweet and loving mother. how could anyone ever be scared of her is beyond me." He spoke while laughing and seeing them slowly regain their composure "And while i didnt encounter any night prowlers, as you can see i did bag a couple of great sabertooths." he grinned as he saw the shock his friends faces when the two cubs came out from behind Tigra "These three are ok, dont eat them if they wander in mansions territory." Rex added. "These three will be my house guards. I decided that orcs champions and not sharp enough to secure my mansion, and at a later date i will get my hands on a couple of night prowlers to finalize my mansion defenses. Cant have my harem uprotected you know. Now, lets go back to the study to discuss anything else you might be itching to ask me." Rex then gestured them adn returned to the study.
What followed was a miriad of question of 'how, when' and 'what the fuck?' They obviously were at a loss for words, when they had to accept that they were dealing with a blood mage who not only was capable of branding great sabertooths, but could do so going alone to places, where raids were necessary to ensure reliable sucsess. And if that was not enough, the man had even stumbed upon a byakko. A rare genetic mutation, that makes the great sabertooth multiple times more powerfull than the regular ones, and has an affinity with space element. The terror of any raid, and a flee on sight occurence. And he had one branded.
A few dozen minutes later, once the exitement had died down they finaly could return to normal business related things. It was then that Rex reqested the three of them to loan his as many spatial artifacts as they could, since rex wanted to stock up on the meat from floor thirty. Afrer all he had a few great sabertooths to feed,a nd he was sure as hell that his asociates would like to get their hands on such a limmited resource as well, to with he recieved expected positive responses. They also discussed the progress regarding the auction, how fast the rumors are spreading regarding Rex's existance and the performace of Victors new champions.
It was obvious that Eredar and Brogni were salivating at the prospect of having their own great sabertooths, just like rex but he quickly extinguished their dreams
"i would advise you to stop dreaming of you own mega kitties." Rex spoke when he noticed the two merchants deep in thought, ocasionally glancing in the direction of the window one could see Tigras barn from here. "Are there anywhere where you can buy a beast of equivalent tier, and how much would that cost?" he added, and silence covered the room.
"We know, dammit" Brogni grubled, not really doing anything more than just letting his imagination run wild.
"Yes, let a man dream will you." with a slight smile Eredar added. They were profiting a lot already, while there is no limit to the greed of man, they were smart. They knew imediate benefits paled in comparison to what they woudl earn from that guaranteed branding per year they had. Rex was capable of branding S class beings. They just had to hug this thigh forewer and not let go. Nothing could compare with the posibilities, and who knows, maybee one day the would bet their own great sabertooths.
"Right, Brogni." Rex spoke, remembering something "I will need you to procure for me a slave that is a rather good cook. I cant wery well look for an outsider every time i need my food prepeared, and while my maids are learning, i will need one in the future anyways, so why not solve it now."
"Right, I will reach out to my contacts in other cities as well, so dont you worry, I will get you a top class cook. You can pay me in the meat you will be farming on the deep floors. Ill tell you the details one i have more info."
"Eredar, i will need some food suplies like spices and other related thigs as well. I can count on you to procure those yes?" then Rex adressed Eredar, and the elf smiled
"But of course, i will set up the requests as soon as we are done here. You will always have all the spices and auxilary ingidients secured and in no short supply. We can sort out the finer details at a later date."
"And i will ensure that you gentlemen have much easier time to get through the citys inspection points and the like." Victor joined in. With the three of them workingRex was sure his needs would soon be sorted, and all he had to do was grind a bit more meat. With all the space artifacts he will be provided with, it shouldnt take all that much time.
One the trio left, Rex spent the rest of the day resting his mind, adn making sure his maids had dined on the luxurious food. He also informed them, of the eventual addition of a cook to always have such magnificent meals, and to lighten the workload of his girls. He also asked them for the current situation of their work load and other related questions. He learned that he should probably need to aquire additional servants to keep the mansion running. And since he could not trust almost anyone with free acsess to his mansion, he decided he would need to buy aproximately ten more slaves for servant duties in the mansion. He would get quite a lot of money if he were to have Eredar work as the agent who sells his aquired meat. So with plans made, that coincidentaly required more grinding, he retired to his room since it was evening, and returned to wthat they were doing with Irina when the guests arived. She was starved of his presence for two weeks after all, and the girl wanted it all now, with interest.