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Side Story 3 - Claire

Side Story 3 - Claire

My Parents named me Claire. Sadly, I was a defective child.

Everyone in the World can use Magic. No matter how small it is, at least they can create some sparks or make a water droplet. I on the other hand… I was born without magical power whatsoever.

I was a disappointment and I understood why my Parents sold me to a Slaver. Sadly they did not get much for me. Even while being sold I was a disappointment.

Without any aptitude I would maybe be a lowly slave working hard in some cleaning places, but even that was just wishful thinking. At first I was put out to be seen, but nobody wanted to buy me. I was even cheap, but… at this time I really thought I was useless and just waste.

Day after day I thought of someone who would want me, but there was no one who would even look at me. Later my price dropped and the treatment got rougher and rougher.

Working day and night to keep the cages clean, I was slow, because of the lacking skills in magic, but I never said anything and tried my best to please.

Day after day I got less and less food. Work got harder without it, but I tried my best. I really tried my best to be useful, but… At the end I broke down. I was already thin but at that time I did not even got the small extra for my work and I could not regain my strength. All I could do is crawl and eat that mouldy piece of bread I sometimes got.

Then… he came. While I already thought I would never get bought, he suddenly came into my cage and said I could choose to be free or be… useful to him.

I am embarrassed, I could not remember the real words he said, but he wanted me, so… can I be useful? Me, the defective product?

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Taking me home he fed me the most delicious soup I had for a long time. He took care of me until I could walk again. After that my training began.

Housework, cleaning, etiquette, even reading he explained to me. He was nice and had so much patience, even if I needed more than once to understand. No beatings, no telling how useless I am, no deduction of my food or rest time.

I was so happy!

He often wanted to lay with me in bed and I complied. If he wants my body, I would give it to him, but he just wanted to snuggle. It felt strange and after a while some things happened, I could not really understand.

Then the experiments started. I was scared, but was working hard with him on why those things were happening and then I was the first to become…

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My Name is Claire!

I am the first personal Maid of my Master. While I have now close Sisters at my side and there are many in the dark, I was the first and am proud of it!

Keeping myself together and working hard makes me what I am today. My Master is so nice, but even now he is sometimes melancholic, so I have to be twice as enthusiastic for both of us!

With the help of my Sisters we help Master in everything in his daily life! Not only do we do the housework, we keep those nasty guys away from him, who look at him with those ugly eyes!

While we also work in the not to nice places and do some more nasty things, I was surprised how I did not even shake after looking at blood the first time. He was so worried about me and I felt so strange as if I would hover by only the care in his voice.

That was when I swore to myself I would protect his heart and ambitions, even if I must make Rivers out of Blood and Mountains of Corpses!

Oh, he likes my cookies! I started baking and the first were not that good, but he still liked them, and now I have mastered different kinds and have so many in reserve, my temporal pouch almost bursts! I always give him some at teatime and he smiles every time! Yay!

Sadly I never learned Magic, but I got something better from him. WAY better! It is so good, that my Sisters are envious that Master even needs to use the same… hehe…

While I was the first, I might be one of the more lucky ones… I saw how deep the underworld goes and made me sometimes lose my appetite…

And THAT’S why, I have to be more positive for all of us, to keep the morale up! Now that I am useful, I will do my utmost to work hard and protect all of them as the head Maid and masters first Subordinate.

Anyone who tries to make anyone in my happy World sad I’ll PUNCH EM!