AN: Here is the 10th chapter of the adventures of the expe-cough, I mean, Kalim.
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Kalim, he really liked that name and couldn't help but cuddle the girl who choose it. He couldn't help but appreciate her as she was already showing care and loyalty toward her new master considering her recent circumstances. He thought he had a godd idea choosing her, and he would keep her near him more than before.
-''Now that I think about it, I don't know much about those girls, about what they can do''. «Alright girls, my name is Kalim, and I am your master. Now if you would please tell me what your skills are, starting with you Elody.»
- «Yes master Kalim. I can hunt and fish, tan leather, I think I'm a decent cook, and I'm good with the bow and the dagger.»
-«I have some skill with the sword, the dagger and the bow, I also know hand to hand combat, tracking, leather working, herbalism and cooking» said Shanira.
-«I-I can use light magic, water magic and arcane magic. I can fight a little with the staff, I studied geography, and if master likes music, I can sing, dance or ply the harp.»
-''Wait, she is a musician and a dancer? Dancer? Oh, I will make her dance in revealing clothes later, it will be really good''
-«As for me, I was a waitress, I can cook, clean or do the laundry, and a bit of tailoring. My late husband was a merchant, so he taugh me a bit about appraising things.»
-«Not bad, I think I made a good choice with you girls, but we have gotten a bit of topic along the way. I wanted Eryween to teach me about magic later, but that won't be necessary. Well, for now my curiosity about this world is satisfied, in fact, I get the feeling I won't have much trouble dealing with the others inhabitants. Let's go back for now!»
-«Yes master!» said Elody
-«... By the way which month and season are we in?»
-«Ah! Sorry about that, we are at the third month of spring, the new year is in 15 days.»
-«Good, let's go!!»
So they went back where the others were. Not even an hour had passed since they left, when they reached the hall, Rob had just come back from his first trip to the pond. He told him to stop and wait there, and told the other girls to help at the store room. He went upstairs, to the bathroom, and created a massive ball of water he released in the bath, almost filling it. Then he released a continuous stream of flame toward the water, slowly heating it.
-''He, magic sure can be convinient... But I guess it's only that convinient for me.''
He left the bathroom, went to the hall and dragged Rob underground. He sealed his feet in the ground and his hands in the wall, then deactivated the slave collar. Then he deactivated it again, reactivated it, and so on. He was deeply cconcentrated on the flow of dark magic in the collar, analysing the patern and memorising it. He concentrated on this task for almost an hour, then took back the slavery collar.
He grabbed Rob by the neck and activated the new spell he made, derivated from the one implanted in the collar. Black magicals runes appeared on the skin of the man for several seconds before fading from view, he then released Rob from the wall and told him to finish cleaning up the place. Runes slightly surfaced on his neck, barely visibles, then faded, as the man started to work again.
-«Ha, hahaha... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! This is wonderfull!!» ''I can enslave people, without collar and with just a touch... No, in the future I could even do it from afar!'' «KUHAHAHAHA!»
He went back to the groundfloor, the girls were done sorting out the content of the storage room. He told the girls to follow him upstairs to the bathroom. One after the other, he released the collar, and used his new spell, which he already improved after using it once on Rob. He put his hand in the middle of their chest and activated the spell, and it left a small tatoo in the shape of a flower with 9 petals.
Now all 13 girls had his mark on them. Most of the girls, however, got scared at the incredible display of magic, they now knew that they would be his forever. But 2 of them somehow rejoiced at being the property of such a powerfull man.
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Once done with the enslavement spell and giving the basic rules again, he heated the water once more within a minute.
-«Good work girls, you can clean yourselves with some hot water, enjoy yourselves.»
Then he went down to check the content of the storage room, but 3 girls were following him. He stopped and turned to them.
-«Not going to enjoy the water with the others?»
-«I thought that master Kalim would enjoy a hot bath with one of us later, so I will stay with you until then. And if you need something I will be around» said Elody.
-«I just though of staying near master in case he needed something» Amber added.
-«You intrusted me with organising the content of the storage room, so I'm staying with you in case you noticed a problem» said Alinee.
-«I see, good thinking. When I'm done with what I have in mind I'll enjoy my bath with the 3 of you!! By the way, Alinee, Amber, what can you do, what are your skills?»
-«I am a rogue, I use the bow and the dagger, I'm good at tracking and sneaking. I can also steal using lockpicking and pickpoketing. As a thief I know a bit about appraising and accounting.»
-«I'm sorry master, this one was just a farmer. I know how to breed a few kinds of animals, but I'm good at tailoring and leather working if it can help the master. I can also cook» said Amber.
-«It's fine, I already knew from the begining that it would be something like that for you. You don't have to feel bad because I choose you, that's why you are in my room.»
-«... Thank you very much master...» she replied as she bowed.
Once in the storage room, he inspected all the weapons and armors, and repaired what needed reparations with matter manipulation. He also made a few experiments with it.
-''Matter manipulation is really something completly different from the normal magic as explained by Eryween, I can clearly feel it. It's something unique to me. I can manipulate the shape and hardness of a single material to a great extent.
However I can't fusion 2 differents materials, they offer a strong resistance. The resistance is even stronger if the materials are from differents natures, for exemple the resistance between 2 metals will be less than the resistance between metal and wood.
Since it's possible to make alloys, it should be possible to reduce the resistance, for metals and others things it would be through heat, as for the other, it would require experimentations...''
While checking the items of the storage room, he was thinking about what to take as he would leave with his slaves. He was quite interested in wandering arounds the lands, going to Tholcath to get some monster girls, or even going to Eternia to face danger and fight strong enemies. As he had a powerfull body, and given the name chosen for him, the idea of conquering Hell Hole was quite appealing to him, and he wanted to have servants with him during his travels.
-''I have 13 females slaves and 1 male slave, total 14 slaves. Out of those 14, only 5 have some fighting abilities. I will have to train 4 or 5 more for battle, ranged fight as one can deal damage from a distance witha bow without need for great physical ability. And I'll have the non-combattants gain some endurance through running. We are currnetly in spring, I will train them for 3 months here in the mountains, then we will leave.''
-«Hey girls, is there something interesting during New Year?»
-«The usual 3 days festival.» replied Alinee.
-«A festival eh... Ok, we will go somewhere for New Year! How far is the nearest town?»
-«About 8 days away from here, but with all of us it would take about 11 or 12 days.»
-«Then we will leave tomorrow at dawn!!» ''Crap, I almost revealed them that I know nothing about this world... Oh, I guess I will tell those 2 later...''
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AN:Of course Kalim won't leave without enjoying the last 5 girls :D