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"Yaz,"

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he finally managed to utter when he found his voice..

His trusted soldier emerged from the corner. "Yes, Your Highnes

"Did all the guards on duty leave when you gave the command for them to vacate the premises?" "Yes, my lord, I was the last to leage."

Vladya's gaze wandered, taking in other details. The surroundings appeared cleaner. The paintings seemed freshly acquired. The walls gleamed as if they were new, and even the sculpted lion head sparkled, "They assigned a slave to work here."

"Seems like it," Yaz confirmed. "This place looks astonishing. Almost like the old days..." He trailed off abruptly, no doubt realizing the inadvisability of his words. No one with wisdom would dare speak of the old days, especially not to Grand Lord Vladya. "I beg your forgiveness for my wayward tongue, my lord

Lord Vladya waved him off, his mind preoccupied. He had personally dismissed all the slaves who used to tend to the Abyss land, not because he enjoyed the accumulation of dust, but because, for some inexplicable reason, Daemonikai's beast would grow highly agitated in their presence.

The feral creature had broken free on numerous occasions, tearing several slaves apart. Since then, he had decided it was best to cease any work in this area. Though it had been several years-three or four, he had lost track

labored here for hours, thoroughly cleaning, and had managed to avoid being torn apart by the beast. And the creature had accepted

slave who worked here. Gather all the necessary information on this slave and bring it to me. I desire the details upon my return from the hunting trip." "Yes, my

of astonishment and relief,

sight in the woods, his

ablutions, there was always a slave or two present at any given time of the day. Leading most slaves to pay little heed to privacy, joining others in the river, attending to their own needs. Usually, Emeriel waited until nighttime or even midnight to secure the river for himself. Yet, tonight proved particularly challenging, for

day before. Observing the excited commotion of the

on what Martha, one of the slaves he worked alongside in the minefield, had said earlier in the day as they

his

You would be elegantly dressed like a mistress and solely serve a lord! Oh, how I yearn for a lord to choose me!" Emeriel pondered the idea, his eyes fixed upon the night sky. The

Sat, Dec

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terrible if a

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If the lord happened to be interested in men-which Emeriel was not he would be so disappointed afterward that he might order Emeriel's execution would he

could not bear the notion of his life revolving around spreading his legs, being used for carnal pleasure by a random Urekai day after day, His entire existence narrowed to that. The

alerted him to someone's presence nearby. Looking up,

offered a gentle smile, which he reciprocated, concealing his worries behind the smile so as not to burden

is gradually emptying." Aekeira

their surroundings momentarily apprehensive that a Urekai soldier might

wish

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