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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

had managed to avoid being torn apart by the beast. And the creature had accepted

slave and bring it to

astonishment and relief, Vladya departed, his

introduction, Emeriel having finished his work in the minefield waited in the shadows concealed from sight in the woods, his back pressed against a tree, casting his gaze upon the river. He longed to take a bath,

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.

the announcement the day before. Observing the excited

worked alongside in the minefield, had said earlier in the

his

make you personal slave. No more arduous labor, no more harsh beatings. 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 stars clustered above as the half-moon radiated its

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truly be so terrible

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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

for carnal pleasure

someone's presence nearby. Looking up, he relaxed upon

smile, which he reciprocated, concealing his

is gradually emptying." Aekeira remarked,

a Urekai soldier might chance upon them and reprimand Aekeira for straying

Livia granted me permission. I wish to bathe with

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