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The sun setting at the end of the sky was casting a red glow over the world, creating a beautiful sunset.

The sound of gentle waves crashing against the shore created pleasant white noise.

The sound of seagulls chirping in the sky was a harmonious cry that made it feel as if they were singing along with the waves.

In a scene where I would normally be staring blankly at the sea and lost in my own emotions, I-

‘I’m so pissed…’

Her face was turning bright red.

Now I was in Athena’s arms, not moving at all.

As I was released from my pain, she hugged me.

I cried endlessly and joyfully in her arms.

After crying for a long time, my broken mind slowly began to recover.

As the fear and resentment about the pain faded, the new emotion that emerged was shame.

‘How much did it cost..?’

When I raised my head slightly, Athena’s shoulder, where I had been buried, was soaked with my tears.

‘T…you cried like this..?’

I don’t have the confidence to raise my head.

No matter how hard it was, I cried like a three-year-old in her arms.

I felt like all my pride had been shattered.

‘No. Whose fault is it all!’

When I think about it, this was all a situation created by Athena.

If she hadn’t tried to make me her slave, nothing would have happened.

So the reason I’m crying so sadly is not because I’m weak-hearted, but because it’s all her fault.

So I changed the direction of the arrow to Athena.

The embarrassment slowly turned into disgust towards her.

I raised my head and looked at her mischievously.

“Hehe. Did you finish crying?”

She smiled warmly and wiped my tears away with her fingers.

“Ugh..”

weird.

I’m sure she must hate me to death.

When I decided to become her slave, the pain disappeared and something inside me changed.

No matter how much I try to resent her.

Somewhere deep inside, there was a strong feeling of wanting to lean on her.

A contradictory situation where two conflicting emotions coexist.

But that doesn’t mean I don’t hate her.

My feelings of resentment towards her were much stronger than my desire to rely on her.

She forced me into a contract of subordination and inflicted such excruciating pain that I would rather die.

I will never forget what she did to me.

Even though I said I would become her slave, I said I would not follow her obediently.

“I guess you hate me a lot, Hera.”

“Huh…?”

Uh.. how did you not know?

She hits the nail on the head, as if she had read my mind.

As my pupils shook violently, she gently pinched my cheeks.

“Hera. My mana is now contained within your body. I don’t know about anything else, but I can sense your mood. ”

What is that?

This is totally unfair.

What, you can’t even hate me as you please?

“That..That..”

But she just smiled as if it didn’t matter.

“You can hate me. You can’t escape me anymore anyway.”

Her unlucky words made me feel a surge of resentment for a moment.

I said as I broke away from her arms.

“…What do you believe in? Don’t you think I’ll run away?”

“Hey. Are you speaking informally to me again? When did you call me master?”

“Ugh! That’s!..”

At her words, shame began to well up again.

I remember calling her master.

I tried my best to forget, but the memory of her calling me with a longing voice was so vivid in my mind that I couldn’t erase it.

‘I wasn’t in my right mind back then..!’

But before I could make an excuse, she spoke first.

“Ugh… It’s okay. I’ll just teach you that slowly.”

She ran her fingers over my chin, tickling it.

“Why don’t you ask me what I believe and why I think that way? I’ll tell you.”

She has a devilish expression on her face.

Every time she smiled like that, a feeling of foreboding crept over me.

“..What are you going to do again?”

“It’s okay. I won’t use the method that hurts you anymore. Instead, maybe it’s a little hot?”

As I stepped back, she snapped her fingers together.

Hwaruk-

As soon as her gesture ended, there was a sound of something catching fire.

“…..Huh?”

The fire felt like it was burning slowly from within, just like before.

‘But…something…’

But it felt different from before, when it had been so horrible.

If before it was a pain that felt like my flesh was melting away, this is…

“Huh?!”

It was a heat that made my insides feel impatient.

The heat enveloped me, and my body began to heat up.

“Wait..wait..uh..,uh..!”

‘It’s so hot…..!’

A tingling sensation somewhere in my body and a desire to relieve the heat and relieve the stuffiness began to dominate my mind.

“Ah…uh…uh…”

My legs lost their strength and I collapsed onto the sand.

As I continued to flinch from the unbearable heat, Athena came towards me.

“This way, no matter where you are, I can torment you with my magic.”

Feeling like I couldn’t bear it any longer, I grabbed Athena’s leg and said.

“Ah..Okay..Haaak..!..Now..Stop..!”

“I think there’s a title missing after that?”

“Hey!!!….Huh?!”

It’s mean.

I thought it was so mean of her to force me to say something even though she knew I didn’t like it.

When I looked up with a fierce expression, she was looking at me with a slightly flushed face and a smile.

“I won’t let you go until you tell me.”

“You..you for real….”

But she just continued to watch quietly, as if she had no intention of letting him go.

I gritted my teeth.

‘..It’s just a title anyway.’

If all she wants is words, there’s nothing I wouldn’t do.

I’ve said it before. It won’t be difficult.

With that determination, he opened his mouth timidly.

“Oh my..Master..”

“Can’t you hear me?”

“Ugh..”

I shut my eyes tightly and spoke loudly.

“Okay, I got it!!….Let me go…Master..”

“Huh.. I don’t like the way you speak, but I like it.”

As soon as she finished speaking, the heat that had been raging inside me immediately calmed down.

Although I still had an uneasy feeling, I felt like I could live once the crazy, suffocating feeling disappeared.

“Ugh..”

“But it didn’t hurt, did it?”

I looked at her as she spoke nonsense.

But I felt like I shouldn’t get annoyed and upset her for no reason, so I decided to just endure it.

“Now you see? Why you can’t escape from me.”

“..Why on earth are you trying to catch me like this?”

“Didn’t I tell you? I fell in love at first sight.”

She said she wanted me to become her slave because I fell in love with her at first sight. It seemed like she was sincere.

I couldn’t understand her like that.

“But why a slave of all people! We could have been friends.”

Who would tell someone they like to be a slave?

If I had been her friend instead of her slave, I wouldn’t have hated her so much.

“Friend?”

But Athena’s expression seemed empty at my words.

“I don’t need that kind of petty relationship.”

Then he slowly approached me and took me into his arms.

“To make you mine. Isn’t this much more certain than such a superficial relationship?”

“Still..!-”

“Shh.”

Athena put her finger to my lips as if she didn’t want to hear any more.

“You just have to listen to me, Hera.”

I couldn’t raise any objections to her coercive words.

After mumbling for a while, I finally decided to give up.

“…..What are you going to do now?”

Athena smiled and ran her hand through my bangs.

“I’m going to my mansion. You can make yourself comfortable there. Of course, you have to stay by my side.”

“….”

okay.

Now.

Now, even if I don’t like it, I have no choice but to accept it.

I can’t get away from her.

My leash is tight on her and she has no intention of letting go.

If she tells me to come, I have to come, and if she tells me to go, I have to go.

I don’t know what you want from me, but I don’t have any veto power.

I clenched my fists and made a firm resolution.

“But there is a condition.”

When she heard what I said, she looked at me with interest.

“Conditions?”

“I’ll be your slave, whatever you want.”

A promise I made to myself.

The people who are most precious to me right now.

“There are people I want you to protect.”

Even if I become Athena’s slave, I will still protect them.

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.

.

“I hate it.”

“Wh…what?! Why! I can do that much..!”

“No.”

uh?

Why can’t this be done?

“There’s no problem with someone like you!”

“No, Hera.”

“Oh… so stubborn..!”

“What?”

Exactly-

“Huh?!”

“Are you talking back to your master?”

“Ugh..!.Ah..I understand..!”

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I explained to Athena about Dania and Lily.

They met by chance in the West and became close friends, and have been like family for the past six months.

So they are very precious people to me, and I promised myself to protect them in this lawless land.

But if I follow you, I ask you to protect those two, since there is no one here who can protect them.

Under the protection of a hero, no one will threaten them.

Who would dare mess with the heroes’ people?

And if it’s Athena, Dania and Lily, even though they are citizens of Drax, will be able to move to the Empire.

In the empire, you can live a comfortable and safe life with good neighbors, not criminals.

but.

“No.”

She flatly refused my request.

No, why isn’t it possible?

If you just went and said, ‘I’m watching you,’ everyone would bow down to you.

Why won’t you do this?

“Why the hell is it not possible?!”

Someone even said they would become a slave!

In return, I won’t say a word?

A narrow-minded owner like this is out of the question for me.

“Hera. You seem to be thinking very presumptuous thoughts?”

“What?”

Athena looked at me quietly for a moment, then shrugged her shoulders and said.

“It won’t be difficult. But you don’t want me to do it?”

“So…what is the reason!”

“Why?”

She reached out toward me and raised one finger.

“First. I don’t like the fact that there is someone you think of before me.”

“What? That kind of nonsense-”

“Second. I have never given my grace to anyone before, and I never will.”

You are an exception though.

Athena chuckled, gently patted my head, and raised her third finger.

“Last. Did you say that there was a condition for becoming a slave?”

Soon she grabbed the hair I was stroking and pulled it up so I could meet her eyes.

“Ugh!”

Golden eyes that burn as if they will burn everything to the ground, leaving no trace behind.

As I looked into those two eyes, I felt fear rising again.

“Hera. You are already my slave. The only thing you can do for me is not trade. You can only ask for favors.”

“Ugh..”

“So that means you can’t. Do you understand?”

She is arrogant, self-indulgent, and self-indulgent. But she has the overwhelming power to make everything make sense.

As she said, I’m not in a position to put conditions on her.

But still.

“I became a slave because of you.. but you can do that much..!”

“…..I guess I’ll have to go and learn a lot.”

scary.

Even if I treat her gently now, she can change and harass me at any time.

But still. No matter how scared she was.

I can’t give up on Dania and Lily.

How can I convince her?

Even if I say it like that, she will never listen.

She said all I could do was ask.

then.

“You’d better be prepared once you get to the mansion-”

Po-ok

I gently wrapped my hands around hers.

My body began to tremble with shame.

But I clenched my teeth and steeled my resolve.

I looked into her eyes with a sad feeling.

“Lord…Master…”

“……”

She stares at me quietly with her desperate eyes.

“If the master would do it…I would be really happy…”

“….uh huh”

As I stared at her with longing eyes, a smile began to slowly appear on her expressionless face.

“Please… Master…”

“…..”

It’s shameful.

I just threw away the last bit of masculinity I had left inside me.

The aegyo I had never shown before in my life felt like it was chipping away at my self-esteem.

‘It’s okay… It’s for Dania and Lily…’

If I go this far and you still don’t listen, then it’s a do-or-die situation.

Let us harbor venomous thoughts in our hearts.

After hearing what I said, she looked at me quietly for a while and then pinched my cheek hard.

“Ouch!”

“I don’t like doing this because of other girls, but…well. Okay.”

Because she was stretching my balls here and there, I couldn’t speak properly.

“Yes? What are you talking about!”

“Did you say Dania and Lily? I won’t let anyone touch you.”

success..

It worked!

Sister Dania! Lily!

You don’t have to worry about anything in the future.

No matter how much it has improved, Drax is a ruined city.

It was a very shabby place compared to the empire.

But if they move their residence to the Empire, many things will change.

Food, clothing, neighbors, environment, etc. Many aspects of life will be much better than before.

When I imagined Lily smiling happily in the Empire, my heart felt strangely warm.

“Thank you..”

“But there is a condition.”

This unreasonable situation where you say it can’t be done to me, but you set conditions.

But since A was her and B was me, I couldn’t complain at all.

“..What is it?”

“It’s okay when there’s just the two of us. From now on, if there’s even one person around, call them master like you do now. Of course, be polite.”

“Huh? Oh… Why? I don’t have to. I’m a slave anyways..”

It’s much better to call him master only when there are two of them.

How embarrassing would that be in front of other people?

If I were to call her master in front of Dania and Lily.

‘Hera.. is that your taste?’

‘Sister…’

I think you should look at it this way!

I’m not that kind of person.

I’m afraid it might cause unnecessary misunderstandings.

But Athena did not go back on her words.

“Shouldn’t people know who you belong to? If you don’t like it, then just pretend it never happened.”

That won’t work.

It was a favor I received after enduring a lot of hardship.

I closed my eyes tightly and decided to go along with her terms.

“Okay..”

“Huh? You’re going back to speaking informally right away?”

“Two..It doesn’t matter when there are two..”

“Phehe. Okay. Anyway, later on, even if it’s just the two of us, we’ll end up calling each other master.”

You’ll never do that, right?

There is no reason to honor someone as self-willed as her.

If she orders me to, I’ll have no choice but to do it…

But deep down, he won’t accept her as his master.

Even though they said they would become slaves.

It is a contract between a master and a slave that was concluded by force.

There can be no true loyalty there.

“Again. Another bad idea?”

“Ugh.”

Athena tapped my head with her finger, then stretched her arms upward and said.

“Then if there’s nothing more. Should I go out now? I’m tired from maintaining the barrier.”

“…Yeah”

I don’t know how much time has passed since I disappeared, but Lily and Dania will be waiting outside here.

‘If it were an empire…you would like it, right..?’

I felt like I wanted to tell them the good news quickly.

As Athena raised her hand, golden mana began to emerge again and surround her.

Then she made a snap sound

The sunset that lit up the world red and the beach that gave a refreshing feeling disappeared in an instant.

The familiar scenery has returned.

Shabby-looking buildings, an eerie landscape.

It was Drax, the city I lived in.

“Ugh..”

Let your eyes get used to the changed scenery.

I looked at the sky to see how much time had passed.

At that moment.

Warak-

Someone ran up to me and hugged me.

That person wrapped tightly around my waist as if he would never let me go.

“Sister…where did you go..?”

My precious sister. It was Lily.