They returned to the inn with the two slaves, ordering Emerald to clean the pair up. Once they were cleaned up, he made his slave markings on their bare backs, making sure they were his properly.

He couldn’t trust just the contracts, or them, so he had to mark them properly, and he kept himself covered entirely. Once they were firmly entrenched as his slaves, he gave them a better look over.

The wolf girl was very thin. Her arm hadn't been cut off, but bitten off by something. There were ugly scars which had revealed quite the brutal bite. Her eyes were completely dead, her entire body covered in scars. They were old scars, many from years ago.

"What's your name?" Ken asked.

"..."

"My name is Ken Leaf. I, like you, have been crippled. Unlike you, I was also wasted. I hate life as much as you, but my goal is to get revenge on those who have wronged me. I need your help in defending myself."

He reached over and then rubbed where her arm had been bitten off, which caused her to wince. "If you are willing, I will return your arm to you one day."

She looked up at him, her eyes still dead as she began to tear up. "I will do as you ask, but don't give me such words. I am already dead inside, you can't make it worse."

"That's not my intention." Ken shook his head. "I, too, am a cripple. However, with the assistance of our dear sister, I will be fixed. If you serve me well, it's only right I should treat you well." He brushed her cheek, but she looked away.

Ken then turned to the other woman, who was fairly short, and quite thick. She had short black hair, and a cute face.

"What is your name?"

"Nana. I have no second name." Having no second name meant she was barely a peasant girl, and even some peasants have a second name.

"You're from a village, aren't you?" It made sense.

"That's right. I'm from Little River's Hillside." Hillside, a village which was under Little River’s jurisdiction.

"Why were you sold into slavery?”

"I was sold to pay off my parents' debts." Nana looked down, seemingly resigned to her fate.

"I am sorry to hear that,” Ken replied tenderly. He didn’t know how to really approach the topic which should come next. “Do you know why I bought you?"

"For my purity."

"That's right.” Ken cleared his throat. “I wish to take your purity by dual cultivating with you. You are currently aren’t even a Martial Apprentice, but I will assist you in becoming a Martial Warrior. However, then I must dual cultivate with you and drain you in order to heal myself."

She was confused at first, then excited, and then she frowned. "I understand, master." Being a Martial Warrior was something she could only dream of, and to hear she would reach it and then have it torn away, it was a cruel fate.

"Worry not, Nana." He brushed her cheek again. "I won't treat you unkindly. Once our business is done, I will grant you a wish. If you wish for freedom, I'll give it to you. If you wish to remain by my side, I will accept you. If you're a village girl, I assume you can sew and cook."

"Yes, I can."

"Good. I'll leave both those matters to you.” He looked back to the wolf girl. "What is your name?"

"Chandi."

"Chandi. I will restore your arm one day. Once I get my revenge, I'll see to it that you are set free. Do you have any requests?"

"I... I just want my arm back. I'll get my revenge too."

"Will you tell me your story?" A story of revenge, which he could use to gain her trust more quickly.

"I..." She looked down.

"You don't have to. If you want your revenge, I'll help you." He held out his hand. “You’re helping me with mine.”

She remained silent, keeping her hand at her side. She couldn't trust him, not yet. They hadn't known each other for long so how could she?

Ken pulled away his hand. If she didn’t want to take it, that was fine. One day she’d offer her own.

"I will tell you the hierarchy. I am your master, and then Emerald is the next in command, and finally Yue. If I find that you've been disrespectful to either of them, I will punish you. Yue and Emerald, the two of you will treat Nana and Chandi kindly as well. If nothing else, we paid quite a price for them.”

Ken looked at the two new slaves, seeing their clothing. "Yue, Emerald." He handed them a gold coin. "Take this and buy some clothes for yourself. Buy a three sets of basic clothing for these two as well, dark grey. They don't have to fit extremely well yet. Spend the rest of the gold coin on whatever you like. If you get into trouble, reveal Emerald's status as an Alchemist and then come right back."

The pair left, taking the gold coin. Ken handed over two rings to the new slaves. "Take these. You will keep your belongings within them as well as whatever I give you to take care of. You can use most items freely, but not everything." He transferred a few low grade earth pills to Nana's ring. "Use these to cultivate. Do you know how to?"

"No..." She stared at the pills which had been transferred over, her eyes wide in shock.

"That's fine. Take off your top and I'll pour in some ki."

Nana did as he asked and knelt on the bed. He placed his hands on her back and poured in his ki. Until he remembered her had no ki.

He took his hands away and coughed. "Emerald will do it once she returns."

"I can do it." Chandi looked to Ken for permission, offering a token of good faith to him.

"Fine. Do it slowly, don't hurt her. Nana, if you get uncomfortable, tell us."

Chandi poured in a little ki into the woman who gasped, feeling something enter her. It was a new experience, and she shuddered.

"It's warm..." Nana said. After a while, she whimpered. "It's hot."

Chandi pulled back and looked to Ken, hoping that she had done well.

"Well done." Ken pet the wolf girl’s head and Chandi melted into his hand. He smiled and continued to pet her head. "Nana, take one of those pills and I'll tell you how to cultivate."

[[This queen will teach you how to open all her meridians.]]

He pressed into Nana’s body in different places. She groaned and whimpered feeling something tighten inside her, before she finally whimpered. Her body began to relax, and she let out a sigh.

"Oh. It feels so..." She looked down at her hand, clenching it into a fist. She had never felt so powerful, like she could take on the world.

"Relax. Just focus on cultivation.” He looked to Chandi and then handed her a high grade earth pill. “You too. I want you to cultivate while you have the chance.”

"You're just giving this to me?" Chandi asked, her eyes going wide. To her, a high grade earth pill wasn’t as useful as a low grade earth pill to Nana, but it was still extremely precious.

"Yes, why?"

"It's worth so much money!" She stared up at him in shock, wondering how he could throw around so many pills.

"That's right. I can just make another one later."

"You're an Alchemist?"

"I am, and so is Emerald."

"..."

"Take it and refine it. Martial Expert isn't your limit. The stronger you are, the safer I am." He could also control her, so he had no worries about her growing stronger.

She swallowed it, sitting down on her knees, her tail swaying behind her like a metronome as she refined the pill.

Ken just relaxed there, watching the pair of them cultivate. He was a little envious, he wanted to cultivate too, but that would have to come another time.

He thought about Emerald and Yue, hoping they were having a fun time. It would be nice if they were able to walk around fearlessly and enjoy their time as women. He sighed. Such a thing would be impossible, not unless he had the strength to make it a reality.

He looked to Chandi and Nana too. They must be afraid of him still, but that won't matter. He would need to earn their trust. Even Yue didn't trust him completely, so how could he expect them to trust him?

When Yue and Emerald returned, they came back with a few outfits for the two new slaves. They had bought themselves a set of basic clothes and had some custom made to be picked up later.

"Master, we've bought you some clothes too." Emerald placed a hand on his chest, hoping he'd accept.

He smiled and then reached up to stroke her cheek under her mask. "Show me."

The attire was that of a martial artists, but they were embroidered on the hem all along.

"This looks to be quite expensive…”

"Five silver pieces."

"That’s a decent amount, but I’m glad you didn’t go overboard. I didn't want you to spend too much on me. That money was for you."

"We have sixty silver pieces as change, master."

"Take half, each of you."

"Are you sure?" Yue asked.

"I said it because I'm sure. If you need money, you can always come to me anyway, but this way you won't bother me much. Ah, right." He handed over some gold coins to Yue.

"What's this?" Yue accepted them.

"Your cut from the commerce pavilion."

"But I didn't even do anything."

"I've decided to give you it anyway."

She bowed her head. "Master Ken, I..." She dropped to her knees. "Thank you."

"It's only ten gold.” He dismissed her from her kowtowing. “From now on you're also to manage over these two. I don't want to deal with their worries and I'm a man so there's probably things they can't come to me with.”

He sighed, feeling exhausted from the day already. “You three will stay in this room, I'll sleep with Emerald in another room." He wheeled himself out, but Emerald helped him to the room and into bed.

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