Chapter 6: What does it mean to sign a contract with a beautiful girl?

“Is… is that so…”

Floxi gave a forced smile and turned her head away.

“Thank you for your grace, Highness Luwei.”

Although she had agreed to become her Highness’s maid, calling her “Master” was a bit too much…

However, even after a long while, that piercing gaze never shifted away.

“Don’t you plan on saying it?”

Luwei’s ethereal voice drifted from her side.

Hearing this, Floxi’s expression stiffened. She lowered her head awkwardly, her voice as faint as a mosquito’s buzz.

“Mas… Master…”

“Didn’t you eat? Louder,” Luwei frowned.

“Or is it that calling me ‘Master’ makes you feel ashamed?”

“No…”

Floxi shook her head hurriedly.

“To be able to become your Highness’s maid… I am honored.”

“Then say it out loud.”

Before Floxi could react, a cool, small hand moved up to stroke her cheek, forcing her to raise her head.

As her gaze met those deep blue eyes, Floxi felt her breathing grow ragged.

She closed her eyes, but her trembling eyelashes clearly betrayed the nervousness in her heart…

“Master!”

She shouted it out.

It was as if the word possessed some kind of magic; Floxi felt an inexplicable sense of humiliation rise from the depths of her soul.

This faint humiliation… it felt like a playful electric current, traveling up her spine and surging through her entire body, leaving even the top of her head feeling slightly numb.

Her limbs felt like they had turned to jelly, and her cheeks burned fiercely…

To an outsider, her face must have been red all the way to the tips of her ears.

“Is… is that enough?”

Floxi peeked with one eye open, only to find that Luwei’s face wore that strange smile again.

Highness Luwei was laughing…

Was it because… her expression was funny?

Floxi just wanted to find a corner to hide in right now…

Recalling today’s experiences, she suddenly felt like crying.

Even if Highness Luwei were to bully her, it wouldn’t feel as bad as this.

She was originally the Duke’s adopted daughter, and Highness Luwei’s sister in name.

But now… she was forced to be her Highness’s lover as well as her personal maid.

It was a strange feeling, one that was more of an ordeal than being hit or scolded…

Unlike her usual malice, the Highness… had changed to a completely different way of humiliating her.

Luwei let go of her hand.

The poor little maid felt as if she had been granted a reprieve, burying her beet-red face.

‘My Affection Level probably dropped again, didn’t it?’

But Luwei didn’t care in the slightest.

When had anyone ever seen an entrepreneur who needed their employees’ Affection Level?

In the workplace, Obedience Level was everything.

Luwei pondered to herself.

Raising her Obedience Level was definitely the safest option.

This kind of behavior perfectly met the story’s requirement of “bullying” Floxi.

Besides, if she could grind Floxi’s Obedience Level high enough during this one month… when Floxi eventually turned into an Angel and came looking for her, could she order her not to take revenge?

At this thought, a faint smile couldn’t help but appear on Luwei’s face.

She happened to catch Floxi’s gaze…

Hey, are you serious about taking several steps back?

“Highness Luwei…”

The slave merchant led the two Frost Wolf Tribe girls toward Luwei by their chains.

After some treatment, their complexions had improved slightly, but they still walked with some difficulty.

“Engraving the Slave Mark has one final step — bestowing them with names using your blood. From now on, their lives will be held in your hands forever…”

With that, the slave merchant pulled out a small silver needle.

‘What does she mean?

She wants me to draw blood?’

Luwei was hesitating when, in the next second…

[Detected a third-party Service Contract]

[Would you like to sign on their behalf? (Yes/No)]

A pop-up window flashed before Luwei’s eyes.

After she saw the contents clearly, the corner of her eye couldn’t help but twitch.

‘A Service Contract…?’

She remembered this term was a discarded concept from the game.

To make it sound better for marketing, the production team had changed the word “Contract” to “Covenant.”

Otherwise, the game’s slogan would have been:

[Heartbeat Trajectory: Bonds — Sign contracts with beautiful girls and write your own unique story!]

Pulling her thoughts back, Luwei concentrated her will on the “Yes” option.

Immediately, the Slave Marks on the two girls’ necks began to glow slowly.

Under the slave merchant’s surprised gaze, expressions of pain appeared on their faces.

One of them couldn’t help but bare her fangs at Luwei, shielding her younger sister behind her.

But Luwei didn’t pay much attention.

“From today on, your name is Shuangsha.”

Luwei pointed at the Frost Wolf Tribe girl who was hissing.

“As for you, you’ll be called Shuangna.”

As her voice fell, the light from the Slave Marks gradually faded before vanishing on its own, revealing smooth skin.

Clap, clap, clap.

Suddenly, the sound of clapping rang out.

“Completing Slave Marks directly with mana… Highness Luwei is truly a hidden talent. To have such achievements at such a young age…”

Luwei turned her head and met the slave merchant’s incredibly surprised gaze.

The latter wiggled her plump hips and drew closer.

“May I ask, are you some sort of powerful Great Archmage?”

“Please don’t worry, Highness… We will keep our customers’ information strictly confidential.”

She lowered her voice and said mysteriously:

“If you are powerful enough, we can provide you with even more exciting goods!”

Her gaze swept over the two Frost Wolf Tribe girls and even lingered on Floxi for a moment…

“These little things probably can’t handle too much roughing up, can they?”

The slave merchant wore that suggestive smile again.

“If the other party belongs to a magical race, you can unlock many more… novel ways to play~”

Hearing the slave merchant’s words, Luwei bit her nail and actually began to think about it seriously.

Luwei naturally understood what the other woman meant.

Slave Marks could only work on ordinary people or creatures with low mana levels.

Therefore, humans and beastmen were the most suitable races to be slaves.

But if the contractor possessed overwhelming mana, they could bypass this restriction and even enslave legendary races like Elves and Dragons!

“It’s just a few small tricks…”

Luwei said indifferently.

“I’m not some Great Archmage. My mana level isn’t even as high as my maid’s.”

“But I am very interested in the magical races you mentioned.”

“If you have any good stock, remember to contact me. I have my own ways of signing contracts with them…”

The “way” Luwei spoke of was actually the Labor Contract function on her game panel.

In the game Bonds, although the player played as a stallion protagonist, they wouldn’t necessarily fall in love with every beautiful girl who had a blue-tier talent or higher.

Confirming a romantic relationship and slowly winning them over was, of course, one way.

The other way was to sign a Labor Contract with them.

There were three types of “Covenants” in the game.

The first type was a direct romantic relationship, which had very weak binding force.

The second type was a Labor Contract, where both parties were relatively equal but were still bound by the terms of the contract.

The third type was various unequal, irregular, and forced contracts, which the game collectively called “Service Contracts.”

She had to admire the production team’s guts; they dared to use terms like that without being afraid of the game being taken down by some mysterious force…

In short, whether it was a contract or a covenant, the game’s logic was simple — as long as the player connected with a beautiful girl through any means, they could begin their journey of conquest.

The panel’s function was to provide information on various attributes like Affection Level and Obedience Level… as well as occasionally popping up romance options to help the player speed up the conquest process.

The reason Luwei was confident in contracting magical races was actually because the Labor Contract provided by the game was a unique, equal covenant that ignored any strength gap.

Once signed, it took effect immediately.

Therefore, if the slave merchant could really sell Luwei an Elf or a Dragon — creatures that were usually only encountered in the late stages of the game — and she could sign a Labor Contract with them, the benefits would absolutely exceed her imagination!