After the slave owners went bankrupt, they all wanted to keep me as a mistress.

You'd better not do anything to Luna and the others.

Otherwise... on the day I am able to break the contract, you will regret everything you did tonight.

With the heaviest resolve in her heart, Adele walked step by step into the depths of the manor, stopping in front of five luxurious rooms.

From the outside, the five rooms appear to be almost equally luxurious.

Although Mu Qiu had appointed her as the head maid, Mu Qiu had only just arrived at the manor and hadn't even decided where he would sleep that night, so he hadn't told Adele where his room was.

Adele looked at the door in the middle.

The lights in the rooms on the left and right were off, but the light was on inside the middle door.

There was no doubt that neither room was occupied.

Come to think of it.

After all, this is clearly a room only the "master" can live in. The fact that slaves like them can now live in those 20 or 30 square meter private rooms on the outer perimeter is just a hypocritical act by this human. Sooner or later, they will be kicked out.

But no matter how kind a human may seem to them on the surface, deep down they will still regard them as slaves and would never allow them to live in a room on the same level as their master.

The four rooms next to it were probably reserved for the owner's parents and wife.

Adele paused for a moment, then quickly took a step forward with a determined look in her eyes.

There is nothing to hesitate about.

Now is the best chance to take down humanity.

She already has the ability to protect Luna. Whatever this human's purpose in buying them, let him come after her!

With that thought in mind, Adele walked to the middle door, clenched her right fist, and gently knocked on it.

She knew that these human nobles were very particular about etiquette.

As the head maid, she must also keep this in mind.

"Master, are you asleep?"

Adele's voice was soft yet carried a hint of allure.

Soon, she heard footsteps.

Adele was delighted, but before she could enjoy her joy for long, she heard a cold female voice coming from inside the room.

“Miss Adele? You’ve knocked on the wrong door. The master isn’t here.”

As she spoke, Vera pushed open the door and saw Adele outside wearing only a bathrobe, the tip of which was still dripping water, looking as if she had just come out of the bathtub. A "I knew it" expression flashed across her face.

She said it herself: even the newly arrived Miss Adele thinks the master is a lewd guy! So the lewd person is the master!

"Miss... Elf? What are you doing here with... Master..."

Adele stared wide-eyed at the silver-haired elven girl inside the room.

What... what's going on?

Why is this elven slave living in a room of the same rank as her master? Is she... is she also here to find her master?

"I'm not called Miss Elf, my name is Vera, Vera of the elf!"

Vera raised her chin, then closed the open door halfway and pointed to the next room: "Also, this is my room. I'm going to take a bath now. If you're looking for the master, he's resting next door. You can just push the door open and go in."

After saying that, she slammed the door shut, leaving Adele standing there in a daze.

Chapter 45: He refused the offer of bed service out of genuine affection!

What does it mean that slaves can live in rooms of the same standard as their masters?

What does it mean that a slave can simply push open the door and enter when the master is resting?

Adele pinched her thigh.

Hmm—Is this not a dream?

Is it really true that such a thing happened?

Feeling a little dizzy, she walked to the heavy, carved door next door and instinctively reached out to push it open.

The moment Adele touched the door, the icy touch jolted her awake.

and many more!

That elven slave must have spent several years, or even more than a decade, with that human nobleman, right?

Maybe they even watched that human nobleman grow up!

Otherwise, how could she, as a mere slave, possess such a special status?

What is their status and position? What is her status and position?

Although they were all slaves, there were different classes among them.

Others were slaves who hugged their masters when they were young, while she was at most a slave who was held in bed and thrust into by her master. How can they be the same?

When Adele realized this, she immediately felt a pang of regret.

She should have knocked!

It was all because what just happened had such a huge impact on her worldview that her head was spinning, which made her do such a stupid thing!

The moment she pushed open the door, Adele prepared to kneel down and apologize to her master, begging for his forgiveness.

But just as she was about to bend her knees, she heard a cold laugh coming from inside the room.

"Heh! Vera, you little sprite with a head full of lewd nonsense!"

"I knew you'd think I was asleep and deliberately barge into my room, then wake up the next day and say that this lewd master of yours wanted you to make moaning sounds in bed, but actually I wasn't asleep at all! Didn't expect that, did you!"

As he spoke, Mu Qiu, groping his way out of bed in the dark, snapped on the magic fluorescent light next to him.

Then, he saw the red fox girl standing at the door, wearing only a bathrobe.

It's unclear whether his commotion was too loud or if the red fox girl was startled.

The moment the magic lamp lit up, the red fox girl trembled slightly, her knees buckled, and she knelt on the ground, her head bowed low. She spoke in a terrified voice, "M-Master...please forgive me!"

"..."

No, it's you?

Mu Qiu rubbed his eyes to make sure he wasn't seeing things.

Wasn't this fox girl extremely indifferent when she was in the cage just now?

Why are you dressed like this and come to my room in the middle of the night?

What are you doing with your medicine?!

Mu Qiu looked at the slave girl at the door with some vigilance, and took a half step back without making a sound.

If it were Vera, it wouldn't be so bad. With Vera's overly enthusiastic manner whenever she sees him, he would feel quite at ease.

But the glaring "extremely high risk" label hanging over Adele's head hasn't gone down yet.

A slave girl who is clearly at extremely high risk of betrayal and escape, and who would either run away or stab him in the kidneys if she were not bound by a contract, came to his room in the middle of the night. Could she be trying to poison him with her pen?

Seeing that her master hadn't reacted for a while, Adele was a little puzzled. She subconsciously looked up and saw Mu Qiu take a small step back.

Master, were you serious about taking half a step back?

Adele took a deep breath, a sweet smile instantly spreading across her face. She cleared her throat, and when she spoke again, her voice had changed tone.

"Master~ Did you see the note I gave you? I love playing shooting games with you the most~"

Her voice was high and soft, with the last syllable deliberately drawn out, as sweet as freshly melted maltose.

"Adele."

At this moment, Mu Qiu's earnest voice rang out.

“I don’t know how your former masters treated you, but here, slaves don’t have to sleep with their masters.”

Actually, it's not impossible for you to voluntarily serve the emperor.

Mu Qiu added in his mind.

But it's best to avoid having someone like Adele, who is clearly subservient to power, saying "I have no objection" but actually harboring resentment, serve as a concubine.

They are only being subservient to their master now because the situation is beyond their control.

Once they are able to break the contract in the future, when they remember the humiliation of being forced to submit to their master, won't they get angrier and angrier and stab him in the back?

Mu Qiu would only dare to let them serve him in bed once the risk of betrayal had been reduced to "almost zero" or even "zero".

If you, a slave with an "extremely high" risk of betrayal, are talking about voluntarily serving the emperor at this point, it's like a beast of burden working for a wage of three thousand saying, "Boss, I'm voluntarily working overtime."

Are you sure your "voluntary" statement is truly voluntary?

Even for a feline of Luna's advanced age, the risk of betrayal decreased slightly after she treated them to a lavish meal, changing from "relatively high" to "slightly above average."

The risk of betrayal for other catgirls has decreased from "high" to "medium".

But Adele, who received the highest salary and was appointed head maid by him, never lowered her risk index. Whether it was the risk of betrayal or escape, it was extremely high. She was the most dangerous slave he had ever seen.

Although Mu Qiu didn't know why she would suddenly come to find him in the middle of the night, or why she would write him that note, he still remembered the last line of text in Adele's message.

[They harbor extreme hatred for slave owners, value their companions, yearn for freedom, and face an extremely high risk of betrayal and escape.]

Luna and her companions clearly harbored far less hatred for slave owners than Adele did.

If he wasn't mistaken, Luna and the other demi-human girls of the tiger-striped orange cat breed had only recently been captured and enslaved, and hadn't experienced anything too tragic.

Adele had been a slave for a period of time when she was young, and that experience left her with a lingering trauma.

That's why she, a red fox-type demi-human, was adopted by an orange cat-type demi-human, and that's why she hates her slave owner so much.

She clearly hates slave owners, yet she tries to please them; she's definitely not doing this out of genuine affection.

If he did something to her at this time, she would definitely think that he was a despicable nobleman no different from other slave owners.

If the offer of sexual favors is not genuine, refuse outright!

Under Adele's anxious gaze, Mu Qiu stepped forward and gently draped the velvet cloak from the chair over the red fox girl's shoulders. Then he knelt down and patted her back.

“With me, you don’t need to have too many worries. If you have any worries, just tell me. If you have any difficulties, you can also tell me.”

"If you're afraid to stay alone, then sleep in the room next to ours. The manor is big enough, you can sleep in whichever room you want."

As he spoke, Mu Qiu turned around, walked slowly to a square table, sat down, picked up a teacup from the table, turned his back to Adele, took a small sip of tea, and gazed at the starry sky outside the window with deep eyes, as if he were staring at something.

Chapter 46 The Elf Girl Who Brings Red Tea to the Door

"..."

Do you... really not need me to sleep with you?

Adele wanted to ask her master a question, but her throat felt blocked, and she couldn't make a sound.

Her furry ears twitched twice, and she slowly stood up from the ground, her eyes fixed on the man's back.

"......Why?"

Adele spoke again, but her voice was no longer as sweet as before; instead, it was terribly dry, as if it had been ground by grit.

"Just think of it as... seeing you reminding me of my family members who are no longer in this world."

Mu Qiu did not turn around. He simply held a teacup in one hand, raised his chin slightly, and quietly watched a shooting star fall from the sky, uttering a soft voice.

Adele pursed her lips, lowered her head, and her voice trembled slightly.

"Thank you... Master."

"no need to thank me."

Mu Qiu chuckled softly.

"I will need your help in the future."