Thankfully for him, Linmin knew how to read between his lord’s lines and was already prepared for the influx of work as absolutely zero of the women he kept in his residence survived the night, though it might have also been because the servant had stayed close to the room, seeing Edrick at work was quite a sight, the strength, the brutality he demonstrated on one hand and the softness, gentle steps he went through with Fanqia on the other hand…

He knew well that it was all because he was either aiming to break- Allowing himself to go overboard, or because he had deemed Fanqia as his property and that she was thus too valuable to damage, clearly, the lord was taking different kinds of pleasure out of the different interactions, just like how he enjoyed knowing that Linmin was watching it all happen.

It was shameful for a dutiful servant to be peeping like this, but as long as Anoteros was allowing it, Linmin wouldn’t hold back, in fact, he found solace in the fact that his lord was appreciating it, this made the whole thing feel like a more regular master-servant interaction, instead of misconduct on Linmin’s part.

There was something deeply frustrating however, about seeing it happen, but not being allowed to be a part of it just yet…

‘Lord Edrick… Is this a test?’ wondered the butler turned maid, his body sore from staying in the exact same position for hours on end, peering through the smallest of openings through the door, which wasn’t necessary as this act wasn’t covert.

Although most of his attention naturally laid upon Edrick and his impressive physical attributes as he had been mercilessly going full force upon Fanqia’s female relatives, but he also spared some glances toward the now Lady Anoteros, one would have expected her to at least be a little uncomfortable, if not utterly horrified at her husband’s behaviour, but that wasn’t the case at all, she had been thoroughly tamed and moulded into a good wife according to Edrick’s standards.

At least, in mind she was already completely under his control, what he liked, she liked, as such, even as what he did was most definitely deplorable both in general and specifically to herself, Fanqia was loving it, putting in the latest lesson taught to her to good use as she watched Anoteros go about demolishing family members, desire and lust only growing from watching these acts of depravity.

Although Linmin definitely felt a sense of jealousy toward Fanqia, he had to admit that she was doing a great job of being the lord’s wife, to think that Edrick would be so successful on his first attempt at such a relationship… Clearly, he had a bright future.

What the servant preferred however, was when all the extras were dealt with and came the time for Fanqia to be honoured, that was exactly what Linmin craved, to be handled in this manner.

Once all was done, he stood up, stretched to allow blood to flow properly through his body and gently knocked on the door to immediately dispose of the bodies, there were quite a few, more to take care of than ever before, there was also quite a fair bit of blood to scrub off before it seeped too deeply into the floorboards, so he quietly went to work on that after carrying the bodies away, he would need to take them apart before morning.

“Sorry for the bother, Lord Edrick, I am done now” he apologised, whilst standing up, bucket of water and rag in hand, only then realising that Edrick wasn’t laying in bed with Fanqia but standing right behind him, not any more dressed than he had been during all of those activities.

“No need to say sorry for this… I was wondering, do you have any experience? Were you taught anything back when we were at my familial residence?” he asked, pointing to a time when the owner of this body was different.

“No… And I wasn’t taught anything since they realised that I wasn’t a girl…” Linmin was standing as straight as an I, knowing that ‘the thing’ was most certainly mere centimeters, if not millimeters away from him right at this moment.

“That’s great to hear, I assume you know what to prepare when the time comes?” Anoteros’s large hands casually wrapped around Linmin’s chest and stomach, nearly making the servant yelp like a startled rabbit.

“Lord Edrick- I do know… Lady Fanqia is right there…” compelled to answer the question before saying anything else, Linmin kept his voice low.

“Don’t you worry about that, she is sleeping soundly” slowly, he unravel his hold upon the servant “Hurry now and catch some sleep, I should be done with teaching Fanqia in just a few days, so prepare yourself, we’ll be strengthening our master-servant bond” 

With a small chuckle, he sent Linmin on his way, leaving him all hot and bothered from this unexpected conversation, and most distressingly, sudden physical contact, it was indescribable just how nice it felt to be held in this way, by hands you knew could probably crush you if they wanted to.

Despite being supposed to be the one to handle security, Linmin had felt incredibly safe in this instant.

‘Calm down… Focus… There is still work to do’ carefully sliding the door shut behind him, he spent a few hours going back and forth as he sliced up and disposed of bits and pieces, leaving everything spotless, as if nothing questionable had ever occurred in this residence, ever.

Although having gone to sleep late and after doing exhausting work, Linmin still woke up early, which was just in time to be hearing his lord and lady having a bedroom interaction, ignoring it for now, he went to prepare himself for the day, getting a good look at his face from a small mirror, spending more time than usual inspecting.

He had once been cursing his effeminate disposition as this simply wasn’t a good thing for a man to look like a cute girl, or so it was in most cases- For Linmin, it was probably the only reason Edrick was showing this kind of interest in him.

Smiling like an idiot as whilst remembering how the lord had said that he preferred him all natural, the servant quickly straightened up and focused on getting the usual housework done before Anoteros emerged from his room.

Which might turn out to be more than usual as from the sound of it, he was going to be teaching Fanqia, which might take a while when coupled with the time it would require to prepare afterwards.

‘Will he teach me too?’

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