Reason and Unreason (4)

Receiving a bathing service made me feel as though my body were melting. As befitted loyal slaves, they washed my body with the utmost care.

But Secriem's effort was somewhat lacking. Avensha had shown the utmost devotion in the literal sense, but this vampire wench had only become a slave yesterday, so it seemed she was still undertrained.

Well, I could simply have Avensha train her.

I decided to have a little talk with Secriem.

There were a great many things I wanted to know about this vampire. I needed to expose every secret she was hiding, down to the last corner.

With that in mind, I took Secriem with me.

"Lord Grong. Would it be all right if I served you tonight...?"

Avensha went so far as to ask me to let her provide night service.

"I'm more beautiful than a slave like that. I'll please you even more than when I attended your bath."

Having just received a bathing service, and with her speaking so coquettishly, my resolve wavered, but...