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

Vera had just pictured herself walking with her thighs tucked together when Mu Qiu poked her, startling her so much that her body trembled involuntarily, and her ample bosom shook violently.

Were you thinking about something terrible just now?

Mu Qiu looked at the silver-haired elf in front of him with suspicion.

Although she looks like a cold and aloof elf who keeps people at arm's length, it feels like she'll start making a 'hoarse' sound as soon as you touch her.

"No, no, no, no such thing is true!!"

Vera stammered as she quickly took the contract from Mu Qiu.

She looked down, and soon after, she looked up in disbelief, a look of astonishment flashing in her eyes.

[10. When the "contractee" is injured, poisoned, or lacks magic power, the "contractor" should spare no expense to provide her with healing, antidotes, and magic power replenishment potions.]

"You...you wrote it wrong, didn't you?"

Shouldn't the contractor replenish her mana when she's low on it?

Why use a magic potion to replenish it?

There must be something wrong with this clause!

"How did you write it wrong? Weren't you injured?"

Meeting Mu Qiu's clear yet questioning gaze, Vera opened her mouth, then suddenly felt ashamed of her flawed thoughts.

Wait, could this guy be trying to get the forbidden book from her?

A glance at the sixth item caught Vera's eye, and a flash of understanding crossed her beautiful green eyes.

[Six: The "contracted party" shall not harm the "contractor" in any way. The "contractor" shall immediately protect the "contractor" in the event of danger. If the "contractor" has doubts about any aspect of knowledge, the "contracted party" shall unconditionally answer any questions the "contractor" may have.]

She got it.

An elf like her, whose magic is imprisoned, is only of some value, aside from being capable, for the items she carries and the information in her head.

She hid the forbidden book in a very secret place. The other party might not know that she took the forbidden book, but they might suspect her.

Once she signed the contract, she couldn't refuse to answer any of the other party's questions.

She couldn't reveal the whereabouts of the forbidden book for the sake of ten thousand gold coins.

Thinking of this, Vera put down the contract in her hand, looked at the quill pen in Mu Qiu's hand, and said softly, "Could you give me the pen? I want to modify this contract a little."

"of course can."

As soon as Mu Qiu handed over the pen, she saw that Mu Qiu had made a mark on the seventh line.

The original text stated, "Without the consent of the 'contracted party,' the 'contractor' may not, under any circumstances, demand that the 'contracted party' sleep with him/her."

But after she crossed it out, it became, "Without the consent of the 'contracted party,' the 'contractor' can demand that the 'contracted party' sleep with them under any circumstances."

"?"

No, sis, where are you going to change it?

Chapter Five: Human, don't you think my clothes are in the way?

After revising Article 7, Vera quickly crossed out the second half of Article 6, which stated that "the 'contracted party' shall unconditionally answer any questions from the 'contractor'."

She looked up and secretly observed Mu Qiu's expression out of the corner of her eye.

Seeing the other party's brows furrow slightly, Vera looked down again and scanned the contents of the contract.

There was another one here.

Vera gripped the quill pen, crossed out the second half of the second clause, "During holidays, the contractor shall not forcibly issue any orders to the contractor," and then wrote a line above it in Common Language:

"The right of interpretation rests entirely with the 'contract owner'."

In this way, even during so-called holidays, the owner can ask her to do anything.

The girl's eyelids were slightly lowered, her lips were pursed, and her mood was somewhat downcast.

She knew what rights she had given up.

Ideally, this kind of thing should involve meeting someone you like, having a serious relationship for a hundred or two hundred years, then getting married together, and on the night after the wedding, playing an elegant and soothing ethereal tune in the room, and falling asleep in each other's arms to the sound of the song.

But now that she's a slave, she doesn't have the right to ask for so much anymore, does she?

It's nothing special; I'm just offering this pure body to the human man before me.

So, only one last step remains.

Once you sign your name, the contract will be valid.

She gripped the quill pen tightly in her right hand, her gaze fixed on the signature at the bottom of the parchment, her fingertips trembling involuntarily.

Vera... what are you still hesitating about?

Didn't you already consider the worst-case scenario when you accepted the mission?

Are you going to offer this forbidden book to this human being in order to protect your own purity?

Or do you naively believe that this human didn't come for the banned books?

Don't be silly, no one would spend a million to buy an elf who is only capable but useless. He's after the forbidden book.

His current display of elegance and composure is merely a ploy to gain your trust and extract information about the whereabouts of the forbidden book.

This is human territory. Even if he offers you a contract with generous terms, what good will it do?

Once you reveal the whereabouts of the forbidden book, he will reveal his dirty and ugly true colors, tear up the contract, and force you to sign a new contract in which you acknowledge him as your master.

The girl took a deep breath, gripped the quill pen tightly, and forcefully wrote her name at the signature line.

—Vera Sylvester.

She handed back the repeatedly revised contract, and when she looked up again, the silver-haired girl's fair and delicate face was completely calm, without any fluctuations.

"It's your turn."

Mu Qiu took the parchment and glanced at it.

She modified three clauses.

You can ask her to sleep with you under any circumstances.

You can also give her any orders during the holiday period.

In exchange, she removed the clause that "she should answer any of his questions unconditionally."

It seems to be an elf with a story.

Mu Qiu nodded slightly.

Since she voluntarily relinquished this right, forcibly adding it would be counterproductive.

He filled in his name in the contract master's column and then infused it with a wisp of magic.

A glint of light flashed on the parchment, and the contract was officially established.

"From now on, we are family."

Feeling the connection between himself and the elven girl before him growing stronger, Mu Qiu smiled with satisfaction.

Now, we can finally use the system funds on her.

"So first, there's the first month's salary."

Mu Qiu reached into his coat with his right hand, took out a heavy bag, and handed it over.

The bag contained two thousand Imperial Gold Coins.

Because there are still six days left in this month, he can only receive six days' wages. The next payday will not be paid until the first of next month.

"Here you go, this is your salary for six days this month."

Vera instinctively took the bag of gold coins, and through the gap, she could see a stack of gleaming gold coins inside.

A rough estimate suggests there are at least a thousand.

They actually paid her a salary? No tricks involved?

Vera's mouth gaped slightly, somewhat incredulous.

But soon, she calmed down.

We must not let these petty gains blind us.

How could a normal person pay wages to a slave? This human must be after the forbidden book, and all these methods are just to gain her trust.

Once he learns the whereabouts of the forbidden books, he will tear off this mask of pretense and reveal his true colors.

She was very confident in her beauty. The starting bid for an ordinary elven girl at auction was usually around three to five thousand gold coins, but the auction house set a starting bid of one hundred thousand gold coins for her, which shows that she was still very attractive in the eyes of humans.

As long as this human believes he doesn't know the whereabouts of the forbidden book, he will soon understand that a capable and beautiful elf like her should be lying on a noble manor bed every day, being held and thrust into by her master, making soft, wet sounds.

Forget about the banned books, human. Don't you think you should do something to me now, in this perfectly soundproofed private room?

Don't you think my clothes are in the way? Huh? Human, why are you looking at my neck? What's so interesting about it—

"Vera."

Mu Qiu called out the elven girl's name for the first time, and at the same time, a dark red potion suddenly appeared in his hand.

"Can you drink this?"

Potion?

Vera's expression changed slightly.

Is it the kind of magic potion that turns her into a spitting sow spirit who, after drinking it, sticks out her buttocks and shakes her fat lumps while craving a reward from her master?

Although she had never seen this kind of potion, she had read many books about how despicable humans lured pure elves.

The book says that humans not only have a magic potion that can turn them into sows that can only spit out saliva when they drink it, but they also add strange magic potions to their penises. Once they have tried it with a human, their bodies will become dependent on that human, and their eyes will turn into the shape of hearts.

She bought these books from a mysterious black market dealer.

That merchant lady's strength is unfathomable. She, a commoner elf with no background, was able to enter the most prestigious mage academy in the capital because she bought a letter of recommendation from that merchant lady. Therefore, she has complete faith in the contents of these books.

The thought of soon turning into a sow that only knows how to snort made Vera shudder and shiver.

Terrifying, these human nobles are truly terrifying.

How many elves did they manipulate to develop such a terrible potion?

"...I understand, Master."

However, she had no right to refuse. Vera silently accepted the potion Mu Qiu offered and drank it down without hesitation.

After drinking it, I suddenly felt a warm sensation in my body.

"This feeling is... huh?"

Vera suddenly stared in astonishment, her eyes widening, and instinctively reached out to touch her neck.

The slave mark that had been branded on her snow-white neck had vanished without a trace, and the stinging sensation that had always pierced her was gone as well.

The human gave her not the sow potion mentioned in the book, but a purification potion to remove the mark?

Chapter Six is, of course, because I'm capable!

"By the way, there's also this."

Seeing that the purification potion was working properly, Mu Qiu took out a bottle of healing potion that he had exchanged from the slave shop.

In addition to the special shops where you can exchange personal funds, the system also has a slave shop that sells various items for raising slaves. However, there are strict restrictions on exchanging these items using system funds.

Simply put, the system assesses the risk level of these slaves.

For slaves whose risk is too high, the system will prohibit them from using system funds for large investments and allow them to make only small investments.

Mu Qiu just checked the elf girl's data.

Her risk of betrayal has decreased from "low" to "extremely low", while the risk of escape remains "extremely high", resulting in an overall risk of "high". Therefore, most items in the shop cannot be exchanged for her.

Fortunately, there are no restrictions on exchanging these healing potions.

After all, slaves are the slave owners' precious property, and their death would cause huge losses to the slave owners. Therefore, he can use the system funds at will to exchange healing potions for the slaves until their injuries are completely healed.

Vera took the potion from Mu Qiu. She recognized it; it was the most common high-grade healing potion in the potion shop, with remarkable healing effects.