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

Come to think of it, she and the other party used to be enemies, didn't they?

Although she had already been defeated at that time, she was captured by a succubus after successfully escaping, and now she has been bought by the other party... No, it seems that the other party did not spend a single gold coin. She was simply given away as a small freebie when buying newspapers on the street!

Damn it... What's with this inexplicable sense of humiliation?!

At least a noble dragon knight like her should be sold for millions of gold coins at the auction house!

Why won't these guys admit that Dragon Knights are Dragon Knights?! The term "Princess Knight" sounds like it refers to a lowly knight who would be captured and subjugated at lightning speed!

However, compared to this, I seem to be facing another serious problem.

As a defeated knight who was captured and enslaved, she is now being given away as a gift to an enemy she once met... He, he wouldn't really want to behead her, would he?

Fiona twisted her body, trying to hide her subconscious trembling reaction.

Although she felt a pang of fear, her sense of honor as a knight wouldn't allow her to submit to the humans before her. The noble bloodline of the red dragon within her made her involuntarily straighten her chest, even as she huddled in the cage, trying to appear more imposing. She forced herself to remain calm and spoke:

"Then...then kill me! As a dragon knight, I will never submit!"

"Dragon Knight? A knight who doesn't even have a dragon can be called a dragon knight? You're not trying to say that dragonman knights are dragon knights, are you? You're clearly a female knight, so get your facts straight!"

Mu Qiu first ridiculed the other party mercilessly, then exchanged a slave contract with the Black Man, and took the storage ring containing a large amount of goods from him, while also handing over a magic crystal card.

As the transaction was completed, he pulled Fiona out of the cage by holding one end of the chain.

This time he didn't treat her with much gentleness, partly because she had originally intended to take action against him, and in a sense, they had been enemies before.

On the other hand, Mu Qiu discovered a problem: as Vera's relationship with him grew closer, the possibility of Vera escaping seemed to be getting lower and lower.

Moreover, I know too little about this world and often have to rely on Vera's knowledge.

Considering that the system would always give him gold coins, even excluding the money he invested in Vera, he could still scrape together ten million gold coins to lose.

Based on the above points, Mu Qiu decided to select a new slave girl who could help him realize his losses.

This knight named Fiona is a good candidate. In order to prevent her from staying like Vera and the others, Mu Qiu is determined this time not to treat her the same way he treated Vera!

You must use sarcastic remarks on her at the right time to hurt her feelings!

In that case, she'll definitely want to escape from her master!

……

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Chapter Seventy-Seven... Please, let me go!

Back in the main hall of the manor, Mu Qiu casually handed the other end of the chain that Fiona was tied to to Vera, completely ignoring the dragon girl's humiliated gaze that was practically spitting fire. He then took out the goods he had just bought from his storage ring.

First up is fourth-tier monster meat.

The entire 1,000 jin (500 kg) of fourth-tier magical beast meat included cuts such as duck neck, duck tongue, goose liver, and beef, as well as frozen fish, which was the favorite of Luna and her orange cat demi-humans.

Mu Qiu packed the monster meat into a new storage ring and handed it to the respectfully waiting head maid, Adele.

"Adele, you're in charge of processing these monster meats."

Adele accepted the ring with both hands, her fluffy fox tail swaying gently behind her, her face beaming with genuine joy.

"Yes! Please rest assured, Master, I will handle it properly!"

Having a good understanding of her master's ways, she naturally knew that her master wouldn't keep all the monster meat for herself; each of them would get a share!

However, this harmonious scene took a completely different turn in Fiona's eyes. She felt that the fox girl was just like a docile and obedient little female dog, wagging her tail and begging for mercy from her master, showing a fawning and ingratiating expression!

These monster meats are clearly a privilege reserved for human masters; these slaves should only get scraps at most, right?

Moreover, as slaves, they didn't even have the right to sit at the table to eat.

Either the slaves would wait until their master finished eating, and with the master's permission, they would rummage through the trash to find some leftovers, or they would lie on the ground like dogs while their master was eating, waiting for the master to feed them some scraps...

They put on such a fawning expression just for a few scraps and leftovers!

Sure enough, the environment here is truly filthy.

The moment Fiona stepped into the manor, she seemed to see her bleak future.

A knight with such a strong will and noble character would only be ostracized and suppressed by these already corrupt and self-degrading slaves in such a filthy environment.

Ugh.

In this filthy quagmire, only she, a proud and independent snow lotus, bloomed dignifiedly!

This aloofness is truly somewhat lonely.

Mu Qiu had no way of knowing what Fiona, who considered herself a lone knight, was thinking.

After handing the monster meat to Adele, Mu Qiu then took out the furniture he had recently purchased from the merchant lady and handed it over to the capable head maid to install.

"Finally, here are the potions we've prepared for everyone."

Mu Qiu smiled and looked at the catgirls who had already gathered around eagerly, "Come on over, everyone get a share."

Under the expectant gazes of the girls, he placed ten storage rings, each containing a complete set of potions capable of advancing to the Gold rank, into their outstretched palms.

The merchant lady seemed to know he was short of storage rings, so she gave him a dozen or so small storage rings as a bonus. They weren't very big, but they were just the right size for the maids.

"Wow!"

"So many potions!"

A burst of delighted cheers erupted, and several bold catgirls ran over and hugged him. A few others tiptoed and affectionately rubbed their heads against Mu Qiu's palm when he reached out.

The boldest one was actually the seemingly smallest, Xiao Xiao. When Mu Qiu placed the last ring in her palm, she suddenly reached out and grabbed Mu Qiu's sleeve, then pointed to herself, as if she wanted to be picked up.

Mu Qiu simply smiled, and amidst Adele's doting expression and Vera's pouting tug at the chain in her hand, he reached out and picked up Xiao Xiao.

The next second, he felt a slight heat on his left cheek.

A soft sensation came from my cheek.

Mu Qiu was stunned for a moment before realizing that Xiao Xiao had pecked him on the cheek.

With a blush on her face, she whispered in his ear, "Master... I like it!"

Then, she covered her face and ran away shyly. Several catgirls who were close to her followed her back, looking like they wanted to gossip.

Luna, standing to the side, stared wide-eyed, seemingly surprised that she, as the leader, had been outmaneuvered by the little cat below. Adele was also stunned, and Vera even snorted from her nose and tugged harder at Fiona on the other end of the chain.

"You elf, aren't you deliberately seeking revenge?!"

Fiona spoke angrily, her ahoge sticking up straight, her eyes filled with pity and sympathy as she looked at Luna and the others.

These pitiful slave girls, who are about to take obedience potions from the black market, have to force themselves to put on a happy face and accept their master's reward. Is this what life is like for slaves?

No! Fiona will never stoop to this lowly standards! She will never yield to this filthy reality!

"You little bastard knight, shut up right now!"

Vera retorted sarcastically without any politeness, "You dared to lay a hand on your master back then, and now you've been captured and become a slave. Do you know what I want to say to you right now?"

"……what?"

Although she could tell it wasn't anything nice, Fiona couldn't suppress her damn curiosity and asked anyway.

“As if!”

Vera uttered two words crisply.

Luna, who was next to her, immediately followed suit, waving her little fists and cheering, "It looks like a meow! It looks like a meow!"

She finally understood why her master treated this new female knight so differently—it turned out she was the bad guy who had attacked her master before!

Fiona clenched her fists, her knuckles turning white, wishing she could break free of the chains immediately and deliver a vicious elbow strike to the elf behind her and the gloating orange cat girl beside her!

Damn it...you ungrateful elf! I came to save you!

"Luna, this is yours. Adele, this is yours."

Mu Qiu handed the last two storage rings to Luna and Adele separately.

"As expected, Luna got a share too, meow! Master is the best master in the world, meow!"

Luna took the ring, whistling and beaming with a wide smile, and eagerly returned to her room to prepare to take the potion.

It's a little embarrassing to admit, but she has never drunk any potions other than healing and antidote potions in her life. In her eyes, these are luxuries that only noblemen among humans can afford.

"I never thought Luna would get to drink something this good, meow!"

The first thing Luna did upon returning to her room was to kick the statue of the goddess of wealth aside, and then breathe on the goddess on the statue.

"Ha! You little glutton! You stole 500,000 gold coins from Luna! Luna doesn't like you as her little sister anymore!"

Adele also left the main hall to set up the furniture.

At this moment, only Mu Qiu, Vera, and Fiona, who was being led by Vera on a chain, remained in the main hall of the manor.

"The troublesome cats are all gone now, shouldn't I go back too? So as not to disturb your handover of this new Princess Knight."

As she spoke, Vera handed over the iron chain she was holding.

"I had no intention of doing anything shady with her."

Mu Qiu reached out and tugged at the chain, intending to first find out why she attacked him that day: "Let me introduce myself first. Why did you come to the hotel to attack us that day?"

Fiona stubbornly raised her head, her face pale, but she still gritted her teeth: "Hmph! Why should I tell you something like this?"

Before she finished speaking, Vera slightly raised her slender fingers, and the moisture in the air quickly condensed.

With a "splash," a stream of icy water appeared out of nowhere and splashed precisely onto Fiona.

Her already tattered and thin clothes were instantly soaked through, clinging tightly to her skin and outlining her graceful figure. The icy sensation made her shiver and let out a short scream.

"Uh-huh--?!"

"You must be aware of your place in front of your master. Don't answer his questions with questions."

Vera looked down at Fiona, who was standing in front of her. Since her master had not yet unlocked the chains for her, she understood her master's attitude towards this princess knight.

"You elf... you were only recently bought by this human!"

Fiona bit her lower lip, her lips trembling slightly from the cold water and tension. An unbearable sense of humiliation welled up inside her, and the ahoge on her head stood up high with anger.

"Why do you elves fall so low so quickly?! I came here specifically to save you! Even if you don't want to help, you should at least stand there obediently. Once I've dealt with your human master, the slave contract on you will naturally be lifted!"

"You're quite honest, aren't you? You actually told me right in front of me that you wanted to kill me back then?"

Mu Qiu stepped forward and reached out to press down the ahoge (cowlick) on her head, only to find that as soon as he let go, the ahoge stubbornly stood up again.

"Humph……"

Although her initial intention was to force this human to break his slave contract with the elves and destroy his slave certificates, Fiona was too lazy to explain the difference. She gritted her teeth and said, "Anyway, you human won't lay a hand on me because you want to play with my body, right? If you're a man, then give me a stab!"

"Really? If you put it that way, I'm going to take it seriously."

Mu Qiu suddenly had a kitchen knife in his hand. It was one of the kitchen utensils he had just bought from the merchant lady. He had forgotten to give it to Adele because it was placed in a corner.

He approached Fiona with a gleaming kitchen knife in hand, then sized up the red-haired girl in front of him with the same look he would give his prey, as if considering where to begin.

"I have a knife and a stick here. Which one do you want to choose?"

Fiona unconsciously swallowed.

No way, didn't this human's small head control the large head when he saw her body?

His expression is so serious, could it be that he's really planning to stab her?

Although I really wanted to shout "Then it's the sword!" in a defiant tone, I imagined that scene would be very cool and would also demonstrate her character as a knight.

But this human seems genuinely planning to go in with a knife and come out with a bloody one—since no one's watching, chivalry and such don't seem to matter that much...

Fiona's gaze unconsciously wandered, not looking at the kitchen knife in Mu Qiu's hand, but instead looking at his pants.

Since this guy wasn't holding another weapon, it's not hard to guess what the stick was.

"Um...it's...this...that..."

Fiona spoke hesitantly.

"Is this what you're talking about?"

Mu Qiu raised the kitchen knife in his hand and deliberately spun the blade slowly in front of Fiona's eyes, the cold metallic gleam reflecting in her suddenly contracting pupils.