Chapter 241: Servant's Contract

Chapter 241: Servant's Contract

After my eyes glanced upon the Qi Contract, the biggest thing conveyed to me was this concept:

Indentured Servitude.

500 years of serving without question. And even afterward, they would still be required to owe some level of allegiance to me and my causes, not giving away any secrets.

Which is completely beneficial to me, of course, but makes me feel extremely uncomfortable. Mostly for the obvious reasons, from coming from a lineage born out of slavery.

Put other people into something like that, doesnt feel right.

I mean, even with the demi-humans contract, I

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Wait a second.

Though I may have scaling punishment methods for the demi-humans contract, is it really any different from this one?

In that one, I dont even have a release date.

So, its still just slavery.

While others may not think much of this, I cant help but to look into this further. Searching for what this truly means.

And I end on the answer.

It isnt.

While it could partially be considered indentured servitude, by loose definition, it is more like the apprenticeship or squire style of servitude.

But, since there is a weekly stipend of silver and other benefits, its not exactly unrewarded. However, that they arent allowed to leave without severe penalties (like death) brings it to the edge.

As I think about this, all the elders are still dealing with the finishing touches on their respective items. Giving me a little more time to think about this.

I havent kidnapped any of these people.

I gave and will give choices on whether to join the contract.

None of them were forced into it.

They WILL be treated like normal people and nothing less.

They are not property.

And if something occurs that is out of the norm, Ill do what I can to help them.

The world Im in differs from the one I came from. But there are still things that are similar. There are many contracts that have terms that reflect the slavery from my world. These are not like them.

The people here live for long periods of time and will, if Im able to get them to that point. And the contract doesnt make children into slaves.

With all that said, I shouldnt delude myself.

What Im doing in these contracts may be seen as reasonable to some, but in other ways could easily be abused. All of my contracts allow me to abuse my people without recourse.

I did all I could in the previous contract to make it fair for them.

I dont have a way to make things safer for myself, while also avoiding this aspect.

Yet.

When did they discuss this? Just now?

Ah.

Their spiritual sense.

I had forgotten that being able to speak mind-to-mind was another common usage of the technique.

Theirs are permeating the area, albeit at a very low level. Not enough to be peering into my abilities, as I previously noted, but enough that they could still communicate with each other.

That will be something to consider, as I talk with higher realm cultivators. Even as they say one thing in front of me, they could do something else.

I may need to decide later if I should attempt to listen in with my scan.

He then turns to the one in his left hand.

This one is for your servants. For those you want to build into your personal force. Something that is apparent you will need.

He looks at the others, with his eyes staying on Sister Nuan. He nods at her before continuing.

Ill explain this one a bit more.

Youll make them into your personal servants for 500 years. With anything you wish being allowed. If you do what you did for us, they should last at least that long, if they are worth anything. As is normal for these types of contracts, there will be a dispersal of their cultivation base and killing them for any breaches. In addition, they cant take or induce any negative actions against you or it will cause a breach. Theyll need to protect your interests passively and actively.

You also have the option of wiping a contractee's memory and cultivation, in case you want to release them from the contract without a breach. Scalable down, of course, if you arent worried about them as a threat.

He pauses.

Ah, from personal experience, I highly suggest always wiping the memory of secrets. Its never worth it to keep it out there. Even for people you care about. Theyll still be required to keep your secrets after release or completion, but they cant stop it if they are already dead.

He nods as if this is truly common knowledge for something like this, only explaining for my benefit.

Outside of those, Ive added a few additional things.

He leans in excitedly, as I get a sense that this is what his earlier maddened grin was about.

It was difficult, but any items or abilities being used to spy on you, using the contractee, will be destroyed and cause backlash onto item owner. If its an ability, it will not allow them to sign and will notify you. I hooked in a backend process to make it, so you can see if it is a curse that you can remove.

Both of which were difficult as its using the person spying as a sub-contr

Sister Nuan coughs, causing Master Ming to blush a bit.

Ah, yes. Back to ahem.

Last thing is that they will need to assist their fellow contractees, to a reasonable extent. As you will likely need a cohesive group that will actually work together. But other than that, there are some general things Ive learned over the years to close any loopholes, so you should all set there.

Here, look.

A quick review confirms the information.

It really covers most of what I would need and many things that I wouldnt have considered being issues. Some of which actually protect the contractee from being put into breach unfairly.

This looks great. But what about the other contract?

A glance at each other shows this one wont be as simple.