Yes. I am absolutely sure that that is how I want to leave it, so do not worry about it anymore, master.
Uhm. . . you really mean it?
Yes. I really, really mean it.
Roxannes eyes were shining with determination like I have never seen before in them. Looks like she really is serious about keeping her will as it is without making any alterations to it whatsoever.
Also, this might be just me getting a little bit sidetracked, but this whole situation looks kinda as if she was a Knight who is swearing allegiance to her new lord. Yeah, given the development of this worlds civilization, I would not be surprised if it could be seen in such a way.
Okay Roxanne, fine. If that is what you wish for, then we can keep our contract exactly the way it is now.
Thank you for your understanding, master.
And you do not have to understand. Just know that this is what I think about myself. Now come on, we should finish eating breakfast before it gets all cold.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . Understood, master.
It was done in a kind of a forcible manner, but I managed to convince Roxanne not to pursue that subject any further.
With all that being said though, the matter of the will does not affect the second reason why I want to go to Vales Slave Shop. If we are not making any adjustments to Roxannes will then you do not need to go with me if you do not want to, but it remains a fact that once we will reach the eighth floor in the Labyrinths we will have to be facing against a maximum of four monsters at once, and because of that, I think it is high time for us to acquire more members for our Party, since it can be hard for just the two of us to fight effectively from now on. At the very least, I think that what we would need the most would be a good warrior who would fight at close distances, since while we explore the Labyrinths I tend to fight more with magic, which is effective at longer distances, but makes it so that there will be situations that I would not be able to handle with it, like those ones where the monsters that were not interested in me at all are suddenly changing their minds and end up targeting me after all. That is why I thing that another member of the vanguard who could fight together with Roxanne would be ideal, but if you have your own opinions on the matter, then please, go right ahead and share them with me.
This is an important matter that we have to discuss, but it does not change the fact that this is still a kind of an awkward topic to talk about right after we had that little spat about changes to Roxannes will. Be that as it may, it is a conversation that needed to happen eventually. I guess I have become a little more talkative due to my guilty conscience from basically tricking Roxanne into green-lighting my idea of creating a harem for myself. . . but wait, do I really need to feel guilty about this? No, I do not think I do! After all, it is not set in stone that the next Party member I am going to acquire for myself will be a woman. Yeah, exactly! Since right ow the person we require the most would have to be a Dwarf with Master Smith Job and a warrior at that, then the image that naturally comes to mind is that of a short, muscular, bearded man hammering away at the weapons and armor pieces on an anvil. . . although I cannot say that a prospect of having another girl in our Party is not an enticing one. Just thinking about scenarios such as waking up in the morning with Roxanne and another beauty at each of my sides. . . or having my body washed by them during a soapy bubble bath from the front and the back at the same time. . . hehe, hehehehe. . . . .
Oh crap. Just imagining it right now is already awesome, and when I think that this fantasy might very well be turned into reality. . .
However, the biggest unknown right now would be the price I would have to pay for another slave. Roxanne herself was already expensive since she possessed the unrivaled beauty, had a kind and caring personality and could also detect enemies in the Labyrinths through her sense of smell alone. . . and she was also serving me pretty well in bed, so even though I had to go through a lot to get her, ultimately it was all worth it.