The two sisters looked at one another and shook their heads.
"No, we never saw what he really looked like. For some reason, he was extremely careful about who saw his face. In fact, he was extremely secretive about everything related to him."
I frowned. They were maids. Shouldn't they be quite close to him in general? This whole thing didn't make a lot of sense in my mind.
"Aren't you two maids? How is it even possible for none of you to have seen his face even once?"
They shook their heads again when they heard my question.
"We aren't really maids. He called us..." The two of them shivered. "His playthings. That's what he called all of us."
"What do you mean by all of us? There are more than you two?"
They nodded instantly. "Yes, he has dozens of slaves just like us. All of them are girls just like us."
I could see where this was going, but I still wanted to know more about Zero and what could have potentially happened to me if I had been bought by that mad lad.
"What exactly are the roles of the 'play things'?"
"To satisfy when he asks us to."
Nymira noticed my frown because of how vague her response was, so she clarified.
"Satisfying could be anything. Sex, getting humiliated, getting beaten up...we were his slaves. He could do whatever he wanted to us."
She shivered suddenly as if thinking of a past memory.
"The times when he would ask us to satisfy him the most was when he came back from his meetings on Monday. Every time he came back from those meetings, he was always angry and he used us, slaves, to release his anger as much as he wanted."
As I listened to their words, I realized that I was extremely lucky for Caedrel to have bought me in his place, or else, I would have suffered through the exact same thing as them.
"I don't think I'll be needing protection."
I could hear Caedrel snore extremely through the walls without the slightest care in the world.
I didn't know a lot about Caedrel, but I had a strong feeling that he was keeping a lot of things to himself, hiding them from those surrounding him. I noticed it when I spoke about his family; the empty look on his face was a dead giveaway. But I had a strong feeling that the loss of his family was nothing compared to what he had actually endured.
However, through all that hidden pain, he still decided to help those around him, I think. Still, one thing was certain: I would keep an eye on my new master. He was hiding things, and I wanted to help him as much as I could; after all, I had to repay him for those 125 Million Coins he had spent to buy me.
It was only fair.
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Caedrel POV
"Ah..."
The sun was blinding me as I slowly opened my eyes.
-Knock! -Knock! -Knock!
I wasn't too sure what was happening, but there were dozens of knocks on my door.
"Let me sleep!" I shouted to the people standing on the other side of the door.
"Professor, we are going to be late if we wait any longer!"
I frowned. "What are you all even talking about? It's still morning. Just go back to sleep."
"Professor! It's already noon. The tournament is starting in thirty minutes."
I clicked my tongue. "Right, sorry. Just give me a minute."