"I-I'll take this one!"
A few moments later, smiling brightly, Elena brought him a slender red collar.
It had a thin, fragile lead that could snap if she resisted.
Daniel felt a twinge of guilt at her choice, sensing something of her taste in it.
…I feel so immoral thinking of her as someone's daughter…
A collar… On a girl who would've been cherished. Sophia was sold into slavery, but Elena… she's doing this willingly…
He felt a strange mix of guilt for violating human dignity—and an undeniable excitement.
"I'm going to make you happy," he said quietly. "I hope you won't regret this, Elena. I hope one day you'll look back and feel this wasn't a mistake."
"…? I don't really regret things," she said softly. "I make plenty of mistakes, but I learn from them. If you spend your life afraid of being wrong, it's lonely, isn't it?"
"Lonely… yeah… it is."
That's… the one word I didn't want to hear, Daniel thought, biting the inside of his cheek without changing his expression.
He knew. Some things can't be split cleanly into right or wrong, even if you understand them.
It was something he had regretted long enough to once try taking his own life.
"Now, put on your collar and kneel before your master. That's the proper attitude from now on," Sophia said coldly from where she lay wrapped in a blanket.
"Ehh, it's hard to put it on myself… P-Please put it on me, Daniel… P-Please make me your slave…"
"Hmm… that's pretty bold… come here, then."
Elena knelt between Daniel's legs and turned her back to him.
In front of her was his cock, and it was embarrassing just seeing it up close. The thought of having it inside her made her whole body feel hot.
It's so big… Will that really fit inside me…? I'm already getting itchy just thinking about it…
She lowered her head slightly, waiting for him to fasten the collar around her neck.
"Nnn…!"
"Sensitive on your neck? Sophia's like that too. Maybe girls just are," Daniel said lightly.
He had to gather her short hair up in one hand so it wouldn't catch under the collar.
"It's sneaky… It's not like I feel anything touching myself though…"
"That's normal. It'd be trouble if you reacted to every little touch from yourself."
Sophia watched from the bed with a cold, judging stare.
"There. All set. Looks good on you," Daniel said as he fastened it.
"Y-Yes… I belong to you now, Daniel. Sorry for Derek, but… I want you," Elena whispered, glancing back at him with clear, shining eyes.
"Master, do you remember the words for the slave magic? I'll cast it, but you need to say the line."
"Let's see… 'Thou shalt be the sword and shield of thy Lord and swear to obey until life's end,' right?"
"Yes," she nodded.
Daniel remembered saying those same words when he made a contract with Sophia.
"Sounds like a wedding vow," he muttered without thinking.
The magic required a third party to initiate, but was completed by the will of both sides. This time, Sophia was activating it. A slave contract was almost like a vow of love before a priest.
"Now you've made me embarrassed saying that…" Elena mumbled.
"I've heard more embarrassing things from you before," Daniel teased. He had even caught her masturbating—this hardly compared.
"Then… 'Thou shalt be the sword and shield of thy Lord and swear to obey until life's end.'"
"I swear it," Elena replied immediately.
That was fast, he thought wryly. She really was just too honest.
Fresh glowing lines formed on the slave crest on Daniel's left hand.
It marked Elena as his now. To outsiders it would just look like another tattoo.
"I can't go into public baths anymore," Daniel said dryly, staring at his marked hand. "…Is that it?"
"Yes. It doesn't really change much. But now you can't remove the collar on your own. And if I activate the crest, I can override your will—though I don't plan to use it."
"R-Right… Th-then… will you have sex with me now…?" Elena asked, eyes drifting hungrily to his cock.
Her shifting emotions were amusing—but also made him uneasy.
Unlike Sophia… Elena might actually abuse the crest…
"So eager," Daniel said. "Sorry, but there's one condition first."
"C-Condition…? But you promised that if I became your slave, you'd kiss me and love me and have sex with me all day…"
Elena pressed her fingertips together and pouted.
"I didn't promise that. Did I?"
"No, you didn't. It's just a delusion from this perverted woman who's been touching herself so much she's lost her mind," Sophia said flatly.
And honestly, she wasn't far off. Elena's fantasy version of Daniel was constantly in heat for her. Reality didn't matter—she saw him as a symbol of sex, not love.
"Huh… y-you're right, maybe. The Daniel in my head is always calling me cute and having sex with me… and I've never actually done it with him… huh…?"
"Are you serious right now?" Daniel said blankly. "Has your mind already been corrupted by someone?"
"She corrupted herself," Sophia muttered. "Anyway—kneel properly before your master. Three fingers together, head bowed. No more sloppy attitude. I'll teach you proper manners. Also, stop calling it 'mating'—say 'sex.' 'Ecchi' sounds cute, so that one's mine. You use 'sex.'"
"O-Okay! No one's dick is bigger than yours anyway! Sex, sex, got it!"
Daniel and Sophia just stared at her blankly.
Even the gentle Daniel couldn't help but laugh faintly.
She chooses a man by size… what a girl…
"You're hopeless. Is that all you think about? …And from now on, call him 'Master' or something respectful. Your position's changed—from just a pervert to your Master's pervert," Sophia said.
"Master's pervert… that actually sounds really exciting…!"
"Right… Anyway, about the condition," Sophia reminded him, sharp-eyed. A new slave was a threat.
"Yeah… That. I want Derek to say it: 'She's not mine anymore.' It'll break the psychological tie. Might make it easier for her."
"Neat… but also sounds like it'd feel kinda nice to cheat on him while thinking of him… you know?"
She's into cuckold fantasies too?! And she's a virgin?!
"So you're not going to have sex with me right now…? I-I'm already getting this weird hot feeling just thinking about your cock inside me…"
"You're strange… Are you always like this? I've almost never seen you not in heat, Elena. And Sophia—she said it, but you can call me however you want."
"I'm not always in heat… I-I'm just… squeezing… and so wet… it feels like I'm blistering…"
"Yeah, that's your body wanting your master's child. Not unreasonable," Sophia said with a huff.
Her tone sounded annoyed, but the words made Daniel's face heat slightly.
"It's not fair… I thought if I became a slave, you'd have sex with me… At this pace, though, we might catch up to Derek soon. We've got more energy thanks to these rest stops. The difference in stamina is huge."
Mumbling, Elena started slipping into her own world.
She covered her mouth, eyes unfocused.
"Based on Derek's stride, his group's speed, rest times, dungeon structure, traps, distance, and everything so far… if nothing slows him down, we could catch up in half a day," she muttered.
"…Eh?"
"Pervert woman…?"
Elena abruptly started listing off all the data she had gathered, even tracing invisible diagrams on the floor with her finger.
"We walked around 150,000 steps today. At about 30 cm each, that's 50 kilometers. We found thirty fresh demon corpses. Assuming five minutes per kill, Derek's team lost two and a half hours there. If they kept pace after that… yeah, half a day and we'll meet them. Even if I'm off, no more than a day."
"…What? Is she an idiot?" Daniel muttered.
"E-Even though she's a pervert woman…!" Sophia said, wide-eyed.
Elena blinked innocently. "Uh… did I say something weird?"
"You were mumbling numbers."
"Ahh… I've always been good with math. If I have the info, I can just… calculate it. The numbers just pop up. …Sorry if it sounded weird."
She smiled shyly, almost slyly.
She's… a science girl… and embarrassed about it?
"In conclusion: if I just hang on another day, I get to have sex with you! So goodbye, Derek!" she declared brightly.
"Are you okay with leaving him?" Daniel asked, a little uneasy.
Elena hesitated, then made a bitter face.
"I do feel something… but I hate how he hits me when he's angry. I only stayed to reach my goal."
"I see…"
"Yeah. I don't want him to die, but I like you more now, Daniel—no, Master!" she corrected herself cheerfully.
It wasn't that she lacked empathy—she was simply rational. There was no malice in it.
That's just the kind of girl she is, Daniel thought, and gently patted her head as she squirmed in place.
"I'm not going to do the real thing, but I can make you feel good with the techniques Sophia taught me. I'm actually pretty confident. If I'm not faking it, even Sophia would admit it."
"W-What do you mean!? I-I want to feel good...!"
"Fingers and mouths. I just get nervous when people expect too much."
After meeting Sophia and touching her body every day, Daniel's technique had sharpened.
Daniel's own quirks had influenced it too.
"Master... please don't tell others too much about that...! It's true your fingers alone can make someone feel amazing, but... you really are good at it..."
"Most creatures, not just humans, don't even know what they're fully capable of, you know? They don't even know how to use their bodies right until they try."
"Yeah... if you figure that out, you don't even need words like dexterity..."
"I've got it all figured out. Honestly, aside from dungeon crawling, the thing I'm best at is having sex with Sophia. Like knowing exactly how to move."
"...? W-What do you mean by that?"
Sophia didn't quite understand what Daniel meant.
She knew he was incredibly skilled with his body. He could easily dodge traps, and his movements were always precise and light.
It was the same when he first fought Derek.
Sophia still found it strange that he had defeated Derek, a powerful man, without letting him even resist.
Ignoring Sophia's wandering thoughts, Elena let out a shaky voice.
She had been breathing like this ever since finishing her slave contract, but Sophia and Daniel didn't pay it much mind. It was no secret that Elena was a bit of a pervert.
"I-I want to feel good... p-please touch me...! I-I want to have sex with you...!"
Elena stood up and yanked down her shorts and underwear with sudden force.
The fabric clung to her soaked slit, connected by a sticky thread of arousal.
—She's way too wet... This is going to be intense.
She had borrowed the underwear from Sophia, but it was obvious they belonged to Elena now.
Sophia would never have let them get into such a state.
Sophia's eyes went wide as she stared at the damp, glistening underwear, stained through with Elena's desire.
"Take them off from the bottom..."
Daniel stared at Elena's exposed body.
One of the shoulder straps of the camisole, too large for her small frame, had slipped down completely, exposing one breast.
Viscous fluid dripped from her flushed cleft, her nipples fully stiff and swollen.
Her chest and neck were flushed red, and Elena's breathing was fast and ragged.
The smell of a female, different from Sophia's, filled the room, and Daniel felt himself being drawn in by Elena's raw sensuality.
—If I don't keep control, I'll end up doing the real thing.
"It's so hot... my body's burning... Daniel's staring at my embarrassing parts...! L-look at me more... ahhh, just being seen makes me feel...!"
Elena whimpered about the heat as she stripped off her top, leaving herself completely naked.
Then, wearing a dazed expression, she stepped over and sat down on his lap.
It was like a face-to-face hug.
Daniel didn't resist, but he did look surprised.
Elena, however, didn't seem shy at all. She looked straight at him.
"T-That's rude! That's my place...!"
Sophia, sitting beside Daniel, tried to pull Elena back by her shoulders. But that only made Elena hug him tighter.
"It's my place now... p-please hold me too... just like you hold Sophia..."
Elena's body felt hotter than Sophia's against him.
Daniel wasn't sure if it was her natural temperature or because she was in heat.
Though Elena's frame was smaller than Sophia's, her weight didn't feel that much different.
Daniel had always thought Sophia was lighter than she looked, and Elena heavier than she appeared.
After long days walking, Sophia was the first to tire, while Elena seemed dense with muscle and energy.
Unlike Sophia's soft curves, Elena's body was firm and springy, full of vitality.
"Ah... Daniel, it's so warm... and your cock is so... hot and hard..."
Elena pressed her hips down, grinding against the hard length between them.
The tip pressed just below her navel.
Daniel caught the faint scent of sweat on her chest and neck.
The sweet aroma around her wasn't floral like Sophia's—it was more like something rich and sugary, like cake.
Daniel's instincts roared that she was a different kind of female, and it stirred something primal in him.
"D-don't be too forceful..."
"It's so big... if I put it in, it'll reach all the way...! That's exactly where I've been feeling empty lately... I knew it had to be this one..."
Elena compared his size to her body with pure joy.
She was younger, yet her eagerness pulled him along.
When she ground herself against him again, Daniel gently pushed her down on the bed, trying to rein in his heat, then lay down on top of her.
Elena lay there unresisting, gazing up at him expectantly.
"Fuwah... s-sex, we're really going to...! I-I feel like I'll cum just thinking about it...! I want you to eat up my pussy like you do with Sophia's...!"
"I'm not ready for the real thing yet. You can wait a little longer, right?"
"T-that's true... b-but I still want to... p-please, do it with me now..."
"If we do, we might make a baby. If that happens, it'll be trouble for all of us. We can't go into dungeons with a baby, and you wouldn't be able to do your grave keeper duties. Honestly, it's not the right time for me either. I want to have sex with you, Elena, I really do, but we can't risk it."
—Once we get out, I can have condoms made.
They could probably make them from animal intestines. I heard they used to on Earth.
In a world with sausages, it should be possible. The only reason they don't exist here is because no one needed them.
—I'll get some made with the dungeon money. Hopefully thin, tear-resistant, and clean. Not a fan of intestines, though...!
"Babies aren't easy to have, you know? It takes years of effort. That's why it's fine to do it at least once..."
"In my case it's different. Sophia can explain."
Looking grumpy, Sophia explained Daniel's peculiarity to the excited Elena.
Men in this world weren't very fertile—but Daniel was different.
The way Sophia spoke made it sound like she was praising him, proud as if he was hers alone.
"So, if I have sex with Daniel, does that mean I'll get pregnant right away? I'd be a mom... what should we name it?"
"You're really positive, huh? What about your mission as a grave keeper?"
"I'll take a break until I finish raising the child."
—So responsible...
I thought she was all mission-focused!
I'm not good at this kind of planning...
Thinking talking more might give Elena the wrong idea, Daniel laid beside her. Sophia curled up on his other side and spoke softly.
"Master, don't forget me too... I've slept with you every night, and now you've got a new slave... I feel lonely..."
"I'll make sure you're both satisfied. Honestly, I'm not done yet either, so I need Sophia to play with me too."
Daniel couldn't hide his grin at the thought of being between two women competing for him.
He'd never imagined this in his life.
"L-let's all feel good... make embarrassing noises... drip embarrassing juices... we'll all be embarrassing together..."
"Don't drag us into your world. You're the only one being embarrassing. We're just showing our love for each other."
"I agree with Elena. Everyone should get along and share everything. That's the kind of bond I want."
Turning on his back, Daniel wrapped his arms around both Sophia and Elena's shoulders.
The calm before the act made him feel peaceful.
—I'll make sure both of them feel good.
—I hope I have enough stamina... and that they don't toss me out naked in the dungeon.
—Moderation... but I have to do it...
While silently worrying, Daniel let his fingers wander across both their bodies.
"Ah... i-it's weird! It felt like nothing before, but when Daniel touches it....it feels so good...!"
Daniel's thoughts melted away under their soft skin and the sound of their moans