"Come now~ Lady Sparkle~ Time to fulfill your promise, put on this maid outfit, and serve me properly~"
"Cla…ra?" Sparkle looked somewhat dazed at the resurrected Clara before her.
"Wait, was everything that just happened your doing?"
Still a bit muddled, Sparkle took in the smile on Clara's face and the maid outfit in her hand, and the truth suddenly clicked.
"What just happened?" Clara placed a finger on the corner of her mouth, pretending to think it over with feigned confusion, then flashed Sparkle an innocent, guileless smile.
"Lady Sparkle~ What you're referring to is…"
"Me being 'Acheron,' a Galaxy Ranger?"
"Or perhaps…"
"This being the land after death, the Border of Nihility, and me being its Ferryman?"
Sparkle: …
"Oh, by the Aeon of Elation, I really, really want to spank your bottom until you're bawling your eyes out!!!"
Sparkle's expression finally cracked, revealing a fierce glare, as if she wished she could tear Clara to shreds on the spot.
Hearing this, the smile on Clara's face widened even further.
"Anyway, you promised to serve me."
Clara waved the maid dress in her hand, seemingly hinting—no, blatantly indicating—something to Sparkle.
"Hah? You actually believe the words of a Masked Fool?" Sparkle covered her mouth with a stifled laugh, feeling a bit better now that she'd salvaged some of her dignity.
"See you later. This time, the kind and generous Lady Sparkle will forgive you~"
With a slight smile, Sparkle gave Clara a little wave, then prepared to make her exit with a light step.
"Hahahaha, leaving?"
Those words struck Clara as utterly hilarious.
"A lamb that's wandered into the wolf's den—do you really think it can leave unscathed?"
At that, Sparkle's face changed. Just as she was about to channel her power for a long-distance teleport, her body suddenly froze in place, utterly immobile.
Clara clasped her hands behind her back and slowly walked up to Sparkle. Looking at the girl who was roughly her own height, Clara grinned, reached out, and pinched Sparkle's cheeks, beginning to toy with them mercilessly.
"The kind and generous Lady Sparkle would never tell a lie, right?"
"Mmph mmph…"
Under the relentless assault of Clara's hands, Sparkle couldn't manage a single coherent sound.
After playing around for a while, Clara slowly released her grip, then undid the restraint on Sparkle's body.
"I'm giving you three choices now."
"First, you take the maid outfit, put it on yourself, and serve me."
"Second, I take the maid outfit, strip you, and dress you in it myself."
"I choose the third one! I choose the third!"
Before Clara could finish listing the choices, Sparkle hurriedly spoke up.
"Hehehe, Lady Sparkle~ Do you know what the most taboo thing is when making a choice?"
Hearing Sparkle's choice, Clara revealed a thoroughly wicked smile.
"It's making an unknown choice."
"Let me tell you what the third choice really is…"
"Lady Sparkle, you don't have to wear the maid outfit."
"But you do have to strip completely, serve me stark naked."
Sparkle: …
"I choose four."
"Four is closest to three, so that defaults to three~" Clara "kindly" reminded her.
"..." Sparkle stayed silent, as if unwilling to make a choice.
"Sigh…" Clara shook her head at Sparkle's demeanor.
"Since Lady Sparkle~ won't choose, then let me make the choice for you."
With that, Clara reached straight out, ready to strip Sparkle of all her clothes.
"Wait, wait! I choose the first one! The first one!"
Seeing this, Sparkle didn't dare stay silent any longer and quickly spoke up to stop Clara.
"Now that's more like it~" Clara nodded, handing the maid outfit to Sparkle.
"Need me to teach you how to put it on?"
Hearing Clara's words, Sparkle gave her a faint sidelong glance, then, with practiced ease, slipped the maid dress over herself. The clothes she had been wearing dissolved into a pink, holy light and vanished.
Clara: ?
Why are you more skilled at this than I am?
Sensing Clara's slightly astonished gaze, Sparkle shot her a smug look.
"Well? What do you want me to do?"
"You, right now, strip naked and kneel on the floor."
"Swear, 'Lady Clara will always be my master.'" Clara's eyes glinted as she issued her first command.
Sparkle: …
"Sigh… alright, alright~" Looking at Sparkle, Clara let out a sigh, then "understandingly" took a step back.
"Fine, I'll compromise. You can keep your clothes on~"
"I am so kind, generous, and understanding~"
Sparkle: …
After a moment of thought, Sparkle slowly knelt down and kowtowed to Clara.
"Sniffle… Lady Clara will always be my master, Sparkle."
Then she rose, placed her hands on her hips, and smiled at Clara:
"Master Clara~ Is there anything else you require?"
"Maid Sparkle can fulfill all your demands~"
Clara: …
Hiss… why does something feel off here…
"Then you…"
"Clara! I just earned five million credits… points…"
Just as Clara was about to issue more of her master's commands, the door burst open. Firefly, her hair slightly disheveled, rushed in brimming with excitement.
And then she saw Sparkle in the maid outfit.
Instantly, the words she was about to say died in her throat.
"Clara… who is she…?"
The smile froze on Firefly's face as she tried to ask.
"She's…"
"Clara, how exactly does this thing…"
"Go on…"
Just as Clara was about to introduce Firefly to Sparkle, Silver Wolf walked out, half-dressed in a maid outfit.
She took in the scene and stood rooted to the spot.
Silver Wolf: …
Firefly: …
Clara: ?
Sparkle: (✯◡✯)
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