Cheat Awakening

"So, tell me, what do both of you know about this castle? How many people live there? How many of them are knights, servants, or members of the Harrington family? Also, why do you both want to have fun outside? Aren't you afraid that someone might catch you like I did?"

Myne, standing before a naked young couple who were making love in their backyard behind a bush, asked with a curious expression. He hadn't expected that while trying to sneak into the castle, he would encounter such a surprising scene.
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"I know a lot about the castle because I work as a maid there," said the young girl with a nice face and admirable figure, though sadly with only C-cup breasts, spoke with an emotionless voice.

"There are a total of 254 people currently living in the castle, including 100 knights, 130 servants – most of them female, with only 20 males responsible for heavy labour – and 24 members of the Harrington family."

"We are having fun outside because I am a slave of Lord Robin's father. Usually, slaves are not allowed to serve anyone besides their masters. However, because we have loved each other dearly since childhood, we sneak out here every night after everyone sleeps to share our love."

After the girl stopped speaking mechanically under the effect of the Hypnosis skill, Myne had temporarily borrowed from Fiona, Gwen's mother, it was the man's turn. He was only a few years older than her, with a muscular body and black hair that covered his body like a monkey's. He repeated the answer about the castle's population.

However, when Myne expected him to also say the same thing about their relationship, the man revealed something that left Myne dumbfounded.

"We are having fun outside because I am afraid my wife will find out that I am with my father's slave. Even though my father had warned me twice to stay away from his woman, threatening to throw me out of the house, I couldn't resist. Qulina is just too attractive to let go.

Every night when she comes to me and we make love, I feel a completely different level of satisfaction that my wife could never give me, even after having two children. If it wasn't for the fact that my father is also crazy behind Qulina's juicy ass and doesn't want to let her go, I would have bought her from him long ago."

After the man finished speaking, he also fell silent like a recorded tap. The girl, hearing her lover's true thoughts, had no reaction at all and just stared blankly at Myne for further instruction.

"Then do you also love her like she does to you?" Myne, although already familiar with the cruelty of the world, couldn't help but ask, his old habit of poking my nose into other people's business and listening to gossip was hard to break.

"How can that be possible? I am the son of a rich merchant. How can I love a cheap slave whom anyone can use as they like? Every day I see her servicing my father, and during her work in the castle, she services other noblemen. Then because she was still not satisfied enough at night, she came to me. How can I love such a slut who spreads her legs for everyone?"

"Well, you have a point," Myne said while nodding his head, but he still had to admit that this man was far more shameless and perverted than him, despite knowing the true face of the girl he still every night came to eat her, if it was him on his place, he would have long ago made distance from her.

"Then tell me, Miss, why do you love this gentleman so much despite knowing that you're a slut and get used by various men every day? Why do you think he would love you and want to be with a slut his entire life?"

"I... I don't know," the girl replied while shaking her head. "Every day, because of the influence of the slave contract, I am forced to obey my master's orders and be physical with him. At work, nobody takes any maid in the castle seriously and can rape any girl as they like."

"It isn't always my turn, but sometimes when noblemen drink too much, they only care about holes and catch the nearest maid for fun, and I have become unlucky a few times. There is nothing we can do about it. I have been with Lord Robin for more than seven years, and we have a deep bond. He always treats me nicely, and helps me."

"I didn't even realize when I fell in love with him. I know he is a man of high status and has a wife and two children, but when he one day suddenly disclosed his love for me and said that we could be together, I was so happy that I couldn't describe it in words, and accept his love instantly. Although we can't be together in the light, at least at night there would be someone who also cares for me.

So I decided to be his for a lifetime, as long as he didn't abandon me."

"Sob, sob, sob, what a sad life. Her story brought tears to my eyes... By the way, what is a slave contract?" Myne, after putting aside his nonsense, asked curiously. Although he knew about Slave Collars and had two in his inventory, he got from the thieves who tried to steal Waffle and his siblings, however, this was the first time he had heard about a contract.

As far as he knew, there shouldn't be such a thing in the Augusta Kingdom, after all, here even the basic slave collars are high-end magic items.

"It's a kind of magical contract Lord William purchased while travelling through every kingdom, searching for a cure for his daughter's mental illness. However, the origin of the contract remains unknown. Upon signing it with blood, the signer becomes a lifelong slave to the contract holder, unless the other party burn the contract and frees the signer."

"Not only must the slave obey every order, no matter how unreasonable it is, but disobedience triggers an automatic bodily response. The slave's body will move against their will, inflicting unimaginable pain during the movement. Additionally, any attempt to betray or flee the master results in an immediate bodily explosion. This is why escape has never been an option for me."

"Currently, all slaves within the city are bound by this kind of contract. However, since Lord William's buyers were all his own people, this information remained a secret, with outsiders completely unaware."

"So, the rumour of 100 daily slave deaths is a consequence of escape attempts and subsequent explosions due to the contracts, right? Myne as if thought something asked while rubbing his chin.

"Yes. Though every new slave is warned that escape leads to death, most come from poverty and haven't witnessed magic items in their entire life, let alone magical contracts. They dismiss it as a scare tactic. During work assignments, some attempt to flee, only to explode mid-escape.

To maintain secrecy, Lord William first silenced those aware of the truth, excluding his own people and then spread this bizarre rumour. To lend further credence, at least 50 slaves perish daily, their bodies dumped into a giant pit behind the city."

"I see. This Lord William seems far more dangerous than I imagined. Killing him will be a lot of pain in the ass. No wonder my dear queen had no objections and was even happy about my plan to kill him. She must know some inside information and feared I might act rashly if I knew he killed hundreds daily. Therefore, she kept it from me.

After all, in her eyes, I'm still a good boy."

"One last question: where are the Harrington family members located in the castle?"

The second and third floors house the Harrington family members. All rooms on those floors are occupied by them, so you'll find a family member in any room you enter," The young girl replied without any hesitation, she seemed to know a lot about the interior of the castle.

"Alright, thanks for your cooperation, well hope we never meet again... By the way, Robin, do you love your wife and children? Does she love you in return as well?" Just as Myne was about to end his investigation and prepare to sneak into the castle, his gaze fell upon the beautiful young girl. He paused for a moment, shaking his head helplessly before directing the question to the hairy man.

"No, our marriage was a political arrangement to secure a business base for my father. There was no love between us. However, everyone has physical needs. We made a few 'mistakes,' and she became pregnant twice. While she tried to get closer to me many times after the pregnancy, I never liked her because of her domineering and arrogant personality.

Except for when I wanted to have some fun with her, we rarely shared a room, let alone loved each other."

"As for the children, whenever I look at them, I feel a sense of detachment, after all, they didn't look like me at all, so after seeing them for the first time after their birth, I never took the initiative to go to them again. If not for my father's weird hobby of having dinner together with every member of the family, I might not have even seen their faces."

"How old are your children?" Myne's voice suddenly turned cold as he asked that.

"The firstborn is one and a half years old, and the second is two months old."

"Well, it seems we've found the source of all the trouble, Mr. Robin. You are a real asshole. I can't imagine how your parents raised you, but right now, you're the one person I hate the most. Have you ever even seen a newborn child? Don't you know children start to resemble their parents as they grow older, at least two or more years are needed to show obvious signs.

If you looked at a two-month-old, how could you possibly have seen yourself in it?"

"Sigh, there's no need to waste any more time on a fool like you. Let's get to the main point. For being an asshole, playing with the lives of two girls, and treating them as if they were your toys, here is your punishment..."

Myne paused and increased his mana output in his Hypnosis Skill to ensure that its effect lasted long enough to become permanent. With a sinister smile, he spoke.

"From now on, you will be a good man who respects and treats all women well. You will be a perfect husband, no matter how badly your wife treats you. You will love her deeply and accept all her scolding and beating with a gentle smile on your face. You will embrace fatherhood and be an ideal dad as well."

"Furthermore, you will fall in love with Qulina, reciprocating her feelings for you. You will protect her and try to buy her freedom from your father, let her leave her maid job, and make her completely yours. And by any chance, if you inherit the family fortune or become the head of the household, you will discuss Qulina matter with your wife. If she doesn't object, you will marry Qulina officially.

Otherwise, you will take her as an unofficial wife."

"That's all. Now you can continue your lovemaking. I won't disturb you any further... Ohh and you will wake up from this state as your body connects." Finished speaking, Myne, feeling a sense of satisfaction from doing good deeds of helping two damsels in distress, nodded with a contented smile.

He then opened a portal leading to a large balcony on the second floor of the castle, visible from his current location thanks to the castle's bright illumination, which resembled daylight.