[Note: A person commented on a chapter from a few days ago that they were waiting for Misty to kill herself after she woke up. I thought about it and decided to add this sad part too. Though, I'm not going to write anything like this again; this is just once.
Reason, you'll know soon.]
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"What's happening…?"
"Don't speak."
Her mouth snapped shut instantly. No sound escaped. Her eyes widened even further.
Fresh tears pooled as she realized she couldn't even open her lips to scream. She lay there in complete silence. Her chest rose and fell in rapid, panicked breaths.
Ash's mind drifted back to the very first time he had captured Daisy Oak. After he had successfully enslaved her and obtained his new ability, he had let her go free just as she wished. He was happy enough with that one reward.
Delia had asked him gently, "Ash, should we really let her go?"
As she watched Daisy shuffle away with slow, unsteady steps. The girl's back hunched slightly. Her head hung low. She moved like someone whose mind had shattered, eyes glassy, face pale, every motion mechanical and lost.
He nodded, said in a calm voice, "That's what she wished for. I also told her not to tell it, write it, or say anything about what happened today to anyone."
But deep inside, he was still worried whether his command ability would work on her.
So he had followed her in secret. He made sure to stay far enough back so she would not notice him.
Daisy walked home with her head down. She moved slowly. Her steps dragged heavily on the pavement as if each one took all her energy.
She entered her house without closing the door behind her. The door stayed wide open. He slipped closer to the entrance. He peered carefully through the open kitchen doorway.
She picked up a sharp knife from the counter. Her hand trembled badly.
She raised it to her wrist. She looked ready to cut herself right then and there.
Before the blade touched her skin, he shouted, "Stop!"
The knife fell from her hand with a loud clatter on the floor. Daisy turned to him quickly. Tears streamed down her face. She cried out, "Why are you not even letting me kill myself?"
Hearing those words broke something deep inside him. He could not let her destroy herself like that.
He brought her back to his home that very night. It took quite a long time to calm her down and make her listen.
Ash managed to convince her using a mix of force when she resisted, gentle words to soothe her pain, and firm promises to give her hope.
After all, he did not have enough points to send Daisy to the Mind Recovery Pod.
Although the pod cost less for her than it had for Mom, only 200 points, but he barely had 20 points at the time.
He was only able to manage the pod for his Mom because of an 80% discount the system had given him.
If the system had offered him that discount again, he might have been able to afford it for Daisy as well.
So if Daisy had not started to improve on her own, he would have used the pod in future without hesitation. But soon Daisy became normal again.
Somehow, she grew more attached to his cock than to him as a person.
Ash sighed deeply. But whatever, he thought. As long as she was not trying to kill herself anymore, that was what mattered most.
He also promised her, he would satisfy her.
' ' '
Now, back to the present, Ash's gaze drifted over Misty's naked body lying flat on the cool tile.
That's exactly why he could not let go of her now. He needed to keep her close, at least for some time, to make sure she did not try to harm herself like Daisy almost had…
He had already checked the cost for her:
[Mind Recovery Pod
Target: Misty
Cost: 300 points]
Although he had a bit more before, he was now down to only 267 points.
He needed to save some points for unexpected situations, especially for things like what had happened outside, where he might suddenly require points to handle emergencies or new opportunities.
So he pressed two fingers firmly to the small black mark located just below her belly button and above her slit.
"This is called the Slave Mark," he said clearly. "Anyone who becomes my slave receives this mark. You are my slave now."
Misty's eyes shot open impossibly wide. Her entire body tensed beneath his touch. She had never heard of anything like this in her life.
Slave. It sounded like a nightmare from a bad dream. Her mind reeled in total disbelief. Panic rose like a wave inside her chest.
Ash looked directly into Misty's tearful eyes and spoke softly but seriously.
"I know it is hard to understand and even harder to accept."
He continued without pause.
"But I can order you to do anything, and you'll have no choice but to obey, like you're doing right now, following my commands as proof."
I have this thing called the system. It gives me rewards for completing tasks, but it punishes me severely if I fail to fulfill a mission on time.
The system's tasks involve capturing women and making them my slaves. If I don't, it punishes me.
He slowly and carefully explained every detail. He told her about the Slavé Balls that captured and stored women like Pokémon.
He summoned the system screen in the air, letting the glowing blue panels float between them. He showed her the system shop filled with items and tools.
He made sure she saw just enough to believe everything was real, carefully crafting the scene to make her feel he was truly being forced to do it.
Lastly, Ash said, "You can speak and move now."