The obnoxious sound of the sound transmitter awakened Kyon.«What"s the matter?» - He asked, rubbing his sleepy eyes.
«Grandfather called and asked about you…» - answered Juno in an even voice.
The boy knew well if the patriarch had any suspicions it would turn into a real disaster. According to the cage of orders, Juno must tell grandfather she can"t talk at the moment and will call back. After that, she must let the muster know about the call... In this case, he can plan further conversation without negative consequences for himself.
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Kyon immediately got dressed and went upstairs, carefully avoiding the higher maids. It was already evening, and the servants crowded at the exit, waiting for the security check.
In the chambers, he saw Juno shaking her leg. She was visually displeased.
«How could you forbid me to talk with my grandfather. You are not a master but a real tyrant!» - The girl exclaimed angrily.
«What did he say?» - The boy asked, ignoring the indignation in her voice.
«He asked me who you are and how you became my servant.»
Kyon grunted thoughtfully. A maid must have called the patriarch and told him the news about the mansion, or rather, about the lady of the mansion. Well, it was to be expected... Sooner or later, this call should have happened. He faced a new challenge of how to justify himself to Bai. It was complicated because Juno would speak insincerely under his orders and the old man is unlikely to know about Marina. Therefore, an excuse like "he is my friend"s friend, so I made him a servant" won"t do. Should she refer to his good slave skills? It sounds absurd... To the h.e.l.l with skills... He needed something much more effective. Something that will press the soft spot of the loving grandfather.
The answer was obvious. All ingenious is simple. However, Kyon asked first:
«Does Bai know what you do to the slaves?» - She answered with a nod. It was discouraging and gave rise to hundreds of questions like "why in the h.e.l.l wouldn"t he punish her?!" or "why wouldn"t he give her an instructive lecture which includes a hundred strokes on her a.s.s?" or "Does he also despise slaves?! What a rotten little family they are..." and so on. But he had no time to think about all that. Instead, he ordered the wretched girl to call her grandfather and repeat the words he would be whispering to her.
«Honey, tell me about that rootless boy hanging around you.»
«Grandpa, a few weeks ago Flitz brought a slave to me. I trained with him the moves that master Jean taught me…»
The Patriarch knew pretty well that his beloved granddaughter practiced on slaves but they never had a conversation about it for a good reason.
«...One day I was walking through the park admiring the sunset when suddenly a wild swan popped out at me from the pond. I froze in fear but there was that boy. He saved me! In return, I wanted to give him freedom, but he expressed a desire to stay... I decided to make him my servant. He is strong enough. As a child, he used to train with a good master. His moves are rather skilled and I can learn something from him.» - The girl"s voice was devoid of any intonation.
«What about…» - The Patriarch began with worry in his voice.
Juno hastily added:
«They killed that nasty swan and I"m not afraid of the others. Don"t worry, grandfather, everything is fine... I don"t take them as animals. I"m not afraid.»
Bai was silent. Only his heavy breathing was heard in the sound transmitter. Then he said in a calm, measured voice:
«You are kind and have a big sensitive heart, dear. It is not without a feeling of grat.i.tude to the boy for his feat. But you must understand he is not worthy to be near you. I will be glad if you give him freedom, okay?»
«I am sorry, grandfather. I"ve already made him my servant and I am not going to change my mind. Everyone here knows he is my servant. Moreover, he does not look like a commoner and is unlikely to ruin my image.»
«But darling, I was told he doesn"t have any kind of manners…» - said the grandfather in a caring voice.
«He is polite and respectful to me. Perhaps he didn"t get along with my maid and she informed on him. It was Dinah, right?»
«It was her… Why are you talking like this? I mean... Did anything happen?» Bai asked anxiously. The strange intonation of his granddaughter"s voice made him worry.
Juno sighed noisily.
«Everything"s fine, really. It"s just…» - an insincere yawn – «…I am exhausted… I train every day. Then a teacher comes and I do my homework... I need some rest. I"m really fine.»
«Good night, love. Don"t wear yourself out.» - Bai affectionately said goodbye and finished the conversation.
Kyon sighed, relieved. He couldn"t imagine what would happen when those two met... He could give Juno partial freedom for the time they talked and an order to commit suicide if the little devil intentionally raised the patriarch"s suspicions. It is unlikely to come to this, though. He couldn"t wait to have enough energy to create wiretap formations.
Hatred sparkled in Juno"s eyes. She felt an invisible collar on her neck. The d.a.m.ned parasite forbids her to talk with her grandfather! She will never forgive him for that. It took her a lot of effort to restrain from a caustic phrase. It will only result in more slaps. She swallowed her resentment and turned away so that he wouldn"t notice her emotions.
«Where is Yegorka"s head?» - asked the boy.
«I don"t know... Yegorka is not on the estate. He left for Boston. The guard found it out and went after him to execute the order.»
«I see... The task of eliminating the fair-haired monkey will drag on.» - The young man said thoughtfully, stroking his chin.
Juno gave him an emerald look of her beautiful eyes driving him out of her chambers even if she said nothing.
Kyon ignored her efforts, took out a round burgundy ball and ordered:
«Take it.»
«What"s this?» - The girl squinted in distrust.
«It"s a poison that will kill you.» - Kyon said with a sly smile.
Juno took on a look of a sad caged bird and swallowed the pill. It was obvious that he was lying. But even if it was true what choice did she have? None. It was sad.
The girl"s body started running a fever. She made certain a.s.sumptions and stared at the grinning boy like a poor little bunny at a wolf. «It was-s-sn"t… an aphrodisiac, was it? Tell me!» - Her thin voice broke.
When she saw his wry grin, Juno was insane with terror. She rushed to the door with a squeal. «Don"t touch me! If you do that I will commit suicide! Aaaaaah!» - Her body was burning.
With a swift jerk, Kyon grabbed Juno by the waist – she was really hot - and like an unwavering beast dragged the girl, who was trying to break free, back to bed. Her reaction was so funny that it turned him on.
Juno screamed even louder. Her body shuddered and went limp. She was unconscious when he locked her in his tender embrace, with no chance to resist.
Kyon gladly felt the girl up, laid her on the bed, took her pulse. The medicine of unique body destruction worked properly. Fortunately or unfortunately, only one body can be cultivated at a time. He had to destroy the previous one. The reaction was good on the whole... By the look of things, the girl will easily cope with removing the rudiments of her unique body and won"t lose a single stage of her development.
Half an hour later, Juno opened her long eyelashes. With a look full of horror, she crawled away from Kyon to the nearest wall. His nimble hand... It was so gross when it got under her skirt but now she could relax. She felt no pain or itching.
«What did you feed me with?» - The girl asked anxiously.
«I"ve destroyed your unique body. And quite successfully. Here, take the new one. It is infinitely better than the previous one. Take it.»
«Y-you... you decided to destroy my future?! Father himself made the unique body for me but you… you just destroyed it…» - Her big eyes, full of despair, sparkled with tears.
«I said that I made a new unique body for you which is infinitely better than the previous one. If I have to say it another time you can forget about cleansing for three months.» - Kyon said coldly.
Juno gulped down her desperate sobs and looked at the beautiful ball wrapped in colorful petals. It smelled nicer than flowers and looked like out of this world.
She gently picked it up, put it in her mouth and washed it down with the water she created. She lowered her eyes to the floor. Whatever the madman had given her, it would never compare with her father"s present... Now her dream was even more impossible.
The quavering breath of the desperate girl broke the silence.
Suddenly she closed her eyes and straightened her back as if her soul fluttered.
«What do you feel?»
For some time, the girl breathed deeply, enjoying the moment, then she opened her eyes and looked inquiringly at the boy. «Did you really give me a new unique body?» - Without waiting for an answer, she continued - «Whatever it is I feel... like I was born again. I feel wings growing on my back. What is this wonderful pill?» - Her recent despair has faded away, she felt exhilarated.
«Remember its name is the Divine Lotus of Development.»
«I don"t remember the Stones had this unique body. Where did you get it?»
«I"ve made it according to the recipe from the tomb. And improved it a little.»
«Seriously? A body from the heritage? I do not believe you! Alchemists need months of practice to make at least the simplest unique body and you say you made it yourself... And even improved it. That"s pure nonsense! Tell me the truth, please!» - demanded the girl.
«Focus on your soul and say what your unique body desires?»
Juno snorted. «Unique bodies communicate with their owners only when they are asleep or at the moment of raising the phase or during the meditation but never when they are awake. What is the point...» - The girl frowned thoughtfully, listening to something. - «Оh! It cannot be!» - She closed her eyes.
Kyon stroked his chin. The unique bodies he created don"t stand close to other rubbish. Their contact with the owner is much closer than of any other body. It doesn"t need either sleep or moments of intimacy with the soul like meditation.
«I… can feel it! I feel something!» - Juno opened her beautiful eyes, framed by long eyelashes. Devilish lights danced in her gaze. - «I need spheres! A lot of them!»
Kyon raised his eyebrows in surprise as the girl held out her hand demandingly.
«Master, you took all my money... Can you give it back? Please…» - The girl asked with a plea in her voice.
{If consider all the money from the treasury that I have wasted, there"s only 50.000 left. That"s not much.} – Kyon could hear his miserly voice inside.
He handed her a hundred of spheres.
At the behest of her soul, Juno took the spheres in her tender hands and squeezed them. Somehow the energy turned into a gaseous state. The girl breathed in the white fog, her eyes closed in pleasure.
A quiver pa.s.sed over her face, she opened her eyes and gave Kyon an imploring look. «Master, please give me everything! I... no my soul wants more! I beg you... Please!»
Kyon had read a lot about the unique body requirements but could never expect such a strong effect. His improved recipe paid off: the unique body was significantly enhanced. That"s why Juno could feel it so distinctly even a few minutes after the initiation. In the future, she could become an outstanding genius.
Kyon greedily hid the precious bag away. «Well... I see you"re doing well, the mansion is large, there are lots of servants. I won"t give any more money to such a big lady. I"ll be waiting for you at the training ground early in the morning.» - He said and left her chambers.
The girl wanted to shout mean things at him but then this insidious greedy b.a.s.t.a.r.d would never give her anything. And if he did it would be a slap or two in her face.
She thought for a while and went to the treasury, however... There were no spheres, no keys! As for the medicine, there was only sc.u.m left!
Filled with rage, the girl sat on her knees and angrily cried out to heaven:
«PARASITE! d.a.m.ned thief! d.a.m.n it! I hate you!»
She calmed down a bit and thought. – {Why do I feel this close connection with something inside me? The body of the lotus of divine development? He could not become an alchemist, it"s impossible! However, that ball looked mesmerizing... Is a delicate flower growing in my soul? Is my new unique body much better than the previous one? If I can feel it when I am awake from the first minutes of its development then it is! It cannot be, though!}
Soon she could barely keep her eyes open... Juno was yawning when she reached her chambers and fell asleep at once. The little devil had a pleasant dream where she became a respected master of the nine elements and lands. And Kyon the jerk was subjected to the most brutal torture...
The sprouted lotus thrived in a comfortable environment. The beautiful girl"s soul was like fertile ground for its cultivation. However, it needed energy for its development and with each new day, its requirements will only grow.
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