Chapter 18: A New Life

When I tell Luisa that I performed at the Leder und Peitsche club she seems really interested. I don’t fully understand why until the following Saturday. Luisa is there in the audience, dressed in a sensational dominatrix outfit. She makes no effort to approach me while I’m at the club, but it is clear that she is watching me closely.

Although I’m not informed until many weeks later, a decision that I am to perform at the Leder und Peitsche every Saturday night was made shortly after my first performance. My Thursday and Friday performances are varied between the four clubs owned by the von Herrschafts. Contrary to Anja’s expectations, I perform at the Damen von Sappho club three or four times a month.

I am paid nothing during my six month period of indenture. Food and accommodation are provided, as is any medical attention I need. The Hausmeister allows me access to a Munich gymnasium on Friday and Saturday afternoons after he receives an offer from Luisa to escort me. In reality, I start spending a lot of my free time in Munich in Luisa’s company and our liaison becomes much more intimate. Through her I master the finer skills at lesbian sex, and she now allows me bring her to an orgasm. As time progresses, I’m drawn deeper into Luisa’s thrall, which I suspect is the reason for her initial offer to escort me to the gymnasium.

Apartment 34 becomes my home for half of each week, although I must remove all my possessions when I depart on Sunday. During the six months of my indenture, I’m given two replacement costumes when my initial costumes become too worn to satisfy the high standards expected at the clubs.

During the annual Oktoberfest I also perform at the Leder und Peitsche on Sunday night. Luisa is invariably in the audience when I perform at the club, but she never talks to me while I’m at work. Our conversations are restricted to her visit to the Schloss on Wednesdays and during the hours we spend together on Friday and Saturday afternoons.

My weekly routine changes as winter approaches. The public tours to the Schloss cease over winter and won’t restart until Easter. The university research team, including Luisa, only visit the Schloss in fine weather, and stop coming throughout December. Only my performances in Munich remain unchanged by the seasons. I practise new variations of my dances, and I become much more proficient dancing to my own accompaniment with my finger cymbals.

My duties at the Schloss are much more mundane, and generally confined to dusting and cleaning. I don’t mind the physical work as it done in the warmth of the Schloss. The Sklavenschlafsaal has a single wood burner for heating which does little more than prevent us from freezing. It at least stops the water in the tank and pipes from freezing solid. The only other concessions we receive for the cold winter weather is an extra blanket for our bed, and a cardigan to go with our Schloss uniform.

By now I’m considerably fitter and hardier than before, thanks to my time at the academy and Schloss. My indenture ends on the 10 January. In some respects I’m sad to leave the many friends I’ve made among the Vertragsmädchen. However, my regular stays in Munich, and the shorter period of my indenture mean that I’ve always been an outsider to most of the Vertragsmädchen, the majority of whom are indentured for at least five more years.

“Have you considered what you will do now?” asks the Hausmeister as he removes the Schloss bracelet from my wrist.

“Luisa has invited me to stay with her for the time being. I’ve received offers of contracts to perform regularly at the Leder und Peitsche and the Damen von Sappho clubs.”

“Good,” replies the Hausmeister. “Here are your discharge papers from your indenture. You will see that your earnings from your time here have been deposited into your bank account. On the Schlossherrin’s instructions, you’ve received a five thousand Euro bonus as well. She and I have been very pleased with your work here.”

I’m staggered by this news. I had no idea that I was being paid during my time here, although I suddenly recall something Bea once said about Sophia’s earnings being deposited into a trust fund while she worked here. My phone is returned to me but I will need to find a suitable WiFi network to allow all the software updates to catch up before I can use my phone properly. In some respects I’m having a harder time readjusting to the real world than I did submitting to the life of a Vertragsmädchen.

“Thank you, Hausmeister. I have learned a lot while I’ve been at the academy in Lyon, and here at the Schloss.”

“That’s what the von Herrschaft Foundation aims to achieve. The Foundation will also have profited from its liaison with you, so don’t think of the Foundation as entirely benevolent and selfless. Now, if you will gather your things, I’ll have Sheila drive you to wherever you need to go.”