Chapter 5

When I got home I entered the house to find it quiet. I looked outside to find everyone by the pool just lazing around happily. Jewel had taken my hint and all the girls had found bathing suits that fit their style. Then my eye was caught by the two Dragon newts. Their suits matched their hair and they looked stunning. Their thin tails were across their laps and they looked really happy. I thought they were pretty when I bought them, but right now they looked gorgeous.

Then I felt a tugging on my pant leg and when I looked down the new cat girl that had been taking care of the baby when I found them. “Master, the child is with Jewel. Do you have anything for me to do?” Her head was down and she was very obedient. Too bad that rubbed me the wrong way. “Yes I do as a matter of fact, follow me.” She quickly stood up and followed me to the couch. I sat and she knelt. “First thing I will order you to do is sit next to me.” She cautiously sat on the couch. “Now tell me did the others tell you how things work here?”

She nodded and sighed. “They said many things, but I worry that they may have been telling me things that would make my master angry.” I reached out and lifted her chin so I could see her pretty green eyes. “They told you the truth. In this place, in our home, you are as free as you want to be.” She shook her head and looked away. “No, I am your slave.” She touched the mark on her chest and sighed. I reached out touched the slave mark, and it faded away. “Ok, now what is your excuse?”

She gasped and looked at her bare skin. Then she slid off the couch and began taking deep breaths. “Master what have you done?” I held up my hands and shook my head. “Hey, just call me Samael, you have no master now.” Her face collapsed and she clutched at my leg. “No, please give it back. Please keep me as your slave.” She began to sob. “I need master.” I sat on the floor and pulled the crying teen girl into my lap. “Please give it back, give me back your mark.”

I put my hand on her chest and when it was done she sighed and collapsed against me. “Sweet girl, what did it feel like not to have a mark?” She sobbed. “I felt so alone, and empty. Without your mark I am nothing and no one.” I stroked her hair. “You didn’t have a mark when I found you.” She nodded. “I was nothing to anyone. No one wanted me, and you only bought me to care for the baby.” I lifted her chin to look into her now red eyes. “I wanted you to be free. I wanted you to be able to be the young woman you want to be.”

“I want to be masters. This mark feels good, it feels warm and comforting to me. It shows me that you wanted me.” I nodded. “If I told you I wanted you to stay with me forever, but you wouldn’t have the mark, would you stay with me?” Her hands covered her mark. “Please don’t take that from me. Please let me belong to you.” I sighed and realized she was a true submissive. Not only was she born into slavery, her heart embraced being a slave.

I stroked her strawberry blonde hair and sighed. Some would call her a tabby but... “Did you have a name?” she shook her head. “Then from now on your name is Tabby.” She looked at me with hope filled eyes. “If this is what you want then from now on you are my girl Tabby and I own you.” She smiled at me and I could actually feel a warm glow in my heart. Through her mark she told me this was what she wanted.

I got up, sat on the couch, and she wrapped her arms around my leg and laid her head in my lap. I started stroking her hair out of habit and she let out a happy little hum. Then it hit me, for the first time it really hit me. This girl wasn’t my slave she wanted to be my pet. WTF!

Jewel walked in with a very happy and content look on her face. She saw what I was doing and her smile grew. “It’s good that you finally got here, all the new family members have been waiting to be with you.” She sat on my other side and watched as I was petting Tabby. “I see you’ve really taken to her.” I nodded. “Well Tabby is a special girl isn’t she.” Jewel nodded. “While you were gone she couldn’t stop stroking her slave mark. I’ve seen a few women that feel it is a blessing rather than a curse.”

Tabby looked up at her looking miffed. “Any other master’s mark would be a curse. My master is the best and his mark makes me feel warm all over.” Then she put her head back where it was and I couldn’t help but pet her. Jewel leaned down and whispered in her ear and Tabby started squirming and her tail was lashing. I looked at Jewel and she winked at me and wiggled her tongue at me. Oh, the poor girl was now having dirty thoughts while I was petting her.

“How’s our baby doing?” Well that caused Jewel to melt instantly. “Our child is happy and healthy. The hardest part is working out who gets to take care of her and when.” I nodded. “So the formula is working out good? Her poops are healthy?” Jewel looked at me and sighed. “You are such a good father. Most humans don’t care about children, even their own, like you do.” I just shook my head wondering how that could be. “But yes our baby is fine and healthy. Those diapers you bought us are helping, though something tells me that Cali thought she would be washing them herself.” I rolled my eyes and could only smile at how dedicated those three were with their duties around the house.

I talked to her about what I had been doing, though I left out the discussion about our development. Our life was full enough as it was, our plans were ever changing, so thinking too far into the future wasn’t going to be productive. “Master I was looking for a means so we can contact you when we are separated.” I looked at the phone and she nodded. “But how do we contact you when we need to come back, or if the dwarves need to contact you?” I nodded and realized she had a good idea there.

I was about to bring up the plane menu when she told me that she had found something called a communication gem. “They are expensive, but I think they would be worth the money. There is a master crystal, and then you can add new crystals as you need them.” I patted Tabby on the shoulder and she seemed half awake from the petting. I headed to the computer and she pointed to the favorited items.

The list that came up was crushing in its size. Jewel blushed and told me “it’s at the bottom.” And I nodded as I slowly scrolled on and on. Most of the items saved were better manufactured items from this world, but some of the fashions were from earth. Then there was the food and the sweets I saw ran the entire gambit of flavors and styles. Then I finally came to what she was talking about.

There were communication units that were for surface work, long distance work, dungeon work and finally interplane contact. The crystals could be mounted in any kind of jewelry imaginable and work perfectly. It was like buying a cell phone for a dungeon world. That gave me an idea. I clicked for this world only and looked for smartphones.

I quickly learned that the crystals were basically walkie talkies for kids, and priced the same. When looking at smartphones it was a whole different category. I looked them over, the apps that were built in, and which were compatible with the cheaper crystals. I looked at the total I had and went to the vault. I knew that getting the ladies equipped for life in the plane was going to be expensive but this would hammer the deposit I had.

We hadn’t been in the dungeon in a while and for a moment I thought about using the magic stone I had, but I knew that as a bad idea. I grabbed a box from the stack we kept in the kitchen and began filling it with all the useless junk we had collected in the dungeons. I got a little over zealous and had a box that was overflowing. I lugged the whole thing out of the vault and set it on the floor by the computer. I took the scanner, placed it under the edge of the box, and hit exchange. The box disappeared and I was blown away by the value of that cheap shit.

I looked at the list and amazingly found that what we tossed in the ring without a thought were actually desired items by the site. Then again if this happened to empty into the dungeon reward system I can see the need for gotcha prizes. I then went over and bought the phones without a thought. Now I had only bought crystals for the girls, but I bought phones for Jewel, me, and Kim.

I had talked to Jewel about what to get the ladies and she decided on a stylish black choker. “Don’t those look like fancy slave collars?” She nodded. “We would need one in many places anyway, so being given one by master that allows us to contact him would be perfect.” We went to the delivery closet and called everyone in as Tabby went to get the baby.

With everyone assembled Jewel took the fore. “Master wants us to always be safe and able to contact him when needed.” The girls all looked at me with soft faces. “He gave up many treasures from his vault so he could buy these gifts for all of you.” She looked at me as if for permission and then opened the box. She started handing out the chockers and all the girls looked at them with mixed feelings. “Now these look like slave collars. Master didn’t like that but as you know most cities require slaves to wear collars.” They nodded.

“The clasps are spelled so only you and master can take them off. They are a fabric that can’t be cut, but will also not cut into your skin.” They started giving them a tug and found them able to stretch and roll. “The small stone set in them will call our master and he will then respond. They will allow him to track you in case you get hurt, lost, or stolen. Even if he is here and you are in the dungeon he will be able to talk to us, and come get us.”

Now I noticed the girls weren’t checking them out as collars as much as stroking them lovingly as precious gifts. “For those of you who are new, now you can see that our master loves his family. As soon as he learned this was possible, he didn’t hold back for an instant. When he saw the amount of gold it would cost to get these, he did not hold back. He loves us all that much.” Ok she was going overboard in the way she said it, but not in the meaning.

Silver Mane stood up, came over to me and knelt “Please master, protect me forever.” I put it on her and sealed the clasp. She stood up and I cupper her cheek. “I love you and I want to have you with me forever.” This turned into a kind of ceremony as I put on their crystals. Even when it came time for Talia and Kara I said the same thing, and when the dragon girls and new cat girls came up I didn’t hold back, and neither did they.

Once that was done I was asked to spend some time with the dragon girls first. They took my hands and guided me to the Master bedroom and after being put in the middle the adults went to my two sides and the young one sat in my lap. Out of instinct I wrapped my arms around the girl and cuddled her. “So we haven’t had time to really talk except for this little bundle of love. How do you like it here?”

The older dragon sighed. “Master it’s like nothing I could ever imagine. Even when I prayed that my daughter would be taken to a good home, I never thought I would go with her to such a heavenly place like this.” The little one looked up at me. “I thought we had died and that if we were good them we would stay here.” The middle one to my side nodded. “I felt the same way.” I couldn’t help chuckling at this. “While you didn’t die, this is about as close to heaven as you get in this world.”

The younger one nodded. “Master, Jewel said that we were bought to become dungeon divers.” I nodded. “For the most part that’s true.” I looked her in the eyes. “I saw you and thought you would make a good partner for us in the dungeon. With training I think you will be formidable, but that doesn’t have to be all you do.” I turned my head and smiled at the little ones mother. “The two of you I bought because I wanted you in my family. As this plane gets bigger, and it will, we will start to have farm land with animals.”

“Will you have a lake with fishes?” the little one asked and I nodded. “We sure will.” She bounced a little. “Where we used to live we would swim in the swamp and lakes catching fish. Fish are yummy.” Damn if this little girl didn’t make me feel good all over. “Master, I can fight in the dungeon too. I have training with the spear like all dragon newts.” I shook my head. “If you were to get hurt in the dungeon I would never be able to look little Cherry in the eyes again.”

The little girl looked up at me. “Is that going to be my name?” I nodded without understanding why I named her that. “Master what is a cherry?” I sighed. “A cherry is a fruit that grows from a very large tree. They are bright red, and are very sweet. I’ll see about getting you some.” She looked at me with a sweet smile. “Do you like to eat cherries?” I made it look like I was thinking, then I started nibbling her neck. “I love eating my little cherry.” She screamed in shock and then giggled as I tickled her.

“Master really does love children doesn’t he?” The mother asked. “Penny I never thought I would, but now I do. Jewel asked if we could have children together and I told her that we would. I was thinking at the time it would be between the two of us, but now I’m not so sure that will be all. If I get the chance I want to save any children I can from the horrors of slavery.” Penny took my hand and began kissing it. “Master if you every want me to bear your children I will be glad to.”

“That is a decision for a future version of me to decide. Right now I have to focus on expanding what we are doing here and now. That means building up a force that can dive into the dungeons and sweep them clean of any resources. From those resources we can expand this plane, save more women, and work towards our biggest goal of settling in the dwarven nation.” Then the single newt asked. “Master, why worry about going to the dwarven lands? We have so much here already?”

“That’s because here I am keeping it just family Rose. I am hoping to found a town one day where all races can be free.” With that they laid their heads on me. “That is a wonderful dream to work for Master.” The two adults said. Cherry turned and shrugged. “I want to stay master’s slave forever. I can feel master’s heart beat in my mark and it beats with mine. I never want to give up that feeling.” The two adults put their hand over their marks and nodded.

After a bit I kissed all three of them on the head and said I had more to do, so they all got up. Then the two adults suddenly stopped. “Master, you named us?” I nodded. I was suddenly back on the bed with kisses raining down on my face. “Thank you master I love my name.” they both said in girlish glee. After I returned their kisses a few times we finally got up and I went to the living room. The newts ran outside to tell everyone they had been named and they did it with pride.

Jewel then gathered her three friends and headed towards the house. We all went to the bedroom only this time Jewel took my lap as if it was a throne and the three new cat girls were seated in front of me. “My husband I would like to introduce my three sisters.” Watching their tails was fascinating. I could tell they were nervous as hell. I wrapped my arms around Jewel and rested my chin on her shoulder. “It’s nice to meet the three of you, and welcome to our family.” The three tails stopped moving and then the girls all started crying.

“Jewel what’s happening?” I asked quietly and she rubbed her head into me. “Master, we were separated when I was taken. The three were a rare case of triplets and figured that they would be separated for life. Knowing that we will always be together is beyond our wildest dreams.” The girls were nodding and silently crying. “Little loves, get over here so I can hug you.” They all slowly moved over and Jewel even shifted so one could sit in my lap. “Sisters feel him, smell him, and imprint him on your souls. This is our master, our man, and owner now and forever.” Suddenly they all began sniffing me and licking my neck. This turned into kisses and all kinds of stroking.

‘Ladies, I really love what you are doing but there are other things we need to talk about and do.” There was a snap and all three of them reluctantly pulled back so I could sit up. All three sets of ears were drooping. I lifted one head and looked in her eyes. Her grey hair and green eyes touched me. “How do you like the name Ivy?” She sat a little taller and nodded. I went to the next who was already looking at me hopeful. Her tail was swishing around and I sighed. “Do you like the name Kit?” She tilted her head and then nodded. The last seemed for some reason to be the most distinguished of the three. “You feel like a Lucy.” She smiled at me and bowed her head.

We talked and all three couldn’t wait to dive. They had all been trained just like Jewel but lacked real experience. I asked if she wanted to train them up or Kim. She looked at them and nodded. “Yes, I think Kim will do a good job and not let them walk all over her like I would. They all know I will let them get away just about anything.” They all gave her a pouty face. “Girls I love all three of you as my family. You will need to work hard to catch up to your sister though. We will let Freming get you equipped. We may even give you far better armor than your sister started out with.”

After that was done I shooed them out and told Jewel that I was going to go see the dwarves and give them their crystals. I had them mounted into rings that they could wear. She kissed me and smiled at me softly. “You are a wonderful man. The day your father came in and bought me I worried what kind of life I would have. Would it be better or worse than the farm. Now I am married to the man I love with all of my heart, I live in heaven, and I have a child you saved. This is so far beyond my wildest dreams.” I kissed her softly and then she pulled back.

I opened a gate, waved my flag for a bit, and with no response I stepped though to see the forge in Felton was really busy. There was a crowd outside and Freming was talking and looking at all kinds of things. I walked up and he quickly turned to me. “Samael, thank goodness you arrived. Ever since you took down that salamander people want me to fix their stuff, or buy stuff so they can say it came from the heroes shop.” I raised my hands and people cheered. “Everyone, my friend Freming closed his shop in the city and moved here at my behest. Please do not do things that make him wonder if he should move back.” People stopped and bowed to me and Freming. “He wants to live here because of what good people you are. Humans that treat the other races as people, people who are open and good. This is why I live here, and why my friend moved here. Please don’t let something like this change you.”

A human stopped straight ahead and smiled at me. “Thank you hero, for reminding us of who we are.” He bowed and then so did everyone else. The crowd then thinned out but with people saying they will come back at a more convenient time. “You picked a perfect time to visit my young friend. So other than saving me, what brings you to out of your little paradise?” I handed him a ring and he looked at it for a moment. “I’ve never seen the like before. What is this combination of spells on this stone?” I asked him to slip it on. “This is a communication stone. It will reach me when you need me, or when someone like the guild needs to talk.” He looked at it closely and nodded. “I will put this on a chain and wear it that way.” He looked at me and smiled. “So are you off to talk to the old man?” I nodded and shooed me to the back. “Well get going so I can get to work.”

I opened my gate and there was a tap on the flag. I stepped through to find Grendel sitting in a bare and cold forge. “About damn time you came. Too busy with your little girls?” I just stared at him. We sat there like that and then he sighed. “Sorry, I got a little emotional shutting my forge down. I’ve been here for almost two centuries and because I didn’t get the wanderlust it’s been rather melancholic.” I patted him on the shoulder. “You could have stayed you know.” He laughed. “Are you kidding? After you tempted me with a forge like yours? The ability to forge things I only dreamed of making? This place was like a child’s forge in comparison. The things I can finally do with that forge are like when I started my first forge.”

I handed him the ring and he looked at it. “You get this from your magic box? The layers of spells are too much for any one person to create.” I nodded. “Yes, I made it for you to be able to reach me no matter where I am.” His eye opened wide. “Now that is useful and unbelievably rare.” I nodded. “I was thinking of giving one to your assistant. That way if someone here needs to get in touch with me they can do so through here.” He nodded and pulled a silver chain out for the ring.

We explained to the young dwarf what it was and how to use it. He acted quite honored to act as our contact and pledged to be careful in his possession and use. I opened the gate for Grendel and told him I would join him soon if things went ok. Then I headed to the slave market and met my friend who quickly took me to his tent. Once inside he pulled out a stone, tapped it, and I felt magic surround us. “Ok we can talk in the clear now. When I put out word of your desire I got back three offers that were actually below what I thought. It seems the authorities are breathing down their necks and they want to sell fast. Are you willing to meet them?” I nodded and we left to go to the transfer gate.

When we arrived at our destination I followed him along a crowded street. “Ok, I’ll pay him the asking price, you can pay me back later.” I nodded. We then stood at a large house with guards outside. “I’m here to talk to Liam.” The guard nodded and looked at something the dealer held out. The gates opened and we walked in to be met at the door by a well dressed man with a smile. “Master has been hoping to see you today sir, Please follow me.”

We were taken to a large office with two large guards standing behind a thin man who looked stressed. “Good, is this your buyer?” I nodded and he stood up while looking around. “Follow me.” He said and we went down a set of stairs to the basement. He unlocked a heavy door and pushed it with ease. “I regret ever buying these damn beasts. I was told they would bring good money but they have only brought me trouble. I swear this was a set up.”

Inside a cage were five people and my heart leapt into my throat. There were three young looking dwarven girls and two girls with slightly pointed ears and eyes that were filled with the misery of a thousand years in them. “There you go, six thousand each.” We looked in and then my slave buddy looked at me. “What’s with the elves?” I asked and the thin man rolled his eyes. “Same trouble. No one wants to touch them now that the shit has hit the fan. If you have somewhere to hide them they are yours for the same price.” I looked at my buddy and nodded. “Deal, get your mark maker.”

We stood there while gold was counted and the slave master came in and put my mark on each of them. Thankfully they didn’t react with the process other than gasping. “Well, how are you getting them out of here?” I pulled them close and opened a gate. “Well isn’t that handy.” He said and eyed me. The girls went through, then the dealer and last me. “It would do you well you forgot I was ever here.” He nodded “Never screw with anyone who can open a gate I always say.” I nodded and I stepped backwards for the gate to close.

We were standing in the forge and I looked at the women who just bowed their heads. “Well we will be going. I will bring the payment in a day or two if you don’t mind. If you need to contact me just talk to the man watching the store ok?” he nodded and then left. I looked at the women and smiled. “Don’t worry, first I am taking you to my home, and then when you’re ready I will do what I can to get you home.” I opened another gate and we were in front of the house.

“Ladies welcome to my home. My name is Samael and I am working to free female slaves of all races. Now how about we get you inside where my family can help you get cleaned up and some new clothes. If you’re hungry I am sure we can meet just about any craving you may have after so long in isolation.” The front door opened and Jewel came out looking quite regal.

“Welcome home master, it looks like you have brought home some new guests.” I nodded and had a thought. “Could you get someone to bring Grendel to the house?” She nodded and touched her neck and whispered. “He’s coming master.” We went in and all of them were stunned at what they were seeing. “Are you a noble?” one of the Elves asked. “No, just a very blessed person.”

When we got in Grendel came running in and stopped when he saw the dwarves. “Girls, you’re safe here.” The girls walked over with their heads bowed and he tapped each one with his fist. “Welcome to your new home.” He looked over at the Elves and bowed to them. “Welcome to your new home ladies. This is a place of peace, so please make it so in your hearts.” They both bowed to him.

“Jewel, I promised these nice ladies a shower and some good food. Think you and the girls could help them with that?” She smiled and then guided the women away. “Sam, if I didn’t already owe you more than I could ever pay you; I owe you big for saving those girls. They have a story, but don’t want to shame them before non-dwarves.” I nodded and we went to the computer. I pulled up a second chair and he looked at the screen in curiosity. “So this is your magic box.” I nodded. “Well it’s magic alright. Now what kind of things are special for elves to eat?” We began to go through the different foods for the two races of women and then I grabbed a couple fluffy robes for the dwarven girls.

“I was watching you and I think I have it all. Can I look around your com-pu-ter?” I nodded and went to get out the boxes. I looked around and called Talia over. “Here are some robes, could you take these to Jewel for our new guests?” She smiled and ran off with the large bundle. I started pulling things out and Cali came over to help. “Oh my, these are really special goodies. Are they for the elven ladies?” I nodded. “After the things they must have been through I figure something nice from home would be a good start for them to recover.”

Cali and I were just getting finished getting things set up when everyone came walking in. I also heard a big thump in the pantry and looked daggers at Grendel. “Sorry, I will pay you back I promise.” I rolled my eyes and the ladies giggled lightly. Then there were gasps of joy at the food that was laid out. I had nibbled a few things and was amazed at the parallel evolution of foods. The Elves looked longingly at the platter of assorted nuts and what tasted like Feta cheese. “Please help yourselves, and after you are done Jewel will take you over to the store to pick out some new clothing.” They all blushed as they held their robes closed.

I tried to lift the box out of the closet and when I couldn’t I glared at Grendel as he came over to lug it out. When he grunted I stopped him, ran to the store, and picked out a dolly. “Hey, close the door for a second.” He did and I tapped buy. Then I looked at the huge dent he caused to my account. I walked over to him and whispered. “Old man do you realize how much of my money you just spent?” and he at least looked sorry. I pulled out the dolly and when I showed it to him how it worked he smiled. Soon he was wheeling out the box but still grunting. I mean I knew he was tempted to order what he did, but mithril billets weren’t cheap damn it.

The girls all seemed quite entertained by the men’s display and had smiles on their faces, maybe it was worth the price after all. I kept my distance and let the girls talk without me looming. I went online and just looked around for no real reason. It seemed the situation was calming down on the dwarven issue already. There wasn’t any other breaking news and there wasn’t much else to see anywhere. Then I saw something called dungeon alerts and I took a look. There was a list of a location that was in danger of breaking loose. Well if that wasn’t just the best news I had seen lately. I pulled it up and then printed it out.

The girls were coming over carrying plates of food and I smiled and stood up. “Girls I hope you like your snacks. If there is anything you might want please feel free to ask.” As I began to move off Jewel touched my arm. “Master, these ladies asked what their status was here.” I tilted my head and looked at them. “Ladies, as soon as we can I will do my best to get you home if that is what you want.” Jewel shook her head. “No master, they want to know if they are your slaves.” I gave a big sigh. “Not if they don’t want to be. I’m sorry I didn’t make that clear earlier.” She held my arm and smiled at me. “For the moment they were hoping you would allow them to keep your mark.”

I sure didn’t see that coming. Was it because of my harem skill? “They can be free, or part of the family if they wish, just like everyone else.” That didn’t seem like the answer they wanted to hear. “Ladies, please understand that because of your race enslaving you is illegal. If you leave here my life would be forfeit.” Jewel Looked at me and she sighed. “Husband, just like with Kim and the others it could be changed into indentured servants.” I smiled and nodded. “I like that answer. Keeping them as slaves means keeping them trapped here, and that feels too much imprisoning them. You know how much that sickens me.”