"Yes, unfortunately, that’s the truth. I’m saying it here because I trust Dapper—and I know he wouldn’t use it against , right?" Ruth said with a wry smile.
"But I want to ask... if you divorce Dapper, will the condition still remain?" Belinda asked.
"Eh? Why would you ask that? There’s no way I’m divorcing my husband! That condition is vital, and I trust only Dapper. But yes—if we divorce, the condition will break. I would have to marry soone else imdiately. So again, no way I’m divorcing my husband, okay?!" Ruth said firmly.
"Okay, okay, haaa... don’t get so defensive. I was just curious," Belinda replied, raising her hands in surrender at Ruth’s intense response.
"Well, my system condition is a little strange... and honestly, I’m embarrassed to say it," Belinda added with an awkward smile.
"Eh, do you think it’s easy for to tell people I have to nut inside won every day just to stay alive?" Dapper chuckled.
"I bet mine’s even worse," Lena chid in.
"Sigh... well, my system condition is passive. It fulfills itself. Basically, I have to be a loser, be humiliated, or live in misery. Even if I try to avoid it, the system finds a way to ss up my life. That’s why I can’t run a business properly, sister. It’s also why I got involved with Thiago. Letting him humiliate was better than losing everything I owned—or worse, seeing you affected. But... I found a loophole. It’s depraved, sure, but it works far better than anything I’ve done before," Belinda confessed.
Everyone’s jaw dropped in surprise.
"So that’s why you couldn’t manage your business?! Now that I think about it, your new online business actually did well while you were with Thiago... but he was way too violent. Now that he’s out of the picture, what’s the loophole?" Ruth asked, still stunned.
"Well..." Belinda mumbled, her eyes darting toward Dapper, her face turning bright red.
"Why are you blushing? Wait... is Dapper the loophole?" Ruth asked, narrowing her eyes at her.
"Uhm... yes—sort of. I noticed that when he... does those humiliating sex roleplays with , it fulfills my system condition. I confird it yesterday... when he fucked on the window sill with my tits hanging out, and I moaned so loudly through the open window. The sha, the humiliation—it worked," Belinda admitted, her face burning red.
Ruth’s face twisted from confusion to shock, then turned completely red. She grabbed two pillows and threw them at both Belinda and Dapper.
"You two perverts!! Doing weird crap behind my back, huh?!" Ruth shouted—not out of anger, but pure secondhand embarrassnt. Lena, anwhile, giggled mischievously.
"No wonder a worker ca to gossip about you two. They must’ve seen sothing," Ruth added.
"What?! Who told you that?!" Dapper and Belinda asked in sync.
"As if I’d tell you, hmph," Ruth huffed. "But... you don’t have sex with like that. Why is it different with Belinda?" she asked, jealousy written all over her face.
Dapper sighed. "Honestly... the reason I did humiliating stuff with Belinda was to get back at her for stepping on my balls. I just wanted revenge—but who knew it was actually helping her the whole ti," he said, running his hand through his hair.
"What?! You were getting revenge?! I thought you forgave for that!" Belinda said, staring at him in disbelief.
"I did forgive you! But do you have any idea how it feels to get your balls stomped on?! I wish you had balls too, so I could return the favor!" Dapper snapped back, speaking so fast it was comical.
"Fufu~ okay, okay, enough. You two are seriously sothing else," Ruth giggled. "I can’t believe that was your way of getting revenge."
"Don’t laugh at !" Dapper growled through clenched teeth.
Once the laughter died down, all eyes turned toward Lena. She swallowed hard, realizing it was her turn.
"Uhm... my system condition is probably the worst of all. And... I have sothing to confess. I’m actually an aristocrat," Lena said with a long sigh.
"WHAT?!"
"Yes. My full na is Lena Stillow. And Mr. Roy, the one who brought here—he’s actually my father’s friend. I’m sorry I didn’t tell you earlier. But Master, didn’t you find it odd when I told you Mr. Roy never touched and instead handed over to you?"
"Ah... yeah. I found it strange but didn’t think too deeply about it," Dapper replied honestly.
"Well, when I awakened my system, it turned out to be a solid magic-related system. But when I saw the condition... I was crushed. My system requires to be soone’s slave. Not just figuratively—literally. A contractual slave. And I can’t be bound to a family mber. Mr. Roy agreed to help out and made the contract with temporarily so my condition wouldn’t harm . I still had my free will, as long as I didn’t stray too far from him. But things got worse when another condition appeared..." Lena trailed off, her cheeks turning a deep shade of red.
"The new condition was that I must regularly be punished by my master for being a bad girl. It also required to fulfill every standard of a slave-maid by passing the official slave test. That’s why I went to a slave camp and trained as a proper slave," Lena revealed.
"..."
"..."
"This is actually bad..." Ruth muttered, while Dapper and Belinda remained speechless.
"After I passed the slave evaluation, Mr. Roy said he couldn’t help fulfill the second condition—specifically, the punishnt part. But he said he knew soone who could. That’s why he brought here," Lena added.
"Wait... so Uncle Roy brought you here just so my husband could fulfill that perverted condition? Did he think my husband’s a sadist or sothing?" Ruth asked, narrowing her eyes.
"So that’s why he said sothing about ’punishing her’ when he handed her over to . And now that I think about it, Lena’s always asking to punish her for even the smallest things. I thought she was just being weird. But... what happens if you’re not punished when you make a mistake?" Dapper asked, turning to Lena.
"Well... my Mana pool starts depleting. If it continues, I’ll eventually run out of Mana and die," Lena answered calmly.
"That’s serious. Why didn’t you tell about this earlier?" Dapper asked.
"Because I still had so Mana pool left. Although it’s running low now, I figured I’d eventually make a mistake big enough to warrant punishnt before I ran out," Lena replied.
"That’s insane... Since you’re an aristocrat and have a magic-based system, do you plan to join the military?" Ruth asked suddenly.
"No, I can’t—even if I wanted to. My fate is sealed. I’m a combat maid now, and my growth is completely tied to my master," Lena answered solemnly.
"..."
"You seriously have the worst system condition I’ve heard of. I’m really sorry about that. From now on, I’ll treat you like a little sister," Belinda said with a warm smile, patting Lena’s head.
"Don’t do that! Do you want my crazy system to add another condition?! Stupid!" Lena shouted, her mouth moving rapidly in cartoonish panic as she struggled to break free, while Ruth giggled at the scene.
"Well then, Lena," Dapper said, grinning wickedly. "Since you didn’t tell about your system’s condition as your master... I’m going to have to punish you. Follow !"
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[A/N]: This marks the end of Volu One. We’ll be entering a new arc in the next Chapter. Belinda’s wedding with Dapper will be written as a side story later on, so don’t worry—it’s still canon.
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