!Trigger Warning!

The scenes described in this chapter might make a few feel uncomfortable. Read at your own caution.

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Fearful, the other maids quickly took the unconscious one lying beneath me out of my room, and I quickly changed into pajamas as I snuggled into the soft bed.

…

Clink… Clink… Clink…

When I opened my eyes, I was in a stone brick room, similar to a dungeon you'd see in fantasy movies.

I went to go rub my stale eyes, but a cold restriction held back my arms, causing my strangely aching shoulder to hurt even more.

"What the hell," I muttered, and when I went to open my status, nothing appeared, not even a system error.

My feet tried to move, but they were quickly stopped as they were restricted by metal chains that wrapped around my ankles, slightly pinching my skin.

When I tried to tug as hard as I could, not a crack or budge was made in the chains or the wall that the chains were hammered into.

"Oh, man… You're finally awake,"

A cold voice called out to me from the opposite side of the dungeon, where a large and heavy metal door swung wide open, clanging against the hard stone bricks.

"Why am I here?" I asked, and a chilly breeze brought me even more to my senses, causing me to realize that I was almost completely naked.

I was in a flimsy and tattered brown dress, something like a prisoner would wear.

"Why are you here? Well… maybe because you fucked with my maids and you didn't come to my party as I had ordered," The Empress said as she walked right up to me and pushed me onto my knees, causing my shoulders to strain against their restraints.

As I grunted in pain, the Empress just smiled sadistically before lightly slapping my face, her nails also slightly grazing my cheeks.

"A good kitty needs to be tamed, right?" She muttered before moving her hands behind my ears and scratching them, expecting some type of pleasured reaction.

"Fine, I won't act up anymore. Just try to get some maids that won't be provoking me each and every second that they attend to me," I muttered, but the Empress, of course, had different plans.

"Nope… You won't be getting out of a punishment that easily," She muttered before touching my cheek again and then spreading a thin sheet of ice that stung my skin.

It was painful but not so bad that I couldn't resist it… though, when she kicked me in the stomach, it hurt like shit.

"*gasp*... *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough*... You motherfu-"

BAM

She kicked me in the stomach again but much harder this time, and I could already feel my ribs just pushing past their limit.

"Look… I'm sorry… I won't do that again," I muttered through gritted teeth, but the Empress' cold and merciless gaze continued to crawl against my skin.

"Lucy, Lucy, Lucy… You have something very special to me, and if I manage to acquire it, I'll be omnipotent within this plane. I might even be able to challenge some of the big guns in this damn tower-like universe… Those gods are some real bastards, and if you just give me that crown, I'll be able to take them down. In fact, I might even make you my second in command. My personal maid or my personal toy… It would be an honor,"

"Even if I did want to give it to you, I don't even know how so go fuck yourself-"

BAM

"Urk… *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough*,"

"It pains me to see such a beauty going through so much pain. I might've taken you as a concubine if it wasn't for that crude attitude of yours… *sigh* truly such a shame," She muttered before kicking me in the stomach and then dragging her foot up to my throat where she pressed me against the wall.

It felt as if my shoulders were about to snap out of place, but she held me at such a perfect angle that it induced as much pain as possible but didn't completely break it.

She then lifted her foot off of my throat and backed away before revealing her right hand, which held a single panel on it.

[Would you like to sign the contract?]

"I see… so you can't take the skill without my permission… kekekeke… Go fuck yourself," I said while throwing up both middle fingers.

The tension on my shoulder had been eased as she backed away, but now she came right back and crouched down to my level.

Her finger rubbed my soft lips, and as she pinched through the skin on my arm with her spare hand, I let out a short scream.

She had coated her nails in ice, so when they penetrated the skin, the ice spread underneath and inflicted a nipping cold on my very flesh itself.

"Babe, just sign the contract, and I'll give you anything you want. Don't you want to touch this sleek and soft body? Have me stroke your hair while you lay on my stomach without a care in the world?" She suggested as she stepped back and accentuated her curves with seductive poses.

But, my mind was in too much of a flurry to fall for anything, so her seduction tactics really didn't do much.

"Well… I guess I'll just come back tomorrow,"

…

This type of torture continued on for weeks on end, and she barely fed me enough food, causing my mind to definitely dwindle.

If I didn't escape now, she was most likely going to be able to overrule my own mind, and I'll fall too far deep into her manipulation.

I wasn't about to end up as a puppet, just like with that bitch Tiana… I can't believe I ended up turning into her daughter.

I already had a desperate plan to escape which was to try and trap the Empress by biting down on her and forcing her to release the chains… but I didn't even get to use it as she entered the prison with a warm smile.

"Alright, babe, it seems you don't want to give it up, right?" She asked, and suddenly, the chains binding my limbs were undone.

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