51 Chapter 50 (2/2)

He started jumping around the cage, screaming loudly while I slammed the door in his face. I finally pulled on my dress, grabbed the buckets I had accumulated, and worked my way up the ladder. Bringing six buckets full of liquid up six flights of stairs was almost as exhausting as the sex, and so I collapsed as soon as I entered the room.

”Yo-you didn't have to collect all of this in one day!” He exclaimed. ”I sent you down there yesterday! I thought you had gone home last night!”

”They're… all seduced… and-”

”Girl, stop talking, here, drink this potion. Health and stamina. Worth a lot of money, you know?”

I tried to push it away, but he shoved it down my throat. This potion certainly did have a kick. Immediately, my stamina peaked. The wounds immediately started healing and my body seemed to immediately recover. My sore asshole started to become more comfortable, and the scratches started to go away. Of course, I still smelled like a literal zoo, but from the moment before, I felt leagues better.

As my mind started working better, my mind immediately went back to my stats.

So, I had leveled. Now I'm a level 17, but I wasn't able to pick my skill. Instead, I automatically got one picked for me. It said due to my failure to select a skill. However, this wasn't the first time I had passed out. The first day I was here when I made level 2, I woke up sometime later. However, I didn't know how long I was out. It could have been only a few hours. So, the level up screen has a time limit. It could be anywhere from an hour or more. Usually, that won't be a problem, but it seemed like I had been unconscious for too long.

I didn't even get to see the options. They could have been great, they could have been useless. However, right now I was stuck with this skill called Possession. But I didn't read the explanation. So, what is possession anyway?

{Possession (Active) – Perform ritual during sex. Upon completion of the ritual, assume complete ownership of target. Their life is in castor's hands. Target must give knowing consent to ritual.}

Basically, it's a slave contract? Except, it's a little weaker because the ritual required us to have sex and for the ownership to be consensual. The word that caught me off guard is life. If owning someone's life means I literally have control over their death, did that mean that this ritual could overwrite a death curse? Then… that means… Jenai! I can perform this ritual and remove Jenai's death curse.

This is the first time I've received a skill that genuinely made me see the light at the end of the tunnel. I now could death curse Denova the next time he touched me and save Jenai the next time I get with her. I was starting to see a way to escape from this. All I needed now was a way to remove my own death curse, then I'd finally be free of Denova's clutches. I supposed I couldn't possess myself with masturbation, huh? That was probably not possible.

”Aria?” A voice came from down below.

There were steps coming up the stairs, and Reinhart gave me a worried look before moving to the door just as it opened up.

”Excuse me, there is no one here by that name.” Reinhart said sternly, ”You'll need to, Gah!”

Reinhart collapsed to the floor, holding his throat. However, before I could panic, a familiar face came running into the room.

”Vessë!” Min shouted as she came down next to me.

Reinhart struggled to his feet, holding his throat and coughing. ”Why, you…”

Min shot him an angry look and started reaching behind her back. Before this could go further, I grabbed her arm and pulled.

”No, Min, he's fine… this is Reinhart!”

”Stole love, ravaged, must kill,” Min growled.

”So, this is the elvish slave I've been hearing about.” Reinhart rubbed his throat, putting on a bemused look. ”Your… love did that to herself. I was trying to help…”

At that last line, she looked down at me. I gave her a reassuring nod and a smile, but suddenly her look turned even darker.

”Ow! Why are you pinching me?”

”Aria, cheating, punishment.”

”What?” I protested as she really twisted her fingers on my ear.

”Take to room, punish.” She said, standing up and dragging me with her.

”Yes.” Reinhart nodded. ”She should rest. And next time, she must be properly watched. I don't think she can be trusted with her own safety.”

”Hey! What does that mean?” I snapped but was already being pulled out the door by the ear like a child. ”Wait, what about the specimens?”

”Oh, don't worry, I have an enchanted cold box, I'll seal them in some sterile vials and refrigerate them. They should last until you come back.” Reinhart waved as I went out the door.

”Wait, no, you traitor! Demon!”

I heard some chuckling as I was dragged down the stairs by my own slave and brought to my room for punishment.