Chapter 6: What does it mean to sign a contract with a beautiful girl?

“Is that so…”

Flora gave an awkward smile and turned her head away.

“Thank you for your grace, Your Highness Lu Wei.”

Although she had agreed to become Her Highness’s maid, calling her “Master” was still too much…

Yet even after a long while, that piercing gaze never moved away.

“Aren’t you going to say it?”

Lu Wei’s faint voice came from beside her.

Hearing this, Flora’s expression stiffened. She lowered her head uncomfortably, her voice as quiet as a mosquito’s buzz.

“Ma… Master…”

“Did you not eat? Louder.”

Lu Wei frowned.

“Or does calling me Master make you feel ashamed?”

“No—”

Flora quickly shook her head.

“Being able to become Your Highness’s maid… I am very honored.”

“Then say it louder.”

Before Flora could react, a cool little hand had already stroked her cheek,

forcing her to raise her head.

Their eyes met those deep blue pupils. Flora felt her breathing become somewhat disordered.

She closed her eyes, but her slightly trembling eyelashes clearly betrayed the nervousness in her heart…

“Master!”

She shouted loudly.

Yet the word seemed to carry some kind of magic. Flora felt an inexplicable sense of humiliation rising from the bottom of her heart.

This faint humiliation… seemed to turn into a mischievous electric current, traveling along her spine, spreading throughout her body, even making the top of her head feel numb and tingly.

Her limbs seemed to turn soft and weak, and her cheeks burned fiercely…

To outsiders, her face must have already turned red all the way to the tips of her ears.

“Is… is that enough?”

Flora secretly opened one eye, only to find that strange smile had appeared on Lu Wei’s face again.

Her Highness Lu Wei was smiling…

Was it because… her own expression looked ridiculous?

Right now, Flora only wanted to find a corner to hide in…

Recalling everything that had happened today, she suddenly felt like crying. Even being bullied by Her Highness Lu Wei had not made her feel this uncomfortable.

She had originally been the Duke’s adopted daughter, Lu Wei’s nominal sister.

But now…

She had been forced to become Her Highness’s lover and personal maid.

This feeling was very strange, even more agonizing than being beaten or scolded…

Different from her usual fierceness, Her Highness was humiliating her in a completely different way.

……

Lu Wei released her hand. The pitiful little maid breathed a sigh of relief and buried her flushed face.

…Her favorability probably dropped again, right?

But Lu Wei didn’t care at all.

Since when did any entrepreneur need their employees’ favorability?

In the workplace, obedience was everything.

Lu Wei pondered in her heart.

Raising obedience was definitely the safest option.

This kind of behavior perfectly matched the plot requirement of “bullying” Flora.

Moreover, if during this month she could raise Flora’s obedience high enough…

When Flora really turned into an angel and came looking for her, perhaps she could order her not to take revenge?

Thinking of this, a faint smile appeared on Lu Wei’s face.

It just happened to meet Flora’s gaze…

Hey, are you seriously stepping back several steps?

“…”

“Your Highness Lu Wei…”

The slave merchant led the two frost wolf girls forward with chains and brought them before Lu Wei.

After treatment, their complexions had improved slightly, but they still walked with difficulty.

“There is one final step to imprinting the slave mark—using your blood to bestow names upon them.”

“From now on, their lives will forever be under your control…”

With that, the slave merchant took out a thin silver needle.

What? I still have to bleed?

Lu Wei hesitated for a moment, but the next second,

【Third-party labor contract detected】

【Do you wish to sign on their behalf? (Yes/No)】

A pop-up window flashed before Lu Wei’s eyes.

After reading the content clearly, the corner of her eye twitched involuntarily.

Labor contract…?

She remembered this term seemed to be a scrapped draft from the game.

For better marketing, the production team had changed the word “contract” to “covenant.”

Otherwise, the game’s advertisement should have been—

【《Heartbeat Trajectory: Bonds》: Sign contracts with beautiful girls and write your one-of-a-kind story!】

Pulling her thoughts back, Lu Wei focused her mind on the “Yes” option.

Immediately afterward, the slave marks on the two girls’ necks began to glow slowly.

Under the slave merchant’s astonished gaze, expressions of pain appeared on their faces.

One of them couldn’t help but bare her sharp teeth at Lu Wei and protectively pulled her younger sister behind her.

But Lu Wei didn’t pay much attention.

“From today onward, you shall be called Frostbite.”

Lu Wei pointed at the frost wolf girl who was panting.

“And you will be called Frostna.”

As her words fell, the light of the slave marks gradually dimmed, then faded away on their own, revealing smooth, clean skin.

“Clap, clap, clap.”

Suddenly, a round of applause rang out.

“Completing the slave mark directly with magic power…”

“Your Highness Lu Wei is truly hiding her depth. To achieve such accomplishments at such a young age…”

Lu Wei turned her head and met the slave merchant’s extremely surprised gaze.

The latter swayed her plump hips and moved closer.

“May I ask, are you perhaps some incredibly powerful grand magus?”

“Please don’t worry, Your Highness… We keep our customers’ information absolutely confidential.”

She lowered her voice and spoke mysteriously,

“If you are truly powerful, we can provide you with even more exciting goods!”

Her gaze swept over the two frost wolf girls and even took a glance at Flora…

“These little ones probably can’t withstand much rough play, right?” The slave merchant revealed that suggestive smile again. “But if the other party is from a magical race, you can unlock many more novel ways to play~”

Hearing the slave merchant’s words, Lu Wei bit her fingernail and actually began thinking seriously.

She naturally understood what the other party meant.

Slave contracts could only take effect on ordinary people or creatures with low mana levels.

Therefore, humans and beastmen were the most suitable races for slavery.

But if the contractor possessed powerful mana, they could break this limitation and even enslave legendary races like elves and dragons!

“It’s just some minor tricks…”

“I am not some grand magus. My mana level is not even as high as my maid’s.”

Lu Wei said indifferently,

“But I am very interested in the magical races you mentioned.”

“If you have such good stuff, remember to contact me.”

“I have my own ways to sign contracts with them…”

“…”

The method Lu Wei spoke of was actually the “labor contract” function on the game panel.

In the game 《Bonds》, although players played as a stallion male protagonist, it didn’t mean they had to fall in love with every beautiful girl who had blue talent or higher.

Confirming a romantic relationship and slowly攻略 was of course one method.

Another method was to sign a labor contract with them.

There were three types of “covenants” in the game.

The first type was directly confirming a romantic relationship, with extremely weak binding force.

The second type was the “labor contract,” where both parties were relatively equal but still bound by the contract’s content.

The third type consisted of various unequal, irregular, and forcibly arranged covenants, which the game collectively called “labor contracts.”

One had to admire the production team’s courage for daring to use such terminology. They weren’t even afraid the game would be taken down by mysterious forces…

In short, whether contract or covenant, the game’s logic was simple—

No matter what method the player used, as long as they formed a connection with a beautiful girl, they could begin the攻略 journey.

The panel’s function provided queries for attributes such as favorability and obedience… and occasionally popped up romance options to help players speed up their攻略 progress.

And the reason Lu Wei was confident in contracting magical races

was actually because the “labor contract” provided by the game was a unique equal covenant that ignored any difference in strength. Once signed, it took effect immediately.

Therefore, if the slave merchant could really sell her elves or dragons—races that players would normally only encounter in the late game…

Signing labor contracts with them would definitely yield unimaginable benefits!