Ch 14: Disappointing your Goddess can have consequences.

Noah appeared in the middle of the grove, and quickly looked around in search of nearby monsters or players, but he was alone. He was about to head toward Tolbana town when he was interrupted.

[User is advised not to engage monsters at the moment. Lilith wants to speak to User.]

[Oh.] Noah raised an eyebrow, suddenly worried that he might have done something wrong. It was likely the case, considering the timing.

[Noah. I am pleased by your hard work. You are using almost all of your time trying to grow stronger or laying the groundwork to recruit subordinates. But I must say that as a slave trainer, you are mediocre, at best. You clearly lack experience.]

Noah winced at the harsh judgement.

[I am very sorry if I disappointed you, Lady Lilith. As you said, I do lack experience.]

[There are two major issues with the way you have started training Asuna, Noah. Can you point them out?]

Noah frowned, as he furiously thought about his actions, and Asuna's reactions to it.

[Is it about failing to provide her with anything to do when I'm away?]

[No. Her having nothing to do is cruel to her, but it actually works to your advantage. In time, she will eagerly wait for you to come and train her, if only to stop being bored. Your first problem is that you're inconsistent. She challenged you to do your worst. If I take a look at her right now, your worst isn't actually much. I know you wanted to reward her for being relatively cooperative as you questioned her. But you won't be respected by your own slave if she starts thinking she can avoid consequences for her disobedience just by behaving for a bit. You're not even requiring her to refer to you as master yet.]

[I understand, Lady Lilith. I will fix this.]

[But your bigger issue isn't being inconsistent. If you become more consistent but stay on the current trajectory, at the end of her training, Asuna will be a good party member or girlfriend in public, and an eager sex pet in private. But, is that all you want from her?]

Noah paused for an instant. Now that Lilith had pointed out his issues, they seemed obvious to him.

[…No. I need someone who can be an actual subordinate, someone that would be willing to do anything needed. Someone who could act in my stead when I'm away. And I need more than one.]

[Exactly. The way you're training her is fine if you want a pleasure slave, and I certainly won't stop you from taking women for that purpose. But you also want her to be a soldier, willing to do anything for your sake. Anything, including killing anyone you believe deserves death, without hesitation or remorse. Do you think Asuna will be able to do it if you only make her addicted to bondage and sex with you?]

[No… I wanted to go easy on her, partly because of guilt, partly because I don't want to damage her personality any more than necessary. But I can see how it's not going to work.]

[There is another thing you need to keep in mind. Asuna will be your first slave. That will give her a measure of influence and authority over the rest of your harem in the future, unless you promote another one above her later. For this reason, you need her to develop an extra dose of ruthlessness, as she will be the one keeping discipline and harmony in your harem when you are busy. You really need to step up your game and reshape her personality. And to motivate you properly, I will show you what awaits you, should you fail to properly manage the worlds you will supervise.]

Noah's vision was suddenly filled with the image of Lilith, lazily sitting on her "throne". Lilith smiled and affectionately patted the leather-encased head of a woman, who had been turned into an armrest.

[This one is one of my slave maids. She turned arrogant and dared to slap another maid. As it is her first serious offense, she only gets one week of this. But this one…] Lilith pointed to a man who was mostly serving as support of the other people bound to him… […is a Champion who left one of the worlds he was in charge of without oversight for 50 years, resulting in a religious cult full of fanatics taking over several countries. A lot of people died before the mess was cleaned up. He gets three thousand years, before I give him another chance.]

The sight of her throne was enough to scare Noah almost as much as the Backrooms did.

[Thank you, Lady Lilith, for the warning. Even if I can't exactly say that having you sitting on me would really be such a bad thing, being stuck like this for years and years… I'll work harder, I promise.]

[Don't work harder, work smarter. Still, you now have a decision to make. You can limit Asuna's future position to that of a sex slave, not a second in command, and it will be good enough if you only become more consistent. The slave collar is doing a lot of the heavy lifting for you to speed up the process, as you are aware. Or you can break her, and reshape her personality to the point that little would matter to her, besides your praise and affection… To help you decide, I will tell you this. In the list of fictions that I intend to take inspiration from, are several where some of the heroines will already be fine with the idea of killing evildoers. Or you could always tame villains into your service, but remember to keep them on a tight leash. So long as you choose to continue, you will eventually have your chance to recruit subordinates with the right mindset for dealing with corrupt people.]

Noah stayed silent for almost a minute, contemplating his future, before he finally made his decision.

[If I may have the opportunity to recruit such women later, I will not make Asuna into a killer. If I were to break her, she would become, less. She can still help in other ways. There's more to making the world a better place than simply loping heads off. I'll likely end up doing most of the killing myself anyway, and I will simply refuse to retire until I can gather enough people ready to kill, to help me with my task. Thank you, Lady Lilith, for your advice, and your tolerance. I will take it to heart.]

[Show me your gratitude with your actions. I'll keep watching you. I'm not the only deity doing so, even if they are forbidden from interfering.]

The conversation ended, but Noah didn't leave the grove immediately. While he had decided not to be too extreme in her training, it was still clear that he needed to come up with an actual training methodology and stick to it.

The first thing he did was open Asuna's interface and set the pain dampening function to 100%. For now, she would feel pain like it happened to her real body. She would likely balk at calling him Master at first, and he would give her a few spankings for it. Teaching her a few basic postures would also be good to get her in a mindset of following his instructions. And he would reward her with pleasure.

With a tentative plan decided, he returned near the Town of Beginnings to grind some more leather, and used them to craft both a Leather Gag and a Leather Body Harness, using the maximum amount of components. And he jumped with joy when the Body Harness turned out to have a magic grade!

"Leather Panel Gag. The wearer cannot manually unequip this item. Prevents drooling."

Noah had half expected a simple ball gag to appear as the first item, but the piece of gear that appeared at the end of the crafting process was actually much more complex. It was a wide panel of smooth black leather that would cover Asuna's lips and cheeks, from just under her nose to under her chin. A red rubber ball was fixed to the inside and would fill her mouth, while two straps would secure the gag behind her head. Two thinner straps would join together above Asuna's nose, forming an inverted Y, and would connect with the other straps at the back. It was more a muzzle than a gag.

As for the body harness, it was also made of smooth black leather straps, linked together with steel rings and rivets. It was generally shaped like a bra, made to surround the wearer's breasts, but didn't have any fabric to cover them. Instead of hiding the breasts, the straps only put emphasis on them. Another short strap went do from the ring on her lower sternum to her waist, where another strap would surround her waist.

"Leather Body Harness of Growth. Magic item. Female wearer only. The wearer cannot manually unequip this item. This item slowly improves the DNA and hormonal production of the wearer while it is equipped, gradually increasing her breasts’ size, and improving their shape and elasticity. Bust size +1 cm per week. This change is permanent and affects both the avatar and physical body."

[System, did I read that correctly? If I make Asuna wear this for a long time, her breasts will grow bigger on her real body, too?]

[User should not have to ask. The item's description is unambiguous.]

[Yeah, but, it just feels too good to be true.]

[There is little that Lilith cannot do.]

Noah could only nod his head.

He returned to Tolbana town, rented a room, and took a nap. He had not slept for nearly 35 hours and started to feel tired. Two hours later, he left the town and entered the labyrinth. Noah would need to devote a lot of his time to Asuna, but he couldn't just stop his leveling. And he still had a house to pay.

For several hours, Noah fought in the labyrinth. Then he descended a level, found a dead-end where no one would be likely to ever go if they shared their map data, and used his teleportation crystal.

As with last time, he found Asuna on the bed. And he watched with interest as she was rubbing her crotch against the mattress, her white dress completely wrinkled and showing off most of her long thighs. She obviously hadn't noticed he was back.

He watched her for a moment longer, then using her interface to unequip her dress.

Asuna noticed immediately and froze in shock for an instant, before she turned and looked at him in wide eyes.

"Ah! This…" she started blushing fiercely.

"I see my slave is feeling quite horny. Did you miss me that much?"

"It's all your fault!" She yelled at him. "You must have put drugs in my food to make me this way!"

"Nope, no drugs. I'm not sure it's even possible. But I can see why you might think that, if what happened last night was your first exposure to bondage sex. I may have opened a door, so to speak… To prove to you that I'm not drugging you, you will watch me do the cooking from now on."

"You must have done something to me." She insisted.

Noah smiled, as he considered. Gaslighting her just a little bit might be useful.

"Slave, you told me earlier that your life until now has been obediently following your parent's wishes, letting them take the decisions for you. Would it be so surprising that you might have developed a submissive streak as a result? Maybe your subconscious is reveling in this situation. You're doing naughty things with me, things that your parents would never approve, and that's some form of rebellion against the pressure they have put on your shoulders. At the same time, you are bound and helpless, meaning that you cannot do anything to resist, so you don't have to feel guilty about it."

"That's…" She tried to deny it while shaking her head, but Noah could see that her certainty was shaken.

"Anyway, come with me. I'll do the cooking under your watchful eye, feed you, and then we'll resume your training."

Without waiting for her answer, Noah headed to the kitchen. Asuna, only having sulking on the bed as an alternative, joined him seconds later.

"We still have to make do with the limited range of ingredients from the first floor and my low cooking proficiency, so… I'll make skewers with mixed vegetables and meat. Three each, with three different seasonings. And I'll show you each seasoning in detail for you to make sure it's not some aphrodisiac."

She nodded without a word.

Noah didn't ask about her preferences about seasonings. He realized that it would be better for her training to ask her opinion less often, and get her used to just accepting his own. He could always ask her at a later point.

"Are you going to untie me, so I can eat the skewers myself?" She asked with a red face, but he only grinned.

"And deprive myself from the fun of feeding you? Not for a while."

"Urgh. You pervert."

Noah put the 6 skewers on a single plate and sat at the table, forcing Asuna into his lap. She squirmed for a few seconds, then stopped and sighed, deciding to instead get it over with quickly.

Noah fed her the first skewer, then ate one himself. He alternated with her until the plate was empty.

"Now that this is out of the way, we'll start your training, slave. From now on, you are only allowed to refer to me as Master while we are in private, and Noah when we are in public. Do you understand?"

"I'm not going to call you Master, you scum!"

"And you've just earned your first spanking, slave."

"No! Don't touch me!"

Noah lifted her off his lap slightly, turned her, and had her bent over his knees.

With a gentle touch, his left hand gently rubbed her butt cheeks.

"What a beautiful butt you have, slave. We'll see how it looks with a little bit more pink."

"Are you really going to do it?" Her voice trembled a bit.

"Yes. Have you ever been spanked before, slave?"

"…No."

"I guess you're experiencing a lot of 'first' lately, huh?"

Noah lifted his left hand, and bought it down on her right butt cheek, careful not to hit hard.

"Ow!" She yelped, more in shock than pain.

Noah alternated his spanks on each cheek, once every three seconds, twenty on each.

"Aww…" Asuna kept yelping, but the sound of her voice wasn't entirely from pain. Likely the effect of the collar, promoting the secretion of dopamine and mixing pleasure with the pain. If he subjected Asuna to regular spankings, she would likely turn into a masochist.

"What's this, slave? I'm just spanking you, but you're getting wet."

"It's… It's not what you think! It's your fault, pervert!" She shot back with teary eyes.

"Since it seems spanking you isn't much of a punishment after all, I'll punish you by filling your mouth with a gag. But before that, there's something I want you to wear. Get up."

Noah helped her stand, and she watched him warily. He took from his item storage the Leather Body Harness.

"What is this?" She stared at the bundle of straps in his hand warily, but was too far from it to make the item's description appear.

"This is going around your torso."

Noah sorted out the bundle, slipped it over her head, and started connecting the straps together and tightening them around her body. When all the straps were snug against her skin, he took a step back.

"It suits you well, Asuna. The black straps make a nice contrast with your fair skin."

Asuna looked down at herself with an intense blush, and didn't seem to agree with him.

Noah opened her interface and opened the item's description.

"Take a look, slave."

She did, and her eyes widened incredulously.

"This, can't be real!" She stammered.

"I guess we'll see after we beat the game. You have beautiful breasts, Asuna. But that doesn't mean they couldn't use some improvement. I'll have you wear this for a while. Not to the point they'd become ridiculously big, but we'll make those babies a little bigger. Now, about your punishment…"

Noah took the blindfold from the item storage and slipped it over her eyes.

"What… are you going to do?" She trembled, as being plunged in darkness immediately made more conscious of her helplessness.

Noah felt an urge to kiss her. Her inviting lips were slightly open as she breathed fast. But doing it now would be sending the wrong signal.

"I will gag you, so your tongue won't get you into more trouble. Then, we will start your training. If you behave yourself, the blindfold and gag will come off afterwards, and I will do something about your horniness. Yes, I have noticed you rubbing your thighs together even now. If you keep being a bad girl, however, you will remain blindfolded, gagged and unsatisfied until next time. Do you understand, slave?"

"…Yes." Her shoulders slumped, conceding defeat.

"Yes, who?"

"…Yes, master." She added in a small voice.

"Good, now open wide."

After a short hesitation, she opened her mouth, and Noah took the panel gag from his inventory. The red rubber ball was a little big for her mouth, but slipped inside without much struggle. He fastened the leather straps behind her head, pulling on them just enough for the leather panel to be tight against her lips and cheeks. He then took the Y-shaped straps hanging from the top of the leather panel, and fastened it to the rear, too.

"Mmmph!" Asuna tested the gag, but the combination of the ball filling her mouth, and the lower part of the panel gag cupping her chin and the strap going over her head, stopping her from moving her jaw, were doing an excellent job at reducing her protests to pleasant moans.

Noah took a step back again, admiring his slave, naked except for her bondage. Her face was almost completely covered by the leather of the gag and the blindfold. She really was a sight for sore eyes.

He slowly circled around her, admiring her from all angles as her nervousness grew further. But he had limited time, and had a job do to.

Noah removed the cuffs keeping her wrists and elbows together. She spent a moment to rub her wrists, as if they could have been damaged in the game, then slowly, as if fearing he would stop her, she lifted her hands to her face, to explore her newest piece of equipment. She tentatively tried to remove it. Noah let her do it, knowing she would fail.

"Mmoph..."

After a few futile attempts, Asuna gave up on trying to remove it and lowered her hands.

"Today's training, slave, will be to teach you a few positions. From now on, when I say the name of the position while looking at you, you will adopt that position. We'll start with the first one, called "Present".

Noah guided her hands toward her back.

"Put your feet a little apart, about the same as your shoulders. Hands behind your back, fingers interlaced. Good. Now lean forward a little while arching your back, and try to move your elbows a little closer to each other. Without straining to much, so you can keep the position for a while. This position is called Present because it puts forward your breasts and your pussy, and present them for your Master to play with."

"mmpoh!" Asuna groaned, likely in shame. But he could tell she also was very aroused, and he decided she could use a reward.

"Good girl. Keep that position."

Noah gently kneaded her breasts. Her nipples were hard as expected, and it wasn't long before she was moaning and panting. Noah could tell she was close to an orgasm, just from having her breasts fondled. Well, that and the collar, and the blindfold increasing her sensitivity. He had actually forgotten to activate his Hands of Nirvana ability, but seeing her state, he didn't really have to.

Asuna was struggling to keep her hands together and stay balanced, but still managed to obey his command.

Then Noah stopped.

"Mmmfff" Asuna let out a moan of protest before she could stop herself.

"Keep being a good girl, and you'll get more. Now for the next position. We'll call it 'Box Position'. Very similar to Present, but easier for you to maintain. Put your forearms parallel to each other on your back, each of your palms against the opposite elbow. Yes, like this. Keep this position."

Noah Played with her breasts again, from behind this time, and occasionally nibbled on her ears.

And he stopped.

Asuna moaned in protest again.

"Good girl. Two more positions to learn, and I will make you cum."

Asuna breathed heavily, and she nodded, forgetting her shame. She wanted to cum so badly that nothing else mattered at this moment.

"The next one is simple. Get on all four, hands and knees slightly apart at shoulder level. Arch your back a little, to emphasize your butt. Good. We'll call this one "All fours". Keep that position."

Noah played with her butt this time, her flesh still sensitive from the recent spanking. She obviously liked it as she squirmed in pleasure, while trying not to move too much. She was very wet now, but he was careful not to stimulate her too much. Her butt wasn't apparently as sensitive as her breasts were, from her reactions.

"Last position, slave, and you'll get your reward. Sit on your legs, knees slightly spread apart. A little more. This one is 'Kneel'. Hands behind your back, wrists loosely crossed against each other. Lean forward a little, while bending backward a bit. You want to put emphasis on your breasts, trying to tempt your master like a good little sex slave. Good. Now keep that position."

Noah kneeled just behind her, and kneaded her breasts from behind while occasionally praising her and breathing hot air in her ears.

Asuna had become a hot mess, panting with desire as she tried to keep her position. Noah deliberately slowed his rhythm to prolong things a little, before he finally asked.

"Do you want to cum, slave?"

"Mmyeph, phheasth!" She cried through her gag.

Noah released one of her breasts, only to put a hand on her crotch, and inserted two fingers on her soppy, hot and quivering pussy.

"Cum for your master." He commanded her, as he started pumping, doing his best to bring her as much as possible and activated his Hands of Nirvana.

Her orgasm exploded out of her as she convulsed and cried in her gag. Noah kept pumping to prolong it, and another orgasm soon merged into the first one. Asuna kept spasming and convulsing for almost a full minute before she went limp in his arms.

Noah held her gently against his torso as she slowly recovered.

"Did it feel good, slave?"

She wearily nodded her head.

"I am going to drill you a bit on the positions, to make sure you memorized them well. After that, I will remove the gag and the blindfold."

Asuna nodded again, and he helped her up. For the next 15 minutes, he made her go from one position to another, again and again, while occasionally correcting her on her posture when she didn't arc her back enough.

The real reason Noah was making her learn postures was to contribute to getting her used to obeying his commands. Eventually, it would become a reflex for her.

When he was satisfied, Noah started removing the gag.

"Remember, slave, to refer to me as master, or the gag will go back in." He warned her.

He got the rubber ball out of her mouth, and set the gag on the nearby table. Then he removed the blindfold.

Asuna refused to look at him, as she was blushing red.

"You're so cute." Noah grinned, as he used his fingers to rearrange her hairs away from her eyes.

The remark got her to make eye contact with him for a few seconds, before she looked away again.

"You're so mean… master." She added quickly, as she saw his hand reach toward the gag.

"Kneel." He said softly, and Asuna did as he had ordered with a slight wince.

Noah sat on the nearby chair, and took from his inventory two items that he bought from the Town of Beginnings's general store. A blank sheet of paper, and a pen. He started writing on the sheet, trying not to make blotches or misspell any word. It would ruin the whole thing.

When he was done, he gave Asuna permission to stand and showed her the paper.

Her eyes got increasingly wide as she read.

SLAVE CONTRACT

1/ I, ……………………., hereafter called the 'Slave', agree to voluntarily give up all rights, personal and legal, and become the personal property of my Master, ………………., hereafter called the 'Master'.

2/ The slave agrees to obey and submit completely to the Master in all ways. There are no boundaries of place, time, or situation in which the Slave may willfully refuse to obey her Master.

3/ The Slave also agree that, once entered into this Slavery Contract, her body, heart, mind, soul and time belongs to her Master, to be used as seen fit.

4/ All of the Slave's possessions likewise belong to her Master, including all assets, finances, and material goods, to do as her Master sees fit.

5/ The Slave agrees to please her Master to the best of her ability, in that she now exists solely for the pleasure of her Master.

6/ The Slave understands that all she has, and all she does, shall now move from right to privilege, granted only as her Master wishes, and only to the extent that her Master finds useful.

7/ The Slave agrees to be disciplined by her Master, to learn from it, and to be grateful for His efforts to teach her how to better herself as a slave.

Signed:

Asuna shook her head in fear.

"Please, I… Don't make me do this… master".

Noah rose from his chair and hugged her tenderly. He spoke with a soft voice.

"I won't demand you sign it right away, my cute slave. It's more of a symbolic thing than a literal one anyway. I have no interest in depriving you of your assets or finances, and this contract wouldn't hold in court. But one day, you will sign it. We both know that."

"No, I…"

"Don't lie to yourself, Asuna. It is what you want, deep inside. That door inside you has been opened, and it can never be closed again. You want someone to protect you, and take care of you. You want to do things for that someone, to earn his praise and his appreciation. You want to be pampered, and to be shown affection... And you want to experience more of the pleasure I gave you."

She didn't look convinced, and Noah was fine with it. She needed time to come to terms with it, but she would. The collar would make sure of that.

Taking her hand, Noah led her to the bathroom, where he washed her, just as carefully as the first time, and gave her another scalp massage.

After drying her hairs, Noah led her back to the living room.

"I'll be going out, Asuna. Since you don't have much to do while I'm away, I am giving you permission to masturbate, as much as you want. But you must put on the blindfold and think about your Master while you do it.

"Who's going to do that…" She looked away.

Noah grinned. "And if you want to use the gag as well, I'll allow it, but keep in mind that once put on, you won't be able to remove it."

"See you soon, my cute slave." He said as he teleported away, leaving her alone. Alone, with the Slave Contract on the table, and the butterflies in her lower body.

She returned to the room with the bed and tried to get some sleep. But the memories of the things she had just experienced, from her spanking to her reward after learning the positions, wouldn't leave her alone, and her need grew. She found her hands touching the leather straps around her torso or the collar around her neck, knowing that she could not remove them, and it further turned her on.

Eventually, she returned to the living room and stared at the contract, committing its every word to memory. And the more she read it, the hornier she got.

He was right, she realized with a mix of sorrow, and anticipation. Now that she had tasted this forbidden pleasure, she couldn't help but want more. She was turning into a sex-craving submissive, and worst of all, she wasn't even sure if she wanted to stop that transformation. And if his hands already felt his good, how would it feel with his… cock?

She already knew, deep inside. She was going to fall, and sign that contract. And then, she would be his, heart, body, and soul. It wouldn't matter if the terms of the contract were legal or not, if she accepted being bound by them.

His personal property.

The desire in her womb flared up and couldn't be ignored anymore. She already was having a hard time stopping her hands from reaching her crotch. Asuna looked at the blindfold that Noah had left on the table, next to the panel gag. Remembering how being deprived of her sight only seemed to increase the pleasure…

Even the gag was… tempting her. The thought of being locked in it, her speech reduced to unintelligible moans, until he came back… Unable to do anything but wait for him…

"Argh! Damn it!" She cursed out loud. She really was going crazy.

Asuna grabbed the blindfold and headed back to the bedroom.

…

Hours later, she came back, stared at the slave contract some more, and at the panel gag. Eventually, she reached for the gag, examining it closely. The smooth leather felt nice to the touch. She lifted it to her face, slowly opening her mouth to accept the rubber ball. The taste of rubber wasn't exactly pleasant, but it reminded her of the reward Noah had given her. She suddenly remembered what Noah had told her, about acquired tastes. Without a doubt, she would grow to like it.

Asuna was dimly aware that if she didn't quickly put the gag back on the table, if she really secured it on herself, she would have made a huge, irrevocable step toward that fate of submitting to him completely.

But there was something… liberating… and also thrilling, about giving up control.

And the fire smoldering inside her demanded more. The orgasms she had just given herself while masturbating blindfolded had been intense, and better than what she had experienced in the real world... But she still wanted more… She wanted to lose herself in the pleasure.

As she fell to the temptation, Asuna started fastening the straps.