Another Harem Member

Ryker looked at the slave he had spent nearly all of their money bidding for her. Then again, if the young master of Tres Family had more money, it's likely he couldn't get her. He wondered what the young lady wanted to do.

  The plan is to make her a part of his so-called harem, or at least that what's Ina wanted. In the end, he makes the young woman promise to ask what the slave wants first before inviting her to his harem.

  They walked towards their inn, the hired adventurers had left them near the intersection, where there were guards present. As long as the Tres Family didn't want to infuriate the city lord, they wouldn't dare attack in the presence of the guards.

  As they entered the inn, Era greeted them before looking at the new slave with interest. She had heard about her before but never got to see her. 'No wonder the slave market put her in an auction. She's so beautiful that many people likely bid for her,' she thought to herself.

  Considering the fact that her master, despite Ryker telling her to not call him that, led her to their room, he was the one to win the bidding at the end. She looked at Ina who gave her a victorious smile, a conclusion coming to her mind.

  "What's your name?" Ryker asked the slave, after all, he couldn't call her a slave all the time.

  "Miriam, master," the slave answered quickly, looking at him with a blank gaze. "As your slave, I will do as you order," she removed her clothes as she said that.

  Ryker looked surprised before grabbing her shoulder, stopping her from removing any more clothing. He looked at her before asking, "Do you wish to truly do it or do you want to be free?"

  Hearing that, the slave looked at him in surprise. However, she thought about it before asking,  "What price do I need to pay?"

  "Considering that I bought you for 19 000 gold coins, then you have to pay that much," he answered, the slave looked at him in despair as the astronomical price was too much for her.

  "You don't need to pay it at the same time. You will be paid for working as our servant. One gold coin per day. Of course, if you think you can become an adventurer, we will allow you to become one, so you can pay it quicker,"  he stated, to give her some hope, though the price will still take a long time to pay, the only reason they able to get that much is because of him.

  Miriam seemed to think about it before shaking her head, "In that case, I'm going to be your slave. Even if I get my freedom, I'm still not strong enough to protect myself. Besides, I'm not interested in fighting and my talent in that regard is low so it's not possible,"

  As she said that, she put her hands back on her clothes, pushing them down when Ryker picked her up bridal style and put her on his lap, the action caused her to blush, "Why do want to strip yourself so much?" he teased/asked.

  "It's because I want to prove my usefulness, I can't do anything else so serving you is the only way I won't be disregarded," her voice shrinks at the end but Ryker can still hear it. At that moment, he wondered if her treatment at her old family was worse than he imagined and if he should beat them up.

  In the end, he decided to just hug her before giving her forehead a quick kiss, "If you feel uncomfortable about it, take your time. You don't need to serve me like that. In fact, if you don't want to have such a relationship with me, you can just become our servant and I won't put my hand on you unless you wish to go that way,"

  Ryker didn't know it but because of his words, Miriam's heart fluttered, as it was the first time she was treated like she mattered. She put her head on his chest, tears coming out from her eyes.

  "You would allow me to choose?" she asked, her head still buried in his chest.

  "Yes, I don't want to force a girl to enter a relationship with me," he replied, letting the girl stay there as he waited for her answer.

  When she raised her head, Ryker could see tears coming down. Before he could ask her "What's wrong?" she gave her answer, "I want to do it. I want to be your lover. But I don't want to do 'it' now," 

  He could see how she trembled, clearly afraid he wouldn't give her the choice. What a foolish girl. "Sure, we can take things slowly. When you are ready let me know, I'm going to make you feel things you never felt before," he assured her before the latter part became more teasing.

  The young woman blushed, understanding what her new master/lover implied. The other women smiled at her, though they thought of something different, 'Surely he will be tired dealing with three women at once?'

  If Ryker knew what they were thinking, he would send Miriam to sleep with the children before plowing both of them until they fainted. Fortunately for them, he didn't so they were safe until Miriam decided to 'sleep' with him.

  "Let's sleep together then," Ina chimed in. "We don't need to do the more intimate activities, just sleeping together and cuddling for the night," she makes clear her plan, not wanting them to think of the other stuff for now.

  "If she wants to," Ryker replied, looking at Miriam. She blushed but nodded nonetheless. Soon, they all changed to their sleepwear, meaning Miriam got to see Ryker's abs in all of its glory.

  Her blush turned redder, and her head turned but her eyes still trying to take a peek. Ryker chuckled at her cute action before picking her up and lying down, the girl now on his chest. He gently brushed her luscious brown hair, before feeling weights on both of his sides.

  A quick peek showed both Era and Ina had taken the spot, sandwiching him and Miriam, the arms on his body. He smiled at them, a quick kiss on all three woman's forehead before closing his eyes, the girls doing the same thing.

-x-

  "Elder, I won't let things go," the young master of the Tres Family said, ranting to the person who was able to tolerate him the most.

  "What are you going to do then? You can't attack him in the city unless you wished them city lord to strip our family of its title. Or the Adventurer Guild as that is just plain stupid," the elder asked, having formed a plan but decided to let the younger generation decide it for themselves.

  "We just have to attack him in the forest, then, no one will be the wiser," the young master suggested, the Elder nodding in approval, his thought headed towards the same direction.

"Soon, you going to understand the difference between us both,"