Chapter 33

Dear Diary,

It took us another moon's worth of time to reach Lys. Then two more weeks to find the best pleasure slaves that were also smart enough to gather information for me.

During our time here, I also bought any slave who was literate. Because sooner or later, I'll open a School for my troops and the smallfolk and I want as many teachers in my hands as possible.

Not to mention that as my lands advance, I'll have need of more educated people who would be able to follow my orders written on parchments.

Aside from that, Aunt Barbrey called me in the mirror and told me that Lord Stark had given me the permission to go on an expedition North of the wall. Now I only need to get the permission of Lord Commander of the Nights Watch and I know exactly how to do it. So it shouldn't be a problem.

As for the Gladiator Slaves that I rescued from the Slaver Pits in Tyrosh. They have all signed the contracts with their blood and won't be able to betray me without losing their lives.

The constant use of Compulsion charm has also made them more amiable to my suggestions as well as more loyal to me. I'm certain that by the time we reach back home, all these men and women would become loyal to me and won't try to leave even when I give them their freedom.

There's also the headache that I'm suffering because of Baka. After reading her mind, I quickly understood why she had gone half mad.

The reason for that was that she was sold to a house of freaks at a very young age by her parents because of her being far taller than any girl had the right to be.

Then before she was even 10 years old, she was captured by slavers and raped repeatedly by them before being sold to pleasure houses that catered to the needs of men with 'different' tastes. But once she grew up and people found out about her immense strength, she was once again sold as a Gladiator to the Fighting Pits.

The truth was the Baka was only 22 years old at the moment.

That someone so young could suffer so many cruelties in their life saddens me to no end.

I've already erased a good portion of her memories which led to deep trauma in her mind.

The unintended side effect of that was that Baka's had once again turned into that of a 8 year old child.

Imagine that. An 8 foot tall women with the mind of an 8 year old girl.

Thankfully, she had spent 7 whole years fighting in the pits so she was able to regain back her fighter's instincts after a bit of sparring with Varko. The only man in the ship who was able to provide her with a challenge.

Still, at least she was not half mad anymore.

Now I just have to teach her not to hug me fiercely or one day she might break all the bones in my body.