The Nexus

"Then I will be off now master, please have a nice day." Sarah's voice echoed with a pleasant tone before she took the elevator to the parking lot. 

'This woman is too stubborn... I said to just call me Nikolai in private.' 

Nikolai realised that once Sarah trusted him fully, the barriers and walls she used to protect herself seemed to vanish. He learned that she was a much more troublesome yet brighter girl than what appeared before him. 'Her stubbornness is like a mule, though...'

She wouldn't stop calling him master, despite her not having any reason to other than he made her into a hybrid. 

He felt quite amused and glad that despite being loyal, she wasn't forced or twisted by his feelings or desires. The other squires he met felt as if they were chained to their master—even if asked to commit atrocities, they had no choice but to accept and die if needed.