Chapter 16: Master

The inside of the pavilion looks neat, but not really high class. There are plenty of chairs and tables but there are no people sitting down, it's probably a restaurant for the people staying in the inn.

"Please come in"

We head towards the counter and I hear a voice from inside.

[Hotel Level 28]

Hotel such a weird name for a job. It should have been atleast Hotel manager or something. The man that comes out is 30 years old.

"I would like a double room please"

"Okay, Are you going to enter the labyrinth?"

"Yes"

Since the labyrinth was just found business must be booming here.

"Do you want dinner included? If you include it, the dinner is 60 nars but if you order it separately than it is 80-100 nars, you could also search around for a cheap place for dinner"

"Yes, include dinner for two please, and do you provide hot water?"

I have not taken a bath or shower since yesterday. In medieval times, baths were exclusive to the nobility.

"Yes, if you wish to wipe your body, we will provide hot water to your room after dinner, and collect it in the morning. It will cost you 20 nars. We can also loan you a lantern with an hour of oil for 10 nars. You will have to add more oil yourself "

"Alright then add hot water and a lantern too, make everything for 2 days"

For now let's pay for 2 days, we can extend it if we want tomorrow.

"So the double rooms are 380 nars, with dinner, hot water and a lantern, the total of everything comes out to be 682 nars. This needs to be paid in advance and you are also allowed to keep your room for 2 whole days"

The original amount to be paid should be 1050 nars but 35% decrease made it 682 nars.

"Please have your meal in the dining room near the entrance. Breakfast is also included in the room fee, and it is served 30 minutes after sunrise. Dinner is served from early evening until 30 minutes after sunset. There won't be any food if it's too late, and the light in the dining room goes out two hours after sunset"

"Okay"

I place 6 silver coins and then patiently take out 82 copper coins. This is such a chore, but I want to decrease the amount of copper coins I have. The hotel man accepts them.

"I need to check both your intelligence cards"

"I don't mind, Roxanne you too"

"Y-yes"

Roxanne took out her hand looking befuddled, she was just standing there silently for a while now. She must be scared because I took a room with just a single bed for 2 people.

The man chants the incantation and checks our intelligence cards.

"Everything looks good. The double is on the 5th floor, please follow me"

We follow behind him with our luggage. Climbing the stairs to the 5th floor is rather tiring, I miss elevators.

"Double rooms are only on the 5th floor, and you are the only double room customer"

The Innkeeper explained to me noticing my displeasure.

"This is the room"

The man unlocks the room.

"I see"

We enter it. The room is rectangular, there is one big bed and on the inner side a desk and 2 chairs. The wooden window is near the chairs. I put my luggage on the desk.

"There is a closet to the right. The bottom-shelf is self locking so please don't leave your valuables outside. Employees clean the room once a day around noon. If you need washing done, please ask an employee. Please keep your keys at the front door when you go out. The room number here is 517"

Said the innkeeper and opens a sliding door wall to reveal an equipment closet. He then hands the key to me and leaves.

"I understand"

"Please enjoy your stay"

I sit on the bed, it doesn't feel that soft. I take a look at the room, while Roxanne is standing near the entrance with nothing to do.

"For now why don't you put aside your luggage and sit down"

"Y-es"

I look at Roxanne as she puts aside her case and comes in front of me and then to my shock sits down on the floor.

"No no you don't have to sit there, sit here beside me on the bed"

I take her hand, pull her up and make her sit by my side.

"B-but this is your bed"

"From today it is your bed too, you will also sleep on it with me"

I take her palm in my hands. Her skin is so soft, so white. I intertwine our fingers and keep it like that.

"I will join you when I receive affection, but I don't mind sleeping on the floor"

She says that while looking at me with her auburn eyes. Now that I am alone I can let go of myself a bit. So I take my hand out of her hands and hug her sideways.

She goes completely stiff, but her body still feels so soft and huggable just like a big squishy pillow.

"You will sleep with me on the bed, I don't want you to sleep on the cold hard floor okay?"

"O-okay, thank you"

I keep hugging her with one hand and I put the other on her head. Even from the side she looks so beautiful . Her hair smoothly glides through my fingers. It is very soft and luxurious.

I have never played with a woman's hair before, never knew that it felt so nice. Then I touched her dog ears, they twitched when I touched them. They are so large and soft, they lay there dangling powerlessly, their thickness must be 1 or 2 cm.

They are lop ears so there is no hard part in them, just fluffy and soft.

"Roxanne, you are so beautiful. Even these ears are so cute"

I speak a bit huskily. She shyly keeps her eyes closed. I look down and I see them, so big, so powerful, I just want to grab them. Not good I will lose control this way.

I take a deep breath and calm myself down.

"Umm- That …"

"What?"

"May I call you master?"

That sounded so good! I want to press her down under me and make her repeat what she just said. But her nerves had just calmed down, so let's take it slow and it's still bright outside anyways.

"Yes, you can Roxanne"

"Yes, Master"

She smiles at me, her smile is so precious, I can even see her pearl white teeth from the side. Now it's time to complete some business.

I stop hugging her, making her look at me. I take both her hands in mine so that she faces me.

"Roxanne, first there is something I have to say"

"Yes"

"You have seen my family name 'Kaga' in my intelligence card, yes?"

"Yes, Master"

"Kaga was a very ancient noble family, my ancestors were very powerful people. More powerful than you and I could ever imagine. The family members of that clan had very mysterious and unique abilities which was passed down through their bloodlines"

Roxanne just listened to me enraptured without interrupting me.

"But this was all the things of the past, the bloodline is dead now and they are even erased from history itself. I am the last person alive of the Kaga clan. My master, he was the one who told me about my real heritage, he raised me from when I was a child, and he even sacrificed himself to awaken my latent bloodline"

"Master's master died to awaken something?"

Roxanne asks me, trying to seriously digest and understand what I just said.

"Yes awaken my powers"

"Like skills?"

"Yes, very unique skills, which only I have. And as time passes by, I will unlock more powers, more unique skills"

"Hmm, Is that so?"

Roxanne ponders on something. She genuinely seems to be trying, that is good.

"Like I can use some of my power to summon powerful weapons"

I place my hand in front of me, then move my bonus point from the 35% discount to Durandal and Durandal appears in my hands.

"Wow Master! Did you use the Item box without a chant?"

Roxanne looks amazed at the sword in my hand.

"No but I can do that too"

I remove 15 points from Required exp ( 1 / 5) skill and then add one point to activate a unique skill from my extra skills, Incantation shortening and then add another 2 points to turn that skill into Incantation Omission.

Then I thought of using the Item box, it's a skill from the Explorer job which I recently got.

Suddenly a square entrance to an Item box appeared underneath my left hand.

"Master, you really can use the Item box without a chant!"

"I told you, I have some unique powers. With time I will show you more of my powers as they unlock"

I unequip Durandal and remove the item box with a wave of my hand. Then I take Roxanne's soft hands again.

"Roxanne, you are the only person who knows about all of this. So keep it a secret okay? You can't tell anyone about my powers"

"It's Master's Secret"

Seeing her looking at me seriously, I feel a bit bad about fooling her with a BS story like this. This kind of ancient bloodline power fantasy stories were found in every chinese cultivation novel.

But noble clans hold the real power in this world, so this story would be easier to accept than anything else. I don't want to keep them in the dark about my powers as the og Michio did.