Chapter 891: Make It Be a Maid for the Rest of Its Life!

[Ding! Congratulations! You have completed the mission “The Flesh and Blood Cult’s Purpose.” You have received the following mission rewards: 200 Skeleton Coins, 500 base experience points, and 10 Bloodweird Vines.]

[Bloodweird Vine]

[Type]: Anomalous vegetation

[Quality]: Rare

[Introduction]: A vine that looks perfectly ordinary and is barely distinguishable from other vines. However, it gives off a strange fragrance, and it tastes incredibly delicious. But if a creature accidentally eats it, the Bloodweird Vine will quickly take root and sprout in its flesh and blood, soon growing into a new vine. It is an extremely bizarre and dense plant, even by the standards of hell.

As the System’s notification sounded in his ear, Lynn knew he had squeezed every last drop of useful information out of this Flesh and Blood Humanoid.

He had also obtained a pretty decent consumable item.

The Flesh and Blood Humanoid looked at Lynn tremblingly and said, “I’m… I’m sorry… I know this might make you very angry, but I swear I really did tell you everything truthfully. So, since I’ve been so honest… could… could you let me go?”

Lynn put the Bloodweird Vines into his System Space, sat back down with his Dead-Fish Eyes, and scrutinized the Flesh and Blood Humanoid in front of him.

He put Big Tongue’s grudge out of his mind.

Lynn examined his fingernails and said, “Let you go? Do you think that’s possible? If you go out and report to the Flesh and Blood Cult that I’m here, wouldn’t I be in danger? Given how Chaotic Creatures like you are, it’d be perfectly normal for you to turn around and sell me out, wouldn’t it?”

The Flesh and Blood Humanoid immediately dropped to its knees with a thud and stammered, “I wouldn’t! I absolutely wouldn’t! I can swear to you! If I ever say a single word about you to anyone else, may the heavens strike me down!”

“……”

Lynn marveled at the oath.

What a vicious oath!

But as a Chaotic Creature, selling its own backside or whatever didn’t seem like something it couldn’t accept.

Lynn sneered and looked down at him. “Is that so? But how do I know you don’t have a thing for that? How do I know you wouldn’t actually enjoy it, and that’s why you deliberately made such a useless oath? Hah!”

The Flesh and Blood Humanoid broke down and started sobbing.

How could it possibly enjoy that?!

It was only a lowly, bottom-tier Flesh and Blood Humanoid, so insignificant it didn’t even have a name of its own. It wasn’t some ape with raging desires. If even a few powerful creatures decided to do something to it, it wouldn’t have the slightest ability to resist!

Please, give me a chance! Give me a chance to live!

It had already gone so far as to turn itself into a pretty female humanoid just to stay alive. That should prove it was willing to give up absolutely anything!

Lynn smiled faintly.

But he hadn’t really intended to make things difficult for it. After all, he wasn’t a devil, and there was no harm in letting a creature that was willing to cooperate with him live.

“Come here,” Lynn said with a genial smile.

The Flesh and Blood Humanoid immediately crawled over on all fours and came to a stop in front of Lynn’s wheelchair, its expression twisted with distress.

“P-please… give me your orders!”

Lynn knew it was a nameless, sexless Flesh and Blood Humanoid, a slimy lump of meat. But it was currently in the form of a young, buxom female humanoid, and its body was covered in bruises from being whipped. So when it crawled over like a pet and looked up at him, it gave off an unmistakably depraved air.

It was as if he really had become the kind of shameless pervert who kept a one-eyed girl as a pet. The whole thing felt bizarre and unnerving.

He felt like he was becoming less and less human…

Lynn smiled down at it. “I suppose letting you live isn’t out of the question, but there’s no chance I’ll let you leave. You know I can’t agree to that! However, since you’ve been so cooperative, I can find you a job. It’s just a matter of whether you’re willing to take it.”

The Flesh and Blood Humanoid immediately asked anxiously, “W-what kind of job?”

Lynn said slowly, “Become one of my attendants. You used to be an attendant of the Flesh and Blood Cult, so it’s a perfect fit. You used to lick other people’s boots, now you can lick mine instead. If you’re willing, then from this moment on, you’ll be the lowest-ranking servant in my castle.”

“The work is simple, too: clean the house, do the laundry, cook, grow vegetables, and be enslaved by your master. Whatever the servants do, you do as well. But you can never leave this castle for the rest of your life. Are you willing?”

The Flesh and Blood Humanoid swallowed and asked nervously, “And if I say I’m not willing…”

Bang!

A bullet flew right past its head.

“(ΩДΩ)!! I’m willing! I’m willing! Of course I’m very willing! I’d be more than happy to work like an ox and horse for you for the rest of my life!”

It nodded so quickly and fearfully that its heavy chest kept bouncing.

Lynn blew on the smoking barrel and smiled. “Good. In that case, your designation here will be ‘rbq1.’ That’s your only name. Of course, to keep you from trying any tricks, I’ll have to leave you with a little insurance. Heh heh heh.”

As the Flesh and Blood Humanoid watched him trembling, Lynn slowly extended his finger toward its only eyeball.

Gurgle, gurgle, gurgle…

Thin tentacles spread from Lynn’s finger, then squeezed their way through its eye socket, inch by inch, burrowing deep into its brainstem.

[Ding! You are inscribing a “Puppet Mark” on the target. Current progress: 2%...19%...37%...]

As the progress bar continued to advance,

Lynn said slowly, “This mark will remain in your body forever. You can keep your own will most of the time, but the moment you try to do anything that goes against my rules, the mark will trigger and turn you directly into one of my Flesh Puppets. Then I can sell you to a slave trader and make a fortune by turning you into a headlining star.”

[Ding! You have applied a “Puppet Mark” to the target. You can remotely control and monitor the target.]

Gurgle…

Lynn slowly withdrew the tentacles from its eye socket. Seeing how terrified and shaky it looked, he lifted his head, smiled at the cold-storage room’s ceiling, and adjusted his Monocle.

“Castle, you listen up, too. Keep a close eye on its behavior at all times. When I’m not around, monitor it for any suspicious activity. If you notice anything unusual, just eat it. No need to report back to me. Understood?”

The entire castle seemed to shudder slightly, sending Lynn a series of strange waves.

As the Male Host of this castle,

Lynn’s orders were the castle’s absolute rule, with the sole exception of Alice.

The Flesh and Blood Humanoid swallowed, trembling all over as it crawled there, and said, “I-I understand, Master. From now on, I’m your attendant. My name is rbq1, and I’ll obey your every command forever.”

It didn’t know what the name meant.

Although this meant it would lose its freedom forever,

in this hell,

being able to stay alive was already pretty great. Hoping for anything else was nothing more than a pipe dream.

“Master, can I change back to my original form now?” it asked hopefully, eyes wide.

Lynn said, “No.”

“⊙﹏⊙ Huh??”

Lynn slowly adjusted his Monocle and said, “Didn’t you like turning into this form because it improved your chances of survival? Then I’ll grant your wish. This will be your only form from now on. If you dare change back, the castle will kill you on the spot. No need to hold back.”

Lynn swept his hand out and pointed at it furiously. “And get it a nice, skimpy maid uniform! Make sure it can never take it off for the rest of its life! Keep a close eye on it! Damn it!”