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- To the right of the bed... - Ben pointed with the tip of his nose while taking off his shirt completely - If it's not too much trouble for you I'll...
- Okay! I get it! I'm going...
- Thank you madam Kristma!
I got away from the eyes of Benjamin and his strong biceps and soon after begin to search the bathroom mentioned by Benjamin.
I found the door of a large bathroom with a gigantic jade-carved bathtub.
I entered the place closing the door slowly with the muscles of my back.
The place was externally beautiful. A large glass wall served as a view of the mother-of-pearl coated bathroom with small pearls.
The mirror that stood a little away from the bathtub was huge with a long sink with two taps made of gold. Next to the sink were two fogged glass doors that hid the toilet and the round and wide shower made of the same golden material that covered the sink taps.
I took my nightdress and my silk robe with long sleeves and threw them over the sink in front of me.
I undressed and dressed my nigtdress and I walk out of the bathroom with my robe on my hands.
I found Benjamin in his underwear on the bed with his hands behind his head looking at the sea in the distance through the open windows and the curtains that danced with the sea breeze that kissed slowly and affectionat my skin.
- Finally... before you say anything about sex...I won't do nothing with you... I promise!
- Okay...
- I promise that I will respect you!
- Thank you so much!
I sat next to Ben and his muscular legs and I saw a pair of sheets and slightly thin blankets at the foot of the bed.
- I think we should use these... probably we will have two blankets... one for you and one for me...
- That's fine by me! I'm too sleepy for look for something now...
- So... I'll use this one and you will use the other- Benjamin suggested while he was lifting his body and picking up one of the soft cotton sheets leaving me with only one option.
I took the navy blue blanket that was left to me and cover my body while I was lying next to Benjamin that was already falling asleep.
- Good night Madam Kristma... - Benjamin said goodbye with his almost closed eyes and voice laden with sleep and tiredness.
- Good night lord Benjamin... - I answered by falling asleep next to him, looking at the green of his eyes being erased by the eyelids and heavy lashes that have slowly closed.
The sun beams radiated through the open windows of the room we were in. Maybe it was the beginning of the first part of the morning by the intensity absurdly strong that sunlight burned the wood from the bedroom floor.
- Good morning Kris... are you hungry?
- Maybe... - I answered rubbing my eyes and feeling my hair messed up by the possible times I rolled in bed.
I looked at the gleaming spot near my body and a silver platter had been placed near me.
The tray was covered with fruits, breads and cakes. The amount was greater than I could eat that morning.
- Here... I brought you orange juice... - Ben offered me a glass cup filled with juice. I accept it and take some of the liquid that was deposited in that container.
- I didn't know what you liked so I got the most classic... everyone likes the classic...
- Thank you Ben...
- It was nothing...
- Do you know what we will say when others ask how was our evening? - I asked taking a sip of my juice.
- I won't say anything... nothing happened that they would be interested in...
- But it was my first night with a man who didn't want to do anything sexual with me...
- Not wanting and not being able are two completely different things... I would never do anything with you in the conditions we are...
- And what conditions are those?
I knew about what he were talking... we could fall in love each other if our night were be about more our bodies and kisses than cards, food and sleeping.
- Your master... who would prefer to have his head ripped off than to lose his new pet...
- Am I the pet?
- Exact!
- If I could choose who to spend the rest of my days with, I certainly wouldn't be with him...
- I understand you... I've known him since we were kids... he was never an easy person to deal with... Cael's father lived executing every will and whim he asked for...
- So that's why he grew up and stayed like this?
- It wasn't just for that... he began hanging out with the wrong people... with the wrong actions and conversations. As much as our friendship has continued over time, we have only become co-workers...
- Your friendship has died...
- More than that our friendship was completely buried by his selfishness, by the envy he felt. Everything I had Cael wanted to have an equal. If I won a stroller, his father gave him the same one ... but that's not a problem... I don't care about him or what he does.
- This must be something very stressful...
- When I was younger... yes! But now... I got used to it...
- How was his childhood when Cael wasn't around ?
- It was great. I can't imagine a better childhood for a child... My father always taught me that if I want to have something I need to earn it and conquer it... that's the Benjamin family motto...
- So Benjamin is your last name?
- No... that's my name... every man born with our blood is named Benjamin. It's a tradition that started with my great-grandfather
He was the first Benjamin. In this new generation in our family there's me and my brother and my cousin. I am the fifth, my brother is the sixth and the cousin is the seventh.
- It must be confusing when all the Benjamins are together. - I mentioned laughing at the daydream that I had just created in my mind.
- It is not confusing most of the time. - Ben displays his smile in response to my laughter- Things only get a little complicated when one of us does something wrong and our father or uncle shouts "Benjamin!" from the middle of the stairs... we all always run away when this happens... - It's a really funny time. You could go there sometime.
- Maybe someday...
- If your Supreme Master allow. Of course... I would rather die than disrespect one of the Empire's greatest warriors... the emperor's personal friend... the majestic Iudex Cael!
- Why are you always ironic? And why does the irony make you so funny? - Benjamin raised the eyes up to my face and stopped for a few seconds.
- This is a gift that the old gods gave me... I have good humor... tell me about your childhood. How was your childhood in Douléia?
- My childhood?
- Yes... – Benjamin replied stopping his eyes on the part of my leg exposed by the dressnight.
- My childhood was fun and difficult at the same time... when I arrived in Douléia I was referred by Dioketes Johansson to live in the hut where I spent, like, every year of my life before I became a pallaki... in Douléia, in every cabin lives three girls and in my cabin there was me, Lux and Louise. They were sisters and very annoying but they had good friends who came to our cabin most of the time. One of those friends was Drusilia... the first day I got to Douléia she was in the cabin playing with Lux.
- So that's when you met Drusilia?
- Yes! It was! Since that day we can't stop playing together... Lux has always been jealous of our friendship...
- Envy is the evil of the century...
- Of course! But this envy of the Lux did not hinder our friendship that got stronger every day...
- What about pallaki lessons? I know that there are pallaki lessons in the colonies...
- They really do exist... but they are not lessons they are lectures about what we should do... how we should please our Master... what we are... what can happen if we break some order of our leaders... and things like that. As we got older, Drus and I started to bend some rules, like. We ran away from some lectures.
- That they should be very boring... I understand you Kris! Some of the my teachers' classes were unbearable! Nor I could stand it...
- Now try imagine... I had to pay attention to a Dioketes who spent more time cursing some child or sklavoi than actually explaining the subjects that should be taught...
- But I thought that in Douléia they were more rigid... only the girls of the castes Clarus, Iudex and Devis can enter there...
- But they are rigid! If one girl breaks any order the punishment it's an absurd!
- I never agreed with this...