Chapter 23 - Deja Vu
After learning about the circumstances regarding the Bönd clan, Hati also learned that Lisa had been the spirit companion to his now-deceased grandmother. At the same time, Leif didn't get along very well with his spirit companion.
In fact, they had not seen each other since they separated. On the other hand, Sif had refused to take a spirit companion at all despite her being one of the most talented youths in the Fenrir clan.
The elders had never been happy with her breaking tradition like that. Of course, Sif had a good reason for it; after all, a fairy living in her soul would surely find out about her sin shard.
Thinking about all this and more, Hati was lost in thought as he walked through the house's corridors on the way to his room. Currently, he is fifteen years old and has yet to awaken his heart focal.
He was honestly starting to become a little gloomy and depressed about being stuck in one place without progressing his strength. Even his pride shard was having trouble suppressing his other two shards and Hati's depression simultaneously.
Luckily, his mother had told him that his father would be able to solve his problem later, confirming the words from the disembodied voice in the void, which had somewhat relieved his negative emotions.
When he arrived at his room and pushed the door open, a familiar sight awaited him. Astrid was in her underwear as she was in the process of changing her clothes.
He had to chuckle at the coincidence, seeing as it had been exactly ten years to the day since his first meeting with Astrid, which meant that she was now eighteen years old, according to their made-up birthday at least. Her actual age was a few days, weeks or even months older.
She had grown into a beautiful, if somewhat small, woman, standing at a length of 1.62 meters (5'3). She still sported neck-length black hair and monolid, brown eyes, supported by a cute face.
Her breasts were not very big, but they were perky, and with her petite frame, you hardly noticed their smaller size. Her body's best feature was definitely her ass, though, which Hati was currently staring straight at while considering it possibly the most spankable thing he had ever seen.
Hearing his chuckle, Astrid immediately turned around, but as she was in the process of taking off her panties, she quickly stumbled and fell forward straight into Hati's open arms. Where Astrid was small and petite, Hati was still busy growing taller, as he was currently fifteen years old but already stood at 1.8 meters (5'9).
Although he was not an Einherjar yet, he had been doing both physical and combat training, partly to alleviate his boredom. Thus, his body had powerful and well-defined muscles. His face was handsome, and his white hair gave him a certain aura of distinction despite his age.
As her breasts were pushing themselves into his chest while her head was resting just below his chin, her head started steaming, and she quickly tried to free herself from his embrace, something that Hat would not allow.
Astrid was much more powerful than Hati right now because she had already reached the ninth rank of her heart focal and was well on her way to increasing ranks for the soul and spirit core.
Unfortunately for her, the blood seal was still preventing her from using force against Hati so that she couldn't escape from his embrace.
Realising her situation, Astrid started stammering, "M- Master, p- please let me go." Hati smirked in response and said, "Nope, I'm enjoying this way too much."
As he said so, his hands went down to her ass and started kneading it, causing Astrid to let out a loud squeal, turning into soft moans. They had done very few things that could be considered sexual so far; Hati had spanked her occasionally, but only with clothes on.
Still, this had caused Astrid's butt to be quite sensitive to his touch, especially because her panties were currently around her knees.
Hati said, "How about you tell me what you were doing first?" And spotting the clothes that she was preparing to put on, he continued while smirking, "Scratch that, you were clearly changing into… can those even be called clothes anymore?"
The clothes were little more than patches of see-through material held together by strings in the form of underwear; it was clear they weren't designed on earth, but they were obviously this world's version of lingerie.
"The question is, why are you doing it here and why those clothes? Don't tell me you are trying to seduce your master?"
Having surrendered to her fate of being in her master's arms, Astrid clutched Hati's tunic in her hands as she hid her panicked, red face in his chest. She stammered, "N- No! Y- You weren't supposed to be back yet!"
Raising his left eyebrow at that last statement, Hati said, "Oh? Are you blaming your master for your own mistakes now? It seems a punishment might be in order." Seeing her becoming more panicked, he smirked and said,
"Let's see, you changed without permission in my room. Again. You also tried to seduce your master and tried to blame your own mistakes on me. I think a spanking is in order; ten slaps should do it."
With Astrid reaching eighteen years of age, he figured it was time to move their relationship in a more intimate direction. He didn't particularly care about his own physical age. After all, his mental age was already past sixty, not to mention that he was very tall and muscled for his age.
Hearing his words, Astrid felt aggrieved and said, "M- Master, I-" But she was interrupted by a quick swat on her ass, causing a small moan of either pain or pleasure, and her master's commanding voice,
"That's enough. Regardless of reasons and circumstances, you still performed actions worthy of punishment. If I let that go now, what else will you expect me to let go in the future? Now, put on those strings labelled as clothes while I take a seat."
Finished with his orders, he finally lets go of Astrid and walks to one of the larger and more comfortable seats in the room, having a clear view of Astrid. He took his seat and, while resting his head on his fist, he smirked while looking at Astrid.
Meanwhile, the poor maid was stuck in a swirl of emotions, ranging from panic to embarrassment and a little anger. But mostly, there was a desire to follow his orders.
Over the last ten years, Hati had thoroughly ingrained feelings of submission into the girl, feelings that had also started to combine with her growing love for the man, causing her to rarely consider disobeying him.
This time, though, her eyes darted to the door for a second, thinking she could easily outrun Hati. But she quickly suppressed those thoughts as she thought, 'Calm down, Astrid! It may not be happening in the way you wanted, but things are moving in the right direction. Let's just do what he says.'
Gulping and looking back at her master, who clearly had no intention of letting her undress out of his sight, she turned around, thinking it was better to show him her back than her front and started to finish undressing and putting on the lingerie.
When she was done, she hesitated a little but eventually turned around and started walking towards Hati. Her master had been looking at her appreciatively as the lingerie enhanced her natural cuteness and beauty.
He considered himself lucky that his lust shard was doubly suppressed by his pride shard and whatever mysterious means had been used before being born in this world.
Had it not been, he surely would have pounced on Astrid already, likely ruining a large part of his work on her.
That said, he couldn't help but get turned on by the beautiful maid in her lingerie, especially because she was currently much more powerful than him yet still obediently following his orders. He couldn't help but feel proud of himself.
Seeing her approach, Hati smiled and stuck out his cupped hand towards her. Seeing the gesture, Astrid quickly kneeled before him and put her chin in his hand.
Although she still had some shame left about sexually charged moments like before, something that was simply a sign of submission and a little humiliating did not bother her at all anymore.
Looking at Astrid's submissive gaze, hati asked, "Do you know why you're being punished, my dear maid?"
Looking at his gentle smile and authoritative gaze, she couldn't help but feel meek in front of him, even though she was actually much stronger currently.
So she quickly answered, "Y- Yes, Master. I changed in your room without permission for the second time; I tried to blame my mistakes on you, and I- I tried to seduce you."
Hearing the last part, Hati smirked and said, "Oh? So you admit trying to seduce me?"
Astrid couldn't help but think in an aggrieved tone, 'That's what you told me! Then again, I can't exactly deny that was part of the plan…'
So she said, "Yes, Master." Causing Hati to smirk again as he tapped his knee and said, "Alright then, lay yourself over my lap and let's get started."