Curse

In no time Randy was done stripping Baz of all of his golden protection and now the powerful Knight lay on the ground in just his white clothes, his eyes clothes and his body peacefully resting.

"Say Linda, I've neutralised the threat, Baz is down" Randy said with a bit of relief in his tone.

"Why do you say he is down and not that he is dead" Linda asked her voice resounding in Randy's head.

"Well, I decided to knock him out instead."

There were a few seconds of silence after Randy spoke before he got a reply from the woman.

"That is actually quite impressive Randy, I'm actually really impressed, but Randy why would you keep such a dangerous enemy alive instead of killing him?

Do you think you can hold him captive, for god's sake, why does it seem like your intelligence sometimes goes off and on." Linda said her tone quite high by the time she was finishing her words.

"You sure have lost a lot of faith in me" Randy muttered.

"Considering I have observed you throughout your entire stay in the dream world I know just how much you are capable of, I have an idea of how impressive you can be even though you tend to still surprise me, but this stubborn attitude of yours is infuriating."

"Well all I can say is sorry, churning my energy as you told me to, exposed me to some of the extents of my power, and well a taste of such raw strength clouded my judgement for a while.

As for sparing Baz, I think you should take back your words because I did that for a good reason.

Now as you said, that hand sign technique can only be used once in a month right?"

"Yes"

"Okay while I could stay and rightfully argue about how you should have warned me about this and properly told me what to do instead of trying to be all mysterious and haughty, I decided to instead go find a solution, and well this is it.

I figured that I wake up in this body when the day breaks and then go back to earth when it is nighttime, so in that regard, I decided that since I don't have your technique to keep me safe, then I might as well employ a powerful guard to keep my body safe, and that is why I have kept Baz alive."

After speaking this much, Randy stayed silent and allowed Linda to take in his words, not minding the several seconds of silence that passed.

"So well, how do you plan on doing that, how do you want to make this all-powerful knight that has gone to the limits of his ability to kill you suddenly want to protect you."

"Well though when I talked to you about Baz, I forgot to mention that he has a charge, a lady whom I believe he is sworn to and fiercely protective of, and that this lady is also before me."

This time after Randy finished speaking, Linda didn't take time to speak.

"You want to use this woman to control Baz."

"Yes."

"How do you plan on doing that, this isn't the dream world where you can go threatening to kill a woman's loved one if she doesn't do as you say."

Ignoring Linda's jab at his proclivities in the dream world Randy gave a reply.

"How I am going to control her is what I am waiting for you to tell me, after all, you are older than me, I trust your experience and knowledge are abundant."

"Figured" Linda muttered and then got down to business.

"Where would you say your strength stands in comparison to hers."

"Well, I believe I could destroy her with just my physical strength, no demon energy needed."

"Well, in that case, you could make her swear a blood oath, or better yet a mana path, or ehrrm..."

"What" Randy asked wondering why Linda was a bit hesitant to finish her words.

"These oaths that I have mentioned have a lot of limitations and loopholes, especially considering she has a golden knight to help her, but there is one surefire way that you can ensure that you are safe and that she never betrays or escapes you."

"Which way."

"A demonic curse, but the problem now is that a demonic curse can only be done by a ranked demon, one which I am not completely sure if you are, though your feat of capturing Baz makes me rethink my doubt."

"Well, why don't we just try it, if it works, it works, and if it doesn't, then we can decide on other methods."

"Well in that case, what you have to do is offer her your blood which has been infused with your Riatsu.

"Just that" Randy asked when Linda finished in just a sentence.

"Yes, on your side, it is quite easy, the heavy work is on her side as he has to completely accept your influence entering into the core of her mana and then her mind."

"Sounds like she will be a puppet to me"

"Well in a way Yes, because while you can't command her to do things which strongly go against her will, her mind will become heavily influenced by your desires."

"What about her protecting my body, how will this curse ensure she wishes to do that and has Baz do it."

" A natural byproduct of the demonic curse is that the cursed person becomes fiercely loyal and protective to whichever demon curses them.

Also, both of you will have more of a master and slave or even knight relationship, while she is loyal to you and will never harm you, she still has a mind of her own."

"The things Linda described to Randy had him awed and doubtful and when she was done explaining to him what to do, he could only give the still unconscious Baz one last look and then march towards the kneeling Melissa.

With confidence, Randy began walking towards Melissa, but then he paused when he noticed that though the woman had put her gaze on him, her eyes occasionally lingered on his waist area.

"Damn me, can't believe I'm just noticing that I'm naked," Randy grumbled as he looked down at his body, sighing at the sight of his dangling little brother.

Randy was confused about what to do for a few seconds, but in the end, he shrugged and continued moving forward.

Fear filled Melissa's eyes as Randy approached her, the woman quickly got to her feet and stared at Randy warily right till he came and stopped in front of her.

"I have an offer for you, and if you want Baz to live, you will take this offer," Randy said.

A few seconds of quiet passed after Randy spoke and then just as he was about to tell Melissa the offer the woman spoke.

"You want to curse me." She asked and for a second Randy was taken aback because he could swear that he heard anticipation in her voice.

"Yes, I want to."

"So long as you promise me to value Baz and I then I am willing to become an extension of your will."

Melissa's mention of her becoming an extension of his will confused Randy, but he quickly brushed off her words and looking at the breasts of the taller lady he smiled at her.

"No worries, I'm all for treasuring anything that brings the two of us together."