Chapter 8 The best outcome.

Before he started his cultivation Paul took care of the fish and the knife he made from one of the rabbit's claws made the whole thing a lot easier.

After he was done, it was time to raise his levels which he proceeded to do, starting with Qi cultivation.

The energy entered his body as soon as he had begun and he assimilated and purified it at the same time.

This slowed down his progress but also made his foundation stronger and the pure energy that was coursing through his meridians made his body stronger.

Right now if he had to lift a hundred kilograms, he would be able to do it thanks to his cultivation.

There was also one other benefit of cultivating Qi.

His body started to change and he no longer looked like he just left a concentration camp.

Thanks to the food and cultivation he was gaining some body weight and some muscles.

For now, he was still thin, and the few centimeters he had grown made him look even thinner.

But he knew that shortly he would have a great body that could put the male models to shame.

This was a normal thing in the world of cultivation, most cultivators that were men became more handsome, and in the case of women, they got more beautiful as they rose in levels.

Paul wasn't sure but he suspected that all cultivators were like that.

This time the cultivation took him longer as he was at a higher level now but he managed to reach level 18 in Qi cultivation before it was time to prepare dinner.

He was shocked at what he saw at the camp once he got out of the river.

There was a big stack of firewood near the fireplace and another one of long branches a bit further away and the goblin girl was sitting under a nearby tree sleeping.

He had forgotten that he ordered to gather wood and she most likely did exactly that when he was cultivating.

Paul wanted to kick himself for his stupidity.

He never told her when to stop so she worked until she was exhausted and fell asleep when she sat down to rest for a bit.

The girl was technically his slave but that didn't mean that he would work her to the bone.

He picked up the sleeping girl and moved her into the shelter to at least make her sleep in a more comfortable place.

When he was putting the younger sister on the grass he saw that the older one was also asleep.

Now that he had a closer look at the two, they were quite pretty and he suspected that once they returned to full health and got some food for a while they would turn into beauties.

Not that it mattered to him, since he wasn't like his step-brothers who abused their servants and slaves.

He left quietly to avoid disturbing their rest and started preparing dinner which meant that the rabbits were on the menu again.

Paul decided to leave the skewers as emergency rations, just in case he needed them, and took out another rabbit and roasted its hind leg after butchering it, which was easier to do now and didn't make him want to puke.

After eating a few slices of meat he cut some of it for the girls and placed it inside the shelter on big leaves.

That way they would have something to eat once they woke up.

Another few hours were peaceful and allowed him to cultivate his mana without any distractions.

Mirroring his Qi he also reached level 18 in mana cultivation before he stopped.

It was already late afternoon when he finished his cultivation and he still had some work to do at least if he wanted to sleep under some kind of roof tonight.

The construction went faster this time since he knew what he was doing now and the girl managed to bring more than enough branches for him to use.

He finished putting the grass inside just as the sun was hiding over the horizon.

Paul had just one more thing to do and that was to use healing magic on both girls before he went to sleep.

The next morning he had a visitor in front of his new shelter when he woke up.

The younger sister was waiting for him.

-I told you not to wait for me to wake up.

Paul said yawning.

The girl knelt and bowed to him.

-I'm sorry master for falling asleep when I was supposed to work.

She said with a bit of fear in her voice.

In her clan, the slaves that were caught resting during work were punished and she expected that he would punish her as well.

It took Paul a moment to figure out why she was behaving that way.

-Don't worry you won't be punished, you did good work so there is nothing to punish you for.

He reassured her and she let a sigh of relief.

-It was also my fault since I never told you when to stop working.

Paul admitted.

-You can get up now.

Only after he said that she stood up.

-How are you feeling today?

He asked as he had poured a lot of mana into healing them last evening.

-I feel fine, my body doesn't hurt anymore.

She was astonished that when she woke up this morning she wasn't feeling any pain anymore and her wounds were gone.

It wasn't hard for her to figure out that she was healed by her new master while she was sleeping.

-Thank you for healing me and my sister.

She said and bowed to him again to show her appreciation.

-You don't have to thank me since this was the deal that we made.

She nodded.

It was true and the price of their lives was their freedom.

-Master, Are you going to brand us?

The girl asked with a hint of fear.

-No, branding is barbaric and unnecessary.

Paul denied.

-But without a brand how will you make us your slaves?

She asked, as far as she knew the slaves had to be branded with their master's mark to finalize the contract.

-There is another way to make you marked as slaves and it does not require anyone to suffer.

Paul said.

This method was developed by some people from Earth who didn't like to hurt their slaves and it also didn't leave a scar for life if a master decided to grant freedom to his slave.

He never used this method as he never had a personal slave before but he knew how to do it and the whole procedure was extremely easy.

-I will mark you both once your sister is healed.

Paul said that this was their deal and he kept his word.

The girl understood that he wanted to make sure that he had hello up his part of the deal before they finalized the contract.

She expected him to brand them already but he let them keep their freedom for a while longer. 

Both sisters knew that at best they would become servants for another clan but the most likely outcome for females who had lost their clans was death or slavery and since they were going to become slaves anyway then why not use themselves to ensure their survival in a dire situation?

Besides, this human was most likely not interested in their bodies since he did not touch them till now.

Or he did not find them attractive.

Either way, he would at least keep them fed and not punish them for no reason and that was the best outcome she couldhave hoped for.