Chapter 84 Criminal Slaves.

On their way to the mansion, Paul bought new clothing for the rabbit and cat girls since all they had were rags they were wearing at the slave market.

Once they arrived all five ladies were shown to the servant quarters.

-You will be sleeping here, today you have a day off to familiarize yourselves with the mansion, The bathhouse and kitchen are at your disposal so don't worry, and use them as much as you like.

-But master, we are slaves, how could we use the bathhouse or the ingredients from the kitchen as we please?

Rina, the mother of the two rabbit girls asked, surprised.

-You can because I allow it.

My slaves don't go hungry or use the well water to clean themselves.

Paul stated surprising all of them.

In the past, even the cat girls who were valued by their young lady didn't have such possibilities available to them.

-Get cleaned up and eat something, then familiarize yourselves with the mansion and your new duties.

The rest of the day is for you to have some rest but from tomorrow I expect you all to do your duties to the best of your abilities.

-Yes, master.

They all acknowledged.

-Rina, I want you to inspect the kitchen, and if something is missing or if some ingredients are lacking tell me or even better write it down.

Paul said giving her a few sheets of paper and a pencil.

-Yes, master.

The new cook said, taking the items from him.

-Nia, and Lia I want you both to go and find Irine to adjust your clothes for you.

The two cat girls nodded.

-Yes. master.

Paul bought them clothes but they were meant for humans and had no place for their tails.

After Paul left the beast kin girls decided to get a bath first and get rid of the slave market stench from their bodies.

They spent the rest of the day familiarising themselves with their new home and its inhabitants.

The next four days went by peacefully allowing Paul and the rest of the ladies to cultivate rising their levels even further.

The new servant girls did their work diligently so the mansion was always spotless and Rina turned out to be a great cook.

There was a small misunderstanding during their first night at the mansion.

All five of them came to Paul's room asking him to choose which one of them would he like to serve him that night.

-Ladies, you must have misunderstood something.

Paul said after his shock passed.

-I don't require any of you to serve me at night especially since I can tell that you are not too happy with this idea.

He added.

-But Master it is a slave's duty to serve her master.

Rina said in a weak attempt to protest.

-That might be true anywhere else but here you are not required to do so.

I never forced a slave to serve me at night and I never will.

Paul explained.

-Not that I would reject you if you came to me of your own free will, but I will not accept you if all that is pushing you to do it is some sense of duty.

Hearing his words all the girls sighted in relief, especially the cat girls and Rina's daughters who were still virgins and didn't want to lose their first time in this way.

After this incident, there were no more misunderstandings and the new ladies were not as tense when Paul was around anymore.

At the end of the week, Paul was almost ready to go through to the second stage reaching level 99 in both mana and Qi.

Anna also made great progress, reaching level 72 in her cultivation.

Even Fei Fei managed to level up again thanks to frequent cultivation sessions with Paul.

Also, her restrictions were getting weaker and weaker with each time allowing her to increase her cultivation speed many times.

Nia and Lia also leveled up thanks to Paul allowing them to continue their cultivation which the previous young lady's husband forbade.

Nia managed to reach level 27 of the Bone refinement stage while Lia reached level 34 in the same stage.

Paul also didn't forget about Irine and Natalie.

He jumpstarted their cultivation just like he did for Anna.

Both mother and daughter were Qi cultivators and during this week they both reached level 25 of the body cleansing stage.

The only people who could not cultivate were Rina and her daughters.

Because they were criminal slaves, their mana pools were blocked by restrictions that he had no idea how to remove and if he made a mistake they would die since the restrictions were set to kill them the moment someone tried to remove them without the proper technique.

Paul then remembered the words Fei Fei whispered into his ear at the slave market.

-The bindings of the criminal slaves will disappear when we go to the next world.

He remembered her words and they were the main reason for buying them.

Paul pitied them as in his eyes there was nothing wrong in a mother defending her child and they didn't deserve to suffer the fate of a criminal slave for their entire lives.

-Fei Fei Are you sure that their restrictions will disappear the moment we take them to the higher realm?

Paul asked her when he had doubts.

-Yes, the laws of the lower realm have no power in the higher one, that is also the reason for their mana pools being restricted.

If they managed to cultivate enough to go to the next realm then they could get rid of the criminal status and be free once again.

Fei Fei explained.

-That might be true but their cultivation will be none existent even when we reach the next realm.

Paul said with doubt.

-You forget that the energy there is many times purer and stronger than here so they will be able to cultivate much easier and faster once they reach the place.

-That is another thing that concerns me, how will they go up there when from what you have told me the portal only allows the people at a certain cultivation level to pass through?

-That is the easy part, they are your slaves, and as such the portal will allow them to go up with their master.

Fei Fei said.

-Did you think that the people who ascended, left their slaves down here?

She asked.

-I thought that they either set them free or just sold them before ascending.

Paul admitted.

-Then you thought wrong, those people take their slaves with them, and thanks to the contract the portal treats them as the property of their master and allows them to ascend alongside them.

It can't be helped that you don't know these things since not too long ago you didn't even know about the other worlds.

Fei Fei sighted.

For her, it was common knowledge but for Paul, it was still new and the memories from his previous incarnation were not accessible yet so he had no idea about many things.

But if what his incarnation told him was true then soon he would start gaining the knowledge he needed to stop being so ignorant.