Sorcerer Of Ecstasy 0006: Crest

As he walked out of his room, Leo went to the treasury. The seal was stored safely there. He didn't keep it on his person or even in his playroom since he never needed to use it.

"Leopold," He heard a deep voice calling out to him on the way.

"Dad? Good morning." He said as he turned to look at his father.

"Morning, Leo. You seem in a hurry." He said.

"I'm going to the treasury, I need the slave seal." He told her.

"The Adept archer?" Henry asked.

"Yep." Leopold agreed.

"I'm surprised that you didn't go for your usual preference. You usually take things slow…" He said, surprised.

"She's a special case. For one, she's an Adept aura combatant, and I can't control her completely. As much as I'm a fan of the natural conquest process, she's dangerous." He said.

"There's something else…" Henry said, noticing that his son wasn't giving him the full story.

"I hate when you do this," Leopold grumbled. Not hearing a reply from Henry, he realized that he couldn't dodge answering, "I possibly have something that can change everything,' He said vaguely, "And she's in the prime position to help me experiment with it since I'm going to use her as my test subject." Leopold said.

"There's the cunning child I raised to walk in my footsteps." Henry laughed and patted Leo on his back.

"Right…" Leo rolled his eyes, "Unlike you and Grandpa, I keep my kinky tendencies hidden from the public." He said.

"Don't go there." Henry instantly shut up and started grumbling about Leo being an ungrateful son.

"Whatever you say, old man," Leo said and walked to the treasury.

Going in, he grabbed the seal that was engraved with a sort of tribal tattoo that combined with the sigil of the Solomon Duchy before leaving. He didn't need anything else since he was completely prepared for the trip.

Reaching the playroom, Leo walked in and saw Ingrid's figure that was curled up into a ball as she tried to feel some semblance of warmth.

He didn't say anything and walked up to her before flipping her on her back, revealing her front to him. Due to his rough actions, she also woke up, "Mmm…" she tried to turn to the side and go back to sleep, but Leo put his hand over her stomach, preventing her from turning to the side.

She fluttered her eyes open with annoyance and saw Leo's expressionless face. With that, everything started coming back to her.

"L-Leo…" She stuttered.

"Morning, Ingrid. We don't have much time before we have to leave. Now that you're up, I'll start," He said and raised the crest seal in his hand.

"Please, Leo. Can't we come to some compromise? I'll serve you eternally just please don't put that crest on me… Please…" She violently struggled and whimpered as she tried her best to stop him.

"I don't have the time for your bullshit, Ingrid." He said with a cold tone before pressing the gem on her collar. It flashed and she lost her voice. At the same time, her strength was sapped to the point where she couldn't even move her fingers, let alone raise her arms to resist him.

Meanwhile, Leo held the seal in his hand, and on the stamp part that was engraved with the crest, there was a small needle extending out from the middle. He put his right thumb on the needle and felt his blood draining from his body. At the same time, his blood was filling the gaps in the engraved design and acting as the ink that would be used to stamp the crest on Ingrid.

"Tell me, Ingrid. Where would you like the crest to be?" He asked rhetorically, knowing she couldn't reply.

"Here?" He trailed his free hand over her cleavage while flicking her sensitive nubs, "Or here?" he trailed to her forehead, "Everyone would always know whom you belong to…" He said as his hand trailed down her stomach to just below her belly button, "I think this place will be optimal…" He pressed his hand over her pubic region as he applied some pressure, he saw signs of struggle in her eyes as if she was trying hard to hold on to something.

He didn't give too much care to her struggle and pulled his thumb away from the seal after it was filled with his blood. He didn't waste any time before pressing that seal on her pubic region and pressing down, hard.

Her struggles renewed as she felt the needle at the center of the seal pricking her in an extremely sensitive spot. The seal sucked her blood and mixed it with Leo's blood. At the same time, she felt a horrible burning sensation as the mixed blood was used as a medium to brand her with the crest.

She felt an unbearable pain as if she was being stabbed by a red hot metal rod at the spot where the seal was pressing. A few moments later, she couldn't hold back anymore and lost control over her bladder, wetting the bed.

Leo's eyes narrowed as he looked at her reaction, he felt something being connected to him on an intangible level.

'I have full control over her life and death…' He realized as he felt the connection. This was a branch of blood magic and could only be used through the seal to brand the soul of a slave to the owner.

Finally, he pulled the crest away from Ingrid and put it back into his pocket, "Such a rude slave, wetting yourself without even asking permission, even daring to dirty the bed." He admonished her with a spank on her breast while also allowing her to speak.

"Ahn~" She moaned as she felt the pain of his slap, it was painful, but she felt good from it. 'What is going on with me?' She was panicking inside while being utterly confused at the unfamiliar feelings.

"We have to leave within the hour, I'll take care of your training in time. For now, go and take a shower. I want you there in a kneeling position when I come back in ten minutes." Leo told her while pointing at a spot as he unclasped her leash from the headboard while pointing at a spot on the floor. He got up from the bed and left the room, leaving Ingrid there who was trying to resist the command.

'Why can't I resist…' She was feeling compelled to follow his order, even though she didn't want to. After a minute or so, her willpower was exhausted and she got up from the bed and to the shower area. She didn't even try to take off the collar or the leash that was dangling from her neck.

'Feels a little disappointing how easy this stuff is… There's no feeling of conquest with this. Anyway, I have to experiment further with this crest stuff works later on…' Leo thought as he walked out.

He was going to go meet with Richard to talk about the plan for their trip.

…

"Richard!" Leo called out to a bulky man wearing knight armor. He was waiting beside two large endurance horses that were specifically bred to travel long distances at unholy speeds.

"Young master," Richard nodded toward Leo in greeting.

"Is everything ready?" He asked.

"The provisions for the journey are ready. We can leave at any time." He said.

"Great, What's the ETA?" Leo asked.

"About 24 hours in total. We'll be stopping at a small town on the way for the night and reach our destination by noon tomorrow." Richard told him.

"Mhm, makes sense." Leo nodded. They were going to be covering a very large distance, almost five hundred miles. 24 hours was understandable. Even with their unholy speed and endurance, the horses had limits.

"That's including the third member of our party, right?" Leo confirmed.

"Yes, young master. I presume that the Adept archer will be traveling with you?" Richard said.

"Yeah, we'll be sharing the horse. I don't trust her enough to not somehow sabotage us, at least not yet." Leo said, "What's the bandit situation of our path?" He asked his next question.

"We'll be taking the route through the wastelands. Which means running into quite a number of bandits on the way. Especially the two-hour stretch after our resting spot. That route is filled with rebel bandits." Richard answered.

"Understandable, any issues?" Leo was referring to the bandits.

"Not really, we'll be mostly running into untrained civilians who have no aura capabilities. At worst, we might run into a Journeyman, but that's a big stretch." Richard told him.

"So a perfect on-the-way training exercise for a Novice like me." Leo understood Richard's intentions.

"Exactly. This is also why I said 24 hours. I accounted for the time we'll spend dealing with the bandits. Otherwise, if I was alone, this baby could get me to the Northern province within a couple of hours without any issue." Richard patted the mane of his horse proudly.

"Considering that it takes an Expert to even tame these horses, it's expected that they are that fast," Leo nodded with appreciation.