Horana's Enslavement
Carrying the box, I followed behind Madam as we walked through the sixth floor. Suddenly, she stopped in the middle of the hallway and spoke.
“Elisha, find an opportunity and make Horana our slave.”
“Yes, Madam.”
Though the sudden order piqued my curiosity, I simply obeyed. Fortunately, Madam continued with an explanation right away.
“As you saw earlier, survivors who prioritize survival have no use for precious metals. So if we trade survival necessities for those metals, we can easily make money.”
“Aha~”
I had wondered what she was plotting, but it turned out she simply wanted to acquire precious metals that held no value to the humans of this dimension and increase our assets. Indeed, since those metals meant little to the people here, we could gain enormous profits even from small items.
“And considering the countless stores around us, the quantity would be truly massive. If we properly grow Horana’s group and take control of the surrounding area, those riches will naturally fall into our hands.”
“When you put it that way, it’s quite something.”
“Hoho, who knows? Horana’s group might establish a nation in this dimension, rebuild civilization, and become the ruling power. If that happens, our family will gain an entire colonial dimension.”
“It’s on such a large scale that I can hardly imagine it.”
Owning a resource dimension at the national level was already immense, but possessing an inhabited dimension rather than an uninhabited one would be extraordinary in many ways.
“To make that possible, we need to turn Horana, the leader of the group, into a slave and secure her as family property. Ideally, all the women here as well.”
“Hmm. Starting with Horana, I could turn them all into slaves within at least twenty-five days.”
“Ah, one more thing. Give Horana the ability to turn other women into slaves herself. She’ll need it to expand her influence.”
“That would be difficult with an Abaddon made for slave use. I’ll work with an Abaddon princess instead.”
“Good.”
Madam smiled in satisfaction and resumed walking.
Our family had been busy creating a safe place until the distress signal reached the dimension management office. Accepting my suggestion, Gwangnam and Charlotte had begun building a farm on the rooftop to grow vegetables and fruits. Meanwhile, Ruya and Madam traded goods with the women while teaching them how to fight enemies using hunter weapons.
During that time, I carefully implanted the Abaddon princess larva I had created into Horana and waited for it to grow properly.
A few days later, the women—who had finally begun eating and resting properly—started regaining their health and vitality. Several of them had even rolled up their sleeves to help with the farm being built on the rooftop, working enthusiastically.
While I was setting down sacks of soil brought up from the underground storage for the rooftop, Horana came to find me. Noticing the subtle change in her expression and demeanor, I realized the Abaddon princess had begun its full activity. I led her to a secluded corner on the seventh floor.
The moment we arrived, the child now controlling Horana’s body spoke with a smiling face.
“Mother, I’ve succeeded in taming Horana.”
“Well done. What is her exact condition now?”
“I manipulated Horana’s brain to maximize her desire to obey, turning her into a slave who serves me. She lives normally most of the time, but all important decisions follow my commands.”
“Have you completed the womb modification as well?”
“Yes. Using Horana’s eggs, I can create slave Abaddons whenever needed.”
“To accomplish all this in such a short time—you’ve done excellently.”
“Hehe, whose daughter am I?”
I gently stroked the child’s head as she nestled into my arms and rubbed her face against my chest. After staying there for a moment, the child pulled away and spoke.
“Mother, if I find a woman I like later, may I use her as a host for my child instead of making her a slave?”
“Do as you wish.”
“Wow~ Thank you!”
Being an excellent Abaddon princess herself, the child would handle things well without issues. In any case, once Horana became symbiotic with the Abaddon princess, the enslavement of the remaining women progressed rapidly.
One of the most noticeable changes was that the Abaddons, having acquired Korean, now enabled communication between everyone. The slave Abaddons rooted throughout the women’s brains possessed only weak egos, but as secondary brains they significantly enhanced the slaves’ cognitive abilities. Because of this, it became impossible to hide the enslavement process, and Gwangnam eventually found out.
However, I explained it as symbiosis with Abaddons rather than enslavement. Since he already knew I was an Abaddon, persuasion was relatively easy.
“Just by being symbiotic with an Abaddon, their minds improve that much?”
“It’s like gaining an extra brain.”
“I didn’t feel it when I only heard about it, but seeing it directly is impressive. By the way, they only symbiosis with women?”
“Yes, Gwangnam. More precisely, only with females. Since they mainly symbiosis with humans, saying they only symbiosis with women is also correct.”
“Hohoho, we receive all sorts of help from the Abaddons.”
Just as I was inwardly relieved by the favorable atmosphere, Gwangnam raised an eyebrow and asked curiously.
“Huh? Then are the maids working at home also symbionts?”
At the sudden question, I met Madam’s eyes. Her slight nod suggested she had decided to reveal even the maids’ situation.
“Yes. They voluntarily became symbionts to improve work efficiency.”
“To dedicate themselves to our household like that—I’m grateful. Give them a generous bonus.”
“Yes, dear. Hohoho.”
The slaves living as maids in our home were nominally lifelong employees hired by the family, so they received small salaries and paid taxes. However, part of their salary went toward living expenses, and the rest was donated to the Erutina Temple.
At that moment, Charlotte, who had been deep in thought alone, spoke with a serious expression.
“If you symbiosis with an Abaddon, does combat ability increase too, meow?”
“Well… since it enhances overall brain function, it should improve, yes?”
“Then I want to become a symbiont too, meow.”
“Eh? Charlotte, you really want to symbiosis?”
“Yes, meow.”
“Hmm.”
While Charlotte’s positive attitude toward symbiosis with an Abaddon was surprising, Gwangnam looked reluctant about letting his woman become symbiotic with one. Ruya and I glanced at Madam, who sighed softly while looking at Charlotte before giving a slight nod.
“Charlotte has surprisingly strong ambition, doesn’t she?”
“Indeed. She must want to fight even better than now.”
“Meow, to protect my husband, I need to become stronger, meow.”
“Hohoho, how admirable. Since she wants it so much, please allow it, dear.”
With the women’s natural support following, Gwangnam, who had been reluctant, eventually accepted Charlotte’s symbiosis with an Abaddon.
“Well, I’m already coexisting with a parasite, and there’s already Elisha who’s directly symbiotic with an Abaddon… It should be fine.”
“Thank you, husband, meow!”
“Haha, you’re still the same when you cling to someone.”
Gwangnam laughed as he caught Charlotte, who jumped and clung to him.
After Charlotte’s Abaddon symbiosis was decided, I carefully combined and gave birth to an Abaddon princess larva, nurturing it within my womb. Once the larva had grown enough to take a host, I sat facing Charlotte in an empty waiting room on the seventh floor.
“Before the symbiosis, I’ll give you more detailed information about Abaddons. Abaddons are higher-dimensional symbiotic organisms that acquire their host’s knowledge and memories before developing their own ego.”
I explained symbiosis with Abaddons in greater detail to Charlotte, who sat quietly listening. Since she only knew the advantages, I needed to clearly inform her of the disadvantages as well.
“After the larva burrows into the back of the neck and settles inside, it first extends fine tentacles along the spine and roots itself in the brain. Because it spreads roots throughout every corner of the brain, once symbiosis occurs, separation is nearly impossible.”
“Somehow, just hearing about it doesn’t give me a clear sense, meow.”
“It’s fine to just know that much. Anyway, an Abaddon rooted in the brain absorbs the host Charlotte’s memories and knowledge to form its own ego. That’s why they usually have a strong bond with their host.”
I gave her tips on maintaining an appropriate relationship with an Abaddon after it developed an ego. Given Charlotte’s strong sense of self and the fact that I had specially trained this Abaddon princess, it probably wouldn’t happen, but being manipulated by the Abaddon and ending up in a slave-like state like me or Horana wouldn’t be desirable.
“If you maintain an appropriate distance and live like friends, it will be very helpful.”
“Understood, meow. I’ll try, meow.”
“Now then…”
I sent a signal to the larva wriggling in my womb, in my uterus, telling it to come out. The larva smoothly passed through my vaginal opening and emerged outside. Placing it on my finger, I spoke.
“This child is the Abaddon larva that will symbiosis with Charlotte.”
“Meow? The one you just gave birth to, Elisha?”
“Yes. I specially combined its genes focusing on combat support abilities.”
“Amazing, meow.”
“Huhu, once the symbiosis is complete, Charlotte will be able to give birth to larvae too.”
“I can give birth too, meow?”
“Technically, this Abaddon princess child will combine and give birth to them, but since it uses Charlotte’s eggs and womb when creating larvae, you could also say Charlotte gives birth to them.”
I said this while tapping her lower abdomen with my finger as she looked at me with round eyes. Being able to directly create larvae was possible because I had learned the larva combination method from Maria and had my brain modified by an Abaddon.
“Now, if I place the larva on the back of the neck like this…”
“It tickles, meow.”
I gently placed the larva on the back of Charlotte’s neck as she lifted her own hair to expose it. The larva wriggled on her skin for a moment before burrowing into the exact center of her nape. After confirming it had disappeared inside, leaving only a tiny hole, I placed my finger on the opening and infused it with essence.
“It’s successfully entered. Now we just need to wait a few days for it to grow.”
“I don’t feel any sensation at all, meow.”
“That’s normal.”
Though the hole, which had been slightly opened by the essence, had closed without leaving any trace, I could feel the larva that had settled near Charlotte’s cervical nerves extending its tentacles along the nerves toward her brain.
While the larva was rooting itself in Charlotte’s brain, Madam’s strategy of increasing the family’s wealth through bartering with the local slaves achieved great success. We were able to exchange various hunter supplies for gold and other precious metals worth far more than they would be on Earth.
While organizing the gold bars and processed gold items filling the dimensional pocket at Madam’s command, Ruya, who had been watching nearby, clicked her tongue in amazement.
“Wow… How much is all this worth?”
“Hmm, just the pure gold alone exceeds eighty kilograms, so at the dimension exchange rate, it would be worth over five billion.”
“Whoa~ And this is just the gold from inside this mart? Considering the jewelry stores scattered around, it’s really enormous.”
“Turning crisis into opportunity—Madam is truly remarkable.”
“Indeed. As expected, Madam is Madam.”
While chatting with Ruya about Madam, I neatly packed the organized gold back into the dimensional pocket.
“The more I live with her, the more I think it’s fortunate that Madam is Gwangnam’s official wife. If it were me, I could never dream of managing a harem this stably.”
“She certainly excels at managing a harem. By strictly dividing the status of wives and concubines, she established order within the family.”
“Now that the distinction between wife and concubine is clear as Madam intended, it feels stable. I can entrust everything to Gwangnam and Madam and just follow without needing to think. A passive life like this feels really good.”
“Huhu, a life of trusting and following one’s master is pleasant for slaves like us.”
“Though my true master is Elisha.”
Ruya said this while suddenly embracing me from behind.
“I offered my body to my husband, but my mind is always my master’s slave. After all, I’m in a state of absolute hypnosis, aren’t I? If my master wills it, she can freely manipulate my mind.”
“I like Ruya just as she is now, so I don’t really intend to do that.”
“Aww~ Isn’t it a waste to own a slave you can play with freely and do nothing? Come on, try something on me.”
“Hmm, I’m not sure what to do…”
At my lukewarm response, Ruya turned me around to face her and spoke with sparkling eyes that had pink hearts in them.
“Then is it okay if I try what I want to do?”
“Sure. Whatever’s fine.”
“I’ve wanted to experience what it feels like to become a doll ever since I heard that my master is a doll.”
“Huh? You want to become a doll?”
“Yes!”
Honestly, I was a bit taken aback by her vigorously nodding reply. Even for Ruya, who had strong masochistic slave tendencies, wanting to experience doll transformation—which was a full personality deprivation far beyond simply obeying commands—was surprising. I wondered if she truly understood what it meant to have one’s human personality stripped away and become a mere object, a doll.
“Ruya, do you properly understand what it means to become a doll?”
“Isn’t it just being treated like an object by my master?”
“Being a doll isn’t at the level of ‘like an object’—it means actually becoming an object. A simple thing whose only value lies in being used as the possession of the master who owns it.”
“Isn’t that the same as being a slave?”
“Hmm, it’s similar, but the most fundamental part is different… A slave is still human, after all. There’s a big difference between a human who can exist on their own and a doll that cannot exist without the master who possesses it.”
“Oh… That’s kind of difficult.”
Honestly, even I, as the person involved, still found the difference between human and doll difficult to grasp. If I were an AI created separately without any personality or ego as Elisha, I wouldn’t have these concerns, but Elisa wanted me to be a doll with the personality and ego of the human named Elisha, possessing free will—so there was no helping it.