Kaiser of the New World

Kai froze as he turned his head and looked over his shoulder, glancing back at the door.

He felt his heart rate pick up, why tonight of all nights? Did someone seriously have to visit him to-

Kai's eyes widened as realisation hit. He would normally be asleep at this time, yet someone was here knocking on his door now, almost like they waited until he would be asleep.

That explained why he always felt so tired, why sometimes he would be full of energy and other times not be able to function properly.

And that... also explained all the time lost.

Either the hex erased certain memories and made it seem like time was progressing naturally, or whenever he fell asleep he became some sort of sleeper agent, walking around and following orders for days, only to return to his bed after it was over and let the real Kai take control back.

But that left another question in Kai's mind, this one probably more important.

Who the hell was on the other side of the door?

Standing up, Kai slowly made his way to the door while simultaneously thinking of how to act, what would be the least suspicious thing he could do.

And the answer to that was rather simple.

Just don't speak at all.

If he really was some sort of sleepwalker whenever someone visited his room at night, then he probably wouldn't talk, so to act normal he just had to not say a word.

Placing a hand on the door handle, Kai mentally prepared himself and opened it, only to see-

"Hello Pet, so nice to see you again."

As soon as the door opened, Anastasia burst in and started petting Kai's head. She ran her fingers through his hair before leaning down and placing a soft kiss on his forehead.

Kai was stumped, but not because of the kiss or even because of the fact she called him 'Pet'...

But because of the fact that she didn't seem to know that he had broken free from her hex.

Of course, that didn't mean he wasn't also weirded out by the name and kiss, he just had to steel his nerves and not react. If this really was a regular occurence whenever he fell asleep, then he couldn't afford to slip up.

As Anastasia walked passed, Kai felt his heart rate pick up once more, only this time he had Nonchalance to help him out, making the situation a little more bearable.

Anastasia was wearing a nightgown that was similar to the one that she wore to seduce Kai on night three, the only difference being that this one was a light shade of blue.

It also had the top half of her breasts exposed, but now Kai was able to control himself and not react to the sight too much.

Making her way over to one of the armchairs, Anastasia stood behind it and softly patted the back of it.

"Come on Pet, take your seat."

Doing as he was told, Kai walked over and sat down in the armchair. Expecting Anastasia to take a seat in the other one, Kai relaxed a little and-

Was shocked when Anastasia took a seat on his lap.

She leaned back into his chest before wrapping an arm around his neck for stability and moving her legs to over the edge of the armchair. She sat sideways in Kai's lap, the left side of her body pressing against him.

"Oh Pet, you have no idea how stressful all of this is. Castillian isn't paying me any more attention because he is too busy with that little brat he bought. I see the potential in her, but is she really worth more than me?"

Kak gritted his teeth as he felt sick to his stomach. Was she seriously talking about the 'potential' of a little girl, how disgusting!

But even though he felt that way, Kai couldn't advertise any reaction. He had to remain impassive, remain calm, even though he felt absolutely appalled, there was one good thing that had come out of that.

Kai now knew that Petunia was still alive.

That was great, it had only been a couple of hours since he broke free from the hex and he already completed half a goal, finding out if Petunia was alive. Now he just had to complete the other half of finding out where she actually was.

"Oh well, at least I have you, you make everything so entertaining."

Anastasia giggled softly as she poked a finger into Kai's nose. He was successfully able to not react, but this whole situation was getting a little uncomfortable.

"Pet, you really are precious. To think that we would have never met if Number Two didn't convince Castillian to bid on you. She even coughed up some of her own Units, even I have no idea how she was able to gather such a large amount of them. It's quite strange, but she's always been like that, mysterious."

Shocked by the revelation, but not showing it on his face, Kai continued to sit completetly still as his mind went into overdrive.

Number Two? Is she on about the Second Queen? It has to be, but how would that make sense. Ana would have more in terms of wealth and power, but it was the Second Queen that paid for my bidding? How the hell would the second Queen of some random Subdimension have enough money to bid against literal Main Dimensions?

No matter how Kai looked at it, it just didn't make sense. Judging by the fact that Main Dimensions had bid on him, the bidding process was definitely not cheap, yet a random Second Queen of a small tier Subdimension had enough to outbid them?

And to make it even more confusing, it was basically the Second Queen that had bought him, yet he had never actually met, or even seen her for that matter. Why bid on someone if you're never going to visit, talk or even look at them?

It all just made no sense.

And yet, Anastasia didn't even seem that curious, or even suspicious about how the Second Queen had all that money. Surely she should be at least slightly curious about it.

Like-

"Pet, I would like for you to give me a massage, and make it a good one."

Cutting Kai's thoughts short, Anastasia started moving in his lap and went back into the position someone would normally be when sitting in someone's lap. She let out a soft sigh as she leaned back against his chest.

Unsure of what to do, Kai lifted his hands and started massaging Anastasia's shoulders. He wasn't exactly a masseuse back on Earth, so he didn't really know how to give a proper massage. Still, he seemed to be doing a good enough job as he heard a shift in Anastasia's breathing.

But after about a minute of massaging, Kai froze as Anastasia started giggling, her body shifting in his lap.

"Oh Pet, look at you being all innocent tonight. That idiot version of you must have gotten too tired when doing whatever some commoner like him does when in a city like this.

But look at you, taking care of my shoulders. I must say, it's a nice change of pace compared to where you normally massage me."

Kai's mind was racing, but he couldn't afford to stop massaging.

First of all, had she really just called him an idiot? He was still young! A mino-

Well, not anymore, he would have to get used to that change, but still! Who was she to make fun of him? She had to enchant people just to get them to pay attention to her because her husband would rather spend time with a child!

...

Both of those sentences were about as fucked up as the other.

But there was also something that she said that had Kai panicking.

This was definitely a regular occurence, he knew that much by now. Anastasia had come to his room while he was asleep and spent time with Hex Kai, but...

Where the hell had Hex Kai been massaging her for her to call this innocent? The fabric of her nightgown was incredibly light and Kai could feel her skin through it, in fact, it was like the shoulders of the gown were going slip off at any moment, giving Kai a free show of her full breasts.

Also, did this mean that the strange taste he had always woken up with was from...

Kai didn't want to think about that anymore.

Still, Kai continued to massage only Anastasia's shoulders which she didn't seem to mind. In fact, she started to get a little too into it as Kai heard her breathing pick up and soft moans escape from her lips. He couldn't see her face due to the face she was sitting on his lap, but he was sure that he probably didn't want to imagine what expression she was making.

Anastasia continued to squirm as Kai kept massaging her. Turns out, maybe he could have been a good masseuse because he had ended up finding another use for his wrist and finger training.

Maybe if he escaped he could set up a massage parlor and make some money that way...

But after another couple of minutes, Anastasia let out a strangely sad sigh and got up out of Kai's lap.

"Oh well, I guess we better pay a visit to Castillian and the brat to see how her training is coming along."