"I'd think so too, but I had admitted hitting him, and they had witnesses..," Naru replied with a sigh. "It was a bit of a slam dunk case for the prosecutor. Especially since there's that statute on the books."
"You don't mean..."
"Yeah, my case was raced on through so that I could get to my punishment."
The emerald eyed girl frowned as she tried to figure out just how this girl could be need to be taken under that law. She didn't look like she practiced any fighting styles, never mind any esoteric ones. "Why would they do that?"
"Because my Master wound up bouncing down the hallway and smashing into a wall so hard that he left an outline made of cracks."
"Ouch..."
"Well, I'd been grabbed, and I seem to have some natural strength so..."
"When you used it, you wound up looking like every other martial artist. But what sort of contract were you sentenced to?"
"A pretty standard one. I can't hurt my Master, and it's hard for me to do anything wrong, but for the most part, I have to serve him for five to seven years, depending on how badly I behave," Naru replied with a shrug, "though I can get off sooner if I'm good enough."
"Sounds about right. I suppose that's for multiple things?"
"'Assault', 'destruction of property', 'endangering the welfare of others' and some other smaller ones I think they just put on to be mean."
"Ah. And how far is it?"
"What?"
"Can he... You know. Make you visit his bed?" the younger girl asked as she gave a half-expectant, half embarrassed look.
Naru blushed hard and looked down. "It's not part of the contract. I... They didn't think it was proper, though it is conditional..."
"'Conditional'?"
"If I agree, and he agrees... well..."
"Ooooh..."
"I just... He... well... we... haven't...."
"Sounds like you want him to do it..."
"What gives you that idea?!" the elder girl yelped in a panic.
"Just guessing, I suppose."
"Oh. Well, I suppose that's okay."
Giggling slightly, Makoto wondered how reluctant the other slave was as:
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