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The Master while not pudgy had never been physically fit. As such he didn't consider the price of not being able to defend himself or others as a fair trade for the power to create the Contracts.
Of course he hadn't expected a child to be added to his entourage of work hands and servants.
This hadn't been part of the plan. He first naively considered one super natural servant to be enough to keep the house in place. 'Chu had torpedoed the logic that fallacy. And she had pointed that while she lived for her work now, she still needed break time to recharge. So he had temporarily conceded her the power to create her own contracts.
After the week was over, and 'Chu's power had automatically vanished as per the terms of her visit to the outside world, she'd bring with her a 'lot' of new maids. They would collectively keep the household in tip top shape, preventing his beautiful family's house from ever becoming a strip mall.
He would eventually die of old age (he hoped), the power of the contracts would die with him, and the maids would continue to keep the house in good order until the end of human civilization with one lucky person who fate had previously been cruel to becoming the new acting head of the house (with a safety spell he intended to install to add them to the staff if they ever become viciously cruel and sadistic towards the family of cat maids) until that one died of old age, and so on. Maybe some alien archeologists would find the mansion still being manned happily by the maids after the sun burned out.
Heh, his family's house on some martian archeology tour, why not?
THAT had been the new plan. Contracting the child now known as Hinata had not been part of it! He had never intended any but those who were aware and willing to become part of the staff, not those who didn't have a choice.
If someone broke into the tempting target of the household, Hinata would be on her own until 'Chu and the new recruits returned.
"Alright, now I'm just being paranoid." The Master told herself. He almost wondered why he had been so determined to go through with this plan in the end. But his contract was unbreakable as Hinata's.
He was in his study that overlooked the backyard. Hinata in a plus chair rather large for her reading a picture book. The contrast had given her basic knowledge for her job as a maintenance hand for the household, but she'd still need to learn everything the old fashioned way. True she was immortal now, and had all the time in the world to learn anything. But The Master didn't want to simply -exist- frozen in time, he wanted his immortal ward to LIVE. Maybe it would be fitting punishment if he wasn't allowed to die and had to look after her himself.
"Hinata." He breathed out.
"Yes Master?" She asked happily.
"I'm, I'm sorry I couldn't save your parents, and I'm sorry for what I had to do to you to save you."
Hinata blinked a few times, the green haired blue eyed cat girl looked at him. "My parents?" She repeated sounding rather surprised with a distant look on her face before smiling. "It's alright master! I'm with you now! Hinata is where she's supposed to be! And Hinata is very happy to be with master! Hinata thinks it's wonderful to serve master! Hinata is happy it . . ." She stopped herself. Then said, "Hinata is happy she is Master's server."
The Master just nodded, she had become what the contract instructed her to become. He knew the little boy she had been wasn't DEAD, wasn't totally wiped from all existence. This was simply the version of that boy IF she had been born a cat-girl who had been taught to be a maid to this age. It gave him some comfort.
Then Hinata said something surprising, "IS Master . . Is Master SAD Hinata serves master? Does Master . . . does master want Hinata to go away?" Her ears laid flat against her head. It was like she had asked if he wanted her to die.
"Eh? NO! No no no! Not at all Hinata! You're a wonderful girl! And you're a wonderful, no, the PERFECT helper for me! I'm just . . . I'm just sad that I don't have anyone to protect you if something bad happens. Since for the contracts I gave up being able to protect others."
" . . . Hinata is sorry to hear that." 'And Hinata will make it better.' The little maid thought, a determined plan now fully formed in her mind. She knew where The Master kept his contracts after all.
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1. Carlson - Kupochu- 14 /21 - orange with black strips (chief recruiter)
2. ???? - Hinata - 8/8 - green (personal assistant)
3. ???? - Bachiko - 16/40 - auburn(hair) gray-fur buxom
4. ???? - Pimiko 30/30 - pink everything, motherly
5 Mary - Miya 20/42 - Snow-leopard pattern, athletic
6 Tahmineh - Yukiko 18/37 Calico, Curvy
The three cat girls left the office for a second to check up on their sister, Pimiko and Bachiko both at the table.
Bachiko actually started when she first caught sight of Yukiko. "Whao, and I thought I had it stacked."
"Don't be rude Baciko." Pimiko said sternly to her chronological elder.
"Oh it's alright!" Yukiko giggled and moved her hands over her new body. "I don't mind! I really look great don't I?"
"You certainly do dear." Pimiko smiled and nodded, "I'm happy the both of you chose to sign up for CGM."
"Best decision of my life!" Miya smiled and nodded vigorously. She felt like doing some triple backflips!
"Looking at you girls makes me think," Pimiko said, "Master will really only have us to look after him and the house. So we best make sure we have some sisters whose talents are will rounded."
Yukiko giggled and cupped her breasts.
"Not like that dear." Pimiko said politely.
Bachiko nodded, "Okay, I guess that makes sense."
'Chu said, "But the contracts are all based on mine. That's what master said when he gave me the authority to create them."
"Well we aren't all clones of you dear." Pimiko said.
"Do you think we'd have been triplets or whatever if we had all signed YOUR contrast?" Bachiko asked.
"'Chu not know really. Not try to figure out details for contrast before. Never need to."