Chapter 21: Master, Please!

Su Nian took a deep breath, struggling to suppress the shame and anger welling up inside her.

She slowly raised her head, her mesmerizing eyes meeting the mocking gaze of the horned demon, her voice trembling slightly.

“M-Master… I want some bread, please.”

The moment these words left her lips, she felt her face burn as if she’d been slapped.

Ding!

Humiliation points +2174.

Daily quest: Address the special horned demon as “Master” (1/3).

Ding!

Provocation points +2174.

Upon hearing this, Chu Tian felt a complex mix of emotions-smug satisfaction at his success, a sense of superiority, yet also an unexpected pang of pity and reluctance toward Su Nian.

But he quickly masked these feelings with a cold smirk.

“That’s more like it.”

With that, he took a piece of bread from his pack and tossed it at Su Nian’s feet.

Staring at the bread on the ground, a flash of humiliation crossed her eyes, but hunger soon overpowered everything else.

She slowly crouched down, her bound hands reaching to pick up the bread.

After wiping it hastily on her clothes, she began devouring it ravenously.

The coarse texture and faint wheat aroma filled her mouth.

At this moment, nothing else mattered-she just needed to fill her stomach and regain some strength.

As she ate, tears welled up uncontrollably in her eyes, but she stubbornly refused to let them fall.

Between bites, Su Nian silently swore to herself:

I’ll remember today’s humiliation!

Just you wait, you damned horned demon.

After finishing the bread, Su Nian encountered another problem.

She was thirsty.

Hmm…

Having already called him “Master” and begged for food once, the second time didn’t feel quite as unbearable.

Unless she wanted to drink the slop meant for goblin direwolves, this was her only option…

Besides, she might as well complete today’s daily quest—having already called him “Master” once, it’d feel like a waste not to finish the remaining two times.

“Master, I want water, please.”

Blushing crimson, Su Nian approached the horned demon again, her eyes fixed on the canteen at his waist.

Ding!

Humiliation points +1091.

Daily quest: Address the special horned demon as “Master” (2/3).

Ding!

Provocation points +1091.

Chu Tian was pleased with this outcome.

Not only had he gained provocation points, but he’d also identified a pattern-the first time an action humiliated the girl, it yielded the highest points, with diminishing returns afterward.

Wanting water was a basic human instinct.

But before that…

He needed to ensure safety.

A vial of weakening potion appeared in Chu Tian’s hand once more, which he emptied into his canteen.

This girl wasn’t some low-tier monster like a goblin.

During their earlier battle, had she not been wielding his sword, he might have been the one defeated.

If the potion’s effects wore off and she recovered her strength, these ropes wouldn’t hold her for a second.

Su Nian noticed the horned demon’s actions.

That transparent liquid was what had made her limbs go numb and weak the very reason she’d been captured by this bastard in the first place.

Yet in her current situation, she had no choice but to accept it.

If she chose not to drink the water, she might die of thirst first.

Even if she endured until the potion’s effects wore off, being exhausted and dehydrated would leave her no match for the horned demon.

So…

Better stick to the plan of gathering 100,000 humiliation points to escape this hellhole.

Chu Tian placed the water flask-laced with a full dose of the weakening potion-directly between the bound girl’s hands, letting her grip it.

“From now on, you’ll get one flask of this water every day,” Chu Tian said, naturally referring to the drugged water.

Compared to the massive amount of anger points he gained from the girl, the cost of the weakening potion was negligible.

“Mhm…” Su Nian nodded.

She was already parched and couldn’t afford to hesitate.

She quickly took the flask and gulped down most of the water, stopping only when she couldn’t drink another drop.

A faint smile crept onto Chu Tian’s face.

Back in his previous world, if a girl was willing to share a drink with him, it meant she didn’t mind him-maybe even liked him.

At this moment…

If Su Nian knew what Chu Tian was thinking, she’d be screaming internally:

“Try drinking without using your hands, you bastard! It’s not like I have a choice! If you gave me a cup, I’d pour it out properly!”

With “breakfast” over,

Chu Tian left the cave.

Before departing, he concealed the entrance and reinforced the “gate” with a purchased strengthening array and an alarm array from the system.

Now, his hideout was foolproof.

With Su Nian a fairy-like beauty who seemed to have stumbled into the mortal realm-imprisoned here, his anger points were skyrocketing at a terrifying rate.

In just two days, the points he gained had already multiplied several times over his previous total.

Because of this, his strength was rapidly increasing.

Once only capable of capturing goblins and demon wolves, he now set his sights on four stronger magical beasts:

Flame-Scale Lizard, Shadow Panther, Thornfang Direwolf, and Whispering Wind Eagle.

Though the anger points from these beasts paled in comparison to what Su Nian provided, he still believed his current “relationship” with her was temporary.

One day, when he grew strong enough, he would tell her everything.

He would explain that all this was to prepare for the demonic calamity three years from now.

Deep down, Chu Tian also held some hope for a deeper bond with the girl.

If she could accept him, perhaps he could truly possess her body and soul.

After transforming into a horned demon, his possessiveness and desire for conquest had grown far beyond what they once were.

Yet he had no idea that the stunning girl he had imprisoned would soon escape.

Inside the cave, once the horned demon left, Su Nian had no choice but to start cleaning.

There was no helping it.

Trapped here, she couldn’t stand living in filth.

Especially the waste left behind by the goblins and demon wolves if left piled up, the stench would suffocate her.

Burying the refuse became the most frequent and exhausting chore she had to endure.

Damn it.

She was a transmigrator with a system-why was she doing this kind of menial labor?

All because of that bastard horned demon!

She’d kill him sooner or later!

As night approached,

Su Nian heard the heavy iron gate at the cave entrance creak open.

It’s the master-ugh, I mean that damned horned demon is back!

The autumn forest of magical beasts was still chilly, and she hadn’t even completed her daily task of calling him “master” three times yet.

So, what she wanted now was…

A blanket!

As she hurried over, she spotted the “new things” that the damned horned demon had brought back today.

Two shadow leopards and a windwhisper eagle.

These were magical beasts that only appeared deep in the forest.

They looked sickly and weak, all tied up by that damned horned demon as his trophies.

As Su Nian pondered the word “trophies”… it suddenly hit her.

Right now…

She herself was probably also one of that damned horned demon’s trophies.