"—you need to wear a collar wherever you go now?"

Piper stopped dead in her tracks.

Her hands immediately jumped onto her neck.

As soon as she heard Drew's words, it suddenly felt incredibly awkward that she wasn't wearing a collar anymore.

"I—you, I..."

Piper didn't doubt Drew, of course. Absolutely Gullible Syndrome denied her the choice to do so.

However, Piper was still able to acknowledge that Drew's word felt very out of place.

"...I know that, but I don't know why..."

Piper mumbled.

She could tell that Drew was fully taking advantage of her state, but at the same time, Piper just couldn't bring herself to simply disregard Drew's words.

With a wide smirk, Drew beckoned her finger towards Piper.

Piper reluctantly obliged, dragging her feet across the tiled floor until she was face to face with Drew.

Drew pulled out a red collar from her handbag and slipped it around Piper's neck. Then, she linked the leash at the front of the collar and stepped back.

"There, all done."

Piper trembled on the spot.

She couldn't believe that Drew just put on a collar around her neck as if she was a common pet, but at the same time, Piper felt an immense relief of finally having a collar around her neck.

It felt like she had been walking around in public naked, until Drew suddenly came along and gave her some clothes to cover herself up.

Drew, on the other hand, was enjoying the situation to its fullest.

"Aww, what's the matter, hon?"

Drew cooed in a mocking voice while tugging on the leash.

Piper winced and grunted as the tug was delivered to the collar, which dug into the skin of her neck.

"Come now, what's with that frown?"

Drew chided, knowing full-well of the clash of conflicting emotions raging inside Piper's head.

Just the idea of having her bitch of a counselor quite literally under a leash was very thrilling, but Drew had extra plans about what to do with her rival.

She reached out and gently gripped Piper by her chin.

"Let's get this straight first, hun.

You are wearing a collar because AGS could be contagious, and as a carrier, you need to be in check.

Since I put on the collar, I'm your caretaker—that means I can do whatever I want with you, and you need to follow my orders unrelated to how you feel about it.

Understand?"

Drew rubbed her thumb over Piper's chin.

Piper glared at her caretaker.

If only she could say "No" to her...but alas, as soon as Drew was done explaining, Piper found herself immediately believing every single word of it.

"Y-yes..."

Drew pricked Piper's skin with her nail.

"First order, you must now address me as Mistress whenever you're talking to me."

"Yes, Mistress."

Drew smiled, satisfied by her work.

"Great. Then let's go out for a walk, pet.

I have a special surprise prepared for you..."