Regina never said something about not enslaving them

I look at the pair of pretty looking grey haired women sitting on the bench. As I pay more attention to their faces, I realize that they look pretty similar. They make me think of androids, between that and the haircut I gave them. I dye it to be a bit brighter, silver instead of grey. The idea was taking shape.

Those attires had to go, replaced by full-body bodysuits with a chrome texture. Combined with some gloves and boots in the same style as the suit, they were really catching my attention. Even if my take was looking questionable to my companion.

"You're into that?" Regina asked, laughing and trying her best to make it look like she was doing that due to a funny cat video in my phone. "It's ridiculous."

"It's a cool aesthetic." I cross my arms as I try to defend it. "They're going to be my retro-future slaves, alright?"

Regina's laughter continues until it stops suddenly. "Wait, repeat that?"

"You said I couldn't befriend them, but nothing about enslaving them. Look, if I'm going to work to modify people to my liking, I want to keep them close enough for me to enjoy the results off my craft. Specially if it takes as much out of me as these two took when I dialed the clock back and gave them perfect skin." My finger is still hurting from that, just a bit.

"I'm not sure if getting yourself slaves is a good idea, Sam" Regina tries to reason with me.

"Aw, come on, you're not gonna do a moral argument to me about it, are you? You're the one who wanted to be mean to randoms." I roll my eyes.

"First of all, I should feel insulted that you even considered that I was going to make a moral argument." She clarifies. "And secondly, I mean it in the sense of, literally bending someone completely to your will is something that requires far more than aging them down, and that wasn't an enjoyable experience for you, was it?" She calls me out.

"Well, I don't have to make it all happen in one stage, do I?" I try to argue. "I'm pretty sure I can break down their will little by little, until they're **** enough for me to do what I wish with them."

"What kind of slaves are you hoping to get? Because that seems suspiciously less like 'I want these slaves for my sexual pleasure' and more like 'Unpaid labor here I go!'" She crosses her arms.

"Alright, did something happen?" The enslavement of these two random women is not what's annoying her, that's obvious. Regina wouldn't get mad with me for that.

"What happened is that you pushed your limit and you want to keep going, which is only to hurt yourself." She takes my hand. "And I don't want to see that" She stares deeply into my eyes, and I turn in shame as I see it.

I sigh. "Alright, you know better than me about that kind of stuff. Can I at least make them give me their numbers? I want my fake android slaves."

She takes a moment to think, but she nods. "You made two women half the age they used to be without either of them noticing it, and your consequence was a lightly burnt finger. If asking them to do that could be dangerous to you, I wouldn't be talking to you, I would be taking you to an hospital."

With Regina's blessing, I got the ladies to give me their number and send them on their way. It was at that moment that I learnt that they were cousins. Regina and I looked at each other for a moment after learning that, but it would not dissuade me from becoming their master in the future.

I promised her to not use the ring for the next few hours. We spent that time truly relaxing, doing nothing except taking in the beauty of nature. We walked between the threes, we sat on benches, we dropped some coins on the mountains (Regina was the only one allowed to make wishes for us, I'd be cheating otherwise). It was just normal couple stuff, but being Regina made it all feel special.

Still, I wasn't that much of an outdoorsy person and neither was she, so she had no objections with my idea of going to the cinema to watch a movie.