Terms of employment

Next morning Kanami woke on a fluffy bed and quickly took stock of her surroundings.

-She slept on an extremely high class bed. Nice!

-The room looked like it belonged to some Princess. Nice!

-Right upon waking she started sneezing again. Not Nice!

-She wore a big, bulky and apparently used diaper. Definitely not Nice!

That's way too conflicting! Kanami had no idea what she should feel! For now she just discarded the disgusting diaper and retreated back into her covers enjoying the warmth of the morning sun.

Unfortunately, the annoying fact that she kept sneezing made any kind of rest impossible, so she reluctantly got up.

Kanami spotted her clothes on a chair nearby, neatly folded. They looked very clean. She was missing her panties however. Instead there was just another one of these huge diapers sitting on top of her clothes like it was taunting her. Is she supposed to wear these all the time now? She wasn't a baby!

But it didn't look like she had any other option and so she changed her diaper and slipped into her clothes.

Kanami examined herself in a mirror. It wasn't that visible was it?

Just as she was contemplating her life choices, there was a knock on the door and Mr. Bones entered. He beckoned Kanami to follow him and if Kanami learned anything it was that you don't disobey a skeleton wearing a butler uniform.

Mr. Bones led Kanami trough a quite large section of the castle until the two finally emerged upon some sort of garden terrace. There the witch Beatrice sat on an elegant Breakfast table, equally elegantly munching on a Croissant with butterflies and birds flying all around her.

“Ah good morning, my Ninja. Do you wish to join me?”

Kanami WAS hungry and so she did, taking the seat opposite from the witch.

Eating proved somewhat difficult tough, as her nose needed to be kept pushed up or she would sneeze trough the entire meal.

“I would recommend investing in a clothespin”, suggested Beatrice.

“Uh...about that. Can't you get rid of this? This affects my performance.”

“Oh, I am aware”, said Beatrice with a soft chuckle. “I must admit I find your appearance rather charming tough. Mr. Bones took great effort in choosing your undergarments.”

Kanami let out a whine at that.

“Oh very well, perhaps I can be convinced to dispense with the sneezing at night. I do wish for you to be well rested after all.”

“Thank you, please also...”

“You are a greedy one, aren't you?”, interrupted Beatrice. “I like that about you, but don't think I won't punish you if I feel that you are getting a bit too presumptuous for your station. Perhaps you would learn your lesson if I extend your incontinence to your other bodily waste as well?”

Kanami recoiled in horror. “N-No! This is perfectly fine!”

“Good, not exactly a discussion I wish to have over breakfast anyway.” Beatrice gestured towards a large plate of bread, cheese and fruits while Mr. Bones poured her some tea. “Please eat.”

Finally Kanami found the courage to do so. She took a fresh slice of toast and spread some Puyo-jam on it. It tasted amazing! Quickly her inhibitions where gone and she started inhaling the food.

Beatrice meanwhile looked on in quite amusement.

“Now, regarding your duties....”

“Hmmyesh!” Kanami answered with a mouth full of bread.

“As you might have surmised you will work as my personal ninja. For the most part that will entail guarding this castle and the forest. Although I might also send you forth on a mission every now and then.”

“Guarding the castle?” That sounded dangerous. “From what?”

“Why, people like you of course! Surely, you don't think you are the first fool who thought to challenge me?”

Kanami did not appreciate the wording, but she remembered what happened to the Baron's men. Luckily, she was way more competent and can surely deal with some dumb soldiers. “Yes, of course! I can do that!”

The witch gave a pleased nod at that. “I suppose I should ask. Who exactly send you after me?”

“A very fat guy named Baron Fletcher. I think he is the ruler around here or something. Do you want me to kill him?”

“As much as your quick tendency to turn traitor is endearing, that will not be necessary. How much did he offer you for my head?”

“500 Gold Coins.”

That produced a frown on the witches perfect porcelain skin. “500 Gold Coins? What a pathetic sum. I am worth ten times that! Nay a hundred times! Fletcher will pay dearly for this disrespect!”

“So, should I kill him after all?”

“Curb your bloodlust, my Ninja. I will find an appropriate punishment for him. Until further notice you are on standby. You have freedom of the castle, although you should be aware that certain areas are...less then safe.”

Luckily Kanami was a competent ninja. So she doubt anything here would give her any trouble. “I thank you my liege. I will not fail you.”

“Splendid. Do your work well and I will reward you handsomely. Should you fail however...” Beatrice let out a mysterious cackle before vanishing in a puff of black smoke.

That made Kanami cough AND sneeze. Great!

There was still plenty of food left and leaving leftovers would be very rude, so Kanami finished everything on the table. Mr. Bones meanwhile seemed perfectly contend to play host for that.

The food definitely put one more point towards the nice side of things. And if she did a good job, Beatrice might even reward her by getting rid of this curse. All in all Kanami was quite happy with her situation.

“Umm...” Kanami finally started after the third cup of tea. “What am I supposed to do now?”

The boney butler answered with a polite gesture towards the garden.

An after meal walk? Probably not a bad idea. Kanami was a growing girl so she obviously wouldn't get fat but she needed to stay in shape. Besides Beatrice told her she could go wherever she wanted. And so she took Mr. Bones advice and stepped into the foliage.

It was a surprising sight. The castle itself was already deep inside a forest, but this looked like a forest within a forest with all kinds of exotic plants.

Kanami tried to identify some of the greenery, but most of it was utterly beyond her. She was fairly happy to spot the lethargic mushrooms, tough. Good thing she learned about them back when she was still in training. Stepping on them would have been bad.

Kanami couldn't help but notice other stuff. Eatable stuff to be precise. There where grapes hanging perfectly in reach. Another plant spotted some bananas. And she even found some strawberries!

None of these fruits where present at the breakfast table, which of course made Kanami even more curious. Surely Beatrice wouldn't be angry if she helped herself to some of the fruits here.