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The next week involved changing the mind of a certain Holy Knight.
Gerty and your cute goddess shared similar... "personality attributes", but they both had their individual characteristics. While Herta could be haughty and arrogant, Gerty was self-righteous and honorable. As Herta excelled in crafting and divine power, Gerty was skilled in leading and warrior spirit. Yet every so often the Holy Knight's noble facade would break, giving you a glimpse of her true colors. It was this which you seeked to cultivate.
First, to test the waters, you'd done the same thing you had with the goddess; giving vague orders and seeing how she'd interpret them. These techniques seemed to be less effective with Gerty--her efforts to interpret your words properly and her usual level-headedness working against her own perversion. However this did give you the freedom to punish her for 'misinterpreting' your wishes, allowing you to humiliate her in ways that would ingrain her with you.
It didn't matter if she succeeded or failed in any requests you made, she was met with both insults and bullying that--in spite of her attempts to hide it--she obviously looked forward to.
You seemed to be making record progress with her. It was the third day of the week when something interesting happened.
"Master-Savant..." She'd said as she served you something to drink, her expression morose.
"What's wrong?" You ask.
Gerty continued "He isn't coming back for me- for us, is he?" Oh? this was new.
"Who isn't?" You assumed she meant Lord Forthwythe, but you wanted to confirm it.
"Lord Forthwythe..." She uttered dejectedly. Had she finally come to terms with it?
"No." You answered with certainty. "He won't."
"... How would you know that, Savant?"
"Just think about it for a moment." You try to reason. "He sends you and the rest of the girls to scout a place far away--no provisions and knowingly close to danger--with many reasons to want each one of you dead."
"Why not just execute us?"
"And risk the fallout from killing four beautiful women in his harem that did nothing wrong?" You wag your finger at her. "Too messy. Sending you all off makes important relatives raise less questions."
"No. That's... that's..." She doesn't really have any reply to what you just said and looks to the ground. So you decide to go in for the kill.
"Besides," You walk closer to her and give her a hug. Despite the warm action you can feel her disappointment from the affection radiating out, that is until your hands begin to grope her toned body. She jolts, her breaths becoming heavy. You pull back her hair so that she's looking directly at your face. "I know what useless maso-bitches like you truly deserve, especially ones that questions her master's decisions..." You proceed to sternly 'correct' her behavior. She nearly matches Herta's limits in what she can take.
From that point on you're able to gradually ease her into being more open about her emotions, at least in front of you.
