Cursed to Infinity Chapter 17

I gave Mei Mei a long look, before I looked at Ui Ui whose face now had an expression of relief across her face, and seeing her emotions so clearly I was like... Seventy percent were sure that they were free of Makima's control.

Not that great of odds but I had to trust in the cursed contract in keeping them bound to myself instead of Makima's Control Devil bullshit.

"So... Mei Mei, do you actually know Makima?" I asked flatly.

Mei Mei's face tightened as she gripped her dress with her hands on her knees as she took a deep breath. "Yes, I do... She is one of the higher-up in the Hunters' Guild who all but runs the organization of psychopaths lower rungs." 

I was silent for a minute before I brushed a hand across my face. Then I pointed at the burn mark on my table where the curse contract had burned itself away after I signed it.

"The lack of you asking to be made ageless is what tipped me off. I highly doubt after all that you would forget that limited form of immortality which was the whole point of you agreeing to become my servant." 

My smile was cold and mirthless as I continued. "Afterall... You crave power and control, which is probably how you got involved with Makima the fucking Control Devil. So Mei Mei, what hold does she have over you? Did you make a contract with her?"

Before she could respond I added on coldly. "I order you to tell me the unvarnished truth." 

Mei Mei's lips pursed before she spoke calmly and bluntly. "I didn't know of her status as the Control Devil specifically... I did make a contract with her, which consisted of her allowing me to earn your gifts without needing to serve you and without creating bad blood between us. The contract would just be broken partly via Makima being responsible for protecting me from the consequences of the contract."

I tilted my head to the side and my lips twitched in amusement as I said. "You fucked around with the Devil of Control... The only protection you had from the contract was her fist up your ass and using you for a sock puppet of a mouthpiece meaning. You had no protection at all Mei Mei."

Case in point I looked at Ui Ui and said. "Ui Ui... Correct me if I am wrong, but your powers... Even if they were augmented by your Vow to not use them offensively. You have another vow in play don't you?"

Ui Ui's face tightened but she nodded and then her mouth opened up with her face expressing some panic as she spoke with the panic in her voice. "There is another vow where I am only to use my Cursed Technique and any special abilities I have in service of my sister. In return for a massive cost reduction of cursed energy cost for my abilities." 

I shook my head and looked back to Mei Mei and said bluntly. "You fucked up with the contract Mei Mei." I pulled back out my phone as I had taken a picture of the contract before I had signed it and I pulled up the loyalty bit.

[Loyalty-
The Servant must exhibit unwavering loyalty, providing her utmost power and expertise. Any act of betrayal or purposeful defiance shall constitute a breach of this vow and invoke the penalties stipulated in Article V.]

With Article V being in her case- [Should Mei Mei attempt to break the contract through means not specified in the Escape Clause, she shall suffer irreversible loss of cursed energy, her spirit bound to the service of Jake Bariss for eternity as a cursed spirit, stripped of autonomy.]

"Tell me Ui Ui... If your sister was actually protected from part of the backlash from breaking the contract just going into it with treachery in mind. What is a step away from a cursed spirit enslaved to my will?" 

Ui Ui swallowed and spoke softly. "A Cursed Tool? Or a Shikigami maybe?" 

I nodded and said quite plainly. "Correct in either case... Now Mei Mei, I own your ass quite literally now, and thus Ui Ui as well" 

I had to brush a hand across my face as I digested all this shit... Fucking damned apocalypse world where people wanted every iota of power and leverage.

Of course, I blamed Makima for most of this. But there was no denying that Mei Mei wanted her sweet ageless immortality and all my efforts for nothing on her own end.

So exhaling I spoke up firmly with cursed energy and my spiritual energy filling my voice as I spoke to the girl's souls that I now owned.

"Neither of you are to betray me in any way, neither of you are to sell, gift, or share information on myself in anyway," I said laying out the foundation of themselves not being able to fuck me over.

With that I looked at Ui Ui and said. "Ui Ui send Mei Mei to a safe house or something where Makima doesn't know where she is."

I saw Mei Mei's eyes widen as she realized I was sending her off but before she could say anything in her shock Ui Ui said softly. "I can't... Makima made Mei Mei share all her bank accounts, her stock portfolios, her caches of gold and gems, and all properties were seized and stolen by Makima."

My lips twitched as Mei Mei spoke softly. "That's how she took control over me after the contract... She stole all I had. So that I was nothing and then she took the only thing that remained in my free will."

I was silent for a minute before I said slowly. "Alright then. Mei Mei, your job is now to be my bodyguard, Ui Ui you are my maid now. You will serve my will instead of you're sisters."

Reaching into my wallet I took out my debit card and slid it over to Ui Ui and said. "Ui Ui go get you and your sister some extra pairs of clothes and living supplies. If anyone tries to stop or capture you teleport them directly into Toji's office." 

Toji could deal with some of my own bullshit now. 

I turned to Mei Mei as Ui Ui teleported away with a flicker. "Good now that the innocent little maid is gone... The question is. How should I treat or just deal with you Mei Mei?" 

Mei Mei gave a wry smile and then spoke quietly. "Do you want my honest opinion?"

I nodded with a raised eyebrow of interest that turned into both eyebrows raising up as she spoke plainly.

"I am all but a Shikigami basically. Sure I haven't been turned into a cursed spirit that is totally enslaved to your existence, but there is little difference besides the shape of my form."

She held out her hands to inspect them before she said calmly. "I am your tool now... So don't hate me for being a tool, don't abuse me for being a tool, just use me as your tool, and after a while, you will find that you cannot hate your tool for merely doing its job." 

There was a pause as I stared at the shameless form of Mei Mei before I said dryly. "Give yourself a titty twister for that bullshit." And I watched with great humor as her hand went to her ample breasts and then I could hear the fabric of her clothes twisting as Mei Mei's pale face darkened with the pain.

"Alright good enough... Now I don't know any tools I can find in a toolbox that I can give a titty twister now is there?" A flicker of movement behind me rang out and I saw Ui Ui walk around me with several bags in her hands that she carefully put down before she put my debit card in front of me.

And Ui Ui quietly said. "Uhm... Aren't adult magazines supposed to commonly be found in toolboxes?" 

"Men don't give adult magazines a titty twister," I said dryly.

And Mei Mei with zero fucking shame said with some amusement at my flat-footed expression. "Yeah, they give themselves a good twist instead."