The answer was a resounding slap on her bare ass. It wasn't meant to really hurt her, but it stung nonetheless.<br/>His palm was hard from using weapons, of course.<br/><strong>"Shut up, girl!",</strong>the man said nonchalantly.<strong>"The house ain't far away. And you'd get an opportunity to earn yourself some clothes in a moment."<br/>"You have a kind Master", </strong>a passing slavegirl, with a big water bucket on her head, said to Ashley. This one was dressed in a short tunic leaving her arms and legs naked...and displaying her own brand, and her tits as well.<strong>"Be thankful he's not making you walk to the house. That's what my master would have done!"<strong><br/>"She was just branded",</strong> the batyr frowned, addressing the man. <strong>"I wouldn't like her to exercise this leg today. She'd have to walk tomorrow...luckily, she can earn some clothes on her back."<br/>"Yes, Master", </strong>the other girl answered, trying to look at his stomach, to avoid looking at his face. She couldn't very well look at his feet without spilling the bucket, of course.<br/><strong>"Did your master make you walk to his home after being branded?", </strong>the batyr inquired further.<br/><strong>"Yes, Master. And I was whipped if I was too slow."<br/>"He thought you obedience well",</strong> the batyr smirked.<br/><strong>"Yes, indeed, Master!",</strong> she exclaimed.<strong><br/>"If the new girl doesn't obey, I might leave her to him, or another, for a month",</strong> the batyr mused. <strong>"I have to go elsewhere in that time, and if she's creating problems...well, she can earn me some money instead, say by working at an inn."<br/>"I'm sure you'd teach her obedience, Master",</strong> the slavegirl replied.<br/><strong>"That wouldn't be a problem normally",</strong> he nodded. <strong>"But I won't have the time. So she can start as obedient, or get taught by others. Go on your errands now!"</strong><br/><strong>"Thank you, Master!"<br/>"And you",</strong> he added, looking at Ashley's butt (which was next to his face anyway), <strong>"should better listen to her advice. It was a good one. There are many men who would pay me to teach you obedience personally. No, you don't have permission to speak."</strong><br/>He kept walking, and gave her no heed from that moment. The people passing them gave them no more than a momentary look at the naked slavegirl that was being carried.<br/><br/>Finally, they did reach the mudbrick house they'd left the morning. Though she'd been a free woman - even if captured - back then.<br/>And there was nobody else in the house.<br/>The batyr carried her through the door and put her down on the wolfskins he'd been sleeping on last night. Then he went to bar the door and left Ashley to her thoughts.</strong>