*Mina's pov*
Small lips parted in shock and tears fell from the young brown eyes that stared up at the lifeless body dangling from the tree. Mina stared at her mother. The beautiful woman's head slanting from the fracture of her snapped neck by the thick rope around her neck. Mina clutched her Japanese doll and cried furiously at the scene.
Her uncle sat in his chair carried by the household servants and ate his grapes. The young Japanese girl looked to her uncle. What was she to expect? He showed no sympathy for the young girl nor for the situation. A household servant picked up the young girl and held her close. An idea was addressed for the late Lady Myoui's body to be taken down and for the tree to be cut down. But Mina's uncle waved the idea off.
"I want to keep the tree. Take her away." Was all he said and waved the servants to carry him away. Mina could feel a sense of great hatred for the man. But what was she to do? She was led into the house and summoned by her uncle. Her heart still grieved by the incident, but she had managed to get rid of her tears in time for her uncle.
"Sit." He told the young girl. Mina did as told. Her uncle circled the young girl and bit his lip. With his perverse mind he looked over his nieces body and rubbed his hands. "Now that your mother is dead, there has come a need to train you to take her place." He said and sat down. 'Replace?' Mina thought. The uncle popped a pill in his mouth and grunted. "You will become a dominatrix. A woman of power in the bedroom." He smirked and rubbed his crotch. Mina furrowed her eyebrows. A dominatrix? Power? Bedroom? She was silent.
"Men will always be superior, you understand?" He asked Mina. Mina nodded. "But in the bedroom, a woman must show a man she too has power. She must do her job of fulfilling a man's need. And that need is to feel pleasure. You will learn to take control in the bedroom. Understand?" He looked to Mina.
The young girl lowered her head. She didn't understand. Her uncle stood up and made his way around to the silent girl. Without a warning he grabbed her neck and clutched it. Mina's eyes widened. She gasped for air. He leaned down and rubbed the tip of nose against the young girls ear.
"Do you feel it? The tightness?" He husked. Tears began to escape the young girls eyes. He removed his hand and gripped the young girls chin. "Do you understand?" He asked again. Mina whimpered and nodded, trying to catch her breath. He made his way over to a shelf of books and pulled out one. "You will read and learn about being a dominatrix in books like this. Ms. Sazuki will mentor you since she knows a thing or two." Her uncle stood up and fixed his suit.
"Well, go on." He said. Mina arose from her chair. Mr. Yamazaki smirked at the now formed bruise on Mina's neck. He stopped the small girl in her steps. "You will learn to answer the first time." He said and let go of her wrist. Mina held in her tears and nodded. She quickly ran out of uncles library and went outside to get some air. She had felt suffocated in there, literally and metaphorically. She sat down on the steps and frowned.
"Don't waste my time, understand?" Madame Sazuki asked the young girl. Mina looked up and nodded. From that day on Mina had lost her innocence to the books her uncle had given her to read. The things he had made her say and do behind closed doors had scarred her. Every time she held the whip in her hand, she wanted to whip her uncle to death. But she knew her punishment.
That basement beneath her feet held horrors unimaginable. She grew more guarded and more stern with her servants. She was reckless. She had pushed the plate of food onto the ground and slapped her Japanese household maid. It was in her mind that the girls could do nothing right. Madame Sazuki held her wrist and shared a wordless stare. But as soon as she released Mina's hand, the young girl had struck her butler.
A reckless young girl indeed. Every night she looked out at the tree where her mother hung. A few tears, a few sighs. As the years past, she grew to come to terms on why her mother did what she did. The physical and mental abuse from her uncle was more than unbearable for her mother.
Mina had grown to be a young adult. She grew more quiet, cautious and mature. She had gotten rid of all the Japanese maids and house servants besides her trusted butler Madame Sazuki, and replaced them with Korean girls she had found looking for a better life in Japan. The girls had become her trusted servants but she still spoke little and thanked them for their work with her subtle nods and eye contact.
She spent days reading those horrid books and practicing the sadistic role with sadomasochistic sexual activities. Her partly revealing costumes had made her uneasy at times. And the men she performed for were nothing but pigs. But she did as told.
"Ah, Mina I want to introduce you to someone." Her uncle said and moved aside to reveal a young man. Mina was expressionless but bowed. "This is Count Yamada." Her uncle introduced the young man. Jinyoung bowed as a smirk played on his lips. Sure Mina was beautiful but his taste was on the diamond necklace around her neck.
"He will have dinner with us and also will be staying a few days with us. He's paying well, so give him a performance he won't forget." Her uncle said and led Jinyoung to the dining room. Mina scoffed and made her way into the dining room to join the men. The dinner had passed just as soon as it came. Mina would have nothing to do with Jinyoung but was pulled aside by the young man into the kitchen.
"You've got quite a situation on your hands. You are his...dominatrix? That's sick." Jinyoung said and chuckled. Mina tried her best to move past the young man but failed. "Not so fast. I can help you get out of all this. My name is Park Jinyoung." Jinyoung said and held out his hand for her to shake. Mina was hesitant.
"Yes, I lied. But what's a swindler to do? If you cooperate, I can get you out of this hell hole. But what I need from you is your money. What do you say Miss. Myoui?" Jinyoung said and smiled. Mina bit her lip. "I can't just disappear. We need to find a way to have me replaced in some sort." Jinyoung grinned.
"Why don't we get one of your maids? I have a plan." The two had set out their plans starting that evening.
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Save me. [ Completed✔ ]
Fanfiction( SET IN MODERN DAY JAPAN/KOREA ) An adaptation of The Handmaiden. Who knew deceit could bring two women together. From the first sight of lust sprouted a romance full of passion. The need to be freed had taken over Lady Myoui's mind. But a young m...