Being distrustful, I took her and left. Gifts did not need to be repaid. It still was not considered polite to look a gift horse in the mouth. Still, I took her to the temple and the local healer to make sure that nothing was actually wrong with her. She was both clean and healthy. I knew the reason I was given this woman. It was the exact reason that the twins were used as breeding stallions. Female slaves had no bodily autonomy. They could be used to relieve the sexual urges of their masters. The child of an enslaved woman was a slave. The child of a free woman was a free person. I could have children with her. Those children could then be sent in my name as gladiator slaves and fight for me. From there, I could breed them with other strong NPCs to make a line of actual monsters in the arena. Sextus Sittius was an example of what a strong child could do when part of the proper heritage. The children of my eventual wife would also be good warriors. They would be free. Not only that, they would all be citizens since I was now. The Liberi Family would be well known in both their Empires.
Peigi
Artoria
Cassius and Caelus could also have this slave woman. They were decently leveled gladiator slaves too. The babies they could make together would be mine since they were all my slaves. The twins having lines of warriors willing to fight in my name for my honor was a great sounding idea. I still had some reservations about having sex with a slave that was given to me by the likes of Tertius Uulius Aper. Everything had a price with him. I went to the slave market and got another female slave. She looked similar, but had a more common hair color for the region. When I returned to the inn with them, the twins were surprised. I gave the redhead to Cassius. The other one went to Caelus. "Here you go. They are rewards for being so profitable and loyal to me as your master. You can cohabitate with these women and have all the sex you want. If you get them pregnant, I will help with the children that are born." I told them all. The males looked really grateful. The females looked pretty skeptical. They only looked like average young men on the surface. Inside, they were both great gladiators.
