There was a bit of a draft on the backside of the noble as her behind was revealed. She had feared something like this would happen, what proper spanking was delivered through clothes? At the very least, Shanti did not humiliate her further by dragging down her very expensive panties. Those were one of a kind and her favorite pair, this week. Seong-Min was sure, she would not have stopped her maid from doing something like that, despite the humiliation. It simply would have been part of the proper spanking. Even she herself, who did not like her slaves being administered pain was enforcing a strict "no clothes during a spanking" for the region of said spanking.
Since Seong-Min was facing the floor, thanks to the nature of required positions of a proper spanking, she was unable to witness the emotions on her slaves face. Not that Shanti was showing a lot of emotions she should not show anyway but without facing her there was no chance to witness a possible sign of what was truly going through her slaves head. Instead she was breathing deeply, preparing herself mentally for what was to happen. Only a light spanking was what the redhead had said so she would have no problems afterwards or even tomorrow. Seong-Min remembered quite well some of her families slaves who could not sit properly for at least 2 days, if they wanted to avoid the pain from their severely reddened behind. None of her own slaves ever had to endure that fate.
While the noble was in her own thoughts she missed the counting down and was caught by utter surprise, a yelp escaping her mouth as she twitched in response to the slap on her behind. All the while, unseen by both, a red light was flashing for a tiny moment on Shanti's collar, replaced by a green before the light was extinguished. Inside the HELIX mainframe, some calculations had been made and settings adjusted without informing anyone about it. The tiny outburst of joy was registered by the AI but had been connected to be part of the game of cards and the betting which had happened. Considering the changed settings, made by Seong-Min herself, the AI was allowing a wider array of emotions without suspecting any problematic behavior or thoughts.
Seong-Min on the other hand was shaken to the core, feeling the pain, minimalist as it might be, resonating through her body. She was not liking it at all, not one bit, and Shanti might be wrong for once in reading the signals. Her owner was not loving it despite a tiny dark spot was forming on her panties. There was no love for the pain but the whole situation was making her stomach flutter with unknown feelings, unknown but somehow good. The feeling had started, roughly, when she had bend over the lap of her slave, when her shapely behind was exposed to the air.
"Stop? N..no... do not stop... this... this is a spanking not... a spank..." her voice was shaking a bit as she spoke, searching for words.
"We will do this... properly... e..even if... I might cry... continue." Seong-Min gulped. Oh she hoped so much that she would not actually start to cry, in front of her slave, but why was this making her lower region feeling hot, this thought?
A gentle voice, coming from some unseen audio projector, followed directly after Seong-Min. By now, Shanti had no problem to identify the voice of the house AI HELIX.
"Within house Choi, a proper spanking depends on the severity of the reason for the punishment. The most severe punishment on record had been 240 strong applications of a cane, a whip, a paddle and a hand in 1 sitting after the punished slave was unable to prevent an assassination from another house despite being present as it happened. Less severe punishments usually start at 10 applications and are raised by a count of 10 for whatever the reason of the punishment might be. If I may offer my artificial insights into this special situation, I would use the number of games played, regardless of winning or losing, as method of counting the number of applications. With 2 games, involving bets, played, I would thus come to 20 applications. Please remember, the Lady of the house is not used to pain so only light applications are advised." HELIX informed Shanti through what must have been a directed field as Seong-Min was seemingly unaware or managed to hide any reaction to the mentioning of a total of 20 slaps to her behind.