I admire your submission very much because branding yourself on your own body, in this place, must be very difficult to do. Undergoing it by your mistress must be very painful (I have no personal experience of this action) but doing it on yourself and maintaining the iron during this long time is something else. Well done ! but Merel really deserves that you do this to pay homage to her and make her proud of you.
Wenn die Herrin so etwas befiehlt, bleibt dir nichts anderes übrig, als es auszuführen, auch wenn du weißt, dass es furchtbar weh tut und hinterher von allen unauslöschlich gesehen wird.