Chapter 2: The Sword, The Seduction, and The System Glitch
I should've been dead.
No—by all divine logic, I should've been obliterated the moment Seraphina, the Goddess of Wrath, found me. Her sword hovered inches from my throat, glowing with the searing rage of a dying star. Her golden hair rippled like flame, her wings of radiant light stretched wide behind her, casting angelic shadows across the shattered marble floor of the Temple of Judgment.
And yet… she hesitated.
Not because I'd said anything clever. Not because I'd defended myself.
But because the Lustbound System had done something.
> [System Notification: Divine Kill Order Prevented by Lustful Bond Interference. Seduction Probability: 89%]
The sword trembled.
Seraphina's gaze shifted—not cold or righteous like a wrathful goddess should be—but wild. Conflicted. Flushed?
"Why..." she whispered, her blade wobbling. "Why can't I finish you?"
I swallowed hard. "I, uh... moisturize?"
She blinked.
> [Charm +1]
Okay, that shouldn't have worked.
The system flashed again:
> [Target: Seraphina – Lustful Bond 9% → 11%] Emotional Disruption Active. Divine Aggression Delay: 5.4 seconds.
I barely understood what half of that meant, but I knew this much: I was seducing a goddess with social awkwardness and divine glitches.
And she was letting me.
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1. The First Crack
Seraphina stepped back.
Her sword lowered another inch.
Her lips—once firm with purpose—parted as her breath quickened. There was a faint crackle in the air, and then...
CRACK.
A fracture split across her breastplate. Light escaped the crack, pulsing with divine heat. Her eyes widened. She looked down at her chest, then back at me.
"What... is this corruption?!"
> [System Interference: Armor Integrity Breached by Lustful Bond Rejection]
Seraphina looked horrified. And aroused. And maybe a little excited?
I took a slow step back.
"I didn't mean to corrupt you!"
"Liar! This is a divine seduction curse!" she snapped, grabbing at her chest as her armor cracked further, revealing a glowing silver mark just above her heart: a pulsing symbol resembling an eye with a heart in its iris.
The Lustbound Mark.
Seraphina stared at it, trembling. "You marked me... without even touching me."
I blinked. "I swear I didn't know I could do that!"
> [System Update: Passive Marking Unlocked – Eye of the Harem] Effect: Goddess targets may be marked by emotional resonance or mutual arousal, even without physical contact.
I stared at the message.
"Okay, what kind of messed-up game system is this?"
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2. The Flashback Files
Before I could ask more, my vision blurred. The temple faded. A rush of memory slammed into me:
A burning palace.
A circle of goddesses chanting over a chained man.
My own voice screaming in fury.
A dark-skinned demoness with glowing red eyes whispering, "Come back to us, Lust King..."
> [Memory Fragment Recovered – Origin of Lustbound Deity Detected]
I gasped.
I wasn't just reborn into this world.
I'd been someone powerful before.
No—someone feared.
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3. Meanwhile, in the Divine Realm…
Far above the mortal realm, in the glittering sky palace of the Celestial Order, seven goddesses gathered.
"Seraphina has failed," intoned the eldest, a matronly figure of endless stars.
"The Lustbound has awakened," said another, her voice sharp and sultry.
"We should have sealed his soul more carefully," growled a horned woman with black flame for hair.
They turned to a throne wrapped in shadow.
From it, a soft chuckle. Feminine. Dangerous.
"Then we'll have to handle it personally, won't we?"
A new divine assassin would be sent.
And she would be worse than Seraphina.
Far worse.
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4. The Aftermath
Back in the temple, Seraphina was on one knee, panting. Her sword had vanished. Her wings had dimmed.
She looked up at me, flushed and furious.
"You will answer for this."
I raised my hands. "Can I answer while not being stabbed?"
> [Bond Level Up: Seraphina – Tier I Harem Candidate: Unlocked] New Perk: Angelic Jealousy – Seraphina's aggression toward rivals increases.
Great. So now I had a wrathful angel jealous of imaginary girlfriends I didn't even have yet.
Awesome.
She stood shakily. "I… will monitor you. Until we understand this bond."
I blinked. "Monitor me? Like, live with me?"
She didn't answer.
But her blush deepened.
> [Quest Updated: Survive With a Goddess Roommate]
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5. Nightfall and the Demoness
That night, in the ruins of the temple I now called "home," I barely slept. The system buzzed in my head, too many updates flashing to process.
Then the air grew cold.
And sensual.
A voice whispered from the shadows.
"So… the Lustbound awakens."
I sat up—and froze.
A new woman stood in the moonlight. Tall. Curved. Skin like obsidian, glowing with red tattoos. Horns. Fangs. Crimson eyes that pulsed with hunger.
A demoness.
> [New Encounter: Lilix – Demon Queen of Desire]
Lilix smiled, baring her fangs. "You smell divine. Delicious. And very... corruptible."
I opened my mouth to scream.
She pounced first.
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End of Chapter 2
> Next Time: Demon Queens, Yandere Goddesses, and a dangerously sexy system update.