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I roll my eyes. "Would you three get in here," I say and turn back to cover the still trembling Mio with a sheet. I brush the hair out of her face and kiss her gently on the forehead. Throwing a pair of shorts on, I walk down to the living room where Maria, Sora, and a very subdued and embarrassed Zest are waiting.

"Can you believe it fit in her?" Maria says to Sora and Zest as she sits in front of them with her camcorder, replaying what I can only assume is my session with Mio. Part of me wants to confiscate it, but I'll let Mio handle it when she wakes up.

I shake my head a little, but I don't want to waste much time right now. "Miss Zest," I say, and the buxom demoness looks at me before looking down my body and then turning bright red and looking away. "I'm afraid I can't afford to take my time explaining everything to you right this second, and I hope you'll forgive what I have to do, but my family's safety is of paramount importance to me."

And with that, I transfer a copy of the Master-Slave Pact onto her. The sigil on the back of my hand begins to glow, and I walk closer to Zest. I hold out the hand in front of her. "You need to kiss the sigil before it stops glowing, Miss Zest. If you do not, the curse will activate, and the only way to save you is for me to force your submission. Please, be smarter than the fallen angel earlier tonight."

She looks at the other two girls, and they nod. "Personally, I hope you don't kiss it," Maria says. "I'm curious to see what happens when he has to peel you out of that outfit and have his way with your body. How long will you resist before submitting? I think you're lucky. Some masters wouldn't even warn the servants before the curse kicks in. Especially those who use the succubus curse on sexy scantily clad women."

Zest's eyes go wide, and she leans in to kiss the mark which had just started to blink. "Smart," I say. "As lovely as you are, I don't generally enjoy taking advantage of those that have no choice. It makes me feel a little sleazy."

Maria looks at me and smiles coyly. I roll my eyes. "With the possible exception of fallen angels... so far. Anyway, just because I find it distasteful doesn't mean I don't appreciate the necessity and benefits of the pact," I say mostly for Maria's benefit. Of course, now she looks smug and self-satisfied.

"That said," I say, returning my gaze to Zest. "I think you are aware of the powers and, in particular, the downsides of the pact, aren't you? Especially with what Zolgear was planning, you should be perfectly aware of what happens if someone under the testament is captured and defiled by an enemy."

Zest looks away, Maria frowns, and Sora just looks confused. "The curse would activate to its maximum effect, and the servant's mind would break. Mio would have become a broken mindless toy for that disgusting sad sack."

Zest's shoulders slump, and she looks disgusted with herself. She did know, but she's also Zolgears creation, his 'daughter' if you will. Maria also looks a little embarrassed. She knew what could happen as well, but she was betting on me rescuing Mio if she was captured. Sora was new to the ins and outs of the testament. "Th-that's horrible. Why would anyone use something so dangerous?" she asks. A little hypocritical, I think, when you consider her shoving the Mage King Element down my throat, but I'll let it slide for now.

"Power," I say. "People at war with gods developed it to increase their power, and they didn't like to take chances. So, they created the Master-Servant Testament to help develop their power and have a chance against the gods they opposed. It's more direct in the case of other magic bases. If we used, say, my power as the basis for the Master-Servant Testament, a person would likely be killed outright or banished to the Zero Dimension and thus killed. Using succubus magic at least gives some time to save the captive."

"It's still awful," a voice says from behind. I turn back and smile at a pink-cheeked Mio wrapped in a sheet, like a toga. My very own Venus.

"It is," I say. "Aren't you glad I changed it?"

All heads snap to me. "Ch-changed it?" Maria asks. "You can do that?"

"Already did. The original Master-Servant Testament you cast more than a week ago has been superseded by my own variations: the Master-Servant Bond and the Master-Slave Pact. The differences between the two are mostly in choices, benefits, and repercussions, the benefits are better for the Bond, the repercussions are worse for the Pact, and the choices are non-existent for those with the Pact."

"H-how much worse are the repercussions?!" Mio asks.

"Oh, I imagine Kalawarna is learning that right now," I say.

"W-who?" Mio asks.

"A fallen angel I used the Pact on earlier tonight. She decided that instead of submitting, she'd try killing me first. It didn't work, and now she's having a very poor and frustrating evening."

"What!?" Mio shouts. "N-no. Issei, please. You can't leave her like that."

No joke, I'm a little surprised by this. Is the curse worse than I thought? "W-why? I mean, you realize, she tried to kill me, right?"

She blushes. " I-I know, but... but I can't leave someone like that. It's too much."

"You haven't even met her," I say, exasperated. I look over at Maria, and she's white and shaking. At this point, I activate the Pact and send Raynare a message to bring Kalawarna to me. Sage said she'd be okay for a day, but maybe I should have been more thorough with my questioning. "Maria? Is it really that bad?"

She nods. "I-it can be. She committed a high betrayal, and even a normal Master-Servant Testament would have instituted a severe punishment until the subject submitted. If, as you say, the Pact has worse repercussions... It could break her mind. It may have been kinder to kill her outright."

"Fuck. Alright, I've sent for her. She should be here soon," I say. I definitely had no intention of permanent damage here. Even if I was only going to use her as a toy, which isn't my aim, to begin with, but even if it were, I don't break my toys. I'm not Sid.

I shake my head at my own ignorance. Note to self: Han was right, 'Don't get cocky.' Zest is watching us—way to inspire here. I calm my mind. "While we're waiting, why don't we talk about what you're going to be doing for us, Miss Zest."

"I will not betray-" she starts.

I wave her off. "Yes, you will. You will betray Zolgear because you will know what he is, what he has done, and most importantly, what he lacks."

She frowns in confusion, and I let out a sigh. "His one obsession was trying to resurrect his wife. He's done all the research he could, legally and otherwise. He suffered innumerable curses which twisted his mind and body in the pursuit of forbidden knowledge. He no longer is who he was, merely a dark, mishappen version of that person. He's in pain, Zest, and the only way to help him is to put him down."

"H-how do you know all this?" Zest asks, frown deepening.

I shrug. "It's a long story, but let's just say I was given a glimpse into the multiverse and saw many versions of this world and the people in it. I know many of their stories, especially the ones related to me in some way."

"H-he's still my father," she insists, looking for some justification.

"No. He's your creator. Has he ever actually treated you with care? On some level, when he was using those women to vent his lust and leaving them as broken parodies of themselves, you had to realize that he didn't even see you as a sentient being. He thinks of you as a tool. A tool that looks like his late wife, but still only a tool and not the only one. You had to realize this, Zest. "

She looks shocked. "You didn't realize? You didn't know that he's using cloning technology and magic to produce a more perfect version of his wife. He's not trying to bring her back anymore. He's trying to make a better version. To him, Zest, you're a prototype. He'll throw you away the second a version he prefers is perfected."

"How cruel," Mio says with tears in her eyes. I just hope she's saying that about Zolgear and not me. I am ripping away bandages here and exposing nerves. Zest is one step up from being an automaton, but she could be much more with a little love and care. Zolgrear has just been gaslighting her for so long that it seems like a natural state of being to her.

"Zest. I want you to return to Zolgear's manor and covertly search around the place. You'll see everything I've told you is the truth. Don't raise any suspicion and when you're convinced, return to me. You've been watching us for a while now, and you know how I treat my people. In most of those versions of our world, one of the most consistent things is that you are one of my people. That's why I know so much about you, Zest."

Okay, so I may have squeezed in a caveat to the Master-Slave Pact that my words hold more weight than they normally would. It doesn't occur to Zest that I might be lying or stretching the truth. If she weren't so conditioned by Zolgear already, she would probably be leading the charge right now to put the bastard down.

"Sora, you can release her now," I say to the petite humanoid grimoire.

"Okie Dokie," she says and snaps her fingers.

Zest stands up and looks at me with a blank expression. She nods her head to me, a shadow stretches out from the couch, and Zest sinks into it before completely vanishing from the premises.

The other girls watch, and Mio asks, "Was it a good idea to let her go like that? What if that Zolgear guy figures out that she's yours now and does something to her... bad?"

"Well, first off, she should be fine. He probably barely looks at her except when sending her out on missions. Also, good luck trying to be a sexual predator with her around now. One of the modifications I made to both the Pact and Bond is an Impotence Field. No man within ten meters of her is able to present any manifestation of a libido unless that man is me. You could wash a prescription bottle filled with viagra down with a quart of Spanish Fly, and you'd still be limper than a deflated balloon. Won't protect against strap-ons, but I have a few other protections built in to mitigate that risk somewhat."

The three women stare at me, mouths agape. It would be rather alluring in better circumstances. "What? Too much?"

"W-why would you even think of that?" Mio asks.

"Are you kidding? I have in excess of a dozen grade-S boner factories around me on any given day. Most of whom I have gained a significant level of personal attachment to. Yourself included.

At least ten percent of my brain is solely dedicated to figuring out every possible scenario that you'd potentially be in danger and how I can mitigate it or protect you outright.

I may look like I know what I'm doing, sometimes, but honestly, I'm a wreck inside worrying that I'm going to fuck up and one of you girls are going to pay the price. And then... I worry about what I'll do if that happens," I say.

The darkness might have crept in there at the end. I'm not sure what would happen, but I'm pretty sure I'd need a new world to go to when I was done. And this is why I need to work on getting that pocket dimension thingy up to snuff eventually. I need a place to hide the girls if shit goes sideways.

"What other features have you added to the Master-Servant Testament?" Maria asks, a little starry-eyed.

"Well, birth control for one thing. There will be no accidental pregnancies in this house. Both parties have to agree to produce offspring," I say, but that's not quite right. The Master-Servant Bond has the dual sign-off stipulation, but the Master-Slave Pact only requires my approval. Not that I'm planning on knocking anyone up anytime soon, but it is a difference between the two. Choices.

"I also upgraded the GPS to GPS and communications, so we can find each other and talk to each other if there is a problem. Another-" I say but am interrupted by the doorbell.

Ding Dong.

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I open the door to see Kalawarna shaking and drooling while being held up by Raynare and Mittelt. She looks like the final result of one of those mind-break hentai. Raynare actually looks worried, and Mittelt just looks scared. Now I really feel like shit.

"T-this wasn't this bad when it happened to me," Raynare spews out as soon as she sees me.

"No, it wasn't," I say dryly. "You got the old version, the Master-Servant Testament. This is the new and improved Master-Slave Pact. Much more potent."

I look away from Kalawarna to Raynare. "So, be good... Bring her to my bedroom. Put her on the bed."

We start walking towards the stairs, and I stop at the living room. "Maria, I might need some help with this. She's in rough shape."

Maria runs over and looks at Kalawarna. Her face falls a little. "I'm not sure what I can do in this case, Issei. She has to submit, but if she's in this state, she might not have the mental capabilities to do so. You have to bring her some relief before she can understand enough to know what she has to do."

'Sage, I thought you said she'd be fine for the next day or two. What happened?'

[Subject's body will easily survive the effects of the curse for at least thirty-two more hours.]

I pause at that wording. Did I miss it before? 'What about her mind, Sage?'

[Subect's mind is in an imminent state of mental collapse. Immediate action is required to salvage the subject's psyche.]

'Do you have a suggestion on action to save her mind?'

[An A-ranked ability 'Mind Fortress' would remedy the subject's mental state immediately.]

'I don't have the points for that. What else do you have?'

[Absorption of sexual energy through targeted stimulation may relieve symptoms and allow enough clarity of thought for the subject to submit to the subject's master properly. Full recovery would require additional care.]

'Maria is a succubus. Does that mean she can drain off some of her sexual energy while I... stimulate?'

[Negative. In the subject's current state, any interference from an outside party has a high chance of causing a cataclysmic event leading to the subject's death.]

'So you're saying I need to do it?'

[That is correct.]

I'll have to create an ability to absorb sexual energy... I'm not sure why I didn't think of this before. I hang around with a succubus and a bunch of horny sex kittens. I should have been absorbing sexual energy to improve myself from day one.

'Sage help me create and ability to absorb sexual energy... AND to see and understand its flow. You said the stimulation had to be targeted, right?'

[That is correct.]

'Then this ability you're helping me create should help with that as well.'

[Incubus Insights (B)- User is capable of reading the sexual map of the target, redirect sexual energies, and absorb them through the target's climax.]

'I feel like there is a lot more to unpack here. Important question. Will this enable me to save Kalawarna's mind?'

[Positive outcome is possible.]

Kalawarna lets out a groan that sounds like someone is slaughtering rabbits, feet first, as soon as her back hits the bed.

'Good enough, let's do it.'

[LP Remaining: 1850]

I blink my eyes a few times, and my perception shifts. Kalawarna's body glows pink to me. Like the color of the Master-Servant collar. Several points across her body have condensed into darker and denser colors. The darkest spot is in her head, where the color is blood red with a thick black outline that undulates like a snake and strikes at the deeper parts of her mind. I'm guessing this is a bad thing.

Thinner lines of dark red and black run throughout her body, particularly in what are obviously her erogenous zones. Standards like pussy and tits, but also hands and feet. I'm not really a foot guy. I had a bad experience with an over-eager girlfriend in high school wanting to give me a footjob.

'Sage, what am I supposed to do here? Obviously, I need to get that black energy away from her mind, but how do I do this exactly?'

[Stimulate some of the subject's less affected erogenous zones to draw the sexual energy from other locations. Using the ability of Incubus Insights, the user may enact a certain level of control over sexual energy to help guide it or halt its exchange.]

'If that's the case, why can't I just absorb it right out of her?'

[The user must first be engaged with the sexual energy to control it.]

'Foreplay is important. Got it.'

I've already peeled off her shoes, socks, and pants before realizing I have an audience. I look up at the five women standing in the room. They're just standing there staring at Kalawarna. I can see the thought that this could be them running through their minds.

"Ladies," I say, drawing their attention. "I got this. Why don't you go downstairs? Sora, why don't you reinforce the wards around the house. Maria and Mio-"

"I'm staying," Mio interrupts.

I roll my eyes. "Fine, but don't touch her. Maria, why don't you take Yuuma and Mittelt downstairs for a while. You two... play nice."

Raynare and Mittelt just nod, as the ones closest to the victim and to the potential to be in her place; they are totally cowed right now. I can practically hear their heartbeats. The girls, except for Mio, leave and close the door. Mio, still wrapped in the best of frat house chic, sits on the corner of the bed, eyes locked on Kalawarna's face, which is a twisted visage between pain and ecstasy.

I watch the flow of sexual energy for another minute before and remove the rest of her clothes. She's gorgeous and well proportioned, as most of the supernatural girls seem to be. I figure out my plan of action and take a deep breath.

I'm really not a foot guy, but Kalawarna must moisturize religiously. Her feet are rather dainty for such a tall woman, and they're soft as silk. If my ex had feet like this, I might have developed a fetish instead of an aversion. I run my thumbs over the arch of one foot, and the reaction is immediate. Sexual energies surge down the body like a spider sensing a fly in their web.

My hands run over the feet and toes up the ankles and calves and back down again. I stay below the knee for now and alternate between the two. I'm pulling what I can only describe as liters of sexual energy out of her, but it's like she's a full swimming pool, and I'm trying to empty her with a teacup... and I'm drinking the water that I'm pulling out.

I'm dizzy with energy at this point, and I don't have anything to really spend it on to lower the tank. I have the ability to pull the energy out, but sexual energy works differently from regular old magic power. I don't have time right now to relearn how to cast spells like a succubus.

'Sage. I need something to burn this sexual energy out with. I need it quick. Don't kill me with the expenditure.'

I feel my LP reserves drain significantly.

[LP Remaining: 350]

[Activating ability 'Handsome Devil']

What the...? 'Seriously, Sage? Okay, what does it- Whoa.'

The sexual energy that had been starting to overwhelm my system suddenly dipped and a feeling like ice water through my veins, burning on my skin, and pins and needles through my muscles.

'Sage, what the hell is going on? What is Handsome Devil?'

[Handsome Devil is a C-ranked body refinement ability that uses sexual energy to improve the user's body. The ability works most prominently on the appearance, but also affects all other systems to a lesser extent."

'Body refinement?' Oh shit.

I look up at Mio, who is still focused on Kalawarna's face. "Mio," I say. "I need you to grab two buckets and a bunch of clean towels. Fill one bucket with warm water and bring them back here."

She cocks her head to the side, confused. "Quickly, please."

She slides off the bed and leaves the room. I can already feel the weird squidgy feeling of the refinement process. I've read a few cultivation novels in my day, and one thing that is always present is that body refinement leads to black sludge stinking grossness oozing out of every pore.

'We need to move this faster. Sage, can we speed this process up a little?'

[Yes, but the pain the user experiences will increase significantly.]

'Pain? Sure, why not? Let's do it.'

I peel off my shirt and pants quickly, not wanting to leave the energy in Kalawarna for any longer than I have to. I see the first bead of black gunk oozing out of my arm. "Oh, fucking gross."

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An hour later, Mio is emptying another bucket of watery filth. She's wearing clothes now and a mask over her face trying to keep the stink out. Maria offered to take over, but for some reason, Mio was determined to do this. I'm clean and have deactivated the Handsome Devil refinement ability.

Kalawarna was past the bad part and had recovered enough to understand what was happening.

"You know," she says, still breathing hard. "If you fuck my brains out right now, I bet I'll submit more easily."

"I'm not fucking you while you're under the effects of the curse. If it's something you really want, bring it up when you're not desperate to shed the curse."

"Why not? What does it matter the reason? I'm not a naive little virgin. You don't need to use the kid gloves with me."

She's not moving, just letting me do what I want with her body. So far, I've only rubbed down her extremities and drained off the overflow of sexual energy. She still hasn't submitted, but her body is so exhausted that she can't even move it properly.

"Well, first off. It isn't about kid gloves. I already skate a thin line with this, and I don't want to end up on the wrong side of it. Second. You're being punished. Why the hell would I give you something like that. Actually, that gives me an idea. I haven't done this since Maria's initiation."

Standing up, I sit on the edge of the bed and pull Kalawarna over my knee, face down, ass up. Using my Incubus Insights, I draw the surrounding sexual energy in her body into her ass checks, rectum, pussy, and vulva.

"W-wait. What are you doing!?" she shouts.

I rub my right hand over her ass lightly while my left entwines itself in her hair. Pulling her head up by the hair, I lean close and whisper. "Disciplining my naughty slave bitch."

Drawing my right hand back, I hear her say. "D-don't you d-"

I drop my hand like God smiting a heretic. Pah! "Ung!!" she groans. "S-stop that. I don't like it."

"One, the spray across my bed says otherwise," I say, dropping another swat to her peachy cheeks. It wasn't really a spray, more of a trickle, but she's lying if she says she doesn't like this. "Two, this is punishment bitch. Why do you think you're supposed to like it."

I yank back on her hair as I drop the thirds smack on her ass. "Ung! I-I hate you. I should hav-"

PAH! "Now, you just sound like a petulant child. You were an angel before, right? I'm sure you've heard this line then. Repent your ways," I say, dropping another smack.

"FUCK YOU!"

Smack.

Smack.

Smack.

Ten minutes later and her ass could light up a dark room. Kalawarna is spent again tongue hanging ahegao and pussy leaking like a faucet. I dip my fingers into her sopping wet snatch and run my fingers with her nectar. "Are you ready to submit, Kala?"

She doesn't answer, but the Pact mark on her neck glows a pink color and settles down.

"Finally," I groan.

That took forever. I'm about to use my sigil to call Maria to bring some cream for Kalawarna's ass when I hear a small hitched coo and see Mio leaned against the door shirt being held up with her mouth, exposing her tits, shorts around her knees, with her eyes closed and one hand working between her labia while the other caresses her breast.

What a horny little demon lord. I've created a monster. I guess both of them will need some aftercare.