262 Aftermath of the invasion, Raven's Suffering, and "I want you".

It was the morning after an invasion. Birds were singing near Allen's apartment because he had designed a spell to maintain air purification in a specific area. He felt that as time passed, more spells like this would be created in Harry Potter.

This caused fresh air to abound subtly throughout his street, attracting birds to the area more regularly.

A beautiful woman got out of bed, stretching to shake off accumulated fatigue. She began her routine by going to the bathroom to brush her teeth, take a shower, and then have breakfast.

She was wearing shorts and a pink blouse, she walked down the hallway with a slight yawn, which made her curves glisten under the light clothing, after having some toast with jam she turned on the TV and watched the news.

– The world seemed to end everywhere but ended as quickly as it began –

– People wonder about the repercussions of this –

– Is the cap safe? Will we be invaded regularly?–

News channels were filled with reports of the extraterrestrial invasion that ended as suddenly as it began. Considering that in the current era, the tragedy called war can last for years without conclusion, it felt almost unreal, something that was underscored by the marks of the invasion, leaving millions of homes, buildings, and streets destroyed. There were also military aircraft, spaceships, and many Chitauri corpses flooding the attacked cities. Lastly, one must not forget the human losses, both military and civilian. Nevertheless, compared to the overwhelming amount of Chitauri losses, Earth was practically unscathed.

The blonde girl who was starting to feel at home in Allen's apartment decided to grab something to drink from the fridge, so she turned off the TV and got up.

As she walked she felt weird how comfortable this place was, Even in her apartment she never felt at ease as unlike Clark she didn't grow up on earth.

'I can't remember when was the last time I slept this well...'

Kara is ashamed of her thoughts and desires not to leave, but she knows that this is not her home and that she is only a guest.

Poor Kara didn't know what was about to happen to her with a perverted womanizer. But the question remains, even if she knew it in her heart of hearts, would she have gone to the kitchen anyway?

...

In space, Tony was refitting his new spaceship with specialized repair and cleaning drones. Tony was quite ingenious this time; once he managed to take control of the colossal ship, he used its internal defense systems to eliminate all crew members. Of course, the Chitauri came to conquer and kill; no one would pity them.

"Tony"

"Hey, Pepper, what's up?"

"Your new toy is costing us three million a day..."

"First of all, it's not a toy, and if Batman can have a space station, I can have an intergalactic battleship..."

"Are you seriously arguing with a fictional character?!"

"As far as I know, there are like three of those fictional characters having dinner with Allen or something."

"Yeah... well... I buy it. No one expected to see Supergirl saving people on the news, but Tony, we can't afford something like this, not to mention I received dozens of calls from nervous and upset people because of that thing."

Tony had taken control of the Chitauri battleship, but it was too large to keep it on land, not to mention that the government would seize it if he brought it landed on US soil, so Tony could only keep it in space.

The battleship itself could sustain itself with its antimatter reactors, but it needed other supplies that Tony had to bring constantly.

Tony knew how expensive this was, but he also knew how useful it would be, something that people couldn't imagine.

"If it hadn't been for Carol and Allen, this thing could have easily destroyed the world..." Tony thought silently.

Tony couldn't help but objectively admire the Chitauri; they might seem like savage conquerors, but quite the opposite, like Earth, they had evolved step by step from their cave days. They had their Newton, their Einstein, and their Tesla; slowly they discovered, stumbled, and likely had many wars and crises until they reached their great space age when they left their planet for the first time.

Otherwise, Tony couldn't explain how they could reach this technological level.

"Let me think, Pepper, but I'm not getting rid of this; I'll improve and modify it my way... the time will come when this battleship will save humanity..."

"I hope it doesn't come to that..."

"Me too, Pepper..."

...

In the living room, after the incident with Kara, the system repaired her, leaving her as good as new, but there were two corpses on the floor.

One was a petite pinkhead girl, she was Bocchi and she had suffered a mental breakdown from the fright, ending up on the floor with rolled-back eyes and a face full of despair.

On the ground next to Bocchi, Allen had a desperate look on his face as if he were expecting death. What happened? Certainly, it wasn't Kara's push, so something else had harmed Allen.

The answer lay when Allen opened the system status screen and saw his credits.

[-108,285,371]

Allen was rich...

It was never explicitly mentioned, and Allen himself wasn't a man who liked unnecessary luxuries or extravagance, but he was wealthy, very much so.

The last time the amount of credits he had was seen, it amounted to hundreds of millions, and it was constantly increasing.

With each massive stream, his trending videos, and viral clips, Allen earned a substantial reward, and as long as people kept watching him, he kept earning credits.

After returning from Harry Potter, he earned over three hundred million credits. Remember, each credit could be exchanged for a dollar or used in the system's store.

Money ceased to be a problem for Allen; this was so much so that credits and debts were no longer mentioned because there were none.

But Allen decided to spend it in a fit of rage, thinking that no matter how expensive it was, he could easily pay for it.

[-108,285,371]

Minus one hundred and eight million credits; this number wasn't what Allen spent; it was what he had stored in the system.

The question is, how expensive is it to punish 10 million problematic people who are a tenth of his average viewers? The answer is 400 million credits. Of course, some punishments only required a few credits, while others were more costly, some even costing thousands of credits.

This led Allen into the red; he was in negative balance.

But what does that mean? Would the system confiscate his abilities? No, unlike other systems, Allen had a symbiotic and codependent relationship with the system.

He provided power for the system to evolve and acquire new capabilities and features.

Allen was in negative balance but he wouldn't face problems or punishments. It should be understood that the system's power came from the resources Allen acquired, whether in fragments of destiny collected from major historical events or credits crystallized from the emotions, feelings, and desires of viewers.

If the system used more credits than available, it meant it had to draw energy from elsewhere, namely, the system's energy, which meant the system was operating with less energy than needed to function.

Luckily for Allen, fragments were the primary power source for the system, not credits. But that didn't mean there were no consequences.

[Gacha function deactivated]

Allen sighed, coming out of shock; he had to take responsibility for his actions, and he was old enough not to be so affected by a problem or two.

Allen looked at the negative number on his screen—over a hundred million credits. It would take him several months with several apocalypses to get out of the red.

"I didn't even get to enjoy being rich, and now I'm poor again..."

Allen regrets not taking all his girls on a trip around the world, staying in the best hotels, and eating pandas. Of course, that last part wasn't serious; pandas are adorable balls of fur spending half their time trying to go extinct, while humanity does everything it can to prevent it.

After thinking about pandas, Allen's mood improved, and he got up from the floor. Allen looked at Bocchi, who had a puzzled expression.

"Bocchi, I have homemade pudding, would you like some?"

Bocchi returned to normal and stood up excitedly, she immediately felt embarrassed about her attitude making Allen laugh.

Bocchi smiled, she was happy to be able to make Allen laugh, she didn't like to see him depressed and angry, and if she could cheer him up a little she didn't mind having a hard time.

Bocchi lowered his head at his own shameless thoughts. Allen thought Bocchi wanted pats and granted them. Bocchi turned so red he looked like he was going to explode. Allen was afraid he had pushed Bocchi over the edge, but she looked at him pouting.

"It's unfair!" complained Bocchi.

Allen opened her mouth in disbelief, had Bocchi scolded her, that Bocchi?!, that Bocchi!

She too froze as she realized her own actions.

Allen and Bocchi had a small fight, but unlike with other girls this made Allen and Bocchi happy, she was able to express herself without fear.

...

Allen spent the morning with the girls until he had to say goodbye to Kara, Raven, Starfire, and Donna, who had to return to DC.

Allen offered them to come whenever they wanted; they just had to send him a message, and he would create a door for them.

Donna and Starfire accepted without hesitation. Kara looked at him and nodded slightly in acceptance. But her face showed a look of embarrassment like never before and she averted her gaze.

Raven wanted to say something. She had a worried look. Allen nodded silently, and they went to another room.

Allen sat on the bed with Raven beside him. Silence reigned for a moment until Raven looked at him bitterly.

"I suppose you know about Trigon..."

Allen could have denied it, but he didn't. Raven, unlike other girls who were afraid to know too much about their stories like Bocchi, didn't mind knowing more about hers. She felt that her future would be decided by someone else if she did.

Raven, on the contrary, wasn't afraid to know more about herself, unfortunately, it didn't help much. There are stories where she defeats her father, where she loses to him, where she dies or sacrifices herself. There are simply too many stories to know what her future would be like.

Allen smiled ironically; the number of parallel worlds with different stories makes it difficult to know what awaits Raven.

"You... Allen," Raven blushed but it was a shame to be afraid to ask something. "Can I stay here?"

"..."

Raven turned pale and regretted her words as soon as she finished saying them. She got up and was about to leave.

"Forget everything I said!"

Allen grabbed her arm before she could leave. Raven tried to free herself but couldn't; she resigned herself and stopped trying to escape.

Reviewing Raven's story, she was born from tragedy; her father, if he can be called that, is a demon who impregnated her mother by force.

He did this intending to invade the world through his connection with Raven. He constantly tries to possess her, and she lives in fear that one day it won't be her anymore and worse that she will end up killing her friends.

But this connection and curse with Trigon was severed the moment she crossed the portal to this world.

Raven didn't even realize it until she had time to relax at Allen's house. Her relaxing? Raven, living in a constant struggle against Trigon, never thought of relaxing, especially because every passing year makes it harder to control Trigon.

Raven realized that she couldn't hear or feel her father. That connection that she could never block, even in other dimensions, was blocked in this world.

She spent the night crying, but then reality hit her; she wasn't from this world and could only be here thanks to Allen.

Allen let go of Raven, and she noticed him standing behind her. As she turned around, Allen tapped her forehead; she frowned, and then Allen smiled exasperatedly and took her hand.

She didn't understand what he was going to do, but she didn't feel like contradicting such a selfish guy.

Allen took her down the hallway to another room.

"What is this" Raven asked but only received a smile in response.

Upon entering the room, Raven raised an eyebrow. She had slept in a guest room. Raven was surprised because it was her room or a replica of it. She entered and looked at her things; it was her room but without old books scattered on the floor.

"What does this mean?!"

Allen shrugged. "Maybe if you had checked your phone, you would know..."

Raven took out her phone and saw several messages from Allen; in short, Allen had made a room for her in his house, a real room for her.

Raven didn't know what to say; after a moment, she blushed truly this time. "You're an idiot!"

"Hey, that's no way to receive my kindness!"

"You! Do you know what it means to give a room in your house to a girl who isn't your family?!"

Allen smiled and put his hand on the wall behind Raven, cornering her. She began to panic and feel embarrassed as her heart beat rapidly.

She was also annoyed; this bastard already wanted her in his house and hadn't even invited her on a date. Certainly, Allen was skipping several steps, and this was frustrating for the girl who hadn't even admitted that she liked the playboy.

Allen took Raven's chin and made her look at him.

"Raven, if I'm honest, I'm not in love with you yet."

Raven felt her chest tighten with sharp pain; she weakened, and the emotions she had felt so far were replaced by deep desolation.

"But I like you; I've always liked you as a character, and now that I have you so close, it makes me want to hug you."

"...!"

"You will continue to work as a superhero in your world but you will live in my house which also has a connection to my mansion and the tower of the suspenders but only you, Starfire, and Donna can cross over."

Raven's feelings were like a roller coaster of shame, anger, then despair, and finally happiness.

'This bastard is playing with my heart!'

"But I can't do it because it would be rude to take advantage of mere impulses..."

"You kissed Kara!"

Raven was surprised by her own words; she wanted to push him away or use her power against him and distance herself from him, but instead, she reproached him for kissing Kara.

She didn't understand what was happening to her. She couldn't control her emotions right now. If Trigon were there, he would have already controlled her.

Allen made her look at him again. "Are you jealous?" Allen teased with a playful look.

"Who could be jealous of a liar, womanizer, greedy, arrogant piece of **** like you!!"

After letting go of all her emotions, Raven gasped, feeling a release in expressing herself. Allen accepted her words in silence, and Raven, now calm, also looked at him silently.

Suddenly, they started kissing each other intensely.

"What the Fuc-!"

Rebecca's shout was heard but immediately silenced by someone.

Allen and Raven kissed each other with such intensity and passion that they seemed to want to devour each other.

To clarify, this kiss wasn't out of love but from the peak of mutual attraction that surpassed momentary rationality and made them simply follow their instincts.

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A/N: In summary, Horny-chan won today 🗿