(XXVIII) Bound

Suddenly, three brilliant golden lights appeared floating high in the air between Samael and Khrista. The two outermost lights slowly descended as the young man held out his hands. 

The lights floated down, landing in his outstretched palms, briefly glowing brighter as a golden card appeared in his left hand, and in his other hand, a pendant started forming. 

A golden thread fell between his fingers before looping and slipping between his other fingers, attaching as a red jade circle with a golden setting formed. 

Underneath, a tiny golden clasp connected it to another jade, creating the appearance of two magatama; suddenly, the magatama started swirling together, resembling a taijitu. 

Sam slipped the Jade Magatama Pendant of Dualism around his neck, tucking it underneath his shirt, and held up the card. 

[Voucher of the Pouch of Infinite Tears]

[With this voucher, you may apply it to any bag of your choosing, transforming it into the Pouch of Infinite Tears. It will retain the appearance of the selected bag.]

He reached around his waist, pulling his messenger bag in front of him and pressing the card against it as the bag was surrounded by a radiant aura. 

The voucher started to unravel as if made by a golden thread as it twisted itself around the opening of the messenger bag, looping around repeatedly until the entire card had vanished. 

The thread disappeared from sight as the interior of the bag was instantaneously replaced with a star-filled, pitch-black night sky. Sam felt as if he was staring into space itself. 

[Imyth Vintage Heavyweight Canvas Satchel has received the subspace effect and transformed into the Pouch of Infinite Tears. Contained within the Pouch of Infinite Tears is a pocket dimension. You can store and retrieve objects from the pocket dimension at will.]

'Not bad...' Sam muttered, nodding approvingly as he returned the bag behind him and briefly stared at the final floating light before dropping his gaze to Khrista's face. 

"What does it mean that you're the reward?" He asked, feeling his face growing hot as he averted his gaze and rubbed the back of his neck. 

"It means I belong to you now..." She said with a blush, looking away momentarily and wrapping an arm underneath her chest as she grabbed her elbow. Her tattered robes struggled to contain her breasts as she propped them up with her arm. 

The floating light floated as Khrista rose to meet it, holding her hands out as she guided the small glowing orb toward Samael. She smiled at him, pulling it against her chest and closing her eyes. 

The light entered her body as she suddenly emitted the same aura. Sam stood still as he watched her in awe. She drew the young man closer, opening her hands as her serpentine body wrapped around his legs and body. 

She opened her eyes, and they produced a golden light as the aura disappeared from around her body, destroying the remains of her tattered robes as she pressed her body against his, wrapping her arms around his neck. 

She stared into his eyes as she ran her fingers through his hair, caressing the back of his head and neck as she slightly parted her succulent lips; the same glow emitted from behind her fanged teeth. 

Sam felt entranced as Khrista leaned forward, pulling his lips against hers, closing her eyes, and kissing him. The young man closed his eyes and returned the kiss, bringing his hands up to her cheeks and lightly caressing them. 

They both increased the intensity of the kiss before the pendant beneath Sam's shirt started glowing, and he was brought back to the moment and opened his eyes in shock. 

He pulled back, breaking the kiss, giving her a bewildered look as the glow slowly faded from her eyes and mouth before Khrista's long, forked tongue slid out, and she licked her lips, giving him a seductive look. 

Before he could say anything, the Naga Priestess' body erupted into millions of tiny golden lights, dropping Samael onto his back. He looked around as he propped himself up on his hands. 

The sparkling dust rapidly flew into Samael as he suddenly screamed in pain, a searing sensation emanating from his left wrist. He gritted his teeth, pulling the sleeve of the Midnight Coat to his elbow. 

Magical Ink appeared on his wrist as a black cobra tattoo started to form on the inside of his wrist. Bold black lines spread like cobwebs as the snake coiled around itself down to the palm of his hand. 

The tail of the snake wrapped around his thumb as the tip came to an end on the back of his hand; a dozen leaves formed and three roses appeared before an intricately designed letter 'K' appeared. 

Sam panted heavily, sighing in relief as the pain subsided when an even stronger burning sensation spread across his hand and wrist as the numerous blacks, greys, whites, greens, and reds filled in the tattoo. 

He groaned as he stared at the tattoo, breathing heavily as a window appeared in front of him:

╔══The Spirit Pact with the Naga Priestess, Khrista, has been completed.══╝

He dismissed the notification and called out her name. The color from his tattoo faded as the naga reappeared in front of him with a new and lavish white and gold robe covering her chest and stopping above her belly button. 

The robe did not cover her shoulders but connected to golden adornments that wrapped around her upper arms. She had two golden bands wrapped around her arms and golden bracelets around her wrists. 

She had a golden choker around her neck and a golden chain piercing her belly button that dangled down to the golden waist chord. Khrista smiled warmly as she exclaimed, "Master!" 

Sam suddenly started choking as he brought his fist to his mouth and started coughing, "M-Master??" 

"You didn't already forget did you, Master?" Khrista asked as she quickly approached, wrapping her body around his feet as she brought her face close to his, "I am yours." 

"No..." Sam answered, shaking his head as he looked away, blushing hard, "I wasn't expecting you to call me that..." 

"What would you like me to call you, Master?" She asked, slithering around him as she brought her face back in front of his with a grin. 

"Just Sam is fine..." He replied, staring into her eyes, regaining his composure.

"Oh, Master!" Khrista exclaimed, over-exaggerating as she rose into the air, placing the back of her hand on her forehead and throwing the other into the air, displaying grand theatrics, "I could never forget honorifics!"

Samael stared at her blankly before placing his hand against his face and shaking his head, sighing heavily, "Fine... You can call me whatever you want..."

"Yay!" She smirked, descending in front of him as she ran her hands along her body, accentuating her curves as she asked, "So, what do you think of my new look?"

"You look much prettier with the new shirt." He answered, looking away as she continuously shifted her body in front of him, his thoughts betraying him as his mind wandered, and Khrista unleashed a massive grin. 

She licked her lips again as she placed her hands on his shoulders and pulled her mouth to his lips, whispering as her hands wandered down, "I like that idea... I can help with that!"