Alex’s masterplan 2: Electric Boogaloo

A/N: Not a double chapter, but a near 3k word to compensate for the tremendous support you guys showed. The fact that the Power Stone more than doubled AFTER the lemon chapter was published might be a clear sign to something lol. XD

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She kept weeping for over an hour, turning into a broken record. And all that time she was clutching my body, shivering and sniffling. I tried to calm her a few times with words, but it didn't seem to work. She had lost her mind and did nothing but cry. And the more she wept, the worse it felt. I even started questioning if I had overdone it.

But I couldn't take it back now. Judging from her 'Observe', she was in a deep cycle of self-loathing for what she did and fearing that I hated her. Even though I had said I didn't. A hazy and muddled mind doesn't always see the reason. And she was certainly not in her right mind.

I released a deep sigh as I kept caressing her hair and back, trying to calm her down.

I may have made her reach her rock bottom tonight. But thanks to it, I had erased the status quo. Now we could start anew… That is if she even wanted to do so.

But what if she didn't want to love me (romantically) anymore once she got back to normal? What if she tried to turn us back into normal brother and sister? Now that thought alarmed me.

'Hmm. That won't do. I should 'confess'. Now, preferably.'

"Big sis."

I called out to the older woman who was cuddling me and taking deep breaths to fill her lungs back that she emptied from her crying and moans. She was struggling to even breathe properly right now.

"Big sis! Hey, Olivia!"

Shaking her body off of me and shouting her name, I finally got her attention.

"Alex…"

She was limp and lifeless; Her voice now hoarse and dull.

She had fully lost herself in self-loathing and disgust. Her eyes no longer contained any light in them.

"… What do I do…? I-I messed up… I h-hurt you…"

Her red swollen eyes that had barely dried after shedding every ounce of tear once again moistened as new tears magically formed. She had shed a lot, yet she somehow had more left.

"Olivia. Look at me, into my eyes, and listen carefully. I said I don't hate you. I don't. Hate. You."

She stared into my resolute eyes as her own lifeless pupils shook a bit, regaining some clarity.

"You… Y-You, don't hate me?... Even after I hurt you? Did b-bad things to you?"

"I'll be honest. I used to be afraid of this side of you, in the past. But now, it's different. I've grown up and had a lot of time to think about it and big sis, I find myself liking you as well."

"…Really? You like—"

I cut her off as I continued speaking.

"I do find you very attractive. But I can't love you, big sis. Not yet anyway, when you're married to someone else. I don't like the idea of cheating. So, even if I do like you romantically and want to continue what we were just doing, we can't. Not when you are bound to another man by marriage, even if it's arranged and lacks any semblance of love."

I was well aware of the hypocrisy in my sentence about cheating. I was literally aiming for a harem, and it would make me "cheat" on my lovers while I added newer ones. It was going to be difficult to maintain proper understanding with my future lovers. I had to keep in mind to make sure they understood, lest it led to something bad, like them leaving me or fighting (too violently) amongst each other. Nope. I couldn't have that. So, I would have to make them accepting of the idea. But that was for the future me to worry.

"I… I don't know what to do… I am already married to him. I can't leave. They won't let me. O-Our family's reputation will suffer if I now tried to cancel the marriage. And you're my younger brother. I have realized now. What I did was horribly wrong. I shouldn't have had such feelings for you. It was very wrong of me. I…"

She seemed to have gained her clarity, but along with it, her reasons seemed to have come back as well. And right now she was on the path of realization.

The kind which made her not want to continue this immoral relationship with me.

But I couldn't have that.

"But you do love me, right? You have feelings for me, even if they are immoral."

"I-I… I do. I'm sorry. I shouldn't have such inappropriate feelings for my younger brother. Yet I…"

"No, it's fine. I don't mind it."

"Eh?"

She looked confused.

"I don't mind you having romantic feelings for me. Since I now have feelings for you too, big sis."

"EH? Alex… no. That's wrong. It's immoral."

"We've long crossed the line of morality, big sis. Remember what you and I have done? What YOU have done to me in the past? Coz, I remember."

"That… I'm really sorry. It was wrong of me to do it."

She looked down, feeling ashamed of her actions.

"Yes. It was wrong. Because you didn't have my consent then. But now? Now I want it too. I want to love you as well, big sis. Not as a sister, but as a lover. I want to love you like a man. I want to give you what you deserve. I want to make you feel loved and cared for."

Olivia sat there in silence, listening to me. My words were causing a new violent storm inside her. Once again the moral and immoral sides were warring to come to a conclusion. This time, however, it wasn't going to be a fair fight since I was going to support the immoral side.

Love is war and I would go to lengths to capture her heart now that she'd managed to capture my heart. She would be mine and nobody else's. I had decided. It was strange but I had never felt this possessive ever in my life. Was it my feelings for her as a brother, my hormones, or something else that made me really want to have her? I wasn't sure. And I didn't have time to contemplate either.

"You love me? Like a woman?"

Olivia asked, her expression now calmer, but still somewhat confused… and hopeful.

"I do. I know it is sick to desire one's own sister, but you have turned me into this, big sis. I couldn't stop these feelings from growing now that I have more control over things. Quite paradoxical, I know. But you make my heart flutter. So, take responsibility and let me love you."

It was surprising Iris hadn't yet spoken a single word. I had thought she would do a rude comment like [Guilt tripping 101]. It felt odd that she hadn't done so. It would have been true.

But it worked. She started to fall for my words.

"Is it okay? What if someone found out?"

I sighed at her ignorance.

'Yeah, it's kinda late for that.'

"Honestly, I think you should have thought of it much sooner, big sis. Emma and Laura already know about it. Nobody else knows, as far as I know."

Her pupils dilated as the realization hit and she showed a face filled with utter terror.

"Oh no! This is bad. Really bad. Not Emma. Even Laura knows? Oh, goddess. Oh, dear. What do we do?"

"No 'we', big sis. It's mostly on you now. I have already talked to and reconciled with Emma."

Though, maybe it was time I finally confronted Laura as well. And perhaps in the process guilt trip her—I mean, to see if she would like a lover as well. I did like that cold maid though. And she was single. I could try and aim for her. It wouldn't hurt to try. And Laura and Olivia were friends so they would be happy together… with me.

'Oh, boy. I'm really wicked, aren't I.'

"I think Laura is fine. As a friend she cares for you, so she's never told anyone about it. I'll have a talk with her and you should think of how to mend your relationship with Emma in the meantime. She's the weakest link, honestly. It was a surprise she didn't just tell Mother about it. That would have been bad."

I saw Olivia visibly shaking with fear. She too knew that would have led to very disastrous consequences.

"I… I will talk to her. I'll apologize. I'll beg for her forgiveness… I'll also have to talk to Laura too."

She was now resolute to repent and apologize to the people her actions had hurt/affected. She would now walk the path of atonement. Hopefully, it'll help fix this whole mess.

"Good. You do that, and I'll talk to Laura."

"No, Alex. I'm the older sister, and the one responsible for it all. You shouldn't take such a burden on yourself."

"No. Laura and I have something we need to… discuss. She hasn't apologized to me yet, for not stopping you back then even though she knew. You can talk to her later, but for now, focus on Emma. I think she'll forgive you if you apologized hard enough."

The thing with Emma and Laura was that they both seemed to have grasped that while Olivia's actions were bad, her intentions weren't. She never meant any real harm to me. She was just consumed by the pressure and gave in to her lust. Not to say she wasn't at fault—she was. But she wasn't the only one responsible for her actions. The viewers and the ones who unknowingly pushed her into a poor mental state from their taunts (yes, I'm looking at you ducal family) were at fault too.

'Sigh. Poor Alexander. He didn't deserve that.'

But nobody could do anything about him. He didn't even exist after all. Only his memories did.

Hopefully, this would fix the last problem of this family. Well, second last. I still had that Advanced potion to feed my mother. I had the points to buy it now. I just needed an appropriate time sometime in the near future.

'Maybe I should get it over within the next week or so.'

She was pretty well nowadays. But this was just to get rid of any deeper problems that were currently not showing but still lingering and could surface later on. Better safe than sorry.

After this was over, I could take a breather from the past drama. And try to focus on finally learning magic and leveling up. Oh how much I wanted to use magic. Only I knew that. The taste I had gotten from the <Cleanse> spell only made me desire it more.

After some thinking, she nodded.

"Understood. I'll do that."

Something to note here was that she had readily followed my suggestion. It wasn't just a coincidence. Part of it was due to her guilt, yes, but the other part of it was her current Obedience level. It was at a staggering 95 currently.

I looked at her with an appreciative smile.

"I'm glad we reached an understanding."

"But… Alex. We still… What about my marriage? How will we deal with that?"

"Oh, we'll fight. You should stop holding back. Give that Duke what he deserves. Fight, shout or threaten him. Make HIM break the marriage. Or else say you would expose his truth to his parents. We'll see if that oh-so-nice man tries to lie his way out of it."

"B-But… Albert is a good person. He doesn't mistreat me. Doing so would be wronging him. He placed his trust in me when he told me the truth."

I gave her a half-lidded stare.

"Does he fight for you when your in-laws bully you?"

"He… He once tried to calm them down. He tried to."

"And did it stop the harsh words coming from his parents and family?"

She didn't say anything but after a while slowly shook her head in denial.

"Did he care for what you desired? Does he give you even an ounce of love as your 'husband'?"

"He has a lot of work every day as a Duke, so he doesn't always get time…"

"Stop, Olivia. I don't want excuses. Just answer. Does he or does he not love you as your husband?"

My face turned stern again as I chided her for dodging the answer.

"… No. H-He doesn't love me like that."

"And are you satisfied with that? No, that's a dumb question. Of course, you're not. Why the hell would you do lustful acts with me, otherwise? I know you're not that disgraceful of a woman."

Not a slut by any means, but a little sick in the head for attempting to do incest. That was basically the summary of her actions.

"I-I didn't want to do it, at first. Really. But… I don't know why but something inside me broke and I ended up doing 'that' to you. I'm truly remorseful for that."

"Big sis, listen. If you truly want to be loved as a woman and find your happiness, you should stop caring for those nobodies. The ducal family is not your real family. Not when they said such harsh things to you. They're trash. Including the duke, who clearly doesn't stop them. If he saw something wrong and he didn't do anything to stop it, he's part of the problem. He clearly doesn't care for you enough to go against his oh-so-dear family.

And you don't have to worry yourself about people like that; you deserve to be happy. You have your own family here that loves you. Mother loves you. Alice adores you. Emma is a bit conflicted about it, but I know she does like you otherwise. And I love you too. So, do it for yourself and for the ones that love you. Break your shackles and be happy. Because for me and the rest of the family, your happiness is more important than other people."

I fed her some more words of appreciation, lifting her morale while also admonishing the "villains" who caused her to be so unhappy and dissatisfied.

'Oh, I must be a villain in my past life. No, wait. I was a normal guy. Maybe before that, I was some villain. Who knows? The things people (I) do for love.

It is quite questionable or downright unethical, but it is what it is. Everything is fair in love and war.'

I nodded sagely in my head, thinking I was having "wise" thoughts. I was just being selfish and horny, and maybe a bit crazy too.

We spend some time like that, talking with each other. I mostly tried to brainwa—uh, I mean, make her understand that she needed to fight for her happiness. And together(mostly me), we came up with a plan to make the Duke either divorce her or expose him as being gay, which will also ruin his spotless character, and thus we could argue that he and his family mistreated Olivia and make them break the marriage anyway. And we needed the hell of our mother, the current Marquis, to back us up. Olivia would go and confess to her mother about her distressing life in the dukedom. And mother being the worrywart and overprotective woman that she was, wouldn't let it slide. The only reason my mother hadn't started a political or personal bout with the ducal family was that Olivia had assured her that she was being loved by the duke and that he cared for her. Imagine her response if she found out he didn't stop his family from bullying Olivia for something that wasn't even her fault.

It wasn't an infallible plan by any means, but it was something. It was the best I could come up with at the time. We would have to see how they react to it and then plan our next move.

After an hour or so, Olivia smiled as she looked at me with care.

"Alex, you've grown so much, my dear brother. It's hard to believe you were the same timid and cute boy from 2 years ago. I missed so much of your youth. I'm saddened by it. I wish I could see you grow into the fine young man you are now."

"Don't worry. You can see me grow later. Once we deal with your in-laws, we can live together, happily ever after."

"Yes. We shall."

She looked at me with tender care, but unlike before, she didn't try to kiss me or even touch me.

Well, that didn't stop me from pecking her lips though.

"Ah! A-Alex…"

She looked at me with surprise. She didn't think I would do that. Not after I had said so much to her. But some part of her seemed happy about it. At least that's what her Status said anyway.

"I-I'll go back to my room then. It's really late and you should get some sleep."

"Hmm. I guess it is quite late."

It was a couple hours past midnight.

I had already lost any ounce of sleep from the excitement and all the talking and planning though.

Olivia stood up and walked to the door, unlocking it, and then turning back.

"Good night, Alex dear. And… thank you, for forgiving your big sis."

She almost muttered the last part, but I heard it well.

"Good night, big sis Olivia."

Olivia then left the room, closing the door behind her, and walked slowly to her room to think about everything. She had to do a lot of introspection that night.

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