Chapter 16: Early Realization

[CONGRATULATIONS FOR WINNING THIS SPAR!]

Both fighters were still as water, keeping their awkward position as they waited for the announcement of the victor of their battle. 

"Haaah, an unjust victory…. huh?" then one of them sighed, finally breaking the deafening silence. Victory obtained but, after thinking about it once more... was it still worthy to be called a victory if it was obtained with such dirty ways?

"Hahaha a win is still a win! And don't you remember that i cheated too in our first battle?" the other one tried to reassure the prior that no matter how it was obtained, a win is still a win. 

Plus, the terms and conditions had already been agreed upon by both of them anyway, so why hesitated to take the achievement?

"Hehehe~ well if you say so, then I'll gladly take it~" 

That's right, they already knew who had reigned supreme in their spar even without needing the referee to announce it. Because even though the timing for the spilt blood seemed to be almost identical, both contenders didn't fail to notice the extremely tiny difference of a few trillionth of a second, let alone their referee who was more precise than them.

[Mrs. Esdeath…..] Thus announced the referee with despirited tone, obviously showing that she didn't want this kind of outcome…

Sigh... why did her Master have to lose?! Hell, why did he even have to agree with such an unfair battle?! Now he couldn't put up any resistance against the degenerate things that lunatic woman would subject him to! It was unfair! She wanted to do le-- Ehm!

Oops, her thoughts almost became astray.... again....

"Thank you~ thank you~" 

Nevertheless, the victor still gave her respect with a slight bow to both her dearest foe and the hateful referee with a wide grin plastered on her impeccable face which made the referee even more annoyed.

Clap clap clap

"Hahaha that was a nice fight!" and with enthusiastic claps of his hands, Ryoma congratulated his dearest wife first ever victory against him.

He wasn't mad or anything because she won using unsavory means like devising rules which practically crippled him and wearing hidden armor, instead he was quite proud of her because she was finally using her wits more than her brawns. Furthermore, the fact that she was willing to do all of those with him in mind just made him happier. 

That's right, he just realized that the lewd bet of hers wasn't just for her own satisfaction. But rather to take out his mind out of that Beast. 

He could feel her hidden anxiety and worry for his safety when his blades clashed with her own, he isn't an insensitive man. 

And he knew that they weren't caused by her fear of hurting his body as she must've known that both of them are immortal in the spar. It was because of something else….

'G is real…..' 

So from the bits and pieces he had collected, he concluded that it was the main reason for his always optimistic battle maniac wife's anxiety. An absurdly powerful looming threat that is trying to take away her dearest husband from her….

'Theresa should've already known about it too, must be from their prior 'girls' talk huh?'

And, this deduction came into his mind as his wife's anxiety only existed the night after her discussion with his system maid. Also, they decided to hide the truth about her existence from him as they didn't want to worsen his condition….

'Hah… fucking hell… I should be the one providing them with safety and peace of mind, not the other way around!'

But this fact only made him feel like a failure of a man! Imagine making your wife and maid worried about you so much that they decided to hide the truth as they were afraid to freak you out!

"So you finally found out…" While still caught in his internal anger, he heard his wife's soft whisper in his ear and felt a pair of arms softly embracing his neck. "I have planned to reveal this after you finished your evolution so that your mind would have been more stable to handle this.

"But still, I'm sorry for hiding it from you…." And with a voice that showed her guilt, she apologized as she hid her face on his shoulder, too embarrassed to look him in the eyes.

"It's okay, I understand your reason. I might be freaking out last night if you told me about it directly." Deciding not to blame his beloved more than he should be, he forgave her while wrapping his arms around her thin waist, returning her embrace.

[Master, I too want to apologize for my earlier transgression… I regret every single moment of it…] Theresa used this momentum to ask his forgiveness, remorse and shame could be felt in her voice

"Apology accepted Theresa… i knew that you both did it for my own wellbeing…" So as a good master as he should be, he granted her his wish.

[Umm….. you won't punish me, Master?] inquired his maid once more, maybe because she felt that it was too easy for him to let her off just like that?

"Do you want me to?~" And with a smirk, he used this precious chance to tease her because why not?

[No....] she declined as he had expected but, why did she sound disappointed?

"So dear, you're not angry anymore?" Though when he was trying to delve deeper into this mystery, he was interrupted by his wife's question.

"Hahaha I was only angry at myself in the first place, not the two of you…." He gave her his affirmation as he embraced her a little tighter. "But from now on, I don't want both of you to hide anything from me no matter how bitter the truth is…" and demanded sternly.

To be fair, he could just peek into his wife's memories to know the truth. But it only showed that he didn't fully trust her and that is something he doesn't want to happen hence why he won't ever pry into his wife's mind for something really crucial like this, instead he wants to hear it directly from her mouth.

"Yes!"

[Your wish is my command!]

And both women agreed with his request without any hesitation which made him hum in satisfaction.

"So dear, do you really want to know the truth?" His Ice Queen questioned him with a solemn voice as she pulled her face from his shoulder, her pair of mesmerizing blue eyes stared straight at his emerald ones.

"Yes, don't hide anything…" so with resoluteness in his voice, he beckoned her to spill everything.

"Okay but first…" The solemnity on her face faded away as if it didn't exist in the first place, replaced by a sultry smirk. "Can I get my victory kiss?" 

"....." 

Woman, can't you read the atmosphere?! Things were getting serious here so why did you get horny all of a sudden?

"Fufufu~ You were getting so tense so I want to make you relax a little~" She giggled playfully as she heard his internal rants. "And you lost against me, remember? Can't your wife taste her prize a little?~" and she kept pushing on persistently while faking a pitiful tone as if something that is rightfully hers had been taken away.

"Hah… fine…" After sighing at her shenanigans, he decided to give her what she wanted as he knew that she would keep pestering him if he didn't and he felt quite guilty too after souring the mood of her victory's celebration….

Wait, did he just get guilt-tripped? Hell yeah he did….

"Though let me clean my fa– Hmph!" He wanted to clean the blood stain on his left cheek and lips first. But it seemed like his impatient Ice Queen wouldn't let him do so as her lips immediately assaulted his own after getting his permission.

And as if something had been triggered inside her after tasting his blood, the attacks of her soft luscious lips and nimble tongue became more fervent, making him quite overwhelmed by them. The fact that he shared her pleasure just made it even worse….

So what did he do? Counter attacked and brought her down into submission like usual?

'Mhmn~ fuck, If only i didn't lost the spar…'

He wanted to but he couldn't because he lost the bet!

So, he just let her do as she wished reluctantly, not because it felt too good that he nearly lost any willingness to resist… 

Absolutely not!

'Liar~ you enjoyed this!' but with a sadistic mirth in her mental voice, she rebutted his half-assed denial and became more spirited in her assaults.

'No, i— ' He tried to refute her accusation but the thing she said after that made him swallow his words…

'Did you forget that our agreement is only valid when we are on the bed~? So why don't you resist me hm~?' 

'Eh?'

How did he only remember that her term wasn't valid directly right after the end of their battle?? Then wasn't it the perfect chance to reverse the position?!

That was what he thought….

'I– I can't…' 

But he already let her break too much of his line of defenses, making him unable to deliver any meaningful resistance….

'Obviously you can't~ You want this to happen in the first place~ You want to be dominated by me just like how you want to do the same to me~ how contradicting~ how adorable~'

If that wasn't enough, she began whispering sweet words of temptation up his mind, slowly yet surely dragging him down into her abyss of depravity so he could be hers and hers alone…

'No… I must… resist~'

But it was all futile as he was already drowned too deep inside the blissful abyss to be able to swim back into the surface….

'Hehehehe~ no you don't~ you don't want to~ so just relax and be a good boy for me~'

And he could only let himself be dragged deeper and deeper….

....

....

"Phuah~ thanks for the meal~" But the siren fortunately/unfortunately released him from her grasp just when he was about to be drowned completely….

"Huh?" 

And it made him confused as she didn't tackle him down then have her way with him like he had expected. But instead, she just stopped and left him hanging?

"Oh my~ you still want more~? Don't we have something serious to talk about~?" she said that but the way she licked the leftover blood on her lips and how she moved her crotch that was sticking with his huge tent made him think otherwise.

He wanted to just pin down and punish this depraved succubus of his! But if he did, then their deal would become valid... 

What a dilemma….

"Ha… fine… let's get back to topic…" so by utilizing all of the remaining rationality inside his mind alongside the perfect control of his body, he extinguished his arousal bit by bit.

He wanted to know the truth about a certain nightmare of his, so cockblocking himself for this was a cheap price he was willing to pay.

"Fufufu~ well, the wait will only make my meals more delectable~" Realizing that her bait to get what she wanted right now ended up in failure, she giggled and released her embrace as she took a few steps back away from him.

And as if she was an experienced actress, her amorous expression had turned back into the prior serious one as she asked his resolve once again, "Dear, are you ready?"

"Yes, no matter how bad it is, I have to know!" Thus he answered her with the determination she asked for.

"That's how my man should be!" She nodded in approval and finally revealed the truth to him with a solemn voice, "Gardevoir, the extremely obsessive animal that was created as a joke by your friends, exists…"

"I see…." He had predicted this outcome but still, he couldn't help but falter a bit…

Imagine, something that was made as a joke from your friends to diss you out is actually real. Moreover, they aren't just your regular friends but discord homies!!

'But no matter, we just have to prepare ourselves against her!' 

Nevertheless, his fighting spirit still remained. That thing really exist? So what? He would slay her himself! With the power of the Getter Emperor in his hands, nothing is impossible!

But, the thing she unveiled next was what made him horrified….

"And there's a very high chance that it has a system that's on the same level as your maid….."

"H–huh?!"

Indeed, if an extremely obsessive overpowered female pokemon hunting him wasn't enough, it was assisted by a system that's as powerful as his Theresa, a system who had provided him with reality ender machines!

"Dear…. d–do you have any proof?" So with a stutter in his voice caused by his denial, he demanded the evidence for that utterly ridiculous statement.

"Sigh Unfortunately we do, Maid you can explain it more clearly to my dearest husband…" As if she had already expected his reaction, she sighed and asked her husband's digitalized slave to explain things to him in more detail.

But, an almost imperceptible smile bloomed on her face because…

'Ahh~ I shouldn't have this kind of thought, but he's so cute!'

She gushed inside after seeing her dearest husband who wasn't even afraid of challenging the universe acting like a scared rabbit! But she knew how to console his frightened heart.

'Don't worry dear~ I will protect you from that animal! She– no, anything and anyone can't take you away from me!'

It was to ignite her obsessions for him! 

And as she predicted, it was immediately noticed by the man she loves with all her being as she could see a thin smile begin to form on his devastatingly handsome face plus she could feel the disappearance of his fear and unease, replaced by…. arousal?? 

Oh my, it turned out to be very effective! As expected of her, the one who knows him the best!

'Ehehe~ let's continue later okay~?' 

Thus, they had achieved an agreement as they both nodded at the same time…

[Master, Mrs. Esdeath, what are you doing?]

But it only made a certain maid who was going to explain things to her Master confused….

""Nothing…""

[I see….]

Their answer didn't convince her in the slightest. She was pretty sure that these two were having some lewd conversations using their soul marriage connection….

She was envio– Ehm! No, she wasn't….

"You may continue, Theresa," Her Master cleared his throat awkwardly and beckoned her to continue. But, it only made her more certain that he was talking about some indecent stuff with his wife….

'[Sigh… Master, this is for the sake of your survival you know? Can't you be more serious?? At least ask me to joi– AH! No Theresa, NO!!]' She reprimanded him internally but somehow she was almost led astray again…. 

Her Master was truly terrifying!

[Very well, here are the proofs which me and Mrs. Esdeath have collected regarding this dire situation] So she decided to let her Master off and began explaining the details to him…

It wasn't because she was afraid of being led astray if she kept thinking about him….

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"We don't have much more time, huh?" Ryoma said exasperatedly while pinching the bridge of his nose after he finished listening to his maid's detailed report.

Around twenty millenia….. even though it is enough to witness empires rise and fall hundreds of times over, was it enough for him and his dearest to relax and let down their guards? That would be the case if G wasn't assisted by another system, but reality was actually crueler than he thought as that thing could somehow get an advanced travel function from her system and appear right in front of him at any moment!

Then would he just wait for that thing to arrive and harm the one he loves the most? Absolutely not! He would use this remaining time to become stronger and defeat the beast with his own hands!

"Dear, you know that I won't just stand idly while you are fighting, right?" though the love of his life suddenly interrupted in his internal declaration as she didn't want to be left out.

"Haha I know, and I'm glad that I didn't marry a damsel in distress." Ryoma let out a light chuckle at his wife's antics and offered his right fist.

"Heh~ what kind of damsel in distress is brave enough to get her hand severed just to dominate her man in bed?~" she snickered as she bumped his fist with her own.

"You don't say~ only a crazy woman would do that! Oh right, I married one myself!" said the man with a mock surprised tone as he face palmed.

"Oh my~ how poor of you~ Wait, isn't that madwoman me?" and the woman faked a surprised tone as she pointed at herself.

"How could I forget?? How silly of me, pfft–hahaha"

"Ahahahaha~"

Thus, both of them burst out laughing from their silly jokes and the previously gloomy atmosphere vanished into thin air.

Indeed, they need to fear nothing because as long as they're together, triumph is always guaranteed!

"And Theresa, I'll be counting on you too!" He didn't forget to call his adorable system maid who still can't be honest with her feelings because she is the most important key to fight against G's system.

[You don't need to say it, Master. I'll do anything to ensure your safety.] And as if stating something obvious, the maid of his replied leisurely.

But, he didn't notice the almost imperceptible change in her tone when she said a certain word….

[Ding! System Antithesis Unlocking Progress Updated!!]

Indeed, anything! She would do anything to protect her dearest master because he was the only one she had….

[Current Progress: 10%]

Even if she must go against her fellow sisters...