Chapter 351: Not So Acceptable Resolution
"...So, are you better now, Shizuka? Or do I need to fuck you more for you to be satisfied?" Eve asks me in a somewhat harsh tone as I put my clothes back on. It's been two days since Eve "transformed," and her transformation has finally ended.
My whole body is racked with pain. It was 48 straight hours of sex that I barely remember because it was too pleasurable and too painful. She dominated me so intensely that I blacked out many times.
My body is covered in bite marks and a few faint burn marks from the heat of the draconic parts made of plasma that she had, the main one being a light burn mark on the top of my vagina where her horn touched.
Besides that, I think Eve was cured of the love sickness, since I can no longer feel the magic that was supposed to be inside her. Her body got so hot internally that the disease "died," similar to when you get a fever to kill an illness.
The difference is that she carbonized the magic of mine that was inside her. At most, I can only feel a few weak sparks.
Fortunately, even though she's cured, Eve doesn't seem as angry with me as I thought she would be when she returned to normal. Of course, after punishing me so much, there isn't even a reason for her to be angry anymore.
She hurt me a lot, even if it was pleasurable up to a point, so I'll forgive my girlfriend for having been so intense.
"I-I'm... s-sorry for infecting you, I-I'll never do it again," I apologize because I know I was wrong. I shouldn't have tried to infect her, I should have been more fair to her.
"...You'd better not, don't do it again... at least, thanks to this, I discovered that to activate my ability, the missing condition was for me to have a clear objective to focus on," Eve says, adjusting the remains of her torn clothes with a tone that's a bit disappointed in me. That makes me feel terrible for having disappointed her.
"But more importantly, you regret what you did now, right? And you won't do it again, right?"
"...Y-Yes... I was wrong, I shouldn't have tried to attack and infect you... I got carried away by the powers I had and was a fool..."
"That's better. You were lucky that over these past two years I've become more patient, or I would have smashed your head against the floor and burst it with plasma." Her threat makes me shiver, because it's not said with anger, there's a seriousness to it that makes the honesty clear.
"..." I swallow hard. I can't believe I was so idiotic and desperate for something intimate with someone. I guess I'm not made for relationships; that must be why I could never make friends in the past.
"W-We're still girlfriends, right?" I ask, almost crying. I don't want to lose this! I had managed to get her to date me; it would be so stupid to lose that because of this dumb thing I did.
"..." Eve stares at me as if she's seeing the most hypocritical person in existence.
"Whatever. I guess we are still girlfriends, despite your mistakes... but if you try to make me sick with something again, I will hurt you very badly to teach you a lesson... besides, thank Evelyn-sama. She told me not to kill you and explained your past."
"If she hadn't explained, I would never let you stay close to me again." She starts to walk away, while I'm left feeling a bit disappointed in myself.
'Damn... I shouldn't have done that... I'm glad she didn't get so angry...' I'm happy that at least we're still girlfriends. I would have cried a lot if she had broken up with me, since even if there's no love yet, it would be a terrible rejection.
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'Evelyn-sama, are you sure about this?' I ask Evelyn-sama about Shizuka. Is such an unstable woman really the best option?
'[Sorry, Eve. It was partly my fault, since I made Shizuka desire my image on purpose. But don't worry, she really is the best choice even if she's a bit mentally unstable. This problem only happened because you look like me, but you handled the situation well, and it was good you didn't let her dominate you.]'
'I would do anything for you, Evelyn-sama, so this isn't a problem. If you think she won't be an issue, I'll accept it... but if she tries to do that again, I will really hurt her. I won't hold back again.' I only didn't do worse because, thanks to this, I discovered how the transformation works and because Evelyn-sama had told me to go easy.
'[It's fine, Eve. You're within your rights to defend yourself. Besides, you've gotten quite strong. This transformation ability you've shown is very interesting.]' Evelyn-sama praises me as I look at my body, which has returned to normal.
'Yeah... I trained a lot, Evelyn-sama... I'm glad you noticed,' I say with a small smile because she noticed my growth. In these last few years, I focused more on mental progress and precision than on magic, so my magic level didn't explode, meaning it's not externally visible progress.
'[You seem much calmer too. I don't know exactly what happened during the years I was away, but I'm glad you seem better.]'
'I just saw that there are many things to live for, and I tried to become calmer and centered on what really matters.'
'It happened during a fight against an angel girl. She was... interesting. Even being cut, even losing limbs, and even during death, she still kept a serene expression without fear,' I start explaining to Evelyn-sama why I changed so much.
'She was easily the most troublesome enemy I faced on the angelic continent, because unlike other angels, she didn't retreat even when pierced by my sword.'
'I realized her fighting style was... perfect, practically the peak she could achieve... and all of it came from a mix of becoming one with her sword and a mentality of perfect, centered calm...' It's a shame that girl had to be killed.
'And so I decided to follow that same philosophy, one of calm, focus, and precision, which is perfect for my powers... I hate to admit it, but I was very imprecise and impulsive. Now I'm trying to make my swordsmanship as perfect as hers.' I need to be calm; losing control is the total opposite of what that fighting style demands.
'[I see... that's perfect. I'm glad you found something to concentrate on, and that you've matured. You seem... so grown up now. Shizuka will need a solid figure like you.]'
'[So, please, don't hold back if you need to discipline Shizuka, and thank you very much for growing while I stagnated quite a bit in some areas... Do you talk with Amanda, Cypher, and Vermilion?]' Evelyn-sama changes the subject.
'Yes, Evelyn-sama. I talk with the three of them. They're actually pretty nice, although Cypher and Vermilion constantly bully Amanda by making her work a lot because they get irritated since both of them are stuck with jobs while Amanda is always leaving the castle, even if it's for work.'
'I think maybe doing some more help for them would be good.' I try to help those three; they help a lot and are working too hard.
'[Okay, I will give them dozens of standard model puppets that can carry papers, organize paperwork, and run small errands,]' Evelyn-sama listens to my request.
'[Eve... are you alright? I pulled the data from what you and Shizuka trained, and I don't think you were totally cured of the love sickness she created.]' When Evelyn-sama says that, I stop walking.
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'Maybe... I'm not totally cured.' When I transformed, the internal body temperature rose a lot, so hot it could melt metal, but it wasn't enough to completely destroy the love sickness.
'But I'm fine. Don't worry about it. If I want to reach the peak of the sword, I need to be calm, serene, and precise!!' Obviously, I noticed that remnants of the disease remained. Not enough to have an effect now, but maybe it could have an effect in the future.
'[If you want, I can remove it from your system and-]'
'No, it's not necessary. I enjoy the challenge. I'll try to destroy the disease with magic. If I fail, then I'll fall in love with Shizuka. I really don't care which one.' A challenge is always something I enjoy.
And fortunately, even if falling in love by force is bad, Shizuka is easily influenced and controllable even if by chance I fall in love.
An example of that was the fact that I dominated her for 48 hours straight and she just moaned and accepted it, although I noticed a small flaw in the transformation.
I couldn't stop or deactivate it, meaning, despite my powers increasing a lot during the time I was transformed, the lack of full control while stuck finishing the task I started is a problem.
'Evelyn-sama, for now, I want to go take a bath and sleep. I smell like sex and blood, and honestly, I'm exhausted. Transforming used up a lot of Hikishin,' I say to Evelyn-sama, trying to end this conversation.
'[Okay, rest. And don't worry, I looked into Shizuka's mind, and she has really given up completely on trying to infect you again, although at this very moment she's moaning your name while grinding against a table.]'
'...She really liked my physical image, didn't she?' I roll my eyes at that little slut. I know Evelyn-sama did this so she wouldn't betray us, but honestly, Evelyn-sama's mentality was really completely warped by Esther over time.