CONTRACT WITH SASHA

"Okay, I'm confused," Kojo said in a muffled voice.

"(Confused is too simple a word to describe this situation.)"

Kojo had come from the stadium so tired he had nothing on his mind but his bed. Yukio had used her ability to control time to reverse the damage done to the city during his fight with Sasha. Apparently, she could safely reverse the damage inflicted on an object or a person by turning back the time affecting the object. She did have a limit, as she couldn't turn back time beyond a week. Anyway, the King had given a long speech about the tournament before naming him champion. He then had to field questions from not only his friends but also the dukes and the nobility about his relationship with Sasha. Even Leo had some questions concerning the fight. He'd only gotten to Duke Philip's estate less than forty-five minutes ago and moved straight to his room to take a much-needed shower, only for him to find Sasha naked in the tub. She pounced on him immediately and had been clinging to him since. He'd managed to get her into a bathrobe. At present, she was pressing Kojo's face with her massive bust.

"So let me get this straight, you entered an agreement with the Capitol to fight in a tournament in order to find someone stronger than you?" Kojo asked. "But I never actually defeated you."

"Yes, but after seeing your true power, I came to realize how weak I am when compared to you." She buried his head in her breasts.

"I'm yours now since you defeated me," she said, sticking out her tongue.

Kojo pulled himself free. A rune appeared at the back of his left hand. There were two similar runes on their tongues.

"Which means you can do with me as you please. Being a succubus, I require a certain form of nourishment. I didn't want to be like the other succubi, leaching off life force and moving on. I am royalty; I need my own exclusive source." She said, climbing onto Kojo's lap.

"So I kept myself from partaking and rather fed off the emotions of all those I encountered. You have no idea how long I've waited for this moment," she said, pulling closer and beginning to undress Kojo.

"I'm so fired up, I can't control myself," she said, giving him a deep kiss.

Kojo pulled away. "Wait, you said you were royalty?" Sasha managed to overpower the struggling Kojo and took off his shirt and began to rub his chest.

"Oh yes. I'm the daughter of Lystrea, the Queen of nightmares. Now, enough of that. I may be inexperienced, but I'll do my best." She pushed him back on the bed, sat on him, and opened the robe. There was a heart-shaped symbol similar to the one on Kojo's hand on her abdomen.

At that moment, Sharone, Koniko, Lin, and Adriana walked in.

"Kojo, we—" Sharone began, stopping and taking in the scene.

"Wait, guys, this isn't what it looks like," Kojo quickly said.

"(This is exactly what it looks like.)"

He tried to push Sasha off him but ended up pulling her to the floor with him on top of her, his hands on her breasts. He squeezed them, causing her to let out a moan.

"You want me that badly?" Sasha said, paying their audience no mind.

"There's no need to rush. I'm all yours."

Kojo realized where his hands were and quickly tried to get up, but Sasha caught him and pulled him into a kiss, wrapping her legs around him as he squirmed. The atmosphere in the room became heavy, and Kojo sensed a large amount of killing intent directed at him.

"So now you're Kojo's property?" Lin asked Sasha, taking a sip of tea. They sat at a table sipping some tea. Kojo was unresponsive, bruises on his face.

"Yes. I'm going to be the one to bear his children," Sasha replied, hugging Kojo.

"What has my life come to?" Kojo wondered out loud. Adriana took a sip of tea.

"Could you leave us for a moment, Kojo?" Adriana said calmly, putting the cup down.

"Huh?"

"It's a girl thing," Sharone said, catching on.

"Okay, sure," Kojo said, still confused, getting up and looking at them one last time before walking out of the room.

"(That could have gone worse.)"

"How so?" Kojo asked, walking away.

"(They could have beaten the crap out of you.)"

Kojo considered it for a moment.

"Nah, they couldn't."

"(Or they could have just left you.)"

Kojo stopped walking.

"You think so?"

"(Regardless of their races, they're women. No woman could bear to see the guy she likes with another.)"

"Wait, what do you mean by 'guy they like'?"

("Aww, so you do care.") Sysia giggled.

"It's not funny."

("Course it is.")

Kojo walked out to the garden, then stopped in front of a tree.

"The thought of being alone is something that truly terrifies me," he said quietly. "In my past life, I wasn't really a social person. Well, physically, that is. At my age, I was still single."

"(Pervert.)"

Kojo smiled. He turned to look back at the house.

"I wonder what those girls are up to."

"(You know girls.)"

"No, I don't."

"(Well, I wouldn't worry about it.)"

"How'd you figure?"

("(Because I'm a girl too.)")

"You're an AI."

("(So? I identify as female. Dr. Hayashi's brainwaves were used to program me.)")

"Now that you mention it, Yuki's last name is Hayashi," Kojo said.

("(I know what you're thinking. It's probably just a coincidence. Dr. Hayashi did have two daughters who died in an accident.)")

"Truck-kun strikes again."

("(Huh?)")

"Never mind."

"Anyway," Kojo saw Reynolds practicing with a wooden sword. He closed his eyes and concentrated, an aura of arcana building up around him. Lightning began to crackle around him.

"Oh? So you're a lightning mage?" Kojo said from behind, startling him.

"Don't startle me like that," Reynolds said, letting out a breath. "Wait, shouldn't you be resting?"

"Well, the girls are holding a council meeting in my room, so...." Kojo noticed Reynolds was looking down. "Hey, what's the matter?"

"Well, I want to get stronger. Seeing you fight made me believe that I could be strong too. But Father believes I should give up on that and concentrate on becoming a good ruler for the province after he's gone," Reynolds said.

Kojo looked at him with a blank expression.