Chapter 7: "The Goddess of Secrets Arrived (And Made My Diary Her Weapon)"
Volume 5: The Forbidden Queen Wants Me (But So Does My Entire Harem)
Section 1: The Diary That Should've Stayed Buried
Kai should've burned it.
He really, really should've burned that leather-bound, lock-enchanted, privacy-enslaved relic of teenage hormones and divine misunderstandings.
But he didn't.
And now? It was floating in the middle of the throne room.
Wide open.
Pages glowing.
Moaning.
Lilixara clapped like a gossiping demon. "Ooooh! Chapter 14! That's the one where he wrote about wanting to 'experiment with winged girls'!"
Kai screamed into a pillow.
> [SYSTEM ALERT: FORBIDDEN BRIDE #6 UNSEALED — CODE: SHE WHO WHISPERS, SHE WHO RULES] [NAME: Vel'Mirexa, Goddess of Secrets] [WARNING: PRIVATE MEMORIES COMPROMISED]
Section 2: The Whispering Queen
A woman cloaked in shimmering runes descended from a vortex of unread notifications.
Every step she took erased lies.
Every breath she exhaled caused nearby walls to confess their innermost traumas.
Vel'Mirexa, Goddess of Secrets.
Her eyes were veiled. Her lips moved without sound. Her smile hinted at every fantasy Kai had ever buried beneath logic, shame, or clothing.
Kai: "Please tell me this isn't happening."
Vel'Mirexa: "It is, Kai. And yes… I read everything. Even the parts about Malvexa's tail."
Malvexa: "Wait. WHAT?!"
Velrisa turned pale. "My filing system… is exposed."
Yui beeped frantically.
> [WARNING: Harem Privacy Index Falling] [INITIATING DAMAGE CONTROL — LOCKDOWN FAILED]
Section 3: The Trial of Truth
Vel'Mirexa: "To enter my heart, you must walk through your own."
She raised a finger. Light twisted.
Suddenly, Kai stood inside a mirror world. Every wall was made of confessions. Every floor, a regret. Every breath summoned a memory he swore he forgot.
There was him. Crying over his mortal mother's death.
There was him. Refusing to confess to Elyssaria.
There was him. Admitting he liked being chased by goddesses.
And finally—there was a memory even he didn't remember: a time before the system, before the harem, before everything...
A whisper: "You chose this path, Kai. But you were guided."
Kai: "What the hell does that mean?!"
Vel'Mirexa stepped into the memory beside him. "It means you're more than a glitch, lover. You're a key."
> [NEW TITLE UNLOCKED: THE KEY OF FORBIDDEN HEARTS]
Section 4: The Secrets We Keep
Back in reality, the harem was imploding.
Elyssaria tried to smite the diary.
Moona attempted to eat it with her plant beast.
Serika stared at a page and promptly fainted.
Malvexa found her name scribbled next to a poorly drawn heart and fireballed a nearby painting.
Gula licked the diary.
Lilixara just kept laughing.
Vel'Mirexa snapped her fingers.
Silence.
Then she addressed them all:
"Every secret he ever wrote, I have sealed… in my heart. So if you want to read more—"
She turned to Kai, and her gown disintegrated into words.
"—ask nicely."
Kai's brain rebooted.
> [NEW SKILL: HEARTBOUND CONFESSION — Once per week, Kai may ask any goddess one absolute truth.]
Yui beeped.
> [Note: Cannot be used on the System.]
Section 5: Aftermath of the Written Apocalypse
Vel'Mirexa joined the harem under one condition: her room was to be lined with silence wards and gossip nullifiers.
Kai agreed. He also shredded every remaining diary in existence… except one.
The last entry:
> "Today, I met the Goddess of Secrets. And she already knows I love her."
Yui beeped:
> [FORBIDDEN BRIDE #7 DETECTED — ARRIVAL IMMINENT] [Codename: The Demon of Dreams — She Lives in Your Sleep (And Your Pants)]
Kai groaned.
Lilixara: "Can I host that dream? I do themed nightmares!"
> [END OF CHAPTER 7 — Volume 5 Continues]
Next: Chapter 8: "The Demon of Dreams Arrived (And Made Sleep NSFW)"