Joji did not know what to say. That single hesitation was enough.
Lena caught it at once, pressed her lips together, and gave him one long look.
She knew. Or if not the whole of it. The sa strange system lived in him too.
"Joji, look, I’m not going to pry into what kind of system you have," Lena said. "Mine just... needs a man to work."
He stayed silent, so she pressed on.
"It gave two paths. Either I beco the whore of this world, or I beco the most loyal wife."
That landed harder than it should have.
Lena looked down at her hands for a mont, then back at him.
"You know what we were back then. We did half of it for money, half for fun, and that was that. But this world isn’t Earth." Her voice lost even the last trace of playfulness.
"Joji, I don’t want to force myself on you, and I don’t want to make this ugly. But I don’t mind learning to like you. Maybe even love you."
There had been sothing there once, perhaps. Not love in the clean and noble sense songs liked to dress up, but warmth.
Familiarity. A trust born from long hours, false lights, and a trade where bodies t more easily than hearts ever did.
Back on Earth, naming such feelings aloud would have sounded ridiculous, hypocritical even, as though two co-stars had mistaken comfort for destiny.
But this was not Earth.
Joji saw the plea in her eyes and heard it plainly in her voice.
This was no joke. No cheap scene. No teasing lark to pass the evening.
If those truly were the two paths before her, then even he knew he would choose the path of loyalty in her place ten tis out of ten.
For a while, silence held the room.
Then Joji let out a long breath.
"I don’t mind being your husband," he said at last. "But I already have Daisy. Will that be a problem?"
Lena answered without hesitation.
"No. It won’t. The system only wants loyal to one man. That’s all."
She sat straighter, relieved just to hear him say the words.
"I’ve had it since the day I was born here. I was here from the very beginning, as a baby."
"It already rewarded with both aura and mana for completing tasks tied to... well, the original Joji."
That made him narrow his eyes.
Lena went on and explained it in fuller terms. Her system was not a thing of levels and slaughter the way so might imagine.
It was closer to a list of milestones, a chain of missions tied to intimacy and relationship.
Holding hands. Kissing. Growing closer. Crossing certain lines.
Each step completed earned her sothing in return.
"So far, I’ve only held your hand," she said.
There was a strange embarrassnt in her voice then, almost enough to make her sound young.
Joji stifled a laugh at the irony. This wild co-star who had once made n cry could not even make it to first base now.
"Joji, I’m freaking serious right now. Don’t laugh at like that."
"Sorry. My bad, alright," Joji said, pressing his lips tight to hold the laughter back.
Lena slapped his arm, and that only made him laugh outright.
When he finally got it out of his system, he coughed and waved a hand.
"Go on. Sorry. I couldn’t help it. Continue," Joji said.
"I can train like a normal mage, like a knight if I have to, but you know how expensive that is."
"The other path almost tempted , to be honest. If I chose the whore route, it would make a Rank-3 mage fast."
"I would only need to sleep with ten n in the sa room." She grimaced.
"But Joji, you know . I never did those kinds of scenes. Not even back then. The furthest I ever went was creampie scenes, and only with you."
That much was true. For all the ugliness of the old industry, even there so people had lines they would not cross.
Joji had his own. He had never done work with n of the rainbows.
He had never participated in a threeso where two n were involved.
He had never touched gangbang scenes with one woman.
The thought of mingling with another man’s fluids in that way had always sickened him.
Lena looked at him now with all the bravado stripped away. Her voice dropped lower.
"Joji, I swear, I’ll do anything. I don’t want to beco that kind of woman here."
Joji sat with the stuffed toy still in his hands, his thumb rubbing absently over its stitching while he thought.
The room had gone very quiet around them. For the first ti since stepping into this world, he felt the sharp and unsettling truth that his secret was no longer his alone.
And for Lena, this was not so abstract burden. This was her life.
"Alright," Joji said. "What do you need to do?"
Lena squird at the question, and the sight of that bashfulness on her face felt almost absurd to him. In all the ti he had known her, he could not rember seeing her look quite like this.
"A kiss," she murmured.
Joji leaned in without making a show of it.
Their tongues intertwined. Both knew each other’s taste, but their new bodies made them savor each other even more.
Sowhere in the middle of the chaos, Lena heard the small chi of her system.
Still, she did not pull away. She had been in a dry spell for a long ti and had found no outlet for the mounting tension within her.
Joji was handso in his own right, possessing the exact kind of rugged edge she craved.
Her hands subconsciously reached for the waistband of his pants, seeking to vent the heat right then and there.
Joji pulled them away with a mischievous smile, his eyes telling her that her turn hadn’t co quite yet.
"I thought it was just a kiss. Are you trying to assault an honest man?" he joked.
"I was just caught in the mont, that’s all," Lena said honestly.
Still, she felt warmth inside. Her system would not work if the other party was insincere.
Did that an Joji liked her?
Lena started thinking of the possibilities.
She then started operating the system in front of Joji.
[Reverse World Harem System] | [Empress of Fidelity System]
Without hesitation, she clicked on the Empress of Fidelity System.
[Empress of Fidelity System]
[✓] [Hold hands with the man you have chosen, with the feelings that befit him.]
[Requirents: Sincerity regarding one particular matter.]
[Reward: Wield both the aura of a knight and the mana of a magician.]
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[✓] [Share a kiss with the man you have chosen in this life.]
[Requirents: Genuine feelings for one another.]
[Reward: A Girl’s Magic Bag]
[Note: You may choose the design once the mission has been completed.]
At the top of her screen, she looked at the one option she had.
[Set This System as the Default]
Lena let out a breath. There was no hesitation on her face now, only deep and almost trembling relief.
Then she made her choice.
The mont she did, light burst before her eyes.
She squinted against the glow as the system began to change, unfolding into sothing greater than it had been a mont before.
Joji stood at her side and watched.
He could not see the light itself, not as she did, but Sir Engine within him reacted at once.
More precisely, it was the Risqué Sir who appeared.
As always, the figure ca bare-chested, absurd and imposing in equal asure, yet this ti the whole scene had changed.
Draped across one of his arms was a gorgeous black-haired woman whose bearing rivaled even Duchess Rosalind’s.
She wore luxurious crimson velvet robes edged in ermine, garnts fit for rank, authority, and sovereign pride.
Yet for all that regal splendor, her golden eyes were not cold.
They were glazed and fervent, fixed upon the Risqué Sir with a passion.
Joji stared, utterly stupefied by the sudden appearance.
Then the bare chested n beca aggressive and groped the woman’s chest.
{The Risqué Sir has brought an unruly system to heel.}
The scene suddenly beca wild as The Risqué Sir ripped her clothes off, stripping the woman bare.
Then a series of fragnted scenes unfolded, each capturing another wave of passion as the woman slowly ca undone.
"This system might as well be so kind of porn star system," Joji murmured.
{The Risqué Sir has beheld every secret of this wayward system, from the outermost asure of her form to the deepest recesses of her mind.}
{The Risqué Sir is now granted sight of all advancents made by this system’s user.}
Lena’s screen dimd without warning. Then everything on it broke apart.
The display flickered, stuttered, and began to glitch as though whatever governed it had suddenly been seized by so outside force.
"What’s happening?" Lena asked, turning sharply toward Joji.
A mont later, the screen steadied. But it was no longer the sa.
The holy white glow was now streaked with dripping pink, like fresh paint bleeding across a field of white, as though sothing pure had been stained by the touch of the Risqué Sir.
"Joji, was this your doing?" Lena asked.
She looked genuinely betrayed, her eyes already watering as a deep frustration welled up inside her.
"No, Lena. Relax. My system has strange gimmicks too, so calm down," Joji said, pulling her into a side hug.
"Really?" she asked, wiping away her tears.
Then she looked back at the screen in disbelief.
"My system turned pink."
Then she noticed where he was looking.
"You can see it?" she asked. "How is that possible? Did you do sothing?"
There was a note of grievance in Lena’s voice now, as if she had sohow been cheated by Joji.
Still, questions could wait. Lena drew a breath, steadied herself, and looked back down at what her system now showed her.
{Saintess of Immovable Loyalty and Risqué Trysts}
{WISHLIST SYSTEM TASKS}
[✓] [Hold hands with the man you have chosen, with the feelings that befit him.]
[Requirents: Sincerity regarding one particular matter.]
[Reward: Wield both the aura of a knight and the mana of a magician.]
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[✓] [Share a kiss with the man you have chosen in this life.]
[Requirents: Genuine feelings for one another.]
[Reward: A Girl’s Magic Bag]
[Note: You may choose the design once the mission has been completed.]
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[ ] [(NEW) Cuddled close in bed, while speaking earnestly of the future you will share.]
[Requirents: Talk about the genuine plans you want to pursue in your lives.]
[Reward: Scepter of Fidelity]
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(NEW FEATURES!!!)
{TASKS OF TRYSTS AND PASSION}
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[The First Tryst with My Lover]
[Set aside your maiden’s restraint, and give yourself to him willingly, so he may know the joy of being chosen as your partner.]
[Reward: It depends on how well you please him. With co-wives at your side, let their favor beco your added strength.]
[Note: You have only one chance at this mission, your chastity can be given only once.]
Lena’s face shifted from hurt, to confusion, to sudden understanding, and then to a wild grin.
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