Ch 289: Aria’s turn… or not?

Noah found her in one of the media rooms, alone for once, watching a movie.

"Hi, Aria. I was looking for you."

"Hi, Noah. Is it about my turn?"

"Exactly. But to make things easier for you, I decided that one of my girls will assist and take the lead for at least the first few days. So you get to decide. Which of them is going to lead you down the path of sexual submission?"

Aria’s eyes lost their focus for a moment as she thought about the many possible choices.

"…That’s a hard choice to make. I feel like I’m in a bakery, drooling at the pastries behind the glass."

"I know what you mean." grinned Noah. "And I am in a somewhat similar situation. I have so many girls waiting to be trained that I do not have as much time as I'd like to spend with those I already have."

"Entirely a problem of your own making, you know?"

"I'm well aware, but it's too late to change now."

"Well, it's not like I'm not profiting from it. So you have my full support to keep collecting more girls!" grinned Aria. Then she sent him a coy smile.

"Actually, if you're so generous that you're letting me choose, I have someone in mind, but she isn't part of your harem… yet."

"That would delay things a little, but I'm game."

"Kasumi." grinned Aria.

"The redhead from the Persona games? Nice choice." nodded Noah.

"No, I don't know this Kasumi. I mean the one from Dead or Alive."

"Oh? That's interesting..." thinking about one of the iconic figures of the fighting game franchise. Kasumi was cute, had a good character, and a very nice body, often clad in tight ninja outfits.

"I have a bit of a crush on her. So, if you give the opportunity… And reviving Kasumi now also means that you will revive her sister Ayane later, right? I'm interested in her as well."

"Two ninja girls specialized in unarmed combat… on top of being cute, they'd also be good training partners. Okay, I'm reviving Kasumi today... I won't give you any delay, though. I don't use the special collars anymore, so it's taking longer, and I will also need a bit more time to make sure she becomes a good dominant. Until then… I will exceptionally allow you to get physical with, say, Asuna and Rias."

"Yes! You're the best, Noah!" exclaimed Aria, standing and giving him a quick but fierce hug.

"Have some fun with them while you still can. Knowing them, they'll both earn themselves chastity belts in the very near future. And who knows, maybe you'll end up wearing one as well?"

"I hope not." grinned Aria. "My libido is way too high for me to be happy with that. Anyway, I'm off! Take your time with Kasumi!"

Noah grinned as he watched her go, and snorted at himself. Somehow, his efforts to tie up loose ends before Akeno returned with her many, many new girls, only added more.

He moved to an empty bedroom and revived Kasumi, a beautiful girl with copper-orange hair in a ponytail, dressed in a skintight, black and blue, leather bodysuit.

Learning from past mistakes, he immediately confiscated the straight Kodachi from the sheath tied to the small of her back, engraved a Stop rune on her nape, and sat on the nearby chair, waiting.

He didn't have to wait long, and Kasumi's eyes fluttered open, revealing amber pupils. Noah saw her move each limb in turn, as if verifying she had full control over them. Then she turned her head to look at him.

"Welcome back, Kasumi." smiled Noah.

"Who are you?" frowned Kasumi, sitting up and quickly scanning the room.

"My name is Noah, and you are in my home. Please tell me, Kasumi. What is the last thing you remember before waking up here?"

"…I was fighting Raidou, and I made a bad fall, landing headfirst on the ground. I must have blacked out. What happened since then?"

"Well, I am sorry to say, but you actually died. And I just revived you."

"And you expect me to believe it?" asked Kasumi, looking at him with an expression that screamed 'You think I'm an idiot?'.

"You aren't the first one to react this way." snorted Noah. "I have revived many people already. And if you work hard, I might also revive your sister Ayane, as acknowledgment of your efforts."

"Work hard? I'm not doing anything for you. What I will do is treat this like a sad excuse of a joke, leave this room, and return home. And if you hurt a single hair of Ayane, I will come for you and nail you to the nearest wall!"

Noah smiled and walked to the door, opening it for her. She glared at him suspiciously as she passed him by, and turned to look up and down the long hallways without quite leaving him out of her field of vision.

Noah simply followed a few steps behind her as Kasumi started exploring the palace, looking for a way out. She sometimes stopped by the windows, getting a view of the island.

"Why are so many maids looking like… like clones?"

"Because they are clones. They are all named Misaka, followed by a number. And before you accuse me of anything, I am not the one responsible. My subordinates saved them from a cruel scientific experiment, and they live here now."

Kasumi nodded doubtfully and resumed her walk. They encountered several maids on the way, and Noah introduced Kasumi as being freshly reincarnated, and not having agreed to anything for now. The maids took it in stride and politely introduced themselves, which visibly disturbed Kasumi.

She found one of the exits on the first floor and left the palace, but instead of stepping away from it, she examined its exterior, then made a series of strong jumps, finding footholds in the exterior's details. In barely twenty seconds, she reached the rooftop, at the eighth floor.

Noah used Shunpo to join her, making her jump in surprise.

"How did you do this?"

"Kasumi, I can revive the dead. And I didn't show any worry about my safety being near you, despite being aware of your talent for martial arts. What does that suggest to you?"

"That you are strong. I'm not sure I believe you about reviving the dead, though." reluctantly nodded Kasumi.

"I am strong. Much stronger than you, at least. And I sealed part of your abilities before you regained consciousness."

"So that's why it felt more difficult to climb that building." frowned Kasumi.

"Yes. And if you're looking for a boat or plane, there aren’t any. We enter or leave this island by teleportation. How about you listen to my offer, at least?"

"I do not agree to anything, but I suppose there's no harm in hearing you."

"Thank you. You were dead, and while I can revive the dead, this isn't something I can do without paying a price. So, as compensation for your second chance at life, I want you to serve me for a year, renewable by mutual consent. And if you perform to satisfaction, I will revive Ayane and offer her the same terms."

"…Serving you? What does that involve?" asked Kasumi, her eyes suspicious.

"Nothing that would get you in trouble with the law. I didn't bring you back to kill people or anything. But you will work as a maid, like the other girls you saw… and you will satisfy my every desires. Yes, I see from your expression that you understand."

Kasumi lunged at him.

She might be a great martial artist, but Noah was no slouch either, between his experience in SAO and his Martial Arts Mastery, and he had a crushing advantage in reaction speed, movement speed and strength. All of Kasumi's attacks were countered or deflected, until she started panting, while Noah didn't even sweat.

A few of the other girls had heard the commotion and had gathered around the rooftop, smiling as they commented about the fight with lowered voices. When Kasumi paused her assault, breathing hard, Noah gestured to them, and they left.

He took a pair of police handcuffs from his inventory, and Kasumi, seeing them, sent him a hateful glare.

"Let's put an end to this silliness and get on with your maid training, Kasumi. I am a busy man."

"You!" exclaimed Kasumi, having difficulties finding the correct word to express her anger.

She stepped back when he walked closer, but soon found herself standing on the roof's edge. She searched for the right footholds to quickly climb down, but Noah didn't leave her that time, using Shunpo, and slapped the first cuff close around her right wrist.

Kasumi countered with a mean hook to his right ribs, but he barely felt a thing and seized her other hand, cuffing her left wrist as well. Then he teleported to an empty room on the second basement.

Kasumi flinched as she didn't understand the sudden change in her surroundings.

"Teleportation, remember?" said Noah, forcibly leading her to a corner where he was able to chain her wrists above her head.

He then stepped back, and Kasumi spent the next minute glaring at him and trying to free her wrists from the cuffs.

"…I'll admit that I handled that badly." sighed Noah. "Maybe I should have first let you spend a few days on the island, familiarizing yourself with the other maids, and you would know that serving me isn't as bad as it sound."

"You… You pervert!" spat Kazumi.

"That's hardly breaking news. Yes, I'm a pervert. But you owe me for being alive, and one year of service is cheap compared to that." shrugged Noah.

Of course, Kasumi would end up serving him for a lot more than one year, but she didn't know that. He walked to a cabinet, opening it, and started rummaging around the latex bodysuits hanging inside. He looked at her hair and skin tone, then back inside, shrugged, and selected a black one, thinking that this particular color went well with everyone.

…

"Would you like some coffee, Jinah-sama?" asked Alexandra, also known as Maiden Blue.

"Yes, thank you, Alexandra." smiled Jinah.

She was sitting on the sofa inside her temporary apartment, back in Itogami Island. Natsuki and Misaki Sasasaki were sitting facing her, looking moderately displeased. The dragon girl recused from the frozen lake, who Yuiri had named Glenda, was happily nibbling on a cookie, was sitting at the nearby table with the Maidens and Astarte, sharing tea and snacks.

"I still think you went overboard." sighed Natsuki.

"No one died, aside from a few cultists." shrugged Jinah.

"The government isn't happy about you having kidnapped two leaders of the Lion King Organization." said Natsuki, trying another angle.

"Are they going to do anything about it?"

"…I don't think so."

"Then our objective has been achieved." nodded Jinah. "We made sure the Lion King Organization won't dare mess with us again, and it will be a deterrent against other groups who might aim at Avrora, Nagisa or Asagi. Have you heard anything about that warning from the First Progenitor, Natsuki-chan?"

"It's Natsuki-sensei!" exclaimed Natsuki, jumping to her feet and leaning forward across the low table to strike Jinah's forehead with her folded fan.

Jinah didn't try to avoid the blow and grinned at Natsuki.

"I swear, I never had such a troublesome student before." said Natsuki with a sigh of defeat, sitting down.

"We have our good points! If you're ever in trouble, we'll come save you no matter who the opponent is!"

"Says the source of most of my recent troubles." snorted Natsuki, but she also nodded in acknowledgement.

"To answer your question…" said Misaki. "…we haven't noticed anything suspicious. I informed the Island's administration, and their raised their vigilance and bolstered the patrols around the sensitive parts of Itogami."

Jinah nodded thoughtfully, thinking.

"…Now that I have a Shadow Soldier inside La Folia's shadow, I can move instantly between her location in northern Europe and here. That’s an ability that has a few hours of cooldown, however. I am considering meeting the Warlord early to try to get more details from him about that threat. What do you think of it, Natsuki-sensei?"

"Would you take the others with you?"

For an instant, Jinah wondered if by 'others', Natsuki meant only Mash, Medb, Gudako, Misaki and Makoto, or also the now six Observers still formally part of the Lion King Organization, but it wouldn't change her answer.

"No. They would be more useful here, protecting Asagi and Glenda and bolstering the island's security. Or Maybe I would take only Sayaka with me, since she's supposed to be my Observer, and I want to keep the illusion going... Wait, no, I can't do that. That ability doesn't allow me to transport someone else unless I take the Sanctuary, and that would mean taking some of my friends with me. Unless I ditch Sayaka, I would have to move by plane or airship."

"I think this is worth trying, even if you have to take a plane." said Natsuki.

"…I will. Can you please arrange it? I have no local money, and I'd rather not have to ask Mash or Gudako to use hypnosis on some people at the airport."

Natsuki nodded.

"I will leave Beru, Igris and Bellion here, just in case. The three strongest of my Shadow Soldiers."

"Will you be okay without your strongest… familiars?" asked Misaki.

"Don't worry about her, Stupid Mutt." snorted Natsuki, remembering the 'duel' against Vatler. "Jinah is strong to a ridiculous extent."

"I'd love to spar with you one day, then." said Misaki, and Jinah nodded.

"I do not mind. We should have ample time later on. Sayaka and the others should be back soon. I will tell her about our upcoming trip then."

"That means you do not have anything particularly important to do in the next few hours?" asked Natsuki, a smile growing on her face.

"Not really. I can relax a little… what is this?" frowned Jinah, eyeing the rather thick stack of papers that suddenly appeared in Natsuki's right hand.

"Tests, assignments, homework." smugly replied Natsuki. "You may be stronger than me, but you are still my student. I won't allow you to skip."

"Ah!" snorted Jinah. "You may not know it, but I was a straight grade-A student before I became an Agent, and my intellect had been boosted since then. Bring it on!"

…

Jinah still felt a little mentally drained by the time Natsuki was satisfied and left. She retired to her room for the night and entered the Sanctuary.

She found Gudako and Shirona in the living room.

"Oh, Jinah. Welcome back." greeted Gudako with a smile, while Shirona glared daggers at her, and jolted as if she had received an electric shock. Which was exactly the case, judging by the remote in Gudako's hand.

The door of the kitchen opened, and Mash came out, followed by Yukari, dressed and bound like Shirona. Yukari was holding a small tray with two drinks and snacks as she left the kitchen on small, careful steps.

"Oh, you're there, Jinah." smiled Mash.

"Yes. I want to update everyone before I go to bed." smiled Jinah, sitting on the sofa near Gudako.

"Are you done with your conversation with Natsuki-chan?" asked Mash.

"Yes. They increased their vigilance but didn't spot anything strange yet. I will take a flight tomorrow to the Warlord's Empire with Sayaka to try to learn more about it. La Folia's mother and sisters are already there, and La Folia, with Tiné and Saika, will also visit."

"I see. Are you taking the Sanctuary with you?"

"No. I figured you would be more useful here as first responders if anything happens. I can return using Shadow Exchange in an emergency. I'm also leaving Igris, Beru and Bellion with you. I'll ask them to follow your commands as if they came from me."

"That's way overkill if you ask me, but it's not like you need them to protect yourself anyway." nodded Gudako.

"Yeah. So how is Shirona doing?"

Shirona interrupted her dusting to turn toward her, but stopped herself just before glaring again, grunted, and resumed her work.

She was dressed as a fetish maid with black latex stockings and opera gloves, a black and white latex maid dress with a very short skirt and large cleavage, white apron, collar, and a red ball gag harness was fastened tightly around her head, framing her nose between its inverted Y-shaped straps.

Shirona's feet were encased in knee-high black leather pleaser boots, and cuffs around her ankles, linked by a short chain, forced her to walk carefully. More cuffs around her wrists liked by a fifteen centimeters chain completed her bondage. At least the visible part.

Jinah recognized the remote in Gudako's hand and didn't have to see under Shirona's skirt to know that she was wearing a thin chastity belt with two plugs.

"I have to punish her often, but that is normal at this stage of her training. She'll get used to being a kinky maid, then grow to love it." shrugged Gudako.

"And Yukari?"

"Same thing. This is only the beginning." nodded Mash.

Jinah shrugged. She could tell at a glance than the two former leaders of the Lion King Organization were silently seething at their mistreatment, but they also knew any outburst would be… unproductive. And painful.

"And Medb? Has she decided what to do with Mikage?" asked Jinah, thinking about the pretty cultist and wyvern rider.

"Yes. She decided to turn her into a total bondage slave." replied Mash. "Mikage is going to be bound 24/7 by default, only given the minimum freedom of movement necessary to perform the tasks assigned to her, and only until she is done."

"I can't decide if I pity her or am envious of her." smiled Gudako.

"Me too, but there will always by time for fun after we're done with our mission." nodded Jinah. "I'm leaving the Sanctuary to get some sleep outside. Good night, everyone."

"Sweet dreams." smiled Mash, echoed by Gudako.