Ch 345: New name.

-707, -283, -283, -283.

The pony-sized panther died with a single attack of Noah's Mirage Blade, and he mechanically moved to the nearest one.

A hundred meters away, Xi Ling was killing monsters faster than even Noah could, and Little Grey absorbed the corpses before dumping the created items into a small pile that Noah would come to collect every few minutes.

Thanks to Xi Ling, Noah had gained three levels and was now Lvl 20 in just a few hours of grinding Lvl 28 monsters.

As he was getting tired, Noah decided to call it quit for the night, recalled his pets, and left Mystic Moon.

He checked the hour on his smartphone. Close to midnight. He smiled as he saw that most of the girls were still connected and left the media room.

He found Tenka in his bedroom, lying on his bed, waiting for him expectantly. She wore a bathrobe.

"Did you wait for me a long time?"

"No, it's okay." shrugged Tenka as she sat up. "I played Mystic Moon until half an hour ago."

"Did you like it?"

"I'm not sure. Fighting without being able to use my angel felt weird. But, it's not boring."

"You'll grow used to fighting without it, and your skills will gradually improve." nodded Noah. "When I unseal your angel, and I think I won't be long before I do, you will be better able to use it."

"I guess." said Tenka with a small, rare smile. "So, how will you tie me up tonight?"

"Do you still want to be blindfolded and gagged?"

"Yes."

Noah nodded and took from his inventory a long garment made of thick, black latex with a number of dangling leather straps.

"What is it?" asked Tenka curiously.

"A bondage sleeping bag." explained Noah as he spread it on the bed. "It will be snug on your whole body. And I will add a hood as well."

Tenka nodded as she removed her bathrobe. She was wearing a black and purple racing swimsuit underneath.

Noah gestured for her to put her legs into the sleeping bag, and she obeyed without hesitation. She felt fairly confident after the first night that Noah wouldn't try to have sex with her before she was ready for it, and if he tried, he would first have to free her from the bag.

Noah guided her arms into the internal sleeves and zipped the bag closed around her body before fastening the eight straps tight around her legs and torso.

"How do you feel, Tenka?"

"…It's nice." nodded Tenka after testing her bonds for a few seconds. "It feels comfortable, and safe."

"Good." smiled Noah. "We can make this your usual way of sleeping, if you wish."

"Maybe. I'd like to test a few other ways before deciding." said Tenka.

Noah nodded and used Item Creation to make a black latex hood with integrated mouthpiece and nostril tubes.

"The tubes are necessary to make sure your nose won't clog up while we sleep. It is unlikely it would happen without me waking up in time, but you never know, and it is better to be safe." explained Noah as he saw her frown, and she nodded.

"Okay." nodded Tenka before opening her mouth.

Noah gently put the mouthpiece in position and inserted the tubes before stretching the hood over her head.

When he was done, he put a light cover over himself and Tenka, not wanting her to be too hot, and snuggled against her bound body, ensnaring her with a leg and an arm across her waist.

"You make for a great body pillow. Sweet dreams, Tenka."

"Mmmph." replied Tenka in acknowledgment.

Tenka would likely fall asleep in minutes, Noah didn't intend to just sleep right away. He turned his consciousness inward, focusing on a particular thread of demonic magic, one that connected him to an array engraved on the inside of a specific item a certain princess was wearing.

With that array, he could feel from the collar's inclination that Eleanor was in a lying position, her breathing slow and steady. She was asleep.

Noah smiled and entered her Soul Space, bringing her into it.

…

Eleanor sighed as the dream changed, and she found herself in her room, with daylight coming from the windows. She only have a vague memory about what she had been dreaming about, and before she could place it, the accursed chastity belt vibrated, forcibly claiming her attention.

Eleanor groaned in frustration, regretting once again the consequences of her trip to Japan.

She had been so confident that she would enslave Noah. It was supposed to be easy and foolproof, barely more than a formality. She would only have to activate her curse, say the words demanding his dedication, and it would be over, without anyone except Shiori, also enslaved, being the wiser.

Instead, Noah resisted the Curse, and freed Shiori with an ease Eleanor still couldn't understand. And she had been the one enslaved. Forced to wear this humiliating collar, and this vile belt.

…If she felt like being honest with herself, the sex has felt better than anything she imagined. But she wasn't in the mood to admit it!

The belt kept buzzing, the two inserts inside shifting within her, and despite herself, her arousal progressively grew. And she started wondering if she was really dreaming. It felt too real.

Then the belt stopped, and she groaned once more, but for another reason. She had been close.

Hearing a small snort, she turned, and here he was. Her bully, standing a few meters from her.

"I told you, my pet." smiled Noah. "You do not get to cum without my permission."

Eleanor rejected the half-dozen insults that immediately came to her mind, knowing that they would only amuse him.

"How did you come here?" asked Eleanor by reflex, realizing as the words escaped her mouth that it was a stupid question. It was a dream. Her subconscious had just conjured him here.

"There is no place where I cannot reach you, my pet. I am here to train you. We will start with only a handful of simple rules, and we will add more later." smiled Noah.

"First, you will always refer to me as Master in private. You are allowed to use Noah or Sir in public. Second, whenever you greet me in private, you will undress, kneel on the ground, knees wide apart, your wrists crossed behind you, and your back straight. Third, once you are in proper position, you will politely request to be trained, and you will display gratitude when I accept. Fourth, you will follow my instructions without hesitation."

Eleanor stared at him angrily. Surely he didn't think she would ever ask to be treated in such a humiliating way!

The belt's plugs chose that moment to vibrate and move again, and she gritted her teeth.

"Never, you delusional mmphh!"

A mass of something that tasted like rubber suddenly filled her mouth, and she felt straps fasten themselves against her cheeks and behind her head. She tried to seize those straps to remove them, but leather cuffs appeared around her wrists and ankles, and before she knew it, she was stretched taut by chains tied to the floor and ceiling.

"This was not the smartest answer you could give, my little pet." nodded Noah, slowly walking closer. "Had you been wise enough to strip, kneel and ask for your training, I would have trained you as a pleasure pet, trading obedience and submission for pleasure."

"But you deserve something a bit more intense. I will train you as a masochistic pet. I will teach you to enjoy pain as a spice to enhance the pleasure."

"mpho phoo mpheth!" shouted Eleanor as she strained against her bonds.

"Go to hell?" smirked Noah as he shook his head. "No thanks, here is much more interesting."

He grabbed the front of Eleanor's green gown, and the garment tore apart as he pulled. The same thing happened to her bra and the panties she had put over the belt, and Eleanor found herself naked, aside from the collar, chastity belt, gag, cuffs and heels.

Her eyes widened as she saw a flog appear in his left hand, and the last thing she saw was a latex blindfold just before it fastened itself in position.

"Being unable to see will help you feel it more intensely." said Noah.

A second later, she heard a whoosh, and her right breast was hit.

She jumped in her bonds, more in surprise and indignation than in real pain.

"Mmpphhhhoo!" screamed Eleanor.

Another whoosh, another blow, on her right breast this time.

Eleanor tried to ignore it and calm down, thinking that her reactions would only make him enjoy it more, and hoping that the dream would end soon.

She closed her eyes and focused on her breathing, trying to ignore the sounds and the pain. Ignoring the pain was easy, as it wasn't actually that painful, and the stings faded into heat after a while.

Of course, pretending she wasn't feeling the flog's strands impacting her breasts, belly, butt and thighs only went so far, and he gradually increased the strength of the blows. Just like she couldn't ignore the two intruders buzzing within her.

After a while, she understood what he was doing. The heat from the blows was mixing with the pleasure from the plugs' stimulation. If this torture was repeated often enough, Eleanor would eventually grow aroused from being flogged, even without the belt.

The realization made her struggle against her bonds with even more vigor, but they held firm, and she groaned in helpless frustration.

…

Noah spend the equivalent of three days training Eleanor in her Soul Space before leaving to get some real sleep.

When he woke up early in the morning, he wondered if this first training session would be enough for her to strip and kneel the next time he visited her.

Not that it mattered. The end result would be the same. Eleanor would become a trained pet. He knew that she understood how this training would slowly transform her into a masochist. But Noah wondered if she realized another aspect of the training. By the time Noah decided she was fully trained, Eleanor would firmly associate her bedroom with the training. She would become horny simply by entering it.

For once, Noah decided to simply laze around for an hour or so, still spooned against Tenka in her latex bag and hood. From her complete lack of movement, she was still sound asleep.

As he enjoyed her body warmth, Noah thought about his schedule for the day.

Lilith hadn't given him an exact date to join Hyakkaou Private Academy. The admission papers had a one-week window, that started today. But since things were relatively quiet now with him not having found any clear hint related to Mystic Moon yet, he wanted to deal with those quests as soon as possible.

And he was also curious about the people he would meet over there, and if he knew any of them. Surely, there would be a few cute girls.

After a while, Tenka stirred. Noah felt her stretch her limbs as much as the bag would allow, then go limp.

Noah smiled and pushed the cover away before reaching the lacing at the back of Tenka's head, loosening it. He removed her hood, and gave time for her eyes to adjust to the lighting as he gently brushed her eyes away.

"Good morning, my favorite body pillow." said Noah with a smile.

"Morning." nodded Tenka, reddening because his face was so close.

"Did you sleep well."

"Yes. And you?"

"I slept like a baby. Hugging you was quite relaxing, Tenka."

Tenka nodded, and waited for Noah to undo the straps of the sleeping bag. And she waited. As she started to wonder, she realized that Noah's eyes were fixed on her lips, and she blushed further.

"You are so adorable, Tenka. I'm really tempted to kiss you right now." grinned Noah.

"Wha? wawawa…" stammered Tenka, as she looked away in a panic. "…B-but… I have morning breath…"

She said the last few words as an embarrassed whisper, and Noah took it as a sign she wasn't really against it.

Slowly, to give her time to say no, he brought his face closer and closer, and Tenka, at the last second, relaxed and closed her eyes, tilting her head to give him a better angle.

Noah kissed her gently, making it last for only a few seconds before pulling away.

"You don't really have morning breath, Tenka." smiled Noah, making a show of licking his lips.

"…My first kiss, taken away while I am bound." muttered Tenka.

"But you didn't dislike it, right?" asked Noah, and she slowly shook her head.

Noah kissed her again, and again, but kept it relatively chaste, barely inserting his tongue in her mouth.

After two minutes, he pulled away and started undoing the straps.

"You are very beautiful, Tenka. I will be a little less restrained with you from now on. However, you are the one in control. If you ever become uncomfortable with how pushy I am, you can tell me to slow down or stop, and I will."

"…Okay." nodded Tenka.

"And of course, you can take initiatives as well." grinned Noah.

Tanka nodded again, but seemed to become lost in thoughts as Noah unfastened all the straps and opened her sleeping bag.

"Hey, Noah, I have a favor to ask." suddenly said Tenka.

"Yes?"

"I… want to change my name. As a symbol of my new life. And I want you to be the one to choose it."

"A new name?"

"Yes." sighed Tenka. "Being bagged up in this sack made me think about it. It was warm and safe, and I started to see it like a cocoon. Tenka is the name that man gave me. I am free of him now, but the more I think about it, the more I want to cast that name away."

"I understand, and I am flattered that you want me to choose it. How about Tohka?" asked Noah, drawing in the air the name in golden letters. It is close enough that you should quickly become familiar with it, but also different. And I like how it sounds."

"Tohka…Tohka… Tohka" softly repeated Tenka several times, as if convincing herself, and she nodded.

"Yes, I think it fits me somehow. I am Tohka from now on." smiled Tohka.

Noah couldn't resist her cuteness and kissed her more.

…

Shuiruo rolled the die with anticipation.

"Five!" exclaimed Yui "This means you roll two rules today!"

"Eheh, I'm sure you are happy about it, Noah." chuckled Shuiruo as she batted her eyes at him.

"Not so much, actually." nodded Noah. "The rules I look forward to seeing you roll the most start at Tier 2. Although, if you could roll a one or a two, there's a fun one as well."

"I wonder." smiled Shuiruo as she three the dice twice.

"Six and Two!" declared Yui, clearly enjoying herself. "Six is Basic Bondage, level 1. Ruo Ruo, you must now wear a collar whenever you're at home. Two is Lifestyle Restrictions, level 3. Ruo Ruo, you must now wear a kinky outfit at all times when at home."

"Oh… I guess that black latex bodysuit you made me wear for my punishment yesterday is going to see some regular use." said Shuiruo with a slight blush and a smile.

"I think you can count on that." smirked Noah. "But I will make sure to vary things."

He created a pure white, long sleeved latex leotard, with assorted stockings, then a 5-cm wide black leather collar.

Shuiruo smiled and stripped.

"Are any of those golems?" asked Shuiruo.

"No, just the usual enhancements to fit you perfectly, remain clean and keep a perfect gloss without having to shine them."

"The last part is a pity." chuckled Shuiruo, now naked and standing in front of him without trying to hide her breasts and crotch. "That would have given you an excuse to run your hands all over me."

"I do not think I need an excuse to touch my obedient and cute Ruo Ruo, now do I?" asked Noah as he unzipped the back of the leotard and helped Shuiruo step into it.

"No, you don't. But having a reason to do it makes it more fun."

Noah nodded and lifted the garment.

"While I dress you, remind me of the rules you are under, Ruo Ruo."

"I cannot wear street clothes at home unless guests are over, although I guess this one isn't worth mentioning anymore, since I now have to be in fetish wear at home, even when there are guests."

"True." nodded Noah.

"I may not curse anymore." smiled Shuiruo, inserting her arms into the white sleeves. "I cannot dress myself. I must be dressed by my Owner. I may not eat or bath myself. My Owner must feed me and bath me. I may not spend money without my Owner's approval. I must keep myself shaved below my eyes, and I must wear a collar at home."

"Good job, Ruo Ruo. You didn't forget any." declared Yui.

"I have it easy, compared to Bunny." shrugged Shuiruo.

"For now, at least." nodded Noah. "But I will warn you in advance, the tier 4 rules are rather brutal. It will be fine if you decide to stop the game when hearing about those."

"How bad can they be, really?" asked Shuiruo with a raised eyebrow.

"Are you sure you want to know?" grinned Noah.

"Yes. You won't scare me, my Owner." replied Shuiruo with a slight challenge in her voice. "I am playing this game in part to prove my devotion. The harsher the rule, the more I prove it."

"You do not need to, you know?" softly said Noah as he pulled on the latex flaps in her back and slowly zipped her up.

"I know, but I want to. Besides, this has been fun so far."

Noah nodded and spoke.

"Yui, random choose two numbers from one to six, please, using the first as category and second as level, and tell Ruo Ruo what tier 4 rule this would correspond to."

"Alright, Master! Four and Five. That's Sexual Training, level five. With this rule, Ruo Ruo, whenever Master sits, you must offer to service him orally. And keep going until Master asks you to stop."

"In private?" hesitated Shuiruo.

"Both, Ruo Ruo." laughed Yui.

"Ugh. I wouldn't want my parents to witness me asking to… But that won't make me stop the game!"

Noah hugged her and kissed her gently.

"You can be certain, Ruo Ruo, that I won't let such a thing happen. However, in the darkness of a movie theater, or maybe with a little bit of magic to keep people from noticing…"

Shuiruo nodded, now more excited than fearful as she started considering scenarios for public sex.

Noah finished stretching the white latex stockings over her legs and rubbed the wrinkles away, then took her hand and walked toward the door.

"Bunny's turn, and then we'll have breakfast."

…

Liliana felt a bit less confident than Shuiruo had been when she threw her own dice.

"Six and Five! Double rules, and Master gets to choose them." declared Hikari, and Liliana's eyes widened.

"Oh, that… What will My Lord choose?"

Noah smiled and hugged Liliana.

"I think it is about time we did more than just foreplay. So, I will choose Sexual Service Level 1, and we will push Orgasm Training to Level 3."

"Acknowledged, Master." replied Hikari. "Those are great rules, Bunny. Sexual Service level 1, you must offer to service Master at least three times every day. You must offer three different ways to do it, so you cannot suggest two hand jobs during the same day, for example."

"Wawawa…" gasped Liliana, her brain shorting, and her shocked expression making Noah hesitate between laughing and worrying she might faint.

"Orgasm Training Level 3." continued Hikari. "You must edge at least one full hour every day, and orgasm at least once."

"Are you okay, Bunny?" asked Noah.

"Y-Yes, My Lord. I…" started Liliana before shaking her head and steeling herself. "I cannot delay it anymore. T-This is what I wanted, in a sense."

Noah nodded, still hugging her.

"M-My Lord, may I… offer you…"

"Tonight, Bunny." gently cut in Noah, and she nodded in relief.

"Tonight, I will claim you, my lovely knight." promised Noah.

…

"…Hyakkaou Private Academy was founded 122 years ago, and most of the students are from families of politicians and executives…" said the teacher, Yuzuki-sensei, as she led Noah down a hallway of white stone and dark wood panels.

Noah had changed his features to that of a reasonably handsome young Japanese man, with short black hair and black eyes, and he wore a sealing ring restraining his charisma.

He wore school uniform, black pants and shoes, red blazer, white shirt and a black tie. The women's uniforms were similar, with the pants replaced by black skirts stopping just above their knees and knee-high black sock, and a thin ribbon instead of a tie.

"…I hope you will be suitably cautious when interacting with some of them, Nagano-kun. It wouldn't be good for you to make enemies here. On the other hand, I also advise you not to engage in brown-nosing. Most of them would only feel contempt for you and make you regret it."

"I understand, Yuzuki-sensei. Thank you for the advice." nodded Noah.

Yuzuki-sensei half-turned to glance at him for an instant, as if wondering if he was honest or mocking her, before shrugging and turning the corner.

"We have a second transfer student today. Quite the coincidence." said Yuzuki sensei as she nodded toward a tall female student waiting by a door.

The instant he saw her, Noah knew what fiction Lilith had inspired herself from. Kage, Kake, whatever the name if this anime was. Noah knew very little about it since it had been part of his 'anime to watch one day' list, but he had seen that girl before.

Lilith had given him a nearly perfect memory as she made him her Champion, but that didn't improve the memories he had from his time as a mere mortal, only his time after. So, he didn't remember the name of that young woman smiling at the teacher as they walked closer.

But he knew what her presence, in addition to the red school uniforms, meant.

This school's hierarchy was based on gambling. And this girl was a crazy thrill-seeker.

"Thank you for waiting, Jabami-san. This is Nagano Ren, the other transfer student."

The girl, with long, straight black hair styled in a hime cut and burgundy eyes, smiled warmly at Noah.

"Nice to meet you, Nagano-kun. I am Yumeko Jabami. I hope we will get along!"

"It's a pleasure." nodded Noah with a small smile. "I hope we'll be friends."

"Me too. We can never have too many friends." nodded Yumeko.

"Alright. When you enter, stand in front of the blackboard and introduce yourselves." said Yuzuki-sensei. "I won't tell you not to engage in gambling, since this school is all about promoting people's observation skills and ability to perform under pressure, but be careful not to gamble anything you cannot afford to lose."

"Yes, Yuzuki-sensei." nodded Noah. He glanced at Yumeko, and the expression on her face… She was smiling in sheer anticipation.

She was eager. She was like a drug addict looking for her next fix.

Noah sighed, thinking that he would eventually make her hungry for something else than the thrill of life-ruining gambles, and focused on his future classmates as he entered the room.

As expected, Yumeko was gathering almost all of the males' gazes, while he got most of the girls' attention. He quickly glanced at each of them, and many of them were cute as expected.

He introduced himself after Yumeko was done, and they both sat at the end of the class near each other.

Yuzuki-sensei started the roll call, and each student answered present in turn. And Noah's eyebrows twitched when he recognized the name of one of the girls.

"Shirasaka."

"Present!" replied a pretty girl with long black hair in a neat ponytail with her face framed by longer bangs, black eyes, and a large chest.

Noah linked two and two together, and took another look at Yuzuki-sensei, using Promise this time to look at her body below the navel, and he found what he expected. An ugly, ragged scar extending from just under the navel all the way down to where her clitoris had been.

A scar left by a quack, illegally hired by a monster to perform a forced abortion on an unwilling woman, and doing such a piss-poor job than Yuzuki-sensei could never bear any children. Couldn't even have sex anymore without experiencing intense pain.

And he knew instantly what her request would be about. But first, he would need to attract her notice as a suitable 'toy' for her vengeance.

During the next two hours, Noah started openly staring at Shirasaka Yukino, wanting for his interest to be noticed. Not by her, but by Yuzuki-sensei.

He could tell that the teacher did, and so did one of the other students.

When morning break came, he and Yumeko were, as expected, under siege by a dozen curious students who asked them about their background or offered to give them a tour.

Noah politely answered all questions until a youth with short black hair and eyes planted himself in front of his desk, glaring at him with his fists clenched.

"You. Come with me. We need to speak."

Noah nodded with a neutral expression and stood.

He followed the guy out of the classroom as his new classmates started whispering animatedly.

The angry student climbed the stairs, and Noah followed him all the way to the rooftop.

"You didn't introduce yourself." said Noah as he positioned himself right inside the field of view of a hidden camera he spotted with Promise.

"Endo. Endou Kenji. You stared at Yukino a lot earlier." said Endou with a threatening tone.

"Shirasaka-san?" asked Noah, and Endou nodded angrily.

"She's my girlfriend. So keep your fucking eyes away from her!"

Noah stared him down for a few seconds, thinking about the best approach to create an incident without being too obvious about it, then shrugged.

"Are you so afraid of competition? You may be her boyfriend now, but this status may be… temporary."

Noah's provocation was apparently a critical hit and Endou closed the distance with a snarl and threw a punch.

Noah could easily evade or block. Heck, he could have remained still, and the one suffering would have been Endou. Instead, he accompanied Endou's movement, timing it to make him feel some resistance without breaking his hand and fell to the side. As he did, he used Item Creation to create a small glob of blood inside his mouth, then spat it on the stone-paved floor with a pained expression.

"You… You hit me!" glared Noah, making no immediate move to get up.

"And what are you going to do about it?" sneered Endou, now confident in his superiority. "I'm the star of the baseball club. No one is going to do anything. Stay away from Yukino, or I'll make your life hell!"

Noah didn't reply, and Endou turned away.

As soon as Endou left the rooftop, Noah stood, brushing the dust off his uniform, and used a tissue to clean his mouth. With a sigh, he left the rooftop to find a restroom. Ignoring the hidden cameras placed all over the school, he rinsed his mouth before returning to class.

When he entered the room, he found that things had changed. Many tables had been pushed away, leaving only two that had been placed against each other, and Yumiko faced another girl. Noah remembered her name as Mary Saotome, and from the little he had picked up before Endou asked him to follow him to the rooftop. Mary had golden eyes and styled her long blonde hair into twin tails.

Noah observed without a word for a minute, noting the tense atmosphere.

Mary and Yumeko were playing a game involving hand signs engraved on cards and casino chips. It seemed to be some card version of Janken, with a degree of randomness as both players would not necessarily have rock, paper and scissor available for each round.

From his point of view, he could see the three cards in Yumeko's hand, and she held two papers and a rock.

Yumeko won this round, and gained two chips, with Mary gracefully conceding. And she could afford it.

Judging from the stacks of chips on the tables, Yumeko had lost a lot more than Mary so far.

The other students gasped as Yumeko pushed forward two tall piles of chips.

"She's doing it again!"

"That's 500 000 yens."

"That's insane."

"Does she want to be in debt and become a housepet that much."

Noah perked up at het last comment and asked in a low voice.

"Housepet? What happens to those who can't pay their debt?"

"Ah, Nagano-kun. You're new, so it's normal you do not know." replied the boy with a low voice. "If you go into debt after losing a bet, you become a housepet until you pay your debt back. That means you must obey the victor, and they can do whatever they want with you."

"That sounds extreme."

"It is." nodded the boy. "I've even heard some dark rumors, about housepets being forced into prostitution and such."

"And the school's authorities do not do anything?"

"They won't. Their position is that it is the victim's fault for accepting a bet without having the means to assume the consequences of a loss."

"I see." nodded Noah.

"There's more. Every month, the students have to donate money to the Student Council. How much money they give determines the ranking. Surely you have seen the ranks displayed in the hallways."

"I did." nodded Noah. There were flat screens fixed to the ceilings at crossroads that displayed names and numbers, and Noah had not bothered to ask about them until now.

"And each month, the 100 who donate the least become housepets, although their service is limited to the Academy's grounds, and school hours." added a nearby girl. "The housepets will have to obey the orders of anyone, but it will be the petty kind of bullying and humiliation, like tripping them when they carry their food during lunch or ordering them to clean up after you spilled something on the ground."

"Sounds bad enough already." frowned Noah.

He thought that with such a system in place, the Student Council must be harvesting a lot of money. Considering most of the students came from wealthy families, and were very motivated to not be at the bottom of the ranking, this system should provide the student council with a monthly income in the hundreds of million yen.

"Yes, it is. No one wants to be a housepet." shuddered the girl.

The other students clamored as Mary won this round and grabbed Yumeko's chips.

"It was a pleasure to fleece you, Jabami-san." taunted Mary with a malicious expression. She glanced next at Noah, and he almost snorted, thinking that she was seeing him as her next mark.

"…Let's do another round, Saotome-san." asked Yumiko.

"You just lost nearly two million yen, loser. You only have two chips left." replied Mary with contempt.

Yumeko didn't reply. Instead, she took her school bag, opened it, and emptied its content.

Gasps came from the crowd as they saw the ten thick bundles of banknotes fall on the table.

"Twenty million. That should be enough, right?"

"…Are you insane?" asked Mary, shocked as she stared at Yumiko.

Noah, on the side, nodded to himself. Yumiko was indeed displaying a crazy expression right now.

"Of course. The true essence of gambling is madness, is it not?" grinned Yumiko. "In our world of capitalism, money is as valuable as life! Entrusting your life to a game of chance is no feat for the sane."

Mary's eyes were wide as she stared at Yumeko like she was a dangerous beast.

"People gather at casinos to experience the ecstasy of putting their lives on the line!" continued Yumeko. "Gambling gets more fun the crazier you get! Now then, let's lose ourselves gambling!"

Noah wondered if Yumeko just had an orgasm as she ended her declaration. That was the kind of ecstatic and entranced expression Yumeko displayed as she hugged herself.

Silence reigned for several seconds before Mary's expression twitched.

"Ridiculous! I'm done here!"

She turned away, only to freeze when Yumeko spoke again, in a much colder, but biting voice.

"Don't tell me you've got cold feet."

Noah almost rolled his eyes as he heard Mary's teeth grit against each other. It was such a cheap provocation. Only newbies would fall for it.

Mary sat back down, arms crossed, her expression sullen. Like a good character from an anime, she had fallen for it!

"Hmph! You're going to lose anyway, so I'll accompany you a bit longer."

"That's great!"

Each of them drew three cards from a box, and Mary smiled thinly when she saw her cards.

Noah used Promise to examine both of their hands without moving from his position, as well as the cards that had already been used.

Assuming that there was an equivalent number of Rocks, Papers and Scissors, Mary had reasons to be confident, with two Papers and a Rock in her hand, and the discarded cards already containing a high proportion of Scissors.

Statistically speaking, the odds of Yumiko having a scissor in her hand were relatively low. If Mary chose Paper and Yumeko did the same, they would get a draw, and Mary had a second Paper to rely on.

"Have you decided on your move? Could we start now?" asked Mary with a fake friendly expression.

Yumeko didn't reply, staring down at Mary with a thoughtful expression.

"What's wrong? You've got only three cards, so there's only so much you can think about."

Yumeko's expression didn't change, but her eyes became fierce.

"Were you perhaps under the impression that I didn't notice? The people watching are in league with you, are they not?"

Mary gasped as the students around started whispering.

"I have noticed their gazes, and how both you and their attention would shift to someone behind me for an instant before you chose what card to play. Someone is making gestures to tell you about my cards. Only, you are not doing it now. I assume that it is because Nagano-kun is now watching, and your accomplices aren't sure how he would react."

The shocked whispers intensified, and Noah saw a young man in the crowd behind Yumeko flinch.

Noah nodded, impressed. Yumeko's observation skills were sharp!

"Y-You're wrong!" loudly protested Mary. "You must be reaching for any reason to stop the game!"

"No. It's fine if you cheat. I will beat you despite your cheating!" declared Yumeko. "Are you ready?"

"Yes! Let's do this! You will lose, and then you'll become a housepet!" exclaimed Mary, selecting one of the Paper cards.

"One… Two… Three!" exclaimed both girls before revealing their cards.

Yumeko's was a Scissor, and Mary froze in incredulous shock.

The students muttered their surprise, and Yumeko stood, gathering her bank notes into her bad. She didn't touch the chips, even thought they were now all hers.

As she walked away, Mary bowed deeply with a pleading voice, even if Noah could still hear her teeth grinding.

"Please, give me some time. I will bring you the 18 million tomorrow."

Yumeko turned back and displayed a radiant smile.

"I will waive it. I had a lot of fun gambling with you, Saotome-san."

Mary flinched, and from the expression that crossed her face when she raised her head, Noah thought she was trying to decide if she felt relieved or insulted.

"Alright, put the tables back in place and open the curtains, everyone." called out Yuzuki-sensei as she entered the classroom. "Morning break is over."

…

The classes had just ended. In the academy's basement was a secret network of narrow tunnels leading to several small rooms, accessible from the surface by only three camouflaged entrances. Two were inside the school's main building, while the third access led to the basement of a florist that, officially, wasn't connected to any of the school's staff.

Those dated from the School's construction, when the nobles wanted a way to quickly evacuate their children in case of emergency, and had gradually fallen into misuse, until they were forgotten by everyone, except a handful of people who controlled the school from the shadows.

One of those rooms was dedicated to surveillance, and twenty flat screens covered two of the walls.

On one of them, Yuzuki-sensei replayed once again the rooftop confrontation between Ren and Endo, gazing thoughtfully.

"I thought you already selected your next 'Toy', Minaho. This Yoshida kid." said Margo Starkweather.

"…I am reassessing." sighed Minaho. "This one has the motive, and he has guts, or an obsession, since he kept staring at Yukino even after this incident. Either will be useful."

"Yes, but does he possess enough guts to enter our world?"

"I can't even guess." said Minaho as she closed her eyes, feeling tired. "But that's a risk we have to take anyway, with him or with Yoshida. We can't know before I put that choice in front of them."

"What about his background?" asked Nei, sitting beside Margo.

"The background check is still in progress. Here's his information." said Minaho as she handed Nei a few sheets.

"…A middle-class family that won some lottery money, and the parents went off travelling after giving him a house nearby and registering him at Hyakkaou?"

"I doubt his parents really know what is going on upstairs." nodded Minaho. "This place is hell for the unwary or unskilled."

"Should we then wait until he experiences that hell, then offer him a helping hand?" suggested Nei.

"That's a good idea, so long as it happens this week." nodded Minaho. "The others won't remain quiet much longer, and Kyoko can't delay things on her side."

Margo and Nei nodded. They had planned for months, and the time to put things into motion was coming. They were eager, but at the same time, nervous that something important might go sideways despite their multiple contingencies.

"Margo, how about you and I go check on that guy's residence. We may learn something important." suggested Nei.

"No need. I already asked Katsuko." replied Minaho.

…

Noah entered the home Lilith had provided him. It was more of a villa, really, with high garden walls to help with privacy and eight rooms. And a dungeon in the basement.

Because of course, there would be a dungeon.

The door opened before Noah reached it, and Shuiruo, dressed in a sexy, black French maid latex uniform, made an elegant curtsy.

"Welcome back, Goshujin-sama." grinned Shuiruo. "Or would you prefer Master?"

"Between the two, I prefer Master, but call me however you want while you still can." grinned Noah as he dropped his school bag and hugged her and kissed her. "You're a sight for sore eyes, Ruo Ruo."

"Eh eh, that's the whole point, but this is for your eyes only."

Noah kissed her again as he let one hand drift to her butt, and he squeezed gently, making her moan sweetly.

"Where is Bunny?"

After discussing his new quests with his girls, they had agreed that Liliana and Shuiruo would follow him to Japan. Part of it was to make it easier to keep playing their respective games, and another reason was that they expected for new girls to join them soon, and Noah might need some helping hands.

"Playing Mystic Moon. We are taking turns." replied Shuiruo as she took his school blazer to put it away. "You look nice in that uniform as well, although I prefer the one from Cassell College. Red isn't your color."

"We agree on that, but I can't do anything about it." shrugged Noah.

He sat on the sofa, and Shuiruo knelt before him.

"Should I help relieve your stress, Master?"

"Later, Ruo Ruo." smiled Noah. "Sit on my lap for now, my cute maid."

Shuiruo nodded and did so, putting an arm around his neck.

"How is that school, Master?" asked Shuiruo.

"Quite different from what I expected. You decided on Master, then?"

"Well, since you chose this maid uniform for me to wear, I figured I should act like one. This is more fun this way." smiled Shuiruo as she used Item Creation to serve them both tea and sat beside him on the sofa.

"Thank you, Ruo Ruo." smiled Noah. "So, the school. After touring it, I'd almost call it a casino disguised as a school. Gambling between students isn't just tolerated, it's encouraged, and the stakes can get pretty high."

"Ah? Why?"

"Officially, The academy wants to nurture the skills a good gambler needs, like being able to find a person's tells while hiding yours, keeping calm under pressure, and so on. But I wonder how much money a factor in all this is. Running the school must be very profitable, with all those children from wealthy and influent families."

"It makes sense, I suppose." frowned Shuiruo. "Those are good qualities to develop. How high are the stakes?"

"The one gambling match I witnessed involved multiple million Yen. And those who can't pay and go into debt become 'housepets' for the victor until they can pay up."

"Housepets?"

"They become a target for bullying, and the teachers won't do anything as long as students do not suffer actual injuries. But I heard a nasty rumor about forced prostitution."

"That bad, huh?" winced Shuiruo.

"Yes. Once I do not need to remain undercover, I will be inclined to do something about it."

"Will you take housepets?" asked Shuiruo with a smile, already knowing the answer.

"Probably. I have my eyes on two already. A girl who could use some discipline to teach her not to cheat, or at least not be caught doing it, and a thrill-seeker with, if I read her correctly, some latent masochistic tendencies."

"That escalated quickly." grinned Shuiruo.

"It usually does, when I get inserted in a new environment. Anyway, don't be surprised if I come back with a girl or two soon."

"Should I welcome them in these clothes then?" blinked Shuiruo.

"The game's rules demand it." nodded Noah. "And if I get a housepet, it won't be long before they, too, are dressed in latex while in this house."

"If it's a girl."

"Of course. I simply won't gamble with a male." shrugged Noah before sighing. "…Ruo Ruo, I know some of my girls mentioned that I knew about some things in advance."

"Yes." nodded Shuiruo. "It is from when Lilith-sama made you her Champion, right? She… how did Rias say it… ah yes, Lilith-sama gave you knowledge about the futures of many timelines you may or may not encounter at some point. She said you often gave useful information to Akeno and the others that are hunting those great demons."

"Yes." nodded Noah. "And I now know about that teacher-related quest. This is about executing an elaborate vengeance against a monster who victimized many, many women. That guy did things so horrible that the two daughters of that monster, despite being innocent, will have to suffer some hardship to appease those women, else the victims won't be satisfied and will murder the girls. Or they will commit suicide, when the magnitude of their father's actions become public and their last name makes them pariahs. And my role in the mission Lilith-sama gave me, is to be the one to cause that hardship."

Shuiruo was sharp, and she quickly put two and two together. She flinched.

"You… You will..."

She didn't need to say the word.

"Yes." sighed Noah. "I don't look forward to it."

"…But you will take care of them afterwards." said Shuiruo. This wasn't a question, and Noah nodded.

"…What about the Elemental King? Did you find any trace of them?"

"No. And I don't expect to find them soon. They would have to make a severe mistake or lie in my presence about their identity to give me a clue… I may not be home a lot over the next few days or weeks, Ruo Ruo. Dealing with that quest probably won't give me much free time for a few weeks, and I expect they will want to keep an eye on my every move, at least until the vengeance is over."

"I understand. We will patiently wait for your return." nodded Shuiruo. "But what about the games?"

"If I can't return, you will act as my proxy for anything Bunny needs, and she, too, will act on my behalf for your rules and rolls." said Noah, his smile returning. "Make sure to take at least one video of her feeding you and dressing you in kinky outfits, that will be fun to watch."

"Mou…" pouted Shuiruo for a second before blushing. "But, since Bunny has to offer 'service' three times a day, then…"

"You will both have some lesbian sex." nodded Noah. "Strictly speaking, you will not have to reciprocate, but not doing so would be rude. And one more thing I will want you to record at least once."

…

Katsuko Takanashi parked her motorcycle and walked into the public park. It was deserted at this hour, most people having returned home to either study or prepare dinner.

She unzipped the front of her black riding suit a little as she started to feel hot and entered a small grove. Then she stopped, opened her backpack, and took from it a small drone and a large remote with a screen. She set the quad-copter drone on the ground, looked around to make sure no one was looking, and using the remote, made the drone lift up and speed away.

She knew she couldn't stay long, as the drone would inevitably be spotted if it loitered around, but the high walls surrounding the Nagano residence left her little choice. She intended to make a slow turn around the house, peering through any window, then leave.

Katsuko expected Noah to be living alone in this house, and she raised an eyebrow as the drone's footage showed a silver-haired girl sprawled on a bed, her eyes closed, in one of the second floor's rooms. And was this a collar around her neck? Katsuko couldn't be sure from that distance. She assumed that this young woman was connected to Mystic Moon, and continued her tour.

She didn't dare bring the drone too close, keeping it at least thirty meters away from the house to reduce the chances it would be heard, and this severely limited what she could see, but it couldn't be helped.

On the first floor, she spotted Ren Nagano, with another young woman sitting on his lap. That young woman wore a maid outfit, and thought it was hard to tell from a distance, and on the small screen of the remote, Katsuko guessed the outfit was made of latex or vinyl.

"My, my, Nagano-kun." muttered Katsuko with a frown. "What a naughty boy you are, to lust after Shirasaka-san when you already have someone else. Maybe two someone else."

She flew the drone away before it could be spotted and brought it back to the grove. Katsuko put it into her backpack, extracted the SD-card from the remote, and returned to her motorcycle.

As a general rule, she despised cheaters and womanizers, and Ren Nagano seemed to fit into at least one of those categories.

It only took her a few minutes to return to the Kuromori manor. She parked her motorcycle in the garage and started changing back into her own maid outfit, then entered the living house, finding the butler.

"I am back, Morishita-kun." nodded Katsuko with a smile.

"Welcome back." nodded back Morishita.

"Where is Ojou-sama? I need to report to her."

"In her study. Dinner will be ready in twenty minutes." replied Morishita.

"Thank you."

Katsuko climbed the stairs and walked down to the study, knocked twice, and entered when invited.

Minaho Kuromori, the same woman the students at Hyakkaou Private Academy knew as Minaho Yuzuki, was alone, grading a pile of desks.

"I am back, Ojou-sama." said Katsuko, SD-card in hand.

"Welcome back, Katsuko." smiled Minaho. "Sorry to have burdened you with this on such short notice. Did you find anything?"

"Yes, Ojou-sama." nodded Katsuko as she placed the card on the desk. "According to his file, Ren Nagano doesn't have any siblings, and his parents are traveling the world. But when I used the drone to look around, I found two young women in his house. One wore what seems to be a collar, the other a fetish maid outfit."

"Oh?" asked Minaho as she took the card and inserted it in a slot on her computer. She opened the video file and watched it.

"…Well, isn't that interesting. Good job, Katsuko."

"What should we do about him, Ojou-sama?" asked Katsuko.

"…I think I will make him my seventh 'Toy'."

"A temporary 'Toy'?" guessed Katsuko. She knew that, just like her, Minaho despised womanizers.

"Yes. If he is that kind of person, that will only make him easier to use. But we will test him as we use him. And if he fails, once we are done using him…"

"We will kill him socially." smiled Katsuko.

"Exactly." nodded Minaho.

…

Noah and Liliana sat next to each other, about to finish dinner. Shuiruo had left to return to the dorm, wanting for them to be alone tonight.

As Liliana, looking more and more nervous, kept her eyes on her chocolate dessert, Noah smiled gently.

He had noticed the drone earlier and used Promise to follow it to the young woman controlling it. He didn't recognize her as he had never seen her illustration in a fiction, and he wasn't sure she even was a notable character in the first place, but he had a hunch. A hunch that was confirmed when the young woman drove to a large mansion, changed in a maid outfit, and spoke to Yuzuki-sensei.

She had to be Katsuko, one of the major female characters of the Pure Love x Insult Complex fiction. From what he remembered of the novel, Katsuko, like so many others, had been kidnapped by Yukino Shirasaka's father and forced into prostitution. She was very capable and multi-talented, and a core member of Minaho Yuzuki's inner circle.

Noah couldn't hear what was said, and he never learned how to read lips, but he did see the replayed video, and he was overall happy with the development. He had caught their interest, at the very least, and he felt confident that Lilith would, if necessary, give a nudge for Minaho Yuzuki to want to include him in their scheme. All he had to do was stick to his cover.

He finished his own dessert and waited until Liliana was done.

"Are you ready, my Sweet Bunny?" gently asked Noah, and Liliana gulped before nodding.

"Y-Yes, My Lord. Please, let me serve you tonight."

Noah stared into her eyes and saw mostly anticipation.

He stood and picked her up in his arms.

"We'll go into the Sanctuary. I think that you would prefer for your first time to be in a bed that we will own permanently, not this temporary house."

"Yes, please." smiled Liliany.

Noah put the Sanctuary on the table and teleported them inside, in the hallway leading to several rooms. Liliana smiled as she saw the rose petals on the ground. Noah opened the door and entered the master bedroom. More rose petals were on the ground, and he had lit a few dozen candles around the room, giving it a romantic ambiance.

Noah didn't say a word, but he saw on Liliana's face that she appreciated the effort.

Noah lowered his face and kissed her, then gently let her stand on the bed. Slowly, he started removing her clothes.

Before long, she was in her underwear, a cute white satin set whose innocence contrasted with the black leather collar that was locked on her.

He kissed her hungrily, and a sweet moan escaped her lips as she tentatively put her arms around him and returned the kiss.

"On your knees, Bunny." whispered Noah. "Show me how much progress you have done."

"Yes, My Lord." nodded Liliana as she obeyed. Noah quickly removed his own clothes, and his cock stood erect in seconds.

"It's, big." said Liliana, staring at it as Noah stroked his member a few times.

"18 cm. You trained on a 15cm one. You'll be fine, I'm sure, Bunny."

Liliana nodded and lifted her hands to touch it. Her fingers recoiled for an instant as she felt the hot flesh, before she gripped his cock gently, and Liliana opened he mouth, slowly engulfing the glans, then starting a back-and-forth movement, slowly taking in more of him.

"You're doing well, Bunny." smiled Noah as he put a hand on her head and rubber her scalp.

After a minute, Liliana started trying to deepthroat him. It took her a few times before she managed, but the training she had endured until then helped a lot, and for a moment, as she looked up and saw the satisfaction in Noah's eyes, and the way he was smiling at her, she thought that all the humiliation she had endured these last few weeks was worth it.

She adopted a rhythm she could sustain while breathing, her hands gently massaging Noah's balls, and he sighed from the pleasure.

"You're great, Bunny. Look forward to me returning the favor."

Liliana nodded and intensified her efforts. Before long, Noah could feel his orgasm building. He could have stopped it, stretched the duration much longer, but he didn't want to.

"I'm about to cum, Bunny." warned Noah, and Bunny nodded once before pulling back a little, clamping her lips around his glans to ensure a good seal as her hands stroked his shaft.

Noah came, sending ropes of semen down the back of Liliana's throat and tongue, and she started swallowing.

"Good girl. That felt very nice, Bunny." smiled Noah when he was done.

"When nothing more came, Liliana pulled back completely.

"My Lord, please, can you please call me by my name tonight? I don't care if I'm punished."

Hikari didn't say a word, the bangle around her wrist remaining inert.

"Very well, Liliana." said Noah with a voice full of affection. "Lie on the bed, please, Liliana. I am going to eat you."

Liliana nodded and lay down on her back. Noah removed her underwear, then grabbed her legs and spread them apart. The purple jeweled end of a steel butt plug hid her sphincter, and Noah smiled at her before kneeling between her legs and bending forward.

Noah used his hands to rub Liliana's thighs as he got to work, licking around her labia, sucking on her clit, or inserting his tongue inside her, and Liliana gasped.

Noah licked away, and Liliana squirmed.

"Ah… Ah… M-My Lord!" gasped Liliana. putting her hands on his head only to remove them, and doing it again.

Noah blew on her clit, and used Hard Light Arsenal to create a pair of manacles. He captured Liliana's wrists and used a light chain to connect them to the bed's headboard, pinning Liliana's wrists above her head.

Liliana didn't seem to mind. She tensed, and squirted on his face.

Noah chuckled and took from his inventory a small towel to clean his face, then Liliana's crotch.

"Are you ready, Liliana?" gently asked Liliana as she panted. "I will claim you as mine, now."

He lifted her legs and folded them, putting Liliana in a mating press position, and as she met his gaze, she nodded.

"Please, My Lord. Make me yours."

Noah nodded, and thrust forward.