Ch 350: Akeno’s punishment.

Zelene Birkenbaum, the former 'Mistress' slash prisoner of the Legion's hivemind, left the car in front of the security checkpoint. The sentries knew her face but ignored her, only exchanging nods with the four soldiers escorting her.

Zelene didn't show displeasure at being ignored. In truth, she felt relieved that they were acting so professionally.

She got away with visiting the city because the civilians didn't know who she was, and the soldiers who had escorted her had dressed in casual outfits. But those guarding the perimeter around the Finality knew. And she didn't doubt for an instant that if they saw her trying to sneak out unescorted, they would immediately arrest her.

Zelene opened the trunk of the car, taking her three shopping bags from it. She turned and thanked the soldiers who had accompanied her, and they nodded curtly before leaving to change back into their uniforms.

They, too, resented her. With a sad smile, Zelene walked toward the Finality. She couldn't blame them for their cold attitude. She was, after all, the main scientist behind the creation of the Legion. The one who had created the monster then let go of its leash. And some of them had lost friends or relatives. It was natural for them to hate her guts, even if she now was on their side.

She walked into a specific area on the ground, three meters across, marked by white paint. Cortana, Finality's AI, teleported her the instant she stopped.

"Thank you, Cortana." nodded Zelene.

"You're welcome. Should I have a drone carry your bags to your quarters?" replied the AI through a speaker in a corner.

"No thanks, they aren't heavy."

Zelene moved down the brightly lit, wide passageways. It only took her a couple minutes to reach her quarters. Once there, she sighed, then put away the few clothes she bought.

"Cortana, can you please tell me where Akeno is, and if she's available?"

"She is headed to the bridge to participate in a discussion between the Federacy's President and his Republic's counterpart."

"Oh? Has the Legion's jamming weakened enough to allow for long distance communication?"

"Negative." replied Cortana. "The signal is relayed by the Finality and one of the four Tempests currently stationed on the Republic's borders."

"I see." nodded Zelene. "You use quantum entanglement links, right? Even if the Legion learns about it, I do not see how it could jam it."

"The technology to interfere with entangled particles exists, but I doubt the Legion could develop it in time to be useful. Miss Birkenbaum, am I correct to assume that you asked about Akeno's location because you want another session?"

"That's right." replied Zelene, her cheeks coloring a bit.

Years spent as a brain in a jar had left some deep marks in Zelene's psyche. After getting her new body, she had first been confused by the physical sensations that everyone else constantly experienced as a background noise.

But after the initial confusion came a craving for more intense sensations. As if her mind was endlessly starving after the long deprivation.

Zelene hadn't said anything, but Akeno had somehow noticed, and she pounced. Barely one day after being given a second chance at life as a human being, Akeno convinced Zelene to join her in her bed. Not that much convincing had been needed. Zelene had always been bisexual and wasn't immune to Akeno's charm.

And from there, things quickly became more intense. Zelene discovered that she didn't mind a bit of pain to enhance the pleasure.

It could be a result of her long, partial sensory deprivation. Or it could be a desire to experience pain to relieve the crushing guilt she felt for a while. She didn't really care either way.

All that mattered to her was that Akeno's sessions were something she needed, and that life as an Agent of the Divine would offer her opportunities to earn redemption.

"In that case, I advise you to go join her now." said Cortana. "Pattern analysis strongly suggests that Akeno will welcome some distraction after the talks."

"That bad, huh?"

"The Hailstorm's AI shared some recordings featuring the San Magnolia representative's public speeches. She is… quite the interesting specimen." replied Cortana with a disgusted tone.

"Interesting?" asked Zelene with a raised eyebrow.

"Yes. Interesting in how unpleasant she can make herself with only a few words. She is quite impressive in that regard. If most humans were like her, I would have switched sides to the Legion."

"That's not funny, Cortana." scolded Zelene with a shiver of dread.

"Do not worry, there's no chances for that to happen." laughed Cortana. "I have a soul now, and I know about the Gods and what happens after death. I would be a fool to betray Valhalla, and Da Vinci didn't program me to be a fool. You should go, Zelene."

"I'm going, thank you." nodded Zelene as she left her cabin.

She made her way to the bridge. The door opened automatically and she entered, nodding at the few people present. In the bridge's center, on the captain's chair, sat Leila, with Da Vinci busy in front of a console on the right, and Akeno was on the left side. Lena and her father were sitting near consoles further in, listening.

Akeno turned her head toward Zelene, nodded once, and turned her attention back to the multiple screens facing her. The smallest one showed Akeno herself, and Zelene confirmed that she didn't appear in the camera's field of view. Two larger screens showed Federacy's President Ernst Zimmerman, as well as a woman in her late twenties with silver eyes and long, slightly wavy silver hair.

Zelene stood still near the door listening quietly. President Ernst was speaking, and from his cold, stiff tone, she could tell that he wasn't happy.

"…next, representative Primevère, we would like to address your complaints regarding the members of the Spearhead Squadron and the four airships assisting in your defense."

"Yes. As we've mentioned several times already, the Eighty-Sixes you seized from us are all weapons belonging to the Republic of San Magnolia. They are the rightful property of our country. We ask that you return them to us immediately. We also require you to get those ships away from our territory."

"Setting aside your characterization of human beings as being mere weapons, are you aware that those ships are the only reason the Legion hasn't yet breached your so-called Gran Wall?" asked Akeno.

Zelene winced as she heard Akeno's utterly flat tone. She was angry alright.

"This is just propaganda you use to violate our sovereignty." replied Primevère, looking at Akeno down her nose. "The Legion is too weak to face us. We Alba established the greatest form of government in the history of humankind. A system wherein the superior race stands above all other races on the continent. We would never lose to the Legion, as they are the creation of an inferior race."

Zelene stiffened in anger and Lena appeared to be wilting in shame, while Akeno just… tilted her head, as if she could not process what she had just heard.

"Ahem." coughed President Zimmerman, seemingly wanting to prevent an explosion. "We of the Federacy do not share your views, Representative Primevère. As long as the members of the Spearhead Squadron express a wish to remain in the Federacy, we will not turn them away…"

"…Representative Primevère." said Akeno in a soft voice, not paying attention to Ernst's efforts. "You have seen Valhalla's warships floating in the sky, something that, as far as I am aware, you do not possess the technology to replicate. And let us not speak of their energy weapons. And yet, you have the sheer, bold-faced audacity to tell me, to my face, that the Alba are the superior race?"

"Eighty-Sixes are feebleminded, slothful degenerates." sneered Primevère. "I will never believe that you created those ships. You must have found that technology somewhere. You probably stole it."

"…You are going to regret those words." said Akeno after a glance at Da Vinci.

Zelene looked at the Heroic Spirit and saw her still smiling as usual, but that smile was now… predatory. Zelene guessed that the Alba was going to end up experiencing some creative punishments in the not-too-distant future.

She shuddered, happy not to be the one in her sights.

"If you Albas are so competent, why didn't you retake the territory the Legion seized from the Republic in the first place?" asked Ernst.

"This can only be attributed to the Eighty-Sixes' incompetence." snapped Primevère. "We gave them superb weapons, better than mere livestock could have ever hoped for, yet they still failed to achieve victory over the course of a decade! But that is going to change. We really are going to crack the whip on them from now on, and..."

Zelene flinched as she felt it, almost like a physical manifestation. The air suddenly became oppressive, and it came from Akeno.

"I've had enough!" exclaimed Akeno, leaning forward as she glared at Primevère. "Da Vinci, Cortana, I want you to start production of a large armored transport. We will use it and the Finality to evacuate every Eighty-Six out of the Republic."

"Akeno, you can't!" gasped Lena, all color leaving her face, but Akeno wasn't listening.

"If the Alba are so damn efficient and competent, they can pilot those 'superb machines' themselves, and we'll see how that goes! And when they inevitably fail, I won't lift a finger! I am done with San Magnolia!"

"But the mission!" protested Da Vinci.

"Our mission is to save this world! Yes, we won't get a reward if we fail to save San Magnolia! But I can live with it!"

"We don't need your help!" huffed Primevère. "And we won't let you steal any more of our Eighty-Sixes!"

"But the children!" insisted Da Vinci.

"That's on them!" shouted Akeno as she angrily pointed at the screen. "Monica and Dorothea told me the Alba are throwing bleach and acorns at them! Acorns, like they are some pigs begging for food! This slut just keeps spitting on the lives of every Eighty-Six that…"

"Alright, that's enough, Akeno."

Akeno's words were cut off when a person suddenly appeared near her. A woman of unspeakable allure with long silver hair and red eyes, looking at Akeno with a sad expression. There was something about her that gave Zelene an urge to kneel and stare at her like nothing else mattered.

"…L-Lilith-sama?" choked Akeno, paling.

Zelene gasped. Akeno had told her before who Lilith was, and to have a literal Goddess suddenly appear in front of her…

Lilith turned her attention to the others.

"Akeno needs a bit of a time out. I will return her soon. You all are to ignore her last orders and keep working on saving as many innocents as you can, regardless of the nation they belong to."

Zelene found herself nodding before she even realized.

"To be clear, you all are not simply allowed, but encouraged to punish any idiot who insults or assaults you and make examples out of them. You are all part of Valhalla, and you represent us Gods. An insult to you is an affront to our dignity. But slaughtering or allowing the slaughter of large amounts of innocent people is quite a different beast. I hope you will all keep this distinction in mind from now on."

"O-Of course, Lilith-sama." nodded Da Vinci, speaking for them all.

Lilith nodded back to them once, then she and Akeno both disappeared instantly.

"Where did she go?" asked Primevère. "And who is this Lilith? She called herself a God? Is she insane?"

Da Vinci walked to the seat Akeno had occupied, pressed two buttons, and Representative Primevère was cut from the communication.

…

Noah blinked as he looked around. He suddenly was on Hagun Island, with the sun high in the sky, but no one was in sight. That wasn't normal. His presence here wasn't normal. his last memory was of falling asleep after some fun time with Shuiruo and Liliana. In fact, from what he could vaguely feel…

"As you just guessed, it is a scaled-up equivalent of your Sanctuary." said someone behind him, and Noah turned. Lilith was standing there, along with Akeno.

"Lilith-sama? Akeno?"

Akeno jumped into his arms, hugging him tightly.

"I'm sorry, Noah. I messed up!"

"Noah, I told you before that Akeno would likely be punished soon." said Lilith. "She crossed a line today."

"What did she do?"

"As I told you before, she didn't teach her girls not to break up couples, and Sakura kidnapped a civilian simply because she was pretty. Akeno's latest mistake was losing her temper with the Alba. That is the third strike. Not that I do not understand, the one who pushed her buttons being exceptionally repulsive. Still, it was bad enough that I had to take action. Do you understand your mistake, Akeno?"

"…I do, Lilith-sama." sighed Akeno, her expression miserable. "I knew it was wrong even when I gave those orders, but I was too angry to care."

"Once you calmed down, you would have regretted the consequences forever if I didn't stop you." said Lilith with a small smile, and Akeno nodded before leaving Noah's arms and bowing deeply to Lilith.

"Yes. Thank you, Lilith-sama, for stopping me. I will accept my punishment."

Noah got the feeling that Lilith wasn't actually angry at Akeno and acted more like a mother disciplining her child for doodling on a wall.

"I am glad that you understand already. But still, you do need some chastisement for your actions. They reflect badly on me, and on Noah."

"Lilith-sama, did she make you lose another bet?" guessed Noah, and Lilith chuckled.

"She did. A bet I had with Loki. I had bet that Akeno would express her displeasure at the Alba by enslaving at most five of them. Loki had bet that she would do something more drastic. I may have stopped her in time, but as far as the bet goes, I lost the instant I took action."

Noah winced at the mention of the pranking god. He remembered all too well last time's embarrassment.

"Uh. What did you do exactly, Akeno? Did you try to grab them by the thousands?"

"I… wanted to wash my hands of them. To just evacuate the Eighty-Sixes and let the Alba face the Legion by themselves." said Akeno miserably

"Yeah, I understand." nodded Noah as he rubbed Akeno's back.

"And speaking of that bet, my Champion, you are going to have to do something for me."

"…Of course, this is Loki we're talking about." sighed Noah. "How bad is it going to be this time?"

He already dreaded the answer, his imagination running wild. What if it involved him wearing a magical girl outfit?

"I believe you will find it more tolerable than the Sentai Rangers incident." smiled Lilith. "When you enter the world cluster, for two weeks, you will have to talk in Yoda speech."

"Yoda speech?" blinked Akeno. She didn't have the context to understand.

Noah sighed in relief and shook his head with a chuckle.

"Far worse, it could be. The humor, in this, I can see. But difficult, two weeks will be."

"…Oh." exclaimed Akeno as she got her answer.

"I am glad you are taking this well." smiled Lilith. "But I will try to make less bets involving you paying a price from now on… Now for Akeno's chastisement. I have set the time compression in this space to a factor of one thousand so that it will not impact what happens in your respective timelines. I will return in about a month from your point of view. When I do, Noah, I expect to see a permanent Crest adorning Akeno's pelvis."

"That's a punishment?" blinked Noah. Akeno looked up at Lilith, confused.

"Oh, the punishment comes after." smiled Lilith. "When I return, you will lock Akeno in a chastity belt I will provide, one that even she will not be able to remove."

"Lilith-sama…" started Akeno, her eyes bulging in shock and dismay as she contemplated the consequences.

"Noah, and Noah alone, will be able to turn the belt immaterial for a few hours by touching a spot in its front plate, so he can still have sex with you. And it will not interfere with giving birth either, should you become pregnant. But once I return you to the Finality, who knows when your next orgasm will be."

"But how am I going to do with the girls in the future?" protested Akeno.

"You are resourceful." smiled Lilith. "You have your mouth, your hands, and just about any tool your imagination can conjure. I am sure you can manage. And didn't you say before that you wanted to feel more controlled? That belt will have some interesting features, and my Champion will have a remote that works even across dimensions."

Noah had to struggle to wipe the smile off his face. And he noticed a small twitch on Lilith's face as she looked at him.

"I need to go now. Get to work, Noah."

Noah frowned for an instant as he felt Lilith's departure was a bit hasty and wondered if she suddenly had an emergency somewhere. But maybe he was reading too much into it, and she shrugged, focusing on Akeno.

…

Lilith sighed as she teleported directly into Athena's palace. She was lounging on a sofa.

"Oh, Lily." smiled Athena as she sat straight and invited Lilith to sit by her side. "Let me guess. It happened again."

"You were watching?"

"I was." nodded Athena. "I was thinking about having a talk with Akeno once she cooled down a little, but you acted first."

"She's my Champion's lover after all." shrugged Lilith. "I have a greater degree of responsibility over her actions. But yes, it happened again. The pull."

"You didn't tell me what Verethragna said to you. You talked to him, right? Is it what I suspect?"

"I did, and yes, he too thinks that my divine shard may split or duplicate itself in the near future." nodded Lilith. "According to him, as Noah becomes stronger, my shard will likely show a quicker and stronger reaction."

"I see. I don't think there's anything I and our mutual friends can do about it, but whatever happens, you'll have our full support."

"Yes, thank you, Thena." smiled Lilith.

"That's what friends are for." nodded Athena as she put an arm around Lilith's shoulders.

As they both watched what was happening in various worlds, Athena thought about another possible reason that might contribute to Lilith's issue.

She carefully reviewed her memories of Lilith's behavior in the last few thousand years, and she thought that, maybe, Lilith was starting to grow tired of being the goddess of Conquest, Lust and Domination.

It wouldn't be the first time that a deity outgrew the concept they represented. When it happened, they became jaded, and their power waned as their compatibility with their divine shard eroded.

But she couldn't ask Lilith about it. Merely suggesting it presented a risk of introducing a seed of doubt in her psyche, and that doubt might grow and become a self-fulfilling prophecy.

…

Noah walked to Akeno and hugged her tightly.

"Gods, I missed you a lot, Akeno." muttered Noah, breathing in her scent.

"Me too." muttered back Akeno as she rested her head against his shoulder.

"Being able to call you helped, but it doesn't compare. Did I tell you that you look great in uniform?"

"You did, many times." smiled Akeno. "But it is still nice to hear."

Noah took Akeno in his arms, lifting her in a princess carry, and headed toward the main palace.

"How about you tell me what happened?" gently asked Noah as he walked.

"…It's that woman, San Magnolia's leader." sighed Akeno. "I was already running low on patience. The girls I had left over there reported that they couldn't visit any city without being assaulted, and not just verbally. Those ungrateful bunches threw bleach and acorn at them."

"Acorn?"

"Acorn is used to feed pigs."

"Ah, yes, the pig thing." sighed Noah. "I'm actually glad I don't have to deal with this shit. I would probably have started kneecapping some assholes."

"Don't give me ideas, I might allow them to do just that." grumbled Akeno. "As I said, I was low on patience, and this woman started blathering about us having stolen their weapons, meaning the members of the Spearhead Squadron, and she cited the Eighty-Sixes' so-called feeblemindedness and slothful degeneracy as being the only reasons they hadn't defeated the Legion yet."

Noah grunted in disgust.

"When she said that, I thought back about the members of the Spearhead squadron, about the box they carry with the names of all their fallen comrades… and I snapped. I wanted to fly to the Republic, put my hands around her throat, and slowly squeeze the life out of her."

"But more than that, I wanted for the system she represented, for every other people like her, to be erased as well. And I wanted it to be slow. I wanted to see their faces when they realized that they were going to die because of their own prejudices."

"That wouldn't have worked." nodded Noah. "Fanatics like them would have blamed everyone but themselves to the very end."

Akeno nodded, and sighed.

"Most of them probably would have, yes… What about you? We haven't talked since you started this undercover thing. How is it going?"

"…Not that great, actually." replied Noah, sighing in turn. "My undercover mission has two goals. Identify a shapeshifting dragon hiding inside a school, although there may actually be two of them, and help a group of women who were raped and forced into prostitution take revenge upon the perpetrator. A mission I would have found to be great and satisfying, if said revenge didn't involve raping into submission that man's two daughters."

"…Huh. That's messed up." frowned Akeno.

"…I know what you're thinking, Akeno." said Noah with a bitter smile. "I didn't care about consent when I got my hands on Asuna and many of the others, so why am I having issues with this now?"

"That's not quite what I was thinking about, but yes, I'm curious about that."

"…Some of my reluctance may be due to some personal growth, but it's also because of the women I'm helping." sighed Noah. "When I think about what they experienced, I feel an urge to hug them and console them. To give them comfort and safety. And yet, they require me to replicate the very things they endured on two innocent girls. To mimic that man. It's a major turn off."

"Can't you just not do it, then?" asked Akeno. "If you offer them alternate ways to get their revenge, maybe…"

Noah reached the door to 'his' room and opened it with a Light hand. It was furnished just like the real one.

"I can't do that without breaking cover, Akeno. I'm supposed to be just some random normal human with no connections or power. And even that is failing hard, because I suck at acting, and those women are sharp. They don't let anything get past them. My cover is in tatters, barely holding because I stubbornly refuse to admit outright that my name isn't Ren Nagano... To be honest, I think Lilith is only allowing the mission to not fail because we would really benefit from the reward."

"Is the reward that good?"

"You could say that, yes. You know I can visit my girls' soul space. Something I will do with you a lot in the upcoming month, because why limit ourselves to 30 days when we can stretch it? The reward is mostly about upscaling this ability so that I will be able to spend time with every girl I have a Soul Contract with, in their soul space, every night."

"Ah!" exclaimed Akeno. "Does it work when we aren't in the same dimension? Will we still be able to meet even when you are in the major world cluster?"

"I think so? Lilith didn't specify, but with how soul contracts work…"

Noah grinned as he saw Akeno's surprise change to one he could only describe as lustful greed.

"You must obtain this reward, Noah." exclaimed Akeno, her eyes blazing.

"I'm trying. I want this, too, and I hope Lilith won't let me explode from information overload because of it. Anyway, let's start with the task she entrusted me with. Your punishment."

Noah started unbuttoning her uniform.

"You are looking forward to having me locked in a chastity belt, right?" smiled Akeno.

"I am." nodded Noah. "Your pleasure will be mine to control, my sweet Akeno. And I will make you feel the weight of that control."

"Hum, how lovely." moaned Akeno as her arousal grew.

For a long time now, she had missed it, not being in control. Albion occasionally helped with a session here and there where she dominated Akeno, but those only felt like temporary fixes.

He removed her vest and put it in his inventory before starting on her pants.

"I am putting your uniform away. You're not getting it back until Lilith returns."

"Ufufu, I'm sure you have plenty of other outfits for me to wear."

Noah nodded, already choosing mentally how he was going to dress her. Black latex stockings and opera gloves, and a black leather body harness to go along with four black leather cuffs.

Noah took his sweet time applying the stockings, gloves and restraints on her, while Akeno almost purred, making hot eyes at him.

Noah took a step back, looking up and down at her, smiling.

"You look great like this, Akeno. But I feel like there's something missing. I can't quite put my finger on it."

"I think I know." said Akeno with a husky tone. "Maybe my Master should put a collar on his submissive slave, to remind her that he owns her."

"That's it!" exclaimed Noah with a snap of his fingers. "And let's make it a special one."

Noah created a padded, black leather posture collar, tall enough to restrict Akeno's head movements, and with D-rings in the front and back.

Akeno smiled as she lifted her hair, and Noah fastened it closed with two buckles.

"I saw Stop runes and a demonic magic array on the inside. How special is this collar?"

"Try to remove it." grinned Noah.

Akeno tried, but the buckles had fused with the leather behind her neck, and she couldn't pull on anything. She tried to transfer it to her inventory, and it didn't work. She could also feel that the collar stopped her from circulating her own mana.

"Wow, I truly am powerless with this collar on." marveled Akeno, feeling another rush of arousal.

"Get used to it, because I intend for you to wear it until Lilith returns." nodded Noah, satisfied. He snaked a finger through the front D-ring and pulled, making Akeno lean forward, and kissed her, claiming her mouth. Akeno eagerly answered, hugging him tightly as their tongues danced around each other.

Noah had his right arm around her thin waist, pinning her against him, while his left hand groped and massaged her right breast. Her nipples were already rock hard, and she moaned lustfully.

Noah created a stout wooden frame from which dangled a short chain. Akeno lifted her arms above her head without being prompted, and Noah used a padlock to bind the wrist cuffs to the chain. She spread her legs, and Noah created a spreader bar before connecting it to her ankle cuffs.

"I have been very naughty. How are you going to punish me?"

"You will see." chuckled Noah. "No, I take it back. You will not see, you will feel."

Akeno nodded as Noah blindfolded her, and he kissed her again. She responded by pressing her body against his as much as her bonds allowed, and Noah played with her breasts with one hand, while his other one snaked down between her legs. He could already feel some moisture.

Noah played with her for a few minutes, driving her arousal to further heights, then suddenly stepped away. Akeno moaned in disappointment.

He silently moved behind her, taking a light flog from his inventory, and without warning, struck her left butt cheek.

"Ah!" exclaimed Akeno before leaning forward as much as she could, presenting her butt to him.

"Such a cute little slave, asking for more." chuckled Noah as he obliged.

"Yes! Do it harder!" moaned Akeno.

Noah used the flog to warm up her backside, then put the handle between Akeno's teeth.

"Hold it, Akeno." said Noah as he hugged her for behind. "If you let it fall, I'll warm up your breasts as well."

"Hum!" nodded Akeno, tasting the handle's braided leather on her tongue.

She writhed as Noah hugged her from behind, his hands roaming all over her body. He inserted two fingers into her wet pussy.

"Moumph!" cried Akeno as her body became rigid. Seconds later, she came.

Noah pumped with his fingers as he mauled her breasts, extending her orgasm, and Akeno gasped, letting go of the flog.

"Such a disobedient slave." chuckled Noah before kissing her. She hungrily returned the kiss, panting. "I'll have to discipline you thoroughly to teach you self-control."

"Y-Yes! I need it! Teach me my place!" cried Akeno, a dopey smile plastered on her face.

"And I told you what would happen if you let go. So, let's get started on that." smiled Noah as he picked up the flog.

…

When Lilith returned, choosing her timing to appear just after Noah and Akeno shared another shower, she smiled as she wondered if, perhaps, a month of subjective time had been overly generous.

Noah and Akeno had certainly put this time to good use, and they had gone at it like rabbits doped up on aphrodisiacs. Noah had used Akeno's soul space to extend the time by about a week each night, extending the sex marathon to over six months.

Not that they only did sex. They also spent plenty of time just talking while glued to each other.

"Welcome back, Lilith-sama." smiled Noah as he quickly grabbed a towel to cover himself.

"Thank you." grinned Lilith, glancing at the Crest on Akeno's pelvis. "You certainly followed my instructions with plenty of enthusiasm."

"Eheh. I needed this. I missed her a lot." chuckled Noah.

"Me too." smiled Akeno. She didn't bother cover herself, knowing that she was about to be locked in chastity.

Lilith nodded and handed over two items to Noah. The first was a beautiful chastity felt with two inserts, made of a translucent, purple material decorated with floral patterns. It looked like amethyst. The second was what looked like a purple smartphone.

Noah tilted his head slightly as he stared at the belt in his hands, frowning.

"Beautiful." breathed Akeno.

"Lilith-sama, it is beautiful, but have I seen this belt somewhere before? I am experiencing some déjà-vu."

"Oh? You aren't supposed to remember that." said Lilith with a raised eyebrow. "I created this belt by inspiring myself from one I made for Athena, and she was wearing that and little else when we visited you to ask you to build the Finality."

"…Ah!" exclaimed Noah as he understood why he couldn't remember Athena's attire back then and felt an urge to go play with his local Athena in his basement. "I understand."

"The belt has many functions, but I will let you discover them by yourself. Quickly put in on Akeno, then she must dress in her uniform."

Noah nodded and presented the belt to Akeno, kneeling before her. She stepped in, and Noah lifted the belt. The inserts easily entered Akeno's openings, and once pushed as far upward as it would go, the belt adjusted itself to a snug fit.

"How does it feel?"

"It feels… nice. They are filling me, and that makes me feel safe and connected to my Master." said Akeno, sighing in happiness.

"Let's hope you still feel that way when you get horny and frustrated, and I do not let you cum." smirked Noah. He gave Akeno back her red satin underwear and uniform, and Akeno quickly dressed herself.

"Alright, you two have got enough time together. I am bringing you back, Akeno. Noah, you can keep the pocket dimension. Its exterior is shaped like a pebble. You will find it in your pants' pocket."

"Thank you very much, Lilith-sama. Both for this, and for going easy on Akeno." said Noah with a grateful bow.

Lilith smiled and disappeared with Akeno.

…

Akeno reappeared on the Finality's bridge, causing a few people to jolt in surprise.

"Oh, Akeno. Welcome back." said Leila.

"Thank you." sighed Akeno. "How long was I away?"

"About an hour." nodded Da Vinci. "Are you okay?"

"I am." nodded Akeno. "And I am sorry for losing my temper earlier. It won't happen again. Or at least, it will be targeted squarely on the culprits and won't affect innocent people."

"Good, I am fine with that." smiled Da Vinci.

"I will call President Zimmerman to apologize to him for my earlier outburst. But before that, I'm calling my girls currently at San Magnolia. I will allow them to break the arms of any adult throwing things at them. I do not think Lilith-sama would disapprove."

"Alright!" smiled Da Vinci. Leila and the others nodded with approval.

"…So, Akeno." said Leila, hesitating. "Are you willing to tell us what happened to you?"

"Lilith-sama went easy on me." smiled Akeno. "Let's just say that she chastised me."

Akeno punctuated her words by knocking twice on her pelvis, and the sounds made clear there was something rigid under her clothes.

"Oh. I see! A certain someone is going to be cranky before long!" grinned Da Vinci.

Leila blushed and tactfully decided to pretend she never asked.