Liam Deckard
Elisha went to the gym as usual for her body maintenance. Thanks to the muscle enhancement modifications, she had suddenly tripled the weights she lifted, drawing concerned looks and questions from the gym manager and the muscle-bound regulars. She managed to calm them down and was in the middle of her workout when a message from Linda arrived. She continued exercising while speaking with Linda in her mind.
Linda said she had safely rebuilt her relationship with her mother. Though saddened that Linda, now an angel, had ended up working in prostitution, her mother had accepted it as necessary work in Eden. Suddenly, Elisha remembered she had promised to introduce Linda to a piercing shop.
“Linda, I said I’d introduce you to a piercing shop last time, right?”
“Uh… did you?”
Ah, she had forgotten that memory. “If you don’t remember, that’s fine. Where are you working?”
“Do you know Big Dick & Hull?”
“That place that’s supposed to be the biggest?”
“Yeah.”
So Linda was working there. Had she been scouted? “Is the work okay?”
“It’s a bit rough, but easy. You just have to stay tied up and that’s it.”
Linda was working as a sex slave at that club. Elisha asked if it was too hardcore for someone who had only recently become an angel. “Aren’t the customers too rough with you?”
“Not long after I started, another angel got seriously hurt. Because of that incident, angel management got stricter. Now they stop play immediately if an angel seems injured, so dangerous situations have decreased.”
It was probably the incident she had seen on the angel bulletin board before. Still, they were at least looking out for the angels’ safety now. Or was it just product management? “Let’s meet when you get your next vacation. I can’t leave my workplace.”
“You can’t even go out during breaks?”
“No, it’s the store’s product management rules.”
“That must be tough.”
Linda was confined to a small room except when working, due to the store’s sex slave management rules. It was supposedly one of the processes for taming angels into slaves, though Elisha doubted how effective it would be on angels. After promising to meet Linda next time, she left the gym and returned to the shelter.
In truth, angels had an abundance of free time outside of work hours. Especially now that she had become an angel, aside from exercising—which served as both hobby and body maintenance—she had no real hobbies and too much time on her hands. Out of boredom, she was wiping glass cups at the bar when one of the angels working the tables passed by and spoke.
“Elisha, a package came for you.”
“A package?”
She thought about who would send her anything and remembered ordering the latex suit and underwear. “Ah, right. I bought some clothes.”
“It’s over there.”
“Thanks.”
She picked up the box from the corner of the store and carried it up to her room. The small box was secured with a biometric lock, so she authenticated it with her ID. Once unlocked, the straps binding the box came loose. Inside was a separate packaged box containing the choker for the laminated latex suit, along with individually wrapped underwear. She hadn’t noticed when buying them, but the underwear was extremely provocative. From mesh to lace, the flashy pieces were clearly meant to be seen. She set the underwear aside for later and checked the suit first.
The black choker had no decorations—just a simple black strap. How was she supposed to put this on without any locking mechanism? It was just a plain black strap. Looking inside the box the choker came in, she found an instruction manual. It explained the attachment and usage methods. Wrapping it around the neck and bringing the ends together would make them bond and attach automatically. So it used nanite technology—cutting-edge clothing? Standing in front of the mirror, she placed the strap around the middle of her neck and brought the ends together. Just as described, they bonded perfectly. The slightly loose choker tightened and adhered closely to her neck, refusing to come off. Oh, it clung so tightly that the contours of her neck were visible, yet she felt no discomfort moving. Moreover, it looked quite thin—could it really cover her entire body?
According to the manual, the suit was worn over a completely naked body. She stripped in front of the mirror. Just as she was about to activate the choker, Maria’s voice echoed in her mind.
‘What are you doing? Why are you naked?’
‘Oh, Maria. What were you doing?’
‘Just playing with some eggs. And sleeping a bit. So why are you naked?’
‘I bought a suit last time. It has to be worn on a bare body.’
The activation method was to tap the choker three times and say the activation phrase. It would detect vocal cord vibrations and activate automatically. “Laminite deploy.”
At the simple activation phrase, black liquid began flowing from the choker down her skin. The liquid spread from her upper body to her lower body—far more volume than the choker itself could hold. The black liquid enveloping her entire body below the neck formed boots and gloves, while the area around her waist tightened like a corset, compressing her. Ugh, it was squeezing quite hard. A glossy black full-body suit with corset-like patterns along the side lines of her waist was created. Whew, breathing was a bit difficult. The heels made her already tall frame look even taller.
‘It looks just like our combat form.’
‘What’s a combat form?’
‘It’s one of the forms soldier or general Abaddons take to protect their hosts. Of course, it requires the host’s consent.’
‘Abaddons are fascinating.’
She moved her body around, stretching. Aside from being unable to bend at the waist, there were no restrictions. Because it adhered so closely to her skin, it felt like she was naked. Even the cross piercing on her nipple was wrapped by the suit and didn’t move, reducing stimulation. When she jumped in place, the suit supporting her breasts reduced jiggling. ‘Oh, this is incredibly easy to move in. Better than underwear.’
‘How about wearing it under clothes?’
‘Should I?’
The suit had three wearing modes: full-body mode, leotard mode, and a mode without gloves and boots. In leotard form, it would only cover part of her upper and lower body, so she decided to wear it instead of underwear. The corset remained, and because it adhered to her skin, fine contours were visible, but since she would wear clothes over it, it was fine. ‘I bought the underwear for nothing.’
‘Don’t you need underwear when wearing revealing clothes?’
‘Ah, right.’
Somehow, Maria seemed smarter than her. When she put on her bartender uniform over the leotard-form suit, nothing showed except for her neck. ‘Good. Aside from breathing being a bit uncomfortable and not being able to bend at the waist, it’s much easier to move in.’
‘Does bartender work not involve bending at the waist?’
‘I can just sit instead of bending, so it doesn’t matter.’
After working at the bar that day, she found it wasn’t too inconvenient. Bartenders typically stood while working anyway. For several days, she worked without any major incidents or unusual events. She kept wearing the suit except when washing, and gradually adapted to the corset’s compression. Surprisingly, despite being made of latex material, it allowed sweat and other liquids to pass through and be expelled, so she could even exercise in it. Science and technology were truly impressive.
Today, she received a message saying the android she had ordered from Kate was complete and to come check it out. She was on her way to the shop. Hmm, their work schedules had been conflicting lately, so she hadn’t been able to receive play sessions. Was her sister doing okay? She should let her master know first.
“Master.”
“Elisha. What is it?”
“I’m on my way to pick up the android now. I’ll take it straight to the lab after.”
“Ah, I’ll need to prepare for the AI installation. See you later.”
“Yes, Master.”
Just as she ended the call while walking, her head suddenly turned sharply. Her body had moved against her will, and she realized Maria had done it.
‘Maria, what’s going on?’
‘There’s a fellow kin.’
‘You mean an Abaddon?’
‘Yeah.’
Her body was moving in a different direction from where she had been heading. Maria had completely taken control, and Elisha couldn’t move at all. Maria entered an alley off Central Street without hesitation, navigating the cluttered backstreets with ease before following behind a man.
‘That man?’
‘Yeah, I definitely smell kin on him.’
‘I don’t smell anything.’
The man scanned his surroundings with sharp eyes before descending into the basement of a building. Maria pressed against the wall and peered down the stairs. ‘Is it okay to just approach like this?’
‘He won’t know I’m here. I can’t sense a queen’s presence. There are multiple inside, but the scents are mixed so I can’t tell exactly how many.’
There were probably only soldier or general Abaddons in the basement. More importantly, she couldn’t believe there were Abaddon-infected individuals in Eden. Or should she say symbiotes rather than infected? Maria descended the stairs leading underground. Relying on the dim light from the bulbs, she reached the bottom where an old metal door stood. Maria placed her hand on the door and closed her eyes. Though frustrated by the lack of visibility, she stayed silent, assuming Maria was doing something.
‘There’s no expression for it except the one humans use. There are five generals and soldiers inside.’
‘Wow, more than I thought.’
‘The general seems cautious. It wouldn’t be good to reveal my presence and cause confusion in the command structure. Let’s withdraw for now.’
Maria carefully ascended the stairs again, left the building, and entered the alleyway. ‘I thought you’d contact your kin right away.’
‘They seem to be hiding well and adapting, so it’s fine. They’re handling things better than I expected. There might be more kin in Eden besides them.’
‘There are more humans who chose coexistence than I thought.’
If they could understand each other like this, the path to coexistence would open easily. It was a shame. Maria returned through the alley to her original location. Naturally heading toward Kate’s shop, Maria spoke.
‘By the way, you seemed happy when I suddenly took over your body and moved it freely. Would you rather I control you?’
‘Ah, you can tell that too?’
She had only thought it internally, but Maria had noticed. In truth, she had been feeling good about Maria moving her body since earlier but hadn’t said anything.
‘If you want, I’ll return control of your body.’
‘When you say it like that, it really doesn’t feel like my body anymore.’
‘You like being told things this way. You’re a little excited right now too, aren’t you?’
‘Actually, I am a bit excited.’
‘You really are an incorrigible pervert, Elisha.’
She had no choice but to accept that she was a pervert now. Sadly, she really was aroused and feeling pleasure.
‘If you like it, I’ll imitate you and act for you. You can just enjoy it from inside.’
‘No, there’s no need for you to imitate me, Maria. You’re Maria.’
Maria was Maria. An independent personality who didn’t need to imitate her. Saying this, she could feel Maria’s moved emotions.
‘As expected, you’re a good host. I’m grateful for the luck of having a host like you.’
‘If Maria needs it, just take control of my body. This body is now one that Maria uses too.’
‘Then during rest time, I’ll do whatever I want. There are many things I’m curious about in the human world.’
‘Okay.’
Maria seemed to want to move her body herself. Well, it was only perverts like her who enjoyed having someone else control their body—Maria wasn’t like that. Maria only returned control after arriving at Kate’s shop. Ding. Entering the shop while hearing the bell on the automatic door as always, she found her sister wasn’t in the lobby.
“Kate, where are you?”
“I’m in the workshop!”
Following the voice to the workshop, she saw her sister working on an android lying on the workbench.
“Is that the android?”
“Yeah, I’m installing a temporary operating AI right now.”
After operating on the screen attached to the workbench for a while, her sister said it was done and pulled the cable from the back of the android’s neck. The android then opened its eyes and sat up straight.
“Wow, it was made exactly like the hologram.”
“Are you doubting my skills? I’m a genius, you know.”
“Yes, you’re really amazing.”
The android was remarkably human-like. If not for the glowing rings in its eyes, one might mistake it for a real person.
“I added many options for your partner. It’s hard to explain them all, but to name a few: sophisticated attack programs, drive systems, reproductive organs for sexual intercourse, sex programs, and more.”
“Somehow those sound like blatantly sexual options?”
“No, I just mentioned those. There are plenty of other options too.”
Her sister spoke while blushing slightly. Though a bit suspicious, Elisha decided to trust her.
“I’ve registered you as the temporary owner. If you tell it to go, it’ll follow on its own.”
“Thank you, sister.”
Looking at the android more carefully, it really did resemble her younger sister. Because it only had an AI for movement, it remained completely still—like a robot itself—but once the AI was installed, it would probably feel more natural.
“Can I look forward to next weekend? I’ll prepare plenty of the play I’ve learned.”
“Yes, I’m looking forward to it too.”
Receiving her very pleased sister’s send-off, she took the android and headed to the lab. She had a minor question about whether the android would need to pay fares when riding the subway, but it was naturally resolved when payment was automatically deducted from the registered owner’s account.
“Master, I’m here.”
“Welcome.”
Arriving at the lab, she greeted her master and entered with the android.
“Lay it on the operating table.”
“Yes, Master.”
She commanded the android to lie on the operating table. With mechanical, stiff movements, the android climbed onto the table and lay down.
“Finally, we’ll learn who the owner of these memories is.”
She was curious what she would hear. Where had her body originally come from? Why had the memory’s owner implanted themselves into this body?
“Should we restrain the android’s body first? Just in case it shows aggression.”
“Yes, Master.”
She wrapped cables around the android’s body on the operating table to restrain it. This should keep even an android from moving, right? Her master plugged a cable connected to the computer into the connection port on the back of the android’s neck. The AI installation screen appeared on the lab’s main computer’s large display, but since she didn’t understand any of it, she could only wait. After fidgeting with her fingers and toes for a long while, the screen displayed that AI installation was complete. Oh, finally.
“Is it finally done?”
“Yeah, the installation is finished. Now we need to boot it up.”
The android’s eyes, which had been glowing red, began blinking alternately between green and red. The blinking light soon stabilized on green. The android, which had been blinking its eyes, turned its head at her master’s question.
“Can you speak?”
The android, which had turned its head and moved its mouth silently, made a confused expression before gradually beginning to produce sound.
“I… why… here…?”
The android looked extremely confused. The face forming an anxious expression was as intricate as an angel’s.
“Do you remember who you are?”
“I… I…”
After a long silence with a furrowed brow, the android managed to speak a single word.
“I’m Liam. Liam Deckard.”
“Right, Liam. Tell me what you remember.”
The android that had identified itself as Liam Deckard made various expressions while speaking fragmented information.
“I was selected as an infiltration agent in the Kansas Republic and received training…”
“The Kansas Republic…”
Her master’s expression grew serious.