A New Relationship (Censored)
"Become my wife."
"Huh...?"
What did I just hear...?
Wife...?
"W-Wife...?"
"Exactly what it sounds like. Marry me."
I was completely lost. My mind scrambled to make sense of the situation unfolding right in front of me, but it was useless.
I already knew Athena loved me. She had whispered sweet words of affection to me countless times. But I never once imagined her love ran this thick, this sticky. I had always thought she cared for me as family—as a precious friend. Athena shattered that belief completely.
All I could do was blink at her shocking confession.
Th-This is way too sudden...!
"I'll love you for the rest of my life. I'll give you anything you want."
"W-Wai—"
"All you have to do is hand your life over to me."
"Hold on...."
"I wanted to confess somewhere more romantic, but I just couldn't hold it in any longer."
While I sat there dumbstruck by her words, Athena wore a dark little smile and gently stroked my cheek, pressing me for an answer.
"Hera. Answer me."
Her face looked kind, yet something urgent burned underneath it.
"N-No... w-we..."
"If you're about to say we're family, drop it."
"Huh...?"
Athena cut straight through the exact words I had been about to say.
"Hera. We don't share blood. There's only one way for us to become family."
She kept talking while I sat there in a daze.
"We get married."
"....."
"And another thing..."
Athena's smile turned sly. She pressed one finger lightly against my lower belly.
"Hyaah?!!"
"Family members don't make lewd little moans like that."
Completely caught off guard, I let out a high, sharp cry the moment Athena rubbed my stomach. Reflex took over.
"Hnn...?!"
She didn't stop. She kept pressing down on my belly until I finally thrust both arms out, grabbed her hand, and shoved it away.
"A-Athena... don't..."
"Why not?"
"B-Because of course..."
Because we're family. Because we're both women. That was what I wanted to say. But Athena's eyes blazed so fiercely that any half-hearted excuse would never have gotten through.
Ah... even so, marriage is a bit much...
I had never once considered it. Until now I had always loved her as family. Lately a strange feeling had started stirring whenever I looked at her, but I had quietly folded that thought away, convinced she could never see me as a woman. Apparently I had been wrong.
Athena's flushed cheeks and ragged breathing told me every word she spoke was sincere.
Since when? When exactly had she started liking me like this...? From the moment she made me her slave? Or from our very first kiss...? Looking back through every memory we shared, there were far too many moments that suddenly made sense. All of it had been because she loved me as a woman. And I had accepted every single one of those gestures without realizing.
W-What am I supposed to do...?
I had never received a confession in my entire life. I had no idea how to handle something like this. And the person standing in front of me wasn't just anyone—it was Athena. She wasn't even asking me to date her. She was proposing.
What the hell was I supposed to do?
I-I should refuse for now...
"Hera. You think too much."
"Huh?"
Athena traced a finger along my jaw and began asking questions one by one.
"Hera. Do you love me?"
I answered in a trembling voice.
"I love you... but as fami—"
"I'll say it again. We are not family."
"Nngh..."
We weren't blood-related, that much was true... but still... I had always thought of Athena as family. In a single breath she had denied my entire heart.
"Then can you live without me? Alone?"
Her voice dropped low and quiet. A chill of pure fear shot through me.
Without Athena...? Alone...?
No. Absolutely not.
Mari liked me, yes, but I still couldn't fully accept everything she felt. That mysterious love she poured on me, that attention without reason—it always felt like it could vanish at any moment. And Lily and Dania... I could never meet them again. Or rather, I didn't want them to see how pathetic I had become. They were precious people who now lived only in my memories.
The only person left at my side whom I could truly lean on was Athena. The only one who still offered me unconditional kindness even though I was this useless and incompetent. I could never survive without her.
I shook my head hard.
"I-I can't... without you... I..."
Athena smiled at me once, then gently stroked my hair.
"Same here, Hera. A world without you means nothing."
"....."
The sheer size of the feeling she held for me instantly soothed the fear that had been crawling up through my chest.
"Last question, Hera."
As she spoke, Athena angled her finger downward and pressed it deep into my navel.
"Hauk..?! Hyaang?!!"
"Do you feel pleasure from me?"
Press—press—
"Hyaat..!..Hnn...haah...?!"
Sharp, scorching pleasure scrambled my thoughts.
"Don't you dare say no. Not while you're moaning like that."
"Nngh..."
Shame flooded me at her words.
Pressss—
"Hyaang..!"
"I'll ask again, Hera. Do you feel pleasure from me?"
I wanted to deny it. But the hot sensation pouring through my body was unmistakably pleasure. In the end I had no choice but to admit it.
"Hnn...!!..I-It feels... gooddd..!"
Athena let out a soft laugh and whispered against my ear.
"We love each other. We can't live without each other. Our bodies even crave each other like this. What possible reason is there not to get married?"
"M-Marriage..."
"I'll love you every day. I'll take care of you every day. I'll make you happy every day."
She left a deep kiss on my forehead and proposed once more.
"So Hera. Become my wife."
"....Hnn..."
Her sweet words slipped into my ear, and little by little my heart began to shift. Nothing she said was wrong. I couldn't live without Athena. I wanted her with my heart—and at some point I had started wanting her with my body too.
Marriage with Athena......
If she was going to love me for the rest of her life... would it really be so bad to become lovers...? No—if I became her wife, I could monopolize Athena's attention forever, couldn't I?
Deep in the darker corners of my heart, desire began to stir.
And yet the word "marriage" still made me flinch. After a long, hesitant silence I finally offered her my timid answer.
"M-Marriage is... still... I don't know..."
"...."
Athena flinched at my words.
I had spent more of my life as a man. Having a woman as beautiful as Athena promise to love me forever couldn't possibly feel bad. No—I loved her too. I had simply kept our relationship locked inside the fence labeled "family." But Athena herself had smashed that fence to pieces. The meaning of family no longer applied.
If I truly wanted to become family with her the way she said, marriage was the only path left. But my heart still wasn't ready for a bond that big. At the same time I didn't want any distance to grow between us either.
I worked my lips and gave her my answer to the confession.
"Could we... start as lovers first...?"
Lovers first... that felt okay. If Athena and I spent time as a couple, maybe I could eventually get used to how suddenly our relationship had changed.
"......"
Athena stared at me blankly for a long moment.
".....So that means you're accepting me as a woman, right?"
I couldn't put a name to the expression on Athena's face. Enormous emotion swirled in her eyes like a bomb about to detonate.
I flushed shyly and answered.
"Yeah... I think... that would be okay..."
Her sudden confession still left me reeling, but accepting a new kind of relationship didn't seem like such a bad thing.
".......I love you, Hera."
Athena's face broke into a look of pure, overwhelmed joy. Seeing that deep emotion on her face made a warm feeling rise in my own chest too.
My precious family... no. She wasn't family anymore. My girlfriend was smiling so happily, and it made my heart feel warm.
Come to think of it... Athena is my first...
I never imagined this. Even before I transmigrated I had never dated anyone. I had assumed I would go my whole life without ever becoming anyone's lover. And yet here I was, with my very first girlfriend—someone I loved. Not family anymore, but someone I still loved all the same.
My first girlfriend. For no particular reason, I wanted to give her this precious feeling.
"Athena... the truth is... I've never dated anyone before..."
"....."
"You're my first, so..."
"....."
"I-I'll be in your care from now o—"
Thrust—
"......n?"
".........You seduced me, Hera."
My mind went pure white. Something thick and blunt had just driven deep into me.
"H-Hyaa...?"
The dizzying shock made little stars scatter across my vision. With trembling eyes I looked down toward the source of the pain and saw it—a thick pillar formed of her golden mana, buried all the way into the place where the brand was carved.
"H-Eh..?"
Trickle—
Something sticky ran down my thighs and soaked into the bedsheets.
"Hera. Hera. Hera. Hera. Hera."
"A-Athena... wait..."
"Shh."
An oppressive aura unlike anything I had ever felt from her before began pouring into the air around us. Athena stared down at me with wild intensity, then spoke in a low, almost growling voice that sounded half-angry.
"I can't... go easy on you."
Thrust—
Athena's golden pillar drove so deep it pressed against the most secret places inside me.
"Hooohk..?"
Thrust—thrust—thrust—
"Nngh?! Hooohk? Ohhk?!"
The mana-formed pillar began mercilessly pounding my lower belly. Completely different from when she had only used her hands—this thing crushed every inner place at once. Each time her pillar stabbed into me, the dizzying shock made my consciousness flicker out for a split second.
"A-Athena...!! G-Gentle... pleaseee..!! Hnngh..?!"
But Athena's eyes had already lost all reason. They held nothing but pure hunger for me.
"Shut up. Do you have any idea how long I've waited for this day...? Haa... finally... finally..."
Thrust— thrust—
"Hauk?! Hyaaang?! G-Ge-gentleee..!"
"Just hold on a little longer, Hera. It'll start feeling good soon."
Athena never stopped pressing. Pain and pleasure mixed together as if I were being crushed flat, and my body began thrashing on its own. Tears kept welling up from the pain, but every time they did Athena immediately licked them away so not a single drop could fall.
Time passed like that.
Thrust—thrust—thud—
"Ugooohk?!♡♡♡♡"
Something burst deep in my lower belly. I collapsed onto the bed like a puppet with its strings cut. Strength drained from my entire body. My vision slowly darkened while I gasped for air, and my consciousness began to fade.
At least... it's finally... over...
"Not happening, Hera."
"Hek..?"
"It's a protection spell. You'll be fine now."
Athena's golden mana poured into my head, and in an instant my consciousness snapped fully awake again. My mind cleared completely.
"Trying to faint without your master's permission? Looks like you need to be punished."
"A-Athena..?"
"Time to get serious."
"W-What...?"
"Hmm... just until this whole bed is soaked. That should do it."
"W-Waiiit—"
With that, Athena flipped my clothes up and reached straight for my most private place. From that moment on she claimed me—lewdly, no, savagely, like a beast—so hard my mind nearly shattered. Beneath her I could do nothing but cry out in helpless, coquettish moans.
The merciless pleasure she forced into my head felt like it would break me. Without Athena's magic I would have fainted dozens of times already. But because of that spell, even while my body grew insanely sensitive, my mind stayed completely clear.
"Heeugh..haak...hyeek.."
I lay there with my legs spread like a frog in some ugly posture, and Athena gazed down at me in pure rapture.
"Hhk♡..haat♡.."
"Haa... you're so beautiful, Hera..."
She looked over my entire body the way someone savors a priceless treasure.
"Haak..Athena... please... forgive me alreadyyy..."
I couldn't take any more. Even with Athena's magic protecting my brain, my mind still felt like it was about to snap. It was like having an immortal body that could never die yet still felt every ounce of agony that should have killed it. The pleasure sweeping through my head was so intense I almost wished I could just lose consciousness. Any more of this and I really would turn into an idiot—or become completely addicted to this act.
"No, Hera. It's still not enough."
Thud—
Athena's refusal was as firm as it was despairing. When I looked into her eyes they burned as if this was only the beginning.
"We should keep going for at least a week."
"A-A week?!!"
"After all the days I spent resisting your bitchy little seductions, don't I deserve at least that much time?"
"W-When did I ever seduce you..!"
"...."
Smack—
"Hyaang?!!"
Looking irritated, Athena brought her hand down hard on my rear. A sharp sting bloomed, and a lewd cry burst from my mouth.
"It's even more annoying that you don't realize it."
"Hauk..."
"Alright, Hera. You've rested enough, right? Let's start again. This time—"
As Athena moved back toward me I frantically grabbed her hand.
"P-Please, Athena... I-I really can't anymore..."
"....."
Her face twisted as if she disliked my resistance. I spoke through tears, trying desperately to persuade her.
"Th-There's still tomorrow... sooo..."
"....."
"A-Anyway I'm... your girlfriend now... right..?"
"No."
Absolute. Athena's will was rock-solid. She truly intended to keep going for a full week. The only thing visible in her eyes when she looked at me was the raw desire to ravage me.
"A-Athenaaa... I really can't take any moreee..."
But contrary to my desperate wish, Athena gently stroked me and said,
"It's okay, Hera. My magic will protect you."
"....."
This wasn't working. Ordinary words clearly weren't going to convince her.
In times like this...
It wasn't as if I had no options. Whenever she stubbornly refused one of my requests, if I acted cute and begged earnestly enough, she usually gave in. After all the time we had spent together I knew exactly what she liked. And now that I understood the true nature of her feelings for me, persuading her should be even easier.
Yes. Decision made. Athena would definitely like this.
I tightly clasped one of her hands in both of mine and looked up at her with the most mischievous, sparkling eyes I could manage.
"....What are you doing, Hera."
Athena flinched at my bright, pleading gaze. I gently placed her hand against my cheek, let a faint blush color my face, and spoke to her in the most coquettish voice I could produce.
"I-I'm so tired..."
"..I already told you n—"
"Husband..."
".....W-What?!"
Athena was thoroughly flustered by my words. She must have been quite shocked—her face even flushed a little red. Of course I was incredibly embarrassed too, but I had already acted spoiled with her plenty of times before, so I no longer felt the same self-loathing as I once had. Besides, I was her girlfriend now. There was no need to feel ashamed of this kind of behavior anymore.
W-Well, it was still insanely embarrassing, but...
Th-This much is fine...!
Don't feel embarrassed, Hera. The shame of acting cute for Athena was nothing compared to the terror of being ravaged again until I turned into a complete idiot.
"S-Say it again, Hera."
Athena stared at me with violently trembling eyes. Looks like my little act had worked. A strange sense of pride and the confidence that I could actually persuade her filled my chest. With that newfound courage I was able to plead even more boldly than before.
"Please forgive me now... Husband..♡"
"......"
Seeing how deeply my words shook Athena's face, I felt as if I had just gained a secret weapon in our relationship.
Hehe... I should use this often.
Maybe it was because I was her girlfriend now, but a mischievous little urge rose inside me for no reason. Anyway.
I can finally re—
Thrust—
".......Huh?"
"You bitchy little... bitchy little... bitchy little...!!!"
Press—thrust—thrust—thrust—
"Heeek..? Hik..? Hooohk?"
"You filthy...! Worthless slave...!"
Press—pressss—thud—thud—
"Nngh?! Hooooohk?!"
"It's all your fault, Hera."
Thud—thud—thud—
"Ogooogoook?♡♡♡♡"
After that I lost consciousness. When I finally came back to my senses, it was the next morning—and Mari was standing there looking down at me with lifeless eyes.