There was silence as everyone stared in wonder. It had all happened too fast. In a single swipe of my blade, I had destroyed his weapon, his beautiful shining armor, and his clothing, and now he was on the ground panting, blood leaking from his mouth, shaking and unable to move. Eliana had her hands together, staring at me like she was afraid to breathe.
I continued walking toward the man. None of the soldiers moved to stop me. Technically, this was a challenge, and they couldn’t get in the way of it. Even if they did, General Nova was a powerful fighter, one of the best in the nation. How could someone who defeated him so easily be handled by the likes of them? I stopped right in front of him.
I lowered the sword, pointing it at him. He was on his knees, naked, still trying to give me a defiant look. He looked up at me, baring his teeth in a bloody snarl.
“Do it! Kill me, then!” He shouted.
His words caused the crowds behind me to start to murmur unhappily. No matter what happened, this was still a hero of the country. If I killed them, there would be a lot of unrest. That didn’t matter to me. I leaned close to him and spoke quietly, but it was still loud enough that the silent room could hear.
“I’m not going to kill you, do you know why?” I smirked. “It’s because you’re not a threat to me.”
“Y-you…” He sputtered.
I stabbed the blade into the ground. A moment later, it began to shimmer, and then it turned into the form of Alysia. She could appear any way she wanted, and the way she appeared now was in full adventurer armor, looking like she always did. If my presence caused gasps, hers caused the entire crowd to explode in shock. General Nova’s mouth flapped open and closed like a fish as she walked up to him.
“Alysia!” A girl cried out, who I recognized as being one of the members of Titan Fall, her former adventurer group.
“Draven.” Alysia’s eyes were focused on the general.
“Consider this our divorce!” She kicked up, slamming her foot into his naked, unprotected balls.
The men in the crowd all let out collective noises of sympathy. Even I tightened my legs as I heard him let out a high-pitched whine, and then collapse to the side. However, even his women didn’t give him sympathy. Most of the girls from his harem were furious he was marrying another woman. Once was one thing, but this second marriage had been far too hasty. On top of that, he was already married! Only two months after his supposed wife died, he was already trying to marry another woman. It was only now that she appeared that people began to realize just how scuzzy that appeared.
Alysia disappeared as quickly as she appeared, a white light flowing back into my hand as I left the crippled man and walked up to Eliana. She shook anxiously as she waited for me to approach her.
“D-D-D-Deek…” Her voice broke, tears starting to fall down her face.
“I’m sorry I took so long.”
She shook her head. “N-no… you came…”
“Then, I’m going to make it up to you.”
“Look where we are? We’re in a church. There is a priestess. Let’s make this official.”
Her body shook even harder now. “O-official?”
“Eh?” She was standing there picking her ear. “Are you done interrupting another ceremony!”
“Do it. I want to be with Eliana for the rest of our lives.”
“Fine…” She sighed, not sounding enthused at all. “Then, Eliana, do you give your consent?”
“And you, eh… Lord Deekson.”
We held each other’s hands and looked deep into each other’s eyes. This didn’t feel hasty at all, but something that was bound to happen. I wouldn’t let something ever happen again.
“Then, as my power as a priestess… I will bond you together.” She lifted her hands, chanting as a white light settled on us. “You’re now Master and Slave.”
“What?” I cocked my head.
“In accordance with the Karn, she’s now yours for all eternity.” The girl lazily responded. “Isn’t that what you wanted?”
{Eliana has become your slave!}
The room was very silent for a while.