Chapter 83. The Goddess Loved and Desire Me! (Time to Make Love with Her!)

"I’m going to give you a complete upgrade to your system, but it functions more like a power that allows you to instantly make someone desire you uncontrollably."

"I fucking knew it..." Rex smirked. "Tell me more of it."

Lustia smiled. "It’s about wanting people to desire you and making them crave your presence."

"And then driving them to the point where their obsession becomes a tangible force." She paused right in front of him, and he noticed the red dots in her violet eyes spinning faster.

"I’ll give you the power of Lust itself..." Lustia snapped her fingers until Rex could feel his entire body filled with a huge desire that made his right hand tingle, where he could see some kind of a mark with a symbol that represents the sin of lust.

"That’s a gift that you can fully utilize to make any woman or girl you like be yours, where it can make them fall for you completely, but... there’s some resistance that you need to forcefully break, but I know you can manage that with that great way of thinking."

Rex’s mind was already trying to figure out what this meant. "It’s the same as hypnosis, huh?"

"Yup."

"Now that’s a fucking good offer I can take because I can already sense it through my libido that I can do something even further with this... starting to make Evelyn completely mine as fast as I can so that I can make her weak and lose her system." Rex said while clenching his fist with the mark on it.

"Only you can see that Mark of Lust Authority, and..." Lustia stated, "What I’m about to give you is something that transforms power from truth."

"People often deceive themselves."

"They pretend they have no needs, as if they’ve risen above such basic instincts, but their desires reveal their true selves."

"Stripped of pretense and social conditioning, what they genuinely want becomes clear."

"The Lust Authority System just makes that truth clear and useful." She ran her finger along his jawline on purpose and carefully.

"With the Mark of Lust... you’ll be able to mark targets, make their current attractions stronger, and make their fixations stronger until they become obsessions."

"Every bond you make will make you stronger."

"With every heart you take, you’ll get stronger. My system has no moral rules, unlike the other goddess’s sad one."

Rex said, "I see... so it is true that there’s no punishment for being myself," and he began to understand.

"Yes, exactly."

"The system doesn’t care if you’re good or bad... It only cares about the outcome."

"It only cares about desire." Lustia’s hand moved from his face to his chest, right over where his heart would be if he still had a body.

"And the best part? Every person you bind to yourself and every person who becomes devoted to you makes the Goddess of Life’s domain weaker."

"She gets stronger by loving others and being selfless, and of course... that will ruin you."

"You’ll turn love into possession, devotion into obsession, and hope into need... you’ll ruin her power from the inside out without ever raising a sword."

Rex thought about this, going over the offer in his mind with the same cold logic he had used for every deal in his previous life. "It’s too good to be true... so just spill it now! What’s the catch?"

"There are always strings attached to contracts this good."

Lustia’s face changed to show what could have been respect. "Good boy..."

"Yes, there are conditions."

"First, you’ll have my mark on you."

"Those who can sense such things will call you my Apostle, and that will make you enemies with the gods."

"Second, the mark feeds on desire, which means you need to keep making new connections and strengthening the ones you already have."

"Weakness is the same as stagnation."

"Third, and this is important, the bonds you make through the system are not strong... people who are obsessed become less stable."

"You’ll have to deal with people whose whole emotional life is based on you. That could be risky."

"Lily did that..." Rex said, "And at least I can handle something like that for now."

"I’m sure you can." Rex noticed that Lustia’s breathing had changed a little and it had become more deliberate.

"One more thing... the Mark needs to be set up."

"It must comprehend the profundity and essence of desire, not merely as an abstract notion, but as an experiential reality... before it can work right, it needs to taste real desire, without any filters or limits."

Rex raised an eyebrow. "Are you saying that desire has to turn on the mark?"

"I’m saying that I need to taste your desire first, and you need to taste mine." Lustia’s voice got lower, almost like a purr. "Think of it... as a ritual that ties you together."

"The desire, the obsession, and the raw hunger of wanting to power the mark of lust."

"It needs a base, a plan to work from... And what better example than the love between a mortal who accepted his dark side and a goddess who rules over it?"

"I already feel incredibly aroused just for you... I choose you because of what you did to Lily and Marcus."

"Oh my lust...! Seeing that makes me excited, knowing you’ll do even more fucked-up things in the future."

Rex felt something other than detached amusement for the first time since he got to hell. There was a stirring of real desire, carefully controlled but definitely there.

Lustia didn’t want him to submit to her or worship her. She was offering to be partners, not through prayer or devotion, but through letting each other do what they wanted.

Rex said, "I see how it is..."

"You’re attracted to me," and he could tell by the way her pupils had gotten bigger with a heart shape that appeared out of nowhere and the slight flush on her pale skin.

Lustia laughed, and it was a real laugh. "Well, duh... of course I am."

"You are precisely what I like best."

"A man who chose to make everyone desire him, who cucked many men, and the one who is going to make this world... entirely his."

"You are so honest that it almost seems rude."

"You don’t act like you’re better than you are, and don’t make excuses."

"You’re a monster who knows what he is and loves it." Her hand moved from his chest to his shoulder, and the way she touched him stressed that she wanted him.

"I’ve been waiting a long time for a soul like yours, Rex Rexilion."

"And now that I have you... I’m not going to let you go until I’m full..."

Rex felt a smile pull at his lips. "And what if I say no?"

"Then I’ll send you back anyway, because I respect free will, unlike that boring Goddess... but knowing your track record with women... you won’t deny it, especially if your libido is that strong."

Lustia’s other hand came up to match the first, and now both of her hands were on his shoulders, with her face just inches from his. "I know you want this..."

"I can see it in those eyes."

"You like this kind of honest deal; I’m not forcing you, and you’re neither desperate nor broken."

"There is no pretending involved, and there are no lies between us..."

"It’s just two beings who want something from each other and are willing to pay for it."

He had no reason to disagree with her. "Then let’s make sure this contract is signed."

Lustia’s smile was a mix of victory, hunger, and real happiness. "Finally. A person with sense..."

"Try to dominate me like you dominate a lot of your victims’ crush, girlfriends, and wives..."