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Chapter 14 - Chapter 6: Silent vow

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'I passed out again! What was her name again? Bayonetta and Seiko? I guess.' I thought and remembered they had a good mastery over magic and spirit arts. 'However they seem to be under someone else or this realm influence.'

My eyes fluttered open, my body heavy with little exhaustion and a lingering haze that somewhat dulled my senses. The cold, dim light of the chamber pressed down on me as I struggled to sit upright.

As my vision sharpened, I became painfully aware that I'm not alone. Two figures stood before him—Seiko and Bayonetta—each radiating a chilling, unyielding presence.

"You're finally healed," Bayonetta said, her voice smooth and mocking, a sly smile curling at the corners of her lips. Her dark eyes glinted with cruel amusement as she stepped closer, the flicker of torchlight casting sharp shadows across her face.

Seiko's gaze was cold and calculating as she crossed her arms.

"We've been waiting…. You have been sleeping for a month, Arata. It's time for a little… how to put it… negotiation."

My heart pounded fast in my chest as I scanned the room, but no sign of my companions. My breath caught when Bayonetta continued, "Your friends are here. Captured. Unconscious." She gestured toward a nearby door.

Seiko's voice dropped to a low, dangerous whisper. "They're not just unconscious—they've been…..used by us as an entertaining toy…...And now we want you to play our game."

"What game?" I questioned in a cold tone to put pressure. 'There are too many variables which may cost me my life.'

"You are all locked up in a room, all you have to do is survive as long as you can. Simple right?" With a wicked smile Seiko woman with white hair spoke who was slime the whole time.

A surge of anger and helplessness washed over me. The thought of my new companions trapped and manipulated ignited a fierce determination in me.

Bayonetta's smile widened, her tone shifting to something almost seductive. "Here's the deal, Arata boi: we're giving you a choice. If you want them freed, you'll have to play our game. You must fight them. Stop them, as much as you can. But not outside—in a confined space where we control everything."

Seiko nodded, stepping forward. "Think of it as a test of your endurance and strength. Succeed, and your friends walk free. Fail, and they remain our prisoners indefinitely… or worse."

The weight of their words settled heavily in the air moreover her emphasis on fight was concerning.

My fists clenched out of helplessness, every muscle taut with resolve.

Despite the cruel manipulation and impossible odds, I still vowed silently—I would not let them break myself, nor compromise his companions' freedom.

"Whatever game you want to play," Arata said, his voice steady and filled with quiet defiance, "I will fight it. For them. For all of us."

Bayonetta's eyes sparkled with challenge. "Good. We wouldn't want it any other way."

The chamber's oppressive atmosphere vanished as a pink mist spread around us, there was something extremely wrong as my primal instincts to reproduce arised—and the beginning of a harrowing trial that would test the very limits of my strength and will started.

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A/n: I will write the R-18 part sometime later, sry. Currently not in the mood.

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My eyes snapped open to the senses and saw all my companions naked, filled and covered with my white liquid. I was feeling multiple headache but I remember how good it felt to fuck them like no tommorow.

'Wait…. Just what the hell I did!!!' All the side effects under which I did all bad deeds or I still was under ended in a seconds as my blood boiled and rage built up out of hate.

Trapped in a cage forged from dark metal that seemed to pulse with a sinister energy. The faint glow of the demon realm's twisted landscape seeped through the gaps, casting eerie shadows across the floor.

Then, from the swirling mist beside me, she appeared—Bayonetta. Her presence was both mesmerizing and terrifying; her eyes resembled burning embers, and her cruel smile sent a chill down my spine.

she said softly, her voice dripping with dark amusement. "You belong to me now, Arata. Property of the-."

"Shut the fuck UP!!" I clenched my fists around the cold bars, fury boiling through my veins. "What do you want from ME?" I snarled, my voice ragged but fierce. "How many times will you use my friends as pawns? Drag me into your hellish games? Enough. Tell me the truth."

Bayonetta's smile widened, but this time it lacked its usual mockery. "We don't want to play games with you," she said, her tone low and serious.

"We want to get rid of the demon king, Azazel, who rules the Netherworld—the tyrant who has kept us enslaved for centuries." Seiko spoke, breaking me and stopping black haired witch from speaking.

Their words mean nothing to me, they just lie, they broke my trust once, toyed with me and others. "So this isn't some twisted trial?" I demanded. "You want me to help overthrow a demon king?"

"Yes," Bayonetta replied, her eyes never leaving mine. "And you, with your unique power, are the key. Resist or not, you're caught in this war now."

"And what you know about my power, you have confidence in me and…" I suspiciously asked. Never finished my sentence as hearing her words make my skin crawl. 'How can you think I will let you go after what you have done to me.'

Anger surged anew. "I'm done being manipulated. No more lies. If you want my help, you'll speak straight. What happens to my friends?" I inquired as I was unable to sense them with my powers which should be impossible.

Bayonetta's gaze darkened. "They're bargaining chips. But after you fulfill our 'task' we send them where you came from. Also, it has been three years since you left the human world." And then she dropped the bomb. The new reality hit me hard 3 years…..

I gritted my teeth, the cage vibrating under the pulse of dark energy. "Fine. But know this—I'm no one's property. If this war is to be fought, it'll be on my terms." The demon realm's shadows closed in, but inside me, the flames of defiance blazed stronger than before.

"Also I wanted to ask why you have the soul seed of the previous demon king Sparda in you….. It's bonded and assimilating at fast speed." Seiko pointed out while destroying my cell and releasing me but my powers were locked due to the shackle they put on me.

As she continued speaking I was surprised by the revelation. "The last person who saw him was Lilth, the powerful demon queen of the Netherworld. Perhaps you have a deeper connection with her than you realize." I was reluctant to trust her words.

"All we need now is you to awaken it."

'You both will pay! I swear on my life.' I silently vowed.

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