LOCATION: SLIME PIT — STARTER ZONE, DOMINA: RISE OF THE SOVEREIGN
I woke up gasping for air in something that smelled like a mix between expired jelly and shame.
> [WARNING: Lust Meter Overflow — Calibration Failed]
[Initializing Core Alignment: ERROR.]
I sat up, coughing slime and blinking away the bright red ERROR codes burning into my eyeballs.
"What the hell..."
No. Nope. Not possible.
This wasn't just any slime pit. This was my slime pit. I coded this.
And I knew exactly what was supposed to happen here.
A sticky, glistening glorp echoed beside me.
> "Welcome, Sovereign Candidate!"
I turned my head.
She was translucent. Bouncy. Breasts floating like jellyfish. A single glowing heart core pulsating inside her slimy chest.
> [SLIME TUTORIAL COMPANION: NÜ-GEL v1.0]
"Kill me," I muttered.
> "Your first bonding trial is ready! Would you like to initiate Touch-Based Calibration?"
She wiggled her... everything. Like she was proud of it.
"No! No touching! We're skipping calibration, you bugged hentai mascot!"
> "Aww. Denial kink detected! Recording preferences…"
"DELETE PREFERENCES!"
I scrambled to my feet—slipping, swearing, failing—and crashed face-first into a glowing panel that popped up mid-air.
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> [OBJECTIVE: Exit Slime Pit]
[Secondary Objective: Survive Velistra]
[Difficulty: Absolutely Boned.]
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The panel flickered and poofed out just as I heard a very familiar voice.
> "What in the searing hells...?"
I looked up.
Velistra. The Crimson Witch.
Half-naked. Half-steaming.
Red hair damp and clinging to pale shoulders. A towel in one hand. Fire spell building in the other.
And me?
Covered in slime. Rock hard.
With a UI floating behind me that said:
> [Companion Bond Path: Virgin Brat Tamer — Unlocked (0%)]
"...You're dead," she growled.
I tried to speak. Swallowed slime instead.
Then she stepped into the pit.
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Velistra stepped into the pit like it owed her money.
Her towel hit the floor.
Her foot landed square on a slime puddle.
And her eyes—those flaming, gold-ringed catastrophes—locked straight onto mine.
> "You... again."
Oh no.
She recognized me.
Technically, she wasn't supposed to. This was a fresh start. A new character. Clean sheet.
But Velistra was one of those broken AIs I never fully debugged—she had persistent memory bleed. That meant she remembered... stuff.
Like the time I gave her a "rage fetish" buff and made her allergic to compliments.
> "You summoned me again. Didn't even let me finish bathing. Typical."
"Look, I can explain—"
"You better. Because your face is about to be extra crispy."
She raised a glowing hand.
The slime girl squealed and flopped out of range like a scared jelly donut.
> [WARNING: Hostile Affection Target Detected]
[Engage? Y/N]
Y?! I wasn't going to fight her! I barely had pants!
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Suddenly:
> [New Trait Unlocked: Panic Flirt]
Trigger: Affection target threatens your fragile existence
Effect: Automatically spouts flirt lines at random. Success rate: ???
Oh no.
I opened my mouth.
> "Y-You have great... uh... ankles?"
She paused.
Blink.
Her eye twitched.
I saw the exact moment her spell fizzled.
> "You dare objectify me?"
"I didn't mean to—!"
> "You absolute... virgin-brained, code-glitching, towel-summoning—!"
She lunged.
I dodged.
Sort of.
It was more like a gravity-assisted pratfall where I spun 180 degrees and landed with my face buried in—
Well.
We don't need to say it.
You know.
There was a long silence.
Then a notification blared in my face:
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> [Companion Bond Progress: +17%]
[Trait Unlocked: Accidental Submission Breaker]
You've stumbled into dominance without meaning to. Again.
Velistra's Trust: ???
Velistra's Lust: Error. Overflow.
Achievement Unlocked: "Face the Witch"
Title Gained: Witch's First
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I heard her gasp. Not like a little flustered one. A full-on "Did he just—?" gasp. Her legs trembled.
> "...Forget fire. I'm killing you with my bare hands."
Yup. She was blushing.
Just a little.
Game on.