"That speech just now was excellent," Alex said, barely stifling a laugh. "You really nailed the vibe of a fallen, wicked woman."
He gave her a thumbs-up. "The way you said it made me feel like the ultimate blonde-haired NTR protagonist."
Aren't you exactly that? Akane thought bitterly.
"I was just... saying goodbye to him, and goodbye to my old self," Akane said softly, a look of melancholy crossing her face. Then, she turned to Alex with an expressionless gaze. "Besides, you did NTR him. It's just that now, he and I have nothing to do with each other anymore."
"True, true, I stole his girl," Alex admitted candidly. "But even if I stole you, Akane, don't you think you share some of the responsibility? As the heroine, you were quite immersed in it earlier. You were screaming pretty loud."
Her volume had been several decibels higher than Saki's.
"That was just... the influence of the aphrodisiac! That's why I was like that!"
"I already removed the effects of the aphrodisiac, remember?"
"Who... who knows if you actually cleared it? Anyway, my body still had some lingering sensations... that version of me was just an exception! I was forced! I would never, ever be obsessed with having sex with you!"
Alex's mouth twitched. With a dark expression, he reached out and pinched her thigh. "Your whole body is soft, except for your stubborn mouth."
"Of course, I'm referring to the mouth on your face."
Bastard...
Akane glared at him huffily. "What... what are you planning to do now? You have the whole school under your thumb... what comes next?"
"Call me Master! Is that any way for a little slave girl to talk to her Master?" Alex raised an eyebrow.
"...Master," Akane lowered her head, forced to yield to reality.
"As for what I'm going to do—nothing. Just enjoy life," Alex said. Just then, a few girls came up from the stairwell. Upon seeing Alex, their bodies shuddered, and they nervously pressed themselves against the wall.
"M-Master..."
Alex looked at them, then at Akane. "See? Look how well-behaved they are."
Akane thought: Is that being well-behaved? They're clearly so terrified of you they can't even speak!
Indeed, most of the girls were terrified. In the debauched harem Alex had built, only a small fraction truly enjoyed it. Most of the girls resisted in their hearts, feeling nothing but dread and fear toward their new Master.
However, no matter how much they feared him, they had to submit to reality. Once branded with his mark, their bodies no longer belonged to them. They couldn't escape. This was why, despite their internal resistance, they didn't dare fight back the moment Alex pulled them into his arms.
"Ah—!"
"Master, this... we're still in the hallway. It's not convenient..."
"Boys might pass by and see—!"
Alex reluctantly let go. "True. Damn, I should find a chance to ship all the males off to a mine in Africa."
Girl A: "..." Girl B: "..." Girl C: "..." Saki: "..." Akane: "..."
"I won't fuck you here, then. Just unwrap those buns for me. I want some milk," Alex said shamelessly.
What did "buns" have to do with milk?
Though they didn't quite get the slang, the girls saw where Alex's eyes were fixed. They understood. Blushing and trembling, they unbuttoned their shirts, allowing Alex to enjoy a "face-wash" between their breasts while he sampled the taste of their holy milk.
Only after he was satisfied did he let them go. Watching the girls cover their chests and run off, Alex sighed. "This is the life. A school harem really is the best."
Saki was speechless. Alex, did you forget something? You said you took over the school for my sake... now your head is filled with nothing but harem fantasies.
Akane said nothing. She didn't know those girls, but the school now belonged to the Great Demon King. Those girls were just like her—toys.
Pure toys.
Yet, even though they were his toys, "slave girls" as low and degraded as the girls in those depraved manga, Akane noticed something. Amidst their fear, when they were being fondled, a flicker of trance-like pleasure had crossed their faces.
Akane had caught it.
How... how lewd!
But then she realized—she was in no position to judge. When this Master possessed her, hadn't she also momentarily lost herself in that overwhelming pleasure?
"Go back to your classes," Alex announced, signaling that they didn't need to follow him. "Saki, you head back too. I'm sure no one will dare bully you now. I'm just going to wander around the school alone..."
Wander around alone? You just want to keep doing more lewd things without us in the way! Saki grumbled in her heart, though she didn't say it. Instead, she nodded obediently.
"Okay."
Regardless of anything else, she felt satisfied today.
Akane remained silent, staring at Alex's retreating back with complex emotions in her large eyes. Only after he vanished did she look down at the Lust Crest on her chest and let out a soft sigh.
In a certain second-year classroom, Alex didn't look for a specific grade. He chose a room at random, like picking a blind box. He wanted to see what kind of high school girls he'd "pull."
Clang—
The moment the classroom door was shoved open, the female teacher on the podium—who looked to be in her late twenties—felt her legs tremble uncontrollably. It wasn't that Alex looked scary; it was the Lust Crest on her own skin reacting, telling her exactly who had entered.
As the uncrowned king of the campus, even the teachers were...
Hmm, this teacher is mature and has a decent face, but she's just a background character, Alex thought. He wasn't very interested. He stood at the door and scanned the room, ignoring the shocked, terrified looks of the boys and the tense, fearful gazes of the girls.
He did a quick head-count.
Damn, there are a lot of beauties in here.
Alex knocked on the door and issued a cold command. "Alright, all the males—get out!"
The boys were to leave, but what about the girls?
The girls were to stay, of course. And as for what they would do... did it even need to be said? Alex's intentions were obvious. Hearing his commanding voice and seeing the faint smile on his face, the male students looked at the popular, pretty girls in the class.
It felt like a thousand arrows piercing their hearts. Their mental defenses were on the verge of collapsing.
Is he going to have a massive orgy right now?
God dammit! I'm so jealous!
Using [Absolute Control], Alex threw all the meddling male students out of the room. Once the classroom contained only the nervous high school girls and the stunned female teacher, Alex's smile became very "kind."
"Well? What are you all doing? Continue the lesson. Why are you staring?"
"O-okay... then, let's continue the lesson."
"Oh, one more thing," Alex added. "From now on, the male students are the bottom tier of this school. You girls might be my slaves, but that's only relative to me. In front of any other male, including the male faculty, you have the absolute power of life and death."
"...Yes, Master."