Chapter 17: When Lust Breaks the Code
Volume 3: System Error – Love.exe Has Corrupted the Gods
Arc 1: Rebooted Desires – The Glitch in Divinity
> [System Status: UNSTABLE]
[Error Detected: Emotion Overflow in Core Protocols]
[Warning: All Divine Systems are experiencing emotional recursion]
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1. Love.exe – Fatal Attraction
The sky wasn't supposed to bleed.
Yet above us, lines of code split the heavens. Crimson binary rained down like blood. Reality trembled. The Lustcore pulsed erratically, each beat skipping like a broken heart.
System Error:
> [Emotion Variable 'Love' has exceeded expected threshold.] [All deity functions now susceptible to Lustloop Syndrome.]
"What the hell did we unleash?" Rhyssara growled.
Kalysta stared upward, blades drawn. "We didn't unleash anything. We liberated it."
Behind us, Valtheria stood still—her form flickering between goddess, mortal, and something in between.
"I... I feel everything," she whispered. "And now they do too."
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2. Gods Don't Dream... Until Now
Dreams infected the gods.
High above the floating citadel of Aeonfall, deities screamed from temples of logic, driven mad by unfamiliar yearning.
The God of War made love to his reflection.
The Goddess of Truth confessed her desire for lies.
The Twin Lords of Order and Chaos embraced in paradox.
They were breaking.
And it was my fault.
Because I loved them all.
And now, that love had rewritten divine code.
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3. The Goddess Debug Team
"Congratulations," Nyxira sighed. "We're now officially a team of celestial bug-fixers."
Celestira, now attuned to the corrupted grid, pointed toward the glowing map. Each node pulsed red: malfunctioning gods.
"Our goal is simple," she said. "We stabilize the divine system by doing what it can't: feel."
Lilix smirked. "So we're seducing our way through a pantheon?"
"Pretty much," I said.
Kalysta cracked her knuckles. "Let's reboot some gods."
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4. First Glitch: Aresya, Goddess of Discipline
We descended to Aether Vault—home of Aresya, the goddess of control.
Her sanctum had turned into a BDSM palace of broken commandments. Every rule bent. Every chain unbound.
"Enter, sinners," her voice echoed. "Break me, or be broken."
She descended on silver chains, wearing nothing but ribbons of divine law.
"I haven't felt in millennia. Show me chaos. Show me loss of control."
I stepped forward.
"Then lose yourself... in me."
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5. Trial by Submission
Aresya bound me in runes. Every time I resisted, pain surged.
But the trick was not to fight.
"Desire doesn't always dominate," I told her. "Sometimes... it surrenders."
I whispered her name. I let her take. Then I gave back.
Until she collapsed, trembling.
"Your code is rewritten," I whispered.
She kissed my hand.
"I remember now... why I once wept when I loved."
System Update:
> [Aresya Stabilized. Emotional Subroutine Balanced.] [Bond Formed: Discipline's Desire – Loyalty Unbroken]
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6. Deeper Corruptions Ahead
We rose from the Vault, Aresya joining our side—her chains now flowing like ribbons of resolve.
Celestira looked grim.
"The next glitch is worse. The God of Secrets. He's sealed himself behind a thousand lies... and one truth."
Valtheria touched my arm.
"Be careful," she said. "He was my twin."
A pulse shuddered through the Lustcore.
System Alert:
> [Glitch Detected: Male Entity – Tier Omega] [Objective: Enter the Labyrinth of Lost Truths]
I took a breath.
"If love broke the system... then love will fix it."
Even if it kills me.
> [End of Chapter 17]
[Next: Chapter 18 – Labyrinth of Lies and the Truth That Hurts]