Post-Coital Discussion

"Rio-sama's... Rio-sama's penis is still inside and is hard~ kya! What should I do? Should I wait for him to wake up? Or should I help him calm down? Muuu~ I don't want to disturb Rio-sama's rest… I don't know what to do~"

That low, troubled whispers woke me up. I open my eyes slowly and see Yashima's red-faced, troubled expression. She looks like she's distressed.

We are still cuddling on the crumpled futon. The musk from last night grinding stabs my nose. It is a pleasant smell. The smell of satisfaction and fulfillment.

As if sensing my awakening, Yashima's eyes move and meet mine. She becomes silent, wide-eyed in surprise. Then, she forms a nervous expression.

"Ano," she began nervously, "How long have you been awake, Rio-sama?" She asked in a meek, mortified tone.

"Oh, since you were talking about my cock inside you. By the way, it's normal for a guy to be hard in the morning. It's called morning wood."

"Eep!" She yelped in embarrassment and his her face in the crook of my neck.

I smile in amusement. Her reaction was cute. Despite being able to speak cheesy stuff with a straight face yesterday, Yashima can feel embarrassed too. I feel good knowing it.

I tighten my hug on her soft and warm body. Then, I hear her mutter "Sorry for waking you up, Rio-sama" while burying her face into my neck.

I rub her back tenderly and speak up.

"Don't worry about it."

The silence stretches for a short while until Yashima mutters something to me.

"Do you want to do it again?"

To be honest, I'm tempted to continue. But, I don't have the energy to do it. Last night was intense. It was the best laid that I have the pleasure of experiencing.

'So, this is what they call "the spirit is willing but the body is not",' I thought wordlessly.

Then, I remember that I have collected many TP last night. I quickly access my status screen and check out the price of increasing my stats. I find out the price is only 1TP.

It looks cheap, but I need 8TP to hit SSS-rank for one statistic attribute. That is 36TP to raise all stats to SSS-rank. Then, there is an additional 10 TP to raise my Tier. At Tier E, raising my statistic attribute by one rank will cost me 10TP, and raising Tier E to Tier D will cost me 100TP. Raising a statistic attribute by one rank at Tier D will cost me 100TP. The price will get multiplied by ten times until I must pay millions of TP to raise one statistic attribute.

So, yeah, this system is only helpful to me in the beginning. It becomes an evil capitalist later.

All that aside, I decided to raise my Tier to E. I do not bat my eyelids on spending 46 TP. I have dozens of TP left. At this point, I am stronger than Yashima, statistically speaking.

"Rio-sama! How?!" Yashima shouted, surprised. Her shocked voice caught my attention.

At this moment, Yashima pulls her head out of my neck and gives me an uncomprehending gaze. Then, she flips my body without letting my dick out of her pussy and then straddles me. It sobers me up.

I watch her uncomprehending gaze as she inspects me. Then, she speaks up in a befuddled tone.

I dismiss my status screen in a hurry and meet her disbelieving gaze. "What?" I said in confusion.

"I don't know what happened, but you have become so strong! I feel like you are stronger than me now! What have you done, Rio-sama?"

I smile wryly. Instead of answering her, I close my eyes and resolve myself for what's coming. I already planned to tell her about me because I want her as my first companion.

Opening my eyes, I see her confused expression still here. I prepared myself first before I speak up in a careful and low tone.

"Yashima, did you remember my other promise? The one about telling you something important when you felt my attempt to deceive you."

"Ah?" Yashima made a sound as if she remembered it, then she looked at me unsurely, "Are you going to talk now?"

"Yeah. But, I need you to swear as my Sekirei that you won't tell anyone unless I permit you. You will keep my secret even from Takami, Minaka, or anyone you trusted! Can you do this?"

As if understanding the severity of this topic, Yashima becomes solemn and nods seriously.

"I swear in the name of my pledge as your Sekirei, Rio-sama!"

"Good." I take a deep breath, "The truth is…"

I tell her about my origin, how I died, how I found myself in that empty void, how I obtained the Harem System, what the system can or cannot do, my plan to leave this Record and bring her with me… I tell her everything. I even tell how in my homeworld, the whole Sekirei Record is a manga and anime. I tell her how she was the Sekirei of that douche after he forcefully winged her.

My explanation took an hour or so to finish, and Yashima listened to everything silently. Her eyes are calm, and she has a small smile despite my outlandish and unbelievable words. It is kind of unnerving.

After I finished my explanation, I wait for her response. But, she does something unexpected. She leans her body forward and wraps her arms around my neck and then kisses me deeply.

I unconsciously hold her waist. I see her wings appear on her back. After that, she pulls her head, stopping the kiss. With an angelic smile, she declares firmly.

"By the pledge of my hammer, Sekirei #84, Yashima, belongs to Rio-sama forever and ever… I have said it in the past, right? I don't care who or what Rio-sama is. As long as I can stay at Rio-sama's side, I am happy and content."

"You believed in me?" Forming a disbelieving expression, I asked her.

"Of course, I believe in you. I can feel that you were being truthful. There is also your inexplicable power-ups that happened. There is no other explanation for it besides Rio-sama's special origin."

"Thank you for placing your faith in me, Yashima." I felt like an invisible weight had left my chest. I'm feeling relieved. Extremely so.

"You're welcome. So, why don't you register me as your first Companion? I am eager to see it…this system." Yashima has an eager expression on her face.

I smile wryly yet I invite her as my Companion at the same time. A cobalt blue screen appears in front of her face, floating there. Yashima suddenly straightens her sitting posture on top of me. The screen follows her movement, maintaining a fixed distance to her face. She tilts her head in befuddlement.

"So, how do I accept it?"

"Think about picking up the "Accept" option."

Yashima follows my instruction, and a notification replaces the invitation screen. Then, Yashima pours her focus on the new interesting presented in front of her.

I rest myself contently, watching Yashima reading and tinkering the features of the system. Unlike my system, Yashima only has Status, Storage, and Shop functions.

I steal a glimpse of her status and discover that her stats have risen up. The stats that were formerly A is fixed at S and the S into SS. Her Energy is read as C~SSS. It looks like my latest action in trusting her has raised her power permanently.

There is no Tantric Points/TP attribute, but there is Allowance Points/AP instead. For her skill, she has acquired "Lovemaking - F". Moreover, her Gravity Manipulation has increased to E rank.

Regarding the Storage function, she only has one slot. Since she's at Tier F, the size of that slot is 1*1*1 meter cubic. If she upgraded her Tier, she only receives one slot bonus, unlike my 10 slots bonus. The increase in the size of her Storage slot is the same as mine.

"Rio-sama! It says I can become stronger too, but I need to use my Allowance Points! I can buy many interesting things too! Oh! There is also Divine Hammer of the Thunder God called Miljor-something!" Yashima said excitedly, squirming on me.

Because we are still connected, her movements are stimulating me. In fact, her inside is contracting and relaxing, massaging my morning wood mercilessly.

I realize that it is a deliberate action. I see her saucy smirk and knowing look. What a naughty little minx…

"Ne, ne, Rio-sama, it says I can get Allowance from you. You can convert your sex energy into my Allowance. Do you need my help to collect more sex energy?" She asked seductively after dismissing her status screen.

Her face is rosy red in arousal and excitation. She is leaning her body forward, resting her hands on my chest. Her breasts are jiggling enticingly.

The coquettish little bird can set the mood, okay! I can't help but acknowledge it.

Despite her weight that's not light by normal human standards, I don't feel bothered by it. It shows the prowess of my new physical strength.

There is no need for a verbal answer. I let my action speak louder.

Wrapping my arms around her soft, warm body, I pull her body down until her breasts are squeezed between her body and mine, spreading like a pliant, soft material, while her nipples are rubbing on my chest. She releases a coquettish squeal before we kiss hungrily.

"Kyaaa~ Rio-sama~ Muach~ Fuuu~"

It is still early in the morning. The system's clock displays "6:08 AM - Japan's Time Zone, Sekirei Record".

We spend a couple of hours of collecting energy.

As an aside, I don't mind giving her Allowance Points, but I want her to max out her stats normally first. I don't want to waste TP if I can help it.