17 Chapter #13 - Choice

A few days passed after this incident. At Aizen's behest, Kizuna sent a hundred or so of his wolves out in search of Vasto Lorde.

And what was he doing? He just sat there and tried to get used to his new powers. At the same time, he was thinking about what to do about the mission that had appeared the day before.

<Unstable Hole>

<Description: Menoly has seen every minute you and Loly had sex like cats in March. Her heart is turmoil because of you. This the opportunity you've been looking for.>

<Requirement: Make her fall in love with you and or be her.>

<Reward: 1,000 WP>

<Penalty: Menoly's ambivalence will remain the same and perhaps she start to fear you.>

There were several reasons why he wasn't interested in Menoly. First of all, he was not her type. He didn't interest her that much. Then he had a very uninspiring personality. She was easily suppressed by Loly.

That's why he didn't like her very much. Sometimes he even forgot she existed. As he sighed, the scene with Loly on top of each other appeared in his mind.

That was the main motivating factor. Her personality, though dim, was not bad. She certainly had a much better personality than Loly. And her ideas were nice.

So there was no reason not to be with her or to include her fully in the harem.

The problem was how to do it. At first he thought of many roundabout ways, but in the end he decided to be direct.

For some time the Tres Bestias had been arguing among themselves with Loly. Harribel was more absorbed than ever in her training.

In short, this was an ideal time. When he saw her watching them outside, he went carefully to her side. As he went, Barragan invaded his mind.

Barragan was arrogant, but not stupid. The fact that he was too arrogant to come himself and what he had done to his subordinate would surely create a rift between them. But neither Kizuna nor Barragan was in favor of direct confrontation.

It was difficult, especially when a variable like Aizen told them not to cause too much trouble.

As he thought about it, he realized that no matter how strong he was, he was also very weak. This made him grimace slightly, but then he shook his head.

Menoly watched Harribel's sword swings with a pensive expression. She didn't even hear him when she approached him.

"Hey, Menoly. Are you free?"

Menoly flinched. When she saw Kizuna, her whole body trembled.

"Is there a, a problem?"

Kizuna sighed. He tried to put on a smile that was far from intimidating.

"We just need to talk alone for a while."

At Kizuna's words, she shuddered even more. She had the expression of a soldier whose memories of Vietnam had surfaced. But she did not disobey.

She stood up and said with obvious uneasiness in her voice:

"Yes, Plata-sama."

Kizuna let out another tired sigh as he realized that this was going to be more frustrating than he thought.

Together they went to the bedroom Kizuna had arranged for them. It was extremely large. The room was almost entirely made up of beds. Two windows looked out.

Kizuna sat on one of the beds. Menoly was rigid, not moving.

Kizuna was a direct man. So he got straight to the point.

"I want you to be mine."

These were the words that sent Menoly's mixed emotions into overdrive. Her body was visibly trembling and her thoughts were all over the place!

Here was a man who had provided them with a way to gain more power. Even though he hadn't given them anything yet, her current form and indirect development was due to him finding them.

This had naturally created a great respect and interest in her heart. Although he dominated with his strength, he treated those weaker than him as equals. This made him even more intriguing.

But in her mind it was like yesterday that Loly, the aggressive friend she had known all this time, had been caught like a lamb and the inappropriate things that had been done with her…

His sudden change of behavior frightened Menoly. She was afraid of what might happen to her and, more importantly, she was afraid of falling into the same addict-like mindset as her friend.

Menoly was helpless in the face of these words.

"I-I..."

Kizuna could feel that Menoly could do nothing if Kizuna was with her at that moment. Kizuna's gaze was like that of a hungry wolf, no matter how hard he tried to hide it.

Kizuna put on a serious face.

"I can see the weird looks you've been giving me, I'm not going to rape you."

But these words did little to reassure Menoly. When Kizuna saw that there was no change, he clicked his tongue.

"Ahh! Really... I can't force you to do anything. Don't feel inferior. I'll love you as long as you accept it. I called you here because I want you to know that."

Menoly narrowed her eyes in surprise.

"Is that all?"

Kizuna nodded slightly.

"That is all. You have all the time you need to make your decision. You can go."

With that, Kizuna closed his eyes. He still had problems to think about. For now, he didn't think he could do anything more for Menoly. It was not his style to push unless he had to. Even though he knew there would be exceptions to that in the future.

He started scanning his mind. He tried to remember some of the characters his friends had told him about. Especially the backlore of the character he was most interested in after Harribel.

As he began to think about it, Menoly stayed where she was instead of leaving. Even though she had heard what he had said to Loly in person... she hadn't expected him to treat her in a similar way.

As her confusion grew to its peak, the hesitation of what to say tightened her heart. She brought her right hand to her chest. She closed her eyes. Then when she opened them again, they glowed with determination.

"Can you make me like Loly? Something like her..."

Earlier, Kizuna had told others that the answer to this question was that he couldn't do it for anyone yet. But long before he said those words, he had also told her that he was not interested in doing it right now.

She didn't have the courage to ask before, or rather to make that decision. Even now it was a difficult decision to make, but she felt she had to make it in order to move forward. She had this feeling since she had witnessed Loly's power.

Time would tell if she would regret making this decision.

Kizuna had a puzzled look on his face as he opened his eyes. Of course he knew what she was talking about. But...

"Wolfication binds me to the target. There's no going back. Even if you're not my woman, you'll be my subordinate. Are you sure about that?"

He was deadly serious. There was no going back. Of course, it wasn't as strong a bond as he made it out to be. As far as he knew, it was only instilling a seed of instinctive trust.

And although Kizuna didn't know it, planting that seed was exactly what Menoly needed. It would grow much faster than he had expected.

Menoly shook her head vigorously.

"I am sure. Please... bite me."

There was still a hesitation in her voice. On the one hand it was clear that she was hesitating, but Kizuna respected her decision, stood up and did not hesitate any longer.

First he hugged her tightly!

This sudden hug stunned Menoly. She wanted to say something but couldn't when she felt Kizuna's warm masculine body.

'So... reassuring.'

That was the thought in her mind. Kizuna's scent penetrated her nostrils against her will. It was overpowering, but it was a comforting scent.

Without even realizing it, her body relaxed and surrendered itself to Kizuna.

As Kizuna hugged her, he slowly brought his head close to a piece of her neck. His teeth gleamed slightly, like razor blades, and his fangs sank into Menoly's skin.

"Ah..."

Menoly had prepared herself, knowing the pain, but an unconscious moan erupted from her mouth.

She could feel him sinking his teeth in. The pain he was inflicting was extremely uncomfortable. Her limp body tensed once more but she didn't struggle. After all, it was useless to struggle at this point.

As she felt something being permanently ripped out of her, she felt an indescribable sensation mixing with her blood. It was a warm feeling. It was like a moment when she hugged Kizuna. This heat coursing through her body was getting higher and higher.

When Kizuna pulled back, Menoly lost the strength in her legs and fell to the ground. A silver wolf silhouette appeared above her body.

While Kizuna was intrigued by the different sequence from before, Menoly's mind seemed confused. Her eyes lost focus.

"Hah~! Haaah~! Plata-sama please be gentle... Haaah~!"

The effect of whatever she was experiencing in her own imagination made her body tremble with fear. Her breathing became increasingly labored and her skin flushed red.

The silver wolf that manifested grew and when it was equal to Menoly, it hugged her like an embrace. Soon after, the silver wolf turned into shards of light and enveloped Menoly in silvery fur.

Slight howls of agony could be heard from Menoly.

"Hah! Haaah! Hot!"

The sounds of pain were much smaller and muffled compared to Loly's. The view in front of her did not change until she was completely trapped and disappeared.

Watching this pile of silver fur was an interesting sight for Kizuna. Although the result was the same, the process of manifestation seemed to work differently. At first he couldn't understand why, but then he came to this conclusion.

Consent seemed to be an important factor here. What had happened with Loly was entirely almost instinctive and non-consensual. Here it was the opposite.

He didn't think there would be a dramatic difference as a result. But it was still worth observing.

It took a moment for the feather grains from the silver fur to splash into the air like dust. It was a little longer than before, which was a bit surprising.

The grains of silver fur scattered in the air mixed with the Reiryoku in the air. At this moment Menoly appeared. She remained in the same position as before.

Her clothes were bathed in a silver glow, slowly fading. Her ears remained the same and did not seem to have changed visibly. Only with a little attention could Kizuna see that her tail had grown out and was lying flat.

Menoly was looking at Kizuna with a haughty expression. She murmured in a low voice.

"So this is what Loly feels."

She could more or less understand. Her feelings were swollen. It was inevitable that the slight closeness to Kizuna and the desire to get closer to her, combined with the sudden rise in her own body temperature, would feel extremely strange.

But she did not see this as bad. She could feel her increasing strength. In contrast, this was just a minor side effect.

Kizuna looked at her with a smile. The sharp change of expression on Menoly's face was a perfect image for him.