The air inside the Duke's library was thick with parchment dust and aged longing. Moonlight spilled through the stained glass in violet and gold, throwing decadent shadows across velvet drapes and timeworn shelves. Somewhere between the pages of forgotten grimoires and the echo of footsteps outside, Lucas sat motionless—his skin prickling, his senses sharpening like a blade being drawn for the first time.
The mark on his chest pulsed with heat, not pain. Not discomfort. No—it was hunger. A thrumming, divine hunger, deep in his soul.
And then it began.
[Seduction System: New Function Activated]
Module Unlocked: Desire Scan v1.0
Ability: Passive Aura Detection
Range: 15 meters
Focus Points Detected: 3
Initiating Scan…
Warning: High-Lust Environment. Suggest Controlled Exposure.
His breath caught. A warmth brushed behind his eyes—not physical, but sensory, like fingertips gliding over silk. His vision shifted. Not dramatically. Not glowing veins or magical fireworks. It was subtler. Deeper.
He felt them.
The women.
Their yearning.
Their silence thick with it.
A maid across the chamber, bent over to dust the lowest shelves, her thin linen skirt riding up over her thighs. Not scandalously. Not even intentionally. But Lucas could see the flush in her core—like heat rising from a hearthstone.
He blinked. A panel overlaid her form.
[Desire Scan: Target Identified]
Name: Clara – Housemaid (Virgin 🌸)
Lust Level: 46% – Suppressed
Pleasure Paths: Ears, Lower Back, Lips
Soul Compatibility: 62%
Mental State: Dreams of noble touch. Shame-laced desire.
Suggested Action: Casual Attention + Intimate Praise
Lucas stumbled back a step. The vision faded, replaced by a racing heartbeat and the lingering warmth of knowing.
Knowing what a woman truly wanted. Needed. Craved—but would never say aloud.
He staggered to the desk, gripping its carved edges, knuckles white with restraint.
"Gods," he muttered under his breath. "What the hell is this…?"
But he already knew.
The Seduction System. The Lustborn mark.
This was only the beginning.
Outside the library, nobles mingled in the palace's moonlit corridors. Courtiers whispered in alcoves. Servants glided like shadows. Lucas walked among them—no longer unnoticed, but seeing everything.
He passed a noble daughter dressed in sapphire silk. Her smile was polite. Her nod subtle. But the scan flared.
[Desire Scan: Target Identified]
Name: Ysolde Virellan – Baron's Daughter (Virgin 🌸)
Lust Level: 73% – Curiosity-Fueled
Pleasure Paths: Inner Thighs, Navel, Toes
Soul Compatibility: 89%
Mental State: Secretly fascinated by forbidden grimoires. Hides her hunger behind noble poise.
Suggested Action: Intellectual Tease + Gentle Domination
Lucas exhaled slowly.
This wasn't just power.
This was intimacy weaponized.
Emotion laid bare.
Secrets revealed at a glance.
A twist of guilt danced in his chest. Was he meant to see these things? To use them?
Or was this simply what the Lustborn were always meant to become—mirrors of want, avatars of divine seduction?
He wasn't ready to answer. Not yet.
But the world was already responding to him.
That night, the dream returned.
A celestial palace. Pillars made of ivory flesh and moaning starlight. Goddesses knelt beneath silken veils, their cries merging into song. He walked among them, naked but unashamed. The sigil on his chest pulsed, not with heat—but with light.
At the center of it all, she stood.
The forgotten goddess of pleasure.
Her body was wrapped in living shadow and silver chain. Her eyes glowed with approval.
"You have tasted awareness," she whispered, voice a caress over every nerve. "Next comes hunger. Then conquest."
Lucas awoke, gasping, his sheets damp with sweat and something deeper.
He threw off the covers.
The mark on his chest shone bright crimson.
[Seduction System Update]
Emotional Bond Matrix Unlocked
You can now perceive:
Guilt-Linked Lust
Trauma-Buried Pleasure
Repressed Divine Desires
New Tier Goal:
Seduce a virgin with divine bloodline.
Reward: Unlock "Soul Resonance – Tier 1 Core"
The weight of the message pressed into his bones.
He understood now.
It wasn't just about pleasure.
It was alchemy. Transformation. Rebirth. Every seduction, a sacrament.
Lucas spent the next day in observation. Training. Restraint. Every step through the palace became a test of control.
Aunt Virella—the Duchess's younger sister—passed him by, hips swaying in subtle rhythm. Mature. Refined. Widowed. He wouldn't dare.
Yet—
[Desire Scan: Target Identified]
Name: Lady Virella Gray – Dowager Duchess (Virgin 🌸 – Vowbound)
Lust Level: 81% – Hidden Devotion
Pleasure Paths: Neck, Palms, Soulmark
Soul Compatibility: 95%
Mental State: Haunted by celibate vows. Suffocating with unmet hunger. Dreams of forbidden salvation.
Suggested Action: Break Vow Ritual + Soft Ravishment
He broke the scan, breath ragged.
No.
Not yet.
But the system knew. It didn't judge. It simply revealed.
It was he who had to choose.
That night, he wrote in secret—scribbling notes on desires, compatibilities, emotional triggers. Building a compendium. A Grimoire of Lust.
He would not be reckless.
He would be intentional.
A strategist of seduction.
He tested the system's functions further.
In the garden, he focused his gaze on a cloistered priestess tending the moonblossoms.
[Desire Scan: Target Identified]
Name: Seraphine – Temple Acolyte (Virgin 🌸 – Divine Lineage)
Lust Level: 64% – Fear-Laced Curiosity
Pleasure Paths: Collarbone, Soles, Inner Wrist
Soul Compatibility: 97%
Alert: Divine Thread Detected.
Suggested Action: Sacred Touch + Truthbinding Vow
Potential Unlock: Tier 1 Core
Lucas's heart stopped.
This one… this one was the key.
A divine virgin.
The very goal the system had laid before him.
But Seraphine was cloistered. Chaste. Bound by temple law.
And she looked at him—on instinct, perhaps, or some unseen pull. Their eyes met.
Her breath caught. She turned away too quickly.
But her soul had sung.
Lucas clenched his fists.
He would not rush this.
But the hunt had begun.
Later, in the quiet of the night, the system flickered one final time before sleep took him.
[Seduction System: Desire Scan Summary]
Daily Focused Scans: 7
Compatible Virgins Identified: 3
Divine Virgins Detected: 1
Potential First Ascension Target: Seraphine, Temple Acolyte
Lustborn Rating: 11% – Novice
Next System Evolution at 25% Rating
And beneath the flickering text, a final whisper, not from the system, but from within himself—his darker, deeper self now stirred awake:
They want to be seen.
They want to be touched.
And you... you were born to awaken them.
To be continued…