The system interface materialized in Rem's vision, Purple text floating against the darkness, and for a moment everything looked normal until her eyes tracked down to the quest section and her breath caught in her throat.
[Quest Complete: ARIA'S FAVORITE - Part 4: DEEPER DESCENT]
Objective: Reach LST 25 (Achieved: 26/25)
Time Limit: 30 days( Expired)
Rewards: 3,000 LP + Master Rank Skill + ???
Status: SUCCESS (Rewards Pending)
LST 26. She'd started at 20 when they entered the fog, which meant gaining six points, and the quest had given her thirty days but the status said expired which meant—
The thought dissolved like sugar in water before she could grasp what that meant, confusion flooding in to replace the certainty, and Rem's hand moved instinctively to dig her nails into her palm.
Sharp hot pain cut through the fog's suppression and clarity snapped back with vicious intensity.
Thirty days. The quest timer said that at least thirty- days had passed when her mind insisted they'd only been in the fog for two days at most, and that discrepancy meant they'd been trapped here for over a month cycling through the same patterns while time passed outside their awareness.
She scrolled down to her skill list with trembling mental commands, and when she saw the change her stomach dropped.
[Mind-Body Unity] Rank: Journeyman
Description: Your mind and body are a single bridge, without one the other is useless, forming a deep connection between them, they now have gotten closer to being truly one. Reduces reaction time, increases connection between intent and action
Eliminates disconnect between mental intention and physical execution
New Ability: Can sense desynchronization between mental and physical experiences
Journeyman rank. The skill had jumped an entire tier from Master, which only happened through extensive usage or extreme circumstances forcing rapid growth, and the new ability description about sensing desynchronization was exactly what had let her notice something was wrong in the first place.
Her body had experienced many days while her mind experienced only two, creating such massive desynchronization that [Mind-Body Unity] had evolved just to keep her functional, and the upgraded rank was the only reason she could hold onto coherent thoughts right now instead of forgetting like—
The certainty started fading and Rem bit down on her tongue hard enough that copper flooded her mouth, using the pain to anchor herself before the thought could scatter completely.
Focus. She needed to understand what happened and then plan an escape before she forgot everything again.
Rem looked at her hands in the dying firelight and the wrongness was undeniable once she forced herself to see it, because her nails had grown nearly a quarter inch past where they should be with white tips visible even in the dim light filtering through the fog.
Nails grew approximately three- four mm per week under normal circumstances, which meant the quarter inch of growth represented at least a month and two weeks to probably closer to two months.
She reached up to touch her hair with her fingers and when she pulled a strand forward to examine it in the firelight her breathing went shallow and rapid.
The hair hung well past her breasts in thick waves that caught the firelight with blond highlights and the white color, but now with only a few highlights of blond remaining, and she also knew with absolute certainty that her hair had been cut to shoulder length before leaving the city because she'd specifically trimmed it to keep it from interfering during battle.
But this hair was waist-length and heavy and unmistakably real, suggesting at least two or three months of growth, the math didn't quite line up with the quest timer unless—
Her thoughts scattered like startled birds and Rem scratched her nails down her forearm in four parallel lines, drawing blood that looked black in the firelight.
The pain grounded her and clarity came back, she forced herself to think through the implications methodically before the fog could suppress her awareness again.
A month was at the minimum. Possibly longer if the timer only tracked from when the quest became active. Her body showed signs of extensive time passage through hair growth and nail growth. Her muscles felt simultaneously exhausted and well-conditioned that suggested regular activity she couldn't remember.
The Divine Mark pulsed with satisfied warmth against her lower back, and when she checked its status the confirmation made her stomach clench.
[Mark Status: Recently Fed (Next feeding required: 5 days)]
Recently fed meant sexual activity within the past week, and the mark required weekly feeding or her stats would be halved as penalty, which meant she'd been feeding it regularly throughout the lost month through methods she had absolutely no memory of engaging in.
Her LP total had climbed to over nine thousand which was impossible through normal accumulation but made perfect sense if she'd been completing quests and engaging in sex that generated LP over the course of a month, and the numbers didn't lie even when her memory insisted nothing had happened.
Had she just been fucking for a whole month?
Rem's hands clenched into fists hard enough that her nails bit into her bleeding palms, she used the pain to keep her thoughts from scattering while she examined her body for other evidence.
Her clothes fit differently than they had two days ago—no, thirty days ago—tighter across her chest and hips, that suggested her body had continued developing under the Lust stat's influence, and when she carefully pressed her fingers against her ribs and stomach she could feel the soreness of her muscles that had been used extensively and repeatedly.
Between her legs there was a deep ache that felt familiar and her inner thighs had faint bruises that might have been handprints if she let herself think about it too hard.
The thought tried to scatter and Rem bit her cheek hard enough to taste blood,
They'd been trapped in the fog for at least thirty days experiencing some kind of time loop or repeated scenario that kept them compliant.
The fog made them forget every time they noticed something wrong, suppressing awareness and resetting them into comfortable patterns that felt normal and safe, Rem had only broken through because [Mind-Body Unity] at Journeyman rank was finally strong enough to notice the desynchronization.
Her purpose solidified with cold clarity for approximately five seconds before starting to dissolve again, she dug her nails into her wounds until fresh blood welled up.
Right. She needed to escape. Needed to get everyone out before they lost themself to the fog's influence.
But she couldn't just wake the others and explain all this, the fog would suppress them the moment they started believing her, scattering their thoughts the same way it had been scattering hers, and confrontation wouldn't work against something that could simply make you forget you were trying to resist.
Rem sat by the dying fire and forced herself to plan while biting her tongue every thirty seconds to maintain coherence, the strategy that emerged felt sickening but unavoidable.
The fog encouraged certain behaviors, rewarded specific patterns, and based on the Divine Mark's status and her body's soreness it definitely encouraged sexual energy and desire, which meant approaching them with seduction instead of explanation would fit the pattern the fog wanted.
She could do that, heck she had many skills just for that, she hadn't used them for that until now but wasn't this what they were meant to do? Lull people around her until they were begging on their knees, desprate to fuck yet listning to her every command.
If she could get them aroused and compliant enough to open kaisen's pocket dimension without understanding why, she could hide Elise and Altaria inside where the fog might not be able to reach them, and then she could physically move Kaisen's body out of the fog's territory, that way she only had to get one person out which she could manage even by force.
The plan felt solid for approximately ten seconds before her thoughts scattered completely and she couldn't remember why she was sitting here bleeding, so Rem scratched fresh lines down her other forearm and used the pain to reconstruct her purpose.
Rem took a slow breath and stood on legs that shook badly, then walked toward where Kaisen and Elise sat by the fire with their eyes glazed and dreamy.
Halfway there her purpose dissolved completely and she stopped mid-step with confusion flooding through her because she couldn't remember why she'd stood up or where she was going, and it took biting her tongue hard enough to make herself gag before clarity returned.
She continued walking with her hips swaying in deliberate invitation, letting her naturally graceful movements do the work while she channeled confidence she absolutely didn't feel into sultry promise.
"Kaisen~" she said when she reached him, her voice dropping into a lower register that carried promise in every syllable. "I want to try something fun tonight."
His attention focused on her immediately and the glazed quality faded slightly as interest sparked in his eyes, Rem could feel the fog's presence shift around them like it was leaning in to watch what would happen. Was the bastard a cuck or something?
"What kind of fun?" Kaisen asked, his voice rougher than she had ever remembered.
Rem's thoughts scattered mid-response, the purpose dissolving like smoke. She stood there staring at him with her mouth half-open, confusion flooding in until she dug her nails into her bleeding palm.
Pain.Right—she needed to check what tools she had available before attempting this.
"Give me a moment," Rem said, her voice dropping lower, each word dripping with promise. "I need to... prepare something special for you."
She turned away from the fire, walking toward the wagon while her mind raced. Her fingers trembled as she pulled up her full status mentally, forcing herself to focus through the fog's constant weight.
[STATUS]
Name: Rem
Level: 12
STATS:
STR: 16
DEX: 21
END: 17
VIT: 19
CHA: 26
LST: 26
Available LP: 9,072
Unallocated Stat Points: 20
Nine thousand LP. The number stared back at her, confirmation of what she already knew—she'd been very active during the lost month. The fog had probably fed on her desires, amplified her lust, made her complete quests she couldn't remember but her body absolutely had experienced.
She scrolled to her skills with shaking fingers, biting her tongue when the interface tried to dissolve.
[SKILLS]
Mutilate (Rank C, Apprentice)
Basic Strike (Rank D, Master)
Seduction Basics (Path of Desire, Rank EX Master)
Desire Sense (Tier 1 Skill Tree)
Corrupted Resilience (Tier 1 Skill Tree)
Phantom Step( Rank ex)
Phantom Climax( Rank ex)
[SKILL TREE PURCHASES]
Sensual Grace: +3 DEX when observed by attracted individuals, movement becomes hypnotically fluid
Intimate Whisper: Speak directly into target's mind for 5 minutes, range 30ft
Charm : Target more receptive to suggestions, 10 min duration, LST impact +0.5 per use
Allure: Constant weak attraction aura, 15ft radius, +2 CHA, LST impact +0.1/hour passive drain, toggleable
The skills were perfect weapons for what she needed. Her thoughts started scattering and she scratched fresh lines down her forearm, using pain to anchor herself before checking her equipment.
[INVENTORY]
The Adaptive Shadow Leather Armor (Equipped): Form-fitting black leather that adjusts to its master's body +3 DEX, +2 END, enhances stealth
Iron Longsword (Equipped)
Lingerie x2 (black lace, red silk)
Night clothes x1
Rations x10
Health Potions x6
Stamina Potions x4
Aphrodisiac Perfume (24hr duration, 1 use remaining)
Mana Potions x3
Enchanted Jewelry (Equipped): Passive +2 CHA
Corruption Amulet (On Altaria): Increases target's corruption over time
Aria's Kiss - Enchanted Lipstick (10 charges): Makes the wearer's kisses addictive, targets crave more contact
Essence Collector (unused)
45 Gold Coins
Wet panty
Aria's Kiss. The enchanted lipstick that would make every kiss she gave into addiction. Ten charges meant ten different opportunities for victims who'd become desperate for another taste of her lips.
The Aphrodisiac Perfume had one use left with a twenty-four hour duration. It would affect everyone nearby, ramping up their arousal without them understanding why they suddenly found her irresistible.
Her purpose started dissolving and she scratched her bloody forearm, forcing her thoughts back into coherent order.
She needed to apply the lipstick and perfume first, make herself into something they couldn't resist. Then activate her Allure aura to draw them in like moths to flame. Seduce Kaisen into opening the dimension. Use her voice, her touch, her body to convince Elise and Altaria to enter the pocket space where the fog couldn't reach them. Finally, grab Kaisen and run until they broke free of this cursed white prison.
The plan crystallized for maybe five seconds before trying to scatter again, so Rem dug her nail and hesitantly pushed it into the skin between her other hands nail, pain so much pain, but that was good, she held onto her purpose through sheer stubbornness.
She pulled Aria's Kiss from her inventory—a sleek tube of lipstick that shimmered with purple-black iridescence like captured starlight. When she opened it, the color was deep crimson that seemed to pulse with its own heartbeat.
Rem applied it carefully to her lips, she had never done makeup before and she didnt even have a proper mirror so ofcoruse the lipstick was distorted to some degree, but the color settled in and it looked flawless. Her lips looked fuller, more kissable, like they were begging to be tasted. The crimson made her skin look paler, more porcelain, highlighting the heart-shaped perfection of her face in ways that felt almost unfair.
She was beautiful. Achingly, devastatingly beautiful, going beyond simple physical attraction into something almost divine. Shimmering White hair that had grown to her waist caught the firelight with an ethereal glow, her large eyes seemed to hold secrets worth dying for, and her body—curves that defied reality wrapped in the form-fitting shadow leather , looked like something a goddess might wear when descending to earth to drive mortals mad with desire.
[ARIA'S KISS APPLIED]
Charges Remaining: 9/10
Duration: Until removed
Effect: Your kisses become addictive. Targets will crave more contact, becoming increasingly desperate with each kiss.
Next she pulled out the small vial of Aphrodisiac Perfume, a clear liquid that smelled like honey making warm skin and sin condense into scent.
She dabbed it on her bloody wrists, neck, behind her ears, between her breasts where the leather armor dipped low enough to reveal the valley of her cleavage. The scent was subtle at first, then grew stronger as it warmed against her skin, spreading outward in invisible waves.
[APHRODISIAC PERFUME APPLIED]
Duration: 24 hours
Effect: All individuals within 15ft radius experience increased arousal. Effect builds over time. Targets will attribute arousal to natural attraction rather than external influence.
Her thoughts scattered completely and she had to break a nail before clarity returned with the pain. She could sacrifice her left arm, if that's what it took.
Rem took a slow breath, then activated Allure with a mental command.
The moment the skill engaged, she felt something fundamental shift in the air around her—a subtle pull, like she'd become the center of gravity in a small radius. Anyone within fifteen feet would feel drawn to her without understanding why, their eyes tracking her movements, their thoughts drifting toward her, their bodies responding to proximity with arousal they'd mistake for natural attraction.
She walked back toward the fire where Kaisen and Elise sat waiting, and even she could feel the difference in how she moved now. Her hips swayed with natural grace enhanced by Seduction Basics into something hypnotic, was she moving like this 24/7?
Each step was fluid and purposeful, the leather armor moving with her like a second skin that highlighted every curve of hers. Sensual Grace activated automatically as their eyes found her, making her movements even more captivating, turning simple walking into an art form that demanded attention.
Both of them looked up as she approached, their eyes widening slightly. She could feel their attraction like warmth against her skin.
"Sorry for the wait," Rem said, her voice pitched lower and more intimate than usual. The words seemed to hang in the air between them, heavy with promise.
She sat down next to Kaisen again, close enough that their thighs touched through the leather of her armor. She felt him tense at the contact, his breathing catching, his sent spiking higher as the perfume and her proximity combined into something he had no defense against.
The fog pressed closer around them like it was watching, curious about what she was doing, but it didn't suppress her.
"What I want," Rem continued, reaching out to trail her fingers along Kaisen's jaw in a touch that was intimate and possessive, "requires privacy. Your pocket dimension would be perfect for what I have planned."
Her fingers traced the line of his jaw with deliberate slowness, and she could feel him getting hornier by the second.
"But more than that..." She leaned in close enough that her breath ghosted across his ear, her breasts pressing against his arm through the leather armor. "I want to try something we haven't done before. Something that requires you to trust me completely."
Kaisen's own skill, the one that makes the people around him horny spiked sharply and she could sense his aura coming out in pulses .
"What kind of something?" His voice came out strained, he tried desperately to ignore the bulge forming in his pants, keeping his eyes on the beauty in front
Rem pulled back slightly to meet his eyes, activating Intimate Whisper. When she spoke, her voice appeared directly in his mind like silk sliding across bare skin, bypassing his ears entirely to speak to something deeper.
'Something where you give up control. Where you let me take the lead completely. You close your eyes for me, be patient like the good boy I know you can be, and let me show you pleasure you've never imagined~'
Kaisen's breath caught audibly. His pupils dilated until only thin rings of color remained around bottomless black. His aura jumped higher, affecting Elise and her equally but rem had enough mental power to suppress that, the pain helped
A point to be made was that no one seemed to have noticed her bloody arms or the wounds covering her hands, not even when she traced blood on his jaw.
"I..." He swallowed hard, throat closing up. "What do you need me to do?"
"Mmm." Rem hummed her approval, the sound vibrating with promise. Out loud she said, "I want you to be patient while I prepare everything. I want you sitting here, eyes closed, waiting for me to come back and give you exactly what your body's been craving. Can you do that for me?"
Her thoughts started scattering and she dug her nails into her thigh under her armor,
"I don't know if—" Kaisen started.
Rem activated Charm, the skill settling over him like a warm blanket. She could feel his resistance visibly crumbling , his objections melting away under the skill's influence as he became more receptive to her suggestions, more willing to comply with whatever she asked.
"You trust me, don't you?" she asked, her voice honey-sweet.
"Yes!" The answer came without hesitation.
"Then trust me now. Open your dimension for me. Close your eyes. Let me show you something incredible."
She pulled out a strip of cloth torn from an old shirt—soft enough not to irritate but opaque enough to block his vision completely. Kaisen's hands trembled slightly as he reached for it. She could see his boner clearly now, forming a huge tent across his pants.
"Okay," he said quietly. "But you have to promise—"
Rem leaned in and kissed him, cutting off whatever condition he'd been about to set.
Aria's kiss activated immediately. The moment their lips touched, Kaisen made a desperate sound in the back of his throat and his hands came up to grip her hips, pulling her closer like he couldn't help himself, his body moved on instinct rather than conscious thought.
The kiss deepened and Rem took control of it, her tongue sliding against his, tasting him while the enchantment worked its insidious magic. She could feel the exact moment the addiction took root, his desire transforming from simple want into desperate need, his thoughts fragmenting into single-minded focus on her lips, her taste, the sensation of kissing her.
When she finally pulled back, Kaisen followed her movement automatically, trying to chase her lips with his own like a man dying of thirst reaching for water.
"More," he breathed, and his voice was wrecked. "Please, just—more."
"Be patient," Rem whispered against his mouth, so close their lips almost touched but not quite. "Be good for me and you'll get everything you want."
She tied the blindfold around his eyes while he sat there breathing hard, his entire body trembling with barely restrained need. His aura burned like fire, so intense she could almost taste it.
"Open the dimension," she instructed softly.
Kaisen obeyed without hesitation, the pocket dimension's ethereal door shimmering into existence beside the fire..
Rem felt a spike of triumph that immediately started dissolving, so she bit her tongue until blood filled her mouth and clarity returned with copper taste.
One down. Two to go.
She turned her attention to Elise, who'd been watching the entire exchange with a flushed face and shallow breathing. The other woman was just from observing Rem seduce Kaisen, the perfume, touching and sheer overwhelming presence combining with kaizen's own aura made it into something Elise had no framework for understanding.
Rem stood with fluid grace that drew Elise's eyes automatically, tracking her movement like she couldn't help herself. The leather armor caught the firelight and made Rem's curves look even more pronounced, her waist impossibly narrow before flaring to hips that promised sin, her breasts straining slightly against the form-fitting material that demanded air.
A goddess who'd descended to earth, Beautiful beyond reason, sexy in ways that went past simple physics, almost supernatural, hot enough that the air around her seemed to shimmer with heat.
"Elise," Rem said, and even just speaking her name sounded like melody. "Come here."
Elise stood on trembling legs, drawn forward by the allure
If Rem really tried—if she activated every skill at full power, used every tool she'd accumulated, deployed the full arsenal of her corruption and lust—she could have all of them under her control within minutes. Could make them desperate, begging, willing to do absolutely anything she commanded just for the chance to touch her, taste her, please her.
The thought was terrifying. The power she held over them right now was absolute, and they didn't even understand how thoroughly she could dominate their thoughts and desires if she chose to.
But she didn't need total domination. Just compliance. Just enough cooperation to get them safely into the dimension before her thoughts scattered again and she forgot why this mattered.
"I have a surprise for you too," Rem said, reaching out to cup Elise's face with one hand. "But you have to be patient. You have to wait inside the dimension while I prepare everything."
Elise's thoughts were fragments, confusion, need, jealousy, desire all tangling together into incoherence.
"Why do I have to—" Elise started.
Rem leaned in and whispered directly into her ear, activating Intimate Whisper. Because good girls wait their turn.You've wanted to see what Kaisen and I do together, and now you'll get that chance. But only if you're patient for me first.
She could feel Elise's resistance crumbling, her body growing warm as Rem's breath ghosted across her ear and the mental voice spoke directly into her mind.
"Just wait inside," Rem continued out loud. "When everything's ready, I'll call you out and you can watch everything I do to him. Every single thing."
The promise hung in the air between them, heavy with implications, and Rem felt Elise's hair stand on their end
"How long?" Elise asked, her voice barely above a whisper.
"Not long. Just until I have Kaisen exactly where I want him." Rem smiled, and even that simple expression felt like a weapon, she looked impossibly tempting. "Can you be patient for me?"
"I... yes... Okay."
Rem guided Elise toward the portal with gentle pressure on her lower back, and Elise stepped through without further protest, disappearing into the pocket dimension.
Two down.
Her thoughts scattered completely and she stood there confused for several seconds before the pain in her bleeding arms reminded her why she'd been doing this.
Right. Altaria. Still in the wagon. One more person to hide before she could run.
Rem climbed into the wagon where Altaria was sleeping peacefully, getting the priestess to comply would be easier, she was the weakest when it came to her mind, but that meant the fog had compromised her as thoroughly as it can.
But Rem had tools for that too.
She shook Altaria's shoulder roughly. "Wake up. I need you."