Chapter 43 — Trifold Temptation: One Body, Three Souls
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10:44 PM | Tokyo Loft — Candles, Shadows, and Silk Sheets
Yuuto lay on the bed.
His chest bare.
The binding sigils glowing faintly, like embers waiting to burst.
Three girls stood before him.
Aika, eyes teary, heart heavy — the girl who still loved.
Hana, barely herself anymore — the girl who burned.
Reika, silent, possessed — the girl who reflected nothing.
The Mirror Goddess whispered in his head:
> "Choose your next climax carefully, boy…"
> "Only one soul can anchor you back. The others will fade into me."
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Temptation I: Hana the Bound
Hana crawled onto the bed first.
Nude. Hungry. Desperate.
> "You want to feel pleasure?
I'll burn your guilt away."
Her tongue traced his collarbone.
Her fingers wrapped around his mark.
His body shivered.
But her eyes weren't Hana's anymore.
They glowed black beneath the surface.
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Temptation II: Aika the Willing Sacrifice
Aika knelt next.
She kissed his wrist — the one that used to touch her first.
The one that bled to break Reika's curse.
> "Let me take it. All of it.
Let me carry the corruption."
She undressed slowly.
Deliberately.
Revealing scars etched with runes.
> "I'll be your seal, Yuuto."
> "Even if it kills me."
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Temptation III: Reika the Silent Mirror
Reika said nothing.
She just climbed beside him—
And pressed her bare body against his.
Cold.
But familiar.
Her lips touched his.
> And suddenly… he saw her dreams.
A shattered room. A hand reaching.
Yuuto's face, over and over, burning in reverse.
She wasn't just possessed.
> She was trying to come back.
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The Choice — And the First Mark Burns
Yuuto arched.
His body reacted to all of them.
But he could only finish with one.
Only one could be sealed through climax.
Only one would anchor his soul.
He reached out—
His hands trembling—
And chose…
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