The Deity Entertainment Network

Chapter 242 – Fifty Shades Of Wayne

"How are you not out of breath?" Chris asked him after they stopped running a fairly significant distance outside of the town. 

"A lot of training and some magical assistance." He replied, then deposited his cargo on the ground. He had to cycle healing magic for a bit to maintain the pace for as long as he had, but it was worth it to get away from the crowd of onlookers, who had gathered to watch their spectacle. "As for you two, what in the world was that about? You too, Chris. That was unacceptable." He glared down at both Darkness and Aqua, flames of mana shooting out of the side of his eye. He was livid, the fifteen-minute run doing nothing to cool down his anger at being embarrassed in public by these three. 

Neither of his former cargo answered him, nor would meet his glare, so he rounded on Chris. "You know damn well I didn't offer you healing to give you an orgasm. That was just an excuse so we could talk in private. Why would you throw gas on the fire like that? What in the world did I ever do to deserve that from you?" 

 "I... I... thought it was kind of funny." She stammered. The goddess shrank back from his raging form, actually seeming worried that he was going to hurt her. That kind of hurt, but this attitude needed to be checked now, and he was too pissed to try and take a more rational approach. 

It’s not like I could actually hurt a goddess. God, is she playing with me, too?

"Really? You thought it would be funny to make a dozen people think I'm some sort of pervert? We barely know each other. Why would that be okay?" He replied, looming over her. "I'm disappointed in you, Chris, and I think the goddess Eris would be as well. Doesn’t she teach people to be kind, polite, noble and industrious?"

"She... does."

"Then maybe before you start playing pranks on me, you get to know me a bit better! Aqua. You know damn well I didn't cast magic on you to give you an orgasm. It was to heal your body after you were dragged around the city behind a cart. Was saying that shit just to get back at me for not letting you manipulate me anymore and making you take some responsibility for your own survival? If it was, go ahead and turn your ass back to the city right now. I have no further use for someone like you." He said, standing over the prone goddess as the venom came from his voice.

"John, I... I didn't think it would be that big of a deal."

"Not a big deal? You just called me a sex offender in front of people, then started beating me like I was guilty of it. The only reason I’m not smacking your ass until it's purple right now is that I said I would give you until after the giant toad cull to prove to me you could change. You're on shaky ground right now; I expect better from someone like you."

 *SOB* "I'M SORRY!"

"Save it. Your crocodile tears no longer work on me, Ma'am." He growled.

He then turned his ire towards Darkness. She was kneeling in front of him, shaking slightly, looking like she was horrified at herself. Holding his anger in check, he knelt down in front of her and lifted her chin to force her to look at him. He needed her attention. "Darkness, I know you have a problem and have a hard time helping yourself, but there has to be something we can do to reduce these kinds of outbursts. Do you believe you would be more receptive to some sort of punishment and reward system?"

"What... what do you mean?"

He activated his card skill and looked at her likes and dislikes again, nodding to himself.

This might work if she buys into it. God, I wish I really were a therapist or a psychiatrist. I doubt I'll find one of those in a medieval world.

"Well, traditional punishments won't work on you; those would almost act like rewards. What is something you truly can't stand?"

She thought about it for a moment, then murmured something under her breath.

"What was that?"

"Lalatina. It's my real name."

"It's a very pret-"

"DON'T! I hate it. It's too cute. I'm a Crusader, I don't want to be seen as someone who is cute."

"So you don't want to be seen as cute? So being called by your name, wearing a cute dress, maybe some flowers in your hair, would be a punishment for you?"

"I... Yes, I would almost rather die."

"Do you think you would be able to hold your outburst in if that were the consequence of your actions? At least in public."

"What? You mean, if I lose my decorum, I have to wear a dress?"

"A cute dress. In public, while being called by your name. Or if that is too close to letting your secret out, maybe a nickname. Lala? Tina? Something like that."

"I really don't like that."

"And I really don't like being called a two-timer, philanderer, and a liar. This is meant to deter you from losing yourself, a punishment if you do it again. Do you think that threat would be enough to help you keep your head?"

"It...might. Do I have a choice?"

"You always have a choice. I won't force you to do this; it has to be by your own volition that you accept that this is what needs to be done to change how you think. We can stop whenever you want, but if you choose to do this, don't back out of it just to avoid your punishment. You need to give it a chance to see if it will help you."

"And what about my rewards? You did say there are rewards, right?"

"Well... I did say that. What do you think would be a good reward?"

"I... want you to do things to me. Not in public, but in private."

"Darkness... I-"

"No, please, hear me out. I have been closer to you than any other man in my life. You were my first kiss, my first groping, my first time. I want you to tie me up, humiliate me, choke me and slap me around. Then have you use your healing magic on me to finish me off. When you took me, then left me to my shame in the bath, I knew. I knew you were the man for me. That is the reward I want."

"You know we didn't actually have sex, right? Nothing went inside of you; it was just an accident, all of it. Besides, I'm dating Luna, and I heard the church doesn't look kindly on polygamy."

"That is true, but we are being much more... open about it these days. We have a population crisis after all." Chris said, interrupting their conversation before she could reply.

"Since when? The Axis church still sees that as a sin!" Aqua said, aghast at the thought.

"Actually, they don't. They were the first ones to see the issue and have tried to win over some of the Eris Church followers with their new, more liberal doctrine. We had to change with the times to keep our flock with us." Chris replied.

"What? Why I outta. John, you need to go defeat the Devil King right now! I can't fix this from here!"

John ignored the goddesses, staring into the azure eyes in front of him. She looked desperate, wanting to change but unable to do it on her own. There was no draw from the canon right now, so any decision he made would be his own. 

Why am I always a sucker for blondes with beautiful eyes? 

"If I agree to this, you and I will get to know each other better." He said, holding the side of her face in his hand, grazing her plump lips with his thumb. "I have some secrets to tell you, and you can decide afterward if you want to remain with me. Now, I'm not a two-timer, but I won't be giving up being with Luna. So you will need to learn to share my time with her and possibly others." He continued, pushing his thumb into her mouth. She accepted it, sucking on it eagerly.

"Nor is this going to just be a deal to help you out. I don't do casual relationships. If we do this, we will get married at some point, and you will have my children. I love love and romance, but recently I have noticed I do have a bit of a sadistic side, so this will... work for me as well."

She was completely enraptured with his words, sucking his thumb absently even with this slight show of dominance. Her eyes were half closed, her breathing was steady, and she looked... content.

"So, I'll help you. In private, you can let your issues happen, but in public, you will hold them in check. If you can't hold it in, you will wear a dress in public, and I will call you by cute names while we go on dates. If you can hold it in... I will reward you when the time is appropriate and as I see fit. Do you agree?" 

"Mmmhmm..." She murmured, not releasing his thumb. Little John was getting hard, the stupid thing wanting to replace his thumb immediately. 

"Good girl. Now for your first punishment. Close your eyes." He said, pulling his thumb out of her mouth.

"My... punishment?" She asked, looking up at him in a daze.

"Yes. You embarrassed me. I'm not letting that slide. Now, close your eyes. I'm not asking again." He said roughly. After she complied, he moved to the side of the road. There were patches of pink and purple wild flowers along this stretch, so he snapped a few lengths of them and returned to the kneeling woman. "Stay still."

"Yes, Sir." She replied. He started threading the flowers through her hair, making her look a bit cuter in the process. He probably could have made a wreath with them, but he didn't want to dick around much longer. He planned on being at that village before lunch, and time was wasting.

"I never would have thought that she would have been fixed with... flowers," Chris said, watching John work. 

"Fixed? What is wrong with her? What did I even watch here?"

"She gets pleasure from pain, among other things. It's pretty tragic how badly it has consumed her life."

"Oh. Well, Axis accepts people of all kinds; she is welcome to join whenever she wants."

"She is one of my- of Eris's most devout followers. There is no need for her to join that cult."

"The Axis Church is not a cult! They follow the senior goddess after all."

"Of course. Aqua has her own devout followers; there's no need to steal more of Eris's."

The two of them bickered for a few more minutes as John decorated his Crusader in flowers, wondering if this was the right choice to make. He almost wanted to take it all back and just continue on this journey on his own, but he had a few plans for HOTD that, if he got the chance, he would need the two goddesses' help to make happen. With Eris with them, he hoped he would be able to get some coherent answers; despite her divinity, Aqua seemed rather slow. She didn't seem to realize Chris was actually Eris, or even what was happening inside of her own church. 

"Will you two stop it. Aqua, since you haven't left yet, you follow me now, remember? I won't put up with this petty bickering." John said absently as he finished up with his flower arrangement. 

"I ah... what? I didn't agree to that?"

"Are you sure? Your begging to join me on this trip tells me something different. Or are you telling me that was all a lie as well?"

"Ahh... no... I really don't want to be left alone."

"Good. Now stop arguing, or else we can bring it up with your bosses if you want." He said. He had the sadistic urge to make her kiss and make up with Chris, but that might be a step too far.  

"I'll behave." She said, pouting off to the side of the road. Chris looked as if she wanted to say something more, but she kept silent. 

DEN seems to have tamed two goddesses for me, albeit temporarily.

He turned his focus back to Darkness. "I'm done. Now keep these pretty flowers in your hair until tomorrow, Lalatina."

"Do you really have to call me that. It's so embarrassing." She said, her cheeks flushing but not making her start on one of her... episodes.

"Yes, I do. I like your name, so I'm going to call you that unless we are in public. Remember, this is your punishment for not holding yourself together. Be a good girl for me, and I will call you Darkness again. Can you do that, Lalatina?"

"Yes, Sir."

"Good. Now, with our extra party members, I need to use something else to get us back on my timetable. Stand back a bit." John said, fishing Suzy Q out of his pocket. Once the women stepped back, he funnelled his mana into her figure, expanding Suzy Q to her full size. 

"What in Eris's name is that? Is that a construct like The Destroyer?" Darkness said, confused at the mech standing nearly twelve metres above her. 

"That is Suzy Q. She is a thirty-five-ton Battlemech ready for war. Now, I have room for you in the cockpit, and I will fill you in on who I actually am. Chris and Aqua both know my secret already, so I will now trust you with it as well."

"Wait? This little shrimp already knows who you are? Does she know who I am, too? That isn't something you should be giving out!" Aqua said, glaring at him.

"Aqua... You and Chris can sit on the head. I'm sure you have plenty to catch up with."

"John. This... isn't fair." Chris added.

"Nor was taking a cheap shot at me, darlin', welcome to the consequences of your actions. Now, get on board, we have wolves to find!"