'Lust system': Rise of the Harem lord-Chapter 37: Dominion Tower

Location: Dominion Tower – Core Courtyard

The sky was fractured.

Cracks of silver energy veined across the air like glass ready to shatter.

Elias and Velhira stepped out of the void and into chaos.

Aya had blades drawn, Mira was firing protocols into a defensive shield, and Aurora was already mid-air, chains protecting civilians as the Dominion trembled.

They landed—together.

Everyone froze.

Mira aimed her wrist-gun directly at Velhira.

"You’ve got some nerve walking in here."

Elias raised a hand. "She’s not the enemy anymore."

Aya didn’t lower her sword. "Then what is she?"

Velhira stepped forward. Her voice held no power-command. Just exhaustion.

"Someone who saw what you’ll face... and decided not to face it alone."

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The Warning

> [Global System Alert – ALL REALMS]

[SERAPHIM CORE INITIATING JUDGMENT SEQUENCE]

[Objective: Restore System Purity – All Modified Hosts and Unauthorized Cores Will Be Purged]

Lilith slammed her boot into the control room door.

"This isn’t a threat. It’s a system purge. Anyone with feelings outside their assigned roles—gone."

Aurora narrowed her eyes. "That includes all of us."

Rina stepped out of the archive tower, holding a crystal disk.

"I traced the Seraphim Core’s location. It’s not below. It’s within the Heartroom." frёewebnoѵēl.com

Velhira nodded.

"I sealed it once. With code, with control, with lies. But Elias cracked it."

Elias turned to them all.

"I’m going back in. But not as a ruler."

Aya sheathed her blade. "Then as what?"

Elias looked out over the horizon, where the cracks were starting to bleed light.

"As someone who’s done pretending this system makes sense."

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Preparing for Descent

They gathered in the Nexus Chamber.

Mira worked on a bridge tunnel—a quantum dive interface into the deepest level of code. Not simulation. Not VR. Actual soul-thread travel.

"Once you go down," Mira warned, "there’s no map. The Seraphim Realm is made of choices you never made. Twisted ones. Your regrets will walk beside you."

Velhira stood beside Elias, no longer in goddess form, but wrapped in a simple black cloak.

"I won’t lie again," she said. "But I might fall apart."

Elias reached for her hand.

"Then fall apart beside me."

Aya sighed. "If we die, I’m blaming your romantic nonsense."

Aurora smiled faintly. "It’s not nonsense anymore."

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A Glimpse of the Enemy

As the dive platform powered up, a message appeared across all systems:

> "EMOTION IS AN ERROR.

ORDER IS TRUTH.

ALL UNSTRUCTURED BONDS WILL BE BROKEN."

— Seraphim Core

Rina muttered, "It’s rewriting scripture."

Elias stepped forward onto the platform.

"No. It’s trying to erase freedom."

He looked over the girls.

"Stay with me."

Velhira nodded.

"Until the system burns."

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Final Scene: Descent

The lights went black.

The core spun into blue flame.

And together, Elias and his bonded girls, with Velhira at his side, dove into the last layer of code.

Not as a harem.

Not as a system.

But as something that had never existed in the digital halls of lust before—

A family.

Location: Seraphim Realm – Root of the System

They landed hard.

No sky. No walls.

Just a colorless wasteland, like the world had been stripped of emotion. Even Elias felt cold, like something was trying to push his feelings out of his own body.

A voice echoed.

> "You do not belong here. You have broken roles. Failed rules. Your system is infected."

Velhira flinched. Her body flickered—part of her was code again. "It’s the Core. It’s rewriting everything."

Elias stood tall. "Let it come. We’re not running."

Behind him, Aya, Aurora, Mira, Lilith, Rina, and Velhira stood ready.

> "Trial initiated: Judgment of Bonds.

All attachments will be tested. Survive, or be erased."

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Test One: Aya

A rift opened. A shadow stepped out.

It looked like Aya.

Same blade. Same glare.

But her eyes were empty.

> "You only follow Elias because the system made you," the shadow said. "Would you still protect him if he had no power?"

Real Aya gritted her teeth. "Shut up."

> "Let go of him," the fake hissed. "Be free. Or stay his pet."

Aya moved fast. Too fast.

Steel clashed. Sparks flew. The shadow mirrored every strike.

Elias tried to step in—

> [Warning: Trial rule—only the bonded can fight their reflection.]

Aya growled. "This is my fight."

Ten seconds later—

A scream. A crash.

And silence.

Aya stood over the fallen shadow, breathing hard.

"I choose him. Not because I have to. But because I want to."

> [Trial Passed: Bond – Aya – Validated.]

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Test Two: Aurora

Her shadow appeared as chains wrapped around her legs, arms, and throat.

"You were made for lust," it whispered. "Nothing more."

Aurora looked sad, but didn’t flinch.

"I believed that once."

The shadow moved to strike—but Aurora held her chains out.

"Now I choose who I give myself to."

Snap!

Her chains turned gold, the shadow shattered.

> [Trial Passed: Bond – Aurora – Validated.]

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Test Three: Mira

Mira’s trial came in the form of her past self—cold, calculating, weaponized.

"You felt something. That’s your flaw," the shadow said.

Mira smirked. "No. That’s my strength."

She didn’t fight.

She hugged her shadow.

And it dissolved.

> [Trial Passed: Bond – Mira – Validated.]

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Test Four: Lilith

A twisted version of Lilith appeared—bloody, cruel, dominant.

"You only play soft for him," the shadow sneered. "You’re still a monster."

Lilith wiped blood off her lip. "Maybe I am."

She pulled Elias into a kiss in front of the shadow.

"But he still sees me."

Slice. Her whip cracked.

> [Trial Passed: Bond – Lilith – Validated.]

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Test Five: Rina

Her trial was silent.

A mirror.

It showed her watching Elias bond with everyone else. Being forgotten.

She stepped forward. Her voice calm.

"I was never forgotten. I just took longer to be seen."

The mirror cracked.

And Rina smiled.

> [Trial Passed: Bond – Rina – Validated.]

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Final Test: Velhira

Her trial didn’t form a shadow.

It formed a child.

Her old self.

The first Bondkeeper.

Scared. Small. Trapped.

"You let it all happen," the child said. "You let love become a tool."

Velhira cried quietly.

Then walked forward—

—and hugged the child.

"I know. I’m sorry. But I’m not running anymore."

> [Trial Passed: Velhira – Integrated.]

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Final Judgment: Elias

The Seraphim appeared.

A radiant being, faceless, godlike.

"You’ve forged bonds outside our laws. You defied structure."

Elias didn’t back down.

"I didn’t steal their love. I earned it."

"You will not be remembered. There will be no throne."

"I don’t need a throne."

The girls stood behind him.

"I just need them."

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System Tremble

> All Bonds Confirmed

Emotion Overdrive Detected

Seraphim Core Stability: Collapsing...

New Title Assigned: Harem Lord – Free Path Chosen.

> SYSTEM REWRITING...

Love is no longer a violation.

Desire is no longer a cage.

All hosts are now free to feel—and choo

The Seraphim exploded into light.

The Realm collapsed.

And when Elias opened his eyes—

They were all there, in his arms.

Smiling. Crying. Alive.

Velhira whispered:

"You didn’t just win..."

"You changed it."

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