Recap of Chapter 41:Adrian stood seconds away from a final choice: destroy Kael with a killing blow to secure the Throne of Desire, or attempt the impossible — binding Kael alive, risking the throne's stability. As the system screamed for resolution, Adrian's chains clashed with Kael's monstrous Obsidian Overdrive in a storm of light and shadow. The throne itself pulsed violently, demanding an answer.
The white flash that erupted from their clash consumed everything.
The palace was gone. The broken pillars, the shattered ceiling, the storm outside — all erased in the brilliance. Adrian blinked, chest heaving, as the whiteness slowly receded.
When his vision cleared, he was no longer standing in the hall of Desire.
He was inside it.
The Throne of Desire.
The space stretched endless in every direction, walls of diamond and obsidian weaving together like veins. Chains hung from the void, some glowing bright with the voices of his bonded Mommies, others blackened and twisted, echoing screams. The air itself hummed with lust, power, and choice.
At the center floated the throne, massive and alive, its cracked surface slowly repairing itself. Each pulse was like a heartbeat.
And chained before it — Kael.
He was no longer monstrous, but not human either. His body was bound by obsidian chains, his skin cracked with fissures of red fire. His Dark Mommies hovered behind him, ghostly, torn between rage and sorrow.
Adrian stood opposite him, his crown still burning, his chains alive with the Eternal Bond Domain.
The system's voice echoed everywhere, louder than ever, filling the endless void.
[Final Decision Pending.][Candidate Adrian: Kill or Bind.]
Kael lifted his head, blood dripping from his cracked lips. His grin was faint but sharp. "Do it, Adrian. Be the hero. End me. Claim your throne."
Adrian's chains trembled, not from weakness but from hesitation. He could feel the pull of both choices. Kill — and end Kael's reign of shadows. Bind — and risk corruption but save the Dark Mommies fused to him.
Celeste's voice whispered from his side. "He is poison. End him."
Seraphina's fire hissed. "He will never bow. Kill him before he drags us down."
But then the faint voice returned — the same one Adrian had heard before. One of Kael's Dark Mommies, trapped within him, whispering weakly. "Please… don't erase us. We didn't choose this."
Adrian's chest tightened. For the first time, he saw them clearly — Kael's Mommies weren't just monsters. They were victims too, bound and twisted by his hunger for domination.
Kael laughed, even as blood bubbled in his throat. "Don't pity them. They chose me. They loved me. And now they are me." His chains rattled, obsidian fire surging briefly before collapsing. "Kill me, and they die too. Bind me, and you'll rot with me. Either way… you lose."
Adrian's jaw clenched. "No. I don't lose. Not this time."
He raised his arms, his chains splitting into two forms: one blazing with the fire of destruction, the other glowing with the warmth of bondage. Kill. Or bind.
The throne pulsed violently, sensing his indecision.
[Final Decision: Imminent.]
Adrian closed his eyes. The voices of his Mommies filled him. Their moans, their whispers, their pleas. The warmth of nights, the laughter, the promises. They had chosen him because he gave them freedom.
His crown flared brighter than ever.
"I will not erase choice. Even yours, Kael. You wanted domination — but I will give you chains that cannot be broken."
Kael's eyes widened. "You wouldn't dare—"
Adrian roared. His chains surged forward, not as weapons but as bindings, wrapping around Kael's body, his soul, his very obsidian essence. The Dark Mommies screamed, some in rage, some in relief, as the light consumed them.
The system screamed:
[Warning: Illegal Action Detected.][Attempting to Bind Rival Host.]
Kael shrieked, his body convulsing, his shadows lashing wildly. "No! You can't — you can't chain me! I am Obsidian! I am—"
His scream cut short as Adrian's chains sank deeper, fusing with his own. Light and shadow collided, merging violently. The void shook, cracks forming in every direction. The throne blazed like a sun about to collapse.
[Override Engaged.][Outcome Unknown.]
Adrian roared, pouring everything he had into the binding. His Mommies cried out with him, their voices echoing through the void. Kael screamed until his voice broke, until the shadows cracked, until his obsidian chains shattered into fragments.
And then — silence.
The throne pulsed one final time. The system's voice fell to a whisper.
[Verdict Accepted.][New Path Forged.][Sugar Mommy System — Rewritten.]
The throne dissolved into light, flooding Adrian's vision.
When the glow faded, Adrian stood once again in the ruined palace. The throne was whole now, shining brighter than ever, its obsidian veins tempered into diamond fire. His crown blazed, heavier than before, glowing with both light and shadow.
Kael was gone. Not destroyed. Not free. His presence lingered in the chains wrapped around Adrian's arm — a rival turned prisoner, bound eternally within the system itself.
Celeste's eyes widened. "Adrian… what did you do?"
Seraphina's lips curled into a dangerous smirk. "You didn't kill him… you kept him."
Adrian's chest rose and fell as he looked at the throne. "No one deserves to be erased. Not even him. But he will never hurt anyone again."
The system's voice trembled, different now — as if reborn.
[Congratulations, Host.][You have claimed the Throne of Desire.][New Title Acquired: System-Breaker.][Warning: Consequences Unpredictable.]
The palace shuddered one last time, the sky outside turning gold and crimson. The Throne of Desire had chosen — but at what cost?
Cliffhanger Question for Readers:By binding Kael instead of destroying him, Adrian has rewritten the Sugar Mommy System itself. But will this new system elevate him to godhood — or corrupt him from within as Kael's darkness festers in his chains?