Interstellar Age
Chapter 136 Penance



Erich had no memories of what had happened the night before, but when he finally woke up well past noon on the next day, he was lying naked on a bed, with five Oni women by his side. However, before he even had time to gain his bearings, he heard a familiar voice coming from nearby. One that, while feminine, was filled with rage. 

"Someone looks like they enjoyed themselves last night!"

The moment Erich heard these words, he knew exactly who the voice belonged to, and was quick to look over at a chair where Mirage was sitting with her legs crossed. Though she wore a smile, it was anything but friendly. Instead, it looked like the smile of a woman who was about to murder her man. 

Erich immediately tried to defend his actions through a plea of ignorance. But it would appear that Mirage was not having it. 

"What exactly did I do last night?"

Mirage continued to wear a frightening smile as she explained everything that Erich had done the night before. 

"Well, first you did some drugs, by exposing my breasts, and snorting a line off of them. Then, you did a lot more drugs, and finally you took those five whores to bed with you where you spent most of the night screwing their brains out..." 

Erich was shocked to hear that he had done all of that, despite not wanting to in the first place. He could only blame the drugs and the effects they had on his mind. But there was a far more important question which he had, one which he asked while staring at Mirage as if she were some kind of pervert. 

"And you just sat there and watched it all happen? Why didn't you try to stop me?"

Mirage simply harrumphed, and looked away from Erich as if he were literal human garbage before speaking her mind with a venom laced tone. 

"Oh, you seemed like you were enjoying yourself. I didn't want to be a bother. Besides, there was nothing I could do to stop you, even if I wanted to. You and Hideaki both tried to have your way with me once you were done with those whores, to which I was forced to choke you both out.

I don't know if what you said about having two Oni lovers back in the Empire is true. But if it is, I can't wait to see the looks on their faces when I show them the video I have of you and your little party last night."

Erich immediately realized he was being blackmailed by Mirage, but before he could react, Tia appeared in his vision. She looked incredibly embarrassed, as if she had seen something that she shouldn't have. She then asked Erich, in an innocent tone about his actions the night before. 

"Why does master keep doing... Those things to women? It looks incredibly painful? Should Tia be concerned?" 

It was only now that Erich realized that by merging Tia with his NeuroLink that she literally saw everything he did. Including when he had sex with women. Suddenly he felt both embarrassed that two people had witnessed his scandalous actions, and guilty for corrupting the mind of an innocent and naïve artificial intelligence. He was quick to order Tia to distract herself whenever he engaged in such adult activity from now on. 

"Tia.... From now on, you must distract yourself whenever Master does those things. Do you understand me? Under no circumstances should you be watching it!" 

Tia didn't quite understand what Erich was talking about, but nodded her head in agreement, nonetheless. 

"Okay... Tia thinks she understands...." 

The conversation Erich had with his advanced artificial intelligence was completely done within his own mind, and in a matter of nanoseconds. Thus, he was able to quickly shift his focus back to Mirage, who was blackmailing him with his previous night's behavior. 

"What exactly do you want from me?"  I think you should take a look at

Mirage simply smirked, knowing that she had Erich in a checkmate, and was quick to list her first demand. 

"First, I want to know who these two women are, and how you managed to smuggle them into the Empire without the authorities taking notice. It is not an easy task to do such a thing, and the penalties are severe!" 

Erich simply scoffed, as he informed Mirage that he did not have the ability to tell her the truth. 

"Sorry, that's classified. Even if I wanted to tell you their identities, which I don't, I would not be able to do so. Why don't you ask the Director of the IIS? Perhaps he has the clearance to do so..." 

Mirage was just about to call Erich on his bullshit when she noticed from the look in his eyes that he was telling the truth. She simply scoffed in disbelief and was now more curious than ever what the identity was of the man's two alien whores. However, she restrained herself, and instead listed her second demand, in order to not release the footage she had of him. 

"Fine.... My second demand is that once this mission is over, you help me kill that prick, Hideaki. After your stunt last night, that bastard became a little too obsessed with my body, and even had the balls to grope me. For that, he must die! I will spare you, simply because I have no choice but to do so...."

Erich had no lingering attachments to the leader of the Ronin, and the truth of the matter is that once he and his team took out the anarchists, suspicion would fall on them, and Splinter. Thus, if they wanted to maintain their cover, Hideaki would have to be taken care of, as he was the only one who knew what Erich and Mirage's request actually were. With a heavy sigh, and a nod of his head, Erich agreed to Mirage's request, simply out of necessity. 

"Fine... Is there anything else you wanted?" 

Mirage narrowed her gaze at Erich, and made her last request, one that Erich found to be deliberately insulting. 

"As a matter of fact, there is. The next time we do it, you better have recycled that fucking meat suit and gotten into a fresh clone! As it stands, that thing of yours is completely tainted by these alien whores, and I won't have it inside me until it has been purified! I know that the first thing I'm going to do when I get back to the empire is exactly that!" 

Erich stared at Mirage in complete disbelief, before asking for clarification on what she meant. 

"You mean to tell me that before you and I can have se- Can do that again, I have to fucking kill myself?" 

Mirage did not know why Erich was suddenly being so dodgy with the word "sex" but she decided to play along, and nodded her head with a cruel smile on her face. She placed her foot on Erich's head, who was sitting less than a meter away, before revealing her answer. 

"Precisely, and while you're at it, why don't you go ahead and clean my feet with that dirty tongue of yours? After what you did last night, you could consider this your first act of penance!"

Erich simply scoffed as he batted Mirage's foot away from his face before standing up. He then proceeded to get himself dressed in front of the woman, while telling her where she could shove it. 

"Fuck off, I may not remember exactly what happened last night, but I know I didn't do anything that wasn't completely normal. You're acting as if I bathed myself in a tub of shit! If you want to fuck, then I'm down, but I'm not going to lick your feet, and I'm sure as hell not going to kill myself because of your prejudices. 

I suppose I should go wake that little shit up. We are losing daylight, and these anarchists need to be dealt with sooner rather than later." 

After saying this, Erich finished getting dressed in his armor, before walking around the mansion searching for the unconscious leader of the Ronin. And by doing so, he left Mirage simmering in her own petty rage.