My Class? MILF Hunter. My Rank? SSS. My Problem? Too Many Wives.
Chapter 44 – Talraine’s Game

Chapter 44: Chapter 44 – Talraine’s Game

She thought I wouldn’t follow.

She was wrong.

Talraine slipped past the last shrine glyph like a shadow in silk, but I caught the flicker. Her aura dipped, then surged—just enough for the system to blink. The Threadweave reacted to her the way it used to react to me.

Like it remembered.

Like she’d been here before.

I moved after her in silence, feet kissing the broken marble, pulse syncing with the heartbeat of the warping shrine. The others were still back in the Accord Hall—arguing thrones and oaths and Queen-wounded pride. But Talraine? She wasn’t negotiating.

She was hiding.

[Exposure: 110% → 111%]

[Anchor MILF: Duchess Talraine – Bond Thread Active]

[New Quest Triggered – Claim or Cast Out: Talraine]

(Bond status unstable. Origin interference detected.Objective: Test Duchess Talraine’s intent before full sync.)

The corridor darkened. Not from shadows, but from system dampening.

A glyph pulsed on the far wall. Not one of mine.

She stood before it—tall, poised, flawless. But I saw the crack in her glamour this time. Saw the way her hand trembled before the glyph responded. Not submission.

Guilt.

"—report not complete," she whispered.

To no one. To the wall. Or maybe to the thing inside it.

A pulse answered her. Not a voice. Not text. Just pressure. Like something divine exhaling behind the veil.

[Divine Channel Interference – Sentinel-Class Signature Detected]

[Warning: Subject Talraine linked to Obedience Protocol LV.3]

She was reporting.

Still.

My fist tightened.

Then her voice dropped. "No. He’s not what they said. I need more time."

Silence. Then:

"I don’t care. You want him dead, do it yourself."

The glyph flared red.

She didn’t flinch.

And I realized something worse than betrayal.

She was trying to protect me.

From them.

From herself.

I stepped into the light.

The glyph snapped shut like a guilty mouth.

She turned fast, aura snapping around her in violet threads. "Kaius."

I didn’t answer.

The system was still buzzing in my ears. Her trait log wasn’t updating. Her aura sync was stuttering. Her thread was lying to me.

"You followed me." Her voice was low. But not afraid.

"Didn’t need to," I said. "You walked into the system like it still owns you."

She blinked.

Then—smiled.

Not her usual one. This one was... private. Dangerous.

"You’re sharper than they gave you credit for."

"I’m sharper than you gave me credit for."

That made her laugh.

Then she stepped closer.

Her heels clicked once—loud in the silence. The echo was longer than it should’ve been. I realized the shrine was distorting time around us. A bubble.

[Threadweave Zone: Sealed – MILF Anchor: Duchess Talraine]

But it wasn’t fully hers.

The air behind her pulsed—faint, cold, familiar.

[Dream Layer – Minor Breach Detected]

[Anchor Zone Overlap: MILF V – Emotional Residue Active]

She made this space. But someone else was watching.

"You want to interrogate me?" she asked.

"No," I said flatly. "I want to know if you’ve already made your choice."

Her hand lifted to her collar. "Maybe I want you to convince me."

She undid the clasp. Her cloak hit the floor like it never mattered.

The dress underneath wasn’t just tight—it gripped her. Black silk, thin as sin, hugged every curve like it was made to be ripped off. The neckline plunged deep, dragging eyes straight to the heavy swell of her tits—full, lifted, barely restrained. One shift and she’d spill out.

The slit? Obscene. High enough to flash smooth thigh, garter strap, and the lace edge of underwear that was definitely not diplomatic.

She moved like temptation wrapped in threat.

Her aura rolled over me—slow, thick, and hot enough to harden blood.

My vision blurred.

[System Alert – Obedience Aura: Active]

[Passive Resistance: Holding (Soul-Linked Touch – 43%)]

"This isn’t seduction," I said.

"No," she breathed, stepping close enough for her perfume to bite the air. "It’s surrender."

"To me?" I asked.

She tilted her head. "To what I’ve already done."

She touched my chest, fingers slow and light. Her aura coiled around mine like it remembered me from a past we never had.

"I betrayed you once," she whispered. "But I didn’t fall."

I stared down at her.

"You’re doing it now."

I remembered the garden.

The way she let me kneel by the glyph, half-drowned in shrinelight and seduction. The kiss she never claimed. The bond we never spoke of.

She let me walk away then. But we both knew something rooted.

Her smile faltered.

But her hand stayed.

Her smile faltered.

But her hand stayed.

[Bond Sync Triggered – Duchess Talraine → Kaius]

[Sync Threshold: 40% → 52%]

I could stop it.

I didn’t.

I pressed her against the wall, one arm against her shoulder, not touching her skin—but close enough to burn.

She didn’t flinch.

"I should strip the bond," I said.

"You should," she whispered.

"Or claim you completely."

She looked up, eyes wide—but not with fear.

"You won’t. Not yet."

"Why not?"

"Because you still don’t know what I’m hiding."

[SYSTEM INTERJECTION – GLYPH REVEALED]

Item: Whisperlock Sigil

(Origin-Embedded)

Status: Obscured

Owner: Duchess Talraine (Unaware of True Function)

I saw it. A thin silver chain around her neck. The pendant was a glyph—not divine. Not Sentinel-made.

Origin.

MILF V.

"You’ve had this the whole time," I said.

"I thought it was a relic."

"It’s a spyglass."

"For who?"

"For her."

Talraine blinked. "You think I serve your ghost MILF now?"

Her voice faltered. Just slightly.

"No," I said. "I think you’ve already chosen a side. You just don’t know which one."

Her lips parted.

I kissed her before she could answer.

Not soft. Not tender. Full pressure. Full contact. A trigger.

And the system exploded.

[Kiss of Secrets – Ritual Complete]

[Bond Surge: 52% → 60%]

[Echo Thread Connection – Anchor Reactivated]

[Effect Triggered: Unknown Buff or Hex – Delayed Activation]

A glyph shattered behind us.

Talraine gasped as I broke the kiss. Her aura pulsed hard—then collapsed into mine like silk melting into fire.

She looked wrecked.Beautiful.Confused.

"Was that a claim?" she breathed.

I looked down. The chain around her neck was gone.In its place? A brand. Glowing.

[MILF Bond Trait Embedded – Type: Unknown]

[Passive Effect: Memory Tethered][Status: Obscured]

[Quest Update – Claim or Cast Out: Talraine – Phase I Complete]

[Echo Link Confirmed. Loyalty Threshold Passed. Anchor Thread Repaired.]

"No," I said.

"Then what?"

I stepped back.

"A test."

[Quest Update – Reforge the Matron’s Anchor – Phase I Complete]

[Glyphs Integrated: 2/3. Final Location Obscured. Awaiting Emotional Clearance.]

And you passed.

Maybe.

[SYSTEM LOG – Chapter END]

Kaius Vale – Lv. 20

Class:MILF Monarch (Forbidden Tier – Crownwright Unbound)

Tree Path:Matronbound → Widow’s Path → Shrineheart Ascension → Tribunalbreaker → Crownwright → Originbound

Titles:

– Keeper of the Forgotten Queen

– Battle-Bound Consort

– Vine-Bound Supplicant

– Crown-Breaker

– Spouse of the Crown

– He Who Was Her First

– Shrineheart Consort (Unique)

– Glyphborne Sovereign

– Tribunalbreaker

– Crowned Sovereign

– Crownwright

– Echo-Bound

– Aspect Binder

– Systembreaker

– Anchor of the Fifth

Base Stats:

STR: 23  END: 16  CHA: 32  WIL: 30  INT: 33  AGI: 6

Bonded MILFs:

– Sealed Matron – Claimed (100%) – Shrineheart Link: Complete

– Queen Celestia Velmira – Claimed (120%) – Married – Emotion Sync: Active

– Seraphine Dawnhart – Claimed (100%) – Widow’s Path: Complete

– Duchess Talraine – Bonding (60%) – Memory Tether Triggered

– ??? (MILF V – Origin) – Echo-Bonded (30%) – Anchor Form Stable

New Trait Flagged:

– Memory Tethered (Passive – Origin Link)

Emotional state now cross-indexed with MILF V Echo Thread. True function obscured.

New Status Triggered:

– Kiss of Secrets – Completed

Buff or Hex pending activation. MILF Node partially fused.

Quest Updates:

– Protect the Fifth – Active

– Crown the Systemless Monarch – Active (4/5 Nodes Synchronized)

– Claim or Cast Out: Talraine – Phase I Complete

– Reforge the Matron’s Anchor – Phase I Complete

– Crownwright Genesis – Active

– Glyphborne Legacy – Progressing (2/3 Echoes Unlocked)

System Status:

– Exposure: 114%

– Dream Layer breach detected.

– Origin signature spreading through Talraine’s bond.

– MILF V influence escalating.

– Divine interference paused – reason: unclear.

– Emotional sync with Duchess Talraine active.

– Spy artifact neutralized via kiss trigger.

– Anchor echo zone widening.

System Commentary:

You didn’t claim her.

You cracked her.

Now her secrets belong to someone older than the system.

Maybe even you.

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