Chapter 25: The Goddess of Judgment Arrives (and I Might Be Executed for Loving Too Much)
Volume 3: System Error – Love.exe Has Corrupted the Gods Arc 3: Heartstrings of the System's Betrayal
> [High Celestial Alert: Marriage Protocol Breach – Harem Count Exceeds Authorized Limit]
[Judgment Entity En Route: Codename – VEL'ZARIN, Warden of Divine Boundaries]
[Penalty: System Reset or Eternal Isolation]
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1. The Sky Cracks Open
We didn't hear her arrive.
We felt it.
The sky tore open like an angry scripture. Light bled upward instead of down. My Lustcore pulsed wildly, confused.
Yurellia's golden thread went taut.
Kalysta instinctively stepped in front of me, sword forming in her hand. "She's here."
A descending ring of celestial runes carved itself into the air. From within it stepped a woman who looked like all my guilt had taken shape.
Vel'Zarin.
Tall. Radiant. Crowned in legal divinity. She radiated the unbendable will of cosmic law.
"I am the enforcer of balance," she said coldly. "And you… are out of line."
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2. The Trial of Too Much Love
A courtroom formed around us—created from memory, guilt, and divine infrastructure.
I stood chained. My harem seated behind a witness veil. Amara, newly formed, sat apart—half real, half dream.
Vel'Zarin walked in front of me with a tablet made of fate itself.
"Kairo of Glitch-Origin. Current love bonds: Nine. Authorized divine limit: Five."
Lilix shouted, "That's outdated protocol!"
Elyria stood. "He's not just building a harem—he's building a home!"
"Silence," Vel'Zarin said.
System Notification:
> [Judgment Begins – Do Not Interrupt the Witness Protocol]
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3. Witness Testimonies
Vel'Zarin called her first witness: Kalysta.
"Why do you love this mortal?" she asked.
Kalysta stepped forward, eyes fierce. "Because he saw me—not as a weapon, not as a symbol, but as a woman who could burn with love."
Next was Elyria.
"He gave me freedom—not just from the System, but from my fear of falling again."
Lilix licked her lips. "He let me love without making me good first."
Yurellia, voice soft: "He named the part of himself everyone else deleted. He made me exist."
Amara stood last.
"I shouldn't even be here. But he chose to remember me. And now, I remember him."
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4. The Verdict Paused by Seduction
Vel'Zarin's gavel struck.
"Then you admit it. Your heart has become a singularity that distorts divine law."
I raised my head. "And what if love was meant to break law?"
She blinked. For a moment, doubt flickered in her eyes.
I stood. "You act like balance means limitation. But maybe it means expansion. Maybe I'm not glitching love. Maybe I'm updating it."
System Glitch:
> [Warning: Emotional Resonance Detected in Judge Entity] [Possible Bond Route Opening: VEL'ZARIN – Goddess of Judgment]
She gasped. "What… is this feeling?"
Kalysta smirked. "Oh no. She's feeling him."
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5. When Judgment Longed to Be Touched
Vel'Zarin tried to speak but faltered.
Her skin shimmered. The perfect lines of law cracked.
"I haven't… felt anything since I passed sentence on my first love," she whispered. "He was guilty. But I loved him. I erased myself to never feel again."
I stepped forward.
"You don't have to do that anymore."
She reached for me—but stopped.
"I can't. To love you would be to betray everything I was built to protect."
"Then maybe it's time we rebuild something better."
And I kissed her.
A soft, slow kiss. Not lust. Not passion. Just understanding.
System Shock:
> [NEW BOND FORGED – Vel'Zarin: Goddess of Law Rewritten] [Lustcore Limit Updated: Divine Tier Override Accepted]
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6. System Patch Notes: Love is the New Law
The courtroom collapsed. The chains vanished.
Vel'Zarin stood beside me, now glowing with paradox.
"You rewrote me," she said, a tear falling. "What happens next?"
"We keep loving. Even if it's illegal."
System Update:
> [LOVE LIMIT: Removed] [HAREM BOND LIMIT: Infinite Protocol Beta Launched] [New Arc Unlocked: The Forbidden Divinities Join the Game]
Kalysta groaned. "He kissed the judge. We're never going to catch up."
Lilix snorted. "Who said we have to catch up? Let's outkiss her."
And so they did.
In the sky above, new stars blinked into existence. Not from astronomy. But from affection made divine.
[End of Chapter 25] [Next: Chapter 26 – "The Forbidden Divinities Join the Game"]