POV Julius
[Congratulations! You earned the interest of Charlie Morningstar, Alastor, Vaggie, Angel Dust, Husk, Nifty, Vox, Velvette, and Valentino! Earned the Friendship of Charlie Morningstar! Earned 11 rolls!]
"Who the fuck are Vox, Velvette, and Valentino?"
I was so confused by the notification I woke up to that I audibly voiced my question.
The last thing I remembered before I passed out was being dragged around by the princess, who I now know as Charlie, for the entire day for a "tour" of the hotel.
When I say dragged around the hotel, I mean LITERALLY dragged around! She gripped my wrist so hard it felt like my bones broke!
How the fuck does someone so small have so much strength!? She even bypassed INFINITY after I convinced her to let go of my wrist for a bit before she started dragging me around again!
Other than that nightmare, I still don't know who the hell these three randoms that I gained the interest off. As far as I know, no one else was around!
Ugh, my head fucking hurts. I'll just sleep some more before I-.
[Complications regarding Mythic Rank companion has been resolved! Summoning now!]
"HOLY SHIT!"
My headache immediately disappeared and I jumped out of my bed.
"Who is it? I can't help but be both excited and nervous..."
Suddenly, a golden light appeared right in front of me. It was so bright that I had to turn my head and shield my eyes.
Eventually, the light died down and a mature, feminine voice spoke out.
"So, this is the person who summoned me?"
I turned to see who spoke, and my jaw practically dropped to the floor.
No way. NO. FUCKING. WAY!
I was able to summon one of the FINEST women in all of anime? Even though I never watched her anime, I knew who she was just by how much people simped over her online!
And if I had to be honest, she looks far better in person. Her outfit hugged her perfectly proportioned body. She wore a simple white dress shirt with a black tie and black dress pants. Her hair, a desaturated dark red color (A/N: #AC6E63 was the closest I could find to properly describe it), was tied into a single braid that went down to the middle of her back. Two shoulder length bangs that went down the sides of her face. Multiple red rings appeared in the irises of her yellow eyes.
[Congratulations! You have rolled the Mythic Rank companion Makima, The Control Devil (Chainsaw Man)!]
Holy fuck, it's really her!
Makima saw the shocked expression on my face and walked until she stood right in front of me.
If I had to eyeball how tall she was, she seemed to be around 6ft tall. Which, with our height difference, caused her to look up at me.
"Hello Julius."
"H-Hello! Hehe..."
Fuck, that came out so awkward! Wait...
"Makima?"
"Yes, that is my name."
"Yes, haha! Well, how do you know my name?"
Makima slightly titled her head to the right. If she was thinking about something she clearly wasn't showing it, because her expressionless face hadn't changed since I looked at her.
"How do I know your name?" Makima finally responded. "Your system told me."
Her answer caused my brain to stop functioning for a bit. How-
"How do I know about your system?" Makima interrupted me with a soft smile appearing on her face.
"Uh-"
"Your reaction is predictable. That's how I was able to know what you were going to say. How about you let your system respond to your question? I will sit on the bed until you are finished with your conversation." Makima then proceeded to sit on the edge of my bed with precise elegance.
Damn, I'm down bad! That just made my heart throb.
[You mean your dick!]
Shut up and answer my question! How does she know about you?
[Well... Makima wasn't originally supposed to be the Mythic Rank selected. In fact, the complication came from her trying to enter this universe as she was.]
... Ok? What does either of those things mean?
[The Multiversal Gacha System, as the name suggests, randomly selects skills, items, etc. throughout the multiverse. In order to do that, I send out my "presence" to sense anything that corresponds to the rank picked when a roll is used. Makima somehow sensed my presence and tried to gain control of it.
Eventually, we came to an "agreement". She gained interest in this universe and agreed to have her abilities altered slightly to be within Mythic rank in order to come to this universe.]
Ok, that makes a bit more sense. What's above Mythic rank? By the way you talked about her made it seem like she ranks above that.
[If I were to give the rank above Mythic a name, it would be Divine!]
Divine rank exists?
[Not yet!]
What do you mean, "not yet"?
[That's not important!]
Ugh alright, fine. What is she able to do?
[Due to the agreement between me and Makima, I am not at liberty to say. You will have to ask her. Anything else?]
No, not really.
I sigh as I turn to look at Makima. She was just sitting on the bed, staring at me. Which made me shiver slightly.
"Hey, Makima-."
"Are you worried?"
"Huh?"
Makima stood up from the bed and walked back over to me. When she stood in front of me again, she gently placed a hand on my chest. The warmth of her hand and the gentleness of her touch caused my heartbeat to rapidly increase.
"Tell me, what are you worried about? I can see a bit of hesitation in your eyes."
Her multi-ringed eyes bore into mine as if she could see directly into my soul. How the hell is this both creepy and hot as hell?
I gulped audibly. I could feel my head becoming a bit fuzzy at the moment.
"Well," I begin, "If I were to be honest, I'm not sure if you won't become hostile towards me. You're clearly powerful and the system told me that companions aren't guaranteed to be friendly."
"I see."
That was all Makima said. We stood there for what felt like hours before she finally spoke up again.
"I learned a lot about this universe and how it works from your system. I don't know how much you may know about me, but I won't try to harm you. Afterall, I treat those I respect well. And you with your system, have my respect. If it makes you feel better, we could make a deal. That's how these things work in this universe, right?"
Makima's mature voice felt so soothing to hear. So comforting. And while my nervousness towards her did lessen, it didn't completely go away.
"What kind of deal are you suggesting, exactly?" I asked cautiously. Afterall, while she was an absolute bombshell, she's literally a devil from another universe. An incredibly powerful one too, apparently.
"How about this," She begins sliding her hands down to cup my hand in hers. "I agree to not hurt you or be hostile towards you. In exchange, you let me be free to do as I please. Sound good?"
What the hell? What kind of deal is that? The part about her not hurting me or being hostile towards me sounds good. But the second part sounded so vague that my nervousness only increased.
"You know, you can offer a different deal. Think about it." She said as she let go of my hand and turned to walk away, slowly swaying her hips. Showing off how great her ass looks in those pants.
Damnit, focus Julius! Think clearly about this! The first thing about the deal that needs to change is the clause involving me. I need to involve those I care about and am close to as well to be on the safer side. Me being safe from her is good and all, but most of my rolls literally come from getting close to people. Specifically, girls. With my Innate Ability being what it is, Unwitting Playboy!, I can't afford to have Makima target women I get close with.
Second was her part about being free to do as she pleases. That part was so vague that I was willing to bet that it could be interpreted as "I can still hurt you because you agreed to let me do as I please".
That part of the deal was the least likely to be changed, now that I think about it. According to the system, she's the Control Devil. Obviously, control is her thing. So, anything that will try to limit that probably won't fly with her.
I turned my attention to see what Makima was doing, hoping to get some ideas on how to adjust the deal to be more to my liking.
All I saw was her staring at a dresser she was in front of. She seemed to notice me looking at her, because she suddenly decided to bend over. Arching her back with her legs slightly spread apart as she opened the bottom drawer, her ass perfectly in line with my eyesight.
Damn, the things I'd do to that-
NO! *Smacks face* Focus! I got to focus!
30 minutes went by before I finally came up with a deal I could agree to. Not that the deal itself changed that much. What took so long to come up with a deal was because of me staring at Makima shake her ass slightly every now and then, making me lose focus.
"I think I came up with a deal I can agree to Makima."
"Oh?" She asked as she made her way to me again. "What deal have you come up with?"
"Simple. You won't be hostile or hurt me and those I'm close to. In exchange, I agree to try to not limit what you do. Sound fair?"
The only thing I really changed about the previous deal was me involving people I were close to and changed the wording of the second part of the deal. The second part was the part I worried most about. Because instead of just "letting her do as she please", I'll "try" to not limit her. That way if she does something I don't like and try to stop her, she cant claim I'm breaking the deal. Pretty smart, right!? Hopefully she allows it.
Makima looked at me with an expressionless look for a while, not saying anything. Her staring made me think that she didn't like this deal at all until she spoke up, a genuine smile appeared on her face.
"Sounds like the perfect deal." Makima said, reaching her hand out.
Any nervousness I still had immediately disappeared as I let out a sigh of relief. With this deal in place everything should be fine, right?
I reached out and shook her hand. My aura immediately flashed out, causing the furniture in the room to be violently shake.
Suddenly, I felt a shiver so cold and ominous run through my body that it felt as if my very soul was affected. I looked at Makima, who simply smiled warmly at me.
[Congratulations! You earned the interest of Makima! Earned the Friendship of Makima! Earned 3 rolls!]
Maybe that feeling was just the form her powers feel in this universe. Afterall, if it meant something bad, I wouldn't have become friends with her so fast. Right?