"Have you thought about what else you want for your gift, Vee?"

"Can we do it… Jeff-senpai…"

Just as he expected—or so Jeff thought.

"Like how it is… in your made-up story…"

To do it as if he were forcing himself on her, pleasuring himself without any concern for whether he was hurting her, and satisfying his lustful desire by using her body like a mere object.

Not to be ravished, devoured, or dominated, but to be used, punished, and violated—that was the kind of intimacy Veena was asking from Jeff:

That was Veena's most desired gift.

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[RETURNER FANTASY SYSTEM]

[Quest 24 – 18th Birthday Gift]

[Reward – Intimate Body]

[Objective – Give Veena her most desired gift (1%)]

[Countdown – 9 hours]

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The percentage completion displayed in the Returner Fantasy System's notification told Jeff that Veena was serious about what she said.

Jeff had just cried over Veena's fate in his original timeline: that she had been used by Dexter, passed between different members of FGH, and violated by her stepfather and stepbrothers.

And now, not only was the Returner Fantasy System asking him to do the same thing to her, but Veena herself was asking for it.

Even with how perverted he was, even with how much he lusted after her, Jeff would still refuse to force himself on Veena in the way she wanted.

"Is that really what you want?" Jeff asked, hoping Veena would say otherwise.

"Mhm… that's what I want, Jeff-senpai," Veena replied, looking at him with eyes filled with lustful desire.

"But I don't want to hurt you like that, Vee."

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Unsure of what to do, Jeff lay down on the bed while embracing Veena, thinking of any compromise he could make to complete Quest 24 without doing it the way Veena wanted—until Veena spoke for herself.

"You don't have to worry about hurting me, Jeff-senpai," she said as she got up, sitting and straddling him before continuing.

"I mean, Jess-senpai did it as well."

Hearing what Veena said, Jeff had a sudden thought.

"Did it feel good when Jess bit you, Vee?" he asked, raising his left hand to brush Veena's golden-blonde hair over her right ear to expose the bite marks that Jess had left on her neck.

Veena held Jeff's hand with both of hers, pressing it harder against her neck before answering:

"Mhm… it felt really good."

Not only her intimate words, but also her intoxicated expression—her eyes filled with lust, her lips curved in satisfaction, and her body warming under his hand on her neck—all told Jeff what Veena might actually be:

A masochist who got aroused and took pleasure from pain.

Was that the real reason? Jeff wondered, realizing why Veena, in his original timeline, never told him about being abused by Dexter and the FGH organization, nor about what her stepfather and stepbrothers had done to her.

Did Veena actually get addicted to being abused and take pleasure from being violated?

Did she keep relying on men using her, believing she could depend on them, only to be thrown away and passed to another after they got bored?

Until she felt she could trust no one?

Until she gave up and left?

Did I really let her suffer so much?

Jeff's thoughts were once again burdened by regret and guilt. His heart felt as if it were being crushed, and his vision blurred as his consciousness slowly drifted off.

It was the same sensation he had felt when he was dying in his original timeline. And right then, Jeff thought he was indeed dying again—until…

"Jeff-senpai!"

Like the notification sound of the Returner Fantasy System he had heard when he took his last breath, Veena's voice woke him, pulling him out of the darkness.

"Are you okay… sob… Jeff-senpai?"

Seeing her beloved senpai falling into silence as if he had stopped breathing, Veena couldn't help but cry.

Jeff took a deep breath and heaved a heavy sigh, trying to recover from what he could only assume was an anxiety and panic attack.

"I'm fine now, Vee," he said, reassuring her as he patted her head to console her crying, then pulled her down into his embrace.

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What should I do now? Jeff thought.

Not only could he not bring himself to hurt Veena, but his sudden anxiety and panic attack had totally ruined the mood. Even Veena's excitement and arousal subsided as she grew worried about him.

Right then, a notification appeared on the holographic screen of the Returner Fantasy System.

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[RETURNER FANTASY SYSTEM]

[Quest 24 - 18th Birthday Gift (Failed)]

[Reward – Intimate Body]

[Objective – Give Veena her most desired gift (1%)]

[Countdown – 8 hours]

[Penalty – Permanent removal of Returner Curse, Returner Luck, and Returner Eternal Curse from future rewards, including all existing effects]

[RETURNER CURRENT STATUS]

Perfect Compatibility - Jess

Full Responsibility - Nubia

Returner Cure - Jess (50%)

Nubia's Archive

Trud's Archive Update 2

Jess's Archive Update 1

Mira and Mina's Archive

Veena's Archive Update 1

Dexter's Archive

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You didn't even ask or give me a choice, did you?

Regardless of his complaint, Jeff knew he would choose to fail Quest 24 if the Returner Fantasy System demanded it.

Losing the features of the Returner Curse, which allows him to temporarily curse his target, the Returner Luck, which protects him from life-threatening incidents, and the Returner Eternal Curse, which controls the fate of his enemies, was a huge loss to his advantage.

Still, the penalty could have been much worse.

He could have lost Perfect Compatibility and Full Responsibility, which gave worry-free intimacy with Jess and Nubia.

Worse, he could have lost the Returner Cure, which was still healing Jess's weak womb.

Or, to end it all, he could have lost his Rights as a Returner along with the Returner Fantasy System.

And as if to prove he still hadn't lost the chance to change his fate and protect those he loved, a new quest appeared on the holographic screen.

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[RETURNER FANTASY SYSTEM]

[Quest 25 - Veena's Lustful Desire]

[Reward – Intimate Body]

[Objective – Satisfy Veena's lustful desire]

[Countdown – 8 hours]

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With the new Quest 25, Jeff couldn't afford to fail again, fearing the penalty would be far worse than the first. But first…

"I won't be able to cook the pork curry for our dinner if you keep embracing me like that."

"Then let's just eat pork curry flavored cup noodles."

To recover from the depressing mood, Jeff decided to prepare their dinner for the evening. However, Veena was clinging to him as usual, burying her face in his chest and hindering him from cooking or moving properly in the kitchen.

"Are you angry at me for not giving you what you want, Vee?" Jeff asked, trying to figure out what she felt.

"No… Aren't you the one who's mad at me for asking so much?"

Whether she misunderstood his anxiety and panic attack as refusal or was simply worried about him, Jeff decided to ease her concerns first.

"Of course I'm not mad. You should be the one getting mad at me."

"I won't… since I'm the one who made you cry, right?"

"Even though you're the one crying right now?"

"Sob… Wahhh~…"

Their back-and-forth continued as Veena cried while clinging to him, and Jeff consoled her while cooking dinner.

Veena only stopped crying and let go of Jeff as they were about to eat, but even after finishing their meal, she remained dejected and clung to him again as the two of them sat on the sofa in the living room.

"I'm sorry for asking something bad, Jeff-senpai…" she murmured, leaning back against him.

Although Veena had realized that her request caused his anxiety and panic attack, Jeff thought he still needed to explain his concern to her.

"I know it felt good to be bitten by Jess, but asking me to do more than that to you was out of line, Vee."

Upon hearing this, Veena immediately started crying.

"Sob… I knew you were mad… sob…"

If Veena kept crying, the mood would only worsen. Therefore, Jeff had no choice but to use his ace.

"If you keep crying, we won't be able to do it tonight."

That remark worked exactly as Jeff expected.

Veena turned to look over her shoulder, wiping her tears to show Jeff she had indeed stopped crying before speaking up.

"You will still do it with me?" Veena asked as the lustful look in her eyes reappeared once more.

"You don't want me to, Vee?" he replied, tightening his embrace as she sat on his lap, pressing his massive erection through her soft rear to get her in the mood.

But that wasn't necessary since she already was.

"I want to do it with you, Jeff-senpai," she said, before stealing a kiss.

The instant their lips parted, Jeff lifted Veena in a bridal carry as he stood up from the sofa.

"Then let's go and take a bath first."

"Ehh?... Are we going to take a bath together?"

"You don't want to?"

"Let's take a bath together, Jeff-senpai!"

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