My Succubus Harem System In The Reverse World

Chapter 31: Chapter 31: Shattering the Spheres to Cycle the Feedback Loop

Gianna’s voice echoed straight through my brain.

The hairs on the back of my neck stood up as the moment our tongues met flashed vividly in my mind.

It felt real.

My body reacted instantly, bypassing all logic and reason.

She was right here. Or at least, my nervous system was convinced she was.

I glanced down.

The transparent glass in my hand flashed an angry red.

Before I could even blink.

Bam.

"Ah, fuck," I hissed, flinching as tiny shards bit into my palm.

I reached back, yanking the chip off my neck, and pushed right back through the testing room doors into the main lab.

Jenna was leaning against the console, laughing openly. Mira was trying to hide a smirk behind her clipboard, but doing a terrible job of it.

"You broke that faster than the baseline average," Mira noted, tapping a stylus against her screen.

"I wasn’t prepared for the audio," I defended myself.

"You were way more eager just now than when it actually happened," Jenna teased, wiping a tear from her eye.

"Are you sure you don’t need a minute to cool off?"

"Very funny," I muttered.

"Just give me one more."

Mira reached into the metal case and held out another glass sphere.

"Careful, Revien. Just because we have a surplus doesn’t mean you get to waste my budget on your raging hormones."

"I will pay you back when I hit S-rank," I shot back, snatching the core.

I didn’t wait for another joke. I walked straight back into the testing room, stood in the center, and slapped the chip right back onto my neck.

"Hit it," I called out.

"Restarting playback," Mira’s voice echoed through the intercom.

The phantom heat rushed back in immediately.

"Stop..." Gianna’s voice whispered, breathy and right against my ear.

A blue screen flickered in the corner of my vision.

[Warning: High Emotional Activity Detected]

[Succubus Touch Output: 70%]

The sphere in my hand turned a warning red.

Oh, so that is why it shattered.

The skill wasn’t an on-and-off switch.

It was a gauge.

I focused all my attention on the red sphere, ignoring the phantom feeling of Gianna’s hands moving up my chest and gripping my hair.

I had to let the physical sensation exist, but sever the mana reaction. It’s just a playback, I told myself. She isn’t here.

[Succubus Touch Output: 67%]

It dropped.

Barely, but it dropped.

I breathed out, long and slow, as the simulated memory of Gianna panting against my lips played out in my head. I pictured her stats. I pictured what Jenna said about her core shattering.

I shouldn’t rush this. If I rush, she might literally die. I have to pull it back. I have to swallow the energy.

[Succubus Touch Output: 61%]

The red glow in the glass dimmed slightly, turning a safer shade of orange.

"You are stabilizing," Mira announced over the comms.

"Keep holding it."

I nodded to myself. I had this. Just control the flow. Keep the numbers down.

Then the playback shifted.

The simulation fed me the exact moment I grabbed her waist, lifted her against the mirrored wall, and felt the weight of her thighs lock around my hips.

My hand tracing the curve of her ass.

The heat flared in my chest like a lit match hitting gasoline.

[Succubus Touch Output: 87%]

Bam.

Glass exploded in my hand for the second time, sending a fresh wave of stinging pain across my palm.

I cursed, pulling the patch off again and glaring at the ceiling.

"Damn it!"

The blue screens flickered again, but this time, the system didn’t just give me the raw data.

[The Succubus class thrives on the exchange of vital energy. Suppressing the output through willpower causes high mental strain.]

[Suggestion: Do not block the flow. Redirect it. Form a closed loop within your own mana pathways to handle excess arousal.]

A closed loop.

I wiped the blood off my hand, ignoring the sting.

So, I shouldn’t just try to build a wall and block the water. I needed to build a pipe and channel it right back into my own core.

I stepped back out into the main room. Jenna and Mira were already looking at me, expecting another excuse.

"I need another one," I demanded, holding my hand out.

"Rev," Jenna warned, eyeing the fresh cuts on my palm.

"Maybe we should take a ten-minute break. Your pulse is racing."

"I don’t need a break. I just figured it out."

"Figured what out?" Mira asked, though she was already handing me a third sphere.

"I keep trying to shut the power off when my heart rate spikes. It is like trying to stop a moving train by standing in front of it. I’m not supposed to stop the energy. I am supposed to redirect it inward."

Jenna raised an eyebrow.

"Swallow your own buff?"

"Exactly. Give me the sphere."

"Your body isn’t used to cycling that kind of feedback," Mira warned, her tone shifting into pure researcher mode.

"If you force the energy backward while the playback is running, you are going to experience a severe backlash. Migraines, muscle cramps, nausea..."

"Let me try it once," I cut her off, snatching it from the console.

"If I can’t handle a headache in a sterile lab, I have no business being on a dungeon raid tomorrow. Fire it up."

I didn’t even bother going back into the testing room. I planted my feet right there on the main observation floor, slapped the patch onto my neck, and squeezed the glass core.

"Go."

Mira tapped the screen.

The phantom heat hit me for the third time, but this time I was ready for it. The voice, the touch, the scent- I let it wash over me.

[Warning: High Emotional Activity Detected]

[Succubus Touch Output: 72%]

The glass flared red.

Instead of fighting the feeling, I visualized the energy pouring out of my hands and savagely yanked it backward.

I imagined a tight loop circling from my chest, down my arms, and right back into my own heart.

A stabbing pain shot straight through the center of my forehead.

It felt like someone had driven a nail right between my eyes. My vision blurred for a split second, and my knees actually buckled a fraction of an inch.

"Revien!" Jenna shouted, stepping forward.

"I am fine!"

[Succubus Touch Output: 70%]

[Succubus Touch Output: 65%]

[Succubus Touch Output: 55%]

I looked down at my hand. The glass core wasn’t red anymore.

It was glowing with a steady violet light.

"Look at the numbers," I managed to say, my teeth gritted against the pounding headache.

Mira stared at her tablet, her mouth slightly open.

"You’re doing well enough."

I stayed in the place for ten more minutes, handling the pleasure while redirecting it.

[Level Up!]

[Level Up!]

[Congratulations, You’ve unlocked a technique: Mana Redirection.]

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