Warning: This section contains lore elements and may contain spoilers.
This work is heavily inspired by a concept whose Japanese name translates as Netori.
It also draws clear inspiration from the novel Lord of the Mysteries, which I highly recommend, as well as I'm Really Not the Evil God's Lackey, Low Dimensional Game, and several works rooted in the Lovecraftian mythos.
Sex as a Tool of Metaphysical Infiltration
Sex is the ultimate moment of vulnerability. A person's defenses mental, emotional, and spiritual are at their lowest.For Catherine, the main character of Lady of the Netori, this is the perfect moment to play her hand.During intimacy, she can most easily "read the cards" of her partner, because he no longer hides them.Ecstasy becomes the perfect gateway for her power.Each sex scene is an opportunity for high-level psychic espionage.
Corruption as an Erotic Theme
The power Catherine wields is a kind of infection.When she sleeps with a man, she doesn't just manipulate him psychologically she leaves a trace of that corruption inside him: an invisible bond that makes him dependent, marking him as hers.Her lovers won't just be betrayed; they'll be metaphysically contaminated, which enhances her control far beyond mere manipulation.
Netori as Active Power Theft
The act of Netori strategic romantic betrayal is no longer just about stealing secrets or money.With this system, sex becomes a ritual of power consumption.By bringing a powerful man to a state of total vulnerability, she can literally steal part of his will, his convictions, and his deepest secrets (as with Valerius), feeding on them to strengthen her own corrupted soul.This fully justifies longer, more intense, and more explicit scenes — because the stakes are much higher than pleasure alone.
Catherine's Evolving Sexuality
Her loss of humanity will be directly reflected in her sexuality.
At first: It's a burden, a trauma.
Now: It's a strategic tool, used with cold detachment.
Later: As she becomes more corrupted by the Echo, her approach to sex may become even stranger and more predatory.
It may no longer be about pleasure (not even feigned), but rather an act of feeding or clinical analysis.She could become the perfect lover on the surface, while her internal monologue describes the act in terms of energy flow and data extraction making the erotic scenes all the more disturbing and psychologically dark.