3 – The succubus I knew before
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‘Why is it so cold? Is it outside?’
It looked like he had been drinking during the day and had slept on the street.
Maru struggled to raise his upper body and rubbed his eyes.
It was still a dark night.
I was sitting in a back alley listening to the cries of stray cats meowing around me.
“ah… Head hurts. Drink in moderation.”
While waking up slowly, my mind flashed.
‘wallet!’
I hurriedly searched my pockets.
Fortunately, I had a wallet.
Because I slept with my backpack on my back, I was safely around.
“phew… It could have been a big deal.”
I got up, removed the straw from my hair, and brushed myself off.
“I need to get out of this city quickly. But where are we going now?”
It was a moment when I was thinking about the future and moving my steps.
Three men who looked like bullies at first sight approached him.
“Is this the first time you’ve seen this face?”
“To be an adventurer, the clothes are rude, but to be called a peddler, what are you doing?”
“They look different from us. A stranger for sure.”
“I came from far away. I want to leave now.”
Maru tried to leave with a kind smile as much as possible so as not to get into a fight.
But one man grabbed him by the collar out of nowhere.
“Where are you going, bastard?”
It was an unexpected misfortune.
The men dragged Maru deep into the alley.
The backpack was already on one of them.
“Give me all the money you have.”
“I have no money. Please give me the bag.”
“Fuck you.”
“Ouch!”
The men threw the floor to the floor and beat it up.
When the fists and feet stopped flying, Maru desperately held on to the wallet and never let go.
Then the men trampled him with their feet again.
“Oh, this kid looks strong. Let go, you fucking bastard.”
“Because I’ll give it to you. Do you really want to look?”
“Brother, I’ll just cut off this bastard’s wrist.”
A silver light shone in the dark.
A man drew a dagger and approached.
“If you don’t do this, I will cut you with a knife.”
“It’s all my property, cool… ! my please… Only this… I have to go back to my hometown.”
“Hey, stab me.”
Two men held on to Maru, who had fallen to the floor, while the other stood face-to-face and held the dagger upside down.
“Hey fuck, I went to a black room the other day, so I didn’t want to use a knife if possible, but it’s your fault. Fuck you.”
Out of nowhere, he heard the sound of a knife being stabbed behind him.
“Ugh!”
The boy flinched and his body stiffened.
Immediately after hearing the sound of a knife being drawn, he collapsed and collapsed.
Someone was standing in the dark.
It was hard to see, but it had a feminine physique.
The two men stared blankly at each other in amazement.
“Who are you!”
“Shit!”
They immediately frowned and rushed at it.
However, the opponent overpowered them at once with very flexible and quick movements.
Three corpses appeared in the corner of a dark alley.
“Heh, heh… ”
Maru hurriedly put on his backpack and stood up.
He also had his wallet in his hand.
The unidentified man slowly walked in front of him holding a bloody dagger.
Then he lowered the hood he was wearing.
Her purple hair swayed and smelled good.
“Are you okay?”
she smiled.
It was dark, so I couldn’t see his face clearly.
Maru made eye contact and said thank you and hurriedly walked past her.
Deer are bitten by wild dogs, and wild dogs are bitten by lions.
I doubted her.
Maybe it was for money rather than good intentions.
The predator changed, but Maru no longer wanted to get involved with bad things.
He limped and hurried out of the alley.
I walked for a while after that.
When we arrived at the southern gate, the guards blocked the way.
“Nobody can go out until dawn.”
Maru had no choice but to go to a nearby corner and wait until the day was bright.
But he didn’t know where to go right away just because he was leaving the city.
He just wanted to quickly get out of this city where his former colleagues remained.
“It’s the same as back then. is not it… ? okay. It has changed. How did you end up alone?”
A woman I met in an alley a while ago approached me with a smile.
Maru, who was crouching in the corner, stared at her with a curious look.
A log fire built on the side of the road illuminated her more clearly.
Long, lush purple hair.
A beautiful woman who appears to be in her late 30s.
The face was familiar.
I narrowed my brows slightly and recalled an old memory.
“Succubus… Luciella… ?”
“yes. You haven’t forgotten.”
“You have grown a lot of hair.”
At the same time, I remembered the kidnapping of a monk from a monastery about two years ago.
At the time, the culprits were succubus, and Luciella, who found out while digging into the case, was quite cooperative with Maru.
As a result, the hero Kiera stormed into the stronghold of the succubus and threw away all the harpoons.
Only Luciella was the only one who survived thanks to Maru’s request.
To be precise, it’s true that he stole it from an obstinate hero who said he wouldn’t forgive anyone if it was a devil.
Anyway, the reason Luciella helped Maru at that time was to get rid of the static, but it was never because of good intentions.
“Is it okay to be in a human city? It would be dangerous.”
“Does Nari look more dangerous than me? A succubus is standing in front of you.”
A laugh flowed from Maru’s mouth.
Luciella came to the side of the floor and sat close enough to touch her body.
It was a somewhat burdensome gesture.
“Looking at your gloomy expression, it seems that you broke up with the hero.”
“I didn’t break up. I’m on a solo mission.”
“I know very well that Na-ri is not good at using her body. Would someone like that walk alone on this scary night street, carrying a sleeping bag and a backpack?”
At her words, Maru sighed involuntarily.
“Thank you very much. I didn’t know you, I just thanked you and left.”
“He was very nervous.”
Luciella reached out and gently stroked Maru’s cheek.
“It’s pitiful to be abandoned by a hero… ”
“Because it isn’t.”
“Don’t fool me. I know everything.”
She stared at me with sad eyes, and then pushed her face in.
We spoke face-to-face at a burdensome distance where each breath seemed to reach.
“Nari needs to be comforted tonight. Otherwise, the sorrow of being betrayed would be unbearable.”
Luciella opened the top of her robe, revealing her luscious breastbone as if to look at it openly.
Maru’s gaze instinctively looked down, and after wandering for a while, he faced her again.
“What are you doing, get out of here.”
“Don’t be afraid. I’m not as bad a monster as you are to me.”
“Count to three. If you don’t, I’ll push you away.”
“You don’t have to worry about losing your energy.”
Luciella walked away with a light smile.
Maru sighed in relief and said with a frown.
“Is it your specialty to seduce people when they’re having a hard time? It wasn’t like this before, but suddenly it’s like this.”
“A favor. I feel sorry for Na-ri.”
“You weren’t trying to control me by using seduction magic, were you?”
“I want to protect you. I’m afraid you’ll get into trouble with a deep heartache.”
“It’s ridiculous.”
Devils think differently than humans, so they cannot be caught off guard even for a moment.
Maru sighed again and closed his eyes.
“Let’s get some sleep before the sun rises, so when you’ve finished your business, leave. I had a great time meeting you.”
“I just felt it in Na-ri’s eyes. The desire to become stronger than anyone else.”
“If you’re messing around again, fuck it.”
“Do you want to become stronger and stronger and take revenge on your comrades who abandoned you?”
Luciella’s voice was softer than ever.
Like a young noblewoman talking softly.
“I can help. I can gift you great power. I never cheat. I just want to fulfill the desire of Nari, who once saved me.”
“… … ”
Maru sighed and shook his head.
“Don’t say anything strange.”
“Strong power is very sweet.”
For the first time, the demon’s energy was revealed in Luciella, who was disguised as a perfect human.
Her eyes glowed red as she licked her lips with her tongue.
“Don’t worry. I just want to help.”
“You’re asking me to betray humanity. I’m crazy?”
“Nari has already been betrayed by humanity.”
“It was just a few out of so many people. Few can be counted on one hand.”
“Can I get a new lover after today? Can I trust my colleagues again?”
“that… ”
“Look. Humans themselves have become disgusting. Our demons who live without hypocrisy might be warmer than humans. Because she behaves honestly according to her innate nature until she dies, she is innocence itself.”
Maru touched his lips and opened his mouth while thinking.
“… How will you give me strength?”
“In fact, there is a unit in the Demon King’s Army made up of humans who were betrayed by the hero like you. Each of them has a sad story. And it’s filled with resentment. They get the power they want there and take their thrilling revenge.”
“Do you want me to join the Demon King’s army?”
“yes.”
“Aren’t you giving me strength?”
“I am a powerless succubus.”
“Hey.”
Maru picked up the stone on the floor and threw it away.
Then I laughed mischievously.
“Okay, then you don’t need it.”
“Don’t you want to become the Demon King?”
“Of course I don’t like it. Your mother is there too.”
Suddenly, a rooster crowing was heard in the distance.
The day was getting brighter.
“This time is already.”
Luciella put on her hood and stood up.
And he made a sad face.
“I have to leave quickly before I die. I didn’t know that today would last until this time, so I didn’t put a protective spell on my body.”
“Yes, hurry up. See you next time we have a relationship.”
She smiled affectionately as she looked down at the floor where she waved goodbye.
“Please forgive the rudeness.”
He quickly reached out and touched Maru’s right ear.
He stabbed the backside with his sharp fingernail.
“Ah!”
It was bleeding and stinging.
“What are you doing?”
She licked the blood off her fingernails as she ran away.
“Don’t get me wrong. It’s just a mark to make it easier to find Nari in the future.”
“Who said that? it’s crazy?”
“Do you run to the warrior you were traveling with and ask them to erase it?”
Luciella threw off her robe.
Suddenly, a strong wind blew, dozens of crows protruding from the robes flew up like a whirlwind and scattered in the sky.
In the blink of an eye, Luciella was transformed into a succubus clad in revealing leather.
Two thick, curved horns resembling those of a goat protruded from its forehead, large black wings sprouted from its back, and a thin, long tail sprouted from its hip.
“If you can’t do it, leave it as it is.”
She smiled and flapped her wings to fly.
After briefly stopping at the guards’ post guarding the gates, frightening them, he disappeared with an eerie echo.
The blood that flowed from his ears quickly dried up.
Maru rubbed his bloody fingers and smiled bitterly.
“Now I’m being raped by a succubus… ”
After a moment of dejection, I shook off my pants and got up, carrying my backpack.
As the day dawned, the gates were open.
Got betrayed so now he’s gonna join the Demons, very nice 🤣