episode_0027

As always, Hanna seemed quite bored today.

In the first place, there weren’t many adventurers in this village, and even the grades of the adventurers who were active weren’t that high.

“It’s nice. It’s less busy than the guild in the city. Plus, the rough group that used to cause trouble until recently doesn’t seem to be around, which is even better.”

Originally, she had worked as a receptionist at an adventurer guild located in the central city of the Lifen Kingdom, living a busy life, but now she was living a comfortable life after being assigned to the countryside.

There was one rookie adventurer that Hanna had her eye on.

The identity of the super rookie adventurer was Lily, who had newly registered this month.

Based on Hanna’s analysis, Lily was an adventurer with a very bright potential for future growth.

And today, as always, Lily came to Hanna to request a quest.

Lily took the quest paper hanging on the wall and brought it to Hanna, shaking it gently.

“Hanna unnie~ Can I do this today?”

Hanna picked up the paper that Lily brought and read it.

The nature of the quest was to help procure items from one end of the village to the other.

Despite being a very easy quest, it was a quest that other adventurers avoided because it was bothersome.

Seeing Lily choose such a quest, Hanna looked at Lily with a surprised expression.

“Lily… you…”

“Hehe… I know. But… someone has to do it, right…?”

Seeing Lily like that, Hanna raised her evaluation of Lily even more.

‘If an adventurer puts in steady effort with this kind of working mindset… she might even reach the level of a top-tier adventurer, right?’

Of course, this was all just a rough estimate based on Hanna’s experience.

After completing the quest, Lily returned to the guild only after it became evening.

Receiving the quest completion reward from Hanna, Lily cautiously asked,

“Um… Hanna unnie…?”

“Yeah? What’s up, Lily? What’s the matter?”

“If you don’t have plans for dinner tonight… would you like to have dinner with me?”

“Hmm? What about your little brother?”

Hanna knew to some extent about Louis because Lily often talked about him.

She also knew how good the relationship between Lily and Louis was.

“Oh, Louis said he’s having dinner at a friend’s house and will come back later tonight…”

“Well, then. There’s no reason we can’t eat together! Let’s eat together!”

“Yes! Thank you!”

“In that case, could you wait for me over there for a moment while I get ready to leave work? I’ll be right back.”

“Oh, sure!”

Nervously, Lily went to the adventurer waiting area and sat down, waiting for Hanna to finish work.

The innocent appearance of Lilly made Hanna smile.

After finishing getting ready to leave work, Hanna went to Lilly. Lilly noticed and quickly got up from her seat.

“Oh, unnie! Shall we go?”

“Yes. Do you have any place in mind where you want to eat?”

“Um… I’ve mostly been cooking and eating at home with Louis, so…”

“I see… Oh! There’s a great restaurant nearby that I often visit. Shall we go there?”

“Yes!”

So, Hanna was delighted to have someone to share dinner with after a long time and arrived at the restaurant she thought was the best in town.

There, they ordered a hearty dinner, added some beer, and enjoyed themselves until they were completely full.

However, a problem arose when Hanna couldn’t control herself and ended up getting too drunk.

“Hic… more… pour me more…”

“Oh, unnie… I think you should stop drinking.”

“More… I need to drink more…!!”

“No, you can’t possibly handle more alcohol… Where is your home?”

“Hic… to go home…”

“I guess there’s no other choice… I’ll just have to take care of you at my place…”

With Hanna on her back, Lilly headed towards her own home, a faint smile on her face.

When Hanna regained consciousness, everything was pitch black and she couldn’t see anything.

She was definitely trying to open her eyes, but it seemed like something dark was covering them.

Her lips were stuck together with some adhesive substance, preventing her from opening her mouth, only making muffled sounds.

“What… what is this…? Kidnapped? If I’m here, then Lilly… Lilly…!?”

“Uh…?”

As Hanna made a slight noise, she heard Lilly’s voice along with rustling from beside her.

“Uh… unnie, are you awake now…?”

It was definitely Lilly’s voice, the same voice from her last memory of having dinner together.

Strangely, Lilly’s voice was far too calm given the situation.

Normally, one would expect her to be shocked and panicky upon seeing their current state or being kidnapped together.

“Lilly…? Is that Lilly? Could it be…?”

“Uh… uh… uh!”

Lilly spoke to Hanna, who had now understood the situation.

“Unnie, are you curious why I did this? You’ll be curious.”

Hanna tried to struggle, but she was currently tied to the bed, unable to move. She was utterly helpless.

As she wriggled, she felt the ropes around her body tightening even more.

“Ugh… Unni. Don’t move. When you shake your body like that, it just makes me feel more uncomfortable because your chest keeps moving.”

“What… What are you talking about, this kid!”

“Uh uh uh!!”

Suddenly, Lily’s coming-out(?) statement made Hanna slightly flustered.

Taking advantage of the moment, Lily swiftly removed the paper with adhesive that she had placed over Hanna’s mouth.

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“Shh… Ouch… Lily! What… what are you doing!”

“Oh, hush, Unni.”

Lily tapped her index finger on Hanna’s lips.

Then, using both hands, she gently massaged Hanna’s chest.

“Mmm… Why… why are you doing this, Lily…”

“You were the appropriate target, Unni.”

“Target… what in the world…”

Lily flicked her fingers. At that moment, the black cloth that had been covering Hanna’s sight vanished into thin air.

With her vision suddenly clear, Hanna tried to look around.

But she couldn’t help but freeze at the sight before her, a being, no, a demon.

The demon in front of her bore a strange resemblance to Lily. But its body and features were nothing like Lily’s.

“L-Lily…?”

“Hehe… That’s right, Unni. It’s me.”

Lily had transformed from her human form back into the form of Lilith, the succubus.

Her beautiful horns, ample chest, broad hips, the long tail growing along her spine, and the bat wings sprouting from her waist all proved that she was unmistakably a succubus.

“S-Succubus…”

“You must be surprised, Unni. Let me reintroduce myself. I used to be Lily, but now I am Lilith Heinous. Heinous is the family name. I am the Succubus Queen. Currently, I am exploring new members of our household under the great name of our mother. And my first target is none other than you, Unni. You may consider it an honor.”

“…”

Hanna simply couldn’t believe the situation.

The innocent country girl who had just received a quest that others wouldn’t dare to take, was actually a succubus treated as a high-level demon?

And Hanna could feel the magic emanating from Lilith’s body through her own skin.

It was a slightly stinging sensation.

‘T-That’s too strong… Not just a high-level demon… I’ve never seen such power before!’

Hanna had been working as a receptionist in the adventurer’s guild for several years, but even in the central guild of the city of Raipen, she had never encountered a presence that exuded such formidable strength.

In Hanna’s estimation, if a demon possessed this level of power, it could be almost as strong as the legendary Imperial Witch Hunter Senna, or even much stronger than her.

Faced with such a being, Hanna felt overwhelmed.

So Lilith sat down on Hanna’s frozen lap.

Then, she bent her upper body, grabbed Han-na’s chin, and forced her to look into her eyes.

“Ha… chu-lip… Unni… I wish Han-na Unni could become our family’s demon… What about you, Unni?”

“Kkuh… F-family…?”

“I want to become a demon… Is that not possible?”

“If… If you don’t want to be a demon…?”

Han-na asked nervously and looked at Relis.

“Well… Of course… You should die. If Han-na Unni finds out my secret and spreads it… It would be troublesome, wouldn’t it?”

As she spoke, Relis lightly scratched Han-na’s neck with sharp nails.

A little bit of bright red blood began to appear in that spot.

Feeling threatened, Han-na started to stammer and make excuses.

“No, no…! No! I-I don’t dislike it, I was just curious what would happen if you did…”

“Oh, is that so? Sorry, Unni. Mother said that anyone who knows our identity should be dealt with. Either kill them or make them like us. One of the two. We can’t let anyone expose our identity.”

Realizing that her life could be taken away at any moment, Han-na trembled.

“Become a demon or die…? I don’t want either…! But… to die because of that…!”

“I’ll give you 3 seconds from now. Decide quickly. I really hate waiting.”

“What?! W-wait!”

Suddenly faced with the abrupt countdown, Han-na became anxious.

“3.”

“Ugh, th-th-that… ugh…”

“2.”

“Ha… hah… huh…”

“1.”

“I’ll… I’ll do it! I’ll become a demon!”