Episode 80 – Succubus Test

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I couldn’t hide my embarrassment at Banata’s sudden action.

But even with my bewildered expression, the cookie pinched between Banata’s two fingers didn’t leave the area around my mouth.

Banata, her cheeks flushed red, twitched and said in a trembling voice.

“My arm hurts, hurry up.”

Coincidentally, Ed, now in human form, felt a cold sweat break out on his forehead.

Banata’s sudden action was surprising, but on the other hand, it could be seen as a scheduled situation.

Because the exact same situation had happened in Flavis.

Lara had told me that Banata was infatuated with me.

Considering me as some kind of prince on a white horse who saved her from a crisis.

But even after realizing all the truth, I never thought she would still have feelings for me.

I slowly pulled my head back, but the more I did, the closer Banata’s hand came to me.

Even though she clearly knows I’m avoiding it, Banata’s actions don’t stop.

Banata seemed to have a more aggressive side than I thought, considering her small stature and docile impression.

I remembered how I got out of this situation in Flavis.

Back then, Lily had snatched the snack from Banata’s hand and the situation ended, but now it was just Banata and me in the living room.

“Banata, why are you doing this?”

“Well… because I like you.”

“What?”

Of course, it wasn’t that I didn’t know, but I couldn’t help but ask back stupidly because I didn’t think she would say it so coolly.

Banata covered her flushed face with the hand that wasn’t holding the cookie and slowly brought her face closer to me.

As I tried to escape by pulling the chair back, Banata’s tail swung sharply and flew towards the chair’s legs, tying them up and holding them in place.

I sighed and asked Banata.

“Why?”

“What do you mean, why?”

“Why do you like me?”

Since I already knew what she was going to say, I was also preparing words to refute her answer.

Well, it’s probably because I saved her from Rose’s bullying, or because I saved her from Jennifer’s lab.

But all of that was for my revenge.

It was to pressure Rose to bring Jennifer or Robin to the academy, and to gain Mena’s cooperation.

Banata was just accidentally entangled with me, it’s not like I saved her, and I’m not a good person enough to be enthusiastic about saving people.

I was preparing to answer in that way.

But an unexpected word popped out of Banata’s mouth.

“Um, just because?”

“…What?”

“Well. I don’t know, Ed. Does the reason matter? If you like someone, you just like them.”

“Wow,”

Banata’s finger holding the cookie was already touching my lips, and Banata’s face was close enough to mine to be only a fist apart.

Banata’s big, clear eyes sparkled and stared straight at me.

Her green bobbed hair swayed slowly, and the small animal ears that sprouted on top of it twitched quickly and regularly like her heartbeat.

Slowly, Banata’s tail pulled the chair, and I felt the cookie and her fingers slowly prying open my lips.

I stared at Banata for a moment, unable to move, like a frog in front of a snake.

Banata puffed out her cheeks as if she was slightly sulky, and then made an aegyo-filled voice.

“Hey, Ed.”

“Ugh,”

“Why are you doing this? It’s just a cookie.”

“Ugh,”

“There’s no poison this time. Say ah~.”

Something’s wrong.

Banata’s appeal, which used to feel clumsy enough to be cute, now felt incredibly powerful for some reason.

Strangely, her figure even looked incredibly feminine.

Banata definitely had a figure that was far from feminine, as much as her small stature.

Her thin and small body had small and flat breasts and butt, but I remember that Banata’s appearance, reminiscent of a small animal like a squirrel or rabbit, had an charm that stimulated the desire to protect her.

But something was a little different now.

Of course, it wasn’t as attractive as Jennifer, who was famous for her good figure, or Rose, whose figure was as attractive as her mother’s, but Banata’s breasts and butt seemed much more prominent than before.

Is this probably due to becoming a succubus?

Wait,

Succubus?

I snatched Banata’s finger, which had entered between my lips and was touching my teeth.

Banata was startled and let out a shallow scream.

“Kya!”

“Banata. Did you use charm?”

“Ehehe,”

Looking at Banata’s awkwardly smiling face, I felt as if something that had been tightly binding my body had disappeared.

And at the same time, I started hearing something in my head.

[Ed! Get a grip!]

‘Huh?’

[Ed! Can you hear me now? I kept calling you, but you didn’t respond at all as if you couldn’t hear me!]

‘You called me? I didn’t hear anything, oh my god, Ulgaros. This is charm, right?’

[Yes, even if she became a demon artificially, it’s a powerful level.]

[Charm! Hmph, isn’t he just charmed by a cute girl?!]

[What, why are you sulking again?]

[I don’t know, you stupid Demon King.]

[Wow, shit,]

Banata gently stroked my hand with the thumb of the hand I was holding.

When I looked at Banata, she was staring intently at the hand I was holding.

I let go of Banata’s hand and glared at her, saying.

“What are you doing?”

Despite my rather harsh tone, Banata didn’t care.

“Tch, just eating a cookie,”

“I felt sorry that you became a demon, but I guess I didn’t need to? Seeing you use charm so freely.”

“Ed, are you angry? I’m… I’m sorry.”

Banata quickly became sullen and lowered her head.

Her small ears drooped and hid in her hair.

I sighed and said.

“Why are you doing this?”

“…I told you. I like you. Don’t ask for reasons. I don’t know when it started or why. I just like you. Since Flavis.”

“…Ha, I’m sorry, but I have no intention of accepting your feelings.”

“Ed, now I know what kind of person Ed is and what happened. I also know that Ed is not in the mood for that. I even know how scary and cruel Ed can be. I saw it all inside when Rose woke up.”

“Yeah, then you should stay away from me more…”

“So, I think Ed needs more women.”

“What?”

I let out a hollow laugh at Banata’s absurd words and asked back.

Banata took a deep breath and began to bring up a sensitive topic.

“Do you still miss the Saintess…?”

“…Banata.”

“That’s why you rejected Lara-nim? And you’re not very interested in the Princess either?”

“Banata. Stop,”

“How about me? Of course, I know very well that those people are all incomparably more attractive women than me, but I have a huge advantage compared to those people. Ed.”

I was about to cut off Banata’s words because I was irritated by the sensitive story, but Banata, who was speaking like a machine gun with a serious face, didn’t stop.

I coldly said to her with a cynical sneer.

“What, that you’re young?”

“That you don’t have to choose me.”

“…?”

“Lara-nim, and the Princess. They’re all amazing people. Ed, who is already busy with revenge, probably hasn’t even figured out what his heart wants, so if you choose such amazing people, you can’t take it back later.”

“What does that mean? What the hell,”

Banata put her hands on my chest and shoulders and came closer.

Banata’s swaying tail wrapped around the back of the chair and pulled it.

“Ed, you don’t have to choose me. Really. You can change your mind later and like someone else. Or you can hug other people and me at the same time. I just like Ed, and I like being next to Ed.”

“…That’s not…”

“I’m not going to lie and say that I want to help Ed or soothe Ed’s wounds. I just like Ed and want to be with Ed.”

“…”

Her confession that it’s okay to abandon her someday was so bitter, but the fact that she said she just liked me so much and wanted to be with me was so unadorned that it was rather refreshing.

I just like you.

It’s okay if you change your mind someday.

What words could be more pleasing to a man than this?

Seeing her volunteer to be a ‘easy woman’ who stimulates men’s fantasies, Banata was definitely a succubus.

With a slightly trembling heart, I wondered if she was still using charm.

[Ed! Don’t fall for the words of the cunning demon!]

[No, so why the hell are you making a fuss.]

The noise I heard in my head was proving that Banata wasn’t using charm.

I grabbed my reason and shook my head, saying.

“No way.”

“Why?”

Banata had already dropped honorifics.

“I’m not in a situation,”

“Then you don’t have to like me. I’ll just comfort Ed. I want to sleep with Ed.”

Banata, knowing that she was saying embarrassing things, blushed and whispered in my ear.

I pushed her away from me.

“Still no way.”

“Why? Am I that bad?”

“No,”

Squeak

The bedroom door opened.

“Because Lara might kill you.”

Lara, her eyes wide open enough to tear, walked out with a expressionless face through the open doorway.

She was holding a bow in her hand.

*

Rose was watching all the situation from inside Banata, holding her breath.

In the blink of an eye, Lara came to Ed’s side.

It was almost like teleportation.

Lara still had an expressionless face, swept back her bangs, looked at Banata, and said.

“Ed says he doesn’t like you. Can’t you understand?”

“Oh, ah, that, that’s…”

“Lara. Calm down.”

“Ed, now that I think about it, she’s a demon anyway, is there any need to keep her alive?”

Lara said that and slowly raised her bow.

Rose had already heard from Ed that her signature was Lara’s archery skills, which sniped an invisible air lift from an absurd distance.

Rose, who was possessing Banata’s body without a physical body, felt a chill run down her spine when she saw Lara’s eyes and bow.

Banata was also terrified and trembling.

Ed raised his hand and lowered Lara’s arm, which was holding up the bow.

“Calm down, Lara, it’s a misunderstanding.”

“What’s the misunderstanding?”

“This is because Banata is acting out of character at my request to test the charm.”

Ed lied to Lara with a nonchalant face.

Lara looked down at Banata and asked in a chilling voice.

“Is that true?”

Banata couldn’t answer and just shook her head up and down.

Lara sighed once, then slung the bow on her back and wrapped her arms around Ed’s neck.

“I almost misunderstood.”

“Lara, get off.”

“No.”

“Ha…”

Unlike Banata, who couldn’t come to her senses because of the murderous aura Lara was emitting, Rose saw Lily looking at this side from the doorway of the bedroom far away.

Lily, who Rose used to play with often when she was four years old, had grown up to look just like Aunt Lara when she was young after a long time.

Tightly tied hair, healthy tanned skin.

And

Even the eyes full of jealousy looking at this side through the doorway.

Rose finally realized why her plan to poison Banata had failed.

Banata probably would have approached Salvie the Baron like she is now, and those two wouldn’t have let it go.

Then that Lily must have eaten the poisoned refreshments.

[Haa…]

‘Rose, I’m scared to death. More scared than you.’

[Shut up, moss head.]

‘Wow, that’s really harsh.’

Ed struggled to get Lara off his shoulder, but soon gave up and looked at Banata, saying.

“The test is passed. It’s definitely an amazing ability. Your charm.”

“Th… Thank you.”

“Okay, then I have something to ask of you right away. Banata.”

“Wh… What is it?”

“There’s someone I want you to charm and kidnap with your charm ability. Considering the relationship between Rose in your head and that guy, it will be a strange reunion.”

“…?”

Rose, who was suddenly pointed out by Ed, stared intently at Ed’s mouth.

Kidnapping is not something that a clumsy girl like Banata can do well.

In other words, this is the same as ordering Rose herself to do it.

The fact that he didn’t give the order directly with the Demon King’s horn is a kind of mercy and leeway.

Ed smiled darkly at Banata, who was tilting her head.

“The target is Piadu de Valguir. My next revenge victim is the Valguir family.”

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