Chapter 2: First Experience (2)

“An Incubus?”

What was that? Seeing the Demon’s gaze as if I should obviously know, it seemed like a very famous species, but I couldn’t grasp it. Was it similar to a Succubus?

“What is it?”

The Demon gave a wry smile and patted my head once. The hand that had wrapped around my head slid down to my cheek, and the Demon’s body floated up and sat beside me. The piled-up straw spread to the side, and the spot where she sat became stiffly dried. As the Demon reached out, a sheet of paper floated up in the air.

A drawing was depicted on the paper, showing the Demon boasting magnificent horns and a bare lower body. I scrunched up my face at the hideous attire.

“Simply put, Incubi are a race that’s good at sex.”

At the word ‘sex’ that suddenly popped out of the Demon’s mouth, I flinched. The situation of seeing a beautiful woman and a lewd drawing, combined with the pronunciation of ‘sex’ lightly touching my palate in a sultry voice, made my lower body surge with excitement.

The Demon circled around my lower body, fidgeting her fingers tantalizingly close, and I focused more on her hand movements than the drawing. The Demon’s whisper echoed.

“You can absorb the opponent’s vital energy, or release your power to corrupt someone.”

“Absorb vital energy……. Release……”

It meant they were the same species as Succubi. Seeing as they were distinguished by name, it seemed the male and female races were called Incubus and Succubus separately. As I nodded silently, the Demon added an explanation.

“To put it more simply, they are a race that utilizes people’s sexual desire and vital energy. They can even absorb vital energy completely and turn someone into a mummy.”

It was a peculiar ability that seemed like it could be useful for my revenge, yet also seemed useless. The Demon suddenly moved away from my side and flew up into the air. Then, tilting her head, she spoke to me.

“Want to stand up?”

“Ah, yes.”

I followed her instruction and got to my feet. I felt strangely lighter than usual. The wounds I had received from being beaten earlier that evening were healed, and my muscles, which had been screaming from harsh labor, moved flexibly.

“Huh?”

“The seal release takes effect gradually, so you’ll feel even better tomorrow morning? So, for now, take my hand. I’ll show you a glimpse of the abilities of these enchanting demons.”

She seemed to be a Succubus. The Demon who released my seal was a Succubus… was this a coincidence? I took the Demon’s hand without hesitation. As soon as I took her hand, she abruptly changed her hand shape and intertwined her fingers with mine. The sensation of her skin filling the spaces between my knuckles made me have to take another deep breath.

As my vision swam and my heart pounded, the Demon’s eyes also turned red, and she chuckled. Her swaying tail and enormous wings turned the same color as her eyes, and the world became blurry.

“Whoa!”

It felt like an earthquake, so I staggered. In my dimming vision, yellow and red dots floated around. The festival was winding down. I could see structures people had erected for the hero and priests collecting donations.

It seemed we had come outside. I hid my body against the wall to avoid the priests’ eyes, and the Demon, finding my timidness amusing, giggled again.

“Don’t worry. I told you earlier, didn’t I? Only corrupt priests lacking ability and passion come to these rural corners, so they can’t sense a Demon.”

And she confidently stepped outside. In fact, none of the people walking around paid any attention to her, the Demon. Her entire body appeared blurry, like a desert mirage, and glancing at my own feet and hands, I too seemed to remain blurry.

Could I really not be seen? I waved my hands at passersby and even covered my eyes with my fingers, but people acted as if they couldn’t see me at all.

The priests also showed no sign of noticing me. They were busily darting their eyes around, looking for people who could donate, and among them, a female priest sat with a prim posture, sighing deeply as she flipped through documents.

Her blonde hair was cut like a bowl, her eyes were a lake-like blue, and her long eyelashes fluttered with every blink. Her chest, the size one would want to hold tightly with both hands, elicited gasps in the most lewd manner with every slight movement. She clearly looked like she wanted to escape this festival.

I followed the Demon, my gaze fixed on her chest. The Demon confidently and boldly cut through the crowd, heading towards an alley.

“Huh?”

But at that moment, the female priest suddenly lifted her head and looked towards where the Demon was. Perhaps the Demon hadn’t predicted this situation either, as she stopped walking and froze. I whispered, tightly gripping the Demon’s wing,

“W-what? Did she see us?”

The female priest blinked her blue eyes, staring at where the Demon and I were, then tilted her head. Her furrowed brow made her look ill-tempered, but the way she tilted her head and rolled her eyes made her seem cute too.

“Is something wrong?”

“No. It’s nothing. I must be tired. The festival is over, let’s withdraw now. The smell of alcohol, the smell of garbage… I really can’t stand being in a place like this anymore.”

“You’ll have to get used to it. You might not know since you’re from the capital, but this city always feels like this.”

“Haaah……”

The female priest sighed deeply upon hearing the priest’s words. The priest chuckled sheepishly, looked at his colleague, and then, from an angle where the female priest couldn’t see, he spun his finger around his temple, laughing.

The priests left the festival grounds and walked towards the temple.

“See? Told you? They didn’t notice, did they?”

Only after the priests had moved away did the Demon laugh, spreading her arms wide as if nothing had happened. Where did her shameless attitude come from? I was so dumbfounded that I forgot she was a Demon and that I had come to learn demonic powers while dreaming of revenge, and ended up chuckling.

The Demon stared intently at me as I laughed. She had been consistently kind to me, but still, her wickedly shining red eyes and sharp horns made me feel intimidated in the silence. Did she think my laughter was mockery? I stopped laughing and avoided her gaze.

People were staggering, collapsing onto the ground, or crawling towards their homes. Even amidst the foul smell of alcohol, the Demon’s scent lingered.

“You look even better when you smile. Smile often.”

She said that, gripping my cheeks tightly with both hands.

“Huh?”

“Yes. Yes. It’s good when you smile like this. Smiling is the best, you know?”

The Demon was laughing, stretching my cheeks like a toy. Then, she wrapped an arm around my shoulder, pulled me close, burying me in her chest, and pointed to a man walking into a back alley.

“Well then, shall we try a demonstration with that man?”

“…A, a demonstration?”

Both Succubi and Incubi are races skilled at sex. Naturally, they absorb vital energy through sex, and use their power through sex. But why the hell are you using a man as a teaching tool right now?

“Ah, no. Couldn’t you use a woman instead?”

“What woman would be wandering around alone at this hour? It’s dangerous. Entering someone else’s house is a bit difficult. And troublesome.”

The Demon was surprisingly sensible about certain things. I desperately tried to appeal to my sexual preferences.

“No, but doing it with a man is a bit…”

The Demon frowned slightly at my words and asked with a puzzled expression,

“Hm? With a man? Why not?”

“What?”

“We have eyes, you know. We don’t just have sex with anyone. What if that man has an STD? You seem to be misunderstanding something? Succubi and Incubi are indeed races skilled at sex, but… that doesn’t mean we always absorb vital energy through sex. A race that has to have sex with men they don’t desire just to survive is too… How should I put it… pathetic, isn’t it? We have feelings and preferences too.”

In the back alley, the man was lying down, groaning. We confirmed no one else was coming into this alley. He was a man with a round face and a plump belly. The Demon grabbed the back of the man’s head and said,

“It’s simple. Regardless of whether it’s a man or a woman. You just need to touch a part of your body, concentrate on drawing the power from your gut to your palm, and regulate your breathing. Then……”

She demonstrated the breathing technique and tightened her grip. Suddenly, the man’s head shot up, his hands flailed towards the air, and he began to let out strange moans.

“Ugh…! Ughh…! Kkeu-eut……!”

With his eyes rolled back, he looked like a corpse on the verge of death.

“W-what is it? We’re not screwed, are we?”

The Demon laughed at my worried question.

“Oh my, it feels a bit mean to just extract the vital energy. So I’m giving him a very lewd dream.”

“Do you really have to do that too?”

“You don’t have to if you don’t want to. It depends on the individual.”

“Kkeo-uh-uh-uh……!”

While we were talking, the man’s face grew pale, and his breathing became shallow. When the Demon removed her hand, the man’s body, which had been writhing moments before, slumped onto the ground like a doll. The Demon said,

“Want to try?”

“Ah, yes.”

I didn’t know who this man was. Working mostly in the mansion, I didn’t know the people of this town. He could have been a reliable head of household, or perhaps a bad person. But ultimately, wasn’t that someone else’s business?

I placed my hand on his head like the Demon had done and put strength into my lower abdomen. A faint power was drawn from within my gut and spread throughout my hand. At the same time, the man’s body lying on the ground trembled violently, and I felt power surging into my own body.

“Oh! Ooooh!”

I fluttered about, unsure what to do with the sensation of my body growing stronger. The Demon nodded with a satisfied expression and clapped her hands.

The first absorption. The first meeting. And the first laugh and first hug.

“You did well. You’re doing really well.”

She told me so, and the sky was beginning to dawn. The Demon instantly sent me back to the room, just as she had brought me out of the mansion.

“Well then, it’s time to part ways?”

In the dim morning light, sitting on the windowsill, she waved her hand. Her form was gradually fading with each rising sun. I felt like tears would well up. They say the darkest hour is just before dawn, don’t they?

“You’ll come again, right?”

Anyone might call her a Demon, but ultimately, that was just what others said. To me, she was the dawn. She asked, smiling as clearly as morning dew.

“Do you like me that much?”

“I want to meet you again.”

Saying I liked her felt too embarrassing. But I wished she would hug me one more time. I wished she would joke with me while smiling and hold me tight. The Demon nodded and said to me,

“Yes, let’s meet again next time. I hope I’ll be a slightly more grown-up Demon when we meet again.”

“Yes. I’ll become a magnificent Demon.”

Feeling tears welling up, I rubbed my eyes once and looked up; the Demon who had been on the windowsill was gone. She surprised people when she appeared, and she had a truly mischievous talent for disappearing too. I ran my hand over the windowsill, vowing to meet the Demon again.

I would definitely become a magnificent Demon. A Demon of cruel sex, more than anyone else.

“Evan! Evan! You’re not still passed out sleeping in the attic, are you?! Get out here right now!”

Someone was calling my name. I knew who it was.

Those bastards I’m no longer afraid of.

Fucking bastards.

I replied in a bright voice.

“Yes! I’m coming down now!”