Oh no! Seduce Mother! Oh no!

Jess Oboro.

Her current name is Jestiel Arbentaine, and she is the wife of Perdain, the head of the Arbentaine Family.

And she was the mother of the eldest son who would inherit the family.

Just looking at this, anyone would envy her position.

The Arbentaine Family, which dominates Ruincrest, a paradise for the upper class.

And the mistress of that family.

Just hearing it, one would think she could enjoy all kinds of power and wealth.

But Jess’s life was no different from that of a canary trapped in a cage.

The mistress of a meritorious family?

The mother of the family’s eldest son?

All meaningless.

The only life allowed to Jess was one where she was trapped in the family, unable to do anything and just living lazily.

Despite holding the position of the current head’s wife, she did not have proper stake or influence in the Arbentaine Family.

The Arbentaine Family is basically operated and managed with Perdain, the head of the family, as the center, and Jess was merely married off as if she had been abandoned and sold off by the family.

Even though she is the head’s wife, she cannot influence the family’s management at all. Moreover, her outside activities are extremely limited for the sake of the family’s ’cause’ and security.

Thanks to this, Jess’s daily life consisted of nothing more than sitting idly in the unnecessarily large mansion, like a jobless person.

‘The weak are devoured.’

This was Jess’s basic belief and life philosophy.

It was only natural for Jess, and not just her, to have a burning desire for success in order to live in the harsh world of Ark.

However, Jess’s Oboro Family was so weak that it could be considered at the level of commoners compared to the Arbentaine Family, called dukes.

Although they are a family engaged in trade, they are bound to become like paper birds fluttering in the face of other high-ranking families.

So Jess could not rely on the family’s prestige.

All the Academy students were from the upper class, and there were so many who were much stronger than her in the Ruincrest layer.

So Jess believed in her talent and did not slack off.

She worked hard to death, for her own success.

She lived desperately to avoid being devoured by someone.

Only I am responsible for my life.

Not the family, not the Academy, not friends.

No one will take responsibility for my life.

Thus, Jess lived desperately for success.

Of course, the ending of this desperate effort is already known to be futile.

However, the biggest misfortunes in Jess’s life were two things.

One was being born in the Ruincrest layer.

The other was meeting Perdain at the Academy.

If it had been a normal layer other than Ruincrest, Jess would have been recognized for her potential and talent, entered the Academy with the support of the central administration, and become an Overseer or executor.

But Ruincrest is a paradise for the ultra-high class, where even the reach of the central administration is weakened.

There are its own laws and regulations, and the power struggles between high-ranking families are so chaotic that it makes one want to vomit.

Since she was born in such a world, Jess’s family was relatively weak.

Even though they are called a high-ranking family, they have no power.

And if she hadn’t met Perdain at the Academy… at least if she hadn’t caught Perdain’s eye, she wouldn’t have been sold off to the Arbentaine Family like a commodity and married.

Thus, Jess was devoured.

By Perdain Arbentaine.

Why?

Because she had talent, but she was weak.

Her only strength, her talent, was eaten and digested by the Arbentaine Family.

Naturally, Jess was pessimistic about her situation and angry.

‘…I want to get out.’

Wearing a dress and looking up at the stained-glass window, which was like the bars of a prison, Jess muttered inwardly.

‘I thought I was a shining star. I never doubted it, and I believed without a doubt that I would shine.’

I wanted to succeed too.

I wanted to become a First-Class Overseer too.

I still can’t forget the faces of my parents cheering when they saw the results of the talent measuring device when I was young.

I want to have my own dignified family too.

I don’t want to be manipulated or oppressed by anyone.

‘I thought I was a star that fell from the sky, but I was just a tiny firefly.’

I despise Perdain and the Arbentaine Family, who oppress me and take away my talent…

But it’s okay.

It’s still okay.

Don’t doubt it.

Even if there’s no way.

Shout that it’s okay in the cage full of darkness.

Someday, I’ll shine again.

Even if I fall to the ground, there will be a day when I rise to the sky.

So endure it.

Clench your teeth.

Jess dreamed of the day she would break out of the family dozens of times a day.

But Jess was not a fool.

She knew that the reality was not easy.

Due to the Arbentaine Family’s formula, all of Jess’s talent and potential had been transferred to Dehite, and all Jess could do in the family was to command a few servants.

Even those servants were Perdain’s people, so all of Jess’s actions were reported to the head of the family.

There is no freedom.

She just has to sit still without any power.

Still, Jess was not without hope.

Her own son, Dehite Arbentaine, who was rumored to be a good-for-nothing and trash, was one of Jess’s few hopes.

‘…If I become the head’s mother, things will change.’

Whatever the case, Dehite is Jess’s son and the family’s heir.

Dehite’s success is Jess’s success, and she thought that only when Dehite inherited the position of head of the family would Jess be able to enjoy complete freedom.

However, Jess did not have the authority to discipline and teach her own child.

Even though she is the mother, the education of the eldest son is solely the domain of the Arbentaine Family’s elders and the head of the family.

So Jess was separated from Dehite as soon as she gave birth, as if she had been taken away by Perdain. She was only able to meet Dehite when he entered Ruincrest Academy.

Thanks to this, Dehite grew up to be an heir who suited Perdain’s taste.

Personality? Good-for-nothing tendencies?

These were just ‘minor matters’ that would be buried by the Arbentaine Family’s influence.

Still, Jess did not completely lose hope.

Since Jess had no influence, Dehite may not know his mother’s bitter heart… but still, he is her son, so he will understand.

If she gets close to him, shares her mother’s heart, and he understands, Dehite, if he is the son Jess gave birth to in pain, will at least plant the heart to free his mother from prison.

However, she never even imagined that her son was a lecherous man who abandoned the natural order by feeling lust for his mother and sister.

‘…I know, too. I know that my son is a good-for-nothing…’

Jess felt a thick lust in her own son’s eyes as he looked at her.

It was terrible and disgusting.

Whether it was misfortune or good fortune, her daughter Taylor desperately stopped and resisted her brother, so Jess was not violated by her own son.

‘This is just a matter of time…’

Jess vaguely sensed that her own son would violate her someday.

‘But there’s no way.’

No matter how disgusting it is.

Even if she is violated by her own son Dehite, Jess wanted to escape from this prison.

Even a firefly that has fallen to the ground dreamed of the day when it would fly back into the sky like a star.

It was a pity for her daughter Taylor, but Jess wanted to be free even in this way.

But that Dehite died.

He was challenged to a Duel Trial by some girl who came to the Academy as a transfer student and died just like that.

He was torn apart so horribly that there was no possibility of revival.

It was such an absurd story.

Moreover, Dehite was the family’s eldest son, so he had received the ‘talent’ extracted by the Arbentaine Family into his body.

Even though the eldest son of a meritorious family lives like a good-for-nothing, he is still impossible for Academy students to approach.

But why did Dehite die? What was even more surprising than the fact that he died was that Perdain, the head of the family, declared that he would adopt the female student who killed Dehite in the Duel Trial as his ‘adopted daughter’.

‘W-What the hell…’

What on earth is going on?

Although her unfilial son, whom she was afraid to even mention, had died, Jess’s only hope had also disappeared.

Taylor?

She is a good child who thinks of her mother, but Taylor cannot become the head of the Arbentaine Family. She cannot free her.

“……”

So Jess just shut herself in her room, hugging her blanket and sobbing.

It was all for naught that she had prepared herself to be violated by her own son. Now Jess had no hope left.

She would just sit still like this.

She would live a lazy and stagnant life… She would grow old and die without success and without anyone noticing.

She would be satisfied with the bird feed that occasionally came into the cage. She would just live without achieving anything, without accomplishing anything.

It was the life that Jess hated and dreaded the most.

-Knock knock

“……”

-Knock knock knock.

What awakened Jess, who was just lying blankly, was the sound of knocking on the door.

But Jess didn’t even want to answer.

If it was a servant’s knock, she thought they would go back on their own if she just stayed still.

“Jestiel, Alice Arbentaine is requesting to enter.”

What?

Who?

-Knock knock knock.

“Ah~ Mother? Are you there?”

“…!”

“Ah, Miss, you can’t! This is the room of Jestiel, the mistress of the family…!”

“It’s okay. It’s okay. I’ll take responsibility.”

Ah, that voice.

It was the first time she had heard that voice today, but how could she forget whose voice it was?

“Ahaha, I thought you were here because I could faintly hear your breathing.”

“…”

The one who playfully took away her own son.

The one who took away Jess’s last hope, which was dirty and disgusting.

It was Alice’s voice.

How dare she come here…!

But even though Jess had not given permission to enter, Alice had already opened Jess’s door and entered. Next to her, the maid who served Jestiel was bowing her head as if she was sorry.

“I’m sorry! I’m sorry! Madam!”

“You can leave.”

“B-But…”

“Leave before that cheeky brat challenges you to a Duel Trial too.”

“…!”

The fact that Alice was the one who killed Dehite in the Duel Trial had spread quite widely in the family, and the maid’s face turned blue.

In the end, the maid bowed her head as if she couldn’t help it and stepped back. Alice began to look around Jess’s room.

She looked around the study, rubbed the cold coffee in the cup with her hand, and looked at the windows that were like the bars of a prison.

“…Seeing you come into the room of the family’s mistress and your mother-in-law without permission and wandering around without any sense of propriety, I can see what level you are at.”

“Ah, I know that it’s rude. But you only need to be polite to people who deserve it, right?”

“Are you saying that I don’t deserve to be treated with respect?”

“No, that’s not it. I’m just trying to be a little more friendly and honest with you because you’re my mother? But I heard that the mistress of the Arbentaine Family doesn’t have any authority to interfere in internal affairs or influence the appointment of a successor?”

Alice looked down at Jess with a smile.

“Besides, Head of Family Perdain said that he could send my mother somewhere far away if I wanted to.”

“…Ha, Perdain. That bastard said that?”

He’s determined to erase Dehite’s traces.

Of course, Jess knows how the Arbentaine Family works.

They raise the eldest son as the top priority, but if someone defeats that eldest son, they take that person as the family’s new nourishment and seed.

But she didn’t expect that Alice would fill Dehite’s vacant position in less than a day.

“He is truly a remarkable husband and father, isn’t he? Dehite… no, since I killed this family’s own son, he’s worried that my mother will be greatly heartbroken and get a mental illness. So he’s going to send my mother to a comfortable and far away place.”

“…Gritting.”

Jess glared at Alice, gritting her teeth.

Perdain’s words simply meant that she had used up all her usefulness, so now she should get out.

Perhaps Alice came into Jess’s room so rudely because she knew that Jess no longer had any power or influence in the Arbentaine Family.

“Cruel, you…”

Even the act of cruelly mocking her was so beautiful that Jess thought that Alice was a demon or succubus from a book who seduced people.

“Get out if you’re going to say useless things. I have no intention of talking to you.”

“Ahaha, I’m your daughter now, even though I’m adopted. It’s only natural for a daughter to greet her mother, right?”

“Ha, if you’ve come to mock me, it’s no use. I have nothing left to lose, so mockery is meaningless.”

But Alice smiled brightly and came to Jess’s side, sitting next to the bed.

It hasn’t even been a day since she came to this house and was adopted, but how can she be so shameless and cruel?

Jess now felt that she really had no choice left.

The family’s eldest son is gone, and Taylor has no chance of becoming the heir.

All of her potential was extracted by Dehite, so even if she had a new child, they wouldn’t be useful as an heir.

‘Yeah, it would be much better to go to a small mansion in the outskirts or move to another layer than this damn mansion.’

Jess felt her fingertips trembling with anger, but she decided to think positively.

No, in fact, she wants to commit suicide right now.

She wanted to tear Alice, who was smiling brightly in front of her, to death.

This nasty girl who is insulting me and has taken the place of my blood and hope right now…!

‘I’m a bug that doesn’t even shine.’

I thought I was a star.

I thought a star had fallen to the ground.

But I’m not even a star, and I don’t even shine.

I’m just a bug.

And Alice smiled and approached Jess.

“Mother, I didn’t do it on purpose, but I did some research on your life.”

“It’s a life without anything special, so there shouldn’t be anything that the next successor would care about?”

“No, no. That’s not true.”

Alice had already come close to Jess’s eyes.

They were so close that she could feel her breath, but strangely, Jess realized that she couldn’t feel Alice’s breath or warmth.

At that moment, Jess noticed the blue choker around Alice’s neck.

Huh?

What is that…?

A blue choker.

Jess, who once dreamed of becoming an Overseer, knows what that blue choker is.

It is a kind of armband and leash that the administrator gives to his favorite Overseer and direct subordinate.

Why did I only see it now?

She must have been wearing it for a while now… Could it be a choker with cognitive impairment?

“That person told me that our mother would be a great help to me?”

“…Who is that person?”

“Administrator Rilstia Frostia.”

“…!”

Only then did Jess’s eyes widen.

Alice had already put her lips to Jess’s ear and began to whisper as if she were telling a lover.

“I’ll make you an offer you can’t refuse.”

“……”

“I’ll make all your wishes come true.”

Jess’s judgment was short.

She had to answer quickly because she didn’t know when and where Perdain’s eyes would be.

“What’s the price?”

“You.”

Jess, who met Alice’s eyes, sensed it.

‘I’m going to be violated by my adopted daughter now.’