episode_0054

“S…Succubus Queen?!?!”

I couldn’t help but open my eyes wide in surprise.

“Hoohoo…yes.. I am the great goddess of lust. The queen of the dream demons! Commander Sephiriya.”

“Not anymore.”

“Ugh.”

Sephir tucks his tail as soon as Athena glares at him.

Her timid appearance gave off no trace of the majesty of a legion commander.

‘By the way, a succubus queen…’

I was able to hear the general story of last night through Athena.

She kidnapped me while I was drunk and tried to force me to become her servant.

But before that, he was caught by Athena.

The moment my head was about to fly off from her sword strike.

I asked Athena to please save me.

It was now that her life was put on hold.

‘I think it was like that…’

A vague memory began to emerge.

In my hazy mind, I saw Athena swinging her sword at someone.

I decided to stop Athena from going down the path of darkness, so I asked her to reduce her killing.

“Hera. If you change your mind, I can kill you whenever you want. You’re a demon anyway, right?”

“Eek?!! Heh… Hera..! Jejeje.. Please save me!!”

Sephir looks up at me while kneeling and praying with both hands.

I felt embarrassed by her shabby appearance.

4th Legion Commander Succubus Queen Sephir.

In the original, she was the weakest of the four legion commanders, but was still quite a difficult opponent.

With the ‘power of fascination’ that allows her to charm people and turn them to her side, she charmed Robin’s colleagues into turning them against him.

Our righteous protagonist Robin was unable to kill those who were once his comrades, and suffered like that for a while.

Eventually, with the saint’s help, he was able to cure his companions of their fascination, but the Succubus Queen was still a difficult opponent.

The monsters she led laid waste to countless villages, and with her excellent disguise, she shook up various powers within the empire.

A tricky enemy that attacks both the inside and the outside. That being was Sephir.

She is like that now…

“Ugh…sob..I don’t want to die…….Hera..I..I’ll do well..okay?”

With tears and snot running down his face, he was begging me to accept him as his servant.

When I looked at Athena with an expression demanding clarification, she shrugged her shoulders and said.

“I thought it would be quite useful as a missionary, so I thought I’d give it to you. Do whatever you want with it, Hera.”

“What happens if I refuse?”

In response to my question, Athena smiled sinisterly at Sephir.

“Shouldn’t we throw away things we don’t need?”

“Ah..No!! Hera..Please..!”

It seems that Sephir’s life depends on my decision.

By the way, it’s a mission.

It was mentioned several times in the novel.

A relationship established through a contract.

You can use various entities such as divine beasts, fantasy creatures, and beasts as your servants, and the objects you use as your servants will protect you when you are in danger.

In return, the master had to give the servant a certain amount of compensation, usually in the form of magic power or something material.

however..

The Succubus Queen is becoming my servant?

Is this…okay?

When I looked at her with anxious eyes, Athena stroked my head and said reassuring words to me.

“It’s okay. There’s nothing detrimental to the owner in the service contract. Normally, you have to pay periodically, but…”

Athena looked at Sephir and smiled with an eerie look.

“You don’t need that, do you? ”

Sephir answered without a moment’s hesitation.

“Yeah! Of course!! I only need my master’s attention!! I don’t need anything else!!”

“That won’t do either.”

“Huh…?”

The atmosphere instantly turned cold at Athena’s words.

“Who are you to dare seek Hera’s attention?”

“Hee..hic..sa..Actually I don’t need anything..!! I’m more comfortable without pay!! Yeah..! That’s right!!…Sob..”

Sephir speaks with difficulty, tears in his eyes.

Her pitiful cries made me feel somewhat sorry.

I thought for a moment and then answered.

“..Okay. I’ll do it. Contract.”

A bright light appeared on Sephir’s face as he heard my words.

“Me..really?!!”

“Really, Hera?”

“Yeah.”

It’s a bit unsettling to use a demon as a servant, but Athena herself said there wouldn’t be any problems, so it shouldn’t be a problem.

Besides, she is one of the most powerful people next to the Demon King. If she joins our side, she will be helpful in many ways.

And I don’t know why, but I wish she didn’t die. Maybe I’ve grown attached to her?

This is definitely the first time we’ve met properly, but I don’t know when we had time to get close.

‘That’s right.. I’m seeing you for the first time today. Why..’

For the first time today…

first…..

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“Ugh….Should I do it for you?..I know..”

Choop- choop- chook-

“Ahh.. Hah.. Woof..”

“Sigh…sigh…..”

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“Hehe..Should I stay still?”

Churp- slap-

Ugh…my tongue…goes all the way in…it’s amazing…”

“Bae~hyaeup..”

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………..uh?

As time passed, the hazy fog that had been covering my mind gradually disappeared.

Lost memories began to slowly surface again.

An act of comfort given to Athena yesterday.

But the more the memories came back, the more it seemed like it wasn’t Athena.

Surely…it was Athena…?

Obviously…

But in my memory, only the gorgeous cherry-colored hair kept coming to mind, not the brilliant blonde hair.

A pink color just like Sephir’s.

‘Then… no way…’

It wasn’t Athena who sucked my thumb and licked my ear…

“Se…Sephir..”

“Huh?”

When I called her, she looked at me with puzzled eyes.

“Maybe..maybe..I heard yesterday..”

“Ah…”

Her cheeks flushed as if embarrassed by my words.

It seemed like it was real.

pop-

I heard the sound of something exploding in my head.

For a moment, my mind went blank.

My face turned bright red like a carrot.

‘Hey, aren’t you crazy, Hera?’

No matter how drunk you are, it’s still like that.

How can you not distinguish the person right in front of you?

Are you human?

Somehow, Sephir felt familiar.

Sucking your thumb and licking your ear at someone you just met…

How perverted must it have seemed?

‘Let’s die…let’s die…’

I felt so guilty that I almost died.

Fortunately or unfortunately, I was able to shake it off quickly.

“……What about your ears?”

Because a cold, almost dead voice that sounded like it came from hell was heard from behind.

“”Hi.””

A hiccup came out of Sephir’s mouth and mine at the same time.

I turned my head and saw Athena looking at me with calm eyes, as if in the eye of a storm.

“What did you two do?”

Her words made me break out in a cold sweat.

I don’t know why Athena was doing that, but I had a feeling that if I answered wrongly, something irreversible would happen.

Sephir’s eyes met mine for a moment. It was as if our thoughts had connected. We exchanged signals with our shaking eyes.

“Ah.. No?! That.. Wasn’t it just yesterday that Hera felt my ears a few times because she thought they were strange?! That.. Right, Hera??”

“Uh..uh..that’s right..it’s weird that they’re sticking out so much..it’s really nothing..!”

Sephir and I, we get along so well that you’d think we were best friends.

Even though she was a demon, for some reason, it was a moment when camaraderie developed.

“…..Really?”

“Yeah!! Of course..!! What were you thinking?”

“I’m hungry..Should we eat breakfast?!”

Athena looked at me suspiciously, wondering if my change of subject was suspicious.

She studied my gaze for a long time, then sighed and put her doubts aside.

“..Yeah. I had something to say.”

A gulp ran down the back of my throat. Fortunately, I think I was able to overcome the crisis.

As Sephir and I exchanged glances of relief, Athena continued.

“Before that. Shouldn’t the two of you make a contract first?”

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Ministry contract.

A contract that entrusts a life to the owner and allows him to use it as a servant.

At first glance, it looks similar to a slave contract, but it’s quite different.

First of all, the master cannot impose any special restrictions on the servant under the service contract.

However, if the master dies, the servant horse dies with him, so even if he doesn’t want to, he has to protect his master.

And when a servant is hired, the master can use some of the power of the servant creature.

If you serve Sephir, you will be able to use her powers, however small.

That’s it. It wasn’t a huge contract.

And when I asked Athena, the process of signing a service contract was not as difficult as I thought.

All Sephir did was drink my blood and recite an oath of loyalty to me.

When they said they drink blood, I thought for a moment that they were like vampires, sucking blood with their teeth. But they only need to drink a single drop of blood.

Athena, who did not want to see Sephir’s tongue touch my flesh, put my blood on a spoon and fed it to her.

“I..Sephire…sob..swear that I will devote my whole life..to serve Hera as my master..sob..the day she dies..I will go into the ground with her and rest in eternal rest..sob..”

Sephir, who was sad as if she was being sold to some kind of labor camp.

Well, from now on, I’m completely under your thumb… so it makes sense.

I didn’t ask her to do it, but I felt sorry for her for no reason.

As she finished her vow, a magic circle glowed softly between her and me.

I guess that means her and my evil plan is complete.

‘It’s okay, Sephir…’

Even though she has become my servant, I have no intention of manipulating her. I never wanted to order her around in the first place.

It’s all talk, but in reality, not much will change. Of course, it will prevent bad things from happening.

Athena smiled brightly and said to Sephir, who was crying sadly.

“What do you want to eat for breakfast?”

…But do demons eat too?

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“You’re eating..”

“Um um?”

Sephir answers me with a large mouthful of food in it.

“No..Eat slowly..”

We were having a quick meal in the inn’s restaurant.

Athena, who had said she had something to tell me, told me a surprising fact while we were eating.

Athena is said to have heard many things from Sephir about the Demon King and his plans.

But what was even more surprising was the reason Sephir had come here.

It is said that she came here with several monsters and servants to get clues about the dragon hatchling.

“Thinking about taming a dragon? As expected, demons are stupid.”

“Um?!”

Sephir, who was moved by Athena’s words, swallowed the food in her mouth and began to speak urgently.

“You idiot! What do you think of the charm of this succubus queen!”

Athena looked at Sephir with pitiful eyes.

“Then what do you think of dragons?”

“Wha..what?!”

“Dragons don’t have parents. They don’t need to. They’re born, not born.”

Athena continued, pointing to Sephir with a cutlery knife.

“A being made of infinite mana and perfect from birth. That’s a dragon. Even though it’s a hatchling, its essence doesn’t change. Perhaps your fascination will be buried in the hatchling’s mana and disappear like the wind?”

“Wow..!”

“They are arrogant but absolute. There is no race in this world that surpasses them. Do you think it makes sense to tame them?”

“….”

“That’s why I’m stupid. I can’t tame a dragon either. They’re not under anyone’s control. ”

After saying that, Athena put down her knife, cut the meat, and continued eating.

Sephir had a somewhat resentful expression on his face, but he didn’t really have anything to say in return. He followed Athena and began eating with a sour expression on his face.

Athena’s words that dragons can never be tamed.

I remember it being like that in the novel too.

I’m sure she’s right.

‘Still, I want to see it once. Dragon.’

But. not long after.

I was able to achieve my wish.

With things I couldn’t even imagine.

The saying goes that dragons cannot be tamed.

It seems Athena was wrong.

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“………What is this.”

Athena looks at me with a bewildered expression.

“Ah..I guess you like Hera a lot..?”

Sephir also seemed quite embarrassed, as he looked at me with a rather surprised expression.

My shoulder, to be exact.

“Kyuu!!”

On my shoulder was a creature about the size of a small dog.

A lizard-like creature. But unlike lizards, it was covered in thick blue scales. And it even had two pairs of wings, which were not common at all.

okay.

It was the dragon’s hatchling.

I could only put it on my shoulder and stare blankly ahead.

“…Huh..?”

….What is going on?

“Qyu!!”

…….Didn’t I clearly say that you were arrogant?