episode_0090

The place where I opened my eyes again was a dark space where a sticky black liquid, like a swamp, stretched in all directions.

“A dream…”

No, perhaps it would be more fitting to describe it as consciousness submerged in the abyss?

Shaking off the unpleasant, sticky black liquid that entangled my entire body, I pushed myself up from where I had fallen.

“Hello?”

In front of my eyes, Ermel, who was lightly smiling as if it were natural for her to be in such a place, casually greeted me.

As if it didn’t matter that the hem of her long, purple robe, which stretched down to her ankles, was being dirtied by the black liquid filling the space, she approached me slowly with calm steps.

Frowning as if wary of her, I stepped backward as much as she approached.

“You were a very interesting fellow.”

But as if telling me not to resist needlessly, Ermel took out her left arm from within her purple robe and lightly wiggled her finger.

Then my legs, which had been stepping backward, suddenly froze as if nailed to the ground.

“I became interested in you, so I investigated your body a bit? And it seems you received a blessing from a god.”

Ermel couldn’t hide her emotions any longer, as if she had found an interesting toy after a long time, and showed a smile full of curiosity.

“And a forgotten god at that. A god of abundance and fertility… Of course, with the blessing of such a god, your ‘thing’ can’t help but be that good.”

The fox god, which I had forgotten to the point of fading from my memory, came to mind.

That god, who had the body of a small fox, had introduced herself as the god of abundance and fertility…

But due to the fox’s appearance and abilities not fitting the meaning of abundance and fertility, I had almost forgotten the fox god’s alias.

“Because you received the blessing of such a god, even I, a succubus, almost had my heart stolen when I let my guard down, not knowing anything.”

As if recalling the moment she took Ariel from me, losing her self-control and excessively exploiting me, an unfitting faint blush appeared on Ermel’s cheeks.

However, in my eyes, her blushing appearance was far from lovely or attractive; instead, it looked extremely fearful and terrifying.

“The Hero died, so how are you still alive?”

“Oh, that? It was a simple contract relationship with the Hero. That guy chose me from among countless advisor candidates.”

Ermel casually shrugged her shoulders, as if the Hero’s death didn’t affect her much.

“Thanks to that, I also gained some special abilities and power… but I was living well even without them from the beginning, so I have no great regrets about the Hero dying.”

And now, as if to end the small talk and get to the main point, Ermel slowly began to shed the purple robe covering her body, gently running her tongue over her lips.

“Now… don’t we have something to settle between us? I saved your life and even helped you… You won’t cruelly refuse, will you?”

The purple robe gently flowed down Ermel’s small body, revealing her skin, as pure white and beautiful as a pearl.

Ermel’s body was immature, barely conveying female charm, but her expression was more lewd and greedy than any woman I had ever seen.

Instead of lust, her unfitting body and expression instilled fear.

“Ah~ I suppose I should also prepare myself to match this splendid feast, shouldn’t I?”

As if reading my mind, Ermel, with a meaningful smile, slowly raised her hand before my eyes.

“I am a succubus, a dream demon. Your dream is a world for me, and also a stage I create just for you.”

*Click!*

The moment she snapped her fingers.

A soft light emanated from her fingers, and the world, where black liquid had rippled, began to change.

“This is…”

The newly transformed world was a very familiar place to my eyes.

It was the small clearing between Eaton Village and Lime Forest…

The very clearing where Rai had confessed to Killua.

In the middle of the clearing, there was a bench that looked crudely carved from a log…

And Killua-nim was sitting on it.

“What are you doing, Jazel? Come over and sit. The stars are so bright, aren’t they?”

With a faint blush lingering on her face, as if slightly intoxicated, she patted the spot next to her, calling me over.

-Shall we change the positions of the characters on the stage you remember?

And Ermel’s vanished voice echoed in my head.

“Ki… Killua-nim?”

What was in front of my eyes was not Killua-nim.

It was clearly a fake created by Ermel, imitating her appearance, or Ermel herself.

But everything else made it easy to forget: the subtly chilly night air pervading the clearing, the faint scent of alcohol, and the stillness so profound that the twinkling of the stars almost seemed audible.

“I have something important to tell you… Come here and sit down.”

Killua-nim let out a small laugh, as if amused by my blank stare, and gestured with her hand.

-Do you remember? It’s the moment Killua confesses to a man named Rai. Would you like to hear that confession for once?

“No… These aren’t words for me.”

The moment I sat beside her, the words that would come from her mouth wouldn’t be for me.

While hearing a confession with my name from her lips would be quite sweet…

I simply didn’t want a confession that merely replaced Rai’s position and changed only the recipient.

-Ahahaha~ You’re more of a romantic than I thought, aren’t you? You truly need words of confession that are meant for you, don’t you? Then shall we change the stage to something a little more stimulating?

As expected, along with Ermel’s laughter, as if she knew this would happen, the sound of her snapping her fingers echoed in my ears again.

With a faint purple flash, the stage changed again…

Before my eyes, Killua-nim was lying on a bed, her chest barely covered by a thin towel.

“Please… Jazel…”

It was when Killua-nim was poisoned by slime.

It was the moment I had to remove the toxins that had permeated below her chest.

This time, I had to take Rai’s place and suck out the slime toxins that had permeated below her chest to remove them.

-Alright, alright… Can you feel it? Killua’s heated breath? Whatever tricks you try, under the pretense of toxin removal, she’ll accept them.

Ermel’s temptation whispered in my ear.

Just as she said, Killua-nim, with a deeply flushed face, subtly opened her eyes to slits and looked at me.

The moment our eyes met.

Killua-nim swallowed hard, filled with tension and excitement, and subtly pulled at the edge of the towel covering her chest with her fingertips.

Then, the towel covering her chest slipped down, revealing her small, delicate, but lovely breasts.

-You can unleash your desires freely. Perhaps that’s even what Killua wants?

Ermel’s temptation echoed in my ear again, but I squeezed my eyes shut and turned my head to the side, trying not to accidentally look at her chest.

“I cannot do something that even Rai didn’t do.”

Even Rai hadn’t touched Killua-nim, who was so vulnerable, more than necessary.

Unable to become someone worse than Rai, I resolutely shook off Ermel’s temptation.

-Your self-control is more outstanding than I expected, isn’t it? This is a dream. It wouldn’t hurt to enjoy it lightly for once, would it?

Ermel chuckled, as if amused by my reaction to shaking off her temptation.

But as if there were still more stages prepared for me, the sound of her snapping her fingers echoed softly, without hesitation.

-Alright, alright. It’s hard to get into a stage where someone else is the protagonist, isn’t it? Let’s end the dream world adaptation practice here for now… Shall we go into the main game?

Were all the changes in the world until now merely practice?

The entire world filled with a faint purple light, and Ermel’s meaningful laughter echoed from all directions, as if urging me to anticipate the next stage.

-Alright… This time, it’s a stage where you were the protagonist!!

With Ermel’s bold shout, the purple light that filled the world faded, and the stage she had prepared revealed itself.

“Ugh… Ahh…”

I was lying on the bed.

And Killua-nim was on top of my crotch.

It was the time when Killua-nim had personally treated me to cure the slime toxins that had permeated my body.

It was that moment when her teasing went too far, making it difficult to resolve quietly.

“Heheheh…”

But seeing her lewd and lustful smile, I was certain that it was Ermel on top of me, merely imitating Killua-nim’s appearance.

“Do you remember? This moment?”

“*Gasp*…!”

Instead of my mouth, the ‘thing’ in my lower body answered her question.

As I recalled the moment my entire body remembered, my ‘thing’ reflexively swelled and pressed against the crotch of Ermel, who was imitating Killua-nim’s appearance.

“You were disappointed it ended there, weren’t you?”

Ermel, imitating Killua-nim’s appearance, lightly tapped the slightly unbuckled pants with her fingertips.

Just as she said, the moment things were about to progress further…

Ariel suddenly interrupted, and everything dissolved as if nothing had happened.

“If Ariel isn’t here to interrupt… what will happen next?”

At her question, I merely swallowed hard and stared at her, like a mute struck speechless.

With a meaningful smile at my silence, Ermel began to lift herself up in front of my eyes to take off her unbuckled pants.

*Thud!*

“Well?”

“Wha… What?!”

Unexpected by Ermel, the sudden intruder made her freeze rigidly, her pants pulled down to her thighs, as she stared at the doorway.

There stood the real Killua-nim, arms tightly crossed, her expression a frown, as if completely displeased with the scene unfolding before her eyes.