episode_0132

“The blood demon race, you see, is a race with a very strong sense of pride. Especially, the higher-ranking blood demons who think they have inherited noble blood, even more so…”

“Hmm…”

“That’s about right.”

“That’s about right.”

I don’t know much about blood demons, but Tammiell, who has lived a long time as a witch, and Makina, who has been active as the Hero’s Holy Sword for a long time, seemed to know something about blood demons, and greatly agreed with Lucy’s words.

“And blood demons… morbidly hate succubi.”

“…Huh?”

Hate succubi?

“Blood demons call succubi a group of vulgar prostitutes. And… I, who inherited the blood of the succubi they call prostitutes, was quite an eyesore. But… Yes. Half of my blood is the blood of the Succubus Queen, the queen of succubi. In other words, I am also a child of the Succubus Queen. The moment blood demons kill someone like me, an unavoidable conflict with the succubi is established.”

So, it’s for political reasons?

They hate succubi, but the power of the queen of succubi is so strong that it is comparable to the fragments of the Demon King. A war with such succubi… must have been burdensome.

“What about your father? You said queen, so your father must be a blood demon? Who is your father?”

“Just… seems like he was a mediocre blood demon. Neither high nor low… That’s why he died. For degrading the dignity of the blood demon. They can’t kill me, but my father is a different story.”

“Still, your husband died, but the succubi didn’t react at all?”

When I said that as if I couldn’t understand, Tammiell nodded as if she knew.

“The personality of the queen of succubi isn’t good even in vulgar terms. She has relationships with many men and has children, but she doesn’t pay much attention to those men.”

“Is that so… But what about the children then?”

“She seems to care about her children to some extent. But basically, the principle is laissez-faire…”

“That’s right. I don’t know what my mother looks like. She gave birth to me and then sent me to my father.”

This is…

The family history is more twisted than I imagined… Father died, and half abandoned by the mother…

“Blood demons ignored me. As if I didn’t exist at all… They just ignored me. Giving me only enough food to not die, almost like raising me…”

“…”

“There was only one person who treated me as an individual and respected me.”

“That was Bathory Vlad, right?”

Lucy nodded at my words.

“That person was my friend, my master, and my mother. More than a woman who gave birth to me and doesn’t know where she is or what she’s doing…”

She really hates her.

Anyway, I know that the first principle of Lucy’s actions is her.

Then what I really don’t understand here is…

“But what does that have to do with sending me back to my original world?”

“That’s… because you are the most promising ‘Hero’.”

“…?”

What is this nonsense again?

Kill me because I’m a promising hero? What kind of strange talk is this again?

“There was a prophecy.”

“A prophecy? The prophecy that the soul of a being from another world resides in the Hero?”

“It’s a prophecy before that. That the final battle between the Demon King and the Hero will be overcome with the blood of the Saintess. It was a prophecy made by Bathory a long time ago. But most of the Heroes can’t even properly deal with the fragments of the Demon King, let alone the Demon King. The prophecy seemed to pass by as if it were forgotten.”

“That’s when I appeared?”

Lucy nodded quietly at my question.

By my appearance, the Heavenly Demon, one of the fragments of the Demon King, was defeated. Following that, I encountered the Witch, another fragment of the Demon King. So, the prophecy that Bathory had made sometime came to Lucy’s mind.

“Prophecies are basically often implicit. And generally, the blood of something is…”

“Is it the sacrifice of that person?”

“That’s right.”

“And you don’t want that sacrifice… so you tried to kill me, who has the potential to go as far as defeating the Demon King?”

“Yes.”

She nodded and readily admitted.

“My story is all over. Now you can finish it.”

“That’s what you say. What are you going to do?”

“Let’s cut her down with one strike!”

Tammiell and the Holy Sword Makina look at me.

Tammiell was just asking my intention, but Makina pretended to cut her throat as if she was very angry.

“For reference, if you’re going to kill her, there’s no way to do it except here, so don’t regret it.”

“What does that mean?”

“The body of a high-ranking succubus basically stays in the world of dreams most of the time. If she is indeed inheriting the blood of the Succubus Queen, then her real body must be what’s in front of you now. The moment you leave this place and return to the real world, paradoxically, the way to completely kill her will disappear.”

Tammiell answered my question simply.

“I wondered how she was acting as a nun while inheriting the blood of blood demon and succubus… Even if her body is damaged by using divine power, her main body is here anyway, so she must have ignored the damage to her body in the real world and operated divine power.”

“Heo…”

I admired Lucy with Tammiell’s additional explanation.

Now that I’ve heard all the circumstances, it’s time to decide.

“Lucy.”

“…Yes.”

“It’s a nuisance.”

“I’m sorry.”

In the end, the gist of this girl’s actions is not much different from the actions of the kids in Leon’s first party.

The kids in the first party who tried to sacrifice their bodies to protect Leon from being bullied by other Heroes.

Lucy, who tried to kill me even by using the power of the succubus she hated in order to change the fate of being sacrificed in the battle with the Demon King by the Hero.

To be clear, it’s a nuisance.

“It’s a story of a friend I know.”

“Is it your own story?”

“…Let’s say so.”

It’s Leon’s story, but…

“There was a child. And there were girls who were close to that child. The child was bullied by other children, and the girls who felt sorry for the child went to the children who were bullying the child. They told them not to bully him anymore, and that they would do anything instead.”

“…”

Lucy looked up at me as if she was interested in my words.

“Those girls. They were raped. Of course, they hated it at first. But gradually, they became accustomed to pleasure, and in the end, it came to the point where they didn’t know whether they were giving their bodies to protect the child, or giving their bodies for pleasure. And the child who was protected by those girls realized that by chance and was shocked. And eventually gave up on life.”

“Ah…”

Lucy’s body trembled slightly.

I met Lucy’s eyes and said.

“Listen carefully. I understand your concerns. But your way is too much of a nuisance. To me, and perhaps to the woman you cherish.”

If Leon’s party members were simply having relationships with other Heroes, he wouldn’t have been too shocked.

If they liked it, what reason would he have to stop them? Leon, who knows the personalities of the Heroes, couldn’t like it, but it wouldn’t have been enough to end his life in shock.

But when he found out that they had sold their bodies to protect him,

When he found out that even his childhood friend, Piria, whom he had cherished since he was young, was panting and shaking her waist,

Leon’s world collapsed.

“So let me tell you clearly. I swear on my name. I will definitely protect that Saintess you want to protect.”

“!”

“I swear on my name… not the Hero Leon, but my real name.”

Instead of looking down at Lucy, I bent my knees and met Lucy’s eyes at eye level.

“Yoon Tae-ho. That’s my real name. And I swear on this name that I will definitely protect your queen, Bathory Vlad.”

“…Haha. Really…”

Lucy said with a faint smile as if she was in vain.

“Really… you’ve been seducing all the women like this… Playboy Hero.”

“Who’s a playboy?”

“…I’ll believe you. You have that much power… and at least you haven’t lied so far.”

In Lucy’s eyes as she said those words, it seemed that there was a bit of vitality, unlike before.

“…I know you’re telling a very touching story, but aren’t you embarrassed to say that when you’re both naked?”

“…Ah.”

Ah, that’s right.

* * *

“Young master!”

“Ah…”

When I opened my eyes, I saw the figures of Baek-ryeon, Seol-rin, Baek-ho, and Leviyah looking at me worriedly.

Looking around, it was already morning when the sun had risen.

‘Status window.’

HP: 94063 / 129870

MP: 62024 / 79920 x 2

The HP and MP that were milked in the dream world were safely recovered when I returned to reality.

Was it because of the special nature of the dream world that it couldn’t be recovered?

“Young master, are you okay? After all, is it okay for only you to keep watch…”

“Ah… I’m okay. More than that, everyone’s up?”

“T-that, um…”

“Leviyah?”

Leviyah, who hadn’t been trying to meet my eyes well lately, spoke to me for some reason.

“What’s wrong?”

“T-that’s… Lucy isn’t here…”

“Lucy? She’s…”

That’s right. I don’t know where she is since I woke up from the dream world.

I thought, but I felt a presence in my shadow, so I glanced at it.

“It seems like she’s in my shadow.”

“I-in the Hero’s shadow?”

“That’s how it is. She’ll probably come back after staying there for a while.”

I lightly tapped my shadow and started helping Baek-ryeon prepare breakfast.

* * *

Inside Leon’s shadow.

That place was the darkness itself, like a deep abyss where nothing could be seen.

This is not because Leon’s shadow is strange, but a common characteristic of all shadow worlds.

Anyway, there was a naked girl floating in the shadow as if swimming.

“Haaht♥…”

On the back of the naked girl, Lucy, there were wings like black glossy wings, and a tail with a heart-shaped end popped out from the vicinity of her butt.

“The essence extracted from the Hero is more than I thought… It’s going to take a while to digest it all… Keoheuk♥”

Since it’s a situation where the external characteristics as a succubus are revealed to the point where she can’t even hide it herself, she thought that she would have to stay in the shadow world for a while, and Lucy quietly stroked her stomach.

Zukyung♥

‘Yoon Tae-ho. That’s my real name. And I swear on this name that I will definitely protect your queen, Bathory Vlad.’

“If I hear those words… I’ll fall in love. Troublesome Hero…”

Looking at the heart-shaped imprint that rose erotically in pink on the skin of her abdomen, the part located in the uterus, Lucy lightly started masturbating.