Chapter 104
Chapter 104
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Translator: Mod7
Chapter: 104
Chapter Title: Chapter 10 - Nightmare (3)
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“Gasp!”
I was dreaming again, a relentless cycle of nightmares.
The abrupt transitions made my head throb, but the dreams continued, unending, until the night finally passed.
At the succubus’s command, the scene shifted, and I was back at the mermaids’ lake,
Reliving my earlier escape attempt.
“W-wait… hic…”
Before, I had managed to escape, my desperation giving me the strength to climb,
But this time, I slipped, my hand losing its grip, and I fell back into the water.
Splash-
Familiar faces, their expressions contorted in rage, rushed towards me, and I was overwhelmed by a wave of angry mermaids.
The impact with the water had stunned me, and now, they were hitting me with rocks, the blows raining down on my body.
“Aaaaagh!”
As punishment for my escape attempt, they shattered my legs, ensuring I would never try to leave again.
I begged for mercy, my voice a desperate plea, but they wouldn't stop.
Amy’s head, which had been lying nearby, was smashed to pieces by a mermaid’s club,
And I was alone, trapped in the lake, at their mercy.
“Aagh! Ugggh!”
My body was unresponsive. The nightmare was fixed, and nothing I did could change the outcome.
“Alright, shall we remind him of his place?”
And then, one of the mermaids, a strange, unfamiliar figure, approached me. While the scene was a product of my memories, the succubi, their wings and tails a dark, shadowy presence, had inserted themselves, twisting and manipulating the narrative to their own amusement.
“Gasp-”
In the real world,
Aria, who had shown me a degree of kindness, would have intervened, would have stopped them…
“Yes, yes, keep it up.”
But the Aria perched on the rock, casually stroking her hair, wasn't the Aria I knew.
And where the real Aria should have been, a succubus, her eyes a deep, unsettling purple, sat smiling.
She didn't bother changing her appearance. Her vanity, her love for her own beauty, was too great. Instead of borrowing from my memories, she simply modified her own form.
“Begin!”
At the succubus’s command, the mermaids descended upon me, their bodies a writhing mass of desire.
They bit and sucked,
Their hands exploring my body, their touch rough and demanding,
“Mmm… yes, that’s it…”
“Don’t stop.”
And my erection, swollen and throbbing, was forced into one of them, her vagina a tight, constricting sheath.
“Mmph-!”
My body reacted more intensely than before, and I came within minutes, my back arching,
But my erection didn't subside. It remained hard, throbbing, ready for another round, another torment.
“No, I don’t like… sharing. You have to wait your turn.”
“Just… tell him to suck it. What’s the big deal?”
Sometimes, they acted like the mermaids of my memory,
And other times, they were themselves, their voices a strange mixture of my memories and their own…
“Focus. If you can’t handle it, get out.”
And when the succubus spoke, her voice serious,
They became a frenzy of rage and passion, their hands and mouths all over me, their actions a twisted reenactment of their earlier desires.
“You dare to leave me?”
“It’s because Aria was too soft on him. Let’s just… break him, so he’ll never think of leaving again!”
The succubi’s torment was almost preferable.
The mermaids’ revenge, their rage, their resentment,
Was far worse than anything I had imagined.
“Aaaaagh-! Cough…!”
Some of them bit and scratched,
Others slapped me, their actions a physical manifestation of their betrayal.
But what terrified me most,
Was that I didn't know when it would end.
“Screeeeech! Kyaaaaagh! Agh!”
The scene shifted, and my mind went blank.
Dan screamed, his body contorting grotesquely, and I couldn't look away, forced to witness his final moments.
I didn't know what had actually happened. But my imagination, fueled by fear and guilt, conjured a scene far more gruesome, far more agonizing than the reality.
“Juho, Juho! Help me, h-hel- agh! Gasp! Aaaaagh!”
He screamed my name. His voice, clearer and more vivid than the disembodied voice I had heard before, made my legs weak.
His body, twisted and broken,
The sound of tearing flesh,
And the birth of a new life.
The scene I had tried so desperately to forget was now playing out before me.
I saw Jenny’s face as she emerged, her mouth covered in blood and viscera. The sight was a shock, a crimson explosion that shattered my world.
“Disgusting.”
Amy’s voice came from beside me. Or rather, the succubus, who had taken her place.
“Isn’t it, Doctor? Such an ugly death.”
The scenes shifted rapidly, a chaotic montage of memories and hallucinations. My mind couldn't process the information, the emotions.
“What is this? Your species is so… strange.”
And then, I was at my desk, in my lab.
There were always people better than me, smarter than me. And I had to work twice as hard just to keep up.
“You can do it~”
Someone patted my shoulder and left. Probably a succubus. It didn't matter.
Sweat trickled down my back. It was 4 am, and I was struggling to stay awake, my mind numb with anxiety and exhaustion.
I couldn't focus. The words on the page were a meaningless jumble of letters.
A single lamp illuminated my desk, its light weak and flickering, the ink on the page a blurry mess.
If I didn't pass this test, I would lose my scholarship. There were no second chances.
I had to focus.
I had to force the information into my brain.
But my vision was blurring, the darkness closing in.
The lamp was still on,
But I was lost in the darkness.
“…”
I lifted my head, and the darkness receded, replaced by blurry shapes,
And then, I heard voices, my parents’ voices, arguing in the distance. They didn't know I was still awake.
“He can’t afford to study… you have to talk to him!”
“He’s trying his best. We haven’t given him anything, and now you want to take this away from him too-”
“I know! I want to give him everything! But we can’t afford it! Are you going to earn more money? Be realistic!”
I couldn't sleep. Their voices echoed in my ears, a constant reminder of my failures, my inadequacies.
My heart pounded in my chest. The premature understanding of the world, its harsh realities, pierced my heart like a thousand needles.
“Cough-…”
A new pain, a sharp, searing pain. Blood filled my mouth, trickling down my chin, and I doubled over, my body convulsing.
“Retch- gasp…”
Isaac was there, his eyes and nose infested with maggots.
I was the only one left. A slow, agonizing descent into hell.
But I was still alive, trapped in the Blood Beasts’ nest, a new life stirring within me.
Crunch-
The creature, which had been gnawing on my chest, emerged from the hole in my stomach and said,
“Kyaa.”
…I didn't understand.
“I told you, it wasn't me.”
I didn't understand why they were doing this. I hadn't done anything to them, yet my mere existence seemed to provoke their rage.
“Do you have any proof? Wow, look at his face. Is he going to hit me?”
They had defaced and torn my notes. A summary I had painstakingly transcribed, having bought a day pass to save money.
“Hey, stop it, Oppa!”
The girl sitting beside me spoke.
Her tight clothes, her lavender hair, shimmered in the dim light.
“Just tell him to get lost. Is he a beggar or something? So pathetic~”
Her appearance, so out of place in this educational facility, her beauty both captivating and unsettling,
She smiled faintly, filing her nails.
Then, she blew on them, a casual gesture.
“…Get lost. Didn’t you hear me?”
“…”
I stood before the door, unable to move.
I didn't have the courage to enter.
“I said go.”
My father was dead. He had been crushed by a falling piece of cargo while working as a mechanic.
“Just get the hell out of here!”
My mother wouldn't see me. Half of the meager compensation for his death was in my hand.
I didn't need it. If I just worked a little harder, I could earn my own money. In this age of space exploration, there were plenty of opportunities for educated individuals.
But I couldn't say anything.
I heard her sobbing from behind the closed door.
I never saw her again.
A few years later, a large sum of money, far greater than the remaining compensation, was deposited into my account.
She must have saved every penny.
But the death certificate I received,
Listed tuberculosis,
A disease that was easily curable with modern technology.
She must have delayed treatment to save money.
And yet,
Somehow,
She had managed to earn more, to leave it all to her son.
“It’s a fucked up world.”
Professor Reyes, hearing the condensed version of my life story, grew angry.
He wiped away his tears, his eyes red,
And beside him, the girl with the lavender hair was also crying.
“Ah.”
She seemed surprised.
But even her tears were beautiful,
And I managed a weak smile.
“Uh, I have to go to the bathroom…”
And that was the end of our first date.
An awkward evening, orchestrated by Professor Reyes’s meddling,
“---”
But after that day,
We grew closer.
And then…
“---Sir.”
“Doctor!”
Amy shook me awake.
The sun hadn't risen yet,
But I was awake now.
The succubus was gone, at least for now.