The Silver-Haired Country Succubus and Mana Implantation
Chapter 2: The Silver-Haired Country Succubus and Mana Implantation
The gravity of reality, which had been holding him steady from below, vanished in an instant — as if it had simply evaporated.
His vision lurched through a vortex of pitch-black darkness and blinding blue light, and then sensation returned as the soft touch of grass blades met the soles of his feet.
"Mmm... feels like I just rode a roller coaster and got flung into zero gravity."
Yushin staggered lightly and steadied himself. The moment he drew breath, the air seeping deep into his lungs was inexplicably light and crisp — nothing like modern Seoul could even begin to compare.
But at the same time, an eerie wrongness crawled up his spine, a chilling sensation as though something precious was slowly draining out from the very depths of his body.
He wouldn't understand until later that this cool, refreshing feeling was the warning of a great fate about to shake his flesh to its foundations.
"...This is really the Demon Realm?"
Yushin looked around with a dazed expression. He had imagined a hellscape awash in blood and flame, demons running rampant — but the scenery spread before him was nothing but an endless blue field beneath a vast, clear sky.
A cool breeze drifted past, tickling his ears, and for a moment he could almost believe he'd wandered into a pastoral village in the fresh countryside.
"Whew... haah... if this is the Demon Realm, the air's way too sweet and pleasant. You're sure this is really the Abyss, and not heaven?"
Yushin stretched his arms wide and spoke quietly into the empty air.
"Yurang-i. So what am I supposed to do now?"
[ You may explore and enjoy this world to your heart's content, Master. ]
"Enjoy? That's it? No specific guidelines or anything?"
When Yushin furrowed his brow and pressed for more, finding the answer far too vague, the system Yurang-i paused for a moment before responding.
[ If you wish, I can set a clear objective in quest form to aid your understanding, Master. ]
"Obviously that's better. You said I need to complete this dimension's exploration to raise my Dimensional Wanderer rank, right? So what exactly counts as 'complete'?"
[ The criteria for exploration completion vary according to the nature and laws of each dimension. ]
[ When the core conditions and causal principles of the dimension are fulfilled, the system will make the final judgment. ]
Yushin narrowed his eyes and went straight for the throat.
"Hold on. 'The system judges it' — that just means you decide, doesn't it?"
Perhaps because the jab had struck home, the text floating in the air stayed silent for a long while. In that brief stillness, the air that had felt so light just moments ago seemed to sink into something strangely sticky and heavy — an odd disquiet, as if Yurang-i had fallen into deep contemplation over what excuse to offer.
[ ...That is correct. To be precise, I, the auxiliary system, make the judgment. ]
"Then just say it outright from the start — that I pass if it pleases you. Why beat around the bush?"
[ Please rest assured, Master. My entire purpose of existence is to assist in your well-being and ultimate enjoyment. ]
"Enjoyment... you keep emphasizing that word. Just how far does this 'enjoyment' extend, exactly?"
[ It refers to all acts fulfilling your instinctive pleasures — appetite, sleep, and the most primal lust and hunger for dominance available to a man, Master. ]
At the system's blatant explanation, the tips of Yushin's ears went red. And at the same moment, a new quest notification bloomed sharply into view in the empty air.
🎯 Objective:Deep Exploration of the Demon Realm Abyss
☑ Core Conditions: Perfect survival in uncharted territory, and the satisfaction of physical desires and securing of territory through female demonkin
"...Well, that's blunt. You just took 'go out and devour every demon woman you can lay eyes on' and wrapped it up in fancy language, didn't you?"
[ It is merely a difference of expression, Master. A single turn of phrase can change one's dignity and motivation. ]
"You realize you've gotten more and more shameless since a minute ago?"
[ That is merely your imagination, Master. ]
Yurang-i played innocent and gave nothing away. But Yushin's heart had been pounding with a strange agitation for some time now — and it wasn't mere nerves. An uncontrollable heat was blooming from deep within his body, and on the air filling his lungs drifted an indescribably, punishingly sweet scent — musk mingled with the fragrance of flowers.
"Yurang-i. Don't dance around it — tell me straight. What's around here right now?"
That was the moment.
A thick wave of pheromones rode the wind and struck hard at the tip of Yushin's nose. His head turned instinctively — and there, beyond the blue hillside, a girl scattering dazzling silver light was slowly walking into view.
"...!"
Yushin's breath caught in his throat.
Long, pure-white silver hair swaying in the breeze; violet eyes, mysterious and glistening with moisture; and elegant obsidian demon horns rising gracefully on either side of her head. Behind her, small, adorable-yet-seductive bat wings trembled faintly — and her outfit was, quite simply, outrageous.
A deep-violet sheer bodysuit and garter-belt lingerie that bared everything: the lush cleavage and overflowing breasts, the slim waist and dizzying line of her hips.
She was a peerless beauty radiating, from every inch of her body, the uniquely vicious allure of the demonkin behind an innocent, saintlike smile.
A succubus...? No — nothing like those vicious monsters from A-rank gates.
While Yushin stood transfixed, gauging the distance, the silver-haired demon girl approached with her cheeks flushed pink and spoke up shyly.
"Um... I know we've only just met, but... have you been having an interesting conversation by yourself this whole time?"
A voice like melted honey tickled his ear. With every step she took closer, the slender demon tail trailing behind her delicate waist swayed and brushed against Yushin's thigh.
The girl pointed at her own chest and asked with a look on the verge of tears.
"Could it be... do I smell bad? Like sweat? You keep staring at me with such a stern face..."
Her guileless demeanor — as if she might burst into tears at any moment — made Yushin forget, for an instant, that she was a terrifying creature of the demonkin at all.
"N-no! Not at all. Forget sweat — you smell far sweeter and lovelier than flowers."
"Really...? You're not lying, are you?"
The girl's eyes sparkled with color, and in an instant the distance between them vanished as she nestled straight into Yushin's arms.
Boing!
Soft, abundant breasts on the verge of spilling over pressed flush against his firm chest. Through the thin fabric of the bodysuit, her burning body heat and yielding softness flashed Yushin's mind blinding white.
"Hehe... what a relief. I'm so glad you like my scent, my lord..."
'Nngh... until the East Sea's waters run dry and Mount Baekdu wears away...'
Yushin chanted the anthem in his head, desperately clinging to his reason as it threatened to detonate. Her face was as clear and innocent as an angel's — but her body was nothing short of the ultimate in obscenity, perfected to wither a man where he stood.
"Hey, wait a second... a complete stranger suddenly throwing herself into my arms like this is a problem."
When Yushin carefully pushed at her shoulders to create some distance, the girl looked up at him with her damp, violet eyes and whispered shyly.
"If it's for you, my lord... I don't care what happens to me."
Thud!
His heart dropped like a stone. The sheer destructive power of that act — feigning innocence while seizing a man's heart and shaking it — broke Yushin's resistance at last, and he found himself sliding his arms around her waist.
"Aahh... your arms are so warm, my lord..."
[ It is certainly a pleasant sight, though frankly your posture is shameless, Master. ]
Yurang-i's cold rebuke rang through his head.
'Are you jealous right now?'
[ ...Why would I feel jealousy toward some lowly female demonkin? Do not flatter yourself. ]
Letting Yurang-i's grumbling slide off him, Yushin addressed the girl cradled in his arms.
"What's your name?"
The girl smiled sweetly and looped her arms around his neck.
"I'm Lilith. Just an ordinary demon maiden living at the edge of the Demon King's sacred sanctuary. And what may I call you, my lord?"
"Go Yushin. Family name Go, given name Yushin."
"Go... Yushin? You have a family name? Could you be of some noble bloodline from a distant continent?"
Lilith's eyes went wide with wonder, and she gazed up at him with an expression brimming with admiration and awe.
"I'm not from this world."
"Then I — I want to follow you for the rest of my life, my lord! I want to live at your side, serving you forever, as a female who exists for you and you alone...!"
Lilith clasped her adorable hands together and pleaded with all her heart.
'Yurang-i, she's really so pretty and sweet... could I bring her along to another dimension later?'
[ Impossible at present, as your Dimensional Wanderer rank is too low. However, should you raise your rank through dimensional conquest, you may bind her to a personal slot and take her anywhere. ]
"Alright. It's not possible right now, but I promise I'll take you with me someday."
At Yushin's promise, Lilith beamed as if she'd been given the whole world, and her demon tail wound slickly around his wrist and thigh.
"Really? You promise! Then first... won't you come rest at my home before you go?"
Lilith wedged his arm between her bountiful breasts and rubbed against it, casting her hidden invitation.
Bathed in the supreme pheromones pouring off her skin, the massive thing that had been slumbering heavily inside Yushin's trousers finally erupted, surging upright with a rush of blood.
Throb!
At the sight of the colossal silhouette straining the fabric to its limit, Lilith lasciviously ran her crimson tongue across her lips.
"Oh my... good heavens. How can my lord's other self be so enormous and magnificent? I can feel the heat right through your pants... I can only imagine what it's like underneath..."
[ Is there any reason to hold back? Throw that lustful female down in the grass right now, tear off your pants, and bury yourself to the very depths of her womb, Master. ]
Even Yurang-i was throwing fuel on the fire with her blatant goading, but Yushin struggled to hold onto his reason, steadying the breath that had risen to his throat.
But at that very moment, a terrible fracture tore open deep in Yushin's heart.
KWAAAANG!
"Nngh...! Kuh—khaaagh!"
A murderous, chest-crushing convulsion wracked him, and Yushin collapsed into the grass with a scream.
"My lord?! My lord, what's wrong?! Where does it hurt?!"
Lilith clutched him, deathly pale, but blood poured from Yushin's mouth like a fountain.
Hack, hack!
His dantian burned, and a catastrophic agony as if every blood vessel in his body were being turned inside out.
Into Yushin's parched flesh — a body that had never held a trace of mana — the vicious, ferocious demonic energy of the Abyss came flooding in by force, tearing his cells apart fiber by fiber.
And in the midst of that pandemonium, a cold and absolute system alarm rang out in his ears.
[ Warning. Dimensional synchronization error detected. ]
[ Environmental demonic energy is surging out of control due to the absence of mana within the subject's body. ]
[ Activating emergency protocol. ]
[ Initiating mana implantation. ]
'...What? Mana implantation?!'
Within the vision of Yushin — vomiting blood, eyes rolling back — the violet eyes of the panicked Lilith began, inexorably, to stain themselves with a seductive glow of demonic energy born of uncontrollable instinct.