Chapter 12
Chapter 12
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Translator: uly
Chapter: 12
Chapter Title: Sister is Now Mine
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―Sion Klauzen cursed.
He cursed his father who made him this way, his mother who birthed him like this, and the entire world.
No matter how hard he tried, he rotted away in this inescapable hell.
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Just in case, really just in case, he had searched, but it was no use.
There were cases of people with relatively poor mana sensitivity improving it through relentless effort, but not a single instance of someone with zero sensitivity suddenly developing it.
It was only natural. Having zero mana sensitivity was akin to an incurable disease from the start, something that couldn't be fixed.
"Fuck..."
Slumped over his desk, Sion muttered irritably.
He had scoured every book on mana, even delving into continental histories, searching for any possibility that someone without mana sensitivity could change.
But there was nothing. Not like in novels, not like what the author had said.
Those who couldn't handle mana had to live with it until death, like an incurable illness.
'At least I'll have to face more monsters on the level of Sebastian or Raido from now on, and I'm a worthless shit who can't even use mana.
This is like charging into a battlefield under a hail of bullets in nothing but a pair of panties.'
If you can't shoot a gun, at least wear bulletproof gear and a helmet properly. But here, even a graze means goodbye forever.
After struggling futilely for answers that never came, Sion finally gave up.
He had been trying to solve a problem with no solution from the start, so the brain overload was inevitable.
'This is driving me insane.
Who knew not being able to handle mana would be such poison.'
He had even thought that with enough effort—noooort!—he could become like Kim Yu-hyun.
But Kim Yu-hyun was an out-of-spec existence, a true cheat character with protagonist buffs to boot. Sion, on the other hand, was trash so worthless even a landfill wouldn't take him—like a discarded garbage bag rolling in the streets.
Even in novels, some things could be overcome with effort, and some couldn't.
Fuck, that's just how life was.
After leaving the study, Sion spent his time doing the meaningless things the original owner of this body used to do.
Of course, inwardly he kept chanting, 'I want to get stronger, I want to get stronger, I want to get stronger.' But it was like praying 'Please give me a girlfriend on Christmas Eve' with five seconds left until Christmas.
In other words, zero chance of it happening.
'I want to get stronger, I want to get stronger.'
All afternoon, holed up in his room.
'Mana, mana, mana, mana.'
Even during dinner.
'I want to live, I want to live, I want to live.'
Even while showering.
'Strength, strength, strength, strength, strength!
Streeeeength!'
Right up until bedtime after finishing the day.
Sion filled his head completely with that one thought.
If he couldn't use mana, was there something else that could substitute for it?
Maybe being a mana eunuch wasn't an incurable disease but some special mark.
His head was so packed with thoughts that he couldn't even sleep properly.
His body was already exhausted from the morning's hellish workout, but Sion couldn't drift off easily.
At this rate, he'd really drop dead somewhere without even a scream.
―Do you want to get stronger?
―
'Of course! Isn't that obvious?!'
―Yeah, got it.
Stay right there.
―
...Huh?
Sensing something off in an instant, Sion shot up from his spot.
He had just heard a voice—an indescribably eerie, strange one.
Another inner voice? No way.
Was he hallucinating from overexerting himself since morning?
―Come on in, to my night alone.
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Suddenly, his body swayed.
Not from exhaustion or tripping.
His mind, frantic with worries just moments ago, blurred in an instant.
Like fog so thick nothing was visible, like days of sleepless nights—a irresistible sleepiness overwhelmed Sion.
'What the hell is...'
Thud!
He collapsed right there, letting out a final "Urgh..." before blacking out.
"Hey."
"Urgh..."
"Get up already."
At those words, Sion's eyes snapped open.
More precisely, they were forced open by some unknown force.
Scrambling to his feet, Sion looked around, unable to hide his panic.
'What, what is this?'
This was definitely Sion Klauzen's room, but now he stood in pitch-black darkness, no light entering—a space utterly alien, with no sense of time's flow or spatial shifts, filled with an otherworldly aura.
"Here."
It was a woman's voice, sultry and seductive to the core.
Turning toward the source, Sion was stunned three times over.
First by her appearance, next by her exposure level straight out of some adult game.
And finally, because he recognized who she was.
'Why is big sis here again?'
Swish—
She approached silently, right up to him.
The sweet fragrance from her body and the pheromones assaulting his senses hit him full force.
Barely covering her vital spots, her pale skin fully exposed, she smiled like a million flowers blooming and spoke.
"Hehe, hello?
My name is..."
"Lilith-nim."
"Yeah, that's ri—wait, what did you say?"
Lilith.
The highest succubus, queen of all succubi, a being nearly divine.
In the novel, she first appeared after the Margrave Territory fell due to Sion Klauzen's fuck-ups, when Nudia Kingdom claimed the land and one of their famed swordsmen became her slave shortly after.
Despite being a villain, readers treated her like a heroine because during a battle with Nudia, she took a liking to Kim Yu-hyun and pulled every trick to make him hers.
"What are you?
How do you know my name?
Are you a demon?"
"As you can see, 100% pure human."
"Then how did you figure out who I am so easily...?"
Shaking her head as if it didn't matter, Lilith pressed close enough to share breaths, continuing in a sticky, honeyed voice.
"Whatever. Human or demon.
Whether you knew about me or not, you're mine now."
"Uh, excuse me.
Lilith-nim.
There's a bit of a problem with that..."
"Shh.
Quiet.
A queen's about to dine—slaves can't be noisy, right?
You just stand tall and proud, and accept me.
Don't worry.
It won't hurt.
It'll feel real good, actually?"
"That's all fine, but the biggest issue is..."
As if to silence him, to erase all thought, Lilith pulled Sion into a tight embrace.
The soft press of her breasts transmitted through, her irresistible scent piercing his nose, dominating his brain, shattering his reason.
'You're gonna regret this, sis...'
He should have kept that as a thought because Lilith was devouring his lips like candy, sweet and brazen, exploring freely.
The moment their eyes met—hers gleaming ruby red—Sion decided to stop thinking.
When a woman throws herself at you like this, backing off as a man is like kicking away a fully set table with food and sides spoon-fed right to you.
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"...Ah."
A sudden chill jolted his eyes open.
Looking around, confirming it was his room, Sion slowly sat up.
He glanced around furtively, then checked inside his panties.
"...As expected."
No wet dream, just as he thought.
Lilith was a succubus, and succubi survived by sucking men's essence.
When a succubus visits in dreams, men lose strength and ejaculate as evidence.
That's the normal sequence.
But as with all things, what seems normal isn't always.
And Sion Klauzen was that case.
This damn body had no mana to give even if he wanted to.
―Sob... sob...―
'Lilith-nim.'
―Oh, you're awake?
You are, right?
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'Yeah, I'm up, for now.'
―You bastard!
You con artist!
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Lilith was the novel's villain, yet here she was wailing like a maiden forcibly deflowered.
The reason was simple.
―I came all this way, desperately craving strength, thinking you had decent mana... What is this? What?!
Not enough to fill my belly, not even a speck for the trip back...
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Invading a rational being's dream consumes a ton of mana.
Especially for Lilith, freshly escaped from seals with barely any left—it was insanely risky.
She had to invade a dream to suck essence, i.e., the mana dwelling in the body...
―Hwaaaang!
What is this?!
The body I entered is a eunuch!
A eunuchhhh!
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Her words crushed male pride, making Sion grimace.
'...It's just no mana, but the equipment works fine.'
―Same difference to me!
No mana in this vast space? Makes no sense!
You have double the space of most, but nothing filling it? Ridiculous!
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It does make sense, sis.
I'm suffering because of this mana eunuch body too.
'I did warn you.'
―Shut up.
Hic, sob!
What am I gonna do now...
I barely escaped the temple.
Some psycho watched me with eyes wide open; breaking through that surveillance was hell.
And now the body I entered is a mana eunuch—trapped here forever... My fate, my fate!
Waaaaaah!
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Her full-throated wails echoing in his head made his skull throb.
She cried so pitifully, you'd believe a baby was sobbing right beside him.
Pondering briefly, Sion realized the solution was surprisingly simple.
'Lilith-nim.
Actually, there's an easy way if you think about it.'
―Sob sob... What?
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'A subjugation contract.'
―...W-what?
That slave contract?
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'The one succubi do when they end up reverse-eaten by the man instead.
You make a contract with the main body to escape the dream, but end up subjugated to them.'
―Are you insane?
Do you think I'm some common succubus?
And did I get eaten by you?
I can't leave now without a speck of mana—I'm just flailing here!
No way!
I can't!
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Lilith had a point feeling wronged. She wasn't some succubus screaming 'Half my life gone!' after being conquered by a man—she was just trapped because this mana eunuch body had no mana to escape with.
And now he was suggesting that pathetic subjugation contract as her escape, the kind only those reverse-conquered succubi would take!
She was their queen, for fuck's sake!
'But that's the only way out of the dream.
Search me all you want—no mana speck to be found.
Meaning you're stuck inside me until I die.
Though even after I die, you probably can't leave.'
Succubi traits: once trapped powerless in a body, absorbing no mana, they stay until death.
Can't jump to another without mana. Impossible escape.
Lilith was in an inescapable trap.
―St-still... still...
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'You keep hesitating, so let me help.'
―Wh-what?
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'When a succubus comes to your dream defenseless like this, you can take control of the contract.'
―Wh-what?!
H-how do you know that?
Wait!
Are you really human?
How do you know that?!
It's the ultimate secret among succubi!
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As a diehard reader, he remembered even throwaway lines from the novel.
Forgetting that would make the title weep.
'Alright, let's begin.'
―H-hey!
Wait, wait!
This isn't right.
No matter how I think, this is wrong!
Nooooo!
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'Sheesh, a near-goddess who hasn't heard this saying?'
―What saying!
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'All roads lead to Rome.' No, wait—'Easy come, easy go'? Nah.
Actually: 'You come when you want, but leaving's another story.'
Ignoring Lilith's protests—'Let's think again,' 'This is too much,' etc.—Sion cleanly dragged the woman who'd been holding out in his dream to the outside.