Chapter 124
Chapter 124
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 124
Chapter Title: The Pure Succubus
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Succubi are promiscuous.
They were a race that chased physical pleasure even if they died tomorrow, pursuing bodily ecstasy right up to the end.
‘Chasing only physical pleasure...’
Lilian loathed her very nature.
She knew nothing of true love.
Succubi who only followed carnal desires seemed utterly repulsive to her.
What was the difference between them and beasts, blindly satisfying sexual urges without any spiritual exchange?
‘I’ll never give in to mere instincts.’
Clearly, she had sworn that to herself.
“...Ahh.”
She glanced up furtively.
There sat a man in a rumpled white T-shirt, drinking cola.
Just seeing him made her head strangely hot, her breath quickening as if she’d been running.
Their eyes met.
“Your condition still not good?”
“Ah, that’s... yeah...”
Lilian pulled the blanket up over her face, averting her gaze.
Judak never lunged at her or threatened and lusted after her upon seeing her.
He was clearly friendly, yet there wasn’t even a speck of stickiness in that kindness.
‘Is that even possible?’
A succubus who didn’t stir desire in him.
Was he a human who didn’t know desire at all?
But from what she’d observed, that wasn’t the case.
“Ow, my chat!”
“Eek, what happened, Malphite?”
Suddenly, Judak let out a scream.
He proudly showed his gallery to Penny, who had rushed out.
[Congratulations! Your post has been featured as a gem.]
[Gem Post: Skirt... it feels so empty, how do you even wear it...?]
(A robot clutching its head meme)
We analyzed your interests and curiosities with big data to generate a title optimized for maximum views.
[Upvotes: 1321] [Downvotes: 2441]
- Ugh, you fucking retard
- No way this is a Judak post...?
- What species is that meme? Looks so pissed off lol
- Makes me wanna smash my hammer so bad lol
- (Boring af? Con)
ㄴ Judak*) (Then die, con)
“Today’s gem climb complete. Photo was a hassle.”
“Ah...”
Penny’s face crumpled once she realized it was a prank.
Seeing that, Lilian realized something.
“You’re not interested in me?”
No, he wasn’t interested in anyone.
In other words, Judak didn’t desire Lilian.
The only thing he cared about was the gallery.
He was simply a pure soul who found joy in 24/7 gallery window-smashing, shitposting, manipulation, and gem-hunting.
‘But he’s not completely indifferent either.’
If someone needed help, he assisted without asking for anything in return.
He possessed overwhelming power that no one could touch.
To wield such strength yet remain so pure, finding happiness in the little things.
Was that why? She had been intrigued by Judak for a long time.
No, she thought it was just intrigue.
“Ahh.”
Her heart pounded once more.
In the mirror she absentmindedly turned to face, Lilian looked more succubus-like than anyone.
People’s desires and attention no longer sustained her.
Instead, mere contact with Judak filled her with satisfaction, her heart racing wildly.
“Wait, hold on?”
A possibility flashed through Lilian’s mind.
Succubi don’t know love.
But if, just if, they learned it...
They might no longer survive on ordinary people’s desires, attention, or touch.
It was like a punishment inflicted on mutants who defied their racial instincts.
“No way...”
A pure-love succubus could only draw energy from her unrequited crush.
The moment Lilian realized this, her mouth fell slightly open, her face flushing crimson as if it might burst.
*
“No way, absolutely not!”
Penny suddenly shouted.
It was right after the dryer—begging to stay in the house—emerged from the room.
“Penny?”
“Look at Malphite, she’s a succubus! Who knows what she’ll do to you!”
“Hmm, fair point.”
Glancing at the dryer, she stared right at me before quickly looking away.
“See that!”
Penny pointed and yelled.
She was definitely seductive.
If people saw her, they’d hand over their livers and gallbladders without hesitation.
But Penny herself had called herself lustful or whatever, hadn’t she?
“Don’t overdo it. She’s got nowhere to go.”
It felt wrong to kick her out with no place to stay.
Plus, she couldn’t even live in the city.
If she were moderately pretty, she could exploit it, but with that face, even I’d crumble.
The issue was that the dryer didn’t have the personality to exploit it.
“And if it’s about her being a dryer species, no need to worry.”
That was Penny’s main concern: her succubus race.
“Why?”
I went to the bookshelf and pulled out a book.
The title: *Healthy Rational Dating Methods*.
It was a wholesome book with a cover of a man and woman sharing a scarf on a winter street.
“...What’s this for?”
A cute, fluffy romance book.
Not a hint of promiscuity.
Penny stared blankly before looking up at me.
Of course it’d seem weird pulling it out suddenly.
“Look closely.”
I held the book out to the dryer, who had her head bowed.
“!!!”
In an instant, she leaped back like a cat, putting distance between us.
Then, covering her visibly flushed face, she cried out.
“J-J-Judak-nim, why are you suddenly showing me such a lewd book?”
That explained everything.
“...Lewd book?”
Penny froze for a while, then tilted her head at the reaction.
The dryer pointed at the book—specifically the couple sharing the scarf—and screamed.
“A man and woman wearing scarves together outside under the heavens...!”
“...It’s just a cute couple?”
“It’s obscene! Lewd! H-How can such a book exist? In this world!”
It wasn’t an act to stay in the house.
It was 100% genuine.
Penny watched, then turned to me.
“What?”
“I’ve been thinking about it.”
This wasn’t the first time the dryer acted like that.
When I checked her temperature with the back of my hand on her forehead, or when my finger accidentally brushed hers.
Her reaction was several times stronger than when she posted her own lewd pics.
“Succubi are basically lewd by nature.”
“Right?”
Succubus trait: lewd.
If you don’t know, memorize it. That’s canon.
Even as a mutant dryer, she couldn’t escape that here.
But from her behavior so far, she hated typical succubus actions.
Instead, she blushed furiously at mental bonding between couples, innocent romance.
“Here.”
“Eek.”
As an experiment, I lightly pinched the dryer’s cheek between my index and thumb.
“H-Huh, huuuh, h-heuk, heeeek.”
She showed signs of respiratory distress and fainted on the spot.
Penny watched intently, then gave me a strange look.
“Not dangerous?”
“...Yeah, seems so.”
Her un-succubus-like behavior actually inspired trust.
With Penny’s approval, the dryer was permitted to stay in the bunker for the time being.
“Definitely not how I remember succubi...”
Leaving the pensive Penny, I hoisted the dryer onto my back and tossed her onto the bed.
The problem: no spare rooms in the bunker.
“Upgrade the bunker again?”
There were plenty of rooms, actually.
But gifts from gallery members of various races had filled up the space.
All we had was the living room/kitchen, Penny’s room, and mine.
“Too expensive.”
Upgrades were more about durability than expansion nowadays.
The price skyrocketed too.
“Or build a front yard.”
Making a second bunker as a backup shelter and storage sounded good.
Of course, no plan yet for evacuating in a crisis.
“Second bunker away from the city.”
I was roughly planning when—
[Gem Post: Found Arachne!!!]
(A pic of Arachne near a forest cave entrance)
Gonna catch Arachne and make bank!
(Iluwa it! Hunter con)
[Upvotes: 1451] [Downvotes: 201]
- Fuck, was gonna find her first
- Lol was searching the desert, shit
- Share the location
ㄴ OP) Lol sure!
“Oh, found her already?”
A post about spotting what seemed like a mind-controlled mutant beast.
*
The Kellyton Tuna Queen hostage crisis.
It normalized quickly due to no bullets, but it wasn’t something to laugh off.
The perp was bounty #1.
For such a powerhouse to be mind-controlled, hunters naturally feared hunting Arachne.
- I’ll help catch her, share location^^
ㄴ OP) Sent via DM!
ㄴ ? There’s a DM system?
ㄴ No there isn’t, idiot, means not sharing
ㄴ Fuck
- That’s a fake pic, Arachne never appears in forests like that ㅇㅇ
ㄴ Fr?
ㄴ Stop spewing headcanon
ㄴ Actually Arachne does live in forests, knew you’d rage if I baited, but nope
ㄴ ?
ㄴ Oh
No, they had feared it.
Until the bounty tripled and flashbang support was promised.
“Arachne’s half-human, half-spider, right?”
Flashbangs had easily cleared most beasts so far.
Plus, Arachne’s upper body was human.
So I figured she’d be helpless against flashbangs.
[Title: Lol graduating first]
(Pic of encountering Arachne in the cave)
(Pic of throwing and detonating flashbang)
Gonna catch this, save up, and retire lol
Then confess to the girl I’ve loved since childhood
[Upvotes: 1344] [Downvotes: 303]
- Fuck jealous, just die
- Game over once flashbang pops...
- (Then die con)
The hunter who received the flashbang soon entered the cave.
-Aaaah!
After the flashbang exploded, a woman’s piercing scream echoed from the cave.
“Got her.”
In the pic, Arachne offered no resistance, quickly yielding distance to the hunter.
The moment the hunter easily stepped on her spider legs and reached her human-like upper body.
“...Huh?”
Something was off.
A leader-class mutant beast on the brink of death.
Why weren’t any cave beasts freaking out or moving?
It was like they were clearing a path and waiting.
As I thought it seemed staged—
- Uh
- Why no eyes?
Arachne suddenly twisted her body.
As the blade sliced empty air, her form flickered into view.
“No eyes?”
Her nasal bridge was fully protected by armor-like plating.
Of course flashbangs wouldn’t work.
- Wait, the beast set a trap?
Intelligent beasts existed, like merfolk that hunted in packs and knew retreat.
But one that handled curses and dug traps to wait—this was a first.
-Squelch!
As Arachne’s hand pierced the hunter’s body.
[The post has been deleted.]
The post we were watching vanished.