Chapter 133: Catch That Container (4)
Chapter 133: Catch That Container (4)
They say small breasts gather fine love, but in reality, everyone loves big breasts.
Men are born to love women with large breasts; they are programmed to prefer them big and beautiful.
But look at that Succubus Queen now.
Look at that drum-like, stick-straight body, her jugs completely vanished.
"Lewd Man. Are you really going to fight her?"
[Do you think the odds are against us?]
"No, it's not that, but..."
Serica pouted.
She looked as if she couldn't understand why I was so obsessed with large breasts.
Those who have can never understand the hearts of those who have not.
I glanced back and forth between Charlotte and Serica.
As expected, Serica didn't understand the plight of the "have-nots."
Since she had never known poverty or lack, she couldn't comprehend how difficult and weary life was for those without.
[We shall reclaim them! The Succubus Queen's jugs!]
"...I can't even take a joke."
Clap.
As Desmonica of Spawning clapped her hands, she instantly transformed back into the form of the giant Succubus Queen.
"Are you satisfied now?"
[That attire is sufficient to sit at the negotiating table.]
"Haa. Listen. I can't tell you the details about this place... but for me to leave here, I have to take the form I had earlier, okay?"
[What?]
What kind of inconvenient setting was that?
[You're saying you have to go out looking like a flat-chested loser?]
"Isn't that a bit harsh? It'd be one thing if you were a giant or a troll, but why are you so obsessed with a five-meter-tall giant?"
[Because the breasts are there. If you can maintain those massive breasts even while shrunk down, then I'm willing to overlook the rest.]
"I can't do that."
[Then there can be no compromise.]
The State does not negotiate with terrorists.
Desmonica was currently holding those breasts hostage, and I had to seize them.
[Your breasts will become the Holy Grail of Fermaton.]
"What?"
[I'm going to make a cup molded after your breasts and use it as a chalice to hold the Sacred Flame.]
The so-called Milk Olympics.
I planned to create a wide chalice from those breasts, ignite a flame of mana within them, and use it as a festive decoration to signal the start of carnivals and parades.
As the Masterpiece that would mark the closing ceremony of the Breast Festival.
I wasn't sure if I could have it ready in the two days left before the finals, but if I could at least try...
I guess it's no use.
The idea of negotiating with a demon from the Infinite Labyrinth who mass-produced succubi was probably a mistake from the start.
I thought things were going well after capturing them one by one to use as slaves, but it seems that was just wishful thinking on my part.
It was bound to end like this.
If she's a "monster" and not just a demonkind, I have no choice but to deal with her.
[Succubus Queen, Desmonica of Spawning. From this moment on, you—]
"Fine. Let's negotiate."
Desmonica placed a hand on her lower abdomen.
"You there, the blonde woman. You've learned Sex Magic, haven't you?"
"...And if I have?"
"I'll teach you the Sex Magic of a Succubus Queen. In exchange, never come back here again."
Desmonica drew a clear line.
"This place was never meant to be known. It's a place no one should enter. Do you understand? If you and I fight, all the succubi will die. But no matter what you do, the 'current me' cannot go outside."
[Unless you transform into that form from before?]
"Yes. And if we fight, I won't transform no matter what torture you put me through. Your attacks can't inflict any shock on me anyway."
[We won't know that until we try, will we?]
"Then tell that swordsman over there to try. Give me your best shot. Go ahead—"
Clang!
Serica swung her sword like a flash of light.
Having shed her combat coat and left in her light swimsuit, she swung her aura-infused blade with a great arc, slashing at Desmonica.
"...It seems she wasn't bluffing."
"Right?"
The blade Serica had swung with full intent to kill had merely grazed Desmonica's waist.
"In this place, I am a god. I am practically invincible. I offered to go outside myself, but you rejected me just because I was flat-chested."
The succubi behind her were clearly gulping in terror, but Desmonica merely frowned and pointed a finger at me.
"Do you get it? Do you realize what you've missed out on?"
[If I can't have a five-meter Succubus Queen, I'd rather just forget about it.]
"What a twisted set of beliefs. Do you really like big breasts that much?"
[I like big and beautiful breasts.]
This was a point I could not compromise on.
"Haa. Fine. Anyway, attacking me is useless, and I don't want to see the succubi wiped out either. So, a negotiation. I've seen your strength, so I'll give you a fitting reward."
Should I think of this as a sort of event battle?
Even if I couldn't kill the dungeon boss, I could consider it an event triggered by draining a certain amount of HP to receive a reward.
"But before we talk about rewards, we should resolve our uncomfortable problem first, shouldn't we?"
[Uncomfortable problem?]
"The fact that you're kidnapping succubi and turning them into slaves."
From Desmonica's perspective, it was certainly an uncomfortable topic.
"Feel free to keep doing it. Just don't come directly into the 'Hatching Grounds' here."
[Keep doing it?]
"Yeah. I don't know what you think, but my main job is to give birth and send them into the labyrinth. What happens after they leave the labyrinth? That's their business."
[Even though they're your children?]
"Demonkind don't really have a concept of children. Especially not someone like me. It's enough that I let them be born into this world again. ......"
Again?
"Anyway, I don't care what you do with the succubi. Whether you cut off their limbs and sell them or whatever. The Infinite Labyrinth is a place that guarantees all freedoms."
It felt like she'd made a slip of the tongue, and I got the feeling that digging deeper would be dangerous.
Let's pretend I didn't hear that.
I didn't particularly want to know.
[Fine. I'll continue to harvest succubi as I please. However, the ones I capture will be virgin succubi. Non-virgin succubi are targets for my elimination.]
"Do whatever you want. As long as you don't come in here. Well, if you want to come back and have sex with me, you're more than welcome."
[I have no intention of having sex with a flat-chested drum.]
"But what if it's the five-meter Succubus Queen?"
[If I drop by whenever I want to get laid, will you let me freely?]
"Whenever you want."
Desmonica was surprisingly cool about it.
"And about capturing the succubi. From my perspective, I'm actually grateful to you for using them like that."
[Grateful?]
"Thanks to you, plenty of idiots are flooding into the labyrinth trying to catch succubi. My girls are having a delicious feast on those guys."
[.......]
Anger welled up.
Or at least, it should have.
I guess I'm not a virtuous human either.
An ordinary person, a truly good person, would have been enraged by Desmonica's words.
Or they would have felt guilty or angry that humans were dying because of their actions.
But I felt none of that.
Instead, I just thought, 'Why the hell would you do something so stupid and get yourself killed?'
"We didn't kill them. My girls just fucked them so hard they lost their memories."
[.......]
"Is this what they call an antagonistic symbiosis? You kidnap the virgins among us to promote your place, and we get to fuck the morons who come here trying to get laid with succubi."
[That's certainly one way to put it.]
Antagonistic symbiosis.
Even if the relationship was uncomfortable, if the situation allowed both parties to gain a perfect advantage, one could easily turn a blind eye to the discomfort.
[Do you know who I am?]
"I do. The Young Lord of Fermaton. No?"
[You know I'm the ruler of Fermaton, and you know I'm involved with the curse of Fermaton, yet you still act this way?]
"It doesn't matter. As long as I can continue to live comfortably here. Even if I'm a Succubus Queen, I'm a selfish woman."
[If you're going to put it that way, I suppose there's no helping it. Fine. It's a deal. Captain, what about the others?]
I had led the negotiation, but no one else seemed particularly reluctant.
"...Well, it can't be helped if those who rush in to fuck succubi end up getting fucked themselves."
"If they try to kill each other, they kill; if they try to fuck each other, they fight with sex."
"...A new wind is blowing through the Infinite Labyrinth. Haha. Truly."
That was a relief.
It seemed no one considered it a major issue.
[Then the negotiation is over. What about the reward?]
"Me."
[Sex with you?]
"I was talking about real sex with me on the outside."
[I refuse.]
The first reward, 'Recruiting the Succubus Queen as an ally,' was rejected by me.
"Then I'll allow one person to use the authority of a Succubus Queen—the Queen's Sex Magic."
So Desmonica proposed another reward.
"The blonde girl over there already learned Sex Magic, and it's succubus Sex Magic anyway, isn't it?"
[You're saying Captain Laura will become like you?]
"No. Not like me, but she'll be able to use the Sex Magic that only a Queen can.
The Queen's Sex Magic.
"For starters, there's Contraceptive Magic. It's the power to have as much sex as you want without worrying about pregnancy."
"Oh..."
It wasn't me who marveled.
Behind me, Laura and the others gulped.
Of course, I was tempted too.
"It doesn't have to be that blonde girl. If there's someone you want, I'll turn anyone into a Succubus Queen. Uh, that's just a figure of speech. I don't mean I'll turn them into an actual succubus. Though that's possible too."
[Then let me ask.]
I pointed upward.
[Can you also lift the curse of a woman who has been afflicted with the Succubus Transformation Curse?]
"......."
Desmonica's expression became complicated.
"Becoming a succubus should be a blessing, shouldn't it?"
[A human becoming a demonkind is no different from a curse in human society.]
"Looking at what you do, it doesn't seem like it would matter much..."
Desmonica shrugged.
"Well, fine. I've had quite a bit of fun thanks to you, so I'll grant your request."
The third reward.
"If there's a woman you want to make a Succubus Queen, bring her. If there's a woman whose Succubus Queen's curse you want to lift, bring her. However, you can't have both."
Now, it was time to choose.