Chapter 249: A Suspiciously Large Number of Virgin Succubi (5)
Chapter 249: A Suspiciously Large Number of Virgin Succubi (5)
Outside.
Looking down at the crowd of thousands gathered at the waiting area for the interview—all vying to be one of the ten Ejaculation Managers—I took a sip of sweet wine, though it tasted somewhat bitter.
"It’s a good world. You get paid to have sex, and you can even tell people you're an Administrator working for the County."
In some worlds, adults can't even properly enjoy adult things, but this place is entirely different.
Of course, I am the one responsible for creating this environment.
I’m the one who made it so that sex makes the world go 'round, and now I’ve gone as far as posting a public notice to hire specialized sex civil servants.
Eight hours of lying down to sleep, or simply lying flat while succubi quietly perform essence extraction on you.
While staying in one spot for eight hours is a chore in its own right, an overwhelming number of applicants had flocked to the site, far exceeding my expectations.
"My Lord. If you ever told people the truth about the succubi, you might be burned at the stake."
"That’s why I’m keeping my mouth shut."
I stroked the cheek of a worried Laura and took another sip from my wine glass.
"There are things in this world that people are better off not knowing. A bread that looks good usually tastes good, too."
"I just hope their memories don't suddenly come flooding back or anything."
"Of course. If that ever happened... then that succubus would get the 'this,' you know?"
I sharpened the edge of my hand and made a slashing motion across my throat.
"This is a happy world where you can get laid just by trusting and following Ruji Fermaton. This is the Fermaton County. If anyone resists or rebels against me? Then it’s off with their heads. Succubi are no exception."
"In essence, this measure is the 'Citizen Assimilation' of the succubi."
While succubi had been deployed to the labor front in primary industries like farming, logging, and mining, it wouldn't be long before they received treatment similar to that of the regular citizenry.
It was simply that a different race—one with wings, tails, horns, and a love for sex—had joined Fermaton.
A race with a high libido that can't live long without human essence, or might attack humans out of thirst for it, had simply come to live on the same land.
In other words, as long as they are provided with essence regularly, succubi don't bite.
As long as you keep a dick in their mouths, succubi are demonkind workers who can work as hard as anyone without needing any other food.
"There are this many men who want to have sex with succubi, even if they aren't virgins. Once humans are allowed to enter the succubus villages, they'll start dating and catching feelings, won't they?"
"Then eventually, people will come forward saying they want to marry a succubus?"
"I don't know if the Kingdom's laws would recognize that as a marriage, but surely, physical affection will turn into emotional love, and people will vow to grow old together."
For now, the system does not protect the rights of succubi.
However, I have no reason to step forward and draft ordinances to promote their rights.
At least, not yet.
"Asti."
"Yes, My Lord. You called?"
"How many people in the world currently know you're a succubus?"
"Hmm... If we're just talking about within Fermaton, quite a few, right?"
Astarotte spread the wings on her back, flaunting the proof of her nature.
"Unlike other succubi, I became one through a curse, but it's hard to tell the difference just by looking. For all intents and purposes, I am a succubus."
"Right. The number one mage of the Fermaton Knights, the Archmage of Sex Magic, is a succubus."
People only see what they want to see and hear what they want to hear.
No matter how much Astarotte might claim she was originally human, people might just lump her in with the masses of succubi filling Fermaton and treat her as a 'lowly demon.'
I had no desire for such a future.
"I don't have much interest in the rights of succubi as a whole. However, I don't want my woman—the race of the person who will be my wife—to be belittled."
"Oh my. Is that a proposal?"
"It's not a formal proposal, just my true feelings slipping out as they always do. As expected, I like Asti because your intuition is so sharp."
"My Lord. So, you're looking after the succubi because you don't want Asti to be insulted for being one?"
"Exactly, Laura."
I lightly clinked my glass against the Dark Jeanne Laura was holding.
"I don't know which woman will become my wife in the future, but if she is ever insulted by someone, I will tear down the very environment that allows those insults to happen."
If they insult the succubus race, I will overhaul the perception of the race.
If they insult her for being a commoner-turned-adventurer, I will give her the status of a Countess—no, power and status beyond that—to show them the gap in their stations.
"So Asti, please bear with a little hardship for now. Even though I'm currently deploying the succubus race into jobs that aren't socially recognized—jobs that humans consider lowly—it might not feel great right now. But things will change. I'm sure of it."
"Well, I'm fine either way. It's the succubi being insulted, not me."
"...When you put it that way, I have nothing to say."
"Hehe. I'm joking. Thank you for looking out for me, My Lord."
Astarotte bowed ninety degrees to me.
"It's the same for me, but that's what everyone afflicted with the curse of becoming a demonkind fears. The people around me know I was human, but people meeting me for the first time will think I'm a demon and despise me. We truly feared that social stigma."
"...Hmm."
It was true.
I felt it when I brought the succubi out, and again when I brought the sirens.
Unlike my perception, which was just 'You're determined to drain humans of their money with another horny character,' the demonkind perceived by the people of this world—whether goblins, orcs, succubi, or sirens—were all just 'beasts.'
'Now that they can have sex with them, everyone's perception will change, though.'
At the very least, succubi, sirens, and the female-type beasts that appear as one goes deeper underground will be excluded from the category of 'beasts' as everyone knows them.
When that time comes, no matter what monmus is in Fermaton Castle, or whether Ruji Fermaton marries a monmus woman or has children with her, everyone will just accept it as the norm.
Knock, knock, knock.
A knock was heard from outside.
"It's Amy, My Lord. May I enter?"
"What is it? Did something happen at the interview site?"
"Something like an accident has occurred. The applicants on-site are clamoring, saying that ten people are too few and begging us to hire more."
"Hmm..."
I wanted to tell them they were being greedy, but honestly, they had a point.
"As expected, everyone is falling for it."
"Because even if they just do the math, everyone can't help but realize that we're significantly short-staffed."
Ten Ejaculation Manager Administrators.
But there are 1,000 succubi to manage.
In other words, each Ejaculation Manager has to handle 100 succubi.
It’s an absurd number.
Unless you're a sex machine like Ruji Fermaton, having sex with ten people a day, five days a week, is practically impossible.
"Does it look like a riot is going to break out?"
"Not quite. But if we only pick ten on-site, the rest of the people are definitely going to curse your name when they have to go home."
"Give them an inch and they take a mile."
I’ll let it slide since they’re my citizens.
And since they fell right into my plan, I’ll let it go with a smile.
After all, as time passes, they’re going to be squeezed dry by the succubi anyway.
And the true identity of the succubi they want to have sex with is—
'No.'
There is no "true identity" of the succubi.
We just fished them out of the Infinite Labyrinth because they were spawning in massive quantities.
There is no Lambert.
...There is no such thing.
"Ahem. I lost my head for a moment. Right, so ten isn't enough."
"Yes. Shall we proceed exactly as you planned?"
"Yeah. Give the order on-site immediately. I'll give the instruction to the ten Administrators we hired as Ejaculation Managers. Tell them to each form a team by gathering ten men who are good at sex, wash thoroughly, and have no risk of STDs."
If they think succubi are lowly creatures...
I wonder how they'll react when they find themselves in a position they usually consider lowly.
"The ten Administrators will each pick ten professional 'Sex Meisters,' and those Sex Meisters will provide essence to ten succubi each. For the Administrators, we'll assign three... no, about five virgin succubus assistants directly to them."
It’s a perfect multi-level scheme.
"The ten Sex Meisters will be responsible for providing essence to the ten succubi under them for that day. And for these Sex Meisters... we'll allow for personal circumstances. If they're sick that day, they can have another man have sex in their place."
"And of course, we'll strictly manage STDs?"
"Naturally. Oh, and sex isn't mandatory. Make sure to tell them that having sex with succubi is all about how well you can talk them up. In this job, status, age, and connections are all useless."
Everyone is equal before sex.
"The only things that matter are your dick and your sex techniques. Just because they're succubi doesn't mean they have to consent to sex, and just because someone is human doesn't mean they're guaranteed to have sex with a succubus."
Indeed.
"Before Ruji Fermaton, everyone is just the same kind of laborer."
An era where succubi do the heavy lifting and human men lie down to provide essence.
"I shall benefit all through sex."
The era of the succubus sex grind has begun.