Chapter 180
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Translator: Ebonarch
Chapter: 180
Chapter Title: Pink & Pink & Pink & Pink (5)
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"...?"
What the hell did she just say?
"Uh... Mom...? Wh-what do you mean all of a sudden?"
Thankfully, I wasn't the only one who couldn't make sense of this situation.
Iris openly started questioning it, while Lilith just blinked in confusion, probably thinking it was a joke.
'Well, yeah...'
If Lilith or Iris had known, they would've told me by now.
"Oh my, you still don't know? We're succubi. Well, half-breeds, that is."
"Actually, I was going to ask you the same thing. I thought you'd come because your succubus blood had awakened? Was I wrong?"
"Su... succubi...? Th-that's a joke, right? That race disappeared ages ago..."
"Lilith, dear, you know they wouldn't joke about something like this."
"Since it's come to this, maybe we should show some proof to make it easier to believe?"
At that moment, Clarice and Elaris's demeanor shifted dramatically, and a pink mist began rising from the floor.
Splash—
The moment I sensed something off, Iris and Lilith clung to my side.
Seeing that, Clarice and Elaris let out long sighs.
"...Haa, they say raising daughters is pointless no matter how hard you try. After all those years together, she sticks to the man instead."
"Look at that glare... Iris, relax your eyes. You don't think we're going to eat Eugene, do you?"
"...M-Mom. Th-that's not..."
Iris stammered an excuse, her body having reacted first on instinct.
"Enough. No excuses. Haa... Iris. This hurts your mother's feelings."
"...You're the same, Lilith. I could understand Iris since some time has passed since she left our arms... but you, Lilith, how long has it even been?"
"...I-I... Lilith still has things to learn from Teacher."
"Is that a succubus ability?"
I asked without letting my guard down.
They didn't seem like they would attack in this atmosphere, but I still didn't trust them enough to fully relax.
"Hee hee hee. No, Eugene. This is just a skill we've each honed ourselves. But since this mist has an aphrodisiac effect, it does feel pretty succubus-like."
"Truth be told, being a succubus doesn't mean much beyond needing to consume essence as a necessity. Otherwise, we're no different from regular humans."
Clarice continued, tracing her red lips with a finger and a lewd smile.
"If anything else, we'd say exceptional looks and figures. And we don't age well... or rather, not at all."
"Oh, and as the name suggests, we're very good at it. Down there... or up here."
As if to prove her words, Clarice parted her lips and began sucking on her finger.
Even a brief glance showed it was no ordinary tongue work.
'...At least on par with Lilith, if not better.'
*Slurp... slurp... smack... slurp...*
Hearing Clarice's lascivious sounds made my mouth go dry, a sticky urge bubbling up to pin her down and ravage her right then and there.
"What do you think, Eugene? If you're okay with it..."
"Want to test if we're really succubi?"
The twin succubi's sweet whispers nearly made me nod unconsciously.
"...St-stop it! What are you doing to my man right now, Moms! Get rid of this weird mist right now!"
Iris's shout snapped my reason back into place.
'That was close...'
I'd been on guard, but without her cry, I definitely would've fallen for the temptation.
'This is the effect of Dual Pink Tail...'
If they really put their minds to it, toasting a single guy like me would be child's play.
"...Hee hee hee. Sorry, sweetie. It's been so long since I met a man of this caliber that even Mom couldn't hold back."
"Sorry to you too, Eugene. We didn't mean to make you wary. We just thought showing you directly would make you believe us for sure."
Swoosh—
The mist dispersed along with Elaris's apology.
A mix of relief and regret washed over me, and I simply nodded without a word.
"Hee hee hee, you're so forgiving, Eugene. As you might have guessed, this isn't your average orphanage."
"You could call it a succubus-exclusive nursery. Oh, but not all the kids are succubi. Only the ones with pink hair and 'ris' at the end of their names have inherited the blood of the great mother Lilith."
"My blood, Lilith?"
Lilith suddenly piped up with wide eyes, but...
"Sweetie. It's Lilith, not Ris."
"Now, Lilith, don't interrupt the adults. Just have some snacks."
"Yes..."
She was shut down in one second and started munching on cookies obediently.
"Then what about the other kids who aren't succubi...?"
"Of course, they're regular humans. Even we weren't born as succubi."
"To function as succubi, you need that 'awakening' we mentioned earlier."
Riiip—
With that, Clarice suddenly tore her dress from the neckline down to her chest.
"...!"
In that instant, I understood why Clarice had been covering herself so tightly.
Just a bit of exposed skin made the erotic allure radiating from her feel amplified dozens of times over.
"Ah! Mom!!"
"Oh, Iris, I told you not to yell."
"M-Mom! You're keep seducing Eugene!"
"This isn't seduction. It was an accident."
"What kind of accident is that?!"
As Iris and Clarice started bickering, Elaris picked up the explanation.
"...Succubus blood usually awakens in the early to mid-teens. Until then, even succubi are just like normal human kids."
"What happens when the blood awakens?"
Elaris covered her mouth and laughed as if my question amused her.
"Hee hee hee. That's when we teach them all sorts of knowledge we know. The ones we raise well go on to places where they can fully unleash their succubus talents. Of course, not sleazy brothels—the top-class pleasure houses used only by the powerful and the wealthy."
My expression hardened as I listened to Elaris.
Top-class or not, it meant raising succubus kids to become whores.
Elaris shot me a displeased glance, as if offended.
"Oh my, Eugene, jumping to conclusions like that is a bad habit. We've never forced the kids even once. They all chose that path themselves."
Clarice, having ended her spat with Iris, continued.
"From that look, you still think succubi lives are unhappy, but you're mistaken. We see inheriting succubus blood as a blessing. We don't age, we have stunning beauty, we love sex and are amazing at it, and we can rake in money doing it. If that's not a blessing, what is?"
Clarice declared proudly.
"Our orphanage can maintain these high-end facilities thanks to donations from the kids who've gone out into the world."
"Eugene, we'd appreciate it if you didn't judge us from a human perspective. That's just excessive arrogance."
I immediately bowed my head after hearing them out.
"...I'm sorry."
It was arrogant.
I'd judged their lives as succubi miserable without even considering their viewpoint.
But...
"...There's just one thing I don't understand."
"Hee hee hee, what is it?"
"Go ahead and ask."
With their permission, I voiced the doubt I'd been harboring.
"Why didn't Iris and Lilith know about this?"
Iris and Lilith, who had been pacified into eating snacks together, perked up their ears at that too.
"Hee hee hee, Iris and Lilith are... special cases."
"Normally, without consuming essence, a succubus's body gradually weakens until instinct drives her to crave it. That's the 'awakening' period."
Clarice looked at Lilith and Iris as she said that.
"But Iris and Lilith's innate abilities let them recover on their own whenever their bodies weaken, so they never needed to crave essence."
"Honestly, these girls might never have awakened their succubus blood in their lifetimes. Especially someone like Lilith with her insane recovery."
At that moment, I couldn't help but recall Lilith from my first playthrough.
I'd never met Iris back then, so I couldn't say, but first-playthrough Lilith had been a pure virgin, completely unlike now.
"...Then why did their blood awaken?"
Clarice and Elaris both pointed at me simultaneously.
"Because of you, Eugene."
"...Me?"
I let out a hollow laugh.
This was unfair.
What a ridiculous accusation.
If I'd really awakened Lilith, then first-playthrough Lilith should've been as lewd as she is now.
Considering the intensity of the taming alone, she'd suffered far worse back then.
Yet somehow it was fine then, and now it's my fault...?
'She even seemed lewd before we met.'
From our first encounter, sucking dick like that—how could I not think so?
But their following words left me convinced.
"Yes, she met a man with essence so potent it forcibly awakened her succubus blood. Thanks to you, Eugene, this generation's kids will probably awaken earlier."
"Simply put, your male scent put Lilith, Iris... and even us into heat by force."
Prince on the Bed
My trait... no, my dick was the root of all evil.