All Women Will Kneel Before You
Fortunately, less than a full day had passed between finishing the ruin exploration and returning home.
Isabel had given me a potent medicine that could last several days in case of unforeseen complications, but I made it back in just one day and was able to receive the purification ritual right away.
“Rowen…! You’re back!”
She must have been waiting for me late into the night. The moment I returned, Priestess Isabel greeted me with an expression of pure joy. She then examined me from head to toe with worried eyes, asking if I was all right. Her gaze was even a little moist—she seemed slightly overreacting… haha.
It felt as if I had become a child again. Knowing that the priestess cherished me warmed a corner of my heart.
While talking with her, I recounted everything I had seen in the ruins: how the surroundings had been eroded by a strange energy, how the mental resistance potion she had given me helped save my party members, and the… rather indecent scenes we encountered.
Then I showed her what we had obtained. A red ether crystal the size of a head, a strange ring set with a crimson gem, and an enigmatic black fragment whose purpose was unknown.
Priestess Isabel studied the items laid out on the table, her expression turning serious.
“The black fragment gives off no detectable aura, so that’s one thing… but the other two are problematic. …Rowen?”
“Yes, Priestess.”
Her next words were unusually firm.
“It pains me to say this, but I believe I must hand the ether crystal and the ring over to the Order. They radiate malevolence.”
“I thought as much… Ah, but I promised to split the profits with my party members. What should I do?”
She shook her head gently.
“Given the circumstances, these items came from ruins that once worshipped an evil existence. If such objects fall into the hands of a practitioner with no backing, they could become dangerous in themselves. Moreover, as a priestess of the Malion Order, I cannot overlook the circulation of such malevolent artifacts in the market, nor can I allow them to be delivered to the Mercenary Guild only to vanish somewhere.”
“I see……”
“I’m sorry, Rowen. I’ll have to be a little unreasonable this time.”
I couldn’t find any words to refute her. I didn’t particularly want to argue with the priestess either. But then the profits…
Perhaps noticing my slightly dejected expression, she smiled softly and gently patted my head.
“Hehe, Rowen, do you think I’m some kind of thief? I’ll purchase the ring and crystal myself. Since we don’t know their market value, how about this: I’ll exchange them for useful items provided by the Order—potions, healing artifacts, and the like. Talk it over with your party member. I’m sure she won’t object.”
“Understood. I’ll trust you, Priestess. Besides, I already received plenty before heading into the dungeon, so I’ll decline any additional reward.”
After that, we spent quite a while going back and forth—“I insist,” “I refuse”—until we both burst out laughing. We decided to perform the purification ritual and call it a day.
It had been a satisfying day.
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【Child, can you hear me? Wake up.】
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【Hehe, child……?】
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【………You wretched mortal! I told you to wake up……!! Wake up!!】
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I opened my eyes in bed.
‘I feel like I had a dream……’
When I touched my body, it seemed I had broken into a cold sweat while sleeping. I pressed a hand to my forehead and slowly sat up. Turning my head toward the window, I saw that the sky outside the curtains was still dark with dawn, and the atmosphere was quiet.
【Finally awake? That took quite a while.】
My body stiffened instantly. I quickly scanned the room, but of course, no one was there.
What was that just now? I had clearly heard a woman’s voice.
“……An auditory hallucination?”
【It is no hallucination.】
The woman’s voice came again, clearer this time, with a hint of playfulness.
What? It was coming from inside my head? Could she be inside me?
I swallowed dryly, tension coiling tight.
Should I report this to the priestess right away? No, it didn’t feel particularly threatening…
“………Who are you? How are you speaking with me?”
A clear laugh answered my question.
【Hehe, questions are for you to ask and this deity to answer. Now, answer me.】
The voice carried an unmistakably sensual, feminine quality.
【Do you desire power? The power to dominate others……great power.】
“……Power to dominate others?”
【Indeed. If you wish it, I can grant it to you.】
Confidence overflowed in the woman’s voice, as though granting what I desired was only natural.
【The power to command desire, the power to make ether even stronger……】
【Though you are but a mortal, your body should be able to accept my blessing.】
I fell silent for a moment. Then I slowly opened my mouth.
“I don’t need it.”
【Good, you thought well. Then, for me, you will………………………?】
The woman’s voice cut off abruptly. Perhaps she hadn’t expected my refusal. But following the timeline, one very reasonable guess presented itself.
【This deity offered you the power of a god, yet you refused…… Do you have no desire to dominate others? Ah! Is it because you still don’t trust me?】
A trace of flustered confusion colored her tone.
“There’s nothing to trust or distrust, you lascivious demon! Answer me. Were you hiding in that altar in the ruins earlier?”
【……】
After a brief silence, a low, soft laugh echoed in my mind. It held no sign of being hurt—only an amused, leisurely quality.
【Heh……】
【A lascivious demon, you say? Hehe.】
The woman’s voice lowered slightly, continuing in a playful tone.
【This little one has quite the sharp tongue. For a mortal to call me a demon—it’s been a long time since I’ve heard that.】
She spoke as though genuinely entertained, drawing out her words slowly.
【I am called Eve. I am a goddess who rules and wields the laws of desire. Hehe, though it is mostly limited to sexual desire. Well, as you said, calling this deity ‘lascivious’ isn’t entirely wrong. But what of it?】
【This deity swears it. Follow me, and you will be able to make every woman in this world kneel before you. I can turn everything you’ve only ever dreamed of into reality.】
I immediately snorted and held up three fingers. Who did she think she was fooling?
“First, I don’t trust you.”
【I can demonstrate my abilities later.】
“Second, the very fact that someone claiming to be a god is clinging to my body and talking at such length is already absurd.”
【………Even gods have their circumstances.】
“Don’t make me laugh, monster. And lastly, third.”
I spoke with conviction.
“I don’t want the power you’re offering in the first place. Domination? Why would I torment perfectly fine women?”
【……………?】
【So, setting aside your suspicion…… You could corrupt and freely use every beauty you desire, have all the sex you want……】
【And you’re saying you don’t want that?】
“That sort of thing…… I can do it someday with someone I love.”
【………Are you a princess from some fairy tale? Have you never had sex? What about masturbation? You must have at least done that.】
I frowned at the increasingly vulgar tone. As expected. What kind of goddess was this?
Still, she didn’t feel like a truly malevolent monster. Why did I keep talking with her…… What was this……
“Mast…… That, too, I can do someday while thinking of the person I love.”
【……………………………】
After hearing my answer, the monster fell silent for a long time.
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The Succubus Goddess Ibris was genuinely flustered right now.
No interest in bedding women? Only with someone you love?
‘………Has the outside world’s view of sex changed while I was sealed? No, that can’t be it……’
She sighed inwardly. Because of those damned women, she had been sealed in that shelter for thousands of years, only to be freed by a chance spatial rift. Even that process hadn’t been smooth. Her power had been reduced to a pitiful level; the most she could manage was desperately searching for a host to parasitize.
When she had frantically resonated with that swarm of ants inside the shelter, she had thought this boy was the host with the best vitality and potential. Handsome, young, and virile. With just a little help, he would lead a debauched sex life, and the lust energy generated in the process would allow her to gather plenty. Then she could gradually recover her strength……
At the right moment, she would possess a female body she liked and aim to reach at least the 5th Realm, spending hundreds of years consolidating her power. Yet here she was, stuck at the very basics.
She could no longer switch hosts; the bond had already taken root. A question arose.
‘But…… I passed out right after parasitizing. How did I wake up? Did I react to the lust energy he produced while relieving his sexual desire? No, this isn’t the time to think about that.’
With so little power left, she was barely maintaining this conversation through low-grade seduction magic. Ibris sighed. A strange boy who knew neither masturbation nor sex.
‘Well, if I show him some visual material and give him a shock, his sexual desire should awaken on its own. Then I’ll be able to replenish lust energy steadily……’
“Very well. I shall show you what future awaits you if you follow this deity.”
“Wait, what are you trying to……”
Ibris squeezed out what little power she had left and cast an illusion over the boy.
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‘………Damn it, why isn’t this brat getting hard……!!’
She cursed inwardly, utterly dumbfounded. She had clearly projected an illusion of beautiful women seducing the boy in the nude. Yet he blushed like a virtuous maiden being sexually harassed, then turned his head sharply away, completely ignoring them—as if refusing to be tested. Was he some kind of saint from a holy order?
The resonance results clearly showed he wasn’t impotent. All his bodily functions were operating normally, which meant his physiological responses should also be functioning properly.
‘I’m almost at my limit staying awake……!’
Ibris placed a final restriction so the boy couldn’t reveal her true identity, then felt her consciousness gradually fading once more. She decided to think optimistically. Anyway, lust energy was being generated, which must have woken her. Her parasitism would explosively accelerate the boy’s metabolism as well. So for now, she would simply wait and see.