[40. The Third Floor's Dominant Demon]
There was only one important figure on the third floor. The so-called Demon of Lust, Orde. In reality, he was just a minion, but thanks to his active use of the System, Orde had grown quite powerful. Apart from the top players, no one could stand against his forces. Beside him was the Succubus Queen, Titania Secusris. The two lived in splendor together on the third floor, having climbed it effortlessly. Orde chased women, while Titania chased men. For Orde, who lusted after women, it was only natural that he would clash with Sodahee. What about Titania? They had no dealings at all. Whether a man was fucked or not, Sodahee showed little interest. But she was a virgin. Titania had claimed with her own mouth that she was a virgin.
Knock. Knock. Knock.
The sound was not the rhythm of dice. Titania was tapping the table with her fingers, her nails clicking in a steady, disturbing tempo that betrayed a deep-seated irritation.
“Would you like me to help?” she had offered cooperation, yet something clearly displeased her. She narrowed her brows and began to ponder intensely.
“Or should I just drink your essence instead?”
“...You...”
“In exchange, I'll take you directly. Imagine my cock thrusting straight into your womb.”
The succubus queen shuddered in revulsion at the idea, yet a wicked glint appeared in her eyes. She was actually enjoying this. She wondered, with dark curiosity, what expression she would wear when her womb was filled to overflowing later.
Titania's face twisted into a scowl as she glared at me.
“Isn't this the one that just came up?”
“Yes, exactly. It just arrived today.”
“Then why are you making such a fuss? Did you come up here just to die and go crazy?”
Titania's strength wasn't particularly formidable. She was stronger than ordinary players, but she wasn't an exception that couldn't be challenged at all. As a succubus, her physical power wasn't her greatest asset. She had only climbed here easily because she claimed absolute invulnerability toward men.
“Die? Me?”
Seeing her sharpen her gaze in threat, I almost cast a law regulation at her but held back. After all, my kidneys were assigned based on gender: women get their cunts stuffed, men get law regulations shoved down their throats. From today onward, that was the rule I had set.
Like a loan shark urging haste, I slammed the table with my palm.
“Ugh. Anyway, just decide quickly. You came here asking for help, right?”
“That's true, but your attitude right now is really unacceptable. Even if I don't know who you are, I can't stand it.”
There were too many pompous bastards who thought they were superior.
“What, a little arrogance?”
“I don't need to hold back. I don't have to. Instead, kill me on the bed.”
“You're a pervert, aren't you?”
“Thinking about the last orgasm makes me feel like dying of pleasure.”
She looked at me like garbage.
“On such a fine day, you came all this way just because you wanted to slurp the 5-star knight's essence. Hypnosis, memory manipulation, affinity manipulation—whatever it takes, I'll make sure you choke on it.”
“What? Slurp? You really are crazy, huh?”
Titania pouted and let out a long sigh, as if she were barely holding back the boiling rage inside her.
“Why did Pluto have to choose a bastard like you as his disciple...”
“Just decide already. Not doing it? Then I'll leave.”
In situations like this, I had to be firm. I stood up from my seat and walked out of the cafe.
“...Wait!”
Titania rose to her feet. Her eyes were filled with resentment, but she clearly had no intention of giving up the 5-star knight's essence.
'Must be one hell of a handsome bastard.'
That only made me angrier. I couldn't hold it in.
“You don't seem like the type to help willingly. You must have something you're hoping for, right?”
“Huh?”
“How do you know my name? Are you hiding something?”
Hoping for something? I scanned Titania's body with my eyes. Even though she wore a proper nun outfit, how could she look so lewd? An obscene body—there was no other way to describe it. A race created to have cocks sucked: succubi. The ultimate whore among whores, the queen who had reached the pinnacle of being a professional slut.
“I'd like to taste a succubus's cunt too.”
“...I'll send you another one. Will that do?”
“Send me a virgin. Then I'll dedicate myself completely.”
Titania shook her head. There was a firm resolve that a virgin succubus couldn't be given.
“...Even succubi value purity. Giving away your virginity means you'll only have eyes for that person.”
“Whores really know how to twist words.”
Titania let out a tired chuckle.
“You're crossing a line, you know? One day you'll really die.”
“No, my point is correct. Only that person? The essence?”
“It's only received by that one person. When the partner ages and weakens, the succubus also starves. In the end, both will close their eyes together. That's the true meaning of purity that succubi guard. Do you know what that means, our purity?”
“Nope... I don't know any succubi like that...”
The succubi in novels were all fucking sluts. Sex was the basic, orgies were the option. Just hand over your essence and they'd lick your asshole with greedy tongues. Professional whores.
“The world sees us the way you do. I understand—there's nothing we can do about it. The succubi who give their purity to the one they love are extremely rare. Most just give it to their fathers and squeeze out men's essences to survive.”
“What? Fathers?”
Holy shit.
Titania shot me a look of pure contempt.
“Don't think of us with human concepts. We're just incubi. We only become mothers or fathers to each other. Occasionally we trade for sympathy and give away our virginity.”
“Oh... so a virgin succubus is never possible?”
“You have to think about that child's life too. Better to just give up on my greed.”
Her tone was resolute.
“Originally, succubi who keep their purity are almost nonexistent. Even if there were any, I wouldn't give them away, but since there aren't, I can't.”
“Then you...”
“My purity was something I kept guarded for someone like you.”
“Okay. Then send me a succubus.”
I decided to take one step back. A retreat to catch the queen.
“I don't care who. I'm genuinely curious.”
“...Alright. Starting tomorrow, the job begins.”
“I'll handle it. Just make sure you can't sense my existence in your dreams, right?”
I knew exactly what she meant. There was no need to prolong the conversation. I simply walked out of the cafe.
Through the window, Titania's red eyes followed me, watching with irritation. She shook her silver hair in a nervous frenzy, then vanished into the darkness of her black veil.
Heading toward the shop located on the third floor.
It wasn't a place for trade between players or between players and residents. It existed solely for transactions with the System. The shop's items were automatically supplied by the System. Many items unavailable on this floor were sold here. Ironically, the things that sold well in the medieval fantasy city of Kingdom were things familiar to me from modern cities.
Almost all the players and residents living leisurely on the third floor spent their coins at this shop. They bought weapons, upgraded equipment, drank, and fucked. The coins circulated, but ultimately all flowed back to the shop.
I bought condoms at the shop and rented a room.
Good guilds had guild houses, but most players lived in inns. Delang. I entered a decent-looking inn.
Since I would only stay for a week, did I really need to save coins? The interior was impeccably clean. It doubled as a bar, but there was no trace of the usual adventurer stench. An elegant atmosphere perfect for drowning sorrows.
I remembered the tutorial. The inn where I met Hana and spent a little over a month.
I approached the counter to get a room. A man who had arrived first was already chatting with the maid.
“Why did you come down to the third floor, Sir Ryan?”
“For a break. I've decided to rest for about a year.”
“At our inn?”
“Waaah.”
The maid smiled shyly, eyes glued to Ryan. How handsome did he have to be for her not to be able to look away?
“Khem!”
“Ah! Sir Ryan, a guest has arrived. Can I speak with you later? It's not for any other reason. I just wanted to ask about the adventure you had on the fourth floor.”
The maid's face flushed red. It looked like a smile that carried another meaning.
“Haha, feel free to come by anytime I have time.”
“Absolutely! I'll definitely come!”
“Then, excuse me.”
Ryan clutched the room key and headed upstairs. A broad back, wide shoulders, and a golden-haired hunk.
'His dick is probably tiny.'
After Ryan disappeared, the maid greeted me in a professional tone.
“Yes, I'll help with your check-in.”
“The best room for one week.”
“...Fifty thousand coins per day.”
The maid scanned me up and down and let out an incredulous laugh.
“A total of 350,000 coins. I'll help you pay.”
Her expression was completely different from when she spoke to Ryan. It was almost pitiful. Still, I thought I looked decent enough.
“Here, 350,000 coins.”
“Th-that gold coin...? It's a real gold coin. A million coins...!”
A gold coin engraved with 1, meaning a million. Five silver coins for three gold coins. I paid.
'Well, I'll be regressing anyway.'
Yu Dahui had given me most of her coins. The total was a whopping 4 million. Even after resting for a month, it was 4 million. Adding what I had, it came to 4.5 million. The maid's gaze changed. Even on the third floor, 350,000 wasn't pocket change.
The maid adopted a kind mindset.
“I'll check you in.”
The sincerity she showed Ryan wasn't present, but this was acceptable.
“Here, your key.”
I took the key from the maid and headed upstairs.
Why was the rent fifty thousand per day? What kind of room was it?
“Whoa... rough life.”
I passed the second floor and continued up to the third. The long lobby stretched straight ahead, and a single door in the center emitted energy. My assigned room. The innermost room on the third floor.
'A barrier, huh?'
Protected by the System. No one could enter without my permission. Then why the barrier?
“Kyaaaa...!”
The moment I stepped inside, a refreshing air washed over me. All fatigue vanished in an instant. My body felt lighter, and my mood turned strangely good. My crotch started to tingle, and my body felt like it was floating—something I had never experienced before.
The room itself was luxurious. No need for extra gold; it felt like a room for nobles. Huhuhu, then shall I wait for the succubus?
She had said to send her at night, so she would come soon. I would enjoy her in every way imaginable.
* * *
After Kim Jinwu left in a pretentious manner, Titania returned to the guild house.
The black veil of the succubus queen allowed her to move anywhere.
Because she wanted to taste the 5-star knight's essence, she had agreed to a pointless request from a certain bastard. Upon arriving at the guild house, Titania struggled to contain her crushed pride.
“Aaaah! Haaah! Master Orde! It's so deep...!”
From the adjacent room came the sound of a woman's seductive moan.
'He's swapping women every day, Orde.'
Despite calling himself the Demon of Lust, he acted like a beast, pursuing women endlessly. He had led countless women onto his bed and stained them with his own color, slowly but surely.
The door opened. One succubus peeked out.
“Titania-nim, did you call?”
“Rose.”
Rose was the most skilled succubus among those Titania had brought. Even when competing with the same man, Rose extracted much denser essence than the others.
“You have a task for me.”
“Yes, what is it?”
Titania had decided to send Rose to Kim Jinwu. With her, he would surely experience a horrifying ordeal.
“Can you handle a human man named Kim Jinwu?”
“A human man? That's no problem. It's something I do every day.”
“On your way, give him this too.”
A folded note containing information on the 5-star knight that could not be delivered in the cafe.
“I'll be back soon, Titania-nim!”
Rose bowed and left the room.
'I will do my best on the mission given by Titania-nim.'
With that, Rose set off to find Kim Jinwu.