I Became the Must-Have Character of the Academy City - Chapter 128



127 – Top-Grade Rohan

Rohan and Ichinose quietly emerged from the thicket and stepped onto the mansion’s grounds.

Maintaining a low stance, ready to react swiftly to any attack.

They closed the distance to the cluster of Pleasure Dolls lined up next to a large bath.

“…”

The Pleasure Dolls’ lifeless eyes flickered. They were clearly aware of them.

But they didn’t attack. Not even a sound escaped them.

“They aren’t rushing us like husks. Are they waiting for orders?”

“Perhaps they’re for bath service… Regardless, let’s take them out quickly.”

He couldn’t think of this as anything but an opportunity.

Before the succubus noticed them and appeared, he resolved to liberate every Pleasure Doll within sight.

Rohan and Ichinose settled into their positions.

A swing of the sword, and the Fraser Doll’s head detached cleanly.

*Thwack!*

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The headless Fraser Dolls collapsed, like puppets with severed strings.

A Succubus, sensing the anomaly, emerged from the mansion, a beat too late.

The mansion door creaked! Open, releasing a potent fragrance.

A heavy, cloying scent, reminiscent of a department store’s cosmetic floor.

The spreading aroma displayed an alien quality, attempting to tamper with their minds. Both intensified the flow of their mana.

“Humans…?”

The Succubus spoke, disbelief coloring the crimson of her lips.

A serene smile followed, her expression carefully composed.

“Intriguing guests. From where did you appear?”

Fingernails, sharpened to points and gleaming like obsidian.

Rohan fixed his gaze on a particularly prominent feature of the Succubus.

In doing so, he roughly pieced together what weapons she wielded, and how.

*Thudthudthudthud*───.

Fraser Dolls poured through the opening of the door.

The lean men wore similar attire to those near the bathtub, but brandished weapons.

“Are you mute? An answer is required.”

The Succubus assessed the situation. Humans observing her, dissecting her.

The woman’s eyes were closed, but a sharp sensation was clearly aimed in her direction.

‘And the man…’

The Succubus’s eyes widened as she beheld Rohan. She made no attempt to conceal her surprise.

She lifted a hand, halting the Fraser Dolls that were advancing. She took three steps back.

“You… you are no ordinary man, are you? Such a choice specimen… a first for me.”

The succubus’ eyes glimmered with desire as she looked at Rohan.

This wasn’t good.

“A prime specimen?”

Rohan frowned at being treated like an object.

‘…Rohan is a prime specimen?’

Not just Rohan, but Ichinose also took notice of that word.

The succubi they’d encountered on the way here, all incapable of communication.

He’d thought their drooling and fits at the sight of Rohan were simply because he was a man.

There seemed to be another reason.

“You can speak?”

The succubus wore an expression of pure satisfaction just looking at him.

Without hesitation, Rohan pulled the trigger.

Bang!

Tilting her head, the succubus dodged the bullet and chuckled, her jet-black tail waving playfully.

She didn’t even register the bullet lodged in the head of the Frazer Doll behind her.

“I prefer them docile, but sometimes a rebellious man has a certain flavor.”

Since Rohan had initiated the attack, a battle would commence the moment the succubus reached for him.

But the succubus wanted to talk. More accurately, she wanted Rohan.

If they could extract as much information as possible, Rohan’s group wasn’t such a bad proposition either.

The succubus sensed his intent and attempted a negotiation.

“I’ll forgive you for ruining my beloved dolls. How about you come live with me, darling, and we can have a good time? Forget about the troubles and just live indulging in the greatest pleasures.”

“You think I would?”

Rohan was about to spew curses with a vicious expression.

The succubus cried out, “Oh my!” and, wagging her hips and tail, continued her words, asking him to listen to the end.

“I’m not saying I’ll turn you into a Frazer Doll. I’m just asking you to live with me. What do you say?”

“I don’t like sluts with loose morals.”

“Hehe, I also like jealous men. Is it because of the Frazer Dolls? I’ll get rid of them all if you want.”

Undeterred by the crude insult, the succubus rubbed her thighs together and stared intently at Rohan.

Her gaze was hot, her breathing excited – too much for it to be acting.

Where was the dignity of a named succubus? She couldn’t suppress her saliva, swallowing hard.

Ichinose bit down hard, a surge of anger threatening to consume him.

But he restrained himself, somehow. Emotional reactions would solve nothing.

“Just kill them all now.”

“That petty trickery won’t work on me, honey~ We need a contract first, wouldn’t you say?”

A sheet of black parchment materialized before Rohan’s eyes.

Ichinose gasped, ready to yell that he mustn’t agree to any such illusion, but Rohan had no intention of doing so in the first place.

He scanned to the succubus’s name, scrawled at the bottom of the parchment.

After confirming those three letters: Bianca.

He drew his sword and sliced the floating parchment in two.

The torn pieces fluttered to the ground.

Bianca’s ever-present smile vanished from her face.

A wave of chilling fury emanated from her in every direction.

“···A difficult man, as befits a top-tier specimen. Fine then.”

The succubus snapped her fingers.

The expressionless Pleasure Dolls surged forward.

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Unlike the husks, these things didn’t make meaningless noises. Nor were they slow.

They wielded their sharpened implements in silence.

Infused with magic from the succubus, their physical abilities easily surpassed the limits of ordinary humans.

And the most irritating aspect was that their attacks were fundamentally suicidal.

Lacking any will of their own, the Pleasure Dolls were programmed to throw themselves into harm’s way.

They felt no pain and wouldn’t stop until they sustained damage beyond a certain threshold, making them increasingly troublesome the more there were.

Clang! Ka-thunk! Thwack!

Even so, the Pleasure Dolls fell one by one.

Bianca watched their coordination and skill, inwardly impressed.

‘They’re fighting far better than I expected, aren’t they?’

The woman wasn’t Bianca’s type. She wouldn’t add her to her collection.

But turning that blind woman into a Pleasure Doll and using her for security would more than make up for her losses.

The man’s value went without saying.

“Looks like I’ll have to show you one of my specialties.”

Bianca, her resolve firm, stirred her mana.

*Fwooosh*───!!!

A thick aura erupted from her body. The mansion flooded with a pink mist.

Rohan, knowing this succubus Bianca’s skill, kicked away a rushing Frazer Doll and warned Ichinose.

“Ichinose. It’s charm. Keep your head on straight.”

“Understood…!”

“Her forte seems to be a wide area of effect charm. So the concentration shouldn’t be too intense.”

Rohan warned Ichinose based on prior knowledge.

He gripped his sword tightly in one hand.

[Single Sword – Flame Severance]

Rohan’s swordsmanship cleanly bisected the waists of multiple Frazer Dolls, scattering them.

Amazing strength for a single hand.

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“Hah.”

Ichinose, who had drawn Night and returned it to its scabbard in a flash, continued his swordsmanship.

[Dream Phantom Shadow Style – Wing Shadow Instant Flash]

Frazer Dolls were neatly sliced apart, collapsing in a heap.

And within the dense pink mist.

Jet-black fingernails pierced through the cloud-like space, flying towards Rohan.

*Clang!*

Rohan swung Radiance, blocking the fingernails aimed at his thigh.

The elongated fingernails shrunk back, returning to Bianca’s hand.

“Oh my, you blocked that? I like you even more.”

Ichinose launched a slash towards the place where the fingernails had returned, but Bianca had already moved.

There was no time to feel disappointed. They had to deal with the remaining Frazer Dolls.

And Ichinose was feeling it.

Just how potent this charm was.

‘This is a *weak* charm…?’

Being the same s*x as the succubus, Ichinose should have a resistance to charm skills, allowing him to perceive it as diluted and faint.

And yet, his mind was reeling.

Instinct and reason tumbled, a jumbled mess, fighting for dominance.

I couldn’t begin to imagine the allure Rohan, a man, must be feeling.

That he could move like that in this environment, it was admirable.

But even that battle was fleeting.

How many times had Frazier Dolls exposed their stone bodies and he batted away clawing fingers seeking an opening?

I felt the intuition that this would become a drawn-out affair when…

“…”

*Thud.*

Rohan’s grip loosened on his pistol, and he went limp.

His head hung low.

His sword dragged on the ground, his back bowed. He looked ready to collapse at any moment.

Anyone looking at the scene would assume he’d succumbed to the seduction. He seemed ready to drop his sword, too.

“Rohan!!!”

Ichinose cried out, his voice cracking with panic.

‘I have to wake him…!’

But the instant that resolve formed, Frazier Dolls, commanded by Bianca, moved to defensively shield Ichinose as meat shields.

The succubus emerged through the pink fog.

“Heh heh, a man who could withstand my allure this long is a first. I shall cherish you as my servant for all eternity. You will lead me to the queen’s throne.”

Bianca held a choker resembling a dog collar in her hand.

The succubus took a step forward to fasten the choker around Rohan’s neck.

But Rohan, who had been hanging limp with his head down,

didn’t miss the opportunity he’d been waiting for and instantly unleashed an explosion of mana.

[Three Swords – Light Wing Awl]

The sword technique I’d been told my stance needed work on.

The sword technique Jooyeon praised as excellent aside from that.

The thrust, having finally met its finicky conditions in real combat, pierced Bianca’s heart.

“Guh…!?!”

“I told you, I hate a used rag.”

Rohan followed up by detonating her heart with the rotational force imbued in the blade.

An achievement I’d never seen before appeared before my eyes.

[Rohan, a special achievement has been unlocked]

[Replying to a Succubus’ Kiss with a Sword – Achievement Earned]

[As an achievement reward, resistance to status ailments has increased]