Monster Heavenly King - Chapter 92
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92. Succubus (3)
“…strain?”
“Overwork, you say?”
Leah and Alyssa.
The two succubi looked at each other with expressions of incomprehension.
The succubus is overworked.
-I guess I should call it a loss of magical power. Oh my…
“What happened?”
-What do you think is the driving force behind this castle being located in the sky like this?
When Seol-ah said that, I thought I knew what was going on.
I thought that since Hyunseong was just a fantasy, there would be a flying castle, but it seems that the queen is the one making the castle fly.
– Not only is it not enough to raise the castle, but it is also continuously using fog magic on the ground and dark clouds in the sky, so it is inevitable that magic drain will occur as easily as eating.
“… It’s amazing?”
Hyunseong was purely impressed.
In other words, he was saying that he was doing it all by himself.
It seemed like she wasn’t called the Succubus Queen for nothing.
-There wouldn’t be a problem if the regular supply was properly provided…
“Because the succubus is in that state.”
“Wh, what are you talking about! Our succubus is doing her part!”
-That’s true. If it weren’t for that, the castle would have already fallen.
The reason why the magic was maintained was because the succubi were properly performing their role of providing energy to the queen.
Although I had my doubts about whether anyone would actually fall for that temptation, I decided to go ahead with it for the sake of the story.
-… So you intentionally exposed yourself to attract more people?
“indeed.”
The dry forest was not a very popular hunting ground.
There weren’t many Awakened people visiting the hunting grounds, but the succubi took the energy.
Fatigue was bound to accumulate more on the ship than elsewhere.
‘So naturally, I started coming less often.’
In the end, the succubus chose to expose her appearance as a means of attracting people.
That way, you can collect more energy.
I wondered why it was cast despite having the invisibility spell, but it was an inevitable choice for survival.
Since it actually worked well, the operation was a success.
‘There must have been other ways, so why did you go to such extreme lengths?’
-This is the safest method for a succubus.
‘Hiding like orcs?’
In fact, they managed to stay hidden for quite some time just by camouflaging themselves with rocks.
However, Seol-ah’s thoughts seemed different.
– It’s not impossible. However, in that case, if you get caught even once, it’s over. Even if you look at an orc, it’s probably excessive, but not a succubus.
‘but.’
Just by looking at the eyewitness accounts, you could tell that so many Awakened people had gathered.
Even if they had hidden like that, the moment they left even a single trace, the Awakened would have stormed their hideout before long.
‘What about the distortion barrier?’
-It’s possible for someone like Ian to do it, not just anyone can do it.
In the end, the queen in front of her eyes was saying that she had done everything she could to ensure the succubus’s survival.
“It’s not a penny.”
-That’s right, she’s grown into a proper queen while I wasn’t watching her.
Seol-ah muttered as if she was deeply moved.
But that wasn’t what mattered to Leah and Alyssa.
“Can you cure my mother?”
Can you cure the queen or not?
That was the most important thing to them.
Seol-ah is silent at Leah’s words.
-Um… But there’s no cure for this.
The cure for overwork is rest.
However, if they rested, the existence of this castle would be exposed and humans would start trying to capture the succubus.
A situation where this can’t happen or that can’t happen.
-Still, there is a temporary measure.
“Oh, I guess there’s a way?”
-Now, go and hold Celine’s hand.
“…?”
What is this?
Before I could even get that question out of my mouth, Seol-ah’s explanation continued.
-What a succubus needs is energy. If she absorbs it, her condition will improve.
“I am undead?”
-Just because it’s called regular doesn’t mean it has a weird meaning. It’s literally energy. Of course, it’s not as good as a person’s.
“Then isn’t it meaningless?”
How much of an improvement would it be if I just absorbed the energy of the undead?
However, Seol-ah continued her explanation, shaking her head as if it was ridiculous.
-If you were a normal undead, then yes. But your aura is different, isn’t it?
“… You’re talking about internal energy.”
-That’s right, that pure energy that was tamed by the fortune telling ritual. That would be the sweetest medicine for a succubus, right? It’s enough as a temporary measure.
“But why are you prescribing my energy as you please?”
-Aren’t we one?
“No, the mind and body are different.”
-Hey. What’s mine is yours and what’s yours is mine. Don’t you get it?
“You have nothing. I am the one who suffers the loss.”
-I’m not fooled.
“… … ”
-Ouch! So you’re not going to do it?!
“Now they just leave.”
Hyunseong reached out to the queen while muttering like that.
If I could pay off the Succubus Queen’s debt with a little of my energy, wouldn’t it be a good deal?
It wasn’t like he was given innate energy or his internal energy was reduced, so he didn’t really suffer any loss.
-It seems like Celine has also grown into a succubus, so maybe we can expect a reward?
‘No, what kind of compensation can I expect with an undead body?’
At least if it were a human body, it might be different.
A sound is heard from the side as he places his hand bone against the Queen’s hand.
“Oh, if I hold your hand…”
“I was going to take you as a servant, but you’re telling me you’re going to become a father?!”
“… … ”
Hyunseong thought that once the queen woke up, he should first ask how the succubus came to be in such a state.
at that time,
‘hmm?’
My internal energy was naturally sucked into the succubus without me even breathing it in.
Could it be my instinct as a succubus?
If I hold on to it, I can stop it, but since it is for healing purposes, I have infused more internal energy into it.
“Ugh.”
The queen swayed her body with slightly lewd moans.
It seemed like he was suddenly startled by the energy.
But soon, things became quiet and life began to return to his pale face.
“Hmm…”
And then, she opens her eyes as if waking up from sleep.
Perhaps because he was still half asleep, he just stared blankly at Hyunseong without any reaction.
-Are you awake?
“… Sister?”
The Queen is confused when she hears a familiar voice from an unfamiliar skeleton.
However, soon he realized that he had not misheard the voice and hugged Hyunseong tightly.
“Sister!”
“… … ”
“How did you become a skeleton?!”
How should I explain this situation?
While I was thinking about it, Seol-ah came next to me and struck me with a sword.
-It’s not there, it’s here.
“uh…?”
Seol-ah looks back and forth between herself and Seol-ah in confusion.
And then I glanced at Hyunseong’s skeleton.
And then
“Me, a man?!”
The queen was so shocked that she fainted again.
-It’s still the same…
“No, do you faint just by looking at a man’s bones?”
Hyunseong, who was dumbfounded by the situation, clacked his teeth.
.
.
.
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry.”
The queen bows her head and apologizes.
But he was avoiding eye contact.
-You’re still afraid of men.
“Well, at least I learned how to speak.”
Was it worse than this before?
I couldn’t quite imagine it.
“mom!”
Leah hugged Celine as she woke up.
Hyunseong quietly watches his mother stroking her daughter’s head.
“Anyway, thank you, sis. And…”
“This is Kim Hyun-seong.”
“Thank you, Hyunseong.”
-But what I did was just a temporary measure.
“Hey, wait a minute. I was the one who gave you the regular food, so why did you do it? Shouldn’t you at least say it was us?”
-Oh, that’s a tight fit.
“We have to take the controversial parts and leave them alone.”
-A salty person.
“It’s about finding my rights.”
Celine quietly watches Hyunseong and Seol-ah conversing, then laughs.
“You’re still friendly with the users, Sister.”
The previous user must have had a pretty cheerful personality.
I wonder if the qualification to use this guy requires a personality that’s a little bit different.
-Anyway! If we don’t come up with a fundamental solution, it’ll all end up the same.
“but…”
Despite Seol-ah’s words, Celine made a troubled expression as if she had no choice.
As the leader of the succubi, how could she abandon her own race?
-There is a way to do that.
“Really?”
“really?!”
“Really?!”
The three succubi looked surprised.
It’s not that they didn’t try to find another way.
However, I had no choice but to choose this method because there was no better way.
But if there was a better way, there was no reason not to try it.
“So, tell me without hesitation. What is the method?”
Seol-ah responds to Hyun-seong’s question with a confident voice.
-All the succubi here are moving to a castle that they can’t go to!
“Is it a castle you can’t go to?”
“Where is that?”
“No, wait a minute.”
Hyunseong stopped Seol-ah from making such an absurd statement.
Aside from the fact that it was the right method, the owner of that place was not Seol-ah or herself, but Seo-ian.
‘What are you doing without the owner’s permission?’
-No, he was a warrior after all. He wouldn’t be able to refuse a succubus who had nowhere to go.
‘… … ‘
-Besides, there’s also this saying, right?
‘What are you talking about?’
-It’s easier to be forgiven than to be permitted!
‘… … ‘
Even if it’s not this guy himself, won’t he end up in the furnace someday?
When that time comes, I plan to lend a helping hand.
-And since he’s a guy, wouldn’t he like succubi?
‘No, these succubi are different from what people usually think of as succubi.’
Even if you have high expectations for the word succubus, won’t you be disappointed when it turns out to be different from what you imagined?
First of all, I decided to ask why it wasn’t like this in the past.
-But the succubi have changed a lot since before. What happened?
“Ah, that’s… thanks to the magic I learned from my older sister.”
-… The magic I taught you?
“Originally, a succubus extracted her own energy… but I was afraid of men so I couldn’t do that, so my older sister said it was frustrating and created magic for me.”
“I heard that.”
“Extracting the essence directly was dangerous for the succubus in many ways, but magic was less dangerous and much more efficient. So…”
“Are you saying that succubi are increasingly using magic instead of pulling out their victims themselves?”
“Yes. As a result, succubi have become more and more adept at using magic. There is no longer any need to seduce people like before.”
There was no need to seduce anyone, so there was no need to learn how to do so.
It was said that there were more and more succubi like Liana and Alisa, as the unused parts gradually degenerated.
“If you look for it, there may still be succubi like the old days, but there won’t be many of them.”
It was the result of Celine’s efforts as queen to prosper her race.
Hyunseong looked at Seol-ah quietly.
She was the root of all evil, and I thought that whatever happened, most likely the cause would be Seol-ah.
I never thought they would crush a man’s dreams like this.
He was an outrageous villain.
Seol-ah also blurted out her excuses in a bewildered voice, as if she had never thought that what she did would turn out like this.
-Seo, the idea that succubi are sexy is a prejudice, a prejudice!
Seol-ah’s pitiful excuses only echoed in the queen’s chambers.