The Incubus System Chapter 513. Strip Battle III
I sat on her throne. While she decided to sit on my lap, facing my side. Her hand was on my chest and her head was on my shoulder. There wasn't a single piece of cloth covering our bodies, making us look like a pair of crazy horny demons.
Despite our intimate gesture, the fact that she kept sniffing my neck, alarmed me that what she wanted from me. I realized she had fallen for me. But not like my other partners, what she loved was my blood. I decided to ignore the twisted first love between us and concentrate on explaining what she needed to know.
Half an hour had passed and I had already told her what she needed to know about me.
"So you simply are both Ethan, Erebus' descendant, and Damian, Damon's son?" she assumed once I finished my long explanation.
"Well, you are more like Ethan than Damian since it's only his power's remains in you. But the fact that you qualify for the throne is undeniable," she continued. Her voice was sweet. Rather than a question, it sounded like someone who had just discovered good food.
"Yes." I couldn't deny that even though they called me Damian, I'm Ethan. But I preferred to use Damian's name as my incubus name since I didn't want to involve Celia in this. Plus, my ego wanted people to remember Ethan as a human, not a demon.
"Now tell me what do you want? Killing Letos? You know---" she came closer to my ear.
"I don't mind killing him either. I hate him..." she whispered.
"You hate him?" I repeated in disbelief.
She distanced her face away from me.
"Um-hum. You should see what he did to Erebus," she stated.
Her statement made me turn to her and frowned in disbelief.
"What did he do?" My disbelief was clear from my tone of voice.
"Oh, Damon never told you? Oh, wait. He never knew it to begin with. Neither Erebus."
"Can you tell me what it is?" I asked curiously.
"You know it was Erebus who freed Letos from his mother, right?" She made sure.
My mind went back to the memories of Erebus when I took the sword.
"Yes," I replied.
"And did you know that Erebus gave Letos his trust to manage some things during his absence?" she asked again.
"He did?" I asked in disbelief. I didn't see any memory of this from the sword. But I knew Erebus felt he and Letos had something in common. That was why Erebus released Letos and helped him overthrow his mother. But maybe, Erebus didn't see that as something he regretted so the sword didn't have any memory of it.
"Yes. After Erebus successfully claimed the demon world's throne, he left for the human world. So someone had to take over it and Letos took advantage of that. He took a lot of things from Damon's castle and brought them to his place. If it wasn't because of some royal demon who still defended the throne hall and some important things, maybe Letos had taken it. He was a weak disgusting incubus back then, but his freedom and Erebus' trust made him arrogant. He tried to take over my territory on behalf of Erebus once, forced demons to submit to him, and claimed himself to be Erebus' most loyal subject. It was so annoying," she gave me a long explanation.
"So he simply used Erebus' name for his own benefit?" I assumed.
"Something like that. He was loyal to Erebus yet he also did not hesitate to use that Nephilim name. He is that kind of demon. Betrayal and backstabbing were common to him. That's why I hate him. He should be rotten in that prison," she cursed.
"How did you know when you always stayed in this place?" I made sure.
"In the past, I wasn't always staying here. I often wandered to taste a lot of rare blood. So I traveled a lot and knew many things more than others. But now…" she sighed and shook her head from side to side slowly.
"I'm not interested in anything. I've lived too long and am tired of it. Well—" She returned her gaze to me. "Luckily, I've found something else interesting."
I quickly caught her meaning.
"You mean interesting food?" I corrected her.
"That's a bonus. Your life itself is interesting and I wish to know you better. So..." She smiled. "I'm going with you."
"What about your territory?" I asked worriedly.
"This territory does not need a leader and I want to keep it that way. It's a wild territory where nature will decide everything. So…" she shrugged nonchalantly.
"Oh, but I need to clear things up first. I need to make sure my current food doesn't create a problem," she quickly added.
"Food? You mean you have another demon as your food?" I made sure.
"Yes. He is a criminal demon. But he has suffered enough, so I will end his suffering," she said in a casual tone as if it was nothing as she got down from my lap.
I quickly caught her wrist.
"Oh wait. Since you want to come with me, may we settle the contract first?" I asked.
"Why? You don't believe me?" She frowned.
Actually, yes. This was too fast. Also, I needed reassurance before I let her follow me and tell her all about our plans. Even though I wanted to take it slow and raise her love meter like the others before using Demon's Rule on her, I couldn't take the risk.
Luckily, my Demon's Rule skill didn't need a minimum love meter to bind her after I turned into a demon lord. So as long as she agreed, she would be my loyal partner (ref: Demon Lord's Succubus ch 2-3, when Lord Damon turned Lilieth into his succubus).
"We're going to the capital. To the Illusion Night Towers. No one can enter the 99th floor other than the king's confidants," I reasoned. It was also one of the reasons why I asked her to make a contract with me.
"My…" She turned and released my grip on her.
"You want me to obey you? Isn't that too far?" She asked.
Yeah, I knew this wouldn't be easy. Still, I couldn't take the risk.
"At least I have to make sure that I won't end up the same as that criminal demon," I added.
"What makes you think I can't do it now?" Traces of challenges were evident in her tone of voice and the look in her eyes.
"Because if you can do it, you've done it," I replied. She knew our battle would only destroy her territory.
Her challenge turned into a smirk. I didn't even know what she was thinking but it seemed like my blood and my story had given new color to her boring life.
"You are clever… Fine. I will accept the contract. But as you know, you can't completely tie a demon queen with it. So I will not hesitate to end your life if you only use me," she threatened.
"Deal."
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