Chapter 87 – [Lubera Side Story (Part 2)] Inma

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The story changes for a moment, but there is one legend that has been passed down from generation to generation in the royal capital.

When the hand of darkness reaches out to El Cerdo, the capital, someone who hunts demons with the power of the Holy Spirit will appear.

The Order of the Protection of Saints insists that the person referred to in this legend is a ‘hero’.

Some say they saw

Destroy the demon that appeared in the darkness like a wriggling shadow.

A girl wielding a huge pure white hammer appeared as if dancing under a brilliant moonlit night.

In the long history of the kingdom, that girl appears again and again.

The people, the kingdom, and the royal road.

It is said to have been protected from the forces of darkness…

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And as Ruba recalls such a legendary story, she sees the girl in front of her her-her [Princess Confined] Amelia.

A halo that appeared above his head her, representing pure divinity.

Her platinum-colored hair her shines brilliantly, even in a dark back alley where sunlight does n’t shine.

And, an armor made of unknown metal made of divine magic that covers the whole body.

A white cloak at the waist descended from the hips to the calves of her, fluttering every time he vigorously moved his legs of her.

At the tip of the huge hammer that he wields with both hands, a golden glowing magic circle spreads out.

If anything that touches its tip is evil, regardless of its type, it is purified with concentrated, powerful divine magic.

In fact, the succubus who was hit by the hammer she wielded launched her magic circle on her hit area as if it had been stamped.

He was repatriated to hell, leaving behind only death sentences such as ‘Ah, ah-‘.

“What, what is that kid!? Why is such a powerful paladin… Kyaaak!”

Luvera cuts down the succubus, who is blinded by Amelia’s performance her.

There are demons who easily make up for damage to the body if the soul is not damaged.

A blow containing the magical power of a magic sword or holy sword was like their weakness.

Thanks to her her, she slashed all but one of her Rube her, who rolled on her ground writhing in pain.

It was to send them back to the Manmaden of Hell, where their bodies reside.

Thanks to Amelia’s performance her, the fight with the succubus ended in an instant.

That much, her divine magical power was a powerful countermeasure against her demons.

“I have a lot of questions to ask… But first, let’s ask this demon first.”

Saying that, the neck of the succubus who was being trampled on by Ruba’s foot her and struggling on the floor.

Take the blade of the magic sword.

Since they are demons, normally they just go back to hell even if they die.

Even so, if they were cut by a knife, they felt the same pain at the moment of death.

The top of Rubera’s face was covered by the fedora, and only the lifelike eyes that naturally stretched through the shadows.

It comes into the eyes of the succubus below.

“Then… From now on, answer the questions I ask. If you ignore the questions, or if I judge you to be lying, I will cut off your body parts one by one.”

“Hey, yikes…!”

The succubus’ face instantly turned into fear.

Although most succubuses have masochistic preferences as incarnations of ideal sexual desire.

No matter how they were, they couldn’t endure the pain of having their bodies cut off or derive pleasure from it.

Because it hurts because it hurts

“Wait a minute, Ruba.”

Then, after her fight, Amelia, who canceled her transformation her and put on her robe again, approaches Rubera.

Then, with a benevolent face, he looked at the succubus trampled by Ruba and talked.

“No matter how evil it is, inflicting more pain than necessary on someone who has already lost the will to fight is not the way for a good person to take it.”

Ruba turns her attention to Amelia, but she looks like what are you talking about.

Then she shuts her mouth as she sees the smaller version of the hammer in her hand.

“So, if you lie, I’ll send you this in one go.”

“Hee!”

For succubuses, what is more fearful than physical pain is divine magic that penetrates directly into the soul.

Whether Amelia knew about it or not.

Either way, Ruba asks the succubus, turning her head back from her natural face her.

“Is it true that Astaroth’s madmen called you to this world?”

The succubus, completely bewildered and frightened, nodded vigorously.

“The devil’s summoning is the secret art of the cultists. It’s better to think that Astarote is cooperating with the cultists.”

Amelia replied as she put her hand on her chin and looked like she was thinking about something.

“Is it your fault that the residents of the royal capital have been having nightmares lately?”

The succubus again nodded at Rubera’s question that continued.

“So, that’s the method suggested by the summoners. They say we need to gather magic for the ‘Rite of Advent’…”

“The Advent Ritual?”

Ruba questions the first words that come out of her mouth her.

“…Did you just say it was the Advent Ritual?”

However, she becomes as serious as Amelia and asks the succubus back.

When the succubus still nodded and refused to elaborate, Lubera asked Amelia instead.

“What is the Advent Ritual? When you hear the name, it literally sounds like a ritual to summon something.”

Amelia answers Lubera’s question with a dark face.

“Originally, demons are beings that are summoned into reality through some medium, and instead of granting the summoner’s wishes, they receive a price. For succubuses, human spirits, and for other demons, sacrificed flesh, bones, and blood.”

“I know that. It takes summoning circles, rituals, and sacrifices to summon demons.”

“Yes. The more powerful demons are, the harder they are to use their power in reality, so a greater ritual and sacrifice is needed to remove those restrictions. And demons of the 3rd rank or higher… What people commonly call ‘great devils’. In order to summon them, a special method is required. This is called the ‘Rite of Advent’ in the church.”

Upon hearing the story, Lubera looks down at the succubus and narrows her eyes.

In other words, Astarothe summons succubuses as a preliminary work to summon the ‘great devil’, and gathers spirit through the nightmares of the residents of the royal capital all night.

The demons that the hedonistic girls are trying to summon must be demons related to lewd things just like the succubus. I didn’t want to imagine what would happen on the day they were summoned.

And above all, if human spirits were to be used as sacrifices for their rituals…

“…Are you saying that the black demon clan’s spearman is also being used to collect sacrifices…”

Biting her lips hard, Ruba felt the strength of the sword she was holding involuntarily.

The limit was to hold on to it with reason and barely control it so as not to kill the succubus even by mistake.

“Last question. There must be a black-haired, dark-eyed tribe. Where is it?”

The succubus trembled for a moment at Rubera’s cold voice her, then hesitated to answer.

However, when the sound of a sword slithering by her ear she resounded, the succubus answered in tears.

“I-I don’t know… The spirit and wealth of emotions created by the dark horse clan are said to be important ingredients for rituals… The older sisters…”

“Is that so. Then, the women called that sister can be regarded as being in ‘Walpurgis’, right?”

“That…”

The next moment, before Rubera raised her sword and slashed her body.

Let Amelia hit her bow her, and ‘bean’her her hammer down on her body her.

The succubus disappeared on the spot without resistance.

Ruba stops her sword and looks back at Amelia only before Barisada is driven into her ground.

“I’m sorry Ruba.”

But before Amelia could say anything to Ruba, she apologized first.

Rubera also pauses, then she turns her body towards Walpurgis, returning Barisada to the scabbard.

“…There must have been no more information to hear from her than this. Thank you for taking care of it first before you dirty my knife.”

Saying that, Amelia, who looked at her for a moment as she quietly moved her feet to her high-class window her, ‘Walpurgis’, too.

She followed her into the building.

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The inside of Walpurgis is uniquely dark and thanks to the dim lighting that makes the viewer feel strange.

The two of them were moving forward cautiously, feeling the twist of the senses as if they had entered a labyrinth.

Inside, the number of succubuses is smaller than expected, so go from shadow to shadow and eliminate them one by one.

I could go deeper without making a single sound.

However, that did not mean that the surroundings were not noisy.

“Ah, yes…! Ha ha…”

Luxurious decorations in the long hallway, and tightly closed doors.

Beyond the door, there was a banquet of exchanges between Changgwan employees who were dealing with customers in full swing.

Of course, thanks to that, it was fortunately out of misfortune to be able to move while hiding my steps in the noise.

Ruba had a frown on her face, annoyed.

Amelia had her hood pulled down deep, her face blushing and her head bowed in shame.

“You seem to be a little too stimulating. If it’s difficult for you, it’s okay to wait outside.”

Ruba talks about Amelia as if she is considerate or teasing her.

Amelia shakes her head and answers her.

“No! Gwa, it’s okay. For the sake of the people. This is a shame.”

She looked back at Amelia as she said that, then she turned into a difficult face and then she tried to move forward again.

The door right in front of you rattled! Seeing it open, Ruba and Amelia immediately hide in the shadows of the hallway.

Two women walk out of the room holding their breath.

Surprisingly, both were succubus.

‘Indeed, if you use a succubus as an employee, then it must be a high-class warehouse.’

Ruba uses her hand mirror to observe the two women in her shadow her, squinting her eyes.

“Good job~ How much did you get?”

“Um- I think it’s 5 times. Even if you use medicine, this is not good enough.”

“Since I was number 3, maybe 8 times in total~ Certainly. If you don’t give out about 10 times~”

Conversations of succubuses who speak not of money, but of the number of acts.

And they amicably each held onto the arms and legs of the man they had dealt with so far.

‘…That’s the guest… He doesn’t look like a noble at all. Rather, a vagabond wandering the back alleys…`

The man in Rubera’s eyes had a sloppy beard and hair, and his body was terribly dry.

It did not look unclean because he had washed his body before he acted in Changgwan.

I couldn’t feel any vitality in my limp body.

“Ah~ Ah~ It didn’t feel too good. Is it extra labor? Do I really have to take her to the basement?”

“Umm… Since I’m already passed out, should I just do it here?”

They say, ‘Is that so? Shall we do it?’ They exchanged words of unknown meaning.

One of the fingers has a mysterious pink magic power.

`…What-`

If Ruba thought so and looked at the scene for a while-

Her breath was choked and she couldn’t close her mouth for a moment.

The magic that the succubus floats on her fingers touches the man’s abdomen, leaving patterns as her fingers move.

When a light purple imprint reminiscent of a heart is engraved on his body his.

As if he had suddenly regained his senses, he uttered a painful voice like ‘Kuk, kaak…’ And struggled like a fish on land.

Then, the body gradually shrunk.

The rough skin regains its luster as if it were regaining lost years.

The limbs, which were thin and manly, became even thinner.

The beard, the muscles attached to the body, and the penis disappear.

On her chest her, there are swollen breasts that look like a woman, and buttocks to seduce men.

And instead of the crotch, female organs are created.

And finally, the face is completely female – and it’s a pretty face.

Her hair was long, reaching the length of her waist.

‘A man… To a woman?’

It is different from the illusion magic used by Cleon before or the application of Polymorph.

It literally turns a man into a woman.

I’ve never heard of a succubus capable of such a thing.

“Every time I see this, it’s amazing. To think that a human could develop such magic.”

“Well, it’s better for us to have more men than to increase the number of women, so we don’t really need this kind of magic…”

As the two succubuses talk, they take the human who has completely turned into a woman and disappear into the darkness.

Ruba stared at her, forgetting to even breathe for a moment, then turned her head to Amelia behind her.

“…It seems like there’s a lot more going on than I thought.”

“…Yes. I can’t believe he’s even using the magic to change a person’s gender… But when that magic was manifested just now, I felt a strong magical connection with someone in the building.”

Amelia raised her body and looked around her. There seemed to be no other succubus.

“Then let’s go without delay.”

Rubera also gets up from her seat following Amelia, and she follows her lead her.

What kind of person could the mistress of this demon’s lair be?

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In the end, he succeeded in reaching the innermost room of Changgwan without encountering other succubuses after that.

The two of them standing in front of a huge and ornately decorated door were greeted with a sweet scent mixed with aphrodisiac from the inside.

She couldn’t help but frown at the thick and thick flow of magical power that made her body tingle just as much.

Amelia may not be able to withstand the concentration of her magic power her, so she uses the pendant in advance and transforms as before.

Then she took her hammer her, once again she was a crusader clad in white armor.

“Let’s go in. The ‘sister’ that the succubus talked about must be here.”

Amelia nodded at Rubera’s words, and she swung her hammer at her door and struck it down.

OK-

What can be seen beyond the smashing door with a terrific sound is someone sitting on the sofa smoking a hookah and looking through papers.

A brown-skinned woman with red hair and wearing glasses.

Wearing a rough shirt and blue skinny jeans.

Thanks to this, the lines of her body were greatly lifted, and her voluptuous figure of her was clearly visible.

Her ears of her were a little pointed compared to a human’s, and on her head of her you could see her horns of her, though a bit small, protruded.

Despite the abrupt slamming of her door, she was not at all taken aback and inhaled her cigarette loudly.

With a small smile, she only turned her eyes to look at the two of them.

“Hello, little ladies.”

Her seductive, low-pitched husky voice flowed from her.

“…Demons…? Could it be that the whole of Astarote was a group of succubuses?”

At Rubera’s murmur her, the woman clapped her softly before opening her arms.

It was as if they were welcoming the two of them.

“I’m sorry, but I’m not a demon. Well, I’m half a demon.”

“I can think of you as the boss of Astarote, right?”

This time, at Amelia’s question, she nods her head and puts her hand on her chest her.

“Astarote’s older sister… As the little girl said, I’m called ‘Ishtal’ who is in charge of the leader of this organization. I watched them fight a little from outside. Their skills are amazing, right?”

Ishtal, who had introduced herself, did not move from her seat her, putting her other foot on one knee, not wiping her smile her from her face her.

“Even if I send my younger siblings, I won’t be able to defeat them, so I told them not to interfere with them coming all the way here. But even so, walking through this building overflowing with yin energy is a big deal .If it’s within the category of ‘human’.”

She adjusts her glasses and continues her story her as she reclines on her sofa.

“As a prize for coming this far, I’ll answer your question if you two are one by one. Without lies, of course.”

Rubera and Amelia’s gazes cross, and there is silence for a moment.

It was Rubera’s side of her who opened her mouth first and asked questions.

“Where is the dark horse clan?”

“Ah. Did the young lady come to look for her people? They are in our secret hideout. How can I say it … The dark horse clan is a bit special. In many ways.”

At Ishtal’s question, which seemed to be teasing her, Ruba had the urge to draw her magic sword Barisada straight away and hit her throat.

First, be patient with Amelia to ask questions.

“You… What the hell are you. An umma and a human… A mixture of two beings…”

“Literally. I’m half a succubus and a human.”

To Ishtal’s obvious answer to her, Ruba shook her head and denied her answer.

“Sounds silly. Between succubus and human, only succubus is born.”

Ishtal said to Rubera’s assertion of her, ‘If it is common,’ she did not deny her words of her.

“But in reality, I was born as a mixed race between two people. Is it because my father and mother were not ordinary people? Anyway, is that a question? Isn’t it?”

“…Kuh. What are you planning to do by summoning the Great Devil with the Advent Ritual…”

Ishtal’s words and actions of her as if he knows Amelia’s inner thoughts of her, Amelia feels resentful of her, but asks another question.

“It’s simple, it’s to spread more pleasant things to the world. Since the empire disappeared, all the people in the kingdom are having boring days, right? It’s time for stimulation and spice.”

“It’s the goal of a little villain who is so insignificant that the words don’t come out.”

Ruba answered as if she was dumbfounded, covering her retched mouth her.

Ishtal continued talking as if Rubera’s reaction was interesting.

“And, awakening the ‘Demiurge Factor’. Let’s do it.”

“Wow!?”

It was Amelia’s side of her who responded to those words.

Amelia looks as if she heard something she shouldn’t have and she grips the hammer hard.

“Uh, why. You named it.”

“Because I’m the daughter of the devil. I know about demons better than humans.”

Amelia met her eyes with Rubera, and those eyes showed only her will her to do something about this woman now.

Rubera also reads Amelia’s will her and immediately uses her magic sword’s ability to strike Ishtal off guard.

The next moment, Rubera’s sword pierces her heart.

Amelia’s hammer crushes the woman’s body her.

Her blood did not spurt because the part she touched was purified and destroyed by divine magic.

[Lubera! Be careful!]

However, at Barisada’s warning her that immediately follows, Ruba kicks her tongue and moves her body her to slash something flying at her.

‘Welcome…!’

“This is a den of succubus, how can you dismiss everything that you see as an illusion?”

Something rushed towards Rubera’s heart with a sound that rips through the air.

Realizing that the first sign of the attack was a feint is a little delayed, leading to a fatal wound.

But it was Amelia who stopped it.

Standing in front of Rubera, she uses her hands her to cast defensive magic to block her opponent’s attacks.

However, the magical wedge, more powerful than she could have imagined, pierced through her defense magic her and lodged itself in Amelia’s shoulder her.

It’s a shallow wound, but certain fresh blood spurts out.

“Kuh, ugh…!”

“Amelia!”

Lubera swung her sword wide, clearing the smoke of her illusion that surrounded them, and rushed towards Ishtal, who appeared as it was.

Ishtal tries to retrieve the spear-like tail from Amelia.

Amelia holds on to it, enduring her pain, preventing Ishtal from escaping.

“Ha!”

The moment after Rubera’s sword was about to decapitate Ishtal.

“Slip.”

Another voice rang from behind Ishtal.

Then, Amelia and Ruba simultaneously stagger from the sudden drowsiness.

Standing behind Ishtal was a dark-haired, dark-eyed succubus who looked younger than Amelia.

She looks at the two of them with emotionless eyes.

“You…”

Ruba said that and collapsed on her seat her, and before long Amelia fell asleep on the spot as well.

But at the same time, Amelia’s body spreads a barrier of powerful divine magic, covering Rubera and herself.

Ishtal caresses her own neck her, which is enveloped in her cool sensation her, then looks down at her her Lubera her.

“This… It’s a draw. If you touch the little girl’s divine magic, your body will burn.”

“Wait…”

“Whoops. See you later, lady.”

Ishtal gave a small greeting to Ruba, who reached out her hand to her, and left the seat with the succubus who helped her.

Before long, Ruba also completely lost her mind.

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After that, Rubera opened her eyes under the ceiling she had never seen before. The surrounding sight was a room with a luxurious interior that was close to pure white.

“Ah, Rubera-san…”

And when Ruba quickly raises her upper body at Amelia’s voice her coming from her side of her, Amelia and-

I saw the Duchess of Tromeia sitting with a smile on her face.

“Did you sleep well. Lubera? He called someone’s name in his sleep his. Cleon…”

“!? …You heard it wrong.”

Ruba blushes in her moment, but she shakes her head, regaining her cool in an instant.

Then there was a moment of awkward silence as he met her eyes with the Duchess.

“I don’t mean to blame you for her. Rather, thank you for being by her princess’s side her and helping her her.”

But the Duchess bowed her head to her Rubera.

“…Did you know what she was doing, Duchess?”

“Of course. Before I got married to the Tromeia family, my family was a clan in the dark that worked hard for the throne of ‘Saint Princess’ for generations.”

Saint Princess.

A warrior of exorcism that exists in the legend of the royal capital where Amelia transforms and wields holy power.

According to the Duchess, she gathers talented women and forms her private army in order to assist the princess in her shadow her.

“…What about Astarothe?”

“When we arrived, there was no one in Changgwan. The reason the two were safe was thanks to the princess’ barrier.”

Ruba made a face of resentment and clenched her fists.

In the end, it was not possible to find out where the other clans of dark demons were.

And she was that girl who put herself to sleep, umma…

Looking at Rubera, who was organizing her thoughts, the Duchess opened her mouth.

“But, Rubera. Since you know about this, you’ll have to cooperate with us.”

“Is this a secret about the imprisoned princess? … As long as Amelia doesn’t give up on Astarothe’s pursuit, she will help. I have a lot to learn from them.”

At Rubera’s answer her, Amelia nods her head, her face beaming.

“Thank you. Rubera! Let’s do our best together, for the peace of the capital!”

Looking at her holding her hand her, Ruba smiled bitterly at her.

She used to wield her sword and fight them according to her own desire her, but Amelia seemed happy that even Ruba could fight alongside her.

“Then let’s go back to our mansion like this.”

The Duchess of Tromeia stands up with a smile as if it went well.

Then, by pressing the button on the wall of her private room, she opened a secret passageway.

“Ah… I see. You came out through this passageway.”

At Rubera’s words, Amelia nods her head.

Suddenly, a bandage wrapped around her shoulder her caught my eye.

“… Are you okay? As for the wounds.”

“Ah! Yes, of course. It wasn’t a deep wound. Thank you for your concern.”

At her Lubera’s words her, Amelia shakes her hand and reassures her.

Then, as Rubera and her Duchess her exited the room, Amelia sighed and put her hand around the cut on her shoulder her.

Along with the throbbing pain, the light pink magic pattern that glowed faintly.

It was wriggling under the bandages.

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“It seemed a bit difficult to solve this issue alone.”

Inside the carriage moving to the Tromeia duchy, the Duchess opened her mouth. Let Rubera look at her face her.

The Duchess opened her mouth slowly.

“It seems that there are not a few noble families connected with Astarothe. Now that Marquis Hughes has disappeared, it seems that there are many people who are in contact with them in order to seize the hegemony of her back alley.”

“… The righteous work of fighting demons can be left to Amelia. But to lend her hand her in the fight against humans.”

At Rubera’s words, the Duchess nodded her head knowingly.

“That’s why I need your strength. Rubera. You don’t hesitate to cut people. Just like me and my enlisted soldiers.”

“…”

Ruba realized that she needed herself, and why she had been gathering her strength on her own.

Behind Amelia’s fight was another fight with the Duchess of Tromeia.

An ugly, dirty battle between humans that cannot be forced upon the Saint Princess.

“… I will charge all overtime wages.

“Oh, there is no other place where the salaries of attendants are as high as in my family.”

Ruba sighs and looks out her window.

In the end, she returned to being an aristocratic attendant that she hated.

This time, though, it was under a slightly better owner.

Still, the reason why he couldn’t refuse the offer was probably because he felt a bit of sympathy for the girl named Amelia.

Really, it was as if someone had stained it.

Suddenly, I remembered the joke-like words of the former duchess earlier.

He should be enjoying his academy life at the academy by now, surrounded by women who love him.

“…I wonder if we can’t meet soon.”

He murmured that involuntarily and looked at the passing scenery.