## Chapter 554 – The Little Match Girl

“Mr. Kat, why do you smell like another woman? I’ve never smelled this before!”

Hildegard shouted accusingly.

As expected of a succubus, she can tell just by looking? It’s been two days since I was last with Liztina, and I wash myself thoroughly every day, but she still figured it out.

“What the hell are you talking about!”
“And you’ve drawn your dagger again! You said we were friends! You shouldn’t do that to a friend!”
“Oh, this?”

Without realizing it, I had already drawn the dagger of the Brass Celestial Assembly. My extremely honed senses made me reflexively draw my weapon.

It’s a kind of combat instinct that I can’t control.

“Hey, hey. It’s because you suddenly got serious. We have to acknowledge the difference in species. But I’m sorry.”

Even though Hildegard is a demon friend, she’s a succubus. She doesn’t know much about demons, unlike humans, so I can’t help but be wary. Anyway, I immediately put the dagger away.

“What difference does species make! Species doesn’t matter in love!”
“How did the conversation get there? Anyway, I said I’m sorry.”
“Ugh…”

After I apologized, her face flushed, and she crossed her arms, avoiding my gaze for a moment. She hesitated for a bit in that state and then shouted again.

“M-more than that! What’s with the woman’s scent! It’s a scent I don’t know! Don’t tell me you made a new woman!”
“Yeah, that’s right. How did you know right away?”
“Of course, I know everything about you right away!”

This bitch seems seriously pissed that I have a new woman. But what can I do? You’re a succubus, and I’m a human.

“Oh, geez. I know how you feel, but it just happened. Don’t get too angry.”
“You know how I feel?! Then why not me! I was so happy that you called me after so long, but suddenly my heart feels like it’s breaking!”

Oh, shit, now that I hear it, I feel kind of sorry.

“I honestly thought I was next in line!”
“What do you mean next in line, you crazy bitch? You’re a demon.”
“What does being a demon have to do with it!”

Hildegard’s face was flushed as she huffed and puffed. I never expected her to react like this. I didn’t even think about it.

Anyway, this girl’s clothes look very cold.

Long boots and long gloves. And only heart stickers covering her nipples and genitals, making me feel colder.

“Well, aren’t you cold? You look very cold?”
“Suddenly worrying about me! Th-that’s right… I’m cold. But how are my clothes? Do you like them?”

Hilde, who was about to get angry, fidgeted and asked about her clothes. Honestly, it’s too lewd of an outfit. Combined with the succubus’s slender figure, it exuded extreme sexiness.

I originally like revealing clothes.

“Honestly, it’s not bad.”
“Hehehe. Do you want to try taking off the nipple part? It’ll definitely be fun.”

Hildegard, who came closer to me, pointed to the heart sticker covering her nipples while offering her chest.

I really want to take it off.

ㅡWhoosh.

But instead, I took off my cape and handed it to her.

“Stop with the nonsense. Put that on.”
“Y-yes?! A-are you giving this to me? Mr. Kat’s clothes?!”
“No, you have to return it when you go back.”
“Still, it’s good!”

Hilde, who received my cape, hurriedly put it on.

It feels like a bottomless fashion. She can’t wear a hat because of her horns, so she looks like some kind of malicious little match girl.

“Anyway, Hilde. Let’s work together today.”

This is the main point.

“Ohohot, Mr. Kat’s clothes are so warm. I feel so good, I think I’m going to fall asleep.”
“Hey, I said let’s work.”
“Work, you say? Haa, first I have to hear about the new woman. Let’s talk about work after that.”

Hilde sighed and said that.

“No, do you really have to hear about it?”
“I have to know about the person who will become my mistress in advance. Ah, Mr. Kat. I actually don’t mind if you have more women. I’m just angry because you made another woman first when I was waiting like this.”

Damn, she’s really coming on strong.

Heavenly Demon Kat had too many sins.

Anyway, I immediately told Hilde about Liztina. My wives are expected to increase further in the future… or maybe not. Honestly, there weren’t really any women left that I wanted to make mine.

Cloudy wants me to actively make them, but I can’t do that with my personality. And five is already too many.

Even if I only spend two hours with each person at night, that’s ten hours.

“Her hair is sky blue… that’s similar to me.”

Hildegard’s hair color is a deep dark blue.

“Now that it’s come to this, let’s have sex too.”
“You crazy bitch, I said we’re going to work since we talked.”
“I’ll work with you if you comfort me in bed.”
“Goodbye.”
“Aah! I was joking! I was joking! Please let me stay by your side!”

When I turned around, she hugged my waist and begged.

“Hehehe, yeah, yeah. It’s good that you listen.”

I reached out my palm and tapped Hildegard’s crown. She seemed to like it, as her face flushed and she lowered her head.

“…Mr. Kat, you’re really too much. I want to be loved by you too. I want to have sex every night. Can’t I? If you just do that for me, I can give you everything.”
“There’s a limit to how much you can force things, you crazy bitch.”
“I’m not forcing it… haa. Do I need more time?”

When I took my hand away, Hilde took her hands off my waist and raised her head.

“Anyway, what’s the job today? Actually, I haven’t been scouting recently, so I don’t have much information.”
“Is that so? It doesn’t matter.”

It doesn’t really matter since I know anyway.

What I’m asking Hilde to do is to search for any possible evil energy. If it’s a demon-related matter, she can feel it. Then it will be easier to handle.

“You mean it’s okay even if I don’t have information?!”

She said that and shouted in surprise.

“Why are you so surprised?”
“It’s just because you said I was useful!”

I don’t know what’s so good about it.

“First, listen carefully. A monster called Sasquatch has appeared in the vicinity, right? But those bastards are related to heretics. That means there’s a possibility they made a deal with a demon, right? So I want you to track that down.”
“In this vast snowy mountain? Mr. Kat. I’m really sorry, but even if I can feel that kind of energy, it’s too wide of a range.”

That’s obvious. Hildegard isn’t some kind of super-high-performance radar, so she can’t find it from a blank slate.

“Don’t worry, I know. I know the location roughly. If we start from there, the range will be narrowed down a bit, right? Then it’s okay, right?”
“Hmm… that would be okay. Then let’s go, Mr. Kat.”

Hildegard, who smiled brightly, naturally snuggled into my arm and rubbed her face against it.

I think this bitch’s horns are going to poke holes in my cheeks.

“Is it okay to do this much?”
“Ah, damn it. Do whatever you want.”
“Hehehe. Mr. Kat, I like you so much.”

She’s more like a dog than a woman.

“But aren’t you going to transform into a human?”
“If I transform into a human now, my resistance will decrease… I’ll probably freeze to death soon.”
“Ah, there was such a secret?”
“Transformation magic is convenient, but it has its drawbacks. Anyway, there’s no one nearby, right? Then it’s better to stay in my true form.”

I told her to immediately transform into a human if anyone was loitering nearby and then set off.

It was snowing a lot, but it wasn’t a continuous blizzard, so it was still manageable. Is it going to snow a little this year? I hope so.

I took out a map and moved while setting the direction.

The document given by Saintess Kadia recorded the location where the Sasquatch and heretics were found and her views on it, so finding the way itself wasn’t a problem. I have Hilde with me today, so I might be able to find it.

“Mr. Kat, do you know what?”
“What?”
“Even if I’m just looking at your face like this, I feel a strange energy rising.”
“Strange energy?”
“Yes. So because of that energy, I don’t need vitality at all. Is this what love is?”
“This bitch keeps making things difficult for me.”
“No, I’m not making things difficult. Honestly, I know what you’re thinking, so I’m just showing my love alone. Please let me do that much. I’m helping you like this.”

Damn it.
I can’t help it.

Come to think of it, vitality.

“Hey, but aren’t succubi supposed to die without vitality?”
“I don’t die. I just suffer from severe hunger and become extremely weak. But I haven’t taken vitality even once since I came to the human world. But I’m okay, right? It’s all thanks to you!”
“Heo.”

Anyway, it will take quite a while to get to the destination.

I moved while listening to various stories from Hildegard. She seemed to be happy throughout the story.

“Originally, vitality collection is when I fall asleep and then go into other people’s dreams to find prey, but if I don’t take vitality for a long time, succubi become so weakened that they can’t even do that.”

Weakened.

“Then it’s common for them to be killed by other beings while withering away like that. Originally, I should have become like that because I haven’t taken vitality for a long time.”
“Hehehe, then be grateful to me.”
“Of course, I’m always grateful!”

I continued to move diligently through the snowy mountains until it was almost lunchtime.

My marching speed was more than twice as fast as before.

The power of my mana-enhanced body turned me into a mountainous rapid marching machine. It wasn’t very difficult. Hilde was also floating next to me, so she didn’t seem to be having a hard time.

No, but seriously, her clothes are just amazing. Even though she’s wearing the cape I gave her, it’s too ambiguous because of the wings on her back. It’s like I’m walking around with a woman who isn’t wearing anything on her lower body. There’s such a maniacal outfit.

“But is that all you have?”
“Hehehe, I’m glad you seem to like it. Yes. I only have these kinds of clothes.”

Should I ask for a few later?
Anyway, I finally arrived at my destination.

“It’s here.”

I haven’t looked around this area yet.

“Is it this way? Hmm, then I’ll start tracking the demon’s energy from now on. But if the demon’s power isn’t involved, I don’t think I’ll be very useful. Is that okay?”

Of course, it’s okay.

“Even if you can’t do that, you can fly and check, so what’s useless?”
“There’s such a method?!”

There are many ways to use her since she can fly.

“As expected, Mr. Kat knows how to use me! Now, please use me sexually too!”
“Stop with the nonsense.”
“Yes.”

Hildegard, who concentrated for a moment, looked around.

“First of all… I don’t think I feel anything nearby.”
“Is that so? Then let’s move around a bit.”

I have some time. Since I came out with Hilde, let’s see some results.

I immediately started exploring the area with her. Even if there’s nothing immediately caught, something will definitely be caught on the radar if we keep moving. Honestly, I don’t know if they’re related to demons or not, but I’m starting the job with that assumption.

I climbed the mountain, went down the ridge, and loitered around the valley, exploring here and there.

According to the document, Sasquatch were sighted here, and they even killed a heretic.

If you go straight up, you’ll reach the Dodens Barony, and if you go further up, you’ll reach the Perpetual Snow Mountain area. Sasquatch live in that area. But they started to move south, and in the meantime, heretics appeared.

The soldiers and paladins have withdrawn because of the snow, but it seems that they were deploying search lines to block such things before the snow fell.

I guess what I have to do now is similar to the aftercare.

What is the truth?

I continued the search while taking breaks in between to eat the food I brought. I didn’t worry about the time. Unlike before, my speed, stamina, and endurance had increased to monstrous levels.

It’s okay to search for a little longer.