Chapter 31 – Academy (5)

Fun things always end. The sweet groaning, the clinging touch of the skin, and the persistent dripping sweat are all a thing of the past. We changed our clothes and sat facing each other.

“It has been greatly modified. There are some shower facilities.”

I said, wiping my hair with a towel. Sophia sat down on the mattress and glanced at me. The twitching lips seemed full of dissatisfaction with the current situation.

In fact, it was the first time I had ever made her demon servant, so she had no idea how to give her orders. When she brainwashed Rumia, she was confident that she had been brainwashed because Lilith was with her.

In a way, Sophia was my first demon servant whom I brainwashed purely with my own strength. I asked sitting in her seat facing her. First of all, I wanted to hear to what extent she answered honestly.

“Did you renovate this place?”

Sophia pursed her lips and said. I was dumbfounded to see a child who had a heartache treat her like a relative.

“…Huh. The water was connected to a valve, and the furniture was purchased with what was received from the flower bed… Yo. This.”

She was very unwilling to answer. It was clear that customers would be offended and leave if the waitress was talking like that in the store. Should I say that I’m glad that the answer is good? I asked, tapping the floor.

“What is the barrier here? What kind of barrier is this? Did you do this too?”

Even for me who didn’t know much about barriers, it was a fairly high level barrier. Sophia shook her head at my question.

“This is a barrier woven from the scroll prepared by the Succubus Queen… There is a barrier that hinders perception, so if you are not a demon, you cannot recognize this space at all… Yo. This.”

“Even if a priest comes?”

“It’s not a barrier that uses demonic energy, it’s a barrier that hides demonic energy, so I don’t notice it unless I’m using a lot of power… Yo. This.”

“Yes. Then. Why did the demon called the succubus queen put you here and gave you such a barrier? What is your purpose?”

“The Succubus Queen wants to make her academy into her own kingdom…”

Slowly, I was offended by her respect. It was because he habitually spoke in short language, but whenever the mark of a servant flashed, he moved his lips to show respect, and because of this, his sentences were drooping. It seemed like the story was going to be quite long, but I felt like my outfit would explode if I added more endings like this every time I spoke.

“Hey, it’s annoying to add a word at the end of every word. Don’t be respectful, speak comfortably.”

“Oh really? Uh? It’s real! The owner is the best!”

Sophia smiled, her face wide open as if she had never been sullen.

“So, what are your specific plans?”

“After I remove the alarm devices from inside, call in the servants of the Succubus Queen one by one. Then, after that, they’ll figure it out. I don’t know what the next plan is.”

It seemed that he hadn’t even told the succubus any specific plans. I asked.

“By the way, why aren’t you a servant of that succubus queen? There was no stigma at all?”

“If you make a servant of an opponent with a huge difference in magical power, your mind will not be able to withstand the magical power, and you will become like a doll. That’s why, when you’re like Succubus Queen, you don’t have to make servants directly unless you’re weak or a little stronger.”

“Can I trust you even if I am not a servant? You could suddenly betray and run away, or you could become my servant like now.”

“…Actually, there was an emergency scroll to use in that case.”

Sofia rummaged under her bed and pulled out one of her old scrolls. A magic circle was drawn in red on the scroll, which felt uneasy just by looking at it.

“What kind of scroll is this?”

“I don’t know. If you tear it apart, a demonic monster will pop out. If you encounter a paladin or other demon threatening you, I told you to tear this up and run away.”

I got a creepy feeling and had to put the scroll away. It’s fortunate that this bitch didn’t have that on hand because she was careless.

“Yes, I mean. By the way, how do you specifically remove the alarm device? Does it break if you tear it open with your hands?”

I thought of the alarm devices installed at the main entrance of the academy and here and there. The appearance of the device with the red beads stuck in it gave me a creepy feeling as it seemed to be monitoring me. If there was a plan to erase it, I was willing to cooperate as much as possible.

Because it was easier for me to be active without an alarm system. Sofia explained by drawing on the floor. The picture she draws depicts the structure of this academy, and she draws it quite neatly and accurately, probably because she didn’t spend a lot of time at the academy.

Sofia drew a circle in between to mark the location of the alarm device. Seeing that it matched the position I remembered, it seemed like he was doing his job clearly even though he looked fierce.

“In fact, the alarm devices are not separate, but are connected to each other through the basement. My mission is to go to a deserted place and find these connectors… Wait for a sec…”

Sophia put her hand under her bed and rummaged. I heard the sound of bits and pieces rolling around. It was quite breathtaking to see her frown, her arms outstretched and her hips shaking.

“Ah, I found it.”

She pulled out a large box. The box was filled with items that looked like restraints worn during slavery, and subtle demonic energy was flowing out. Sophia said.

“By tying up the connection wires of the alarm devices with this restraint device, the signal transmitted between the alarm devices is corrupted and all the alarm devices in the network are incapacitated. Attach all of these to the vital point connectors, and my mission is over.”

“What, you are so systematic? How great?”

Sophia smiled and nodded her head.

“Of course. I was originally in the business of making structures like this.”

“Usually? Are you of human origin too?”

Sophia nodded her head. The fact that the second demon she met was of human origin made me laugh. Somehow, I was counting down the time I had awakened as a demon.

“Huh. Is there a stone structure surrounding the alarm? Until I woke up as a succubus, I grew up learning how to make stuff like that. I have to drill a hole under the alarm because the connecting wire has to go through it.”

“Did you hear the information you gave me and specifically put you on this mission?”

“Yes. Later, when I become stronger, the succubus queen decided to make me her servant…”

Sophia sat down on the bed again, her gloomy face. When she saw her pitiful, melancholy face, she felt a desire to crush her again.

“I am a good master too.”

“I guess so. After all, as long as there is a stigma, you can’t resist. You don’t have to worry. Uh… I feel weird. It feels like something is going through my head.”

“How does it feel exactly?”

“I shouldn’t hate that the succubus queen is not the owner, but the owner is my owner, but I’m just happy… I don’t think I should rebel, and I feel reluctant to think badly of my master…”

“I don’t see any major problems. By the way, that succubus queen’s name is Lilith, right?”

I asked a question that should have been checked first. Sophia heard my question and tilted her head. Her red eyes had faded and her eyes, which had turned blue, were filled with questions. Rather, she asked me.

“Release? Who is that?”

I was rather surprised when I thought that Lilith would be a famous demon. She looked quite strong, but was she a weaker demon than I thought?

“Release. Her hair is just changing color, her eyes are red against her purple skin, and her breasts are big.”

“…I don’t know if it’s purple skin. If you’re a succubus queen, you might know.”

“Why don’t you know about purple skin? Do demons discriminate based on skin color?”

Sophia shook her head and continued.

“No, it’s not like that. Almost all purple-skinned demons are native to the demon realm. Demons like me who woke up for the first time in the human world don’t even know the name. If you’re a branch leader level devil, you might not know. Like our succubus queen Millia.”

“I’m a native of the Demon Realm… By the way, what’s the difference between a demonic native and the five branch managers? What is the branch manager in the first place?”

I didn’t know exactly how strong the word branch leader level demon was. First of all, at the point where Sophia attached the prefix ‘great’, one could only guess that they were very strong demons. Sophia explained this.

“After the death of the demon king, the five strongest demons that spread their influence in the human world are collectively called that. To become the next demon king, you need to gather that much power, and invading the human world is the best way to show off your strength.”

“But why are you the branch manager?”

“Because each area they jumped into is different. The Succubus Queen plans to slowly expand her influence from the south to the academy here, and I heard other places are also busy.”

“What are the other branch managers doing?”

“I don’t know. Ah, I know that the head of the eastern branch was a vampire.”

“‘Was it?'”

Sophia nodded and said.

“I heard that he died as soon as he came out of the demon realm, but I don’t know what happened after that. Someone new has taken the position of branch manager in the East, and they say the momentum is amazing.”

“What a piece of shit.”

I shook my head. Judging from the information I’ve heard so far, Sophia was preparing to overthrow the academy with the Succubus Queen.

“How long will that plan take?”

“I was thinking of just installing all the connectors and returning before things get bigger. I’m graduating at the end of this semester. Perhaps the full-scale operation will begin next year?”

It took a long time to install each device, so it seemed that they had a long plan. I thought about it. As long as I secured Alice and Sylvia anyway, I didn’t care what the rest of the academy students would do.

I couldn’t stop such a strong devil’s overthrow plan. There was a high chance of death if he interfered halfway.

Wouldn’t it be better to help out a little and then get out with what I can get, rather than sabotaging the plan and incurring a grudge against the branch manager-level devil?

I said looking at Sofia.

“Hey, wouldn’t that work be done faster with two people?”

Sophia said with a puzzled face.

“Uh? Also, can you help me? No, more than that, can we really continue this? Aren’t you supposed to stay at the master’s academy?”

“I’m leaving in a few months. If I’m wrong, I’ll run away sooner than that. Listen to that…”

Fuck Alice and Sylvia in a few months and quickly get out of the academy with my girls.

I began unraveling my plan to take over lovely Sylvia.