Chapter 174 Chapter 175 Comfortable
“Comfortable…”
Next door to the Saintess’s room, Ji Ma lay on a soft pillow, her damp black hair cascading down her smooth back, a blissful grin on her face as she recalled the delightful memories of resting her head on the legs of Saintess Jenna in the bath.
With her fingers pressing firmly against her temples, her two snow-capped peaks slightly covered her egg-like face, a faint white light enveloping her like a layer of hazy gauze, awakening Ji Ma’s shattered beautiful fantasies about women, once shattered at the age of twelve by Japanese “adult films.”
And that gentle, caring female voice: “Ji Ma? Are you okay? Why is your face so red it looks like it’s about to bleed?”
It was simply icing on the cake!
The experience was so wonderful that it momentarily transported Ji Ma back to the days when she was a Demon Lord. If it hadn’t been for her tail lifting and hitting the area where her little brother should have been, reminding her that she was now merely a succubus, she might have acted foolishly and done something she would regret—if the Saintess accidentally exerted a bit more strength, it was likely her small body would have suffered a fracture.
It truly felt like returning to the past. It seemed that all the suffering she had endured since becoming a weak succubus had not been in vain. Moreover, during her time as a Demon Lord, she couldn’t have gotten close to a wonderful woman like Jenna… From a certain perspective, she not only didn’t lose out but actually gained a bit.
It was just two injections, and aside from the burning pain, she felt quite comfortable.
“Master seems very happy tonight,” said the catgirl maid Lianxi beside her, “glowing with joy, looking beautiful.”
Ji Ma turned her head, squinting at Lianxi. Lianxi tensed up, her cat ears standing upright, pressed against each other.
This girl must have learned some flattering words from the dictionary to compliment herself.
Ji Ma rolled over, lying flat with her slim, fair body on display as her black hair spread out on the white towel. She glanced at Lianxi’s skinny figure and dismissed the thought of inviting her to share the bed, saying:
“Flatter me more.”
“Master is unmatched in grace, black hair like the night; just a single droplet of your spit can turn the bitter sea water sweet.”
Ji Ma found it somewhat annoying, yet it sparked her curiosity, making her smile shyly and say:
“Continue.”
“Master radiates charm; no man can forget you after just one glance…”
Ji Ma’s smile gradually faded from her face.
Lianxi hurriedly added, “Even the devout and chaste paladins would kneel at your feet, kiss your toes, and take you as their wife. Their loyalty to you is no less than that to their faith…”
Ji Ma raised her hand and asked, “Who taught you to say such things?”
Lianxi lowered her head and replied, “I heard it from the others these days. They say even though both you and Miss Jenna are betrothed to Hero George, it’s clear that you are the younger one and Jenna is the elder.”
Ji Ma’s lips quirked as she remembered that she had been posing as George’s fiancée.
“Nonsense, I…I…” She took a deep breath, realizing she couldn’t directly admit she was after Jenna’s body and that all claims of being a fiancée were momentary lies. Pointing to the door, she said, “Get the bedding, sleep by the door tonight.”
“I’m sorry, Master.”
“This is an order.”
“Yes, Master.”
“By the way, let me know if that group of gossiping women bullies you,” Ji Ma said, looking for an excuse to vent her frustrations on the maids, “I’m feeling a bit restless, and I want to have a fight.”
“Understood, Master.” Lianxi’s tone turned grateful. “They didn’t dare bully me.”
After saying that, she bent down to tidy up the blankets, thin quilts, and pillows from the floor before walking out.
Once the door closed, Ji Ma lay on the bed, her mind filled with new worries.
Although her ability to lie as a “Deceiver” had greatly improved since leveling up, making it difficult to lose control of her lies and set herself on fire like before, being the deceiver herself ensured she remained unaffected by her own abilities.
However, the growing rumor that she was George’s fiancée always worried her.
If the whole world believed she was George’s fiancée, wouldn’t she have to hear that nonsense every day?
Wait! I remember tricking Jenna into marrying George together.
Ji Ma suddenly sat up, a scene flashing through her mind.
The succubus and the Saintess in pure white wedding dresses, welcoming some overly proud tail-end controller, with the Saintess smiling blissfully while the succubus bent over, looking like she wanted to die.
Ji Ma shook her head abruptly, trying to dispel that ominous vision.
She comforted herself:
“As long as I resolutely refuse to get married, it should be fine, right? Even if I’m thrown onto the wedding bed, as long as I keep my legs tightly shut and firmly refuse, a person shackled by moral chains wouldn’t be able to force me.”
Thinking about George’s character, Ji Ma felt a bit relieved.
But simply resigning herself to fate wasn’t her style. She had to do something.
“Let’s make use of the value of that rumor,” Ji Ma muttered to herself, “since I’ve practically used up my lying powers before.”
In her previous setup, using curses and lies to help “Flying Alldor” escape from storms and robberies had cost her a fair amount of magical resources.
This success further clarified her role as a succubus. Although her combat abilities were weak, relying on powerful allies, she could only handle control while possessing excellent ranged capabilities.
Especially with curses, the range was beyond her imagination. Anything she could see, she could curse; combined with divination or Jenna’s “far-sight projection,” she practically became a sniper capable of shooting through walls.
However, effectiveness diminished with distance. Yet, the strength of the medium and the targets could alleviate or even negate this diminishing effect.
After summarizing, Ji Ma opened her personal information system, looking at the exciting upgrade notification displayed in her character info bar.
She quietly recited:
“This place is secretly tranquil.”
The spell left her lips, enveloping and isolating the room, preventing anyone from peering inside.
Ji Ma stacked her pillows higher and comfortably lounged against them, before finally looking at her new abilities.
The simplistic UI interface and the text floated in front of her.
“DM: Congratulations, you have completely mastered the ‘Witch’ ability. Some of your abilities will be enhanced, and the next month will be an ideal time for advancement.”
“In the inherited memories, no potion-making content for advancing to the next level was found. You may consider hunting extraordinary individuals of similar professions and refining their extraordinary substances for your own use.”
Ji Ma wasn’t too surprised; golden succubi were already rare enough. However, it was more likely that higher-level succubi deliberately wiped out relevant content from the inherited memories to control the new generation of succubi.
“The system reminds you again, you can use the system to explore which extraordinary substances you can control.”
Ji Ma was familiar with this function, which she named “Human Experimentation.” By ingesting small amounts of extraordinary substances, she could obtain accurate results.
It was thanks to this function that she could rise to the position of Demon Lord without being someone else’s pet.
“I’m almost catching up to the tail-end controller. If I can experiment and refine Miss Green Dragon’s extraordinary substances, I can level up to Platinum and stand on equal ground with him,” Ji Ma thought, feeling a rush of triumph. She whipped her tail against the pale sheets and said, “If all goes well, while he is still Platinum, I will be Diamond, and hee-hee, I can pin him to the ground.”
Ji Ma leaped up, throwing punches and kicks at the air.
“Adah~ Hee-hee, I have already surpassed you in realms. Victory is mine!”
With a spinning kick, she imagined connecting with someone’s cheek, sending them flying at least ten meters away, crashing through two trees. That person cried out in pain, kneeling and begging for mercy. Ji Ma exhaled deeply and said, “Seeing you beg for mercy, I’ll spare your life.”
After ending her beautiful fantasy, she sat cross-legged and opened her personal interface:
“Name: Ji Ma.”
“Faction: Neutral Evil.”
Attributes… (Ji Ma glanced over this again)
A line of green text appeared below.
“Charming Aura (Upgrade): As a powerful succubus, you can attract not only the opposite sex but also the same sex, and even beings without gender will be influenced by you. Your every move can stir the hearts of him, her, and it.”
Ji Ma’s mouth twitched slightly; she couldn’t help but feel this upgrade was worse than not leveling up at all. It always reminded her of the terrible plots in eccentric adult novels.
Speaking of it, every individual of the same profession generally received similar abilities after leveling up, with slight variations based on personal differences.
She clearly considered herself a pure and devoted individual who only liked older sisters. But occasionally, under the influence of her succubus instincts, she had acted out of line, succumbing to George’s charm twice only. How did she end up with this upgrade that made people think crookedly?
“Dream Palace (New): Your mastery over dreams has reached a new realm. You can create a palace within dreams connected to reality, where you can physically hide and also bring non-living objects into the palace. You can invite other dreamers into your palace.”
In an instant, a flood of ideas burst through Ji Ma’s mind.
Was the entrance and exit of the Dream Palace hidden? What was the difficulty of detection? How long did time flow inside the palace? Could she grow vegetables in there so she could have fresh produce daily?
How much could she store at once? Could she directly stuff a merchant ship into the Dream Palace, dreamwalk it to her destination, and make huge profits in a minute?
Could the ability to distort dreams be used inside the Dream Palace? If it could be used, would the objects created interact with real ones?
In a moment, Ji Ma was eager to experiment with everything, but she contained her excitement and turned her attention to the next ability.
“Illusion (New): You can now create a silent illusion. You can enhance the attributes of the illusion using your lying power, but it generally cannot inflict harm on others. If the opponent sees through it as an illusion, it will disappear. If someone believes in it, it will last longer and consume less of your magic power.”
Unable to contain her excitement, Ji Ma stood up from the bed, spread her fingers, cupped her face, and shouted, “Come out!”
Behind her, a muscular man appeared, half-transparent and green, his fist larger than her head. Ji Ma instinctively controlled it; with a flick of her finger, the muscular illusion dashed out, throwing ten punches per second at the air.
“Add some sound effects.”
“ORA ORA ORA!”
“Add some special effects.”
The punches, fast as shadows, created gusts of wind that ruffled Ji Ma’s bangs.
Perhaps this could make up for my weak frontal abilities.
Ji Ma pointed at the ceramic bottle on the table and commanded, “Destroy it.”
The illusion shouted, and with one punch, the ceramic bottle wobbled slightly.
“It’s just a decoration…” Ji Ma raised her hand to dismiss it. “The method should be similar to what the Green Dragon used to deceive everyone into believing the lord was going to turn into a vampire; it’s meant for spreading rumors.”
“Next, it’s time to test the Dream Palace.”
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Speaking of which: What time do you prefer for updates: six, six-thirty, seven, or seven-thirty? I currently have a chapter in stock and plan to stabilize the update time.
