My name is Hal Harem Von Raymond, and the party of ‘Princess Harem’ and I are heading towards the Old Imperial Capital Ashurai in the former Wahl Imperial Kingdom territory. Our immediate destination, however, is the city of Ribidoon.
Before that, Miralca, a quasi-party member, returned to St. Agnes Abbey, and then Swan Hilda was “kidnapped,” or rather, taken by the Valkyries for forced level-ups. Swan Hilda called it “hellish special training.”
Swan Hilda’s pained screams echoed throughout the area, creating a sense of melancholy.
“Lady Swan Hilda, thank you for your service. Please ascend without hesitation.”
“Swan Hilda, don’t forget your souvenirs! Souvenirs from the ‘Garden of the Gods’ would be fine!”
As Swan Hilda was being escorted away, Eria, who was the coachman, unintentionally clasped her hands.
Meanwhile, Elise, sitting next to Eria, took out a handkerchief from her pocket and requested souvenirs with a light smile.
The other party members seemed unaware of what had happened.
As expected, the Valkyries, who excel at high-speed attacks, made Swan Hilda’s body disappear in the blink of an eye with their “lightning-fast” speed.
On the other hand, Astarotte and the three Succubus sisters, who had escaped death, were embracing each other with tears streaming down their faces. It was once again proven that the Valkyries are natural enemies to the demons who invaded the human world.
Then, as if to fill the vacant seats, the three Succubus sisters began to enter the carriage with composure. It seemed that even for intermediate-ranking demons, keeping pace with a running carriage was troublesome.
Incidentally, when I am still the coachman, they continue to sit on my lap in turns. This blatant behavior, although showing their intention to pacify me or a survival strategy, has become something I am accustomed to. They do not emit any miasma or the smell of blood, merely pretending to be innocent human-race young girls.
Meanwhile, Kirika, the master of the three Succubus sisters as summoned beasts, was dejected. Summoned beasts are meant to be summoned dashingly when needed. Even if they are powerful pawns, being constantly present diminishes their appeal as summoned beasts.
It seems that demons who crossed from the Demon Realm to the human world through cracks in the barrier found it inconvenient to exist in their original form as spiritual beings, and their very existence was unstable. Therefore, the first thing demons who cross into the human world do is to incarnate. Some high-ranking demons in the Demon Realm have also succeeded in incarnating there, and possessing physical bodies is apparently a status symbol. However, what is the reason why it is easy to incarnate in the human world? This applies to intermediate-ranking or higher God Clan members as well, mirroring each other like looking into a mirror, a very interesting phenomenon. Although it is said that high-ranking gods refrain from incarnating in the human world because the impact on their surroundings would be immense. That is why the Valkyries, as agents, and the Heroes who are guided by the gods’ oracles, come into play.
It is said that for spiritual beings, their temporary forms in the human world can become blurry or lose their outlines if they do not maintain their consciousness strongly. In the worst-case scenario, if their emotions fluctuate beyond a certain point and they become enraged, their forms can unravel, leading to rampages and an inability to return to their original appearance. Additionally, some intermediate-ranking or higher demons possess both their terrifying demonic forms and human-like disguised forms. This means that the ringleader of the enemy, Barberu, has a terrifying form as a high-ranking demon, as well as a human-like disguised form. However, regarding the human-like disguised form, neither Astarotte nor the three Succubus sisters are aware of it. Furthermore, the demon retainers who follow Barberu are apparently unaware as well. It’s quite a troublesome situation.
On the other hand, for the three Succubus sisters, their beautiful girl form is their original incarnated form, and their child form was a temporary guise requested by Barberu to secretly serve Princess Yuliana, the second princess of the former Yangas Kingdom. Incidentally, when they adopted their beautiful girl forms, they could apparently store their fangs for drinking blood and wings for flying within their bodies. That’s why Lulu_Berze’s form when she defeated the former Countess Alma appeared to be that of a human beauty.
A similar case reminds me of the fate of the “Gokkan Princess.” The Gokkan Princess’s body and spirit collapsed after being exposed to the dense miasma from the deadly, intense encounter with the female incubus Bakun and the male succubus Bakoon. Despite her grave sins of killing many innocent people, it was pitiable that she was also erased from reincarnation after being deceived.
However, in a way, it seems possible for us humans, even though we are born with bodies, to become spiritual beings through some method. In the case of the aforementioned Gokkan Princess, she apparently aimed to become an Earth Immortal through that evil magic, and ultimately reach the level of a Heavenly Immortal.
As for the affairs of the Eastern Nations, which are very distant lands, I only know them through the texts read by Lester the Cleric. From the nuances of the language, it seems that the Earth Immortals and Heavenly Immortals are beings that bridge the gap between humans, lower-ranking gods with physical bodies, and intermediate-ranking gods who are spiritual beings. This case suggests that humans with physical bodies also have a path to becoming spiritual beings.
Comparing the God Clan and demons here, most demons are spiritual beings, whereas among the God Clan, some lower-ranking gods, like the Valkyries, are incarnated beings. Is it not possible that this slight difference is why the God Clan drove the demons from the human world? After all, the human world, which became the main battlefield, was a world of incarnated beings. Is it an exaggeration to say that this minuscule difference, as thin as a strand of hair, decided the victor?
The three Succubus sisters also incarnated immediately after arriving in the human world. Astarotte told me that their forms were those of beautiful maidens. In fact, when they were subjugating the former Countess Alma, I temporarily suspended the effect of Seiken-gan, which kept ‘Ruru’ in her child form, and allowed her to adopt her original incarnated form, revealing Lulu_Berze as an unparalleled beautiful girl.
For a moment, the alluring figures of the three Succubus sisters in their beautiful girl forms flashed through my mind, stimulating my groin. I also remembered Astarotte, who had disguised herself as an old woman and was acting as a fortune teller. Thinking about it, Astarotte was also an incarnated being who had come to the human world. However, she was forbidden from revealing her form and was mentally bound by Barberu, the leader of the demon invading army. And Astarotte’s current form is one that I helped create. Astarotte liked her current beautiful girl-like appearance and permanently changed her race to human to fix it. Astarotte mentioned that she likes her current form, which feels imbued with my affection. However, when I think about it again, Astarotte is also an interesting being.
Does this mean that a similar change could happen to the three Succubus sisters without any mystery? When I secretly asked Astarotte about this, her answer was yes. However, she stated that it should be harder for the three Succubus sisters, who are intermediate-ranking demons, to change their race compared to her, who was a lower-ranking demon with little difference from humans. Moreover, she said she herself was quietly surprised that she was able to change her race so smoothly, with her own will. Is this what is called “easier said than done”?
On the other hand, the wish of the three Succubus sisters was to return to the Demon Realm together. If that is their wish, perhaps it would be better for them to all change their race to human and live happily in the human world. Currently, the three Succubus sisters are in their temporary forms, with Seiken-gan implanted in their uteruses, and have been reduced to summoned beasts by Kirika. Seiken-gan emits a faint Holy Aura, and they are in a state where their abilities and skills are restricted as child-like vampires. However, considering my current thoughts, it can also be seen as a state of slowly getting used to the Holy Aura. Furthermore, sitting on my lap as a survival strategy is equivalent to getting used to the Holy Aura from both the inside and outside of their bodies. In other words, Astarotte’s thinking was that the conditions for the three Succubus sisters to change their race to human are gradually being met without them realizing it. If that thinking is correct, then Astarotte would be the senior in terms of experience as a human.
Astarotte, with a slightly wicked smile, chuckled inwardly, waiting for the day the three Succubus sisters become human. Although she disparages them as disposable, self-detonating summoned beasts, in her heart, she seems to regard them as fellow countrymen, few in number. Then… there is the question of what form the three Succubus sisters will take if they change their race to human. According to Astarotte’s thinking, the probability of them taking their current child form is equal to the probability of them taking the beautiful girl form they incarnated with in the human world. Personally, I prefer the beautiful girl form over the child form…
Furthermore, if the three Succubus sisters change their race to human, the Seiken-gan implanted in their uteruses will naturally be expelled, she speculated. Their unnecessary fangs and wings will also disappear. In addition, their summoner contract with Kirika will become invalid, and they will simply become human beautiful girls. I, too, have some expectations. The ‘Princess Harem’ is already filled with beautiful girls of noble birth, but no matter how many beautiful girls there are, they are all lovely. Although they have now transformed into predatory women in the bath due to the sheer number of beautiful girls gathered, I don’t think the situation will worsen significantly if a few more are added.
Here, my interest turned to the Holy Spirit Serena. Previously, as recompense for the Holy Spirit Serena’s prank, I caused her virginity loss with a toothpick-like stick*. Immediately after that, Serena’s body enlarged, and she became like a human maiden. Was that transformation also indicative of the Holy Spirit Serena’s body, a collective of Holy Element Spirits, becoming closer to humans? It is thought that a vast amount of Holy Aura is stored within the small body of the Holy Spirit Serena. If the Holy Spirit Serena were to change her race and become a human maiden, what would happen to the Holy Aura stored within her body? When Astarotte changed her race from a lower-ranking demon succubus to a human maiden, there were no unnecessary miasmas released, as far as I recall. In my opinion, the miasma was converted into energy needed for the race change and consumed.
On the other hand, regarding the miasma accumulated within the bodies of the intermediate-ranking demon Succubus sisters, it is likely that most of it has been depleted through mutual annihilation with the Holy Aura emitted by me and Seiken-gan. Perhaps, even if the three Succubus sisters change their race to human, there will be little excess miasma left.
On the other hand, in the case of the Holy Spirit Serena, there is a possibility that the vast Holy Aura stored within her body could be scattered throughout the human world along with the race change. What would happen in that case? If she were to reincarnate as a new Holy Spirit, it is possible that the currently rare Healing Mages would increase. This conclusion is almost the same as if I were to strangle and kill the Holy Spirit Serena. However, what would happen if the unthinking Holy Aura were to overflow into the human world and spread widely? In the human world, there exists evil magic with weakened miasma. If it undergoes mutual annihilation with that, there would be no problem, but there is still a possibility of unexpected negative effects. Therefore, it is believed that regardless of whether the three Succubus sisters change their race to human or not, it will not significantly affect the overall situation. On the other hand, for the Holy Spirit Serena, since the effects of the race change are unknown, it must be prevented.
As I served as the coachman, I continued to run through thought experiments.
“Master Harem, you have a wrinkle between your brows.”
“Oh, really? I was just thinking about something a bit difficult.”
“Is that so…?”
“Yes, it is!”
‘Ruru,’ sitting on my lap, looked at me with a puzzled expression. I suppose it would be cruel to use them up as disposable self-detonating attack summoned beasts…
Thank you for reading.
episode45-10 The feelings poured into breasts are hot has been scheduled for August 8th at 0:00.
