Chapter 22.2: The Pure-hearted Succubus Removes Her Mask
I fidgeted in the office.
Mr. Steve had already fixed the floor.
Mr. An had repaired the floor, and the room was back to its original state.
After waiting for a moment, she returned from changing her clothes, sat down in her swivel chair, and leaned back.
As soon as she returned, I started staring at her, hoping for a reasonable explanation.
But she completely ignored me.
“What on earth are you thinking!”
I finally couldn’t help but roar.
I really couldn’t understand what this person was thinking!
How could she… how could she…
It was too much!
And it was too strange!
At first, she only told me that she wanted to investigate Jun Cheng’s abilities and whether the Charm Magic Circle could be removed. Why did it end up with even Mom signing a contract with Jun Cheng?
“Don’t look at me like a newlywed who lost her husband. You shouldn’t be wary of me. What I did to An… there’s nothing to it.”
I don’t even know why my tone was so fierce.
Anyway, I’m very unhappy right now… very unhappy!
Don’t think I know nothing! Jun Cheng’s physiological reaction while he was asleep just now was definitely not a natural bodily response. It was because this person did… did *that* to Jun Cheng in his dream, which is why Jun Cheng reacted…
She actually did such a thing! And to Jun Cheng!
When even I haven’t yet…
“Tsk, I can’t control myself in dreams either.”
He will make a replica of himself from within the dream… After a person dreams, my spirit becomes uncontrollable, and I don’t know…
This time, it was indeed too much, actually signing a contract…
This person wasn’t lying. She rarely lost her composure in reality, always wearing a blank expression, incredibly calm, and rational at all times.
She was almost… emotionless.
No sadness, no joy, no anger, no pride, no humility… observantly watching the world’s affairs, basically acting without emotion.
It was rare for her to lose her composure like this today.
“But you don’t need to worry too much. Although…_”
As she uttered Jun Cheng’s name, she couldn’t help but frown slightly, likely a punishment from the contract.
But she actively addressed Master… Jun Cheng by name and could endure the punishment. I have to say, she’s better than me.
I understand that kind of feeling is truly difficult to endure.
If it were just pain, I could bear it, but that…
It felt like countless ants were crawling in my stomach.
That feeling wasn’t just pain; it was accompanied by an unbearable stimulation. That…
Countless ants crawling around in my stomach, not just itchy, but also provoking that… indescribable sensation. It made me unable to resist at all; it was such a tormenting punishment.
“In short, although I have also signed a contract with him, it was only to transfer my spiritual power to him. Even if he wanted to order me to do something, I would still have the ability to resist, and even unilaterally dissolve the contract. However, doing so would cause me great backlash, and it would take ten years to recover, which is why I didn’t forcibly dissolve it.”
Forcibly dissolving a master-slave contract would incur a powerful backlash. Not only could I not do it, but even if I knew a way to forcibly dissolve it, I would receive a punishment equivalent to death upon carrying it out.
Mom, as a powerful succubus, has many methods, but I am at best only physically tough.
I only used some low-level magic circles, and I also caused trouble for Jun Cheng. I am truly useless…
“Besides, don’t you trust your little lover? He has the demeanor of a gentleman, remember?”
“Exactly. ‘The me in my dreams’ also told me the same thing.”
As expected. If she hadn’t understood Jun Cheng’s character in her dreams, she wouldn’t have invited him to join the organization.
If Jun Cheng were truly an evil human, she might have killed him on the spot right then and there. The thing that would have broken would not have been just a table, but blood splashing everywhere.
But because that possibility still lingered in my mind, I couldn’t help but ask with concern.
“You won’t become like that in reality too, right?”
If she also became that unrestrained in reality… she would truly “devour” Jun Cheng!
And then what happened in the dream would happen in reality…
No, that can’t happen! Absolutely not!
“You’re overthinking it. As long as I’m awake…”
“You’re overthinking it. As long as I’m awake, I won’t become like that.”
…Meaning, when you’re not awake, you’ll become like that? No wonder Nana, when you get drunk sometimes, your lecherous mode…
The one speaking was Ms. Kaoru Tsukiyose. Don’t let her loli appearance fool you; she’s actually lived for a very, very long time.
She is Mom’s good friend and now lives with my unrestrained mother.
I truly feel sorry for her.
It must be very tough to take care of this person.
Since I lived with Mom until I went to college, I know very well what a useless adult she is. Her bedroom is practically a garbage dump… I doubt even Shiromahi’s room is that messy.
“Don’t talk about it anymore. That time was really… tiring…”
As if recalling some unbearable memories, she held her forehead, revealing an embarrassed expression.
I know what she turns into when she’s drunk.
She revealed an embarrassed expression, holding her forehead.
It’s probably very close to what she calls “the me in my dreams.”
Losing self-control, becoming moody, acting on emotions, the opposite of her usual self.
It’s a complete loss of dignity.
All the messy, unrestrained knowledge she told me in my memory was spoken only when she was drunk.
“So I’ve decided to quit drinking.”
“Oh, this is the fifty-second time I’ve heard you say that.”
“Seriously, you’re being a bit too much today? You were laughing way too much earlier? Be careful, I’ll pack all your… costume props and throw them away!”
“Ugh, I don’t know anything… You two ladies chat, I should go find Xue’er.”
Threatened, Ms. Kaoru Tsukiyose skipped out of the office.
She even turned back and stuck out her tongue, making a face at her as she left.
Only she and I remained in the office.
After a period of silent atmosphere, she…
After a period of silent atmosphere, she broke the silence first.
“I’m not going back! They just want me to be the Succubus Queen again!”
…That is your destiny.
The main reason I left her was this.
The day before my college entrance exams, this person suddenly told me to give up the exams and go to the Demon Realm to attend a ‘Demon Cultivation School’ that sounded like a kindergarten.
She said I was the destined daughter of the Succubus race, appearing once in ten thousand years, and would eventually become the Succubus Queen, the consort of the Demon Lord who would rule the Demon Realm, and the sole mistress of the Demon Realm.
Prepare for bride training, and cannot betray the chosen one. The prophecy written in the Book of Revelation will surely come true, so… it is! Utterly! Stupid!
Spreading fatalism like this. I didn’t expect the Demon Realm to have such feudalistic ideas. Has she lived too long until her brain turned…
This person said that if I went to the Demon Cultivation School, I could learn the skills a proper demon should have, and also stimulate my potential. By then, I would become the most powerful, most beautiful, and wisest… (thirty-three adjectives omitted) Succubus Queen in ten thousand years. Whether male or female, all demons would fall at my feet, and I would become the Mother of the Demon Realm, ranking below only one demon.
I don’t care about being the Succubus Queen or the Mother of the Demon Realm! I don’t want to deal with it at all!
No matter how fantastically she described it, I had not the slightest interest, because all I wanted was a normal life.
I already hated the fact that I was a succubus. Her constant emphasis on this matter…
It annoyed me to no end. Finally, she even wanted me to give up my college entrance exams. I couldn’t take it anymore and ran away from home.
She didn’t stop me, just let me leave… Thinking back now,
She never forced me to do anything.
Thinking back, although she always said things I hated, she never…
If she had seriously wanted to capture me, I wouldn’t have been able to resist at all…
Anyway, after running away from home, I took the college entrance exams as scheduled and was admitted to university.
The four years of university were probably the most comfortable period of my life.
Although I had to pay my own tuition and living expenses, so I spent most of my time working part-time besides classes, it also made me understand what freedom felt like.
So, I won’t go back!
“I’ve told you before, I don’t accept my identity as a succubus! I don’t believe in destiny, I want to be human! Live in this world as a human, not go to the Demon Realm!”
Even if this way of life is difficult, and perhaps I will regret my decision in the future, since I have made up my mind, I will not change it.
She probably expected me to answer like this.
She didn’t show any anger, still maintaining a calm demeanor.
“Then, do you want to join the organization?”
“Eh? Join the organization?”
“Yes, you join the Education Department.”
“The Education Department? Does the organization have such a department?”
Although I’m not part of the organization and don’t work for it, I know quite a bit about it.
As far as I know, there are only five departments within the organization: Personnel, General Affairs, Investigation, Research and Development, and Control.
If there are any others, they are probably external employees.
But, the Education Department… I’ve never heard of it.
“This is something even members of the organization rarely know. Actually, our organization has a sixth department, which is the Education Department. Although there are only three members.”
“There are only three people?”
There are only three.
This number is too small. Even the Investigation Department, which has the fewest members, has nearly fifty people.
“The head of the Education Department is me, the principal of Gakushi High School. The other two members are the homeroom teacher of Class 2-2, Ms. Xiaozhen Ke, and the homeroom teacher of Class 3-3, Chen Xin. The so-called Education Department is a group of teachers who teach Anomalies and guide them with common sense knowledge.”
The so-called Education Department refers to a group of teachers who educate Anomalies.
“We currently lack a homeroom teacher for Class 1-1. Teacher Xiaozhen used to take on this role as well, and I think you are very suitable for this position.”
“It is…”
“You should also take off your ‘mask’ soon.”
…and have been keeping away from others, not wanting to cause trouble for them…
“If you wore that ugly mask to protect yourself in the past, you now have a man who can protect you.”
“A woman must express herself fully to catch a man’s eye, this is the experience of an elder. If you hesitate any longer, the one you like will leave you.”
She said this with a somewhat lonely expression.
“I don’t!”
I clenched my fists, curled up, and shouted loudly.
But halfway through the shout, my voice weakened, becoming apathetic.
“Likes him–”
I didn’t even say the word “dislike.”
… My body’s reaction already told me what my true feelings were.
It’s not that I don’t like him… It was just an excuse that wasn’t a denial, and yet my body was punished…
No, that’s wrong. This isn’t a punishment.
It’s my heart that’s hurting because of my insincere answer… I’m still deceiving myself.
In the past, I was a very lonely person.
Because of my constitution, ordinary humans couldn’t get close to me, and I actively avoided contact with humans.
I lived every day cautiously, having to cover myself tightly even in the hot summer, with no room to stretch, as if…
…I was bound.
Everything exhausted me, and… these were all things she saw.
Actually, I know that the prophecy was just an excuse, just a reason she gave me…
She wanted me to go to the Demon Realm for my own good.
Because in the Demon Realm, there are my own kind.
There, I can live more freely.
Compared to the narrow freedom I gained in college…
I can only find true freedom in the Demon Realm, right?
I can only find true freedom in the Demon Realm.
But I stubbornly stayed here, simply because I didn’t want to become… because Dad was human…
Then, just when I was about to give up, I met him.
Even though he saw my ugly appearance, he was willing to approach me.
Even after seeing my true form, he wasn’t incited.
Even after becoming my master, he never harmed me.
It’s a lie to say I don’t like him. In fact, I’ve wanted to show him my true face for a long, long time, but I was afraid he would also show an ugly expression…
So I’ve been deceiving myself, telling myself I don’t like him, telling myself he’s…
just my student.
But the fact proved otherwise.
He’s still him, and his attitude towards me hasn’t changed.
From the beginning, it hasn’t changed.
I slowly raised my head and looked at her – my mother.
“Mom, I…”
Then I canceled the inversion magic circle on my body.
Perhaps, I won’t need it anymore.
“I want to join the Education Department!”
If making a change is the way to get closer to him…
Then, starting today, I will also make a change!
Title Color Change: Blue (Trust) 50% – Pink (Love) 50%
