Chapter 15: Don’t Joke Around
I stood there dumbfounded, staring at the half-open library door, a complicated feeling bubbling within me.
What was going on?
Was it because I saw a girl crying, and I felt pity for her? I couldn’t figure it out.
At some point, Teacher Yang had appeared beside me, and like me, she was looking at the library entrance, marveling, “Master, what did you do? You actually made Yuhui Bai cry… for that strong-willed girl to actually cry, it’s truly incredible.”
“I didn’t do anything… Huh! Speaking of which, why are you calling me Master, Teacher!”
However, Teacher Yang didn’t answer my question. She shivered again, then held her forehead and shouted at me, “Ugh! Don’t call me Teacher for now!”
“Uh?”
After Teacher Yang pinched her philtrum and recovered, she said, “I just felt it… Master, you wouldn’t happen to be just an ordinary person, would you?”
“What do you mean *wouldn’t happen to be*, correct yourself! That’s a rude thing to say! If you’re going to talk about who I, Juncheng An, am…”
“Huh? Speaking of which…”
“I’m a complete and utter ordinary person!”
“Ha… I’ll tell you, this is my expression.”
Teacher Yang deflated like a balloon, rolled her eyes, her mouth turned down, revealing an extremely disgusted expression.
Hey, hey, hey! Are you looking down on ordinary people, Teacher! Let me tell you, this world is built by ordinary people! Ordinary people make up ninety-eight percent of all humanity!
This time, Teacher Yang believed me readily and muttered, stroking her chin.
“But, how exactly did you learn my true name? Only my mother knew my true name… She wouldn’t possibly reveal my true name, so how did you find out? Could you read minds? No, that’s not right, ordinary mind-reading shouldn’t work on us… and you don’t have any magic power on you at all.”
“Ah~~~?”
I looked at Teacher Yang with a blank expression, letting out a long questioning sound.
Of course, it wasn’t that I didn’t understand Teacher Yang’s words. I just felt that the worldview I had built up until now had suffered a second devastating blow…
Mind-reading?
Magic power?
Do such unscientific things really exist?
Although I wanted to deny these things in my heart that would fundamentally destroy my daily life, the pointed ears and horns on Teacher Yang’s head made it impossible for me to deceive myself any longer.
Were the names and titles I saw… real…?
This terrifying realization sent a chill through my entire body.
Now that the things I had dismissed as delusions and madness were confirmed, I was utterly bewildered and lost.
“So, since Master, you are an ordinary person, how did you know my name?”
“Um, I don’t know anything…”
I hate things I don’t understand! Stop destroying my common sense already!
“Don’t joke around, how could you not know! Didn’t you just ignore my illusion, see through my true form, and even say my true name! And now you’re telling me you don’t know anything? Seeing my appearance, do you still dare to say you don’t know! Tell me, what do you see me as now?”
“Uh… a Succubus?”
“See! You do know!”
I had just read out that title… I didn’t expect it to be true…
Teacher Yang… is truly a Succubus.
This means that the titles I saw are very likely all true.
And based on this, the facts will be completely different. Teacher Xiaozhen is indeed a clone, Ji Lianbing is truly a necrophilic murderer, the classmates are a bunch of eccentrics, and most importantly…
My younger sisters… are truly brother complex!
I…!
I covered my head and held out my palm towards Teacher Yang. After creating a little distance, I said, “Wait, my head is a little messy right now, let me sort it out…”
Based on Teacher Yang’s words, it seems that because I called her by her ‘true name’, some kind of contract was formed between us.
Indeed, some Western fantasy novels often feature demons obeying the protagonist after their true name is known. This means Teacher Yang, as a Succubus, likely has similar characteristics.
“So, because I said your true name, I became your Master?”
“That’s right. You called out my true name in front of me, and then I heard you say my true name, and the contract was established. Didn’t you feel a headache just now? That was the phenomenon when the contract was established. It’s just that because the difference in our Spiritual Power is a bit large, there was a forced balancing and compensation…”
“Forced balancing and compensation?”
“Yes, which is tearing off a piece of my Spiritual Power and attaching it to yours. Generally, only the one with stronger Spiritual Power can dominate the one with weaker Spiritual Power using their true name. So even if you knew my name, the contract shouldn’t have been established… But the contract was established, and half of my Spiritual Power was given to you… Wuwuwuwu…”
As she spoke, Teacher Yang might have felt wronged and started crying again.
Why is she crying again… Please, don’t cry! You’re a teacher! Is it really okay to lose composure like this in front of a student!
“Wait, don’t cry! How can I return your Spiritual Power to you?”
“…You want to return it to me?”
“Of course! I never intended to take anything from you!”
Teacher Yang wiped away her tears with her fingers and sniffled, “Hiss… Our spirits are already connected, inseparable. So even if you want to return it, you can’t. Unless you die, the contract will be dissolved naturally, and my portion of Spiritual Power will return. Are you willing to die for me?”
“Uh, that’s a bit difficult…”
“So, until you die, I will be your servant… By the way, call me Lily from now on, or you can call me Lilith, that’s my real name.”
“Then, Teacher Lily?”
“Mmm… No! Don’t call me Teacher!”
“Ah?”
I just called you Teacher, do you have to blush and make strange noises…
“I am your servant now, so you can’t use a title like ‘Teacher’ for a superior towards me. Every time you call me Teacher, I… will be punished. So just call me by my name. You’d better start changing to my name now, even in your mind! Once you get used to it, you won’t call me wrong again!”
“Oh, oh, I understand… Teacher Yang…”
I nodded earnestly, almost saying ‘Teacher Yang’ again by accident.
I was glared at fiercely and corrected myself at the last moment.
“Cough, cough, I understand, Lily.”
Habits are truly terrifying… It seems I really need to change my address to Lily in my mind as well. To prevent Teacher from suffering any more indescribable punishments, I should get used to the new address as soon as possible.
“Don’t expose my true name to anyone else again! Although I’ve acknowledged you as my Master, if others know my true name, my powers will be weakened, and I might even be cursed! So please, never tell anyone else!”
“Don’t worry, I promise I won’t tell anyone! I wouldn’t say it even if my mouth was torn open!”
“Also, if you want me to do those… *private* things, I’ll risk the backlash and take you down with me… Ahhhh!”
Before she could finish, Yang… Lily, started trembling as if she had a seizure. She slumped to the floor with a thud, clutching her body and convulsing.
“…Wuwu… I’m not even allowed to threaten you… Hoo… Hoo…”
Lily hugged her chest and lay on her side on the table, breathing heavily, her chest rising and falling. Sweat glistened on her forehead under the light, the blush on her face had not faded, her eyes were half-closed, and a string of drool trailed from the corner of her mouth…
Wow… so seductive…
How can this person… wow…
Is this the power of a Succubus…
I forced myself to calm down, turned my head away from Lily, and said somewhat awkwardly, “Didn’t I just make a vow? Don’t worry, I won’t do anything to you.”
“That’s right… You made a vow, and if you break it, you’ll explode…”
“Uh? Will I really explode?”
“Of course! You made a ‘Vow’ to me, and this vow will be strictly enforced by the ‘Contract’!”
That’s really dangerous. Fortunately, I only said ‘explode’. If I had said ‘struck by lightning’ or something, wouldn’t I have died on the spot then? No, ‘explode’ is also very serious!
Forget it. In any case, I really didn’t intend to do anything scummy. Hmph, such a vow would have no effect on a gentleman like me!
“Since that’s the case, you don’t have to be so wary of me anymore.”
Lily pressed her chest, seeming a bit relieved. She nodded and thanked me.
“Yes, thank you… Master.”
“Hey, Yang, pfft… Lily, can you stop calling me Master? We’re still teacher and student…”
Will I have to be called Master from now on?
Although I’d love to experience being called Master by maids, being called Master by a teacher is just… too weird.
“I don’t want to call you Master either! But because of the contract, I have to use a respectful title for you.”
Oh, no wonder. But calling me Master is still too awful. Isn’t there any alternative? Other respectful titles, perhaps…
“Hmm… Got it. Try calling me ‘Jun Cheng’ (Cheng Jun).”
I suddenly remembered the time Ji Lianbing casually reversed my name.
The character ‘Jun’ can also represent a respectful term, so calling me ‘Jun Cheng’ should be fine.
“Jun Cheng… Ah, it works.”
Lily tried calling me that. This time, she didn’t receive any punishment or make any embarrassing sounds. It seemed this title was within the safe zone.
Although it feels a bit awkward for my name to be reversed, it’s still better than being called Master.
Imagine, if one day I meet Lily in the school building, and Lily habitually calls out, “Master!” again… that scene would be too beautiful. The next day, rumors of a “brutal student tames female teacher” would likely appear.
“In short, Tea— cough, Lily, call me Jun Cheng.”
After resolving the issue of the title, I began to ask the teacher some questions.
I tilted my head to the left and asked with some confusion, “So, Lily, what exactly is the deal with you?”
Lily tilted her head to the right in response and replied just as confusedly, “Huh? What do you mean, what deal?”
I tilted my head to the right and posed a more specific question, “It’s just that… why is a Succubus at the school?”
Lily, as if mirroring me, said, “Why? I’m a teacher at this school…”
“…Meaning, why is a Succubus a teacher!”
“I graduated from the Teacher’s College, so of course I’m here to be a teacher.”
“Why are your answers so normal! Aren’t you a Succubus!”
Shouldn’t it be more magical! Why are you answering so ordinarily now.
“I am indeed a Succubus, but it’s not a big deal… It’s like the difference between someone of White descent and someone of Yellow descent, just a little different from you, no need to make a fuss.”
“…”
Am I making too much of a fuss?!
So Succubi are a special race!
Bah!
What kind of joke is this!
We’re clearly different species!
