Chapter 20 Bestowal of Equality
There was no feeling of trance, nor was I out of my mind.
I am clear-headed now, acting on my own will… I want to touch her, I want to kiss her…
She was already mine to begin with, so naturally I have the right to do whatever I want with her?
Now, I will make her completely mine.
I want to possess her.
All thoughts turned into instinctive urges, prompting me to reach out and caress her cheek…
The moment my finger touched her cheek, a soft sensation transmitted to my brain. Before I could feel comfortable, a piercing sound echoed in my mind again, assaulting my brain and disrupting my senses.
*Ding!! Ding!! Ding!! Ding!*
The sound of metal colliding, ringing for the second time today, was even more intense than the first, and much faster. It was as if it was deliberately trying to annoy me, a high-frequency clanging comparable to an alarm clock.
So noisy and annoying, really, what’s going on!
…Wait, why would I suddenly want to push her down…
No, there shouldn’t be anything to question about this, right? Such a peerless beauty has put herself in this posture awaiting my pleasure, and as a man, I naturally must cherish her properly. If I don’t sow some good seeds in her, it would be a sin, I wouldn’t even deserve to be called a man.
…
It seems like something is not quite right–.
Even though I felt like I should be pushing her down, a strange sense of incongruity lingered in my heart, refusing to dissipate.
I frowned and pressed my forehead, doubting my own thoughts for the first time.
All along, I had used my own will and thoughts as the basis for judgment, never abandoning my thinking process, no matter when.
But now, I was lost in confusion–.
I only had one clear thought in my mind: I wanted to push Lily down, but was such a thought truly correct?
“Master?”
“Ah, ahh,… um, can I push you down now?”
*Cough*, why did I say that out loud.
“…If, if you wish, Sinu is willing… to serve you…”
Lily hesitantly agreed, closed her eyes, tilted her head up slightly, and trembled. Her expression was as if she was telling me she was ready to endure anything. SF Novel
Since I had received permission, everything that followed should be natural.
Ah, she said she was willing “to serve me”. Perhaps it was due to the contract, but I could slightly sense Lily’s thoughts. She was very flustered now, my sudden question throwing her into disarray. In reality, she wasn’t mentally prepared yet, but she forced herself to say it to cooperate with me.
This means there was indeed a problem on my end….
“Heh… Just kidding. Get up for a moment, Lily.”
I took out my phone from my pocket–I didn’t have a better camera handy, so I could only use the built-in phone camera. What a shame.
“Lily, look here, I’m going to take a picture of you.”
“O, okay!”
“Don’t be nervous, think of happy things and just smile.”
Upon hearing my words, Lily relaxed. Her gaze wasn’t focused here but seemed lost in memory, her line of sight drifting downwards, her lips naturally curving into a charming smile.
She was sitting on the bed in an exquisitely beautiful outfit, in a seated position, with that kind of expression on her face.
If a famous painter were present at this moment, perhaps another world-renowned painting titled “Lilith’s Smile” would emerge… Of course, it’s more likely that the painter would go mad from being unable to capture all of Lily’s charm on canvas.
There’s no exaggeration. If I were to post this photo online, it would likely spread explosively. I wonder how many men would be captivated just by looking at the screen…
Even I momentarily lost myself, not even knowing when I pressed the camera button on my phone’s screen. When I came to my senses, there were already over ten photos in my phone’s album, all identical due to continuous shooting. They were clearly redundant, but I couldn’t bear to delete a single one.
Mmm, even if it makes her angry, I don’t want to delete these photos….
“Master, can I move now?”
“Ah, yes, it’s done. Here, let me show you. I dare say this is exactly how you’ve always dreamed of looking.”
Saying that, I handed her the phone.
Upon seeing her photo on the phone, Lily’s eyes widened in surprise, and she covered her mouth, unable to believe it.
She was indeed startled. After all, Lily currently had no horns, and her pointed ears had become rounded. She looked no different from a human, no matter how you looked at her.
“Because I don’t know how long this appearance will last… I thought I’d leave a photo.– Lily, haven’t you always wanted to become human?”
“…Thank you… really… thank you so much…”
Lily tremblingly reached out her hands, clasped mine, moved closer, stared at the phone, and finally buried the phone, along with my hand, in her chest, shedding tears of joy.
Even though it was only a slight difference, this was the appearance she had always longed for, the “identity” she wished to obtain.
I wiped away her tears and gently said to her.
“Cry to your heart’s content. Cry out all your grievances so far. I will wipe away your tears.”
Her original horns had fallen off, and the process of regrowing horns was halfway complete. Next, she would likely grow new horns, but if possible…
“I think it would be better to just maintain this state? As long as you don’t complete the horn regrowth process, you can maintain this appearance, right? As for any problems that arise, we’ll figure them out together. I’ll help you.”
This was the best choice for Lily.
No longer Lilith, no longer a succubus, but living as Yang Lili, a true human.
However, she gently shook her head.
“Thank you, Master… but a succubus without new horns will lose its very existence…”
Was it that serious?
“Besides, this servant also wants to grow new…”
She turned her head, pressed the hand I was caressing her cheek with, looked at me with the most tender eyes, and with a flushed face and a happy smile, asked me.
“Then–… What kind of horns do you wish for this servant to have?”
Huh? I get to decide? !
Is it really okay for me to decide something like this? It feels like the strange feeling of deciding a child’s name. Ugh, and even if you asked me what kind of horns I wanted, I wouldn’t know what to say…
“Just say your true thoughts. Generally, horn types are fixed, so your opinion will be taken into appropriate consideration.”
“…Okay then.”
“When I was touching them just now, I felt like it would be better if there were no horn patterns… Heh! I don’t mean they looked bad! It’s just that the texture was less… If they were smoother…”
What am I saying… This is equivalent to saying I’ll be touching her horns in the future too.
“Also, if they could be a little smaller, maybe like this. The requirements aren’t too many, are they?”
“Your thoughts… I have received them…”
Lily closed her eyes, clasped her hands together in front of her chest, and assumed a praying posture.
The crest on her chest lit up again, and then new horns began to grow on Lily’s forehead.
These horns were much smaller than the originals, and instead of growing forward, they grew backward, stopping at about one finger’s length.
“…Mm.”
At the same time, two wings grew on her back, and behind her, a black tail ending in a heart shape also slowly began to emerge.
“Ohh…”
Now she was truly a succubus.
With sharp horns, wings, a tail, and her ears returning to their pointed shape.
“Ah… This way, the horn regrowth is completely finished…”
“Can I… touch them?”
“Of course, I was waiting for you to try touching them.”
I touched the newly grown horns. Just like when they were regrowing, they were soft. Although the tips looked sharp, they were actually not at all harmful.
This time, even if I held her in my arms, I wouldn’t have to worry about being pierced in the stomach by her horns. Moreover, these horns were growing backward.
“You deliberately grew them in this shape for me?”
“…To avoid hurting you anymore, they are only soft when you touch them.”
“You decided the shape of the horns just for me… this…”
Lily sat up magically, extended her index finger, and placed it on my lips.
“I know you’re worried about me. Even if the same situation happened again, you would still come to catch me, right? After all, you are so kind… But, you are my Master, so please have confidence! Sinu belongs to you. Your words are above all else, and…”
Xue Qing, Yu… and even Ruansui earlier… they all said similar things to me.
Pure giving, without expecting any reward.
Facing them, I would surely never be able to repay them in this lifetime. They became my accessories.
But at least I have to give them equality… I never expected her to do this for me.
“Lily,” I said to her. “Since the contract is perfected, it means my commands will be ‘absolute’…”
“That is correct. Without the slightest fear, your trust in me has reached the highest level.”
Lily only showed a shy expression momentarily upon hearing my question, but…
Wait, what’s with the “Number Two” rank!
The original “[Pure-hearted Succubus]” has become “[- Rank Slave]”… Cough, cough.
When I complained like this, it actually changed back to “[Devoted Succubus]”.
Huh? It changed just like that!
Did that broken mirror also learn to tease people?!
This mirror might have self-awareness too, right? It’s too casual. If you were to say it’s like a system, it’s too… I felt long ago that these titles were very unique, some even having very…
Human-like! Maybe there’s a spirit of the mirror! It’s more fitting for a divine artifact, isn’t it?
After all, look, the Yata no Kagami is also a divine artifact. Divine artifacts must have spirits… Was that really a coincidence?
And thinking back to the beginning, this broken mirror flew over and lodged itself in my head.
…I need to sort things out.
Wait, now is not the time to be thinking about this. I need to ask the servant in front of me clearly.
“So, are my commands above the contract?” Instead, restricting you would be…
“Yes, in fact, the contract is merely to make it easier for you to control me.”
…The order of things has been reversed. Before, because the contract was incomplete, the contract restricted you.
“I see…” to be able to do that.
This makes things easier. Since my words now have absolute priority…
“Then listen carefully, Lily.”
I placed my hands on her shoulders and spoke those words.
“[I now bestow upon you the same authority as I possess.]”
This kind of relationship needs to end.
