Chapter 186 : Chapter 186
Chapter 186: Queen's Invitation (1)
......What on earth did I just hear?
“Li, Lily...? O, other method, what on earth... does that mean...?”
“.......”
At my question, which left me dumbfounded for a moment, Lily simply lowered her gaze as if to hide her heavily flushed face instead of answering.
If she truly ‘didn't know anything’, that was a reaction that would never have come out.
Therefore.
“Do you know... exactly what you are saying... right now...?”
Lily, who quietly nodded, meant that she was saying it while knowing everything.
What that other method was.
What she wanted right now.
“You are a... C, Cleric... aren't you...?”
“A, as I told you before, it is only something I voluntarily avoid, it is not a matter decided by doctrine... so....”
“But...”
“Of course, until now, I tried to stay away from it as much as possible, but...”
Gulp, I didn't know if it was me or Lily, but the sound of swallowing saliva rang out and broke the very short silence.
“...I can't hold back anymore either.”
“Why, why all of a sudden...?”
“It is also a situation where I need much more vitality than usual because I overexerted myself a bit today...”
Lily, who trailed off, suddenly shook her head slowly as if denying what she had said.
“...No.”
As if pressing herself.
“Actually, right now, regardless of that kind of thing...”
It was as if she wouldn't run away with such words.
“I just want to be embraced by you, Bin, as a woman.”
“...!”
Hearing words like this.
How many people could remain unshaken?
...Actually, to be honest, I was the type who tried quite hard to maintain composure usually.
It's not just about when I let Lily into my bed like now.
The fact that I always acted slyly was actually part of that.
It wasn't that I could act slyly in everything because I had a naturally calm personality, but rather I acted more slyly to maintain composure.
To find some leeway.
But right now... I absolutely couldn't do that.
It wasn't a situation where I could afford to be relaxed.
“.......”
Because I had completely frozen up.
So I couldn't handle it slyly like usual.
Because Lily was... extremely attractive.
How could she not be?
I was able to not be conscious of it only because I knew Lily would never look at me with those eyes(?) until now.
Welcoming Lily, who quietly visited my tent without catching others' eyes to drink blood every night, and giving up my neck to such a Lily right away, were all necessary things, so I just did them without thinking much of it.
So whenever she drank blood like that, although it certainly wasn't intentional, clinging to my body as if she were being embraced... no, just hugging me outright, and such physical contact could be passed over as ‘natural behavior’.
First of all, she has to stick her fangs into my neck, so it doesn't make sense for our bodies not to touch.
And for both of us to be as comfortable as possible, well, hugging would be comfortable.
So that was natural.
Pointing it out for no reason would only make us more conscious of it.
Actually, that's why I didn't.
Of course, the story would be different if the aphrodisiac effect, one of the succubus's abilities, spread, but I was practically immune.
That is why I was able to maintain my ‘sanity’.
Because I had a firm belief that Lily would never look at me in that... to be blunt, sexual way.
She doesn't have knowledge in that area in the first place.
So I just didn't look at her that way either.
Our... secret contact was possible because there was a mutual implicit agreement that it would never go beyond this.
...However, if that premise is broken, the story changes.
Everything changes.
“Lily...”
Lily's attractive elements, which were merely modifiers until now, had to be all noticed.
And having just heard that such an attractive being wants me so strongly.
Maintaining sanity was not an easy task.
......So if the embarrassment wasn't greater than that, perhaps I might have let go of the string of reason and been holding Lily right then.
“Can I not... do it...?”
Moreover, looking at those two eyes, the expression, and the flushed face looking at me with slightly upturned eyes while lowering her head as if examining my reaction... the thought that I shouldn't embarrass Lily who made such a decision kept crossing my mind.
Every single one of these small actions was constantly egging me on.
...Right.
“I, if it's for you, Bin... I can do anything you want.”
For me to let go of the string of reason.
It was truly a demonic temptation.
Like a devil's scheme.
‘Devil...?’
Of course, Lily also inherited half of ‘devil’ blood, so it wouldn't be strange if she instinctively made such a temptation.
‘...No.’
Nevertheless, it was indeed strange.
As soon as I realized that small sense of incongruity, my boiling thoughts instantly became cool again.
──Roll.
At the same time, the die in my heart began to roll.
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[Charisma]
Resistance Roll Attempt
Difficulty 30
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...Lily wants to be embraced by me?
Asking me to hug her first?
No well, if Lily has affection for me in a sexual sense... that... wouldn't be a completely non-existent possibility.
It wouldn't be impossible.
Well.
Why?
What.
It could be possible.
Anyway, my ‘Charisma’ is unrivaled.
My personality might be a bit problematic, but anyway... I look like this, right?
She might be attracted.
But, no matter how true that is.
Lily breaking the principle of chastity that she has firmly kept voluntarily, although it's not a doctrine, with her own mouth first?
No way.
That is misunderstanding Lily.
Lily is a devout believer beyond imagination.
Gods do not have a very good relationship with the demon race.
How could it be good?
Anyway, the reason they ‘left’ this land was because of the demon race.
Because they received a substantial threat from them and judged that this place was no longer suitable for them to live, so they all went up to the so-called ‘sky’, the Divine Realm.
So even for Sistina, who is a moderate god, it was the same.
Even if Sistina herself does not have any bad feelings toward the demon race, other gods are not like that.
Simply put, they have to be conscious of others.
Even though she is her believer, granting her power and miracles to a member of the demon race.
Moreover, if it is a god that is not a main god like the 12 Gods, they have to be even more conscious.
But despite that, Sistina cherishes Lily very much.
Enough to say she is practically a ‘Chosen One’.
I can assert that if one were to pick just one believer whom Sistina cherishes the most in this present world, it would definitely be Lily.
Actually, the only ‘Cleric’ who can utilize Sistina's power as well as Lily right now is only Lily.
And that was because Lily serves Sistina that sincerely.
Also, Lily has incredibly strong mental power.
She endured the desire inherited with the blood of a Succubus, and a Queen at that, for a whopping 5 years.
Although she eventually reached her limit later, it is 5 years.
Yet she says she will break the ‘promise’ with Sistina first and offer her body, which she already offered to her (metaphorically), to me?
This means Lily has come to like me more than Sistina.
She came to like me?
That is possible.
But more than Sistina whom she has served her whole life?
In just a few months?
That, is not it.
That alone has no possibility.
It was an impossible thing.
Therefore.
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Resistance Success!
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──It is a dream.
As ‘Beginning’ said.
You are dreaming right now, vessel.
This place was a world of dreams.
In other words, Lily who is in front of my eyes right now, asking to be embraced──
“──It was a mistake.”
Is a fake.
“...Pardon?”
This is something that cannot happen in reality.
So it is a dream.
A very sweet, dream.
But there was no such thing as crying sadly.
“Coming in the appearance of Lily, I mean.”
Because now is not the time for that.
“Bi, Bin? What does that mean all of a sudden...?”
I have seen through that all of this is a dream.
The problem is, whose dream it is.
Naturally, there was no reason for Lily to bother showing me a dream like this.
Doesn't she get blood, vitality, whenever she wants even without making me dream?
Although it might not be the ‘other method’, direct bloodsucking is certainly much more effective than draining via such erotic dreams.
There is no need to go around the long way like this.
In short, it wasn't Lily.
The owner of this dream.
But the ability to ‘make one dream’ in our campsite right now was an ability only Lily possessed.
So, the owner of this dream was not at our campsite right now.
The moment I saw through that all this was a dream, the dream world didn't collapse at once or anything like that.
Lily, who started showing a very flustered appearance at my words, really looked like Lily herself.
“I, I am, the real, Lily...?”
She wasn't flustered because she was hit on the mark, but she was making an expression that she really didn't know what I was saying.
“I just, wanted to be embraced, by you, Bin...”
Along with the expression that made me feel guilty for ‘refusing in a roundabout way’ like this.
This was because the ‘structure’ of this dream was very sturdy.
It was a dream constructed very well so that it wouldn't collapse in an instant just because the dreamer noticed a minute crack.
Just like reality.
And Lily cannot fabricate a dream this sturdy yet.
The one who can create a dream of this quality.
“...Isn't it a bit too much, after all?”
And the existence who can make me dream such a ‘wet dream’ even though she is not in this place, at this campsite, was only one person in this world.
Therefore, it is the King.
“No matter if it is a dream... what on earth are you making her say with her daughter's mouth?”
Succubus Queen.
If it's her, she can invite even an opponent far away like this into her ‘dream’.
“──I greet the Queen of the Night.”
King of the dream demons.
I jumped up from my seat and greeted her politely while pretending to be sly on purpose.
“To think you would visit such a humble place, should I call it an honor.”
Then.
“──Ha.”
Sure enough, Lily showed an expression she had never shown before.
Distorting the corners of her mouth, she gave a hollow laugh.
“Impressive.”
Like a brat caught playing a mischievous prank.
Then she immediately stood up from her seat.
──Snap!
And the moment she snapped her fingers.
Flare!
The black flame that suddenly flared up enveloped ‘Lily’.
And when the flames subsided, the appearance of Lily could no longer be found there.
Instead.
“...You are the second.”
The very person who fabricated this dream──
“To have seen through my dream.”
Succubus Queen Lilith was standing in front of me.