Is It Strange For A Succubus To Be Wearing Clothes?

Chapter 35

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The beautiful me.  

Perfect.  Lovely.  

Oh my?  

A sudden ending. 

A bad ending, at that. 

My… without any foreshadowing.  

An ending devoid of logic, beauty, emotion, or sadness?  An attack.  An assassination.  

A stalker.  

A surprise attack while sleeping.  

Petrification.  

Death. 

A kitchen knife.  

Approaching with a sweet “You’re pretty,” then bang, a bullet.  

A drunk driver hitting me in broad daylight.  

The heroine’s absurd elimination and abandonment.  

Ah, it hurts.  Ah, more than anything, this… this isn’t pretty.  

It’s not beautiful.  

Not beautiful.  Not beautiful.  Not beautiful.  Not beautiful.  Not beautiful.  Not beautiful.  Not beautiful.  Not beautiful.

I must be beautiful.  

I can’t be anything but beautiful.  

I’m a beautiful being, a being that must be beautiful, absolutely, undeniably beautiful.  

That’s me.  Oh dear.  Unfair, you say?  But that’s how the world is.  

Especially beauty… it’s the most unfair, and therefore, the most precious and radiant, envied by many.  

Since when was beauty ever fair?  So… you there, puppy.  No, wolf.  No…

“Miss Mongrel? Would you stop?”

“…Fuck!!!”

“How about we introduce ourselves? People should exchange names and talk…”

-Crunch!

The road and shadows transformed into teeth and swallowed me whole.  

Ah, it hurts.  An ability that transforms shadows, terrain, and everything into teeth to devour its target… truly terrifying.  So scary.  

I can vividly feel the teeth tearing through my flesh and bone.  It hurts so much.  Actually, my physical abilities aren’t that great.  

Of course, as the Succubus Empress, my body is naturally beautiful and exceptional, but I’m not as strong as S-rank Hunters specializing in close combat.  

More than anything, a beautiful body should have soft, smooth, and supple skin.  Bulky muscles don’t suit me. 

 Ah, a little bit of toned muscle is fine, but elegant, slender lines reminiscent of a ballerina or model, with undeniable curves… that’s my charm point.  So, my body is being sliced and diced like freshly made tofu in a wolf’s maw… Ah, isn’t it perfectly unbeautiful?  

Even me in pain, even me injured, I’m so delicate and beautiful.  Huhuhu, as expected, I’m beautiful.  But it’s obvious that I’m most beautiful in my complete and perfect form~  Ahahaha.

“And being eaten again is unbeautiful.”

-Crunch!

Teeth.  Shadows.  Traffic lights.  Asphalt roads.  Manholes.  Abandoned buildings.  Residential areas.  They all come crashing down at once.  Ah.  How dirty.  Unbeautiful.

“F-fuck.  Fuck!!! Just die already!!!”

-Crackle, crunch, crack!

-Chomp!

The wolf-eared woman crossed her arms as if screaming.  Every time her hands crossed, everything—shadows, terrain, buildings—opened their maws like wolves and tried to devour me.  It’s certainly a powerful ability.  

Even a highly skilled Awakened might not be able to counter it.  An ability activated just by crossing her arms.  

The shadow teeth were coated with a powerful mana reinforcement, indiscriminately devouring, tearing, piercing, and crushing everything in their path.  

So terrifying.  I, in my fragile state, can’t handle it.

“So, shall we shush?”

I raised my index finger.  

Towards the wolf-eared woman?  No.  Towards the wolf that opened its maw at me.  

Quietly.  Shush.  Silence.  Mr. Wolf.  Cute and ugly Mr. Wolf.  Be quiet there.  Still.  Don’t move.  You are unbeautiful.  Now, will you listen to me? 

A city sleeping quietly under the night sky isn’t a place for a wolf.  Good.  You’re a good wolf~

“…!”

The wolf-eared woman seemed quite flustered that the wolf’s maw didn’t activate even though she crossed her arms. 

 She stopped running, stood still, crossed her arms repeatedly, and bit her lip with her teeth. 

 It seemed like she was experiencing an immense sense of loss because her ability suddenly stopped working.

“F-fuck! Why isn’t it working?  Why isn’t it working?  Why won’t it come out?!”

“Now, can we talk~?”

“……!”

The woman’s face contorted in fear.  Oh dear, don’t do that.  You make it seem like I’m going to eat you.  But I understand. 

 For an Awakened, their ability is everything.  Their self-esteem, their strength, their reason for existence, a part of their body, a fragment of their soul, an invisible soulmate to some.  

Having lost such a thing so suddenly… she must now understand how a dragonfly feels, caught in the hands of an innocent child.

Ahihi… hehe.  Ah, I shouldn’t do this.  Getting excited is unrefined.  And that’s unbeautiful.  I can’t get excited.  Because it’s unbeautiful.  Elegant, sophisticated, like before.  I walked towards her calmly and raised my voice.  

My torn and twisted limbs reassembled themselves without a trace.  I could show you the regeneration process, but the sight of blood splattering, bones piercing through flesh, and the severed parts bubbling and regenerating isn’t beautiful, is it?

“…Fuck.  I’m screwed.”

When the wolf’s maw didn’t appear, she extended her claws.  I saw her moving faster than sound earlier, but that would be troublesome, wouldn’t it?

“I believe everyone can be a beautiful being.  So, how about we introduce ourselves and have a calm and beautiful conversation?  Maybe we can find common ground.”

“You’re the one who refused to join the Defectors! What more is there to talk about!!!”

“Oh my?”

I tilted my head with a puzzled expression and looked at the wolf-eared woman.

“Yes, that’s right.  I refused the offer to join the Defectors.  That was the end of your business.”

“But, but what more is there to talk about…!”

“How strange.  You’re the one who suddenly tried to devour me, an innocent, delicate, and beautiful person, just because I refused that absurd offer.  Isn’t it natural for there to be more to talk about?”

I genuinely don’t understand.  Why is the perpetrator making a fuss?

“Why do you, the perpetrator, get to declare the conversation over?  I’m very much willing to have a long and elegant discussion about your attempt to kill the beautiful me…”

“Fuck off!!!”

With that, she vanished.  I couldn’t hear anything.  Her footsteps.  Her sharp claws flashing through the air, hurtling towards me.

‘Ah~ She’s fast~’

Even in this moment, where time seemed to slow down, I, beautiful and delicate, would be painfully torn apart by her claws.

‘…But isn’t it unbeautiful to be hit by the same attack twice?’

Yes.  Beauty… isn’t about running around frantically like that mongrel… but about achieving something with a simple action.  Elegantly.  Quietly.  Overpowering the opponent, right?

“Stop.”

“…!”

I mentioned before, when I opened Officer Dan’s window, that I could use my life force like telekinesis to exert physical force in reality, right?  It’s the same this time.  I’ve gained more “strings” recently, thanks to my brief broadcasts.  More strings naturally meant more surplus life force, so it was okay to use it like this.  And when I asked her to stop… I wasn’t just talking to my surging life force, which acted like telekinesis, but also to the air, the wind, and the space around the twitching wolf ears.

“…Uh… Ugh…!”

As a result, Miss Wolf-Ears, trapped in mid-air, struggled and thrashed about.  Huhuhu, seeing her dangling like this reminded me of scenes from those adult books.  Doing all sorts of things to the helpless wolf-eared girl… Uhuhuhu… Belka… huhu…

Up close, the wolf-eared woman was quite pretty.  Ash-gray hair, smooth skin, a bit short, but with an admirable figure, especially her breasts and hips.

“Let… go…!”

The wolf-eared woman’s resistance was quite strong.  Hmm, her raw strength was around B-rank level.  But considering her supersonic speed and the wolf’s maw that transformed shadows and terrain, it wouldn’t be strange for her to be classified as an S-rank Awakened.  Come to think of it, weren’t all Defectors supposed to be monstrous?  That’s why the government couldn’t touch them so easily, right? Ah, well, they’re monsters from the government’s perspective.  To me, they’re just cute puppies~

“So, what’s your name?”

“Your mom!”

“Aha.  I see.”

Her resistance was quite fierce.

“I like people with your kind of tenacity.”

“Yeah, your mom’s name is engraved on my ass, so I forgot what it is!”

“My mother is dead? Huhuhu, how mean…”

“Then dig up her grave and you might find out!”

How strange and shameless.  She tried to kill me… she tried to kill me, someone with national treasure-level, no, world-class beauty, just because I refused an offer?  She really tried to kill me, yet she’s struggling shamelessly as if she’s done nothing wrong…

“Ah, how pathetic.”

“…!”

The temperature suddenly plummeted.  Perhaps because I was in a bad mood… the surrounding life force seemed to be filled with coldness.  Well, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to call this killing intent, right?

“Ah, uh… Kgh…!”

The wolf-eared woman’s face paled in fear.  Ah, I’m sorry.  My power touches the very essence of life, so when I’m in a bad mood, the surrounding temperature really does drop, and you might feel a prickly sensation on your skin.

“So.  What’s your name?”

“…Your mom.”

Huhuhu, you’re a stubborn one.  I prefer those who resist and defy me like this, rather than those who give in easily.  They’re more delicious to break…  By the way, you keep mentioning my mother?  Ah, perhaps…

“Aha, you miss your mother?”

I heard that people without mothers often mention their mothers.  Huhu, poor wolf.

“Shall I become your mother?”

“…Bullshit…!”

I removed my veil.  I hadn’t removed it even when I was swallowed by the wolf’s maw, or during dinner today, so…

“Ha… This feels good.”

A sense of liberation washed over me.  Ah, this feels good.  The cool, fresh feeling of my face finally being exposed to the air.  And…

“…Ah…”

The cute wolf girl, unable to tear her eyes away from my face.  How do I look?

“Beautiful, right?”

“…Ah.”

Her eyes trembled intensely.  Like the wallet of a mother whose child is taking their nth attempt at the civil service exam at 34 years old.  She trembled so much that she looked pitiful.  Ah, seeing her so pitiful and cute…

“I want to devour you.”

“…Cough!”

Blood started flowing from the wolf girl’s mouth, nose, and eyes.  Ah, what a waste.  With a wave of my hand, drop by drop, the immense life force from the blood of a high-ranking Awakened flowed towards me.  Mmm, delicious.  Cherry-flavored.

“So.  What did you say your name was?”

“…Bella.”

“Aha, what a lovely name.”

Huhu, Bella…

“Miss Bella.”

“…Yes. Yes. Yes.”

“Would you mind dying for me?”

“Yes, yes, yes, yes… Gah!?”

With that, Bella’s eyes rolled back, and her life force disappeared.  Huhuhu, I didn’t expect her to grant my request so easily.

“Miss Bella.”

“…….”

“Would you mind coming back to life?”

“…Uh, huh?! What?! Cough!”

Now, the imprinting is complete.  She has become my string.  A string I can perfectly and deliciously devour.

“Welcome to being my bitch~”

“…Wh-what nonsense are you talking about?!”

“Huhu, am I pretty?”

“Yes, pretty… so pretty that… N-no, that’s not it.  Fuck off!”

“Oh my, how cute~”

“Hehehe, thank you… N-no! This isn’t me! Get out of my head!  Get out! Get out!”

“Now, your hand.”

“Hehehe, here… Kyaa! Stop! Don’t! Don’t…!”

Such a good girl~  I should introduce her to Officer Dan later.  As my newly adopted, cute, and feisty bitch.

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