Vol 3 Chapter 37.1: Resisting the Temptation of a Captive Succubus…♡☆

A few days have passed since we captured Leia and rendered her powerless. We’re still staying at the lord’s manor.

One reason is that we want to observe the aftermath of the incident. Of course, I’m also curious about Leia’s condition.

Thanks to the charm and enslavement magic, I doubt the double shackles on her will ever break. Still, I wanted to keep an eye on her for at least a few days, so we decided to take turns visiting the prison cell where she’s being held.

This is a story from one of those days.

“Thank you for your hard work!”

“Ah, yes. Pardon our intrusion.”

“Fufu, Shin-sama. There’s no need to be so formal.”

We open the door to a grim-looking building, and the receptionist who seems to have been waiting for us lowers her head deeply to me and Kaguya.

Exchanging a few brief words, we follow her down the stairs, eventually arriving before a solid, heavy door built in the basement. When it opens, there’s a row of iron-barred cells inside, and another female guard on duty is already standing by, waiting.

“Shin-sama of the White Lightning, Kaguya-sama, we’ve been expecting you.”

“U-Um, th-thank you…”

“Kusu, fufu…”

My anxious reply must amuse the maid; she smiles as though she’s looking at something endearing. It’s a bit embarrassing.

“Well then, right this way.”

Changing escorts, we start walking again. The room is eerily still, and with every step we take on the stone floor, a solid tap echoes around us. At the same time, I can feel gazes from the cells on either side of the corridor being drawn to us.

When I glance to the side, I see many women in the same prison attire. Some stare downward while peering at us, some glare, and others send seductive glances.

This place is the prison for female criminals in Requille Town, and the guards and security personnel are all women. Men basically aren’t allowed in. It’s a dark, stifling garden of women.

And at the far end lies our objective.

We walk straight ahead, ignoring the female prisoners, until we reach another door. Compared to the one we passed through earlier, this dull-colored door looks heavier and more imposing. Not only is it locked with a key, but it’s also magically sealed, which is obvious at a glance.

“Are you ready?”

I give a slight nod to the guide’s question. She closes her eyes, as if focusing, and whispers an incantation in a voice so faint I can barely hear it. The door briefly glows, then returns to its original color.

“Please, go on inside.”

“…Thank you.”

When she gives a gentle push, the door opens just wide enough for one person to pass through, and she urges us inside. They’re letting us in without anyone to supervise, either because they trust us or because there’s something else preventing them from witnessing what will happen. Most likely the latter. She’s probably been ordered not to see what’s about to take place.

Inside, the once dim basement suddenly brightens. Numerous candles and torches illuminate a room that doesn’t feel like an underground space at all. The floor is covered with carpeting, and wallpaper neatly adorns the walls. It’s far from the grim image one might expect from a prison.

However, there is one thing that marks this as no ordinary room.

In the center stands a huge, circular cage—like something from a freak show—made of rare, sturdy, and magic-resistant mithril.

And of course, the one imprisoned within is—

“Nnngh♡ Shin-samaaa♡”

—the upper-level elder succubus, Leia, who threw the humans into such chaos.

The moment she sees me, she presses herself against the bars and clings to them, calling my name like a dog wagging its tail for its beloved master’s return. Her mouth is open and drool is trailing out.

She’s as beautiful as ever, no different from before she was captured. Though there’s no way to tend to it, her flowing silver hair hasn’t lost any of its luster, and her jet-black dress remains perfectly clean without a single stain. It’s as though she’s a decorative statue on display in a cage.

“Leia… h-hey, have you been behaving?”

The moment I speak to her, her body twitches, and she leans on the bars so hard it looks like she might break them. The enslavement magic should be limiting her strength, so it’s impossible, but it still makes me nervous. Also… pressed so tightly like that, her more-than-ample chest is bulging out, making it hard to know where to look. Even in this pitiful condition, she remains a world-class beauty.

“Ahii♡ Only because it’s your command, Shin-sama, have I been obeying these lowly humans’ orders♡”

“O-Oh… I see…”

“Aaah, even your curt reply is wonderful, Shin-samaaa♡ I loove youuu♡”

Leia pays no heed to our frigid attitude, deliriously drooling tears of joy while working herself into a frenzy all on her own. It’s hard not to recoil. In fact, I’ve already taken a step back.

“…Let’s cut to the chase. Leia, would you tell us one more time why you summoned us—specifically Shin-sama?”

Kaguya steps in between the two of us, as though intercepting the overexcited succubus, gazing at her with scorn.

“Aaahn… Shin-shamaa♡ —Huu. Oh well. Guess I’ll have to explain it again for these clueless humans.”

Is that Leia speaking? That wild shift in tone almost makes me lose track for a moment. Peeking out from behind Kaguya’s back, I see Leia puffing her chest out and crossing her arms with a proud look, giving Kaguya a condescending glare.

“I’m following the humans’ orders because Shin-sama told me to. I submit to him, I adore him, and I offer him my body. And yet… and yet! How am I supposed to eat anything else without first tasting Shin-sama’s essence even once?!”

“…Haa.”

Leia proclaims this in a loud voice, like she’s giving some grand speech, and Kaguya lets out a weary sigh—a rare display of exasperation from someone normally so polite and composed. Even from behind, I can sense how tired she is.

Since this is a women-only prison, I normally wouldn’t have come here. However, Lord Ruflas had a certain request.

After Leia was captured, she wouldn’t take any essence or men offered to her. All she did was demand my essence, saying she had to have Shin-sama’s. The lord was worried she’d starve to death, so he asked if I could provide it—just once.

When that request was first relayed, I clearly remember the looks on my companions’ faces.

Fana-san and Nina looked astonished. Alice and Kaguya hung their heads in dismay, probably lamenting how pathetic our defeated enemy was acting. And then Lena, who was only asked to pass on the message, glared so fiercely at the lord that he trembled.

We held a vote: one against, two indifferent, two in favor. So, on the condition that it would only be once, I agreed to come here and serve as “food.” (For the record, Alice and Nina were the two who didn’t care either way, and I don’t have to say who opposed.)

“Well then, Shin-sama… you may not be up for it, but please go ahead.”

“Y-Yeah.”

With a weak announcement, Kaguya steps aside. Just that slight movement—

“You pathetic human, acting all high and—aaah! Shin-samaaa♡ Shin-samaaa♡ I’ve been waiting for youuu♡ I beg youuu♡ Please grant your lowly succubus a taste of your loveee♡”

—triggers Leia to grab the bars and start shrieking. Her ability to switch gears is incredible.

“—I should warn you, if you try anything foolish, I’ll kill you without mercy. And then I’ll cast ‘Ninpou: Tsutsu-Fuuji’ on Shin-sama again so you can never taste his essence.”

“…Huh?”

“Noooo! I don’t care if I die, but I don’t want to lose the chance to taste Shin-sama’s essence! I’ll do as you say, just spare me that…!”

“…Um, Kaguya… that, uh… just now…?”

As Kaguya lays down the law, Leia goes into a panic. Meanwhile, I feel like my own body is somehow being held hostage.

“Excuse me, Kaguya… that thing you just mentioned…?”

“Shin-sama—”

When I anxiously ask the maid who stands there with her hands neatly folded, she gives me the sweetest of smiles, tilting her head.

“—He is only giving you his essence once. Nothing more. Is that clear?”

“…Y-Yes!”

I never knew a person’s smile alone could intimidate someone this much. That’s a new discovery for me.

Still feeling a slight twinge of fear, I turn to face Leia once again. And that’s when I realize:

No matter how beautiful a succubus might be, after seeing her in such a bizarre condition—and feeling this tension—can I really pull this off?

“Hauh♡ Shin-sama is looking at meee♡ Come closer♡ Please give me your essencceee♡”

I mean, I’m usually the one asking my companions for affection… I’m not used to having a woman in a near-maniacal state so desperately demanding it from me. Frankly, I’m not reacting at all.

“Um… Leia, you see… I can’t really focus, or I guess I’m having trouble getting in the mood. Could you maybe calm down a bit?”

It’s probably pointless, but I can’t stop these words from tumbling out.

However, my assumption is wrong.

“Aaah♡ You’re so mean♡ Haa, haa… Fine then—kusu, ufufu♡ Very well♡ Now then, Shin-sama? Which part of me—this upper-level succubus, Leia—would you like to enjoy first?”

“Where was that sense of composure hiding…?”

The abrupt change in Leia’s demeanor was enough to make me mutter in reflex.

Her attitude, which had been more irritating than alluring, suddenly transformed, and she began exuding a succubus’s seductive charm, leaving me momentarily flustered.

“A woman has many faces, you know♡ Especially when in front of someone she loves. She’ll show her brightest self♡ Perhaps even someone as dignified as Shin-sama needs to study a woman’s heart—”

“—Before being a woman, you’re a monster. Specifically, a succubus.”

“—Would you kindly not interrupt me?”

The succubus waxed poetic about womanhood, only for the maid to cut in without mercy.

What am I even doing here?

“Ahem—Shin-sama, please share your desires openly♡ This Leia shall respond with her entire body♡ If you wish, I can teach you everything about being a woman… in bed♡ Ufufu♡”

“Just to be clear, you won’t leave that cage, and Shin-sama won’t be entering it either.”

“—You could stand to learn about creating a proper mood, you know?”

As expected of a succubus, though… even locked in a cage and stripped of her power, her every move exuded sensuous allure.

Had I not witnessed her earlier antics, my heart would undoubtedly be racing faster right now.

“Kusu♡ Look as much as you’d like♡”

She tilted her head ever so slightly, casting a seductive, narrowed gaze my way. Her hips swayed with a tantalizing rhythm, and the slit of her dress revealed glimpses of her snow-white skin. Her flowing silver hair cascaded over her chest, drawing attention to her voluptuous breasts, which she gently lifted with her arms, causing them to jiggle faintly.

Every movement seemed like magic designed to captivate a man.

For a moment, I forgot my exasperation and found myself entranced.

“Shin-sama♡ Look at me, won’t you?”

Her sweet, wine-like voice resonated in my ears, drawing my gaze almost hypnotically toward her.

Leia grabbed the strap of her dress and, with a deliberate motion, let it fall to the floor like scattered feathers. Her radiant, naked form was exposed, and she slowly, seductively approached the bars of the cage.

Trailing her fingers along the mithril bars, she caressed them as if adoring a lover, her nails gently raking over them. She grasped a bar with her hand, her movements mimicking an obscene fondling, and licked her lips with an impossibly long, crimson tongue.

Her provocations didn’t end there.

She dragged her tongue up one of the bars, locking eyes with me as if to draw me in. Pressing her most intimate parts against the bars, she shifted slightly, as though to flaunt her sensuality.

The entire display was as hypnotic as Fana-san’s Temptation Dance, ensnaring my focus entirely.

“Ufufu♡ But… Shin-sama, perhaps this is more to your liking?”

Leia smirked knowingly and lifted her chest, making it jiggle invitingly. Without regard for the cage, she pressed forward.

Her enormous breasts squeezed against the mithril bars, the softness spilling out slightly, her nipples accentuated as they protruded through the gaps.

The sight of her voluptuous chest, crushed between her body and the unyielding bars, created a surreal and sensual spectacle.

My head felt unnaturally warm, a mix of desire and forbidden excitement igniting something primal within me.

“Fufu♡ How… do you like this♡”

Leia’s confident face peeked out from behind her breasts, the whites of her eyes marked with glowing heart shapes I couldn’t ignore.

“These breasts, pressing against the bars, feel exquisite♡”

Leia leaned her body forward, causing her ample chest to squish and shift with a mesmerizing, rhythmic motion.

Her taunting movements stirred forbidden thoughts. How would it feel to be on the receiving end of such a soft, enveloping embrace?

“Ahhn…♡ Shin-sama’s magnificent rod… nnngh♡ …I want it♡”

Her sultry murmurs invaded my ears, painting vivid images in my mind. The more I tried to resist, the more her temptations pulled me in.

Even the fact that Kaguya was watching seemed to slip further from my awareness.