Vol 2 Chapter 20 – A Deep, Probing Kiss【Vol 2 – The Succubus Knight Order】

The day after the Succubus Knight Order’s complete victory at the Imperial Tournament.

A modest victory celebration was being held at Succubus Knight Order headquarters.

…Yes, at first everyone was well-behaved. All the members were.

But within five minutes of Shion’s opening toast, some idiot started saying things like “Let’s do a champagne fight!”

Within ten minutes, a stream of people were unbuttoning their shirts saying “I’m feeling so hot…”

And an hour after the toast, it had become complete chaos—the very embodiment of utter pandemonium in this world.

—This was completely my prejudice, but there were certain conditions that made drinking parties tend to get vulgar.

One: participants are mostly the same age.

Two: no outsiders, basically just insiders.

Three: not equal numbers of men and women, but mostly the same sex.

Furthermore, if I could add—athletics types more than cultural types, women more than men, nobles more than commoners seemed to amplify the crudeness.

And on top of that, if it was a huge celebration, multiply the effect.

And there, right before my eyes, was a hellish drinking party perfectly equipped with all those conditions.

Out of over two hundred participating members, only Shion and I were still clothed.

Half were still holding out in their underwear.

The other half… well, you can imagine. Please use your imagination.

I mean, using leaves as underwear substitutes, or playing “guess if they’re wearing underwear or not from a risky angle” quiz—first time I’d seen that.

And all of them were cheerfully drunk, busty beautiful succubus girls, so yeah…

And over there, some kind of erotic hidden talent show was reaching its climax…

“Number 869, Yumiko! I’ll slice pickled radish with my nipples!”

‘Whoooa—! Amazing—!!’

“Number 870, Rin! I’ll squeeze out lewd white fluid from the tip!”

‘You idiot—! That’s just breast milk—!! Give us our money back—!’

…Yeah, definitely staying away from that.

So what about the opposite side?

Shion was giving an impassioned speech before a row of succubi sitting formally…

“—And then Master declared: ‘You assassin impersonating the crown prince, you cannot fool the eyes of our Succubus Knight Order! Become rust on my blade!'”

‘Kyaa————!!’

“The assassin was terrifyingly strong and launched a desperate all-out attack. For a normal person, dodging all those attacks would be utterly impossible! But! Master knocked down every single attack, leaped into close range, and in a flash—the assassin’s head flew through the air!!”

‘Master is so wonderful————!!’

…Man, that was really tough.

The big challenge was needing to kill Nagisa in an deliberately over-the-top way so the Sebas Empire watchers monitoring Nagisa would judge that she was “definitely, absolutely dead.” Of course I didn’t actually kill her—at the last moment it switched to an illusion spell from a magic tool Shion brought.

And Nagisa came at me with genuinely full intent to kill.

That would’ve killed most opponents, you know?

“And then, Master pulled me close while saying ‘If you dare touch my student, you’ll face me!’—”

“Wait a second!? I never said that!”

“Huh, Master, didn’t you say that?”

“I didn’t. Shion, are your memories getting muddled from being drunk?”

“That’s not it. I’m completely sober, Master.”

Then please stop fabricating statements in the confusion.

Incidentally, it was true that I’d been spouting embarrassingly out-of-character lines—that was also to let Nagisa’s watchers hear.

“By the way, Shion, I should get going—”

“What are you talking about? You’re the star of today’s victory celebration, Master!”

“No I’m not!? Obviously it should be the competitors!”

“No. Those girls certainly had talent, but they’d been stagnating, unable to grow further. —And it’s not just that. All the Succubus Knight Order members couldn’t make their talents bloom, and until now they kept getting trash-talked as third-rate fighters, just pretty and cute female knights with big boobs, or a matchmaking venue bride-candidate knight order. They even said our not letting men join was just us being stuck-up.”

“…………”

“Of course I believed in Master’s ‘Succubi Are Strongest’ theory, but even so I almost gave up many times. —But Master perfectly awakened everyone’s talents and proved that the Succubus Knight Order is the strongest!! If Master isn’t the star, then who is!?”

“But still, that’s because Shion selected excellent members…”

I insisted I was just a supporting role, but Shion firmly shook her head.

“No arguments! At this rate, I’ll have to kiss you to make you understand, Master!!”

“You really are drunk, Shion!?”

“What are you talking about? I’ve only finished three bottles of wine, so I’m not drunk! So I’m going to give you a deep, probing kiss—”

“Whoa, when you get close Shion smells really strongly of alcohol!?”

“Master…!”

After that, I was surrounded and helplessly restrained.

And I received grateful kisses from every single succubus in the venue.

Everyone’s kisses were incredibly soft, and also reeked of alcohol.

It was much, much later that I learned kissing was the greatest sign of gratitude for succubi.

Unexpected Guest

“Ugh… what an ordeal…”

Managing to escape the grand banquet that continued into the night, I headed home by starlight.

Right now, my face was probably covered in countless kiss marks.

“…Why is it that I can dodge an assassin’s attacks but not succubi kisses…?”

Maybe the “Succubi Are Strongest” theory really was correct. Just kidding.

Well, never mind about me.

Walking back to the inn, I found myself thinking about the former handsome crown prince starting a new life.

“Nagisa… I hope you’re doing well…”

I didn’t know how Nagisa planned to live from now on.

“I really hope she takes up work other than being an assassin…”

Suddenly changing professions was difficult. Especially when you were first-rate at it.

But Nagisa’s prince disguise had suited her so well, even if it was fake.

So I thought Nagisa should do work in the light rather than as an assassin.

When I said that to Nagisa and offered to help if she wanted to change jobs, Nagisa smiled wryly and replied, “I’ll count on you when the time comes.”

Being an assassin was a profession with a much higher fatality rate than regular soldiers.

Now that we’d met, was it arrogant to hope Nagisa would stay healthy forever?

Thinking about such things, I returned to the inn and opened my room door.

There was a maid inside.

“…Excuse me?”

Naturally, I had no memory of hiring a maid.

And on top of that, the maid before me was already a mass of déjà vu.

A dazzling handsome smile.

Breathing techniques that had become habit, erasing her presence.

And two bulges viciously pushing up the chest of the maid outfit, rivaling Shion in size—

“…Hey Nagisa, what are you doing here?”

“What does it look like? I’m a maid.”

“That makes no sense!?”

“It’s simple. I owe you, Master, and you said you wanted me to work as something other than an assassin. —When I combined those two things, it hit me like a bell. I had a great idea.”

“That’s definitely not a great idea!”

“Anyway, starting today I’ve become Master’s personal maid.”

“That makes no sense!?”

“Heh heh. Say what you want—Master, you promised to help me change jobs!”

“Oh no!?”

—At that moment, I’d completely forgotten, but the inn I was staying at strictly prohibited bringing in women.

The next morning, we were mercilessly given an eviction notice by the innkeeper.

When I glared at Nagisa resentfully, she returned an incredibly handsome smile, and I felt like I’d somehow lost. That’s a secret.