After they were done, Albert and Maya left the guild.
"Thank you for your help. It seems I've judged you wrong. For that, I apologize," said Maya with a serious expression.
Albert nodded. "It's fine. I've gotten so benefits too. So, it doesn't matter."
Maya then lifted her hand and pointed at the temple. "Then, do you want to go back to the temple?"
"No. I need to go sowhere else." Albert shook his head. There were two reasons why he actually wanted to leave. The first reason was his job in supervising the sli king.
As for the second reason, when healing the people in the guild, he took a peek of what was inside the robe Maya wore.
He was shocked to see roots curving around her chest, stomach, and crotch. He almost forgot the fact that he was in the Lust Kingdom, so he should expect Maya to be horny.
'Morning Wood' even appeared in his thoughts. It was a slang that Albert thought since the one that circled around her body was similar to a root from a tree instead of a rope.
In the end, it was better to separate himself from her. Even if he wanted to learn more healing spells, he should go to the temple in Xander Town.
After going separate ways, Albert made his way to the town's gate, planning to visit Yale, who had been standing by on the site.
However, his peace was broken the mont he stepped outside the town as a sweet sll started perating the air.
"" Albert ca to a halt and turned around, finding a succubus behind him.
She waved her hand with her right hand while putting on a sweet smile, complinting her beautiful face and enchanting red eyes. She fixed her fluttering red hair.
Due to her raising both hands, her breast raised and joined a bit, making it look bigger.
"Hello." Her gentle and soothing voice entered Albert's ears.
"What are you doing here?" Albert frowned and took a step back, wary of her. After all, the succubus before him was none other than the succubus queen, Lilith.
"I'm here to supervise the entire operation. Also, I've told you that I'll ask you about your reward here, right?"
"That's true, but why do you appear right now? Hmm It seems that you've been waiting for or" His gaze beca sharper as he looked Lilith in the eyes. "Have you been stalking this whole ti?"
"I don't know what you're talking about." Lilith stuck her tongue out. She looked extrely cute, but there was no change in Albert's expression.
Seeing Albert's poker face made Lilith smile. She decided to answer him properly. "Yes. I've been following you ever since you visited the temple."
"Hmm" Albert squinted his eyes and asked, "What's your purpose for coming out right now?"
"I think the answer to this question is" She paused for a mont and looked back at the town. "I can't simply make my appearance known."
"Because you're their queen?"
"No." Lilith shook her head. Her lips curved upward as she said with a sad tone. "If I visited you in the town, I would have chard my people.
"Even if I didn't wish to release my own charm, we, succubus, emanated this naturally. So, there's no way for to stop enchanting those people. And this is not sothing I would like to see.
"So, I wait for you to leave the town before visiting you. Would you mind if I accompanied you when walking toward the lake?" She politely asked.
Albert fell silent for a mont. Although he was a bit suspicious of her intention, Albert ultimately nodded. "Be my guest."
"Hehe. Thank you." Lilith chuckled and imdiately positioned herself next to Albert as they started walking toward the lake.
"So, why do you co to ? Is it about the reward?"
"That's one of the reasons But most of all, I just want to have soone to talk to."
"Soone to talk to? I've seen you together with those people around your throne. I think they're more appropriate."
"No, no. Do you know how long our court session is?"
"Nope."
"We hold that kind of session every hour. The eting will last for thirty minutes before they need to cool down their heads to remove the charm that has affected them." She let out a long sigh while looking at the blue sky. "Because they've been with for a long ti, they can resist it for so ti.
"However, they, by no ans, are immune to my charm. So, it's impossible for to talk with them like I'm talking to you. Even if I am here in front of , your expression remains indifferent. So, I think I can just be when I'm with you."
"That's" Albert fell silent. Although their cases were a bit different, Albert found himself in Lilith.
On Earth, Albert didn't have many acquaintances simply because they were scared of him due to his scars and background. It was sothing he received from his parents, so in the end, he died without anyone on his side.
anwhile, Lilith emanated her charm naturally, stunning everyone near her. This prevented her from talking to other people easily. Even when they could resist her charm, they wouldn't be able to hold a normal conversation as their hearts were filled with admiration toward Lilith.
What he had seen in Lilith was her loneliness. In her life, no one treated her like a normal living being and it had been planted for as long as she rembered, like him.
"That's sad. I can sohow understand you." Albert nodded with a calm expression.
"Is that so?" Lilith smiled again while looking at his face. "Well, that's how it is. You don't need to pity or sothing because I'm just a stranger to you."
Albert scratched the back of his head and said, "I can still et with people and talk to them while you are being forced to be alone because of your natural charm"
"And when they're chard, they can't even do anything. Not moving, not talking, not even looking at . I'm sure you've seen it at Prince Yale back then."
"Indeed." Albert nodded with a serious expression.
"Well, I shouldn't talk much about myself. I still have my priority." She walked a bit faster to stop Albert right in front of him. She then smiled and said, "Thank you for capturing the sli king. Although I haven't heard what you want as a reward, I think this is what I ought to do before anything else.
"I want to thank you for what you have done. A sli king can indeed bring a catastrophe. In the best-case scenario, only this town will be destroyed. In the worst-case scenario, I'm afraid the destruction will spread to a few towns.
"When that happens, the war will stop because of the instability of the kingdom. And it will give the hero and his colleagues a chance to beco stronger. I'm afraid more people will die in this situation.
"At the sa ti, because of the loss of the towns, the economy will receive a big hit and the kingdoms nearby will try to take advantage of this situation to force to promise sothing to them.
"That's why sealing the sli king might be worth more than you think. For that, I thank you from the bottom of my heart."
Albert raised his eyebrows, never expecting that Lilith could be so sincere. The fierceness that she showed when they first t felt like an illusion.
He even thought Lilith actually had two personalities.
Since he was a bit curious, he hinted to her, "It's fine. No need to think about it. Looking at you this sincere makes wonder whether the first ti we t was a lie or not. You were so fierce back then."
"Ah, that." Lilith scratched the back of her head, embarrassed. "I apologize for attacking you out of nowhere.
"This is just an excuse, but I would like you to listen to . First of all, the Pride Kingdom sent their prince, who was an anomaly. Normally, people would believe this as an insult to our kingdom as they didn't take us seriously like other kingdoms. You should have seen the representatives of other kingdoms, right? They were ministers, a strong one at that.
"So, as a payback for that insult, I wanted to beat Yale but certainly left him alive before sending him back. At the very least, he would be bedridden for a year, but there should be no aftereffect. That was my plan to pay back for the insult thrown by the Pride Kingdom.
"I never planned to kill soone. Of course, when you actually appeared, I was bewildered to find soone who could resist my charm. So, I tested you by attacking you. I didn't plan to harm you at that.
"In fact, I rarely killed my enemies. I usually investigated their motives and background first and if they didn't have any use to , I would kill them at that ti." Lilith explained with a serious expression, showing Albert that her answer wasn't a lie.
"Hmm" Albert squinted his eyes and asked, "So, I guess I'm not a useless person in your eyes right now."
"Haha, that's true. However, I put you into a new category. That's how special your existence is to ." She chuckled.
Albert shrugged his shoulders. "So, what are you planning to do to now? This is your chance to capture or kill , considering I'm the bane of your existence."
"A bane of my race's existence, huh. What my people think at first is surely sothing like that. However, in my eyes, you're soone who can lift up the curse of my race.
"What if you were born as a succubus and raised to have sex for your entire life? You surely don't like to have that, right?"
"That's true." Albert nodded in agreent.
"That's what I want to ask you Can you truly lift this curse from us?" Lilith asked.
"If I say no, will you kill ?"
"No. Why would I make business with you? It's because you're unique. As long as you don't oppose directly, like destroying this Lust Kingdom, then I wish for us to coexist like normal." Lilith answered without hesitation.
"Hmm" Albert narrowed his eyes and eventually nodded his head. "Well, I can't say I have confidence in that. But I can say the possibility is there. I don't know how the future unfolds though."
"I see." Lilith made a smile of relief. "Well, since the misunderstanding between us is solved, how do you want to reward you for your achievent? I will weigh it down whether your achievent can be traded for that or not."
Albert thought for a mont and sighed. "To be honest, I have no idea right now. All I can think is to have a bit of money and another place to live I guess. Like the one you gave in Xander Town."
"Well, with the reward from killing a disaster-level monster I an, the monetary reward alone should be massive. You shouldn't have a problem buying another place like that and still have a lot of money. Do you wish to use that money to buy a new place or should I give you another one? I don't mind either way."
"I will buy another one then if I have that kind of money."
"Then, I will raise your adventurer rank to C Rank. Although your power is still a bit lower than the average C Rank, it doesn't sit to that soone who can seal a sli king to be placed under that. In fact, I want to raise it to either B or A Rank, but I believe there are many oppositions and your life won't be comfortable later due to the pressure from your environnt."
"Thank you." Albert smiled at her thoughtfulness. It seed the admiration of her people also ca from this thoughtfulness.
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