The Little Succubus

There was still a little time before the entire castle completely collapsed, and even if a collapse of this magnitude buried Vivian alive, she could still escape.

It wasn’t a completely fatal threat.

So Vivian thought for a moment and decided to go up and see for herself.

She raised her hand and shot out a whip of shadow, opening a gap in the already unstable ceiling.

Then, Vivian leaped lightly from the underground space back to the upper levels of the castle.

At this moment, because of the violent and unexplained commotion, everyone in the castle had long since fled, so Vivian’s path was unobstructed.

She followed the faint presence all the way to a room on the top floor and, without hesitation, kicked the door open.

“Mmph! Mmph! Mmph!”

Immediately, Vivian heard a series of urgent struggles, tinged with a hint of cuteness.

Looking in the direction of the sound, she saw a succubus who had been tied up completely.

The girl had long white hair and a thin, weak, and sickly appearance.

Her hands and feet were bound by chains, and her mouth was even stuffed with a cloth gag, preventing her from making a sound.

Her slender black tail whipped back and forth rapidly, showing her inner nervousness.

Her crimson eyes met Vivian’s, and upon seeing her appear, the little succubus seemed to freeze for a brief moment.

“Mmph! Mmph!”

Muffled cries came from her gagged mouth, sounding so adorable, so desperate—and in fact, she really was on the verge of tears.

“Easy, easy, I’m here to save you now, aren’t I?”

Seeing the girl so anxious she almost shot up from the bed, Vivian was both amused and exasperated.

With a wave of her hand, she used her mana to slice through all of the girl’s restraints.

“Wah! Lady Demon Lord!”

Once she was free, the white-haired little succubus immediately pulled the cloth from her mouth, then looked at Vivian, crying and sniffling.

“You know me?”

Vivian raised her eyebrows, somewhat surprised by the other’s reaction.

“I-I’m a succubus under your command!”

The other girl replied, flailing her limbs a bit.

“My name is Luna Te!

But it’s perfectly normal for a great person like you not to remember a small fry like me… sob But anyway, thank you so much for saving my life, Lady Demon Lord!

If it weren’t for you, I would have really died here!”

“Stop, stop, stop.”

Listening to the other’s machine-gun-like pace, Vivian felt she couldn’t quite process it all and quickly waved her hand, signaling for her to calm down for a moment.

“But… Luna? I remember you now. You’re the weakest succubus squad leader, aren’t you?”

“Eek…”

However, after hearing her name, Vivian thought for a moment and found the relevant memory within the former Demon Lord of Evernight’s recollections—and after hearing Vivian’s words, the succubus Luna’s pointed ears couldn’t help but turn a little red.

Because she was the weakest of all the succubi under her command, Vivian had, conversely, remembered this timid-looking little succubus.

“Rumble—“

The main body of the castle was beginning to give way, and the shaking grew more and more violent.

It was clear the entire keep wouldn’t last much longer.

“We’ll talk about the rest later. Let’s get out of here first.”

Vivian said to Luna, looking down at the weak little succubus.

“You look very weak. How about it, do you need me to carry you out?”

“That’s not necessary, Lady Demon Lord… Whoa!”

With a violent tremor, Luna nearly fell, but Vivian was quick to catch her, pulling the little succubus, who was a head shorter than her, into her arms.

“Alright, don’t try to act tough when you’re weak from starvation.”

Vivian said with a light laugh, then scooped Luna up with one arm and began to carry her out of the gradually collapsing castle.

…But it had to be said, succubi really are soft.

Carrying Luna with one arm, Vivian couldn’t help but feel a little moved as she felt the little succubus’s soft body and smelled a refreshing fragrance.

‘If I were still a man, I probably would have found a suitable place and ravaged the Luna in my arms, right?’

“Whoosh—“

As the main keep suddenly collapsed, Faro Fortress was thrown into chaos.

But Vivian, who had already figured out the city’s defenses and possessed the power of a Demon Lord, naturally had no trouble leaving the fortress city with Luna, landing in a distant field in the suburbs.

“What happened to you? How did you end up here? And what’s the situation at the Demon Lord’s Castle?”

After landing, Vivian set Luna down and asked her curiously.

After being defeated by Lucia, she had been taken away immediately and knew nothing of the aftermath.

But since she was a Demon Lord and had regained her freedom, she still needed to check on the situation in her own territory.

“Sob… A-after you were defeated by the Hero, Lady Demon Lord, everyone had no choice but to flee in disarray—after all, that was the strongest Hero, Lucia… The situation at the Demon Lord’s Castle probably isn’t very good right now…”

Luna said timidly, shrinking back as if afraid of making Vivian angry.

“But Lady Demon Lord, how did you escape…?”

“Escape?… Just lucky, I guess.”

Vivian sighed.

“But what about you? How did you end up here?”

“…After you were defeated, Lady Demon Lord, the rest of us surviving demons had to scatter and fend for ourselves.

I-I was planning to head to other regions to see if I could find a way to live, but I carelessly fell into a trap on the way and was sold here…

Th-that human was planning to… enjoy me tonight…”

“Is that so? Then it seems you were quite lucky too.”

Listening to Luna’s story, Vivian could only give a helpless smile.

“So, are you still willing to follow me, the only Demon Lord in history to ever be captured, and return to the Demon Lord’s Castle?”

“I… Of course I’m willing! Lady Demon Lord!”

Luna, who wasn’t in good shape, immediately declared excitedly upon hearing Vivian’s words, “I already swore an oath of loyalty to you, and you just saved my life, Lady Demon Lord. I have no reason not to follow you… Ugh—”

Before she could finish her sentence, Luna’s eyes rolled back, and she fainted.

However, Vivian didn’t let the little succubus fall to the ground, instead catching her small frame with her mana.

“I really don’t know what to do with you. Before we head back, I’ll have to find a few humans to feed you first.”

Looking at the half-dead succubus, Vivian gave a helpless, wry smile.

She glanced back in the direction of Faro Fortress one last time, then turned without looking back and headed toward the Demon Clan’s territory with her new subordinate.