“State-certified lance….”
They didn’t finish their sentence.
It felt like finishing it would only make things harder.
And if I said ‘prostitute,’ it wouldn’t just point to me, but also to Mom.
“Ha… hehehe… Hahahaha!”
“Sophia, are you okay?”
“No….”
Almost losing my mind, I finished dinner and returned to my room with Kyle.
But it didn’t feel like going back to a room.
I didn’t think my mind was back yet.
I’d just heard an incredibly shocking story, and had no clue how to react to it.
What should my reaction be when someone says I’m a descendant of a prostitute race?
“Hold on, so succubi actually exist?”
I muttered to myself while sitting alone and looking at the floor.
It was the first time I’d heard of such a thing since being born female.
Isn’t that something that only appears in fairy tales or novels?
I’ve never heard of humanoid races that aren’t human in my life.
Sure, this world has magic and monsters, but still, this is absurd.
“Kyle, do you really think succubi exist?”
“Well… if the Empire acknowledges it, then… it must be true.”
“That’s… true.”
I couldn’t argue further, especially since there were official documents from the Empire confirming it.
However…. it just didn’t make sense to me.
It was that hard to believe.
“Ugh… I feel dizzy.”
“Should I bring you something to drink?”
“No, I’m fine. Just stay by my side.”
I just wanted to calm down.
It was a bit hard to relax, but still.
“Wait, but do I smell bad?!”
Suddenly, I remembered there had been talk about body odor!
I’d completely forgotten in the moment, but bodily scent?
I’d never thought of such a thing in my life.
Logically, a person’s body scent, or rather their natural odor, is nothing special.
“What’s with this smell everyone’s talking about?”
I genuinely had no idea.
Mom and Kyle both said I had some kind of scent, but I couldn’t wrap my head around it.
I was sniffing myself, but still didn’t get it.
It just smelled like the ordinary for over twenty years.
It was just an extremely normal smell.
“….”
“Hurry! What exactly does this smell like for you to say those things?”
“It’s just… a nice fragrance.”
“Seriously?”
“Yes.”
Wow, so I really do smell nice.
In my life, the only time I thought I smelled good was when I was showering!
And that smell wasn’t even mine; it was from shampoo or soap.
“Hah… Kyle.”
I stood up and approached Kyle, who was sitting on the bed.
“Yes?”
“I’m having a hard time. Hug me.”
“…. Sure.”
I was struggling.
In many ways.
Right now, I just wanted to stop the weird thoughts and rest.
“Is this okay?”
“Yeah. No, hold me tighter.”
“Okay.”
I quietly rested in Kyle’s firm embrace.
If I’d known it would end up like this, I wouldn’t have asked.
I was merely curious about what my home was living off, and suddenly learned it was a legal drug crime, plus I found out I was a descendant of a state-certified prostitute race.
*
“….”
“Sophia, why do you have that gloomy look on your face this morning?”
“The world is tough.”
“But you were the one who asked first.”
“That’s true, but I had no idea it would be such a topic.”
Even after hearing such a story, I still didn’t understand.
How could I not know that I had succubus blood in me?
I’d never thought of such a thing in my life.
Besides, as Mom said, there are no horns or tails, so how would I know?
I also didn’t quite get what entering Kyle’s consciousness meant.
“Mom.”
“What?”
“Anyway, how do you make aphrodisiacs?”
“I didn’t say that?”
“You didn’t, so I’m asking.”
“It’s nothing special. Just sweat.”
“…?”
“More precisely, when you’re sexually excited, the components of your sweat change, right? That contains the aphrodisiac elements.”
“…….”
I really shouldn’t have asked.
I should have just quietly prepared breakfast.
This is driving me insane….
“Wait a sec, the color was pink, right?”
“That’s the dye.”
“Oh.”
Holy crap.
*
“Son-in-law! Bring that over here!”
“Yes!”
I discovered shocking and strange facts, but nothing had changed.
I was still staying in my hometown, and Kyle was getting closer with his parents.
I watched Kyle from a slight distance.
Even though I found out about succubi and whatnot, it didn’t mean Kyle hated me, nor that I was going to get executed.
Really, nothing changed at all.
“Sophia, aren’t you hot?”
“Me? I’m not hot.”
“Ha….”
“Why? Are you hot?”
“A bit.”
Is it hot?
No, it wasn’t hot at all.
It wasn’t summer yet; just a perfect spring day.
Feeling hot in this situation… was a bit odd.
“Come over here for a sec.”
“Okay.”
For some reason, I wiped away Kyle’s sweat, who was sweating a lot.
Even if he was helping out in the fields, he shouldn’t have been sweating this much.
Well, seeing him sweating felt a bit cool, so it was enjoyable.
I hadn’t seen Kyle sweating like this in ages, so I guess that’s why.
I used to see him sweating when he was training or practicing with Elin, but I hadn’t seen that lately.
“Do you want me to keep going?”
“No, I think Dad will call soon.”
“It’s okay. Dad won’t mind if I just wipe a little more.”
“Then… just a bit more, please.”
“Okay.”
One by one, I wiped Kyle’s neck, face, back, and chest.
It was easier to wipe since Kyle was shirtless.
Besides, it wasn’t bad seeing him like this.
It felt a bit perverted to have such thoughts, but I couldn’t help it; it just was like that.
“Damn, all this sweat….”
“Haha…”
The towel I was holding was completely soaked.
When I wiped Kyle after working out with Elin, it wasn’t this much.
Honestly, if it were someone else’s sweat, I would’ve disliked it, but with Kyle’s sweat, I could feel just how hard he was helping Dad.
“Kyle, if you’re really tired, you can take a break…”
“No, I’m fine. I won’t always have the chance to see Sophia’s parents. I need to earn some points this time.”
“….”
He looked like he was struggling, but Kyle smiled like it was nothing.
Feeling a bit guilty yet happy that he was doing this for me.
“I get it. But if it feels too much, just tell me right away?”
“Yes.”
Usually, he wouldn’t say anything even if he wanted something.
But he does well in moments like this.
I wish he would talk like that all the time.
“Well, that part is nice.”
I get why some women said they liked nice guys back in the adventurer days.
Him listening to me, being stoic, and then caring for me like that… it was a bit cool.
“But… are you really that hot?”
Neither Dad nor I were sweating like Kyle.
Sure, I was wearing a wide-brimmed hat, but I wasn’t sweating at all, and Dad wasn’t sweating as much as Kyle.
It was just a little.
“Hmm….”
This is odd.
Kyle, who normally exercises well in the castle, suddenly struggles.
Is something wrong with him?
I genuinely didn’t understand.
*
“Mom, but if we’re descendants of succubi, how many generations are we?”
I suddenly got curious.
Not just succubi, but descendants?
“Uh… I don’t know?”
“Huh?”
“It’s been a really long time. There was no reason to count, and my mom didn’t tell me.”
“Ah… really?”
I asked out of curiosity, but I got a disappointing answer.
Usually, when talking about a family, you hear about families over hundreds of years.
I thought there might be a similar thing for succubi as well.
“Well, it must be extremely old. Grandma and Grandpa said they’ve probably been around for over 500 years.”
“Wow….”
“Sophia, I know it sounds weird to hear suddenly, but being a succubus race isn’t a bad thing.”
“….”
She said it like a way to encourage me, but it didn’t really give me any strength.
As Mom said, it’s awkward, but I didn’t have any bad feelings about it.
I never felt anything strange in my life, and even if I had succubus blood, I still didn’t know what ‘succubus traits’ I might have.
I didn’t suddenly become a crazy, psycho succubus seeking men.
“And… Kyle might actually like it?”
“Huh? Why Kyle?”
Isn’t being a succubus a bad thing instead?
Usually, succubi suck life energy, so wouldn’t that make me an enemy to men?
Mom, who had been cooking, suddenly came close and leaned in to whisper.
“Succubi are incredibly alluring.”
“……”
“I don’t think you’ve done it yet, but when you have your first night… it’ll probably last a week.”
“Y-You’re insane!”
“Hahaha!”
I yelled at Mom.
I couldn’t help it!
Even though Kyle and I are strong adults, we haven’t done anything like that yet.
I hadn’t even thought of it, and frankly, it’s not the time for that anyway.
Such naughty things… I wanted to get to know each other a bit more… get a bit closer, and there should be marriage….
“Sophia? Why did you suddenly yell?”
“It’s n-nothing?!”
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