“Wow… It feels like it’s been forever since I last came here.”
“Really.”
“Maybe it’s just because it’s been a while, but it feels colder.”
Finally… I’ve arrived at Eristirol!!!
Honestly, it just feels like it took an eternity to get here.
Next time, I should definitely suggest to my parents to meet in the capital or any nearby city.
The southern region is way too far from here.
I probably won’t be returning home for a few years.
Seriously.
“Thank goodness it’s not like when the Princess was here last time.”
“Sophia doesn’t like that sort of thing. She said not to prepare anything at all.”
“Thanks.”
As Kyle and I got out of the carriage, I looked around.
This place was totally different from when the Princess arrived or when the Duke came back.
Back then, the castle’s servants, along with knights, crowded to wait, but this time, there was literally no one around.
The only company was snow and a few birds fluttering about?
“Let’s get inside. It’s cold.”
“Yeah.”
We didn’t waste any time and headed straight into the castle.
Though summer’s approaching in Eristirol, it still felt just as cold to me.
Was it because it’d been a while since I entered the castle with Kyle?
The servants working in the castle greeted Kyle with even more enthusiasm than usual.
As we passed those servants and made our way through the corridors, I finally returned to Kyle’s room after a long time.
Now, Kyle’s room felt even more familiar than my own.
Well, I hadn’t really used my room in the castle much lately.
“Ah…!”
I jumped onto Kyle’s soft, fluffy bed that I hadn’t seen in ages.
It really was a bed like no other, far superior to the beds at the inn or the little one at my hometown.
The second reason for staying in Kyle’s room was just this.
Of course, the first reason was Kyle himself.
“Sophia, you should change your clothes first.”
“Uh….”
“Even if you didn’t sweat, wouldn’t it be more comfortable to change?”
“That’s quite true….”
But I loved that soft bed I hadn’t seen in so long.
Getting up was a bit tougher than expected.
And there was an issue when I tried to change clothes.
“…You need to leave so I can get changed….”
“Oh.”
“….”
“…I’ll step outside for a bit.”
“Y, yeah….”
Once Kyle said that, he stepped outside.
No matter how much Kyle and I were dating, showing my body was still a bit difficult.
Really.
While Kyle was out, I took off all my clothes and changed into the prepared outfit.
I swapped my underwear for something more comfortable and changed from those fancy outer clothes to something much more casual.
You know, like a dress.
“Um….”
I felt like my chest had grown a bit.
I put on my usual underwear, but suddenly it felt a bit tight.
Just for a moment.
“No way.”
I mean, I’m not a growing teenage girl, it’s not like my chest could suddenly get bigger.
Must just be a misperception.
Though thanks to my parents, I might have eaten a bit more than usual… but probably not.
*
“….”
Kyle had stepped out for a bit to handle some work.
It would definitely be a while before he came back.
At least, there was no way he was coming back anytime soon.
“He’s not coming back, right?”
What I was about to do needed to happen when Kyle wasn’t around.
I can’t let Kyle catch me doing this…!
《Succubus’ Lifestyle》
-…. gulp.
The room was utterly silent.
The sound of me swallowing felt like it echoed throughout the room.
“Ah….”
As I flipped through the pages, I immediately closed the book when I saw a strange erotic illustration.
This moment, being away from Kyle for the first time in a while, was the perfect time to read this.
I slowly admired that risqué illustration.
A woman wearing a bikini-like outfit in skin tone, I turned the page after just one glance.
“…”
The next page explained some basic traits of succubi.
Nothing too different from what my mom told me.
Good figure, beautiful, adept at seducing humans by nature, and when sexually aroused, they exhibit physical changes.
I noticed the same things I found dizzying when I first heard about them were also written here.
But it wasn’t as dizzying as before.
Since I had already heard it once.
“Um…. Nothing special.”
The only somewhat unique detail mentioned was about how they could absorb a man’s essence through intercourse along with some warnings.
Essentially, if a succubus gets overly excited, their physical abilities enhance rapidly….
“Nothing much.”
I turned the page.
After all, this information didn’t seem particularly useful or interesting.
On the contrary, it was on the lighter side compared to what I had heard before.
The next topic discussed the abilities of the succubus race.
It said that the mild drugs that are released when aroused are healthy for the body and beneficial for male vitality, and that the addictive qualities are minimal.
There was a reason why they could sell these concoctions legally.
If they had strong addictive characteristics or could be used as poison… um.
“Good thing?”
At least my parents were able to legally sell this, so I suppose that’s fortunate.
“When you enter the dream, the events that happen in the dream have some influence on your physical body.”
Now that caught my attention.
I had entered Kyle’s dreams more than a few times, after all.
While my mom called it consciousness, to me, it was basically the same thing.
“Hmm…”
But entering dreams wasn’t something I did willingly.
It just happened spontaneously.
I would suddenly find myself awake in that strange space.
So I just laid there… well, not just laid.
I looked at Kyle’s nude muscles and poked at his face.
Of course, being nude, Kyle’s anatomy caught my eye, but… I did my best not to look.
“….”
Thinking about that suddenly made my face feel hot.
I’m definitely not a pervert.
And I’m not particularly interested in men’s anatomy either… but thinking about it still made me feel embarrassed.
“D, next.”
Right, instead of lingering here, I should move on to the next content.
After all, that was better than weird content.
“…The one thing I’m sure of is that Kyle shouldn’t see this.”
Really.
Including everything mentioned before and all the following content, it was all dangerous.
Kyle’s at an age where he might be interested in raunchy stuff.
If he were to see this, he would undoubtedly want to experiment with all the stuff mentioned in the book.
Seriously.
Since Kyle is stronger than me.
He would definitely just grab my hand while lounging comfortably on the bed with his incredibly strong grip, and not let go, pin me down with his solid body, and then… and then…
“Ugh… Hah… Hah….”
Suddenly, my head felt fuzzy, my body felt paralyzed, and my lower abdomen tingled in an instant.
This was all because of this weird book.
Given the title and content, it was all bizarre.
“L, let’s stop reading. Yeah… as long as I hide it well, I should be fine.”
I completely closed the book and hid it under Kyle’s bed.
Even though there’s a lot more content left in the book, none of it was particularly useful right now, and if Kyle found out I read this alone…
“I’d definitely end up in some strange situation.”
Yeah, I really thought so.
There was absolutely no reason for anyone to peek under the bed.
So hiding it there should keep it a secret from everyone.
Probably?
*
“Kyle, listen….”
“What is it?”
Kyle returned after finishing his work.
Until he got back, I had kept myself busy.
I drank some tea in the room, nibbled on some snacks, and aside from that there were quite a few things to do.
Of course, reading that weird book was the highlight.
“Can I help you with your work?”
“….”
“No… you work alone, right? So, isn’t it okay if I just help out a bit?”
Had I not read that strange book, today would’ve been incredibly boring.
Not even long after returning, I was already feeling restless.
When Kyle worked in the library, there was no one else around, so it wouldn’t be an issue for me to help out.
Especially if no other nobles were visiting the castle… it should be fine, right?
“I can do it really well… Can’t you let me just try it once?”
“Sophia, no matter what, how can I let the future Duchess do such things…”
“Can’t you let me do it? Really? I promise I can help from the side. I’ve always helped, after all.”
It wasn’t like I had never assisted Kyle, and I taught him everything there is to know about office work…
I felt a bit wronged.
Just because we started dating, did everything change too much?
“Alright, let’s negotiate. I’ll grant you something you like.”
To resolve this without any conflict, I decided to negotiate with Kyle.
It wasn’t really that difficult.
I had done something similar before.
“Let me touch your chest.”
“…?”
Kyle’s expression twisted a little.
Well, it was understandable since he probably didn’t expect me to say something like that.
“What do you think? Sounds good, right?”
“… Once?”
“No.”
I’m someone who thinks things through.
I already knew Kyle was not a guy who would easily fall for something so simple.
There was no way he’d give permission for everything just because I touched his chest once.
That would be a really weird life goal.
My goal was to get permission to work alongside Kyle.
The best way to resolve this was to find a solution that suited Kyle.
“Whenever you want to touch.”
I watched Kyle with a smirk inside.
If presented with such a condition, Kyle might actually be okay with it.
And seeing the change in his expression… it looked promising.
“… Okay.”
“Ha-ha….”
I succeeded.
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