Demon Lord: Erotic Adventure in Another World

Ryuji felt a strange sensation. The weird strand he tore apart dangled in the air once again... It reached for Sariel, who buried her face in his chest once he complimented her.

He looked at the dull, fading strand and couldn't help but feel confused. There was no danger or threat from the thread; instead, he felt desperation, something begging for help... a plea... so he stretched out his hand.

The moment it touched his fingertips.

'Wait!! Don't sever me again! I promise I won't do anything strange!'

Ryuji blinked his eyes, seeing a faint string in his grasp, a voice begging for help.

'Hmm, then come out and say hello.'

'!!' The voice seemed to panic as if never expecting him to respond, while Ryuji hugged Sariel in his arms tightly, stroking her silky soft hair with his opposite hand because he could see...

A faint outline of the beautiful woman with a world-class face, chained in some dark, damp dungeon.

Ryuji looked down at Sariel, his finger playing with a strand of her hair. 'So your twin sister is trapped somewhere? She looks very pitiful... you're lucky Sariel is safe and sound.'

The desperate voice spoke quickly, 'You... I am not her twin....'

'Then who are you, the succubus parasite controlling her, the other succubus within her body... or the owner of the strand in my hand?' Ryuji smiled faintly.

'!!' The voice paused, unable to describe what it was.

Ryuji continued stroking the succubus Sariel, who was completely unaware that a third party had joined the conversation.

"S-Sariel..." She looked up, the succubus seeming nervous. Meanwhile, the succubus in his arms was only looking at Ryuji's face while thinking, 'Master's eyes are so gentle, and his hand feels so good!'

'That's a nice name. Then, Sariel, please call me Ryuji, okay?'

'Mmm...' The woman in the mirage whispered, the jangle of her heavy chains and the bloody bindings visible to his gaze, the more he spoke to her. The clearer she became.

'So, Sariel, is this your sister?'

"!!!"

"M-Master, who are you speaking with?" Her sweet voice trembled as her soft, warm hands rested on his muscular chest, a small fluttering heartbeat that made Ryuji want to hug her tighter.

'Hmm, your sister doesn't seem to know, but I would like to hear your story as well, Sariel. It's not fun if I have no answers.'

The older-looking Sariel then opened her lips. The visual of her lovely lips looking so worn out made Ryuji feel a sense of irritation. He thought that her beauty shouldn't be profaned and that he must help her, but the next moment, he shook his head, removing those bewitching thoughts... He realised this must be the true nature of a true succubus.

A woman who bewitches and lures men, even when they do nothing.

'I am not her sister, but we are the same being... When I knew that I would be sealed here, I cut the innocent, kind and curious parts of my soul and sent them on a mission... They should believe that their mother sent them to meet the true demon king, to help nurture him and protect him until he can take his rightful place.'

'!!' Ryuji raised his eyebrows, hearing her story. He wasn't sure why, but he couldn't help feeling sad; the woman seated in the dark room seemed to lose all hope.

However, he knew these words. These were the same excuses and things that Sariel told him before... when they first met, and then he realised her actions never felt doubtful or carried any malicious or lustful intent; instead, she always did her best to support or help him.

Even when he neglected her or treated her like a fly.

'I'm sorry that I lied, but if she knew that our soul was split, that we are two halves of the whole, she would have broken apart and been killed by the chains binding me...'

"Master..." Sariel trembled as she seemed to sense something different, her hands grasping him tight while closing her eyes as if to hide from something.

'She has been calling out to me, wanting my guidance and help and worrying about our mother... I can only send a part of my thoughts and feelings every few days, hoping that I can help make her wiser, teach her how to support you better, so we can continue to live peacefully.'

"!!!" Ryuji's heart throbbed; the words of Sariel and the beautiful woman seemed to synchronise as the threat entered her body, hearing the voice in his grasp. The Sariel he knew seemed to have become quiet, letting the other Sariel speak.

'Then, you are... the mind of Sariel? The wisdom you are imparting are the pieces of your soul? Then... these desires she has, aren't they... they're yours?'

"Yes..." She whispered, her dull golden eyes filled with despair and the distant sound of chains rattling.

Ryuji looked at the strand in his grasp, asking, "If I pull you apart, what will happen?"

The woman in the chains answered, "We will die... No, maybe for you it is different. I would die, vanishing into this dark tomb and losing the last vestibules of vitality, until I become a husk, but the Sariel with you would live; she would never be complete and always seek something, unable to find what she seeks because a large part of her soul will have vanished.

Without the wisdom and will, she is a succubus. Even if she doesn't realise, she is just a shell..."

"!!!!" Ryuji trembled as the voice finished her sentence. The final words made him tighten his grasp on Sariel's back, his eyes narrowing.

"She will become a slave to her desires... unable to resist her need for energy until it eats away at her and she breaks."

"What happens if you are set free?"

Ryuji was still feeling emotional after fighting against Alan as his gaze flickered, seeing both the world-ending beauty and the cute Sariel in his arms as they flickered between the two.

"We will both fuse, and my wisdom and her innocence will create a perfect succubus... We are the same person; a new Sariel will be born, with both of our aspects perfectly combined. She will be both myself and the lovely girl who has become attached to you."

Ryuji pondered as he gazed deep into her eyes, a gentle voice in his grasp saying, "Do not feel responsible... we will both disappear, and Sariel will become the perfect succubus she was created to be."

"Then, why didn't you fuse immediately? Why keep the innocent Sariel and split her off?" Ryuji's voice seemed to tremble.

The woman in chains sighed, "Succubi are selfish and lustful creatures... and I wanted to know what kind of man you were; if I made a mistake, then wouldn't I be bound to a horrible man? Yet... what have I seen? You are wild, compassionate, fierce. Yet if your loved ones are in trouble you are the first to block them with your flesh, even a hero.

Your sworn enemy, instead of blindly submitting to your instincts as a demon lord, you would rather support and save him from his darkness! If I didn't wish to bet my life on such a man, then I would be the most retarded succubus ever to be born!"

"!!!"

Ryuji was startled; he couldn't understand how the woman in chains knew so much about him. 'Then, all these days, you have been watching through Sariel?'

She nodded, a small smile on her lips as the faint light passed through the moonlight gap, showing her golden eyes, which began to tear up, "I am happy for her... I also know about you letting her suck on the tip after you finish and the pleasure it brings you watching her gulp down the last dregs of your seed!"

"!!!" Ryuji blushed.

"I will not deny it... the taste is wonderful and is our favourite. You have fed us such high-quality food. It was the first time I tasted a man's essence, and I will not blame Sariel for wanting to receive your affection because even I would like to experience that. That's why I haven't stopped any of her actions or tried to make any trouble."

"!!!" Ryuji didn't speak, a lump in his throat as he gazed upon the woman in chains, her lips turning into a grin.

"Although we felt quite jealous watching you always sleeping with those two women, every night you never stop, and poor Sariel soon learned of 'desire' even though I tried to keep her innocent; the thoughts of wanting to mate with you are already stronger than I can contain!"

Ryuji frowned as the woman in chains giggled.

"Haha... although I have been bound and sealed for hundreds of years, the memories Sariel has shared, hearing your voice and laughter, the kindness and love you showed her. Your gentle gaze when she sulks, or how you wave at her when she floats around, and the way you pet her hair as if she were the most precious thing to you... meant more to us than you could ever imagine.

To people of this world, a succubus has one function and is either exploited or killed, without exception."

"I understand where you are coming from, but I am weak. What if the time passes too much before I can save you or set you free? How can I face Sariel again now that I know the truth?"

Ryuji bit his lips, his ocean-blue eyes gazing at the beautiful woman and Sariel, now hugging him tightly.

"!!!"

The beautiful woman frowned, her lips trembling, "Don't give up, Ryuji... Sariel believes in you, and I wish to do the same."

"But..."

"I can sense the energy within your body. It is more potent and plentiful than anything I have ever seen... and you are still growing, barely starting to form your existence in this world. I will endure. I will wait for you. If you say you will come for me, I will never give up, no matter how these chains tear at my flesh and drain my blood or bind my wings!"

Ryuji felt choked up; the determination in the woman's eyes and her words left him unable to speak. He no longer saw her as someone else; they were both Sariel because her eyes were different colours, one for Sariel, the other golden with a cross-shaped pupil representing the beauty trapped.

"Thank you. Sariel and I will do our best, so please wait for us. I promise I will do everything to save you and give Sariel, no... Both of you the life you deserve, not the life of a succubus but the life of my dear companion."

Ryuji caressed the succubus Sariel's long pink hair, his ocean-blue eyes shining brightly as if they were piercing the veil of the darkness, and the woman could feel his gaze, a tear dripping from her golden cross-shaped pupils, her red, cracked lips pressing together to prevent them from trembling.

"I will wait for you... My King."

The moment she said the last words, her vision and aura faded, weakening like a battery running out inside a torch as the lovely eyes of Sariel blinked, her cute nose twitching as she fluttered her soft wings.

"Ehehe, Master is hugging Sariel while she sleeps."

"Master will hug you whenever you want, cute little fool."