Translator: Yonnee

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“GAAAAHHH!”

As quickly as I opened my eyes, I grabbed my head and fell ahead. What the hell. What the hell’s occurring…?!

I’ve misplaced rationality earlier than, however I’ve by no means gone as exhausting as I did like final evening. However why? I don’t even bear in mind when my physique modified.

It felt like I’d been robbed of my physique as a result of I at all times needed to change my kind to soak up essence alone. My entire physique trembled on the unknown phenomenon.

I misplaced my thoughts and mentioned, ‘Please ram it into me,’ and I may solely really feel goosebumps operating up my pores and skin at that. I used to be too complacent. I already don’t know sufficient about being a succubus… however now I completely don’t know what the hell to do.

“…Hicc.”

I buried my face in my blanket and held again my tears. It was like a prelude to one thing.

I didn’t need to, however I instantly become a succubus and went to Damian, though I couldn’t bear in mind correctly and went to Odil yesterday.

I cried below the blanket for concern of another person listening to my sobs. Then, after I awakened, I cried once more, then I fell asleep once more. I couldn’t even get off the bed till the subsequent day.

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“I believe I say this too usually as of late… Are you actually alright?”

“I need to say that I’m nice, however… To be sincere, I’m actually not nice at present. If anybody’s searching for me, please say I’m not right here.”

“…Mm.”

I simply cried the entire day, so my face couldn’t have seemed alright. Once I checked out my reflection, I seemed horrendous, so I made some ice and cooled my face earlier than popping out, however the swelling didn’t go away. It will be unusual to say I used to be nonetheless nice to Lucy, who was frowning as she checked out my red-rimmed eyes.

“What’s it?”

“Ah, really. There was somebody searching for you yesterday.”

“Who? Commander Lucen? Commander Fenril?”

“No.”

Was it the man I met the day earlier than yesterday? However there’s no manner he is aware of I work on the library… Seeing Lucy’s surprisingly excited expression, her lips twitching with a mischievous look, I used to be getting nervous for no purpose.

“Who’s it?”

I licked my dry lips out of nervousness and rubbed my arms, however then Lucy squinted and spoke.

“He’s over there.”

“However who’s… it.”

“Our Lily, I’m so comfortable that you simply’re seeing increasingly males as of late. So, when did you get to know him? Huh?”

With a frown, I seemed behind me. And I froze on the spot. The chilly gaze from afar was persistently centered on me and Lucy. Silver hair that shone faintly wherever he went and blue eyes that had been so chilly like ice. At the same time as I had hardened in place, Lucy greeted cheerfully over me.

“Commander Cygnus, good afternoon!”

Sir Odil walked nearer to me, his strides extensive as he didn’t take his eyes off me even as soon as. Taking a couple of steps backward, I stood upright and I got here to my senses as a result of Lucy checked out me surprisingly.

Tilting her head for a second, Lucy turned to Odil, who was nonetheless approaching us, and mentioned with a chipper voice.

“What brings you right here, Commander?”

“As I mentioned yesterday, I’ve some enterprise with this maid.”

“Lily?”

“Sure. I apologize, but it surely’s private.”

“It’s alright, after all…”

No, no it’s not alright! Lucy didn’t even take a look at me as soon as although she was by my facet, so I glared at her fiercely. Even so, she had a cheerful voice, however judging by her expression, she additionally appeared to be uncomfortable.

Sighing quietly and elevating his head barely, Sir Odil had simply an detached look in his eyes till now, then he glanced in my course.

“Then, let me borrow her for a second.”

“What? Oh, sure!”

“Comply with me.”

Why was she so shocked? Lucy answered together with her eyes extensive open, in contrast to how she often was. I made a tearful expression whereas trying again at Lucy, however I adopted Sir Odil silently.

By the way in which, his butt… Is it okay?

Sir Odil’s steps had been slightly quick, however he generally stopped strolling and turned midway behind him, checking if I used to be nonetheless following him. This repeated a number of occasions. He would decelerate his gait and go sooner once more as soon as I obtained nearer.

With out a single phrase exchanged between us, we arrived on the knight’s division. My arms had been chilly as a consequence of rigidity and nervousness.

“Excuse me, Commander. I heard that you simply, you have got some enterprise with me…”

Stopping in entrance of the principle constructing, I spoke to Sir Odil. The phrases I uttered one after the other had been quivering terribly. I promised Damian that I’d inform Sir Odil as soon as the ring was discovered, but it surely nonetheless wasn’t the appropriate time.

He couldn’t hear me, however I apologized to Sir Damian upfront. If Sir Odil had been to utter the ‘su’ in ‘succubus’, I’d instantly retreat into the shadows.

Within the heavy silence, he circled. I checked out his tightly shut lips and gulped.

“You.”

Me.

“…Ha.”

Sir Odil instantly sighed, not persevering with his phrases. Then, he checked out me and frowned, then he sighed once more. After a very long time, he spoke with a tough voice.

“I’m constructing a library on the third ground.”

Library? On the subject that got here out of nowhere, I frowned. I couldn’t work out what connection there was between constructing a library and me right here. No, really, I don’t need to have a connection wherever with anybody.

Sir Odil continued to talk with an detached expression, his voice devoid of any hesitation.

“It received’t be that giant. About 300 books shall be chosen for instructional functions, and knight trainees shall be answerable for cleansing. You possibly can handle the books simply as you’ve been doing to this point, and also you’ll be answerable for locking up the library.”

What do you imply, simply as I’ve been doing to this point? My lips trembled. No manner, this will’t be. At any time when I’m flustered, my intuition to flee would rear its head, and proper now my knees had been flinching.

“Lilith Sera. The official discover is not going to be launched till subsequent month, however beginning subsequent week, you’ll be working right here.”

“…Pardon?”

“……”

“W-Why?”

It felt like I used to be drained of all of the blood in my physique. My thoughts went clean and I couldn’t kind a single thought. Even my mouth had dried up after I stuttered, and I couldn’t even afford to consider etiquette or insolence.

“How come, I…”

“From Damian.”

As a result of Sir Odil hadn’t mentioned something earlier than, I set free a deep breath and tried to ask once more. However even earlier than I may ask the total query, he introduced up Damian’s title. And the second the title was referred to as, his voice grew to become laced with irritation.

“What do you imply by Commander Inferno?”

“Damian beneficial you for the publish.”

Neither I nor Sir Odil spoke in lengthy sentences, so solely the mandatory phrases had been being exchanged. Even so, this was sufficient for me to determine the state of affairs.

Damian, he beneficial me? Me? To this place? Though he knew that I used to be avoiding Sir Odil?

I continued to face nonetheless, frozen, as a result of this case was so absurd. And Sir Odil glanced at me with a realizing look.

“…Damian mentioned he’s defined it convincingly sufficient.”

“In no way. I didn’t hear something from him.”

“Then I’m sorry that it went forward with out your consent, however the utility in your change in division has already been formally posted.”

I shook my head desperately as he was speaking, however I quickly dropped my head as he completed talking. Formally posted, it’s official…? That meant that from subsequent week onwards, I had no selection however to actually transfer right here?

This wasn’t a state of affairs the place Sir Odil needed to apologize to me. There’s another person who did one thing improper. Biting my decrease lip, I struggled to proceed speaking.

“It’s not one thing that it’s important to apologize for, Commander… I’ll ask Commander Inferno about it later.”

Damian, that horrible scoundrel. No, it’s not sufficient to say that he’s simply horrible. How may he suggest me right here when he is aware of that I’m avoiding Sir Odil? I don’t even know what Sir Odil’s ideally suited sort appears like, however quite than my very own look, I used to be now apprehensive about my scent being acquainted to him.

However he mentioned it’s a library… What if Sir Odil would ask me questions whereas I used to be in that small place? Simply fascinated with that made me sweat. Whereas sobbing inwardly, I imagined hitting Damian’s smug little face proper within the center. Then at that second,

“Now that I give it some thought, all the opposite Commanders know you.”

“Huh? Ah, that’s… We occur to know one another.”

“Is that so.”

“Sure. It simply grew to become that manner. …They often come to the library and, uh, I bumped into them.”

The second he talked about the opposite commanders, I saved stammering with out realizing it. I knew I seemed suspicious, however I couldn’t assist it as a result of it was a pure response.

Whereas nonetheless cursing at Damian inwardly, I remembered that Maria informed me to take a look at somebody’s lips whereas speaking to folks so as to look as if I used to be sustaining eye contact.

It will be good if he wouldn’t see my face in any respect, however it will put me in a tough place if I saved avoiding his gaze whereas he stared at me, so I did as Maria mentioned. It was undoubtedly significantly better this manner.

What I mentioned to Sir Odil wasn’t technically a lie both. Sir Endymion was somebody who usually went to the library within the first place, and I additionally ran into Regulus there whereas he was on his manner elsewhere. Once I spoke whereas pondering of solely these two, my voice wasn’t as shaky as earlier than.

Then, Sir Odil spoke.

“…We’ll get to know one another any further. I imagine we’ll hold seeing one another for some time, so can I name you comfortably?”

No.

“Sure, sir.”

Opposite to my interior ideas, what got here out was a relaxed tone. I imagined Damian crying, pleading, puking with a tousled face whereas rubbing his arms collectively whereas praying to the heavens. I clenched my arms into fists, vowing to make this occur.

Nonetheless… I’m glad. I used to be apprehensive in regards to the different day, however now that I noticed him, standing there as if nothing had occurred, that evening felt like a dream.

However why did he must deliver me all the way in which right here whenever you had been simply going to deliver up one thing like this?

I requested rigorously.

“Um, excuse me, Commander Cygnus. If you happen to had been simply going to say that, why did you deliver me all the way in which right here?”

“……”

“…..?”

He checked out me with an unreadable expression. I used to be nonetheless simply Sir Odil’s lips.

A wierd second of silence ensued. Heat had simply settled once more on this burdensome environment, however I continued to knead my chilly fingers once more.

“…Instructions.”

“Instructions?”

“It’s to point out you the way in which.”

“…The way in which? Oh, I see. Thanks very a lot.”

“You’re welcome. You possibly can go now.”

“Sure.”

He coughed as soon as after I responded. To present instructions? Was he at all times this sort and attentive?

Hiding my embarrassed expression, I bowed down and headed again to the library. I’m often delicate to different folks’s notion of me, however due to Endymion, I grew to become much more delicate to different folks’s gazes.

The again of my head stung. To the purpose that it will be higher if I used to be simply imagining it, I may really feel Sir Odil’s persistent gaze on me.

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