I am Succubus!

Chapter 287

Crap. I was having such a good time with Elendir that I didn't notice Aria's aura until it was too late. The two of us gaped at each other in silence… until her friends strolled in. A group of gyarus, all of whom were dressed in flashy and stylish clothes. Many were tanned, had piercings and tattoos, and very attractive and young. Five entered like a pack of chittering hyenas. Napping spa guests snapped awake with a start. They shot mean but non-confrontational glances their way.

"What's up, Aria? Is this succubus your friend? She's like totes cute! Hiii!" One of the gyarus grabbed my hand in both of hers and shook.

"Uhh… Nice to meet you," I replied.

"S-Saeko, well… she, uhm…" Aria rubbed the back of her head.

The succubus was in her human form. Something told me they didn't know she was a succubus though. Aria nervously twiddled her thumbs, swapping glances between me and Elendir. My dark elven girlfriend finally looked up and cast them a curious look.

Aria choked down her spit, eyes wide with recognition. Of course, any succubus should know Queen Elendir. Elendir, on the other hand, greeted her with a nod and smile. The gyarus by Aria's side swarmed Elendir with squeals and hellos.

"Oh, my gosh. Your skin is so tan! How did you get it like that?"

"You've got to tell me which tanning salon you go to!"

"Hey, hey. It's actually natural, isn't it?"

"My, so many questions." Elendir was taken aback by the attention. "I'm an elf— Well, dark elf. My skin color is the result of demonic corruption due to the Demon King's magic and losing favor with Goddess Everlight many years ago."

Aria and I blinked in disbelief of Elendir, who was readily willing to tell strangers that. To her, it must just be a matter of fact. The gyarus, Aria's friends, exchanged glances with each other and erupted into a fit of giggles.

"Wow! Your life sounds like a manga!"

"That's totes wild!"

 The gyarus' fun cut short when an employee urged them to keep their voices low, and the one who brought them here ushered them into seats. To our luck, Aria sat down on the seat next to mine.

"I-I didn't know you were going to be here!" Aria whispered.

"Neither did I! Didn't you say pedicure?" I asked.

"They offer pedicures here. And spa treatment! Uu… I'm sorry. I'm sorry! It wasn't my intention to run into you," she continued to apologize profusely until I hushed her.

"Do you two really not know each other?" Elendir turned to us curiously.

"Yes," I answered.

"No!" Aria exclaimed.

The two of us looked each other in the eyes, then back at Elendir.

"Yes," I repeated. "This is Aria, the other greater succubus. We ran into her at the convenience store the other night. Remember the girl who ran away?"

"I was hoping you didn't remember that!" Aria pouted.

"You're her? I didn't recognize you because of the hood. Thanks to you, I was able to bring Mio back her favorite snacks. It's always a joy to see her smile. You have my thanks." Elendir flashed a warm smile.

"Ahh… An angel…" she murmured, clearly smitten by her.

I elbowed Aria in the side and snapped her out of it.

A fleet of spa employees cruised into the room and got to work on our nails. They did more than just that though. After beautifying us with a manicure, the tending employee proceeded with a facial massage, followed by a moisturizing mask.

The treatment felt so good and relaxing that I ended up falling asleep when I should have been keeping an eye on Aria. Dreams of being in Elendir's embrace kept me anchored to her chest. The same was true of Mio and Kana in my ever-growing harem. But I needed more. My hunger demanded it. Demanded me.

More and more of my past partners resurfaced like ghosts of Christmas past. Their dicks and pussies were just out of reach from my grasp. Even Erma, the light elven legate who lusted after me, appeared in my dreams. Her desperation to meet me again… so far… I extended my hand out to her as she slipped farther and farther away—

I awoke in the same room. New guests had replaced previously occupied seats. Aria snored to my side after having also fallen asleep. She looked so sloppy and… pathetic. Drool slipped down the side of her chin. Aria slept on her arm, which she was going to feel upon waking up soon. Her gyaru friends, however, were gone. So was Elendir.

"Saeko!" Yolanda whispered to me while in the middle of painting a spa guest's nails. "If you're looking for your friends, they should be waiting for you in the rec room. There's free refreshments, snacks, and coupons for your next visit. Thank you for coming, and please come again!"

"Thanks." I nodded.

Now, how to wake this succubus up? Aria really slugged me earlier. She could have held back but didn't. Feeling a little devilish, I tightened my aura around her and entered her dream.

My feet made purchase on a grassy field. The warm sun, which I hadn't felt since fall arrived, caressed my whole body. A deep blue sky stretched above me without a cloud in sight. In their place, an enormous swarm of succubi dotted the skies and practically blotted out the sun.

They all stood in formation, facing one direction. I flew up to join them. Following their gazes, I saw two succubi standing apart from the rest of the group. I recognized both of them. Beatrice and Aria!

"We're gathered here today to honor Aria's vast achievements in the war!" Beatrice bellowed, and the succubi followed suit. "Because of her, we've decimated the light elven lines of defense and ended a year-long stalemate. We get to feast on some quality meat!"

"Th-Thank you, Queen Beatrice! It means a lot coming from you. I'm only doing my best… hehe…" Aria pressed her fingers together and blushed.

"What is this… Aria's just having dreams congratulating herself?" I scratched my head.

A vacuum of force yanked my forward. The nice scenery changed immediately. This normally only happens when someone who could lucid dream starts altering things.

I stood among an army of succubi, dark elves, and demonic beasts. We were standing over the ruins of what used to be a magnificent city. A large statue of Goddess Everlight had toppled to the ground, and some juvenile succubi painted penises on her face. Fire raged across the city, and smoke painted a dreary backdrop.

At the top of the steps that led into the palace, Beatrice was on her knees in front of Aria, who wielded the Blade of the First Temptress.

"Aria, you've proven yourself over and over again. We've won the war thanks to you. I yield my status of queen to you. From now on, you will be queen. You will be the Demon King's consort!" Beatrice shouted.

A roar of approving shouts erupted from all around me.

I put a hand to my face. Aria was definitely fantasizing about being a hero. Now, to exert my influence… When I pushed my aura to maximum output, the sheer strength of mine shoved Aria's side and overwhelmed her.

The landscape of this city battlefield vanished, engulfing everyone in darkness. I weaved my magic and willed a small, torch-lit dungeon into existence. Aria's clothes disappeared. She sat on a wooden horse torture device, her wrists bound in shackles and suspended from the ceiling. A ball gag appeared in her mouth, and a cloth blindfold wrapped around her head.

"Mmm?! Mmmm!" In Aria's panic and struggle, she inadvertently grinded her pussy against the wooden horse.

"Fancy meeting you in your dreams, Aria~" I walked up and stroked her inner thigh.

"Mhmmm?" Hearing my voice, her breathing quickened, she trembled all over, and leaked love juices a little more than normal.

I reached behind Aria's head to undo the ball gag and pulled it from her mouth. A trail of saliva followed.

"Q-Queen Saeko? What are you doing in my dreams? Are we still in the massage place?" Aria panted.

"Figured I might as well use this chance to talk to you one on one. You're… not what I expected. I pegged you for a meaner succubus, but you kind of just remind me of Layla. Without the masochist streak. Did you and the others really kick Beatrice's ass enough for her to leave Tokyo alone?" I asked, manifesting a chair for me to sit.

"Ooh! Tokyo's a gigantic place, so it wasn't hard for us to beat Queen Beatrice and her squad leaders. Back when they were looking for us, I hid my aura and kept track of where they searched. I'd relay that back to my friends, and they'd just hide until the danger was over. It was easy-peasy!"

In other words, they pretty much played hide and seek until Beatrice grew too frustrated to keep looking. Mio transforming me into a greater succubus likely forced her to refocus her attention on me. She couldn't be bothered when I turned up with the Blade of the First Temptress.

Hang on…

"But the other greater succubi, Selene and Layla, would have known about you. They didn't. Did they withhold that information from me?" I wondered aloud.

"Ehhh? Selene and Layla didn't think of me at all?" Aria wailed in hurt.

"Aria, listen. I want to have an amicable relationship between us. Your people can keep their autonomy. You don't have to serve me like you served Beatrice. Can you get through to them that I just want to offer them employment? They'll just be having sex all day! Plus benefits!"

"It's a little hard to believe you when I'm in this position!" she cried.

Sighing, I turned Aria's dream into a gazebo in a grassy meadow. The two of us sat across from each other with tea on the table. Her shoulders dropped a little.

"I'd really like to accept your proposal, but the others are stubborn. If I start suggesting we take up your offer, they will definitely turn on me! I really, really, really like how they idolize me! When I punched you earlier today, they didn't stop praising me for hours! Ahhh~ It felt so nice being loved." She shut her eyes to reminisce, up until I returned her to the wooden horse, bound, gagged, and blindfolded. "Mmm? Mmm!"

Aria trembled so much on the seat that it looked like she was about to climax.

"Haeko… pleash… I'm humming…!" Aria muttered.

In a swift flick of the wrist, I ended the dream entirely. We were back in the spa. I stood over Aria, whose face beaded with sweat and writhed in her seat.

"I'm cumming!" Aria shouted, snapping upright awake. A dozen other people in the room stared at her in shock. Her face heated up, and she nodded apologetically. "I-I mean… I'm co— wake!"

We quickly left the room because Aria couldn't take the embarrassment of being in there for one second longer. Her gyaru friends and Elendir were in the recreation room like Yolanda had said. They were playing billiards at the corner of the room, coffee in hand and seemingly having a good time.

When Elendir saw me, she broke away from the group and came over to kiss me. A few of the gyarus giggled at us, not in any way mean-spirited. By the look of it, they must think our relationship was cute.

"You were sleeping so soundly, I didn't want to wake you." Elendir smiled.

"Ready to leave?" I asked.

To my side, Aria frowned and squeezed her arm. There was no sense in trying to push her if she didn't want to talk to the other succubi about what we discussed. Just as Elendir and I were about to leave, Aria's friends surrounded us.

"Wait, don't leave yet! We were just getting to know Elendir. Whaddya say we all hang out together?" one of the gyarus asked.

"Yeah, yeah! It'll be so much fun! Let's go shopping for some cute clothes!" another suggested.

"Eh? I-I-I'm not sure that's a g-good idea!" Aria stammered.

"Sure," Elendir and I replied at the same time.

As one big group, we took a trip to the strip mall just a block down. It had a large clothing outlet that a gyaru in the group bought most of her clothes from. Halloween decorations stretched from corner to corner. One section of the store had been dedicated to costumes, even though Japan didn't really celebrate the western holiday.

The girls were having the time of their lives, picking out costumes and urging Elendir to wear one. She came out in a nurse outfit, and I couldn't be more glad to have come out with them. Her chest was so busty, the upper buttons had to be unbuttoned to accommodate.

At another section of the store, Christmas-themed apparel were put out in anticipation for the last holiday of the year. We were still a few months out from it, but that didn't stop people from being excited. This year, I'd get to spend it with three lovers. That was going to be a lot of fun. Maybe we should go on a winter vacation, visit Uta, or spend the holiday with Hatsumi.

In stark contrast to all the glee, Aria didn't look so good. It didn't escape my attention that she had withdrawn her aura.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

"Uhm… I really don't want the others to see us together. I'm scared of what they might think," Aria said nervously.

Out of respect for her, I did the same and reined in my aura. She took notice, and her eyes widened with surprise. We were both undetectable now, but that wouldn't prevent a succubus from physically seeing us.

The two of us wandered away from the main group and into the winter clothes area. Aria's gaze darted from rack to rack, full of life as she browsed things to wear. In fact, it just came to my attention that, unlike the rest of her friends who were dressed warmly, she wasn't wearing a jacket or coat.

Winter was pretty rough in Tokyo. Maybe not as bad as Tsukiji, since it was next to the ocean, but I couldn't imagine strolling around in the cold without something heavy on.

"Aria, aren't you cold?" I asked.

"Hweh? Oh, no! Not at all. I'm quite warm. I just, uhm… left my coat at home," Aria explained.

Hmmm…

"By the way, what do you do for a living? You must have a job, right?" I made conversation while browsing beside her.

"What's a job?" Aria cocked her head at me.

"A job is a— What? How have you been making money? Or where are you even living?"

"I live with Micchi, the one with pink highlights in her hair! Micchi lets me stay at her place in the human town called Minato," she explained.

In other words, I was looking at a bum. Aria coming to the spa today was likely the generosity of one of her friends or charming an employee. The gyarus were kind of ditsy and carefree. No wonder they didn't mind a freeloading deadbeat.

I watched as Aria picked out a cute pink puffer jacket with a furry collar and big ball strings. She threw it on and skipped over to a mirror to check herself out in it.

"Hey, that looks so cute on you!" Micchi snuck up from behind us and squealed.

"Hehe. It matches your highlights!" Aria grinned.

"It totes does! You gonna buy it?" she asked.

"Mm… Maybe not. I can always come back for it." The succubus shedded the coat and returned it to the rack.

Of course, Aria couldn't buy it. She had no money. Going by her reaction though, she would most likely shoplift it by charming an unwitting worker.

"Saeko, look!" Elendir showed me four matching reindeer sweaters that came in a set. "I thought you, me, Mio, and Kana could wear these come winter. Aren't they cute? Micchi and the others even showed me an aisle that had pet accessories." She revealed an antler headband suited for a small pet. "I want to put this on Snowball. Can we buy them?"

"Sure."I smiled.

Aria and her friends didn't buy anything. They would meet us near the entrance after we made our purchases. As I walked over to the clerks to pay for Elendir's stuff, I stopped and turned to where the others were. Aria didn't look eager to go back outside. Her friends were bundled up and perfectly fine.

"Is something the matter?" Elendir asked.

"Nothing. I'll be right back!" I rushed over to the winter clothes aisle and pulled out the pink puffer jacket Aria tried on earlier. When I returned to Elendir, a knowing smile flashed across her face. I paid for everything. It wasn't cheap buying clothes nowadays, but my recent bump in salary opened up a lot of buying power.

I had the jacket stuffed into a large paper bag that the store offered. When we joined the others and were about to leave, I asked everyone to wait and grabbed Aria's shoulder.

"This is for you." I handed her the paper bag.

"Huh? Me?" Aria stood there stunned.

"You're not going to look inside?"

Still surprised, Aria looked inside and gasped. She pulled out the jacket, mouth hanging agape. The gyarus lavished compliments on how cute the jacket looked, and how cute Aria would look in it. Only Micchi realized since she was there earlier, and shot me a grateful side-glance.

"It's cold outside, Aria. You gonna put it on? Don't you also have something to say to Saeko?" Micchi nudged her with an elbow.

"This… This isn't a prank, is it? You really bought this for me?" Aria stammered.

"I did." I nodded. "There's no catch to this either. I'm not expecting you to return the favor by talking to the others. Just take it as my gesture of good-will."

"Thank you, Saeko! Thank you so much!" She threw her arms around me in a tight hug.

As we left the clothing outlet, Aria walked with a spring in her step. She hummed happily to herself. Her friends snapped selfies together with her in the new jacket. It was getting late for all of us, so we went our separate ways. They called for a rideshare to pick them up, while Elendir and I walked back to my car.

By the time we got into the car, a text hit my phone. It was from Aria, who had sent a 'thank you' emoji. 

"My." Elendir leaned over to look and giggled. "It is your kindness that made me fall in love with you. It is sweet that you care for others so."

"Yeah, yeah. Let's pick up some food on the way back, or else Mio's going to complain that we went and had fun without her."

"Agreed. I can't wait to go home soon and try these on with everyone!" She pulled out a sweater and beamed.