I am Succubus!

Chapter 300

"And I was getting straight A's, but they still enrolled me in cram school and hired a tutor! That was in middle school. Thank god my sister convinced them she could tutor me herself. I'd have lost so much free time in high school because of all that!" I groaned and tossed a pastry into my mouth to wash down the bitter taste of recounting a story of my parents.

"That sounds dreadful!" Princess Amira rested a sympathetic hand on my shoulder. "It's as if our parents don't know that we would like to live a childhood. My father had me enroll in an all women's academy for manners and etiquette! Can you believe that? For six hours a day, I was forced to learn how to walk, talk, present, and smile like royalty. Who am I supposed to impress? The rabble? Please!"

"Do you act any differently alone? When not in front of people?"

"I've forgotten how I used to be. Princess Amira is all I know of myself now." She sighed heavily. 

The two of us had spent the better part of the morning shit talking about our parents. It was therapeutic. I never had a chance to just lay on them with anyone, not even Kana, Mio, or Hatsumi. It helped that the princess shared the same experiences as I did, while not being family like my sister.

"Princess—"

"You may drop the title. I'd like for us to refer to each other by our names. If… that is alright with you?" the princess asked.

"Amira then," I began, which brought a soft smile to her face, "About you being a succubus. That's just you wanting some semblance of control in your life?"

"I suppose it is. I saw first-hand the effects of a succubus' compulsion on someone. Complete and utter control. The dressing up started during the war. There was a theatre showing. I went backstage to meet the actors and actresses, and they had a set of fake wings. I tried it on and really felt something," Amira explained.

The carriage came to an abrupt stop. My tea, which a servant had recently refilled for me, spilled over the edge a little. We emerged to find the caravan stopped under a break in the thick jungle canopy. Sunlight peered down over a shallow circular depression in the earth. It was maybe the size of a few swimming pools put together, and signs of past excavations were evident. A rainy spell would certainly have submerged this to appear like a pond.

Over by the long wagon, Professor Bernard Quiddic and some of his colleagues started setting up in front of their vehicle. They brought out tables, toolboxes, magical equipment, and a miniature version of the multi-ringed apparatus from the library.

Armed with pickaxes, miners donned hard hats and descended into the excavation area. Soldiers set up camp and started a fire. Mounted riders fanned out to form a perimeter. The cousins, saddened that Amira had kicked them out to accommodate just me, sulked from the back of the other carriage.

"It seems we have arrived. I would like to see the excavation. Saeko, accompany me." Amira pressed a handkerchief to her nose and sidled over.

We watched from the edge as miners struck the earth repeatedly, chipping away stone, mud, clay, and other sediments in search of illuminating quartz.

"Only a matter of time now," Professor Bernard said, joining us with an appraising look at the site. "As long as those savages don't attack us, we should find plenty."

"Have you been here before? And exactly how much illuminating quartz do we need to repair the mirror?" I asked.

"I haven't personally. But the last expedition was launched out of dire need to repair one of our champion's sacred weapons. Ideally, we will want twenty kilograms," he explained, only to have to return to the makeshift laboratory when his colleagues called for him.

Amira stared at the miners for a bit and sighed. Without a word, she turned to leave and headed back to her personal carriage. The cousins, Vanessa and Leandra, saw their chance to return to her side and hurried in after her.

"Saekoooo!" Mio waved from the border of the camp. "Let's go hunting! I wanna bring some fresh meat back and lather hot sauce on it for Erma to try~"

"Like I said, Mio. Our palates do not align at all. It also did not smell very appetizing," Erma, who was in the middle of raising a tent, chimed in to say.

"I'm going with you two. There's something fishy going on with the lack of beastkin ambushes. I aim to get to the bottom of it," Shayle said.

"And I as well!" Amira kicked open the door of the carriage, wielding a sword of her own.

"P-Princess, you mustn't! It is far too dangerous for you out there. If you insist, myself and your elite guards will accompany you!" the legate exclaimed worriedly.

"Absolutely not." She shook her head. "Saeko, Mio, and Shayle shall be enough to protect me. You are under no circumstances to follow me, and I'll hear no more of this. It will be your head that rolls if you try. All of you!"

The three of us zipped our mouths shut. Suddenly, Mio didn't look so excited about going hunting. Giddy as a puppy, Amira returned to the tent to fetch some things. In the meantime, many of the guards whispered amongst themselves over who should risk their heads following the princes.

Erma beckoned to me from behind the long house. My brain immediately went to sexy time, but I shook the thoughts away and hurried over.

"Saeko, I'm worried about Princess Amira." Erma sighed.

"Believe me, I'd rather not bring her. But we're plenty capable," I assured her.

"Not good enough. This is the daughter of the king and queen. If something were to happen to her, well… I don't even want to think about it. I'm having a mage cast invisibility magic on me. I'll follow you four into the jungles as a precaution. Please, please, please hunt something quickly and return as soon as possible," she pleaded desperately.

Having Erma follow us along, even secretly, was a load off my back. When I came around, Amira and the others were ready to set off. Neither Mio nor Shayle were particularly thrilled about our tag-along.

We had no choice though. The four of us set off into the jungle in search of game to hunt. Mio and Shayle led the way, Amira followed up close. I was in the back and glanced behind me. There was no one there. If Erma really was following us while invisible, she did a damn good job of staying quiet in all that armor and equipment.

Mio eventually found an ostrich-like creature with beautiful plumage called a pippret. She wanted to make fried chicken out of it. Not that we had the ingredients, but we pursued it anyway. The beast was in the middle of digging into the dirt with its clawed toes for insects to eat when Mio jumped out. However, faster than we could react, it sprinted away into the underbrush.

"Why didn't you just charm it from afar? I thought better of you, succubus." Amira folded her arms, clearly unimpressed.

"A succubus can't just charm something willy-nilly. I gotta get somewhat close! Ugh. Can't believe we have to babysit a princess. Saeko, can we charm this bitch to be quiet?" Mio groaned.

"Don't you dare!" The princess threw a tantrum.

"Get along, you two. The bird left tracks we can follow. Maybe it didn't go far," I said.

We found the prippet not too far away hiding behind a tree. It seemed to be limping on one leg. Mio and Shayle snuck up close. Amira suddenly drew her sword. The sound of steel scraping against the sheath alerted the prippet, and it took off running.

"Look what you did!" Mio pouted.

"I only wanted to help!" Amira protested in return.

"It appears to be injured. We can catch up!" Shayle sprinted ahead and shot a small bolt of fire. The spell screeched past the prippet. Or, maybe not. Some of the vegetation briefly caught fire, enough to send the bird turning around back to us.

"Here it comes! Right into mama's arms!" My succubus girlfriend licked her lips, ready to charm the prippet.

I felt Mio's aura extend and seize hold of it. The prippet came to a grinding halt on both heels. Now that we were up close, the thing was fairly big. Human-sized, actually. Beefier than ostriches in my world.

Shayle inspected the prippet's right ankle. A clean cut ran across the tendon, severely impairing its ability to escape. It wasn't injured when we first encountered the prippet, leading to only one conclusion. Shayle and I reached the same answer and exchanged knowing glances— Erma.

Luckily for the legate, Amira didn't seem to have caught on. The princess, both hands clenched shakily on the short sword, crept up to the prippet with cautious steps.

"May… May I serve the final blow? I've always wanted to see how it feels to kill something," Amira said.

Shayle, Mio, and I stared at her in horror. Erma must be doing the same while invisible.

"Do not think me cruel. Someone must eventually end its life and butcher it!" Amira pouted.

"Yeah, at camp!" Mio retorted immediately. "If you kill that thing, you're hauling it back. My charm doesn't work on dead things. I'm a succubus, not a necromancer."

"I'm with Mio," Shayle added.

"Same." I nodded.

"Fine. Then find me something to strike. We're not leaving until then!" she demanded.

All three of us sighed. I think I definitely heard Erma sigh, too.

So, our hunt continued. Mio kept an eye out for another game to run into, and Shayle watched for ambushes. All the while, I wondered where Erma was. Maybe she was searching for another animal to cripple for Amira's selfish wishes to hunt game. All I knew, however, was that my hunger continued to get worse and worse.

My mind fogged up here and there. Sometimes, I blanked for seconds at a time. Thankfully, Shayle needed to take a piss. So did Mio. And since two women needed to go, Amira also got nature's call.

I seized the opportunity to look for Erma. Only, there was a problem. She was invisible. Fortunately for me, I was a greater succubus with a fairly sizable aura. I extended it out to grab hold of Erma, then had her meet me behind an overgrown shrub.

"Saeko, what is it? I was looking after the princess," Erma's disembodied voice said.

"I need sexual energy. Now. If I don't feed, I might not be able to control myself and go after Amira," I explained.

"Nnh… Fine. Very well. Please, just make it quick," she whispered bashfully.

Reaching out, I grabbed a pair of shoulders and pushed Erma against the tree. The sound of rubbing leather alerted me to her unfastening some buckles and belts. I gulped hard in anticipation.

"I've dropped my… tassets and underpants. Do with me as you will," Erma said.

I went down on her right away. It seemed I was a little too high, because my tongue found a patch of fuzz. Just a little lower, and I licked her dripping wet pussy. The scent of lust gradually became overwhelming. She clearly wanted it, too.

As I lapped Erma's clit and ate out her pussy, she began to moan. Her coquettish voice suddenly became muffled, likely from pressing a hand to her mouth. Trembling knees made her metal greaves clatter.

"Saeko… my mistress… It feels incredible… I hope… the taste of my… nectar is to your… mmmh! To your liking? Ah!" Erma gasped in delight.

"Yeah. Just a little more… I want to drink a dick potion and fuck you so bad," I said and pressed my tongue into her pussy.

It must have been too much for Erma to bear. The commanding and stoic knight faded. Her climaxing whimpers were that of someone turning into a slave for pleasure. Even so, she tried to resist.

Even now, I couldn't believe my luck. To have stumbled on someone like Erma, who wanted

to be made a succubus sex slave. But not just any succubus. Me. The succubus queen. I was never more lucky to be alive than here and now. Her juices, her lust, all of it filled my being. The amount of sexual energy she had gave me clarity, and yet all I could think about was more."Saeko… Princess Amira… I have to… make sure she is… okay," Erma murmured.

"Amira's fine," I promised. "Mio and Shayle are with her. Now, open your mouth for me. I'm giving you a taste of your own pussy."

"Ahh— mmph!"

I pressed my lips to Erma's and forced my tongue into her mouth. We were seconds away from throwing caution to the wind and tearing off each other's clothes when someone screamed.

"That's the princess' voice!" Erma exclaimed.

We raced to the source of the commotion and found Mio and Shayle fending off a beastkin ambush. Amira cowered between them, clutching her sword. Terror gripped her, and it showed in the wide-open eyes. The second a beastkin got close, they fell under Mio's sway and started fighting against their own. Shayle lobbed spell after spell to keep many at bay, occasionally raising a localized barrier to block javelins and arrows zipping in for the kill.

Beastkins jumped out from every direction, even from above. They shouted and whooped like wild animals. Although they wielded primitive weapons and didn't cast magic, their attack was plenty effective at sending us into disarray.

A humanoid man with wolf-like features lunged at me. But an invisible force bodied him away. He looked confused for a second and slashed the space in front of himself. The sound of a sword pulled from its sheath made his ears twitch, followed by a slash across the chest that brought him down.

"I'm coming, Princess!" Erma shouted.

I didn't need to see it to know what was happening. Erma cut her way through the ambush to get to the princess. Another beastkin pounced down at me from the branches. This one had long, floppy ears and thick powerful thighs. She kicked for my head. I ducked and punched her in the abdomen. As she staggered back, I seized control of her with my aura and sent her to fight the others.

"Tch. There's more! Get the girl already!" an angry beastkin yelled.

"No! Stay away from me! I-I have to go back!" Amira cried, before taking off from Mio and Shayle's side.

"You idiot, where the hell are you going?!" Mio exclaimed.

Without protection now, five beastkins surrounded Amira. The sword fell from her hands, and she collapsed to the ground, shaking as if it was freezing out.

"Princess!" Erma cut three down after taking them by surprise, and her invisibility finally wore off. 

"Erma… you…" Amira muttered before blacking out in shock.

I only just replenished on sexual energy, but if there was any better time to use it… Pushing my aura to the limits, I took control of almost thirty beastkins and forced them to point their weapons at themselves.

"If you care about the lives of your companions, back off right now!" I shouted.

The ones who weren't under my control ceased their attack. My gamble worked! One of them, who might be their leader judging by the decorated bone necklace hanging from him, stopped forward to face me. He was a large, imposing warrior with white fur and curled ram horns on his head.

"There are hundreds of thousands of us. You think a few dead here matters?" the man asked.

"I think it might matter to you. Maybe someone I have charmed right now is a friend or loved one you care about. I wouldn't want someone I care about hurt. We won't be in your jungle for long. We'll leave after collecting some illuminating quartz. I promise," I explained to him and swallowed hard.

The beastkin stroked his braided beard, thinking for a moment.

"Our attacks will cease for now. You have five days to leave before they resume. Find your precious metal quickly. Or we will be back. Release my people, succubus." He glared.

I did, and when the charms faded, those same beastkins stayed aggressive until their leader motioned them to stand down. They retreated into the jungle a few at a time until we were alone. At least, we thought we were alone. I was almost sure some continued to watch us.

"By the fucking Everlight, Saeko. I think you're the first to ever manage to successfully negotiate with a beastkin…" Shayle heaved a sigh.

"I honestly didn't expect that to work… but I'm also hungry again. Ugh…" I rubbed my stomach.

"How's the dumbo princess?" Mio asked.

We looked down at Princess Amira, who had since fallen unconscious. Erma held her in both arms. She slept peacefully. One would almost think she was just a normal girl, rather than the confrontational royal earlier.

"Hopefully, the princess has had enough excitement for a lifetime," Erma said.