The Succubus, The Priest, and His Fall Into Lustful Heat - Chapter 118
Her wool-like hair swayed as she pondered, the motion almost dizzying.
Unable to stand it any longer, Sermerdes snapped her fingers and sent a lightning bolt to Juvia’s head.
“Ouch!”
“We don’t have time. Answer quickly.”
“That’s meaaannn. You always hit me.”
“Then just get up properly.”
“Hmph.”
Perhaps because she was the second-born in the Asti family, Juvia was a sister who, like Sermerdes, didn’t easily reveal her inner thoughts.
She often appeared distracted, but it was known that she was always calculating something in her mind.
“Hmm…”
She gazed at Ashtel with an unreadable look in her eyes.
Her irises, reminiscent of the blue seas of the human world, stared unflinchingly at Ashtel.
“Alright. Bring the human here.”
“You need to go.”
“Ugh.”
At Sermerdes’ words, Juvia pouted.
Ashtel, unsure if this was the right thing, glanced at her other sisters.
They simply shrugged and shook their heads.
* * *
Despite Ashtel’s worries, Juvia didn’t act like she would never leave her room again.
She put on her fluffy boots with determination and stepped outside her domain. After arriving at Carmen’s lab, she gasped in awe, then looked at Payne with a serious expression.
“I have a questioonn.”
She stared at Payne for several seconds, and Ashtel tensed up, straining to listen.
“What is it?”
“What’s so special about this guuyyy?”
Ashtel almost stumbled in surprise.
“Sis! Is that really the important thing right now?”
“It is. I don’t think he’s going to live long… Why not just go for another maann?”
“No!”
Why was everyone so obsessed with eating Payne alive?
Ashtel crossed her arms and stamped her foot like an angry cat, while Juvia rolled her eyes in response.
Carmen sharply interjected, “Does ‘not living long’ mean he’ll fall short of a human’s normal lifespan?”
“Yes. The curse is going to make him die soon.”
“What?!”
Ashtel had thought Juvia was blaming Payne for not living till a hundred years, but it seemed there was more to it.
Before Ashtel could jump in surprise, Juvia stepped closer to Payne, giving him another long, scrutinizing look before continuing.
“I’m sure of it. It’s a curse that’s been building for a long time.”
“Then what do we do? Can it be undone?”
“Yes, I can undo it.”
“Thank goodness!”
It was worth waking up Juvia. As Ashtel jumped up, she glanced at her sisters, who all shared a soft smile.
Payne’s life might not have mattered to them, but if it meant Ashtel could regain her smile, perhaps it was worth it for him to survive.
Only Sermerdes still looked at Payne with cold, calculating eyes.
“But you said you also need to erase his memory, right?”
“Yes, is that possible too?”
“Yes, it’s possibleee.”
“Wow!”
“After breaking the curse.”
“…Huh?”
Ashtel’s eyes, once filled with hope, widened in shock.
“So, we can just break the curse and erase it?”
“Yes… but you said he can’t stay like this, right?”
“That’s right. We have to go to the human world within the next couple of days.”
“Hmm, well, then he’ll die.”
“W-what do you mean? You said you could break the curse!”
“It’ll take a while to break it.”
“How long?”
“Hmm…”
Juvia’s fluffy, wool-like hair tilted side to side like a clock’s second hand.
It was only when the world had tilted halfway that Juvia straightened up and answered.
“A month?”
“…A month?!”
“Yes.”
Not a week, not ten days, but a whole month. To break the curse would take an entire month?!
“Why, why?”
“It’s a very, very old and powerful curse. This is why humans are worse…”
Who could have put such a curse on the kind, gentle, and caring Payne?
“And also, to treat him, I need to stay with him… which means he needs to stay in the demon world, but with all the magical energy, it’s impossible.”
“Sis, can’t you come down to the human world?”
“No. If Juvia manifests, it’ll affect the humans.”
Sermerdes cut in immediately.
No matter how much Ashtel begged, this was one thing she couldn’t grant.
Even if Juvia only ever slept, she was still the second eldest of the Asti sisters. She had lived the second longest after Sermerdes, and was also the most powerful succubus.
With the power of a great demon, if she went to the human world, chaos would surely ensue.
‘This doesn’t make sense…’
Juvia stared at Ashtel’s face, which was now closer to despair than a frown. Then, she slowly and deliberately spoke.
“It’s not like there’s no other way…”
“Do you have another way?”
“You, Ashtel, could treat him in my place.”
