In The House Of The Succubus

Dawning Fruits | Chapter 5

It was a rainy day in Amstadt. The streets were mostly empty and the roads were muddy. Even during this unfriendly weather a courier was galloping on his horse through the streets towards Viridia's mansion.
After he had rung the doorbell Un opened the gate.

"State your business," the ogre said.

The courier was first shocked by Un's appearance, but he managed to recollect himself and replied, "I'm here to deliver a letter to the mistress of this mansion."

"A letter? From whom, if I may ask?"

"I don't know who originally wrote it. It was given to me at the border of the demon realm by another courier. Even if I knew who wrote it, without their permission I wouldn't be allowed to reveal their identity."

"I see. Then hand over the letter so that I may hand it to mistress Vandela personally," Un stated and the courier gave him the letter, "have a good day."

With those words Un left the courier and closed the gates again. He went to the throne room in which Viridia was playing with herself out of boredom.

"Mistress Vandela, I'm sorry to interrupt your... exercise, but a courier has given me a letter addressed to you."

"(Damnit, I was so close to an orgasm!) A letter? From whom?" the succubus asked curiously.

"The courier wouldn't tell me. But he did tell me he received it at the frontiers of the demon realm. That and the seal on the envelope might suggest that the demon king has sent the letter," Un stated and showed the skull shaped wax seal on the envelope.

"The demon king? Why would he want to sent me a letter? I'm a risen. [Risen are demons that live outside the demon realm] So why would he?"

"The only way to find out would be to open the letter," Jill's voice echoed from the entrance of the throne room.

"Jill? Shouldn't you be rounding up the slaves and assign them to their work right now?" Viridia asked.

"I am already done with that. Due to the rain we can't really take care of the gardens except for that one water spirit. I've sent him out to guard the gardens. That made assigning the rest of them a lot easier."

"Speaking of the slaves, how is that cute harpy coming along~? Fii, was her name, right?"

"Fii? She seems rather nervous around the other slaves and her trust in me is lacking. She also prefers to stay close to Sevara," Jill reported.

"Oh my~♥️ Perhaps there's something going on between the two. Oh, how I wish to see it~ But we have more pressing matters at hand. Mainly that letter. Hand it over, Un," Viridia ordered.

Un gave the letter to Viridia and she opened it. Her eyes widened as she read through the lines and afterwards she tore it apart with an annoyed expression on her face.

"What was written in the letter, mistress Vandela?" Un asked curiously.

"Apparently that letter wasn't sent by the demon king."

"It wasn't? But the seal looked real," Jill said.

"That's because it was real. The demon king's dead. Same goes for his whore of a wife."

"His majesty has passed away?" Un exclaimed surprised.

"Apparently it happened as they went through the phantasm forest. His bitch wife's greed turned her immediately into a jabberwock. Because 'Romeo' couldn't kill his 'Juliette' he died trying to convince her to turn back," Viridia revealed, "apparently the royal guards then killed her. Serves her right."

"You seem to have had a grudge on the demon queen. Am I allowed to ask why?" Jill wondered.

"She was an elder succubus, a queen succubus to be precise. But she acted like a horny lesser succubus. It was obvious she only did it for the status and the money. Seeing the two together was pathetic, honestly."

"But why would a letter from the demon realm be addressed to a risen? And who sent it?" Un wondered and stroked his chin.

"Iria Bahamoth sent the letter. The daughter of the demon queen and king. I immediately recognised it by the way she referred to me. Calling me a freak of demon kind only because my parents were incubus and succubus. At least mine weren't so pathetic!"

"Being a human, I'm not well versed in demon realm lore. Is it that strange for a succubus to have an incubus and succubus as parents?" Jill asked.

"It is. Usually a succubus just decides to one day get pregnant from whatever guy she's having sex with at the moment. An incubus also just decides whether his sperm is fertile or not. The children of an incubus are usually born the race of the mother, but will with high certainty unlock their powers and lust once they hit puberty. They then turn into either lesser succubi or incubi until they become true desire demons. [Desire Demon = general term for succubus/incubus]"

"And both of your parents were desire demons... But that can't be that rare, can it? Don't succubi and incubi have sex all the time?"

"That's true, but usually they wouldn't want to get the other pregnant. The child between incubus and succubus can turn into a hideous abomination due to the stronger shape shifting abilities. I was lucky that only my eyes and horns were affected. Usually a lesser succubus loses the wing shaped second set of ears in favour of gaining horns, but I have both. A black sclera is also something unnatural."

"And because of that this Iria calls you a freak? You look pretty to me, right Un?" Jill stated. Un nodded in response.

"My, my, if you continue charming me like that I might reward you, Jill~"

"Th-that won't be necessary!"

"In any case, Iria is becoming the next ruler of the demon realm and has decided to come visit me in three days. As the new queen she probably expects that I think of her visit as an honourable event! The problem is, she has the whole demon army under her wings and knowing our 'relationship', if I don't do what she wants me to I could get in trouble."

"Should I tell the slaves to prepare for the event, mistress?" Jill asked.

"Yes, do that. I don't want to risk an invasion from the demon realm... But why me of all people...?"