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Belphegor Castle, Somewhere in the Belphegor Domain, the Underworld
"Mmm~ Yes… This is it… A warm bath after a long day of hard work," Maria moaned as she stretched her arms, letting the soothing water envelop her body while she relaxed in the pool.
"Hmm…" Yuki, sitting beside her and also submerged in the warm water, gave a light nod, closed her eyes, and let out a relaxed sigh.
"Yes, I would agree with that as well…" nodded Zest, who was also soaking in the warm water a little farther away, her skin slightly flushed from the heat.
Hearing Zest's agreement, Maria shifted her attention to the chocolate-toned woman, a mischievous grin spreading across her face. Her eyes gleamed with curiosity as she stared at Zest, causing the latter to tilt her head slightly in confusion.
Without offering any explanation, Maria's gaze drifted from Zest's face to her bare breasts. Then, turning to the blue-haired woman beside her, she playfully nudged her and asked, drawing her attention in as well, "Hey, Yuki… don't you think Zest's breasts look a little bigger than before?"
"Do they?" murmured Yuki, glancing at Zest's breasts before tilting her head doubtfully. She didn't notice any difference. 'They are as huge as always,' she thought enviously.
Zest herself was taken aback by Maria's sudden remark. She glanced down at her breasts, lifting them up slightly with her left arm beneath her bust, and said, "I don't think they've gotten any bigger…"
Maria stroked her chin thoughtfully. "No… they've definitely gotten a little bigger."
Zest shook her head. "I doubt it since I haven't noticed any difference at all."
"Eh? Really?" Maria murmured in surprise. "Let me check for myself…"
Without hesitation, she cupped Zest's breasts, squeezing and feeling them all over. As she examined them, she mumbled to herself, "The softness hasn't changed… the weight feels the same… the tone is also similar, and the firmness is just as before… the cup size and roundness aren't affected either… and the squishiness is also very same… but…"
Zest's face flushed in embarrassment as she felt Maria's hands all over her. Not wanting herself to be teased like that, she swatted them away and pushed her aside. "Wha–? What do you think you are doing?!"
"Ahhh…" Maria sighed, looking regretfully at her palms as if mourning her interrupted investigation. Then, she turned back to Zest. "Wait… I haven't finished yet! Let me complete my investigation!"
But Zest shook her head firmly. "No! And why do you even need to investigate? It doesn't matter whether they've grown or not!"
Noticing Zests' embarrassment, Maria grinned mischievously. "Oh? Why are you so embarrassed, Zest? Have you completely forgotten the nights we spent together? The times we shared a bed? The times when we made love to one another…" She leaned in teasingly. "There's no one more familiar with your breasts than me… So just be quiet and let me finish my investigation. I need to confirm whether my suspicions are correct or not."
"No… you don't need to do any such thing at all," Zest said firmly, stretching out her arm to hold Maria's head at a distance.
"Waah… don't do this… let me measure them properly!" the loli succubus whined, flailing her arms helplessly in the water as she struggled to move closer but failed.
Of course, if Maria had truly wanted to, she could have easily closed the distance. But her playful nature made her enjoy teasing Zest like this, turning the situation into a bit of fun.
Yuki silently observed the two before glancing down at her own chest. Regardless of whether Zest's breasts had grown recently or not, they were still more than twice the size of hers, which didn't make her feel great. "Anyway… breasts aren't everything…" she muttered to herself in consolation.
Just as Yuki was trying to shake off the thought, a mature voice called out from outside the hot water.
"Maria… Zest… what exactly are you two doing?"
Yuki turned toward the source of the voice and saw Lucia standing there with a towel wrapped around her body. As expected, Roygun was beside her, similarly wrapped in a towel, looking at Maria and Zest with curiosity.
"Uh… Mistress… Sister… well… actually…" Maria stopped flailing and turned toward Lucia. "I was just checking to see if Zest's breasts had gotten bigger recently…" she answered.
Lucia raised an eyebrow, but before she could question further, Roygun while dropping her towel and stepping into the bath, questioned curiously, "Why would her breasts suddenly grow larger out of nowhere?"
"Hehe, Mistress… Well, Zest has been putting them through a bit of a workout lately… if you know what I mean. So, I thought they might have gotten bigger," Maria said in a teasing tone.
Hearing Maria's words, Roygun pursed her lips in annoyance, "…"
But Maria was too focused on Zest to notice the change in Roygun's expression. Turning to Zest, she flicked her nipples and asked with a teasing grin, "Isn't that right, Zest? You have been putting these beautiful things here through a lot of intense physical workouts, aren't you?"
Although dissatisfied with Maria's antics, Zest's cheeks instantly flushed red at her question as she recalled all the recent times she had used her breasts to pleasure Seir. Looking away, she mumbled, "W-Well… even so…"
Maria leaned in closer, pressing Zest further. "Come on, Zest… give me all the juicy details. What's it like? How does Lord Seirios react?" She paused before adding with a lewd grin on her face, "Given that Lord Seirios has been in such a good mood lately… and he's been so focused, I'd say your services have been quite effective… isn't that right?"
"I mean… um… well…" Zest hesitated, clearly unwilling to discuss those private matters so openly with Maria of all people.
But was Maria going to give up that easily? Of course not. She pressed on with more questions. "Have you done it with him already? What was it like? How did it feel?"
Roygun's annoyance grew with every word Maria spoke on the subject, "…"
Meanwhile, Yuki silently observed the conversation, choosing to remain silent.
"Maria, don't trouble her..." Lucia sighed as she dropped her towel and stepped into the bath.
"Don't worry, Sister. I'm not troubling her at all," Maria said, barely acknowledging Lucia's command as she kept her gaze fixed on Zest, pressing her for more details.
At that moment, Zest finally spoke. "Um… actually… Lord Seirios did ask for it…"
"Ehh? Really? Then… tell me… did you do it?" Maria quickly pressed, completely ignoring Lucia's earlier warning.
Not only Maria, but Roygun, Lucia, and Yuki were all taken aback by Zest's sudden confession. They turned to her, waiting for answers. For a moment, Roygun even felt a bit nervous, 'Don't tell me that he already… despite the order I gave her…'
In response to Maria's question, Zest shook her head and said, "But I refused… I told him that he was a bit too young for my taste and that this was just a medical procedure to help him. So, we can't go that far…" She let out a sigh, thinking to herself, 'But… I don't know what I'd do if Lord Seirios were to ask the same thing a few more times… There are only so many times I can refuse…'
Hearing Zest's words, Roygun didn't even realize when she exhaled a sigh of relief. 'It's okay…'
However, her reaction did not go unnoticed by Lucia. 'We really should have a talk about this…' she thought.
Yuki, on the other hand, didn't react much. But Maria? She was secretly delighted. Nodding to herself, she thought, 'Serves him right… Always giving me the excuse that I'm a child and my body doesn't excite him. Hmph! Now he'll understand how it feels…'
She was about to ask Zest something when she paused. "In that case… what did you…"
But at that moment, Lucia firmly intervened. "Alright… that's enough, Maria." She shot a quick glance at Roygun from the corner of her eye before turning back to Maria and instructing, "Don't tease her like that."
"But sister…" Maria protested, unwilling to give up so easily. However, upon noticing the look in Roygun's eyes, she hesitated before mumbling, "Fine…"—though not without a pout. She reluctantly decided to leave Zest alone.
The rest of the bath passed in silence, each person lost in their own thoughts.
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Sometime later, Roygun's room
Roygun sat quietly in front of the dressing table, gazing at her reflection in the mirror while Lucia gently combed through her hair with a hair brush.
The silence was broken by Lucia. "Mistress…"
"Hmm?" Roygun responded absentmindedly.
"Why are you hesitating towards Lord Seirios? That's not like you…" Lucia asked, gazing into Roygun's eyes through the mirror.
"After all… he is my brother. I can't do something like that…" Roygun answered, breaking eye contact.
Lucia sighed. "Do you really want to lie to me?" she asked before reminding Roygun, "Have you forgotten that I've been serving as your maid since we were children? There's nothing you can hide from me—I can read you like an open book."
"I am not…" Roygun tried to argue, but upon meeting Lucia's deadpan gaze, she realized she really couldn't fool her childhood friend. Letting out a sigh, she finally admitted, "Alright, fine… I did lie."
"As I suspected…" murmured Lucia before continuing, "You see Lord Seirios as more than just your little brother… and you also have certain expectations from him in that regard, don't you?" She paused for a moment before adding, "Because that's the only explanation for all those pictures of him in that secret room of yours… and also why you placed that absurd restriction on Zest."
"Well… um… yes," Roygun admitted, albeit a bit embarrassed. She paused for a moment before continuing, "I'm just hesitant… conflicted… and maybe even a little afraid. I'm not sure how things might turn out…"
"Are you unsure how Lord Seirios would react to you?" Lucia asked before adding, "But if Zest's words are anything to go by, you're already the object of his wet dreams. Taking that into account, I'd say he'd accept it quite eagerly."
Roygun shook her head. "I'm not worried about whether Seir would accept me or not—that's not the issue. In fact, even if he didn't want to accept me—his elder sister—he could be slowly molded into accepting me. After all, right now, he's just a child… and he can be groomed to a certain extent as per my liking. So that's not the reason for my hesitation."
"Is that so?" Lucia murmured, pondering the true reason behind Roygun's hesitation. Then, as realization struck her, she asked, "Is it because of what happened with Draxil Carreau?"
The moment Lucia mentioned that name, Roygun's expression turned cold, and a fierce murderous intent began to radiate from her.
If not for the magical reinforcement on the castle walls, flooring, and everything in the room, they might have cracked, shattered, or even vaporized under the immense pressure Roygun was releasing at that moment. Lucia felt the full force of Roygun's demonic power bearing down on her as she issued a chilling command to her [Queen], "Never… never mention that name in front of me again. Even if it's you, Lucia… I won't tolerate it."
Although Lucia was briefly shaken by the sudden shift in Roygun's demeanor, she quickly lowered her head and apologized, "I… understand, Mistress. I'm sorry… I won't mention that person's name in front of you again."
With that, Roygun took a deep breath, suppressing her murderous intent and regaining her composure. Letting out a sigh, she apologized to Lucia, "I'm sorry as well… I lost my cool there."
"It's alright, and it is perfectly reasonable… it was my mistake," Lucia replied before adding, "Though, if I'm being honest, I was hoping you'd be over it by now… It's been centuries…"
Roygun scoffed, "I'm already over that person."
"Are you really?" Lucia questioned before adding, "Then why do you always hesitate when it comes to loving a man?"
"What are you talking about? I've loved many men since then…" Roygun said, looking away.
Lucia once again saw right through her lie and shook her head. "There's a difference between using men for pleasure and truly loving them. All you've done is take a few young men for pleasure over the past few centuries and discard them before they mature into someone who would want more than just pleasure. You have only been using them for pleasure and nothing more. You've never allowed yourself to truly fall in love with either of them or pursue a relationship that could turn into something deeper or a marriage. The moment real emotions may start to develop—whether from your side or theirs—you push them away."
She paused before asking, "Why is that, Mistress?"
"I…" Roygun wanted to argue, to deny it, but no words came to her. She sighed and looked at Lucia before asking, "Why are you bringing this up? You know I don't like talking about these things…"
Lucia responded, "Because it is my duty to speak of these matters—not only as your personal maid and [Queen] but also as your closest friend." She paused before adding, "Even if you don't wish to talk about your feelings, you must face them."
"Fair enough…" murmured Roygun, unable to argue with Lucia.
Lucia continued, "You know deep down that you can't treat Lord Seirios the same way as you have treated those other men. You can't just seek him out for a few moments of pleasure and then discard him later. Personally, you don't want to do that either. After all, he's your little brother, and your feelings for him run far deeper than that. He's too precious to you to do something like that. That's why you're hesitant and conflicted… isn't that right, Mistress?"
Roygun looked away, not wanting to answer that question.
But Lucia didn't stop, "A part of you desires him just as he desires you… But another part is afraid to reach out. That's why you're not handling things–his problems–yourself."
Roygun shrugged. "I did leave things to Zest…"
"That's true," Lucia nodded before adding, "But you also don't like the idea of him forming that kind of relationship with someone else, do you? That's why you gave Zest such strange orders—to treat everything like a medical procedure and never cross the final line."
Roygun shook her head. "No… that's not it. I'm not opposed to the idea of him having other women around him. After all, he's the next heir and will need to take multiple partners to ensure the Belphegor lineage continues. I also understand that with his strong Incubus blood, it would be nearly impossible for him to have a relationship with just one woman… and honestly, that doesn't bother me. He can have as many women he wants as I have had many men over the past few centuries, I won't stop him in that regard, and I don't have the right to stop him either. It's just that… I want to be the first."
"The first? Then why are you hesitating?" Lucia asked. "A young Incubus' lust is not something to take lightly. When they truly desire something from their partner, resisting becomes nearly impossible. Zest may have refused him now, but that doesn't mean she'll be able to do so again and again if he keeps asking. No matter how strong her will is, there's only so much she can endure as the effects of his pheromones grow stronger. Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if she gives in after a few more attempts."She paused before adding, "And let's not forget Maria—she seems interested in him as well. At this rate, you'll lose your chance to be the first. If anything, Zest or Maria might claim that place before you."
"I know…" Roygun sighed and nodded. "That's why I always get annoyed whenever I hear about the things Zest is doing for him…"
"Then why don't you take a step forward?" Lucia suggested. Noting Roygun's hesitation, she asked, "Are you afraid that Lord Seirios might start feeling the same way as that person?"
Roygun sighed. "People can change… and while Seir has no trace of such emotions now… he might develop them over time… resentment towards me…"
Lucia said. "I don't think he will. And besides, you've said it yourself—he has an even brighter future than you. He's much more talented than you."
"Talent doesn't equate to potential," Roygun said, shaking her head. "Just because he's multiple times more talented than me doesn't guarantee that he will surpass me."
"But Lord Seirios is working very hard. He's always training or studying… so he won't…" Lucia tried to defend him.
Roygun let out a sigh. "The fact that he's working so hard worries me even more… What if… what if he doesn't succeed? And then… maybe he too will be like…" She trailed off before shaking her head. "Besides, one can't overcome the gap in the reserves of Demonic Power with just training. You either have to be born with it, or you have to…" She paused, leaving the sentence unfinished before changing the topic.
"After all, he has great aspirations… and what if he fails? Won't he still develop resentment? The greater the aspirations and expectations, the greater the despair and disappointment…"
"Mistress… you have to have faith in him," Lucia said.
Roygun sighed. "I do have faith in him. I truly believe he will surpass me… That's exactly why I'm putting so much effort into training him. But…" She paused before continuing, "I can't help feeling a little afraid… Over the past few centuries, I've seen so many fail. And what if things don't go the way I want them to? What if he ends up the same way…?"
The future is uncertain, and even Roygun couldn't be completely sure of what lay ahead.
'I don't want something like that to happen again…' Roygun thought as painful memories—the ones she wished to forget forever—flashed through her mind. Her face turned pale, and her body trembled in fear.
'No… Draxil… don't… don't do it… Leave her alone… please… I… I beg you… she's like—Gahaa!'
"Mistress…" Lucia called out, startled as she noticed Roygun's body shivering and Roygun not responding to her calls.
Concerned, Lucia set the hairbrush aside and gently pulled Roygun into an embrace, pressing her head against her stomach as she softly caressed her hair. "It's alright, Mistress…" she whispered.
"Lucia, I don't ever want to go through that again…" Roygun whimpered.
"Yes… something like that will never happen again," Lucia assured her, continuing to stroke her hair. "That person… he's already dead… You killed him that night, didn't you? He won't return."
"Hmm…" Roygun nodded as a gruesome scene flashed through her mind, making her stomach churn with nausea.
"I loathed him…" she murmured, her voice filled with disgust and hatred.
Lucia nodded in agreement. "As did I…"
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