The succubus body was far more adept for a life in caverns like the one Meja had been sealed in. Not only was it far stronger than my own, despite not looking any more muscular, it could see in the dark just fine, too! I still didn't know how this would improve my survival chances when facing one of the demons, but I couldn't help feeling a little bit of hope.

"Hey, Meja!"

「What is it?」 The succubus asked.

"What kind of magic can I learn without losing more of my life force?"

「You can already use the most important magic, don't worry!」

"What is it?" I wondered. "This body is quite good with darkness and light, isn't it?"

「Naturally it is for absorbing the life force.」

"I will never use that!"

「That... will kinda be hard, you know? You can't turn it off!」

"Why would you do that?! Can't I just hunt monsters for their energy?!"

「Who would want to let himself screwed by a filthy-」

"Screw- screwed?!" A fiery heat was conquering my face. "I never said anything about doing that!"

「It would be something different if it was a good-looking demon,」 Meja wondered, 「but there aren't many of those. It is hard to use magic on them, too!」

"I won't sleep with demons, either!"

「So we are back at humans. They are the best anyway!」

"Best ..."

「They have just the right size.」 She explained. 「Not too big, not too small, and it is easy to play-」

"Stop!"

 

My face felt like it was burning. This succubus was shameless! It was obvious it had lived for nothing else but "fun" and men. Her body had to have some miraculous healing powers to be able to cope with that lifestyle or hers.

   

«I wanted him to be my first ... and yet ... with this body ...»

 

「Hehe~ don't worry, Flatty!」 Her gleeful voice replied. 「He won't feel a difference! If you train your magic a little, you can even bleed if you feel like it!」

"I- I can? Wa- wait! Don't read my thoughts!"

「I already told you I cannot change it, Flat-」

"Risa!" I protested. "My name is Risa!"

「Ok, ok! Risa, it is.」

"..."

「Soo. What are we going to do now?」

"We have to get out of this hell-hole."

「Finally we think alike! Let's get out there and find us some men!」

"I will not search for men," I answered, one word at a time.

「But Flat- Risa! We need to strengthen your soul!」

"Who cares! I will not do this!"

 

Finally, the succubus went silent. She seemed to think for a few moments before she once again invaded my mind.

 

「Don't you want to be with your Michel?」

 

My eyes started burning.

 

"I want!" I felt tears gatering in my eyes. "But- how can I- with this body ..."

「Hey! Don't you start crying now! You can be with him, you know? It is totally possible!」

"How can it be possible!? I am a monster! He will never accept me!"

「But he doesn't have to know!」

"Are you trying to make me believe I could just hide those Wings and Horns under a cloak!? He will never fall for that!"

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「There is magic for that, silly!」

I became petrified. "Magic ..."

「You could turn yourself into one of those bull demons that played with your flat body, or you could-」

"Don't make it sound so dirty!"

「You are soo not fun, you know?!」 Meja complained. 「Anyway, you can turn yourself into a normal human woman, too!」

"I can?"

「If you train hard enough, you could even make yourself look flat again!」

"I- I don't need that!"

「So you like being busty?」 Her mischievious voice asked.

"That isn't it!"

「Anyway. You could be with your Michel. You could see him, hug him, kiss him, fu-」

I cut off her words: "I get it! Ok?! Just tell me about that magic!"

「You can't learn it.」

"But- you said I could-"

 

New tears started gathering in my eyes.

 

«I should have known it! I will never be with him! She- why did she-»

 

「My eyes are burning!」 Meja paniced. 「No tears, ok?! No tears! You only have to get stronger first! Then you can learn it just fine! Just get stronger!」

"Stronger ..."

「Just play with a few men! That's all you need to do!」

"I already told you-"

「Kissing works, too!」

"Kissing works? Why didn't you tell me?"

「Because it is much more effective and fun to just sleep with them!」

"It isn't fun!"

 

I heard a loud sigh echoing through my mind.

 

「You will realize it someday ...」

"That day will never come!"

「Will you do it, if it is kissing?」 She asked.

"Will hugging work, too?"

「Probably ...」

"I will hug them!"

「You would need to hug thousands of them to steal as much life force as you would get from sleeping with just one, you know?」 Meja complained. 「You need to make them happy for it to work! Happy, you hear?!」

"I don't care! Hugging it is!"

「Which guy would get happy from just that?」

"I would be happy!" I answered instantly.

「So you really believe there is somebody who is even more of a virgin than you ...」

"Hey! It will work!"

 

Just another sigh traveled through my head. I didn't care. Anything was better than sleeping with a bunch of strangers. I would just go and hug the first guys I found! That would be all I need to survive!

Thanks to this new confidence, there was no longer hesitation in my steps. I searched my way through the cavern and towards my hometown, where he was waiting for me.

 

«I can be with him! I can be with Michel~!»

 

⊱————-　Extra　————-⊰

 

Meja: *sigh*

Risa: Stop sighing now!

Meja: But I want-

Risa: Hugging should be enough!

Meja: At least undress them before!

Risa: Un- undress?! I will never do such a thing!

Meja: You can undress youself, too! They will enjoy it!

Risa: I don't want them to enjoy it!

Meja: ... but you do understand the concept of ''more fun equals more life force''?

Risa: I- NOT THAT KIND OF FUN!

Meja: We will starve to death ( ˃̣̣̥﹏˂̣̣̥ )