"Hurry up, Haru-kun!!!"
"Hey!! Wait for me..."
A boy and a girl of about 8 years of age are now playing around in a local park.
They seem very happy being together during summer.
Every time the girl fell to the ground and had teary eyes, the boy came to her side and pat her on the head.
Then she would wipe her tears and look at him timidly.
Every time this happens, the boy's heart skips a beat, but he's too young to identify this.
To the current "him", the girl gives him the feeling of a small animal he wants to protect.
Ana existence that makes him feel rather calm being together with...
"Haru-kun...***************!!!"
The words carved deep into his memories as the scene turns scarlet, the girl disappeared in front of him...
***
"Oh. That dream again..."
I woke up feeling rather...well, normal.
In the past, it used to be different.
Dreams like this make me jump up from bed sweating with unconscious tears...
I guess this current body just doesn't allow that to happen anymore.
Which I'm...might or might not be thankful for.
It makes me feel less human, less myself...
Hmm...
How idiotic, I'm not even human to begin with.
"Morning~ Meanie-san~"
"Oh...morning"
The road we were walking along was in fact pretty damn long.
It might feel really fast inside a carriage or riding a horse.
But to walk on foot leisurely like us...though not tiring, it was too boring after we ran out of topic to chat.
Thus, we found a cave back inside the forest and sheltered there since yesterday's dusk.
I must say though, talking to Myella gives me a familiar vibe.
I just couldn't identify it really well...
"Such cold tone...you called out another woman's name in your dream with a way more sweet voice"
Hmm...
A blond beauty pouting at me huh...
Not bad.
Myella's hair isn't completely blond.
It was a lighter shade of white-ish blond.
Which looks perfectly nice on her waist-reaching hair.
She's only dressing in a simple short-sleeved t-shirt and a mini-skirt...
But it's rather refreshing when you combine it with her well proportioned body.
Well...she's a Succubus Princess after all...
"Hmm? I called out to a woman in my sleep?"
"Yup~ Aoi-chan something..."
Still pouting, she turned away and "Hmph!" at me.
Yeah, cute.
"That's just my childhood friend"
"Liar"
"Why do you think so?"
"A skull face is always born out of nowhere...you can't possibly have a childhood friend"
"Well...I don't lie to women, it's ok to not believe me"
I don't particularly want to say that I got reincarnated.
It sounds just a little bit too outrageous...
"Then you're not lying?"
"I have never been...at least since we met..."
"Truly?"
"Truly"
"Then it's okay~"
Clapping her hands before her chest, Myella showed a brimming smile.
I don't really think she's a succubus.
Are all succubuses this adorable?
Well...as succubuses...I guess they better be cute.
They have one job after all, to seduce men.
Not that it works on me though.
I can feel nothing from a woman, even if she strips naked in front of me.
But the previous "me" would jump up and die instantly from a heart attack...
Hmm...well.
Let's cast that aside.
Grieving about the past isn't good either.
"Myella, did you gather the fruits?"
We looted a few things from the dead humans escorting Myella earlier.
One of the things was a small backpack.
I asked her to fill that bag up with recovery fruits in the forest.
Don't get me wrong.
It's not that I make women do labor work.
It's just that...
If I held onto those fruits.
And got myself destroyed during a fight to charge up damage...
Then the fruits would also be destroyed...
What's the point of that???
So instead, I had Myella carry the fruits.
She's not human, she's absurdly strong to begin with...
So...that's that.
"Yup~ I woke up early~"
"Nice, thanks. Now let's go"
"Where are we going?"
"Hmm..."
I have no idea how to answer that one.
I mean I'm a skull face who wears jersey with jeans.
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And this is some kind of fantasy world.
I don't know any place to go...
I'm not heading anywhere specifically.
Nor do I want to visit any specific place...
"Let's just...go"
"Pfffff..."
"We'll go everywhere, if you want to keep going with me, I can only take you to a world tour"
"Haha~ okay then...I'll be in your care..."
Why was that funny?
Is it just me or there's a reason for her chuckles?
Probably it's because of this body that I don't feel amused.
We headed out of the cave with Myella carrying a backpack stuffed full of fruits.
Returning to the road earlier, we continued our sightseeing trip.
Though the forest was dying with trees withering away...
"Say, Myella..."
"Hmm~?"
"I'll ask again, I promise this is the last time, why did you follow me?"
"Hmm.......................I feel an over-familiarity from you...dunno why though"
"Is that so...?"
Along the way, we encountered a few monsters.
Just common types you'd see in fantasy games.
Of course, I let them have their way with me.
Then returned the damage and destroyed them instead.
We continued to chat away along the road.
Many topics were brought up.
From how she became a Succubus Princess...
...to various kinds of mythical monsters.
She gives off this vibe of a close friend you'd chat endlessly without the need to stop.
We continued like that for another day and found another smaller cave to shelter.
***
I let my guard down.
Yesterday, Myella went to sleep earlier than me.
I liked girls' sleeping face, so I came closer to take a look.
I poked her cheek.
But she thought it was a mosquito or something and scratched lightly.
Cute.
But at the same time, I felt helpless.
She was shivering slightly because it was night time in a forest.
I guess Succubus or not, a woman is still a woman...
This undead body has zero body heat.
It's just a lump of cold meat and bones.
I didn't feel any pity.
But it did rub me the wrong way thinking that I could only leave a woman sleep in coldness.
So I just remove my jersey and wrapped it over her to make do as a pseudo-blanket and went to sleep.
Then I had an extremely "WET" dream about my previous human self and Myella in my old room.
What the hell...
I woke up seeing this:
Charge: DMG[80]; Heal[100]; Myella[L**e]; Myella[Sexual Pleasure]
...
That morning when I turned around and looked at her...
She was hanging her head with this expression of "Oopsie...I didn't mean to do that" on her face while blushing...
I guess this is why you shouldn't sleep next to a Succubus.
Well...I can only say this is pure luck that I happened to be an Undead.
Had it been my old human body...I don't even know where could I find another jeans to change...
That aside, we headed out again.
This time, we actually went out of the forest and caught little glimpses of a nearby town.
Just another half an hour of walking, we ran into a group of humans.
All armed to the teeth with uniformed armor sets.
Knights indeed.
And the one that seemed to be their leader:
Alord Franc
Human LV.30
HP: 600/620
[Rare-Holy Armor Set]
[Rare-Holy Sword]
Not bad.
He's stronger than the blue bear.
They seemed very hostile.
But it felt off.
They weren't looking at me.
But they were actually glaring at Myella.
And she also seemed to trembled...
"What's wrong, Myella?"
"T-T-They're from the Church..."
"Why are you being scared of them? You're way stronger?"
"I'm not scared of them...b-but their most basic skill [Purification]..."
Ah that...
I guess that's just natural.
Well then...
I doubt I'd feel any grudge even if they killed Myella.
But I actually don't want to lose my only companion.
She's cute after all.
Not that it'd be boring traveling alone or anything...
But I have this tiny little urge to keep her around.
I better hurry up before I sound any more like a Tsundere...
"Hey...what business do you guys have with us?"
"Hmf...just kill the skull face and take the bitch back, we'll execute her before everyone"
I was...ignored.
Is skull face a very low-class monster in this world?
Well...I don't feel offended or anything like that, but you should be more careful, Knight-san...
One of the 20 Knights came close and thrust his sword towards me piercing my abdomen.
"Trash...I wonder what item would you drop..."
Charge: DMG[80]; Heal[100]; Myella[L**e, Sexual Pleasure]; Brendy[5,000]
Oh, quite a lot right there.
His sword is obviously special.
Probably a magic item...
We stared at each other for quite some minutes.
"Oi...why didn't you die yet?"
"Because it goes like this..."
I put my hand on his shoulder and released the damage back.
A hole appeared on the guy's belly and blood gushed out.
He coughed blood while staring at me with widened eyes and fell to the ground.
Instant death.
"WHA...!!!!"
"What the hell?!?"
"Brendy!!! OI!!! What happened?"
They started to panic slightly.
"CALM DOWN YOU LOT! IT'S JUST A SNEAKY TRICK!! JUST KILL HIM LIKE YOU ALWAYS DO!!!"
"YESSIR!!!"
They started to release a torrent of attacks towards me.
I let them have their way until every single one of them runs out of stamina.
It's weird...why aren't they taking Myella instead of trying to mow me down???
I have no idea...it's good for me, if anything.
Finally, I stood up with tons of wounds on my body.
As expected, no fear, no pain, no blood.
My mental health: Perfectly Calm.
I then played tag with them.
With a few experiences in martial arts training years ago, I touched each and every one of them while releasing damage.
They all fell to the ground with blood gushing out from their body.
The leader stared at me in utter terrors...
"W-W-W-What the h-h-h-hell are you!!!!!!??"
"The name's Diablo, I'm sightseeing"
"S...sightseeing...FUCK YOU!!! [Holy Purification]"
He shouted while casting an offensive spell.
Charge: DMG[80]; Heal[100]; Myella[L**e, Sexual Pleasure]; Alord[Holy Purification]
Hmm...Interesting...
An undead casting holy spells huh...
That said...this won't work on him.
He's not a monster...I can't purify him.
"See? You can't kill me...please leave..."
"AS IF!!!"
Recovering from the shock seeing me completely fine even after the spell, the guy jumped up and released a series of slashes onto me...
Charge: DMG[80]; Heal[100]; Myella[L**e, Sexual Pleasure]; Alord[Holy Purification]; Alord[6,500]
Sigh...
People from medieval churches are so stubborn...
I put a finger on his forehead.
He died, I turned towards Myella to ask for the fruits.
"Hmm? What's wrong again?"
"....................I-I'm sorry..."
She was hanging her head with slightly trembling shoulders.
"...um...about what?"
"Y-You're full of wounds because of me..."
"...ehh...you know that I don't feel pain right?"
"B-But...but I don't wanna see you like that..."
The last few words trailed off away in the wind.
I couldn't hear it...but I thought I shouldn't ask more.
I put a hand on her head and stroked her soft smooth, beautiful hair a little.
She finally looked up and blushed slightly before forcing a smile...
"It's already a big help having you carrying the fruits...I think I'll need more help on that front...after I eat a few...please refill before we leave the forest..."
"H-Hmph...I got it..."
Like that, we continued our little trip towards that town over there.
Myella just clung to my left arm, but I didn't mind, so I didn't stop her.
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Ichijou Haru
True Name: Diablo
LV.3 [Demigod of Undead]
HP: 0/0
Charge: DMG[80], Heal[100]; Language[Human]; Myella[L**e, Sexual Pleasure]; Spell[Holy Purification]
[Harbinger of Karma]
Unique Title LV.1