‘This is… the mark of the Mother of Pleasure?’
Navarro immediately recognized that pattern.
Her beautiful eyes lit up, and her whole demeanor suddenly shifted from lazy to energetic.
She leaned down, bringing her face close to Liya’s lower abdomen, inspecting it carefully.
“I never imagined that such a slutty mark would appear on the honorable Demon King Liya. As expected, high-ranking individuals are more satisfying to corrupt? How exciting!”
“Keep talking nonsense and I’ll kill you.”
“Hehe.”
“Is there a solution?”
Liya frowned slightly and asked with some tension.
“I’m overflowing with inspiration!”
Navarro inexplicably became fired up, her voice impassioned.
“I have a perfect solution! Demon King Liya, you are the perfect test subject!”
“Don’t be like that. I’m a little scared.”
Liya shivered and silently stepped back two steps.
“Sorry.”
Navarro then regained her rationality.
Remembering that Demon King Liya controlled her future research funding, she quickly restrained those crazy reactions and bowed her head reverently.
“Old habits die hard. Whenever I see something related to my interests, I can’t help but get ecstatic.”
“Forget it, I already expected your personality. Dr. Navarro, first research the other curse inside me. To be honest, that curse worries me more, and I haven’t even figured out what it is.”
“I understand, Demon King Liya. So, what exactly is its effect?”
Liya’s face reddened, and she suddenly became silent.
“What’s the matter, Demon King Liya?”
“Its effect is a bit embarrassing to say. It’s a very common emotion in the world, but it makes me not myself. Even if I try my best to avoid it, I can’t help but think about the object of the effect’s link—worry about whether he’s hungry, tired, or sad.”
Liya explained it to Navarro in relatively obscure language.
“I understand!”
“It’s maternal love!”
“Like hell it is!”
Liya almost choked.
She seriously suspected Navarro was pretending to be dumb.
“Like hell it is!”
Liya almost choked, so her tone was harsh.
“It’s love! Love! Do you understand?”
“So it’s love… hahaha.”
Navarro’s eyes curved, and she laughed a bit sheepishly.
“Is love a negative status?”
“Isn’t it?”
“I don’t know.”
Navarro spread her hands, looking somewhat wistful.
“Love… I always hear humans talk about it, but I’ve never experienced the feeling they describe. I heard from Lady Tina that the Fifth Demon Realm is a place where reality and illusion are indistinguishable. Living in such a world full of lies, we are destined never to have such emotions as love.”
“Just consider love a negative status.”
“But I heard from Lady Tina that people who fall in love are especially happy every day.”
Navarro looked at Liya with envy.
“Even though it feels that way, love is too dangerous. What if the other person doesn’t love me? What if the promised love disappears? When love becomes one-sided, its endpoint leads straight to hell. So someone like me is better off without love.”
“Is that so?”
Navarro seemed thoughtful.
One of her fingers suddenly extended, turning into a very thin tentacle, its tip stopping in front of Liya’s lower abdomen.
“I understand. I’ll help you solve your troubles, Demon King Liya. I need to first examine the abnormal power on your body.”
“Okay.”
Liya readily chose to trust.
Although not long ago, Navarro had a record of attempting to hypnotize her, Liya believed she had already controlled Navarro’s desires, and thus also controlled her demonic heart.
If you suspect someone, don’t use them.
If you use them, don’t suspect them.
As a king, one should have that kind of magnanimity to embrace all things.
Navarro indeed didn’t play any tricks.
On one hand, she was a relatively honest otaku-type great demon; on the other hand, she had a considerable sense of awe toward the words “Demon King Liya.”
In no time, Navarro finished the examination.
“Demon King Liya, aside from your own power as a magical beast and the power of the Pleasure Mark, I detected two abnormal powers.”
“One power is exceptionally vast and radiant, like the sun, and even makes me feel terrified. The other power is yin-soft and tenacious—the energy level isn’t high, but it’s extremely difficult to remove.”
“This…”
Liya quickly made a judgment.
The first was obviously the Heroic Power.
Only the Heroic Power would be so radiant; even a mere wisp absorbed could make a Chosen Great Demon feel fear.
And the second…
“That’s troublesome.”
Navarro sighed.
“Very troublesome?”
Liya also frowned.
“Mainly because this is divine power, and specifically a goddess’s power. Goddess power is still quite difficult for us demons to handle. If I’m not mistaken, this should be the Light Holy See’s Grace of Love God—[Forbidden Fruit Dew].”
Navarro said quite distressed.
“Got it!”
“Is there a way?”
Liya stood on the table, looking up at Navarro’s beautiful features eagerly.
“Yes, I have a clever and quick solution!”
Whenever it came to her familiar professional field, Navarro immediately became confident and radiant.
“I won’t ask you about the professional details, since I don’t really understand anyway. Just tell me what you need, and I’ll get it for you as soon as possible.”
Liya waved her hand grandly, directly giving Navarro considerable autonomy.
She had always been a leader willing to delegate power.
“As for materials… hmm…”
Navarro stole a glance at Liya and coughed.
“The rest are just trivial materials. I’ll write you a list later. There are mainly two special materials that are not easy to collect. The first is the ‘essence of tears from a succubus’s repentance,’ and the second is the ‘faith of a devout clergy member.’”
“This…”
Liya showed a slightly troubled expression.
Both items Navarro mentioned were very precious, unavailable on the market, and special magical materials hard to buy with Gold Kuron.
The latter required a high-ranking clergy member to sincerely abandon their faith, and then it could be collected through a special container.
Usually, it could only be obtained during the corruption of a Dark Knight.
The former was even more troublesome.
As everyone knew, succubi were almost incapable of regret.
The only thing they might regret was following the wrong master.
And the essence of tears from a succubus’s repentance required a sufficiently high-ranking succubus to sincerely repent themselves and shed bloody tears.
With these nine conditions stacked together, it wasn’t much different from a fantasy.
“Is there no substitute?”
“Mm… mm…”
Navarro shook her head.
“No. These are also the main ingredients.”
“Alright. I’ll get them for you as soon as possible. You prepare in advance.”
Liya sighed softly.
She had originally planned to let the succubus live or die on its own, but now, under these circumstances, it seemed she had to fan the flames.
On the way back to find Joen, Liya kept pondering in her mind how to obtain these two magical materials she needed.