Chapter 178: Adding More Fuel to the Fire

“By the way, Liakade, what kind of personality did your ancestor have?”

Alice speared a piece of steak, stuffed it into her mouth, chewed slowly, and swallowed before suddenly thinking of this question and asking.

After all, Liakade now had the ability to let Korim possess her temporarily. It was possible they’d be meeting Korim in person.

“Hmm… I guess I should tell you about her. Her name is Korim, and she’s probably my only family now. Oh, right.”

Liakade held a silver spoon in her hand, stirring the corn soup in her silver bowl, remembering she hadn’t explained her background to Alice and Field yet.

“I almost forgot to tell you about my family history.”

“Eh? Liakade, aren’t you the eldest daughter of the Onions Family?”

Alice was puzzled by Liakade’s words.

Even though Liakade had stopped being part of the Onions Family when she entered school, she should’ve still been born into it, right?

“That’s not necessarily the case.”

Field offered an opinion completely different from Alice’s.

“They’re all noble families. How could they just sell their own daughter so easily? Maybe… never mind.”

Field originally wanted to voice her own theory—that Liakade might not actually be the biological daughter of the Onions Family—but saying such a thing in front of Liakade felt rude.

What if Liakade really was their biological daughter, but there were some hidden circumstances?

That would hurt her feelings.

“Liakade, go on.”

Both Alice and Field were curious about Liakade’s mysterious origins and her Demon Race bloodline, so they perked up their ears, waiting for her to continue.

“Actually, I was adopted by the Onions Family.”

Liakade looked at the rippling corn soup.

The swirling waves seemed to tell stories she herself hadn’t witnessed.

“I was born from the union of a Succubus and a human woman. I don’t even know their names. One died in battle, the other’s whereabouts are unknown.”

“My ancestor sent me to the Onions Family early on because our tribe owed them a favor. But they were probably afraid of me too, which is why they were so eager to drive me out.”

“I see…”

What Liakade said was almost exactly what Field had guessed.

No wonder the Onions Family was so desperate to sell her.

A Succubus whose bloodline hadn’t awakened yet, no matter how talented in Magic, was a ticking time bomb for the family.

If her bloodline awakened and the Kingdom found out, the family could be accused of consorting with the Demon Race.

Because of their debt to her tribe and fear of Korim’s revenge, the Onions Family didn’t dare kill Liakade directly. Instead, they sent her to Irina Zi’s Mansion to leave her fate to chance.

“Liakade… I didn’t know you had such a background…”

Alice felt a pang in her heart.

Even though Liakade summarized her life in just a few words, Alice could hear her confusion.

“It’s okay. I’m glad I met you all. I’m really happy now.”

Liakade smiled faintly, the past drifting away like smoke.

“And my ancestor treated me very well. Just like a mother…”

Eh?

Liakade said this unconsciously, but something felt off.

Korim was kind to her like a mother, but… this mother wasn’t the same as the one Korim had her call last night.

Still, Liakade gradually began to combine the two meanings.

“She sounds like a gentle person.”

Alice said with emotion.

“I hope we can get along when we meet in a few days.”

“Cough… Gentle?”

Liakade choked.

She didn’t deny Korim’s gentleness, but gentle didn’t mean not dangerous.

Korim’s gentleness was the kind that lured innocent girls into her arms and wrapped them up with her body.

“Meet?”

Field keenly caught the keyword in Alice’s words.

“Liakade, isn’t your ancestor supposed to be in the Demon Territory? How can you meet her?”

“Oh, that.”

Liakade finally remembered she hadn’t told Field about her New Ability.

“Actually, it’s my New Ability. I can let her possess me for ten minutes, unleashing around LV.68-level power. With that strength, it’ll be safer facing Darkness.”

“I see.”

Field nodded.

She didn’t expect Liakade to get a New Ability, but it was certainly helpful for their upcoming plans.

“By the way.”

Liakade resumed the conversation Field had interrupted, warning both Field and Alice.

“Don’t let her gentleness fool you. Her name is Korim, and she’s extremely dangerous.”

“Dangerous…?”

Field frowned.

Since ancient times, relations between the Demon Race and humans had been strained, with constant conflicts.

It was normal for long-lived demons to harbor hostility toward humans.

“What kind of danger?”

“Extremely dangerous…”

Liakade swallowed, sounding the alarm for Alice and Field.

Even if she didn’t believe Korim would stoop so low as to NTR her daughter’s girlfriend, she worried that if Korim’s bloodline power exploded, she might take out Darkness in one minute and spend the next nine doing unspeakable things to Alice and Field.

Wouldn’t that make her a cuckold herself?

Wait… if something like that really happened, and Korim was using her body, would that count as NTR?

So she had to warn Alice and Field to be extra cautious when she activated the ability.

Of course, in Alice and Field’s minds, Korim still looked like a kind elder.

But as Liakade continued, their attitude toward Korim flipped 180 degrees.

“First… she’s just as cute as me.”

“She’s as cute as Liakade!?”

Alice shouted in shock.

But Liakade didn’t notice the mistake in her words.

Not just as cute—almost identical to herself.

“Second… she’s a loli with big boobs and a master seducer. She usually just wears a few stickers as clothes.”

“She wears stickers as clothes!?”

Field couldn’t imagine anyone that bold.

Liakade watched their reactions with satisfaction.

She wanted Alice and Field to fear Korim, to see her as a complete pervert, and avoid her.

“Every time I go to her, she rubs her huge weapons on me and always gropes everywhere.”

“What!?”

Alice and Field exclaimed in unison.

“She’s always talking about combining with me and having a bunch of kids.”

To raise their vigilance, Liakade began to exaggerate.

“She says to inherit the ability, you have to do those kinds of things, and she teases me while making me call her mother.”

“Last night, she even made me act like a dog, squatting on the floor, scratching my chin with her foot, making me call her mom.”

As soon as she said this, Liakade felt the room go silent.

Well?

Now you know how terrifying Korim is?

Don’t get close to her.

Hmm?

Wait, why do their eyes look so weird?

“Li-Liakade!!!”

The sudden roar from the two startled Liakade.

They leaped at her, shaking her hard.

“W-What are you doing!? I’m getting dizzy!”

Liakade felt her vision spin.

“I thought she was a kind Demon Race! But to think she’d do such terrible things to her own descendant!”

Alice went berserk.

It was enough to share Liakade with Field—how had a fourth party gotten involved in their relationship?

“Damn it, she’s a truly evil Demon Race! Purify! We have to purify her!”

“There’s such a perverted playstyle!?”

Field’s eye twitched.

Just imagining Liakade crawling on the floor like a puppy, tongue out, calling her mother, made Field shudder with excitement.

But thinking it was Liakade’s so-called ancestor who did that instead of herself made her go mad just like Alice.

“Damn it! Liakade! How can you be so weak-willed, surrendering like that! Obviously, the one who should lift your chin with their foot is me! Obviously, the one you should call mother is me!”

“F-Field!? Did I just hear something incredibly dangerous!?”

Amid their shrill screams, Liakade felt she heard something especially ominous.

“If inheriting the ability requires those things!”

Alice grabbed Liakade’s skirt.

“Then you must have done them with that Korim Demon Race!”

Field seized her straps.

“We’ll purify your body right now!”

×2

“No! I-I didn’t!!!”