“Demon Lord, how much do you remember from the past?”
Lucifer sat beside Sisilia, looking at her expectantly.
“I remember all of you, but I don’t know what happened before.” Sisilia’s tone was somewhat dull.
Somehow, it fit the Demon Lord’s traits perfectly, and then this inexplicable “amnesia” setting appeared.
And that conveniently cleared her of any “suspicion”?
Sisilia increasingly suspected that Lucifer was teasing her!
Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence?
But would teasing someone put her own body at risk?
Her gaze glanced sideways and caught sight of Lucifer’s completely exposed body.
After the initial shock of the first encounter, she could now barely resist the temptation.
No, wait! Lucifer was a succubus!
If a succubus didn’t put her body on the line, could she really be called a succubus?
Sisilia’s senses heightened.
Every girl who had been drained by a succubus knew the methods they used.
One careless moment, and you’d be completely drained dry!
The more Sisilia thought this way, the thicker the wall of willpower she built inside her heart became.
Even when staring directly into Lucifer’s temptation, her heart would no longer waver!
“Demon Lord, I can’t awaken the memories you lost, and telling you about them would be dull and boring,” Lucifer said, taking Sisilia’s hand and placing it over her own chest, “but we can start creating new memories from now on.”
…Who could resist that!
Sisilia clearly realized one thing.
More tempting than a succubus was a pure-hearted succubus.
Facing Lucifer’s sincere gaze and gentle tone, she was already certain that the other genuinely believed in the “amnesia” excuse—
And truly regarded her as the Demon Lord…
Huh… When she tried to play a character herself, things never went so smoothly.
Might as well just follow her own feelings!
Sisilia stood up in the bath, her water-steamed fingertips touching Lucifer’s cheek, then bent forward to place a light kiss on her forehead.
“Lucifer, I’m looking forward to it.”
“Ah… De-Demon Lord!” Lucifer was taken aback by the sudden kiss, clutching her cheeks, her voice trembling with nervousness.
Truly a high-attack, paper-defense pure-hearted succubus…
No, if she kept looking, she’d lose control again.
“Come find me in the library after you finish washing.”
Sisilia stepped out of the bath; the water vapor on her body evaporated under magic. With a wave of her hand, the black court dress returned to her.
If going by the game’s character route progress, Lucifer’s affection level should be at least above 50 by now.
At least among the Seven Demon Generals, one threatening target had been eliminated.
Now it was time to deal with the main matter.
That was to figure out one important question—why, as the Hero, couldn’t she use magic, and why did she possess a physique far beyond normal humans?
Sisilia raised a finger toward the bookshelves; several books related to “Magic Troubleshooting” flew out, arranging themselves before her and turning pages automatically.
“Demon Lord, what are you looking for?” Lucifer, after the forehead kiss, had snapped out of it in a matter of seconds, dressed and following behind.
“In my future-seeing magic, I saw a very interesting person,” Sisilia said with a crooked smile. “Do you believe someone can fight monsters without relying on magic, only on their physical body?”
“Training their physique to the extreme, perfecting martial arts and swordsmanship—maybe they can temporarily stand against high-level monsters,” Lucifer paused, “But what you’re talking about surely isn’t that simple, Demon Lord.”
“That person, like the Saint, has a blessing bestowed by the Night. She was a magician with high-level magical power from the start, but… she can’t use magic.”
“I’ve never seen anyone like that,” Lucifer shook her head.
“What do you think could cause this?”
“Maybe it’s some kind of curse.”
“There’s no sign of a curse on her.”
“Then… maybe she set a vow on herself?”
“A vow…” Sisilia furrowed her brow, the magic book before her flipping quickly to the section on “Vows,” reading carefully word by word.
Her understanding of this specialized term was limited.
She only knew from the backstory that there was once an elf forbidden magic user called the “Witch of the Stars,” who, in pursuit of magical perfection, prayed to the gods to set a vow for herself, sacrificing emotions and even lifespan, unable to use regular magic beneath forbidden magic for her entire life, in exchange for insight beyond forbidden magic’s domain.
Sacrifice some things to gain others—that was the vow.
According to the book, vows were a major focus in current magical theory research.
Giving up fire-element magic for life to strengthen water-element magic, or focusing on blessings and giving up all destructive magic…
Many magicians were willing to do that.
Rather than developing magic broadly, they preferred to reach the peak in their strongest field.
A good idea.
It was just a pity that a true vow required praying to the gods.
As for the gods’ response, that was a very rare occurrence.
“Sacrificing magic to strengthen one’s body…” Sisilia had never thought in this direction before. She’d assumed vows only limited magic itself.
Thinking carefully, this guess wasn’t impossible.
After all, the Hero’s body bore the blessing left by the Goddess of Night.
But she had never prayed for such a thing!
Why would such a vow appear on her out of nowhere?
Could it be that the Goddess of Night discovered she had also become the Demon Lord, so she added a debuff?
No way the gods would be that petty!
Better find a way to break this vow.
She didn’t want to be some demonic muscleman!
Magic was much more useful and stylish than fists!
Sisilia spent quite some time scanning the books but found no method for breaking vows.
There were few magicians in the world who could even set vows—who would bother researching how to break them?
“Demon Lord, is this person a big threat to the demon race?” Lucifer had never seen the Demon Lord care so much about one person.
Besides the throne slayer from three hundred years ago, the so-called Heroine.
Tsk! If she really rivaled the throne slayer, she’d have to be crushed in the cradle before she grew.
“A threat? Ah, not exactly,” Sisilia immediately saw what Lucifer was up to.
She had no doubt that with Lucifer’s abilities, she could find the Hero among the millions of the Englia Empire’s population!
“So, about this person…”
“I plan to recruit her, to make her an asset to the demon race,” Sisilia quickly came up with an excuse.
“I see, understood,” Lucifer nodded slightly. “Please tell me this person’s features. I’ll go bring her back to the demons right away.”
Hey! It’s not like that!
What exactly did you understand!