Selene poked her head into my office during lunch break. "Saeko, so of the girls have been coming to about a problem that's troubling them. Do you have a mont?"
"Sothing's wrong? What is it?" I asked, motioning for her to co in.
"They confided in first for fear of bothering you," she started and took a seat across from . "However, I thought it prudent to bring it up to you when more and more ca to . Where do I even begin? A few have reported being watched. Intently."
I scratched my horn. We were succubi. It was a given that we drew a lot of attention. After all, our race and the dark elves were an uncommon sight for a lot of people.
"You're going to have to be more specific than that. I'm really not following. Or where the problem even is," I said.
"Yes, normally it wouldn't be an issue. We possess magic. We're able to seize control of one's mind. In the human world, little can threaten us. One succubus told they saw flashes of light on the way ho. When they went to investigate, there was nothing and no one there. Another kept hearing terrifying giggles in the distance. I've co to realize all their stories had a single thing in common— it occurred at night," Selene explained.
"Okay… Now this is starting to get troubling. Weird flashes? Giggling? I wonder if yokai are showing up and haunting us?"
"I tried looking into this myself, but I've yielded nothing. As this is your world, I felt you would be more suited to figuring things out. This started a week ago, if that is any help," she added.
If whatever was going on affected the girls negatively in any way, then Selene was right to bring this up to . It might also bleed into affecting the clients, too. But what the heck was going on? Was Tsuki getting haunted by a ghost?
Of course, the best person for the job was a dium. I phoned my old friend and forr boss, Mikami, the dium. Although she had lost the ability to see the supernatural, her experience in dealing with them was still useful.
Mikami ca right away. She brought with her a couple of mystics-in-training, too. They perford exorcisms from nurous cultures, chanted mantras and litanies which originated from foreign religions, and carried sothing called a censer that billowed out smoke around the building. Actually, them doing all that was spooking our clients… And since most Japanese people were inherently spiritual, they probably thought there really was a ghost here.
"Worry not, my forr acolyte! If there is a spirit, vengeful or benign, my new acolytes and I shall root them out soon enough," Mikami assured .
"Thanks. Honestly, having you here is already a load off my back. But… is that really necessary?" I pointed to one of the mythics waving the censer in a man's face until he started coughing.
"Ah… You must forgive them, they are new. You there, acolyte! There's no need to get up in soone's face!" She raced over to scold her intern.
As night fell and we were nearing closing, Mikami and her mystics had finished 'exorcizing' the entire building. Suffice to say, they found nothing suspicious. No ghost, yokai, nor even a rat in the walls.
"I kind of expected as much." I sighed and followed Mikami outside to the curb. "If there really was anything supernatural going on, I'd probably have sensed it by now."
"Or it is just an incredibly elusive ghost! The best case scenario, and also the least exciting one, is that soone is playing a prank on you. My last few exorcisms have turned out to be children with a little too much ti on their hands," Mikami explained with seething displeasure.
Everyone was leaving Tsuki, and the only ones to remain were the nightowls. Mio had gone ho ahead of since I wanted to stay until Mikami completed her exorcisms. I might as well do so investigating of my own. Selene did ntion that the strange occurrences happened at night.
Around front, check. Behind the building where the dumpsters were, check. Rooftop, check. Nothing was out of the ordinary— at least until I flew over the parking lot.
"Ehehe…" A girl's ghostly voice giggled nearby.
I shuddered. The echo traveled across the empty parking lot. Soone or sothing was definitely here. As a succubus, and wearing the ring of my god-husband Uta, I should be able to see whatever it was.
"H-Hello?" I swallowed my fear and shouted, but only my own echo responded.
After waiting for a few minutes, it was clear I wouldn't be finding anything out. The giggling also freaked out, so I bolted for ho. I couldn't sleep that night, and for the first ti since moving into the apartnt, I slept with Mio in her room. Even our cat, Shadow, maybe having sensed my unease, cuddled up to . ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs, ᴘʟᴇᴀsᴇ ᴠɪsɪᴛ N0velFire.ɴet
The very next day, under the comfort of daylight, I double-checked where the strange flashes were supposedly happening. They didn't happen last night. I flew up to the canopy of the tree, only to find a family of squirrels staring back at . Mio erged from the building with ice cream in her hand to see what I was doing.
"Still looking for the ghost? I bet it's probably sothing else," Mio said.
"Probably. Until I know for sure, I don't want to just leave it at that though. Ugh. I kind of just want it to be a ghost and reveal itself already. This is getting annoying." I groaned.
Mio waved an extra popsicle at , and I descended down to take it. The cold treat was a welco relief to the heat of sumr in Tsukiji. Living right next to the harbor, the humidity had been cranked up to max.
I wiped a layer of sweat from my brows and sighed. Sothing caught Mio's eyes on the tree. She drew closer to get a better look. Her eyes scanned the trunk, and she seed particularly fixated about sothing around its base.
"What is it?" I ca closer.
"Bark." Mio picked up so tree bark that must have chipped off from age and flicked it at . "Bark, bark, bark!"
"Stop it… What are you? Five?" I rolled my eyes.
"Hey, what if we bring Shadow over to help? Cats on Earth are supernatural creatures, right?" she asked.
"What even gave you that idea? Hmm. Maybe that's not such a bad idea though, as silly as it sounds…"
Mio made a quick trip back ho during lunch break and returned with Shadow in tow. She cradled our black cat in her arms like a baby.
"Alright, my little pookie. Ti to sniff out a ghost for us. Go!" Mio put Shadow down in front of the tree.
The cat circled the tree trunk once, got distracted by birds flying overhead, and finally flopped over to start grooming herself. Maybe it was just desperation on my part, but what even had I expected a cat to achieve? I threw my hands in the air and gave up for the rest of the day. There were n who needed to be drained, and I was keeping them waiting.
For the rest of the day, Shadow had just been a distraction to the succubi employees of Tsuki. They played with her every chance they got. I couldn't bla them though, she was an extrely cute and affectionate pet. But her presence was taking away from my succubi working.
While waiting between clients, one succubus waved her tail back and forth. Shadow's eyes darted side to side, waiting for the right mont to strike. When she did, the succubus lifted her tail out of reach.
"Don't you have a client soon?" I asked.
"Oh! Sorry, Queen Saeko. I'll go now!" She quickly got up and left the break room.
Without anyone to play, Shadow hopped onto my lap and laid there. It was dark, and we were nearing closing ti. Mr. Isami texted , asking to et up again. His ssages were enough to stoke the hunger deep within . But it would have to wait until after work.
Or so I thought.
"Saeko!" Mio bursted into the break room at max volu and startled Shadow.
"What?" I asked, thinking sothing had gone wrong in the building.
"I'm clocking out early. Hacchan and the girls want to catch a movie, and I'll be going with. Can you look after Shadow? I might be ho late. Thanks, bye!" She dipped out without even closing the door.
"Wait! You can't just leave! That's not how a working adult is supposed to act— get back here, you idiot!" When I tried to chase her down, she was already long gone.
"ow!" Shadow yowled in displeasure.
"Tell about it…" I sighed.
My chances to of fucking Mr. Isami tonight had been thoroughly dashed. The last of the clients departed, and Tsuki's succubi began to head ho. So stayed behind to hang out. Officially, that wasn't allowed, but I let them as long as they didn't cause any troubles. I closed up the place and texted my older lover that tonight wouldn't be happening. On my way out of the building with Shadow in my arms, she suddenly perked up. Her ears stood at attention, and a distinct chittering of a predator seeking to hunt erupted from her.
I thought Shadow must have seen a squirrel and it triggered her killer instincts. She leaped from my grasp and darted off around the corner. Panicked, I flew after her. A cat could easily disappear into a big city, and Mio would be devastated if Shadow got lost. When I rounded the corner, my cat was sitting next to the tree we were checking out earlier in the day. She stared intently up at it.
A flash of light went off. I stayed invisible and drew closer to the tree. Again, a flash. As I neared, the sa giggling from the other night could be heard more clearly. I'd have to reward Shadow with lots of treats later, but for now…
"Whatever you are, show yourself! I can cast spells, and I'm not afraid to blow you to smithereens!" I warned and conjured a small fireball into my hand.
"D-Don't hurt — aah!" Whoever they were lost footing.
They fell from the tree, and in a split second glance, I recognized Kaede. My body moved in an instant and caught her before she hit the ground. A cara slipped from her hand and smashed onto the asphalt.
"Kaede? You were the ghost this whole ti?" I groaned, dropping my invisibility.
"Saeko! Aha… F-Fancy eting you… Hello to you, too, Shadow…" Kaede stamred nervously.
I lood nacingly over my mangaka friend, who trembled like a cornered rabbit. The weird happenings turned out to be Kaede all along? Judging by the cara, I had a clue why…
"Alright… Explain yourself," I demanded.
"I'm sorry, Saeko! I've been trying to get new material for my doujins. Since Tsuki is the main employnt hub for succubi, I've been coming out in the middle of the night to gather material. In the form of this!" Kaede picked up her digital cara, but the impact from the fall had broken it. Sulking, she added, "Well, the SD card is what's important. Thank goodness!"
That explained the 'flashes'.
"Damn it, Kaede. You've been giving the succubi a scare! We thought it was a ghost haunting the place. I even called a local spirit dium to co." I put a hand to my face and sighed.
"I didn't think I was bothering anyone! I always made myself scarce! In retrospect, I should have asked you for permission… oops." Kaede shrunk and laughed nervously.
"Seriously though. If you want to take pictures of my succubi, just walk through the front door like a normal person and ask"
"But I wanted candid shots!" She pouted.
I glared at Kaede, and she relented pretty quickly. There was no going against a succubus after all. Tomorrow morning, she would co in to apologize and formally ask permission to take pictures. No more of this sneaking around like a maniac nonsense.
We were about to leave until I got another text from Mr. Isami. It included a recorded video of him drunk, his tie wrapped around his head like a bandana, and from what I could tell, joined by coworkers. They looked like they were having a good ti. He seed to be taking post-divorce life in stride, if not a little too wildly.
Another text ca, but it wasn't his usual manner of texting. This was more formal and polite, asking if I was Mr. Isami's friend and that he was too plastered to go ho by himself. He needed soone to help him get ho, wherever that was. Soone else must be texting in his place. Normally, I'd have declined. But after adjusting his mories, I felt sowhat responsible for him now.
"Who is it? Mio?" Kaede tried to get a peep, but I scooted away.
"I have to take care of sothing. Can bring Shadow ho for ? There's an extra key to the door underneath the welco mat. I'll let Mio know you're catsitting her. Don't worry. She's incredibly well-behaved!" I said, picking up my cat and putting her in Kaede's hands.
"Ehhhh? O-Okay." She held the cat awkwardly and relented.
I flew to the address texted to from Mr. Isami's phone. It was an izakaya that catered to the late-night crowd, usually older gentlen letting loose after work. So of the neon light signs in Kanji flickered on its last legs, but the place was otherwise nice and abuzz with life.
A group of middle-aged n stood outside, barely able to keep standing from all the drinking they had been doing. I recognized one of them as Mr. Isami, and he was held up by a foreign gentleman with dark skin.
"Oh? Are you the Saeko from Isami's phone? You must be his daughter!" the man exclaid with an English accent in fluent Japanese.
"That's not my daughter! She… hehehe… We're sex friends. That's right! This young woman right here is mine." Mr. Isami staggered over to and grabbed a handful of my ass.
His coworkers gaped in disbelief, envy, and gloom. They eyed lecherously, molesting my body with stares alone. I was getting wet, too. These n probably thought I was so slut or whore, but what kind of loose woman would give a drunkard the ti of day? Their conclusion could only be that I really was in a physical relationship with him.
"S-Stop groping in public!" I whispered, but secretly enjoyed being touched that way in front of other people. "And, uwah… You reek of booze. How much did you drink?"
"A little too much…" Mr. Isami mumbled.
"Hey, aren't you that woman from Tsuki?" One man pointed out.
Another agreed and said, "Ahhh, I recognize her! She runs the place. Shoto from accounting ets with a succubus from Tsuki. My wife forbids from even looking at it."
Oh, no. They were beginning to realize where I worked.
"No looking at my woman. Saeko belongs to ! You know, I think we might go and have so fun. Guehehe." Mr. Isami stuck his hand under my shirt and fondled my breasts, and I was too weak to resist him.
"We better get going!" I steered him away from the group and hailed a taxi while his coworkers' eyes burned into my back.
Too bad there wouldn't be sex tonight. Mr. Isami passed out on the ride, and I asked the cab driver to take us to Tsuki. He threw up in the parking lot and needed help walking. Thankfully, the succubi who were still there ca down to assist . We threw the passed out man into bed in a random room.
I couldn't recall Mr. Isami ever drinking to this extent before. Was it because of the divorce? Whatever the case, he at least sounded happier earlier. I left him in the care of the succubi and went ho.
Mio was already ho when I arrived. She and Kaede were playing video gas in the living room, and hadn't yet been inford of what happened at Tsuki. So, I told her with Kaede present and shrinking with every word. Mio didn't stop laughing for almost half an hour. Naturally, My girlfriend wiped tears from her eyes, and her abs got pretty sore.
The next morning, the three of us went to Tsuki together. According to the succubi who stayed at the building overnight, Mr. Isami left a few hours later. I found Selene and explained to her the source of the supernatural stuff going on. To my surprise, she expressed more guilt than shock. Her sharp eyes winced with sha.
"How could I have let a human slip by ? I checked that area multiple tis!" Selene uttered a self-deprecating groan.
"Kaede also told she switched up locations to get better pictures. It's not your fault. Really, the bla is on our Peeping Tom." I folded my arms at my friend, who was seated in the break room between the three of us.
"How many more tis do you want to apologize? For the hundredth ti, I'm sorry! It won't happen again, I swear it on my integrity as a doujin artist. So… with that being said, I'm here to ask permission to take pictures of sexy succubi!"
Selene pinched the bridge of her nose and muttered, "The sheer audacity…"
"Kahaha! I say, why the hell not? Kaede ain't hurting anybody. The biggest problem was her doing it without us knowing, and we know now," Mio chid in with her own unhelpful advice.
But Mio was right. We really didn't mind. Kaede was also a really good friend of ours, and any ti she needed help, it was hard to turn her down. In the end, I agreed. Before she got too excited though, I explicitly stated that she needed to ask individual succubi if it was alright to snap their photos.
We were about to go around Tsuki to do just that when I got a text from Mr. Isami. He apologized and wanted to make up for last night with a date. The horny side of accepted right away, and I was starting to run hot again… Fall was just over the horizon, and that was the ti of the year where I beca fertile and extrely insatiable. I was beginning to doubt I'd co out of it not pregnant this ti…
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