Chapter 9: I Know You Are Anxious, But Please Calm Down First
By the dark underground river, the water flowed silently.
Using the glowing moss by the river for light, Lilith squatted behind a large rock, her fingers flying across the mobile phone screen, her typing speed rivaling that of university students scrambling for elective courses in an internet cafe.
[Song the Beast! Where are you! Where the hell did you go!]
[No matter what you are doing right now, hurry up and get that so-called Holy Kingdom to send someone to save me! Even if you send a woman to take my place, it's fine!]
[That Demon Lord is going to take me! If you don't come soon, I'm going to become someone else's wife!]
Buzz—
A few seconds later, the phone vibrated; it was a message from Song the Beast.
[WTF? No way? Didn't that Goddess give you super strong combat power? Shouldn't you just counter-kill him?]
[Nonsense!]
Seeing that line, Lilith rolled her eyes, then continued typing through gritted teeth:
[If I could win, would Dad still have to beg you, you rebellious brat? That Demon Lord is a Stat Monster; my magic attacks can't even break his defense!]
[In short, it's an emergency—Song the Beast! Song the Beast! You don't want to see your best brother become another man's plaything, do you? You don't want such a tragic event to happen, do you? Huh? Huh?]
[If you still have a conscience, hurry up and come! In another hour...]
[No, maybe half an hour, that perverted Demon Lord is going to make a move on me!]
[My chastity is on a countdown!]
...[Fine, I'll have the Princess find someone to rescue you right away. First, tell me your location.]
[It seems to be called the Abyssal Labyrinth, the ninth level underground. Hurry up and ask!]
After sending the last sentence, there was no more movement from Alicia's side; she was probably off finding someone.
Watching the screen go dark, Lilith let out a long breath and slumped onto the ground.
"Heavens, what kind of situation is this..."
At this moment, Lilith's face was full of exhaustion.
Looking at the pitch-black, sunless labyrinth, her heart was filled only with despair and confusion.
"I actually naively thought this Demon Lord was just a simple young man, and holding hands would be the end of it... I didn't expect him to reveal his true colors so quickly and want me to'serve' him in bed!"
"Too terrifying... too terrifying..."
"Is this the desire of a demon race? An old man who has held back for three hundred years—won't he be like a wild beast...?"
"Damn it... No! Ah! No! I don't want to become that kind of Succubus who only knows how to **pleasure**! Help!—"
Thinking of this, Lilith in her spiritual world began to roll around frantically, struggling like a maggot.
The moment she recalled the Demon Lord's cold words, 'Wash yourself clean and come to bed,' a chill shot up from the soles of her feet to the top of her head.
"No... I can't just go back like this."
"In any case, I need to stall for time! Yes! A stalling tactic!"
"I'll wash myself slowly and tediously here, until my skin wears off, but I won't go back! At least... at least I can stall until Song the Beast brings people to rescue me!"
Having made up her mind, Lilith slowly shuffled to the riverbank, scooped up a handful of cool river water, and splashed it on her face.
The water rippled, disturbing the previously calm surface, before slowly settling down again, reflecting her current appearance.
"Hmm?"
Although she had glimpsed herself vaguely in the phone's dark screen earlier, seeing her reflection clearly now, illuminated by the faint light, Lilith was stunned.
The girl in the water had silver hair that flowed like moonlight, clinging wetly to her cheeks. It was an exquisitely small face, with skin as white as snow, and two ruby-like eyes that were both lively and bewitching. Her features possessed the youthful innocence of a loli, yet also carried the inherent seductiveness of a Succubus.
The most fatal part was... her gaze drifted downward.
Although her face looked only fourteen or fifteen years old, her figure... 'Gulp.'
Lilith subconsciously swallowed.
What was tightly wrapped by the Gothic dress was a weight of sin that defied all scientific reason!
They trembled slightly with her breathing, possessing an astonishing fullness and firmness—a degree that even two-dimensional artists would hesitate to draw casually.
Baby face and massive bust!
"Heh heh... hehehehe..."
Unconsciously, a suspicious liquid dripped from the corner of Lilith's mouth, and she let out a laugh resembling that of a pervert:
"I'm so gorgeous~"
She thought silently to herself.
Then, Lilith couldn't resist reaching out and caressing her smooth, delicate thighs a few times:
"This figure... this face... If this were on Earth, I could easily get a million followers just by starting a livestream, right?"
"Wow~ It feels so soft and smooth to the touch~"
The bouncy texture was addictive.
Next, she dipped those fair, tender little feet into the water—her round, cute toes wiggled in the clear ripples, looking like a pair of exquisite jade artifacts being cleaned, making her already fair skin appear even more dewy.
"So nice... hehe..."
"Maybe turning into a girl isn't so bad? I can see fan service whenever I want... Huh?"
Just as she was thinking, Lilith, immersed in self-admiration, suddenly froze.
She abruptly looked up and found that Asmodeus was standing behind her at some unknown point in time!
"M-My Lord Demon King?"
Looking at Asmodeus's cold eyes, Lilith swallowed and asked cautiously.
In response, the Demon Lord said nothing superfluous; he simply extended his arm, grabbed Lilith's arm, and dragged her towards the direction of the coffin.
"Why did it take you so long to wash up? Hurry over, I need to sleep."
"Ah! G-Gently... be gentle!"
"It's bad..."
"Bad, bad, bad, bad, bad!"
Lilith, being dragged along forcefully, let out a terrified sound.
"I was supposed to stall for time... but I got so engrossed in looking at myself! I should have gone somewhere far away to wash!"
However, it was too late to say anything now.
When she regained her senses, Asmodeus had already pulled her next to the crystal coffin—he lay down inside, shifted his body to make room for half the space, and then naturally patted the empty spot beside him:
"Hurry up and get in."
"Uh..."
Lilith looked at the narrow space, then looked at the Demon Lord's tall figure,
There was no room to hide in such a small space! She would be eaten by the Demon Lord!
"M-My Lord Demon King..."
Lilith took a frightened step back, but to avoid angering Asmodeus, she forced a gentle, dry laugh:
"You are so noble... and this bed is so cramped... How about I just sleep outside? The floor is quite cool, I like sleeping on the floor..."
"What nonsense are you spouting?"
Asmodeus frowned, his tone clearly showing impatience:
"Did I summon you just to satisfy my desires and fill my emptiness? At this point, you still dare to defy my orders?"
"Come here!"
This low shout seemed to carry infinite demonic power.
"Ugh!"
Due to her Succubus instincts, Lilith's body was utterly incapable of defying the Demon King's command! Her legs moved as if they had a will of their own, carrying her uncontrollably toward the coffin.
She stiffly climbed onto the black "bed," lay down beside the Demon King with her back turned, her body trembling uncontrollably out of fear.
Then, their bodies pressed tightly together. She could even feel the warmth radiating through Asmodeus's clothes, along with the sound of his powerful heartbeat.
"S-Sorry!"
"Mom and Dad, I'm sorry!"
"I am an unfilial child... I'm about to become someone else's wife! Wuwuwu..."
"Song the Beast, you beast, why aren't you here yet!"
Thinking this, a strong arm wrapped around her waist from behind, forcing Lilith to close her eyes in despair—the scorching, tyrannical body heat invaded her like a tide, impossible to escape no matter how hard she resisted.
So, she could only clutch her collar tightly with both small hands, her legs involuntarily clamping together out of fear, seemingly waiting for that moment to arrive.
However... one second.
Two seconds.
Three seconds.
"Hm?"
There was no next move.
Asmodeus simply held her completely in his arms from behind, like a hug pillow, gently rubbing his chin against the top of her head, finding a comfortable position.
And then, there was no then.
Even breathing sounds drifted down from above.
"..."
Lilith stiffly opened her eyes, staring at the pitch-black coffin wall before her, a row of question marks appearing on her forehead.
"Eh??
"Eh?!"
Realizing something was wrong, she cautiously turned her head and asked in a small voice:
"My Lord Demon King?"
"What is it?"
Asmodeus's magnetic voice carried a trace of sleepiness, languid yet incredibly pleasant to hear.
So Lilith continued to ask with a trembling voice:
"Didn't you say... you wanted me to serve you?"
"Hm?"
Hearing this, Asmodeus did not open his eyes. He merely tightened his hold on her, rubbing her head like he would a kitten, and then stated matter-of-factly:
"Aren't you already serving me right now?"
"Ah?"
Lilith's mouth gaped in astonishment.
Asmodeus seemed annoyed by her noise and mumbled:
"Stop fidgeting, it's warm holding you like this..."
...Boom————
It was like a lightning bolt splitting the fog.
The belatedly aware Lilith finally understood!
"So that's it!"
"In the mind of Asmodeus, that Pure-Hearted Idiot, holding hands is enough to get pregnant! Therefore,'sleeping embraced' is already the most, most, most intimate and licentious act for him!"
"Hoo—!!"
Having figured this out, Lilith felt a huge weight lift off her shoulders! She felt as if she had just walked through the Gates of Hell, leaving her completely drained.
"Dodged a bullet! Scared me to death!"
She breathed a sigh of relief, and her body relaxed along with it, sinking softly into the Demon King's embrace.
But as she relaxed, whether it was an illusion or not, her physical senses seemed much more acute than before—feeling the continuous warmth from behind, the strong arm wrapped around her waist like a chain, as if everything about her, both body and soul, belonged to him.
The wild and domineering aura gave her a strange sense of security, so much so that... Lilith felt an inexplicable emptiness in her heart.
A series of thoughts involuntarily surfaced in her mind:
'The sealed Demon King spent a hundred years alone in solitude and silence...'
'In the past, he rejected all forms of pleasure for the sake of cultivation and ruling the world; he never even held a girl's hand, living alone in loneliness...'
'Even now, the 'desire' he wants is merely a warm embrace.'
'A man like this... doesn't he need a gentle and virtuous girl to warm that cold and lonely heart?'
"..."
Slap—!
Thinking this, Lilith abruptly raised her hand and delivered a hard slap to herself.
"Why are these thoughts in my head! Get out!"
"It must... it must be this damned body! As a Succubus, I cannot resist the Demon King's will! Otherwise, how could I have such strange notions!"
"Becoming the Demon King's wife?"
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
She vehemently shook her head in her heart, even secretly vowing:
"No matter what, I would rather die, die outside, jump into that river, than ever become Asmodeus's wife! I will absolutely not be converted!"
"Song the Beast! My good brother! Hurry and save me from this sea of suffering!"
Buzz—
As if responding to Lilith's call.
Just as she was shouting in her heart with a mix of grief and indignation, her mobile phone suddenly vibrated.
Lilith's eyes lit up, and she quickly pulled out her phone furtively, as if she were a thief.
It was indeed a message from Alicia!
"It must be good news!"
Thinking this, she clicked on the screen with trembling fingers.
However, after reading the message above, Lilith froze on the spot... [Old Duan, don't rush things yet, I have something to tell you...]
[I just asked the Princess, the Abyssal Labyrinth you mentioned is right in the very center of the Demon Realm's Capital.]
[Looking at the map, the Holy Kingdom is on the far east of the continent, and the Demon Realm is on the far west...]
[The two places are separated by at least a hundred thousand miles! In between, there are the Sea of Death, the Orc Wasteland, the Dragon Mountain Range... and my current strength is only Tier One. Even if I ran without stopping... it would probably take until next year, and I still couldn't win, so...]
"Holy crap."
As Lilith's pupils trembled slightly upon seeing this, the 'Typing...' indicator on the screen showed that Song the Beast was organizing his language to deliver his final summary:
[So... I can't help you in the short term! The earliest would be next year! I'm sorry, Old Duan, you need to figure out how to stall that Demon King yourself for now!]
[You must hold fast to your original intention and not become the Demon King's plaything!]
Plop.
Looking at the message on the screen, the mobile phone slipped gently from Lilith's hand and fell onto the coffin lid.
Lilith stared blankly at the rock ceiling above her, her delicate lips trembling, her pupils wide with shock... Just then, Asmodeus's hand stroked her head like he was comforting a kitten—this arbitrary action was exactly like affectionately stroking his pet, completely disregarding Lilith's dignity!
"Mmm?!"
A soft, delicate sound involuntarily escaped Lilith's throat.
At the same time, she cried out mournfully in her heart:
"It's over—"
"Even if he's pure-hearted, after sleeping together for a year, he'll have learned everything!"
"Now I'm completely screwed!"