"Whoa there, little Roy! Aren't you supposed to be comforting your little girlfriend? What brings you here to me?"
After wrapping things up in the oak forest, Roy knocked on Elizabeth's office door. The beautiful teacher had her legs, clad in black stockings, propped up on her desk in a rather unladylike but totally relaxed way. She looked pretty chill.
Feeling Elizabeth's teasing gaze, Roy couldn't help but feel a little helpless.
"Ms. Elizabeth, I actually wanted to ask you something."
Elizabeth raised an eyebrow, her expression turning quite odd.
"You're not thinking of asking me how to smooth things over with your little girlfriend, are you? Hmm… my suggestion would be to just get them all in bed and, you know, use your… weapon on them real good. After sharing the bond of fighting together, I bet they'd understand each other."
Elizabeth's words almost made Roy do a spit-take, but he had to admit, she kind of had a point.
Maybe he should try that sometime?
"Cough, cough, cough! Ms. Elizabeth, that's not actually what I wanted to ask."
"Oh? Well, what is it you want to know?"
"I was wondering, can a succubus eat normal human food?"
Elizabeth gave him a quirky smile.
"You mean that guy's daughter, right? So, it looks like you've been personally feeding her this whole time?"
Roy nodded awkwardly.
Elizabeth shifted her legs, not at all bothered by flashing a little thigh—or maybe she was totally trying to tempt Roy.
"As far as I know, succubi can only replenish their energy by eating that stuff, or by directly sucking the life force out of the opposite sex. If you want to keep her around, that's pretty much your only option. Or, you could just hand that succubus over to me. I could help you train her properly."
Elizabeth licked her lips, suggesting again that Roy give her Elrêsha.
Roy was now sure that Elizabeth had some kind of ulterior motive when it came to Elrêsha, probably wanting to use her to get back at the King of Lust.
Even if he were to set Elrêsha free, there was no way he was handing her over to Elizabeth.
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"Uh, the absolutely stunning Ms. Elizabeth, I'm sure that brilliant brain of yours has some other solutions, right?"
Roy didn't believe there wasn't a way. After all, succubi were a fairly common type of demon, and wizards summoned them all the time.
Surely those wizards weren't just making baby formula smoothies to feed them, were they?
And with the shape those old wizards were in, could they even handle it?
Roy's smooth talk made Elizabeth's expression brighten considerably.
As the King of Sloth, Elizabeth had heard countless compliments back in Hell, but when it came to flattery, it still depended on who was doing the flattering.
Roy's compliments definitely hit the spot with Elizabeth.
"Alright, seeing as you were pretty well-behaved the other day, tell me another funny joke, and I'll tell you."
Elizabeth seemed to really enjoy jokes. Last Halloween, it was because Roy told a Hell-themed joke that she started to look at him in a new light.
So, Roy thought for a moment and told another joke with a Hellish twist.
"During an exorcism, the priest yelled at the little boy, 'Demon! Get out of this boy's body right now!'
The demon replied, 'You damn fool, you get out of this kid's body first, then I can leave!'"
After the joke, Elizabeth's face took on a strange expression, like she was trying to figure out what it meant. A moment later, she started slapping the desk and laughing like crazy.
"Hahaha… Oh, that's good! That's really good! I love jokes like that!"
Roy hadn't expected his Hell-themed joke to have such a strong effect, actually keeping Elizabeth laughing for almost ten minutes straight.
Did it really work that well?
Maybe next time they fought, he could just tell a joke to weaken Elizabeth?
"Little Roy, what are you grinning about?"
Because he'd thought of a way to deal with Elizabeth, a mischievous smile unconsciously crept onto Roy's face. Just as Elizabeth finished laughing, she saw his expression.
"Oh, it's nothing. I just happened to remember something funny."
Elizabeth felt like there was some invisible force trying to make him say, "What funny thing?", but she held back.
"Little Roy, your joke really tickled my funny bone. I can give you a recipe for food that will make a succubus happy. But I still suggest you feed her yourself regularly. That's the only way to maintain your current relationship."
Elizabeth picked up a pen and paper and quickly scribbled down a recipe, handing it to Roy.
"Thank you, Ms. Elizabeth."
Roy took the note and was about to leave when Elizabeth suddenly called out to him.
"Just gonna leave like that, little Roy?"
Elizabeth looked at Roy, her eyes seeming to hint at something.
Helpless, Roy had no choice but to go back and give Elizabeth a deep, lingering French kiss. Only then was the beautiful teacher satisfied.
After school, Roy tried using the recipe Elizabeth gave him to make food for the succubus.
The succubus's diet was pretty straightforward. The highest-ranking succubi feed on emotions; they can absorb people's pleasant feelings.
Don't think that just giving up some happy feelings is safe. If a person's positive emotions are constantly being drained by a succubus, they'll become depressed, mentally messed up, or even go crazy, eventually becoming a living zombie.
That's just the physical cost being lower; the mental cost is definitely not insignificant.
Mid-ranking succubi, like Elrêsha was before, suck the life force out of the opposite sex. This way of feeding can directly drain all the vitality from a person's body.
And lower-ranking succubi eat something similar to baby formula smoothies. This is usually the diet of newborn succubi.
In a way, Elrêsha was also a newly born demon in terms of her soul, so she instinctively craved baby formula smoothies.
And the recipe Elizabeth provided was for something that could replace baby formula smoothies in terms of taste and nutrition.
"Goat's blood, goat's milk, salmon roe… why are they all such fishy-smelling things? Is it to mimic the smell of that stuff? And the most important ingredient, emotions filled with love? What the heck is that?"
Roy was completely baffled. That last ingredient was just too abstract for him to wrap his head around.
Okay, in witchcraft, using emotions to cast spells wasn't that weird, but using emotions as food was pretty rare.
This reminded Roy of some kids' cartoons where they'd say cheesy things to infuse feelings while they were making something.
Was he going to have to do that too? That sounded kind of gross!
There was no mention of this kind of thing in the Key of Solomon. This was clearly a method that had been invented later. Roy had no choice but to call Elizabeth and ask.
"The easiest way is to inject a memory into the food. Memories usually carry some emotions with them. But if you do that, you'll permanently lose those memories. Directly separating emotions is a bit more complicated, but you could give it a shot."
Elizabeth taught Roy a spell to separate memories and emotions.
Roy tried it out. To separate emotions, he first had to put himself in the emotional state he wanted.
The recipe called for emotions filled with love, so Roy called Niddy and flirted with her for a while, quickly getting into the mood.
Then, he recited the spell Elizabeth taught him, and surprisingly, he managed to separate a small amount of love in one go.
This was probably because Roy controlled two emotional domains, the Domain of Fear and the Domain of Desire, so he was naturally pretty good at this kind of thing.
However, after extracting that part of the loving emotion, Roy felt a sense of loss, like something was missing inside him.
Yeah, emotions weren't something to mess with lightly. Humans were emotional creatures, and once their emotions went haywire, they'd lose control.
Finally, after gathering all the ingredients for the recipe, Roy followed Elizabeth's instructions and brewed a bottle of pink, goopy liquid.
This pink, goopy liquid was called Succubus Potion, but Roy preferred to call it Pink Mood.
It was pretty amazing. So many stinky things mixed together, but the final liquid actually smelled good. Was it the same principle as perfume?
In perfume making, they extract skatole, which is found in the feces of certain birds, to add some specific fragrance notes.
"The color and smell seem to match the description in the recipe. I guess it's a success?"
Roy didn't dare to drink it himself. After all, a succubus's physiology was quite different from a human's, even though they looked very similar on the outside.
Who knew what would happen if he drank this succubus-specific Pink Mood? Even though Roy's constitution was a whopping 57 points and his poison resistance was super high, he didn't want to risk it.
"I should still take it to Elrêsha and see if she likes it!"
Roy divided the Pink Mood into smaller containers.
According to Elizabeth's recipe description, this food was packed with energy. 100 milliliters could satisfy an adult succubus's needs for a long time, so Roy used small glass bottles to portion it out, making it easy for Elrêsha to eat.
Arriving at Samantha's house, the new place was pretty much all set up and looked quite homey.
After saying hi to the Parker family, Roy found Elrêsha watching cartoons.
Who would have thought that this creature, giggling non-stop at Tom and Jerry, was actually a succubus?
Elrêsha didn't even notice Roy come in until he called her name.
"Elrêsha!"
The little succubus turned around, looked at Roy with surprise and joy, and then practically pounced on him, wrapping her arms around him.
"Daddy, I missed you so much!"
Huh, Elrêsha even had new words. Did Samantha teach her that?
"Elrêsha, I missed you too. I brought you something yummy."
Roy took a small bottle of Pink Mood out of his inventory and handed it to Elrêsha.
The little succubus was a little hesitant at first, since she thought the only yummy thing was baby formula smoothie.
But when Roy opened the bottle of Pink Mood, Elrêsha's expression immediately changed when she smelled the aroma.
"Daddy, it smells so good!"
Roy's forehead was covered in sweat drops. That sounded like she was saying he smelled good.
"Give it a try!"
Elrêsha eagerly took the Pink Mood, downed it in one gulp, and then let out a long, satisfied burp.
"Burp—Daddy, so yummy!"
Roy noticed that Elrêsha's belly had puffed out, looking like she'd eaten way too much.
This had never happened before when Roy fed Elrêsha baby formula smoothies.
Roy guessed that this might be because it was Elrêsha's first time eating emotions, so she was particularly satisfied. It probably wouldn't be like this next time.
"Elrêsha, how about I give you this to eat from now on?"
Hearing this, Elrêsha's eyes suddenly became pitiful, looking very much like an abandoned puppy.
"Daddy, you don't want me anymore?"
Being stared at with those eyes, Roy felt cold sweat dripping down his back.
"Why would you think that?"
"I think Daddy just doesn't want to give me baby formula smoothies anymore!"
Whoa, her senses were really sharp!
Roy had indeed asked Elizabeth to come up with this Pink Mood because he couldn't go to Samantha's house every day to feed Elrêsha.
But now it seemed that although Elrêsha also really liked the smell of Pink Mood, she seemed to care more about the feeling of being able to personally drain baby formula smoothie.
Roy remembered Elizabeth's reminder that he had to feed Elrêsha himself regularly to maintain their current relationship, so he made a promise to Elrêsha.
He would feed Elrêsha fresh baby formula smoothie once a week.
Elrêsha was a little unhappy about this, but she still obediently agreed.
"Daddy, you can't not want me, okay!"
Roy could feel Elrêsha's attachment. He didn't know why a succubus would be so attached to him, but this feeling was actually pretty nice.
After calming Elrêsha down, Roy found Samantha.
Samantha seemed to be in a pretty good mood. Her new life seemed to be getting on track.
"Samantha, how do you like living in the new house?"
"It's not bad! Other than feeling a little chilly, there aren't any other problems."
A little chilly?
Roy raised an eyebrow, feeling like something might be up.
But seeing that Samantha seemed to be in a good mood, Roy didn't want to ruin it by bringing it up right now.
So, Roy started asking about Ashley.
"Ashley's been locking herself in her room as soon as she gets home these past couple of days. Did something happen?"
Hearing Roy mention Ashley, Samantha looked at him suspiciously.
Her intuition was really on point. Roy's expression was a bit awkward.
"Maybe Ashley's just a little down about school. After all, she just transferred. But I'll help her adjust to the new school environment!"
Samantha didn't seem to notice Roy's awkwardness and nodded with a sigh.
"I hope so. I'm starting work at the police station in a few days, so I might not have time to keep an eye on Ashley's situation then."
"The police station already approved your application?"
"Yeah, I was a police chief before, after all."
So, Elrêsha was going to have to stay home alone?
"Samantha, when do you officially start working?"
"Next Monday."
Roy scratched his head. Letting Elrêsha stay alone at Samantha's house felt a little unsafe.
But Heather and Penny didn't seem like they'd be back anytime soon, and Roy didn't have anyone else in Waterfall Town he could trust to take care of Elrêsha.
Ugh, he was really stretched thin!
Did he really have to hand Elrêsha over to Elizabeth?
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