Ep 1: One Last Time

"Alright, let's do this one last time," Virto said, extending a pointer before tapping the ground one last time. Etched into it, was a range of pictures crudely drawn in the dirt. "First, I was telepathically communicated through universes by a Lilim. So I built a machine, and through a bit of trial and error I was sucked into this universe, which is portrayed here." He pointed to a frame of a stick figure getting sucked through a portal, which was emphasized by directional lines. "Then, I had to fend off some girl with dragon wings and tails, which is shown here. Now what I wish to know, is how this is possible!" He suddenly exclaimed. He was Virto, but he wasn't the Virto from the short I wrote, nor is he the Virto from the writer as of yet. This is a different, yet similar Virto. An inexperienced one that hadn't been imprinted on by the world in front of him that baffled him. His hair wasn't long and out of place, but it short, brown, and neatly trimmed. He wore glasses for that he was short-sighted by a tiny bit. However, his lab coat was still on, meaning that it will somehow last everything that was about to unfold in front of him.

The person he was explaining this to was a lesser succubus. She was unusually docile, which doesn't seem as unusual when you look closer at her skin. It was slick with signs of sexual intercourse taking place just recently before the present. She listened while her tail wagged back and forth, the little thing behaving more like a dog's tail rather than a prehensile tool of debauchery. "Can I tell my story now?" She asked, holding out for the stick so she can draw her own tale of origin.

And so she did, grunting with a few deep drags of the stick as she sketched out how she became a lesser succubus. "There!" She said, finishing up her own crude set of panels and dropping the stick down to the ground. Virto took his seat down at the ground, staring up at the succubus as she cleared her throat. "So, as you know, my name is Kiris."

"Yes, you told me so, so many times while assaulting me," Virto responded. "Now, can we get on with the story?"

"Alright. So first, I used to be a lowly villager, a follower of the Chief God." She pointed to the first panel, with a stick figure on his knees praying to something off the picture. "But then everything changed when a purple cloud rolled in…."

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As she reminisced, she found herself teleported back to the past, at least in her mind. She was back to her normal, human self. She was already quite busty before, but more shy than lewd. Most of her curves were downplayed by the looseness of her clothing. Most of everyone's clothing was loose and long-sleeved to leave little skin able to be seen. Over the years the season designs have gotten better to adjust for chill and warmth, but moving about in the summer was still a slight nightmare. Today was one of those warmer days, but while she was doing her task of babysitting the village children, she felt a chill run through her body as it suddenly got windy. It didn't feel normal, as the front came too suddenly to not raise suspicion. As she watched the kids continue to play around, she looked up at the sky.

Purple clouds were rolling in, with lighting going around inside them. Her eyes widened as she connected them to the texts she read, warning of an end-times that will test the loyalty of the Chief God's subjects. She felt herself moving around, using the promise of freshly baked bread to lure the kids inside where it was safe for them. Before she tries to escape with anyone, she first had to make sure she had tracked all of them down. Once they were all inside, she started a headcount, doing the little mental math she was taught to make sure she accounted for everyone. They still moved about her little house, mostly getting the books and dolls in a corner of a room to busy themselves with. 1..2..5...7…she finally managed to count then double-check her counting, totaling up to 17 children. She was missing one…

As if on cue, she heard a scream through the noise of the household. Moving slowly at first so the kids do not get a feeling of worry, she went as fast as she could in the direction of the noise once she was far enough. She darted through the woods, her minor athletic ability leaving her clumsily avoiding overhanging branches and shrubs that tore at her clothing. It seemed dim, but the noises she followed spurred her on until they stopped. It was eerie, hearing screams, then nothing at all. Guilt and fear were setting in as she kept running until she ran into something that made her trip. She landed awkwardly, coughing as she turned around to see what caused her to fell. It seemed a human at first, with skin as pale as winter, laying with her back supported up by the tree. Even unconscious and roughed up, her presence radiated royalty. Two horns protruded from her neck, crystalized and looking sculpted like diamonds. Her dress was a formal light blue, with snowflakes falling from it to coat the ground in a faint layer of flakes. She wasn't a succubus, nor did she look to be someone that would rape a child.

"That would be me," Someone said to the side of old Kiris. She started to turn her head, but a hand stopped her by grabbing her by the chin. "If you don't like how she looked, you will simply faint at the damage I took on with subduing her. In fact, you would jump at even me talking to you if you were frozen in fear would you?"

The voice was right, and prying into her mind like a knife wiggling its way into a case of butter. No hands had fondled her body, and yet Kiris already felt violated, with nothing that she could do. "That's right, with your one mistake, you've trapped yourself in the presence of a monster. But I'm a benevolent monster and not one who has the time to afford to play with prey in my current state. I'm willing to let you go, but you must pay a price."

"w-w-w-w-w-What price?" Kiris said, mustering up enough bravery to speak. She was no soldier, no hero. Her dress was already torn by her inability to be agile. Her livelihood was in the hands of an injured succubus, and she perceived no way out but to accept her fall into depravity. "I think you know, but think about how good it will would feel if you just accepted on your own. You have promise that you don't see, and a heart that would be bursting with vigor if you only came out of your own shell. I can make you great….as my right hand…."

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"The right hand of Di," Kiris finished, staring at the last panel she drew.

"You have been drawing the lescatie emblem for the last five minutes," Virto pointed out, staring at her dragging her foot around to draw it in the dirt eight times over. "Also who the heck is Di? That sounds like a name you would nickname yourself in a first-person shooter."

"You're going to shoot me!?" Kiris said, raising her up in defense. "No no, it's a genre of video games."

"What is a video game?"

"It's…" Virto started to explain but noticed the sun starting to go down. "It's something I'll have to explain some other time we meet again, but I need to go find shelter." He got up and gathered his things before making his exit. Before making the one-way trip into this universe, he managed to take a couple of things with him. The first was the rope he had tied around himself in case he needed to get himself back out of there, but he didn't account for the portal closing with enough force to snap apart the material. The other thing was a suitcase with essentials that he thought he would need just in case. He lost it in a scuffle with the dragon, but he managed to find it lodged firmly up in the tree. "God damnit…" He attempted to climb it up but kept slipping as he couldn't find a good enough hold to pull himself up the tree bark.

"You're leaving me?" Kiris said, looking disappointed. "But we have to go to Di…"

"I don't know who this Di person is, but you can go there yourself."

"I don't wanna, it's scary in the dark." She saw the sun reach below the horizon, getting ready to go into hiding for another 12 hours. "Besides, I really know where she is…"

"Don't mean to be harsh, but not my problem. Damn, this case is too high…." Kiris spoke again, but all that came out was a silent opening of her mouth. Silence that knew that it was beaten, and that there was no convincing him. She nodded and slowly walked away, trudging her feet as she traveled down the path away from Virto. Virto eventually got his case, but by then it was nighttime, and he fell back down the tree on his stomach. After groaning, he dusted himself and traveled in a random direction, opting for a clearing rather than dense forest. At least in a field, he can see his attacker coming in from afar.

Once reaching the middle of a field, he started setting up shop, popping open his case. It was the size of a suitcase, so it was able to accommodate the tools he needed for both survival and basic circuitry. For now, he took out a lighter and started handpicking grass, clearing a bit of land out before placing the pile in the center, and lighting it for light. He then took off his lap coat and used it as a bed, laying on it as he fell asleep to the sight of fire burning in front of him.

He woke up a few hours later, to an early dawn. The sun had not come up yet, but it was getting close looking at the horizon around him. However, it wasn't an off sleep schedule he woke up to. He used the fire to do a quick scan of his surroundings, not turning his body much until he felt something pressed up behind him. He turned around to see the lesser succubi from before, all curled up on a portion of the lap coat he was sleeping on. She was staring into the fire, refusing to fall asleep. "I know, I know, you have to kick me out of your grassy place…."

"What? I never said that. I just said I wasn't going to go with you to Di," Virto responded, the wings on Kiris' back extending out as she looked up at the man in front of her. "So I can come with you?" He shrugged, laying back down to sleep once more. He didn't see it, but she started smiling, thankful that she could probably be able to at least try to drag him over to wherever her master was, whoever it was…

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It was well into morning now, unlike the light-less dawn of before. Virto didn't think to bring any cooking supplies, so they were just packing up his suitcase and going for a long walk for now. "So is a video game run on magic? A glowing box sounds like magic," Kiris said, finding his lighter and playing with it. "No, and give me that, you could burn yourself on that."

"Burn myself? Is it fueled by the sweat of an Ignis?" She asked, watching him snatch the lighter from her before she could light a flame. "An Ignis? That sounds just as made up as a dragon. For that matter, of all the possibilities why did I find someplace that also speaks English?"

"I don't know what language English is, but here I speak the language of the Chief God."

"That would be English, or Latin depending on where we are in this world...say where are we?"

"This is Orderite land," she said, holding up two books that she has with her. "I wanted to at least try to stay with you, so I thought if I found something on the chance you can read…"

"Oh, thank you." Virto took the books and skimmed through both of them, giving one back before settling on the other. "First one seemed religious and biased, but this one has a world map, country map, and an encyclopedia of a bunch of different women. Why does this have an encyclopedia of a bunch of different women?" He said, flipping through each one. "The priests call them monster girls. They say we are supposed to avoid them, but I am one now. Wait, are you gonna avoid me!?"

"No, I don't care for whatever...god..you're following." He tucked the book into the case and closed it, now ready to travel. "First things first, we need to find a food source."

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On and on they hiked down the trail, only being greeted by more and more lands that seemed to unfurl out before them like a rolled-up log. With the sun up and about, it was becoming too hot to bear for Virto, who was still wearing all of the clothing he had on since he had come to this world. Under his word they took their second break of the morning, sitting in the grass while the sun beat down on them. "Being...a succubus is so hard. Moving...too hard…"

"You have a point. I don't think I can survive being out here without something coming up soon. Why didn't I pack any water?" He said, wiping the sweat off his face before taking off his lab coat. They walked under it, Virto saying that the whiteness of it should reflect more light off both of them if they put the coat over their heads. Kiris didn't understand the logic behind it, but she was all for it if it meant less heat. They trudged on like this for another hour, before something else but land and dirt. A dot had appeared, which grew larger and into more dots as they got closer. "Others!" Kiris said, darting from under the lab coat to run to the dot. "Kiris wait!" Virto said, cursing under his blanket as he hurried on his own pace.

Kiris kept running, her sprint turning into a jog as she couldn't keep up the speed. Yet she continued on, excited to see someone else other than her or Virto in these lands. Maybe they had food, or water, or something for her to f- befriend! Befriend, she can't let herself get caught up in lewds now!

Could she?

Kiris slowed down to a walk when she could make out what she was seeing. It was a multitude of horses, with two pulling a covered wagon behind them. They were all knights of the order with their gold and white styles, but they stared daggers at Kiris when she came up in front of them and waved as friendly as she could. "H-hi! I was wondering if I could receive a basket of fruits for me and my friend over there...." she pointed over to the man she left behind, still a few hundred feet from her. "Do you know where you are miss?" the knight on the lead horse said, motioning to two to bring the man closer over to the group. "Of course!" She said, curtsying before them. "You are the best of the best, the escorts of the country. You bring supplies too all and take prisoners away."

"That is correct. You must be one of the converted ones."

"That wouldn't be a problem would it?" She asked, the knights placing his hands around his waist and lifting her up. "No it wouldn't because we'll give you a ride alright…"

She stared at the knight as he carried her to the back of the wagon, where Virto was being escorted onto the wagon. "Virto guess what! I got them to give us a ride to their outpost!" She exclaimed as she pushed herself on with him. "Hey, your lab coat is missing."

"Yes, it is. Do you know why Kiris?" he asked, seemed upset with her. "No I don't, did you leave it outside?" Virto facepalmed and waited till the knight left to pick up until they started moving again. He then took out the lighter he stashed in his pants pocket and flicked on the flame, illuminating the wagon they were in. They saw numerous faces, all of them sitting on the sides of the wagon, and looking down to the floor in some depressing way. There was only one other man there, but he was crying along with another monster girl. "Knights, monsters, some "Chief God". Kiris, how the fuck did I manage to put two and two together before you?"

He gave her a moment before the realization set it where she was. "I'm in a prisoner convoy!?"

"Yes! And now my things are confiscated because they show signs of 'demonic mana'. This must be how it felt to know things in the Middle Ages...and now, I can't do anything but light this place on fire, but that would be idiotic, because…" he knocks on the moving floor below him. "This place is made out of fucking wood and cloth! So congratulations, I am now about to spend the rest of my life in slavery!"

"S-sorry, I didn't mean too…"

"Of course you didn't! And yet I'm still mad at you! If we only waited…" he trailed off, noticing the disapproving looks he was getting from the other prisoners for chewing Kiris out. He shut himself up and scooted to a spot next to the wall, staring at the flame in furrowed silence. Kiris started to follow but then thought it would be best if she just moved to a different place than beside him. She scooted to the opposite side, taking up the other's look of sadness as she stared at the ground. She fell asleep like that, waking up to someone patting her back. Her eyes blinked open as she saw Virto patting her, behind him the other prisoners leaving the convoy one by one. "Come on, we're here."

"I should just stay here and suffer. I was the reason you were caught in this mess..."

"And you will be the reason I somehow get out, as soon as I figure out how to do that." He lifted her up and helped her down to the ground, looking around at where they both were. They seemed to be at a camp, with other soldiers milling around doing training regimens. The camp was surrounded by around ten feet worth of stone, enough to discourage jumping over just enough. Once everyone was out, they have escorted a spear point to barracks, already filled with other prisoners that seemed to be here. "Any chance I would be able to sleep somewhere else?" Virto said. "There's always the hole you pathetic swine. Now get in," said one of the knights, poking Virto's sides until he was all the way in the door then swinging it closed on him. Virto turned around to look around, as did all the new prisoners did as they stood wondering what to do.

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"197, 198, 199, 200…" Virto counted to himself while looking out the window. While Kiris nervously went around asking if there was room to sleep on a bed, Virto was busy putting together an escape plan. He figured that if he was in a different time, it should be easy for him to figure out something practical to do. As he stared out the window, he saw a gal with purple hair and dressed in purple robes come up to him. "Dark Mage….you're a Dark Mage right?" he said. He had tried to remember some of the mamono names while he skimmed through it, but it wasn't 100%. "Yes, I am. Are you trying to figure out a plan as well?" She asked. "Yes, but I already have one see. But I need a distraction."

"I'm not your guy, I'm saying that now," he said, the dark mage chuckling. "No no, I'm not asking you to draw harm to yourself. You and I…we are both smart people. However, I can't figure out what distraction would work best...I was wondering if you had any idea…"

"Hmm." He looked around, moving to another window to get a different view. "What if you hit the lunch hall? It seems possible that that will create the most chaos."

"The lunch hall? Wouldn't that tall tower be better?" She said, pointing to the church tower. "We're trying to create a distraction, not get killed. If I learned anything from religion, is that you don't mess with it if you can."

"Fair enough, but I'll need your container of Ignis sweat."

"Lighter fluid, and sure," he said, handing over the lighter to the mage. She took it and nodded, her right pointer finger flowing as she drew an inscription into the lighter. "Our abilities aren't restricted, only weakened severely. That was the weakness you needed to know."

"So what would my lighter do?" Virto asked, watching the mage quickly move to the front door. She aimed then threw it, watching the small object land in someone's pocket headed for the mess hall. "Being brilliant is one thing, but now I have fuel to make up the difference."

"So what you mean is-" before Virto could finish the mess hall suddenly blew up, the explosion looking like 10 tons of TNT had just gone off on a table in the middle of it. Everyone's head turned as the explosion rocked the ground, causing everyone in the prisoner barracks to be affected as well. "Virto what did you dooOOooOo," Kiris exclaimed as she fell off a top bunk into a lamia's hands.

"No time to explain. Mage what do we do next!?" Virto asked. "Is it a bad time to say my name's Isuka?"

"Yes!"

"Alright, just get me to the church tower! There I can disable their stupid weakening effect!" She grabbed Virto's arm as he started running, the sheer power of the explosion leaving all eyes off the two as they quickly got into the church. There were two guards there, but they were quickly dispatched with a sleep spell. "I thought you said it weakened you," Virto said as he stepped over the slumbering soldiers. "I also said it was stupid. Here it is," she said, pointing to a open book that was glowing. She simply went up to it and closed the book, an aura forming around her and just as quickly disappearing into mist around her. "It's done."

"Wait, that's it?"

"Yes, as I said, it's a stupid thing. In about 10 minutes this camp is gonna get monsterized, so get your succubus friend and meet me by the waterfall." She left the church after to start wreaking magical havoc, leaving Virto to just stare as dust from the ceiling fell with each major thud.

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"Aaaaaai!, I found you!" Kiris said, tackle hugging Virto to the ground as the camp was alight with purple fire behind her. "Where were you!?"

"I was looking for you. Where were you?"

"Uhhh…." She thought back to the last seven minutes, where the mamono were 'helping her grow into her new body'. Her body got more developed and taller sure, but she still had some of that burning desire left in her. Right now her tail is plugging away any evidence of debauchery, but she felt embarrassed about possibly telling him. "I was…"

"Nevermind then. Hey, I'm going to meet a Dark Mage. She wanted us to come to her after the camp was done being turned pro mamono."

"But weren't we going to meet Di?"

"From what I know you still have no idea about where she is, so no! We aren't. But feel free to ask the Dark Mage for directions when we get to her."

"Alright…but I can still come with you right?" She clung onto Virto's arm, still not willing to separate away from him. He shrugged again and started walking, with a succubus in tow as they made their way to the Dark Mage….

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"Alright, let's do this one last time," Virto said, extending a wooden stick before tapping the ground one last time. Etched into it, was a range of pictures crudely drawn in the dirt. "First off all, I am from a place called 'Earth', and I came through an amazing feat of technology that I don't know if I can replicate, nor get myself back through." He pointed to a circle that had the word 'invention' written into it. "Next on the agenda, it appears that we have a mutual lack of understanding of our cultures. So, my lighter is not made out of the sweat of a fire elemental. We all speak Englishenglish, although you may not call it that in your world. And last but not least, my lighter is not made out of sweat. Anyways, any questions? Kiris?" He pointed the stick to the lesser succubus, who quickly shook her head.

"I have a question. Why not use magic instead of technology? Then you can travel between realms easily." Isuka said, not understanding the lack of magic in his world. "I can't, with one of the reasons being I traveled through universes instead of realms."

"I guess that makes sense. To travel through universes you will need someone more powerful...oh wait," Isuka snapped, opening a portal to another universe. "Your chariot awaits. See? Easy magic, technology hard."

"Oh, then why is it that when I look in it…" Virto peered inside, seeing nothing but white space. "...It looks more like a sandbox?"

"You said universe, you never said parallel universe…"

"So can you make a portal to my parallel universe?"

".....No."

"For fuck's sake...." Virto said, palming is face while Kiris dug through Isukas provisions. After so long, she found food that she could eat, and now she had two people to that could help her get to Di. She really wanted to bring Virto with her, and now possibly Isuka since she seems helpful to the cause. As she watched both of them argue over the limitations of using technology, she heard a voice go through her head. Kiris….Kiris….

"W-what?" she muttered under her breath, looking around to who said that.

Thank goodness. I feared that I still wouldn't have enough power to afford to communicate. Where is my specimen, hmm?

"I-I'm with some others…"

Some others? Dear, I thought you would make a beeline for my location. Then again… I sense you are with a mage. I didn't give you anything to guide you to your lord, didn't I? Fine then. But please do hurry, my other subjects are just dying to meet their new toy…

"Toy?" She said, getting worried. "I thought I would be your right hand…."

You do not understand do you? Words are subjective Kiris. They can be molded and bent like clay, and shaped to fit one's definition or desire. Whatever you thought I meant, I said what I meant, and you accepted it. Unless...you don't wish to disobey your Master, do you?

"No!" She yelled out. Isuka and Virto suddenly looked at Kiris, who nervously giggled and dropped her apple. "No, there might be a worm that could eat my fruit…."

"She's a strange one….anyways we make a beeline for my library tomorrow. You are welcome to stay there as long as you wish," Isuka said, shaking hands with Virto. "Thanks, but I still think technology is better."

"Ahaha, you keep thinking that human. Now then, it's time to get some shuteye," Isuka patted Virto's shoulder and snapped her fingers, three futons appearing out of thin air. Isuka took the left one, while Virto took the middle. "Fell free to keep watch, but my spells should be enough to protect us Kiris."

"A-alright…," Kiris said as the two of them fell asleep in a matter of moments. It has been a long day, and the sun was just beginning to fall down. On the three. "That was close," Kiris said, finishing her apple after wiping off the dirt.

Yes, it was. Now, please be more urgent the next day. Tomorrow, you will ask the mage to bring you to me, and then at long last, we can begin our wonderful time together…