Chapter 13 - Love and lust [18+]

While waiting for Asuka's return, Haruki scanned through his stats and abilities. From what he could gather it was quite clear that he was weaker than literally anyone he's encountered throughout the castle or the town for that matter.

"Level one…" He mumbled to himself glaring at the spectral skull holding the screen of stats in front of his eyes. "Soul devour, isn't there anymore, was that a one-time thing from Asmodia?"

Many questions rose up in his mind, but with no one to turn to, he decided to simply move on from his queries. Glancing a bit further down he also noticed a special screen title as the 'Absolute corruption system'. Right under it a total of three abilities were listed, mental degradation, demon servant conversion, and incubus drain.

As he concentrated on the ability a few announcements explaining the skills rang inside his head.

'Mental degradation, a special ability that corrupts the mind of any species and starts them on the path to depravity.' The first announcement explained.

'Demon slave conversion can be used to convert humans and other species into your lust demon slaves, who in turn can acquire more slaves for you.' The second announcement followed.

'Incubus drain, as a lust demon the only way to level up is through sexual interactions and draining the victim's level, in addition to level drain, incubus can also copy abilities from their victims.' With the final announcement, Haruki had a better idea of his standing as an incubus.

"So I can't level up through regular means…" Pondering over how carnal curse forces him to have sex with someone every week, he figured incubus drain wasn't all too bad of an ability to have. "But if I want to level up, I'm gonna need a lot of servants and sexual partners."

Realizing the fact that having sex with someone will turn them into lust demons along with the fact that the effects of carnal curse forced him to do so at least once a week, he couldn't help but smirk at how perfectly Asmodia had trapped him in a situation where he was forced to increase the number of puppets under her hands.

'She wants more children so she can recover her lost strength,' Deep in thought Haruki's mind drifted away. 'I guess as long as I can punish every one of these corrupt bastards who serve this empire, I don't really care what she wants me to do…for now, at least.'

"M-master?" The entrance door cackled open, breaking Haruki's chain of thoughts.

Turning to the noise, his eyes widened in a conflicted state of shock and awe. Dressed in a transparent laced gown, Asuka stood by the door with her eyes lowered and a red blush painted across her face. Slowly walking towards Haruki, her bountiful breasts jumped with each step. The movement of her hips as she moved closer, filled Haruki's mind with lecherous thoughts. Lowering his eyes, he noticed a pair of white netted leggings running up her legs, and as she moved even closer the sweet scent of tulips pushed him to the limits.

"Asuk-"

"Master!" Throwing her arms around Haruki, Asuka wrapped him in a tight hug. "I'm ready."

Coming to terms with her feelings Asuka finally wanted to pursue her desires. So what if she was a maid? Can't she satiate her desire for her master's touch? Can't she express herself in ways that nobody but he would ever get to see? In that moment with the moonlight creeping through the windows in the dimly lit room, everything she's ever felt laid bare in front of Haruki.

"Are you su-"

Once again before Haruki could finish his sentence, Asuka sprang up on her toes and pressed her lips against his. Despite just being a gentle peck, it broke the dam of self-restraint between the two. With his hands trailing down Asuka's spine, Haruki let their bodies fall back over the bed. Pushing for a passionate kiss with their tongues, the weight of Asuka's heaving chest lay heavy on him.

"I love you, master," Asuka whimpered with teary eyes.

Staring straight into her eyes, it took Haruki a moment to weigh his answer.

"I love you too, but…" He knew he couldn't use her like this, after all, if he let his desire take over, he'd only be dragging her through the same suffering that he felt condemned to. "Unfortunately, I can't be yours alone, I hate that, but I can't escape that truth."

"Even if you have the smallest place for me in your heart, I'll forever be grateful to you," Smiling as tears flow down her face, Asuka let out a chuckle. "I love you and I forever will, Master Shin."

"What?" The last word Asuka uttered left Haruki aghast. "How do you know?"

"The slave trader, she showed me everything," As she continued to speak her smile turned a bit ominous. "While you were traveling with Sir Michael, she approached me and showed how hurt you were when master Snow forced himself on my body."

Unsure how to react, Haruki lay motionless under her as squatted over his stomach. Reaching back she began to undo under clothes.

'Moriyana…was she trying to make things easier for me or is this another ploy of her and Asmodia's?'

"After seeing you like that, know for certain that you love me more than that monster," With her clothes undone, her bra fell over Haruki's head.

The nectar-like smell of her body continued to drive him into a deep state of arousal. Whatever Moriyana's intentions were, he pushed them off to dissect at a later time.

"Say, Master…do you still love me?" Brushing the bra off his face, she began undoing Haruki's shirt, "I'll do anything and everything you want me to, just keep loving me."

As he glanced up at her massive breasts laying completely bare, the way her nipples stood excited, let Haruki know how excited she was while teasing him. However, as his eyes moved a bit further up, he noticed something sinister.

"The same expression…" He mumbled as a creepy smile crawled over his face.

With eyes wide open, and a smile stretching from eye to eye, Asuka's obsession with him reminded Haruki of the moment when he punctured Snow's eyes with his thumbs. It thrilled him to know there was someone else just as crazed as him, who was ready and willing to do anything to reach their goal. For him, it was his revenge and for her it was him.

"Help me conquer this world, and I'll foster you in my heart forever," Grabbing her arms he pulled her closer.

"Of course, my lord," Sticking her tongue out, she pushed their lips into a kiss.