The Alluring Succubus in the Horror Game: A Captivating Story of Betrayal, Rescue, and Love

The Alluring Succubus in the Horror Game: A Captivating Story of Betrayal, Rescue, and Love

“I’m a succubus in a horror game.

After being disgusted by the player, I saw the bullet comments:

“Dear girl, go stick to the most flamboyant guy. Bet you if you call him ‘Master’, he’ll even cut off the Ghost King’s head and present it to you.”

That high – level player was curling his lips and arguing:

“You were crying like a pathetic dog at the feet of a female ghost when I was rampaging in the dungeon as a god.”

“One can clear the horror game with 0 familiars. What are you barking here for?”

I said, “Master.”

The trash – talking stopped abruptly, and I was kissed on the forehead.

The contract was established in an instant, and he still didn’t forget to raise his eyebrows and retort to the comments:

“The streamer said not to bind familiars… Alas, this little girl thinks I’m too good and wants to follow me. How can this be my fault?”

I thought, “…”

He acted really well.

It would be even better if he could hide that tuft of hair on his head that explodes into a heart – shape.

1

I’m an NPC in a horror game, and my identity card is: succubus.

Succubi belong to a type of familiar. Different from the bosses in the horror game, they are characters that assist players.

And my succubus card is a completely useless card in the early stage. Apart from my beauty, I have nothing to offer.

This is my first time participating in a dungeon, and the players I matched with are also newbies.

My master is very good – looking, but his personality is rather cold.

At the beginning of the game, his eyes lit up when he saw me. But after I told him I was a succubus, he showed a look of disgust and ignored me for the most part.

I approached Qi Yuan in the corner and said slowly,

“Master, this is the health – restoring potion I collected from the infirmary…”

There was a ghost nurse guarding the infirmary. She had thick arms and a terrifying syringe. Logically, I, being so weak, shouldn’t have gone near.

But Qi Yuan was attacked and injured just now. Hiding like this all the time wasn’t a solution.

When I entered the door, I hid my tail that was injured due to not being able to dodge in time, and then tucked up the hem of my skirt to cover the wound on my leg.

Qi Yuan didn’t notice these details and casually took the medicine bottle.

The wound on his abdomen was very deep. His expression was painful when he was pulling the bandage, and he was gritting his teeth and exerting force.

Cold sweat was flowing down his forehead. I couldn’t help but reach out to gently wipe it for him and said,

“Does it hurt? I’m sorry, master. I didn’t protect you well…”

But my hand was slapped away with a “pop”.

Qi Yuan looked at me with disgust and said, “Don’t touch me!”

2

His movement was so large that he almost hit the wall behind him, as if he couldn’t avoid me enough.

My hand that was slapped in pain froze in mid – air.

After a pause, I said in a low voice, “Master, I just wanted to wipe your sweat…”

“Do you think your tricks are very useful?”

My words were interrupted. Qi Yuan covered his wound, looked up at me angrily and said, “I said I don’t need your help. It’s you who keep coming to bother me again and again!”

I was about to speak when another girl came bouncing in.

“Ah, master, look what I found? Some cute little chocolate cookies~”

Obviously, what Qi Yuan needed was a health – restoring medicine, not cookies. But when he saw her, his expression softened a lot compared to when he saw me.

He tried to raise his cold lips and said, “Yuanyuan, it’s so dangerous for you to go to the kitchen. You’ve worked hard.”

Yuanyuan, who was as delicate as a doll, gave me a sideways look, then took Qi Yuan’s arm and coquettishly said,

“But master, why haven’t you terminate the contract with her yet? When you summoned me, you said you would make a contract with me!”

… terminate the contract?

I was stunned and uneasily wagged my painful tail.

Familiars all know that being terminate the contract is a great shame. They will be laughed at for a long time and it will be recorded in the file, making later players not dare to choose me, this succubus, as a partner.

I lowered my eyes and said to Qi Yuan in a pleading tone,

“Can we not terminate the contract? Give me another chance, okay? Was it because I was too slow to go to the infirmary just now? I’ll definitely try to be faster next time!”

My words didn’t move Qi Yuan. His lips turned cold.

“The infirmary was guarded by a male ghost just now, right? Because it was a male ghost, you were able to get the medicine back.

He sneered, reached out and pinched my cheek, forcing me to look at his gradually red eyes.

“You can use your charm skill not only on me but also on others at will… You’re really promiscuous. Didn’t you even sleep with that ghost? Aren’t you disgusted?”

He used a lot of force. When I was about to shed tears from the pain, he suddenly made a “tsk” sound and let go.

As soon as he let go, Yuanyuan hugged that hand in her arms and pouted unhappily,

“She’s dirty. Don’t want her anymore! terminate the contract quickly.”

Qi Yuan turned his head away and stopped looking at me. “When we gather later, you have to protect yourself.”

After he reached out to terminate the contract, we were transferred to the hall by the formation.

“Emergency gathering! The fierce ghosts are about to come! Masters and familiars, huddle together!”

Qi Yuan, who was injured, protected Yuanyuan. The two of them quickly occupied a stable corner. Yuanyuan, who was in Qi Yuan’s arms, even made a smug face at me.

I moved my lips a few times but still didn’t choose to chase after him and tell him.

The attack – type skills of familiars can’t be used on masters.

I’ve never charmed him from beginning to end. How could he feel like he was charmed?

3

When everyone huddled together, the lights in the hall went out.

The rustling sound of clothes dragging on the ground sounded, and all the players held their breath.

There were more than one ghost on the field… I couldn’t count how many.

Heavy breathing sounded beside my ear. Its throat was like a mold made of joints, making a “gurgling” sound.

I covered my mouth and didn’t move at all. But in my field of vision, a pair of huge white eyes suddenly approached, almost pressing against my eyeballs!

“Ah——”

Someone in the crowd couldn’t help but let out a terrified scream. The next second, that voice stopped abruptly.

She was eaten by the ghost.

A chilling sound of eating rang out, and as the ghost chewed, it let out a faint, mournful sigh:

“Not enough. I still need to eat…”

Qi Yuan’s voice sounded not far away. “As long as you don’t talk, you won’t die.”

In the dark, players are at an absolute disadvantage. To maintain balance, there is a potential rule before the lights turn on.

And the rule of this round is: don’t make a sound, and you won’t die!

I was stunned for a moment before realizing that although the contract was terminate, the in – team voice chat didn’t stop.

“I know. I’m very smart…” Yuanyuan’s voice sounded and then sank a few seconds later. “Are you reminding her? Where is she?”

“Yeah, she’s right in the eight o’clock direction not far from us. She probably still wants to huddle with us.”

Qi Yuan’s voice didn’t show any emotion. I didn’t expect that I was so close to them in the chaos, even though I had deliberately tried to avoid them.

But now it’s not suitable to move either. Making a sound will attract the ghosts.

I was holding my breath and paying attention to the situation on the field when something heavy patted me on the back.

It was a puppet sticking to a person’s back. As soon as it stuck to me, it started trembling and making a creepy laugh:

“Come and catch me, come and catch me. I don’t want to live anymore~ Hee – hee~”

When this sound came out, the players beside me panicked.

They pushed me out hard like I was a hot potato!

I fell in the middle of the field. I could almost imagine the mischievous and proud smile on Yuanyuan’s face.

The familiar Qi Yuan summoned is a puppet – controlling doll.

Their characteristics are being single – minded and protecting their own. They can’t tolerate even a grain of sand in their eyes.

I should have guessed that Yuanyuan wouldn’t let go of this opportunity to deal with me.

I heard Qi Yuan’s voice. “Yuanyuan, I’ve terminate the contract with her. What are you doing to her!”

“Um, don’t you hate her? Just take this opportunity. She’ll never bother you again.”

Maybe it was an illusion before death, but I actually heard a trace of panic and anger in Qi Yuan’s voice.

4

I only had a few seconds to think. The incandescent lamp tube above my head suddenly lit up brightly, dazzling my eyes.

The lights finally came on… Unfortunately, I had already been “discovered”.

I saw the appearance of the ghosts. They were wearing gray hooded robes. Their faces were like they had suffered a fire, with large – area burns. Their sebum was even constantly melting and dripping.

They raised their sickles high and slashed at me from behind, making strange and distorted sounds in their throats:

“Caught it. This time it’s a… beautiful succubus!”

I couldn’t roll faster than its slashing speed. The first blow missed, cutting off a section of my black hair.

My originally tied – up hair fell down one after another. I half – rose tremblingly, trying to use my useless skill desperately.

There is no high – level player in this game. I can only save myself!

The second I met the ghost’s eyes, my pupils suddenly dilated——

A figure leaped high up, approaching the ghost floating in the air from behind, like a god descending.

His fingers were in a five – claw shape, tightly gripping the ghost’s throat, and then he lightly swiped.

Hand up, knife down.

Blood splashed onto my upturned cheek, bringing a burning heat.

“First blood!”

The other ghosts on the field were all startled. After reacting, they immediately became furious and surrounded him.

The player trapped by the four ghosts didn’t look flustered at all.

His silver hair was dazzling under the spotlight, and the black stud earrings were like broken diamonds. He curled his lips into a lazy smile, as if this wasn’t a life – and – death situation worthy of attention.

He even had the spare time to throw a short blade to me from the side.

“Be good. You go first.”

I picked up the metallic – textured blade but didn’t listen to him and leave. Instead, I stared closely at the situation on the field.

That player was very fast and had a strong reaction… But with only one of the five ghosts dead on the field, being besieged would surely get him injured.

I gritted my teeth and held the dagger in front of me.

“Activate group skill: Charm!”

Due to insufficient development in the early stage, it was very difficult for me to use this skill, but I still forced myself to activate it.

This is a useless skill. If the partner doesn’t have strong enough abilities to cooperate, it can only delay for two seconds, which is not enough to change the situation.

But the player in front of me can cooperate with me!

The ghosts’ eyes became empty, and their figures became stiff, as if they were frozen.

In just two seconds, the situation on the field had reversed.

Two ghosts were instantly slashed by his attacks from both hands. After getting the kill, the player quickly retreated backwards. The remaining two ghosts couldn’t stop their momentum and crashed into each other, getting dizzy for a moment.

This moment of dizziness was enough for the player to kill another one.

“Double kill!”

“Triple kill!”

“Quadra kill!”

It was so easy to get four kills. The remaining ghost panicked and finally realized what kind of opponent it had met.

Its intelligence was limited, but it still knew to pick the soft persimmon. It turned around and rushed straight towards me.

I, this succubus who had just disrupted the situation and caused the death of its companions, was also a thorn in its side that needed to be eliminated.

It must have had a last – ditch effort just now, tricking the high – level player, and then managed to stop and run towards me.

The player surely couldn’t catch up. I was going to be eliminated this round.

However, I never expected that when the ghost was about to pierce my chest as I was running away, that player made a flash.

——Faster than a ghost, he came to my side.

He stretched out his gloved hand and directly caught the sickle that was about to cut me in mid – air.

His good – looking face was very close to mine. His lips were smiling, but there was no warmth in his light – brown eyes.

“Sorry. If you dare to touch the person I’m protecting in front of me, you can only go and report to the King of Hell for the second time.”

When he made the “please” gesture, countless flying blades came from all directions.

The ghost only had time to let out a sudden scream before it instantly turned into pieces.

The ghost died a bad death.

I not only didn’t light a candle for it in my heart but also set off a string of firecrackers on its grave.

After solving the enemy, that player retracted the hand that was in front of me.

He wiped the blood on the short blade with his thumb, then took off his gloves and bent down towards me.

The palm in front of me was big and clean, with distinct white knuckles and rough, dry palm lines.

Obviously, it was a bloody scene after a life – and – death battle, but the faint fragrance on his clothes made people feel very at ease.

He smiled, showing his bright canine teeth.

“Sister, where’s your master? Why doesn’t he come to protect you?”

5

I covered his palm and stood up, then later realized the killing intent in that smile.

I suddenly realized that the player’s gloves were probably not originally black.

It was just because they had been stained with too much blood that they turned black.

The clearance icon prompt lit up, and the other survivors on the field were all gasping.

It took a long time for someone to speak up, excited as if they had seen their second father.

“Are you Lian Shen? Lian Shen, I’m your old fan. Wuwuwu, I never thought I’d see you in a low – end game. Are you here to save the newbies? Can I follow you in the next few games?”

He was howling and trying to rush over. The player with the ID “Lian Xin” stepped back in disgust.

“Tsk, I’m not talking to you. Can you have some sense of boundaries? Are you really yourself? You’re answering like this. Even a possessed person isn’t this crazy.”

No wonder that player was crazy. The other players also had star – eyed looks but didn’t dare to get close.

A person who can catch a ghost’s sickle with his bare hands means that when other people were trying to survive at the beginning of the game, he didn’t idle for even a second. He was killing ghosts and developing throughout the whole process, and he was a nightmare for ghosts.

Seeing that I didn’t say anything, Lian Xin’s eyes darkened.

“Social phobia? If you don’t want to talk in front of them, you can pull me to the corner and say.”

Actually, there’s nothing to say.

Not far away, Qi Yuan’s gaze was always following me closely, and there was also Yuanyuan’s.

Just now the ghost said I was a succubus, and Lian Xin probably heard it too.

Would he think I’m dirty like Qi Yuan?

My fingers hanging by my side curled up. “It’s none of your business. Anyway, I… don’t have a master anymore.”

After saying that, I ignored the person in front of me whose mouth suddenly stiffened and turned to leave.

The moment I turned my back, a flood of bullet comments suddenly appeared in front of me.

“Damn, hahaha, did you guys see Lian Shen’s deflated look? It’s the first time in thousands of games.”+v. aikanh – Free, all on WeChat official account: Hu Bashi

“No, look how hard he’s showing off. Didn’t you see? When he rushed up to save the girl, he even smoothed his hair and hid his signature tuft of hair.”

“Is it that my divine carving knife isn’t cool enough? Or is it that my handsome face isn’t pretty enough? My little sister is completely unmoved, truly a succubus who has seen it all TT”

“Even Shen turned the beginner’s game into a voyeur simulator… Just now, he was so heartbroken when his little sister got stabbed in the infirmary that he carried the nurse onto the operating table and brutally killed her.”

“I thought he finally got a chance, but the girl didn’t pay any attention to him. Lian Xin, you’ve lost your wife~”

“Dear girl, please go stick to the most flamboyant guy. Bet you if you call him ‘Master’, he’ll even cut off the Ghost King’s head and present it to you.”

I thought, “?”

What’s this?

Who are they talking about? Lian Xin… and me?

6

I was stunned and turned around to look at Lian Xin not far away.

The silver – white hair spilled out from the hood, and the tuft of hair mentioned in the bullet comments stuck up from the messy strands. Because it was too long, it was quite conspicuous at first glance.

However, it seemed to be in low spirits, drooping listlessly.

Lian Xin was curling his lips and arguing with the bullet comments:

“When your Lian Shen was rampaging in the dungeon, you were crying like a pathetic dog at the feet of a female ghost.”

“One can clear the horror game with 0 familiars. What are you barking here for?”

He had no pressure in scolding others, and the players who were caught in the area – of – effect on the scene didn’t dare to say a word.

After all, it was Lian Xin who led them to quickly clear this level. In the face of absolute strength, even if he vowed that “everyone here is trash,” no one could refute.

I pursed my lips.

Not binding a familiar either means having extreme confidence in one’s own strength or being extremely picky about familiars.

Could I believe what those bullet comments said?

I hesitated and then said, “Master.”

The trash – talking stopped abruptly, and Lian Xin’s voice ceased.

The next second, my pupils suddenly dilated as I saw the reflection in his eyes getting closer and closer.

Lian Xin stared at me for a long while, then reached out to brush aside my forehead hair and bent down to kiss me.

Kissing a familiar means establishing a contract.

I let out a sigh of relief, and his arm fell down, gently encircling me in his arms.

The screen is flooded with comments like crazy:

“I’m convinced. Look at his worthless appearance. As soon as the girl opened her mouth, he put his mouth right up.”

“No, this guy is so flamboyant. If I remember correctly, kissing the back of the hand can also establish a contract, right? He knows how to be ambiguous.”

“It’s like an old house on fire, burning all over. A virgin for eight hundred years wants to have a taste of love. Mom, I can only wish them well TT.”

Among these bullet comments full of shipping, there was one with a sarcastic tone:

“Yo, didn’t the skilled streamer say he wouldn’t bind a familiar?”

Lian Xin obviously saw it too. He raised his eyebrows and sighed, and the knuckles of his fingers holding my arm tightened slightly:

“Alas, there’s no way. This little girl thinks I’m too good and wants to follow me. How can this be my fault?”

To be honest, Lian Xin actually pretended quite well.

However, the tuft of hair on his head that was drooping just now now stood up as if electrocuted.

Under my gaze, it shyly curled up and let out a “coo” sound.

I thought, “…”

Good acting skills.

It would be better if you could hide that tuft of hair on your head that explodes into a heart – shape.

7

The prompt panel for the next round popped up. Qi Yuan in the corner suddenly broke free from Yuanyuan beside him, pointed at me, and coldly questioned Lian Xin:

“Why did you choose her as your familiar?”

His eyes were blazing. I walked behind Lian Xin.

Lian Xin lowered his head to look at the sleeve I was pulling, and Qi Yuan’s eyes gradually turned red, his voice trembling:

“Didn’t you hear just now? She’s a succubus!”

Qi Yuan seemed to be filled with anger that I was actually picked up after he abandoned me.

Lian Xin turned his body, leisurely raised his eyebrows, and said:

“Who are you? You weren’t mute just now. Why weren’t you so tough when she was sent in front of the ghost?”

Qi Yuan, for some unknown reason, had the courage to quickly walk up to Lian Xin.

Unfortunately, his shorter height made him lose momentum, and his good – looking face seemed less persuasive compared to Lian Xin’s.

“I’m Taotao’s former master.” After emphasizing this sentence, he gritted his teeth and looked at me. “It hasn’t been long since I terminate the contract with you. As soon as he said for you to follow him, you followed? I almost rushed out, worried that you would really die. Huh, it’s really not worth dying for a heartless familiar like you!”

Why would Qi Yuan, who hated me so much, want to save me?

I was still in confusion when his words were interrupted by Lian Xin’s actions.

Lian Xin put away his careless smile, leaned down, and grabbed Qi Yuan’s collar.

He narrowed his eyes slightly and said, “You have the guts to say that again?”

Qi Yuan’s face was as cold as frost. “I know you’re a high – level player and don’t care if there’s a burden by your side. But not only is the succubus’ skill useless, she’s also dirty!”

His face became even more gloomy, and he showed a sarcastic smile. “Or is it that you just like this kind…?”

“Bang!”

A crisp punch.

Qi Yuan was knocked to the ground. Yuanyuan let out a scream and rushed over to pounce on him.

A blood – red warning page popped up: “Attention, players are not allowed to attack other players in the same camp. Any further violation will result in expulsion from the game!”

Lian Xin relaxed his wrist bones and leisurely spread his hands:

“I didn’t hit him. I just wiped his face. It’s just a normal way of greeting.”

Several puppets stood in front of Qi Yuan and Yuanyuan. I saw Qi Yuan sit up and cover his face, with a narrow bloodstain faintly visible through his fingers.

Lian Xin really didn’t hit him hard. Just a flick of his knuckles had injured Qi Yuan like this.

He snorted and said:

“I despise those who can’t clear the level and shift the blame to their familiars the most. If you think your familiar is useless, why can’t you carry the whole game? You didn’t learn how to stir – fry at New Oriental, but you only learned how to shift the blame. You’re more or less a piece of ‘ingredient’ because I’ve never seen a more ‘appetizing’ dish than you.

“You think the succubus is not strong? Have you heard the legend of a pair of partners who dominated the high – level dungeons? That player climbed up from the low – level dungeons, and his familiar was always that succubus. You’re quite proficient in blaming your teammates, but you have no shame in your lousy game skills.”

He stretched his long legs, and just as he was about to reach out his boot to kick again, the two puppets had already drawn their swords from their waists to stop him.

Lian Xin finally noticed Yuanyuan kneeling beside Qi Yuan.

His eyes swept over, and as if remembering something, he retracted his foot and stood side by side with me.

I nervously tugged at his sleeve and said, “Master, don’t fight… I’m afraid you’ll be kicked out.”

“Indeed, there’s no need to fight.” Unexpectedly, Lian Xin shook his head regretfully. “Giving up on you and choosing a puppet, what was he thinking?”

He pulled my hand off his coat, held it with a smile, and prepared to walk into the door leading to the next level.

A hoarse voice came from behind:

“Taotao, you said you liked me before. Have you really changed your heart so quickly?”

I turned around and saw Qi Yuan staring straight at me.

The bloodstain on his face made him look like a gloomy male ghost.

Influenced by the person beside me, I learned a bit of venomous tongue.

“Faster than your speed of changing familiars. It’s normal that I don’t like you anymore, isn’t it?”

8

The next dungeon was an S – level difficulty noble manor.

As soon as we entered the villa gate, a butler with a stiff face reached out to stop us.

“Please show your identification. What’s your relationship?”

I was about to answer, and the words “master and servant” were about to come out of my mouth when Lian Xin had already put on his gloves and handed over two gilded invitations:

“We two are siblings of the Green family, invited by Mr. Abels to the dance.”

I looked at Lian Xin in confusion. He winked at me with his beautiful eyes but didn’t say anything.

Not long after Lian Xin and I were let in, players who were assigned to this dungeon also wanted to enter.

The strange butler then let out a shrill voice:

“Lowly servants are not allowed to enter the dance. Madam, you have violated the game rules. Your servant must be disposed of!”

A shrill scream sounded, and after a while, it stopped.

I was a bit scared and couldn’t help but lean closer to Lian Xin.

My hand was gently patted a few times in an appeasing way:

“Don’t worry. Players who don’t respect their own familiars don’t deserve to participate in the game.”

I looked up hesitantly. “So you knew the plot development, that’s why you told the butler we were siblings?”

Lian Xin looked ahead, smiling deeply, and a shallow dimple could almost be seen beside his canine teeth.

“Yeah. So Taotao can’t call me master later. Remember, you have to call me brother.”

Brother…

I don’t know why my face felt a bit hot. I quickly looked away and replied in a low voice, “Okay.”

But the bullet comments wouldn’t let me go.

“Lian Shen, you’re so flamboyant. You could have said we were friends or something else. I think you just want to create some kind of unspeakable taboo feeling.”

“Yo – yo – yo, bro – ther – Which brother wants to devour his sister like you?”

“Girls, don’t hide. Who can make Taotao baby see our bullet comments and be on guard against this guy?”

I thought, “。”

Actually, I can see them all the time.

Before the dance, the players needed to change into the prepared formal dresses.

Lian Xin fought his way through, shattering the ghosts in the mirrors on both sides and burning the wig that wrapped around my ankle.

In the end, the two of us were the first to reach the fitting room among the players.

The women’s clothing was much more complicated than the men’s. Maybe because he had been waiting for a long time, Lian Xin knocked on my door and asked:

“Is everything okay?”

I looked at myself in the mirror behind me.

In the huge gilded mirror, a fair – faced girl with black hair had a blushing face due to her unease.

The complex medieval dress wrapped her whole body tightly. There were many silk – soft ribbon bows designed on the dress, making her look like a wrapped little blood – colored cake.

A corner of the fluffy lace layers was lifted, revealing two fair calves, and there was a tail swaying back and forth without rhythm.

Well, my tail was injured, and it hurt so much to stuff it into the petticoat.

I felt very embarrassed, grabbed the hem of my skirt, and stammered, “The wound hurts. I can’t… I can’t stuff my tail in…”

It should be okay to just ask Lian Xin for a little help, right?

With this thought in mind, I continued hesitantly, “Brother, can you come and help me?”

There was no movement outside the door for a long time.

Maybe Lian Xin wasn’t willing to do such a humble thing for me.

A strange feeling of sourness welled up in my heart.

That’s right. I’m just a useless succubus. How could he really have feelings for me?

Those strange bullet comments were probably lying to me.

I took a deep breath and tried to solve it by myself. “Forget it. I’ll try again…”

But the door opened at this moment.

Backlit, I couldn’t see Lian Xin’s expression.

He walked over, reached out to hug my waist, and easily lifted me onto the platform.

Then, he knelt down halfway, held my calf, and asked in an imperative tone:

“Tell brother, where does it hurt?”

9

I was startled by his sudden action. I couldn’t help but grab a handful of his hair to steady myself, and then let go in a flurry.

“Ah… It’s the tail, and my thigh.”

Lian Xin exchanged a can of medicine from the system mall and lifted my skirt to pile it up at the knee.

“I’ve been meaning to apply medicine to you, but I couldn’t find the chance. You’ve endured it for a long time, right?”

He took off his black gloves and threw them aside, revealing a large and white palm.

His rough fingers stroked my tail, bringing an indescribable numbness and itchiness.

Especially when touching the root connecting to the tailbone, there was a strange heat.

It was so hot that I curled my toes, trying my best to steady my trembling voice.

“It’s okay. It doesn’t actually hurt that much.”

After applying the cool ointment to the wound, it really didn’t hurt as much.

“Where next? The thigh?”

The fingers sliding across my skin slowed down.

They rubbed all the way up and stopped when they encountered an obstacle.

Lian Xin lowered his head. I couldn’t see his face, only hearing his voice with a smile.

“What’s this?”

I looked at the thing he was referring to. It was a leg ring for the succubus in the game. Actually, I didn’t know what it was for.

Trying hard to recall the lines taught in the succubus guidebook, I said dryly, “You can try hooking it.”

But Lian Xin seemed not to hear and bypassed it, continuing to apply medicine to the wound on the side.

After he slowly finished applying the medicine, I was annoyed that he ignored the knowledge I learned in the “class”. I grabbed his withdrawn finger and pulled it to the leg ring.

The long and white finger lifted the thin black fabric, and the tight knuckle lines were incredibly beautiful.

I suddenly felt a bit guilty, feeling like I was bullying an honest person.

“Look, just like this. It can be hooked.”

Lian Xin obediently did as I said and raised his eyebrows. “And then?”

Huh? There’s more? It wasn’t mentioned in the book.

“Pop!”

The thin decorative ribbon was hooked high by the bent knuckle. The moment it was stretched tight, it was maliciously released.

The soft flesh on my leg was shaken by its recoil force, and a red mark suddenly appeared on the white and tender skin.

I was so stimulated by that sudden jolt that I almost jumped up, but as if predicted in advance, another big hand firmly held my waist, making me unable to move at all.

Gasping to calm my breath, I kicked him hard with my small leather shoes.

“You’re faking it. Bad guy, you’re lying to me…”

The bad – hearted liar laughed even more happily.

He grabbed my wildly flailing ankle and lifted it onto his shoulder.

Before bending down, I could only see his thin eyelids drooping, and his eyelashes fluttering rapidly, like the wings of a butterfly before a storm.

“Taotao… Master is also a man after all.”

10

The moment Lian Xin buried his head down, my fingers clenched his shoulders.

“Are we going to… do it?”

But the person below answered simply, “No.”

His subsequent words were not very clear. “At least not here… It’s not suitable.”

I was a bit disappointed. I endured and endured, but still couldn’t hold back the sourness in my nose.

I was rejected by my master again.

Tears fell pat – pat, landing on Lian Xin’s soft hair swirl.

He stopped his actions, looked up at me, and said:

“Does it hurt? Did my teeth hurt you? I’ll get them ground down after clearing this level.”

What nonsense!

“Do you know what a succubus needs? If not, then you have to give me…”

Lian Xin softened his voice, as if coaxing me to say it myself. “Give you what?”

I twisted my fingers and lowered my eyes.

“You have to give me a lot of love… Otherwise, I’ll really die.”

No player is willing to treat a familiar patiently.

This is just a horror game. They come and go, and familiars are just temporary partners, not even worthy of being called partners.

More like… worthless accessories.

Lian Xin’s hand moved. I thought he was going to change his mind, but he just rested his chin and looked at me, smiling like a sly fox that had achieved its goal.

“Okay, then I’ll give Taotao a lot of love.”

I knew it would be like this… Wait, huh?

I was stunned. Lian Xin sighed melancholy.

“Why do you think I don’t love you? It really makes me sad. I’ve endured so much until now. No matter how you look at it, I seem to be the one who loves Taotao more. Because Taotao doesn’t like me, you can’t feel it at all, right?”

I even forgot to cry for a moment. I stuttered, trying to explain:

“No, it’s not like that. I don’t dislike you.”

From my perspective, Lian Xin looked a bit sad when he lowered his eyes.

“If you don’t dislike me, does that mean you like me?”

“I should like you…” Seeing the corners of the person in front of me’s mouth drooping, I said in a panic, “I like you. I definitely like you!”

Actually, I didn’t tell Lian Xin that when I saw him, I always felt a sense of familiarity.

It was as if I was born to find this person, meet him, and then fall in love with him.

These words were too cheesy, and I couldn’t say them out loud.

That pitiful look disappeared suddenly. Lian Xin curled his lips and laughed out loud.

I realized later that I seemed to be tricked again.

It was too late. He had already started to poke me mischievously with his tall nose.

Compared with the slow – paced actions just now, now I realized what a tempest was.

In the end, I cried and begged him to stop. Shouting “brother” and “master” alternately didn’t work.

Lian Xin’s tone was still casual.

“But Taotao said she liked me. Taotao’s ‘like’ really has no sincerity at all.”

He slapped my buttocks with a not too light nor too heavy hand. “Learned to be bad, little liar.”

After the sharp pain subsided, there was a numb and itchy feeling with a lingering warmth.

The voices of other players chatting came from the adjacent fitting rooms one after another, and right in front of us was the huge mirror.

Lian Xin was sucking and grinding my congested earlobe with his canine teeth while humming vaguely.

“At this time, someone will ask, Taotao, why are you so cute? So Lian Xin will answer, because our Taotao is the baby among babies, the cutie among cuties, the dominator among babies, the ruler among babies, the king of babies…”

In such a teasing voice, I saw myself in the mirror gradually becoming limp as if made of mud.

Lian Xin chuckled and hugged me tightly. Even the tuft of hair on his head obediently wrapped around my slender white wrist.

“Do you feel the love now, my little succubus?”

11

When I came out of the fitting room, my legs under the skirt were still shaking.

Lian Xin smiled with narrowed eyes and asked me in a rather annoying way, “Do you want a hug?”

Go hug yourself!

I glared at him fiercely, then tried my best to stand up straight.

The bullet comments on the live stream filled the screen with question marks.

“???????? Who can tell me what happened.”

“No, bro, I really timed it. In total 40 minutes, what did you help stuff? Your own big tail?”

“Lian Xin, let me see! Why are you closing the camera? We’re supposed to be family. What’s wrong with taking a look?”

“Haha, you guys are still making a fuss. I’m different. Mom and Dad, I’ve already moved the bench and am ready to be born.”

Lian Xin looked expressionless for a while, then lazily said:

“Shut up. Nothing happened as you thought. Be quiet.”

The bullet comments were silent for an instant.

“Do we believe him or believe that I’m the First Emperor of Qin?”

“Pay respects to our ancestor.”

“Say hello to our ancestor.”

“Lian Shen, what kind of thing did you mean by ‘that thing’? I’m very eager to learn. I can write 500,000 words to describe it in detail.”

Lian Xin snorted and directly turned off these noisy bullet comments.

He then turned his head to look at me, with a half – smile on his face.

“I’m looking at the bullet comments. Taotao, what are you staring at?”

I thought, “…”

I stiffly changed the topic. “The dance is about to start. We need to be more careful later.”

This was a masked ball. Lian Xin and I each put on the masks that were placed with the formal dresses.

The host on the stage was a man wearing a Satan mask.

“Dear guests, you will form dance partners according to the numbers on your clothes. Please identify the identity of your partner within the time of three pieces of music.”

Hearing this message, I frowned.

Identify the identity of the partner? Our names weren’t written on the clothes. Did we have to find out by asking around?

I looked at the masked people in the dance crowd. I couldn’t even tell if the partner was a human or a ghost without seeing their faces.

Each area was divided into different circular areas. Under the illumination of the spotlight, we started to dance in pairs.

Lian Xin was in an area not far from me, dancing with a woman with a blurred face.

He danced terribly, never once keeping up with the rhythm. He stepped on his partner’s feet almost every step.

But the lady opposite him was like a ninja turtle, saying nothing, as if her feet were made of steel.

“Hey, you’re a ghost, right?” After stepping on her feet a few times, Lian Xin didn’t want to play around with her anymore. He held a short blade against her neck and said, “Tell me what kind of ghost you are, or you’ll die right now. I want to dance with that girl over there. You’d better tell me quickly.”

There’s such an operation?

Unfortunately, I couldn’t do the same as Lian Xin. I could only dance carefully with the person in front of me, not even daring to step on his feet.

Many people on the scene realized that they were dancing with a ghost and were so scared that they screamed in horror and immediately let go of their hands.

They didn’t even have time to run out of the ballroom before they were shot dead on the spot by the Satan with a shotgun.

Most of the remaining people were too scared to do anything even if their partners were not human.

And the one in front of me… It was almost certain that he was a ghost.

His joints were stiff. Even though he was wearing disguised gloves, his long nails almost pierced through the tips.

I used the charm skill again.

After the improvement from clearing the previous level, this time the skill was activated much more smoothly.

When my male partner froze for those two seconds, I quickly searched all over his body.

A gilded business card quietly fell into my palm.

“Winny Kane.”

I had seen this name before.

12

The dance was held at night. Before Lian Xin and I went to the fitting room, we had wandered around this huge manor for a long time.

The corridors on the second floor of the villa were hung with expensive and beautiful famous paintings, one after another. On the last whole wall was the collective portrait of the Kane family.

I looked up and read the slogan under the picture frame:

“This is a cursed family. They possess endless wealth, but along with it comes the inevitable tragic fate of death. To completely break this curse, one needs to put together the puzzle and answer the real riddle.”

Their family tree was like a lush tree, turning from top to bottom into dense roots.

At the end of the roots, there was only one blank picture frame, and the name written on it was Mr. Abels, the host of the dance.

Abels Kane, the last survivor of this family, in a desperate situation, invited everyone to the villa to help him solve the so – called riddle in order to find a way to avoid his tragic death.

Lian Xin stood beside me and looked up with me.

I explained, “There won’t be useless information given in the horror game, so it’s necessary to remember all of it.”

“I know.”

“…”

There was a nostalgic look in his light – brown eyes.

“Because my previous familiar also liked to do this. At that time, I was much weaker than now. We both relied on this method to clear the levels.”

“Master liked that person.”

It wasn’t a question but a statement.

When I said this sentence, I felt a bit sour in my heart, secretly hoping that he would deny it.

Lian Xin answered quite readily. “Yes, I liked her very much. She accompanied me through a long journey at the very beginning.”

I couldn’t help but ask, “What happened later?”

“Later… She died.”

It wouldn’t be polite to continue this topic, so I didn’t say anything more. Instead, I looked at the portraits on the wall again.

Seven generations spanning two centuries, their information was scattered all over the corners of the villa.

From the newspapers in the reading room to the diaries in the study… I remembered.

When the dance music ended, the man wearing the Satan mask raised his shotgun and screamed hoarsely:

“It’s time for the riddle – guessing again, dear guests. Have you guessed the identity of your dance partners? Three, two, one, let’s take off our masks…”

I looked at the person in front of me and slowly said:

“Mr. Winny, although you died in a fire, you suffered inhumane torture. The fire caused the stairs to collapse, and the metal supports piercing through the wooden structure happened to cut your neck. It wasn’t until the fire was put out that people found your headless skeleton in the ashes. So you became a decapitated ghost, right?”

Winny Kane took off his mask.

Under the mask was an empty face.

“Congratulations to those who answered correctly. Those who didn’t guess right, please accept the baptism of gunfire!”

Flames shot out from the gun barrel, and another group of people were eliminated.

I let out a sigh of relief. With the information in my memory, I should be able to clear this level.

The second round went very smoothly too. Until the person in the third round stood in front of me.

I was stunned for a moment. “Qi Yuan?”

13

The figure in front of me was clearly Qi Yuan. I wouldn’t fail to recognize him just because he was wearing a mask.

Qi Yuan didn’t answer me. He took my hand and started dancing.

His dancing postures and movements were all very standard, almost good enough to be used as a demonstration class.

I deliberately made a few wrong steps, but he wasn’t affected at all and just reprimanded me mercilessly:

“You dance so poorly. You can’t compare with Yuanyuan.”

Who can compare with a puppet normally?

I couldn’t help but test him again. “Why don’t you answer my previous question?”

After a long while, Qi Yuan looked down at me, still with that calm tone:

“Is there anything we need to talk about? I only have Yuanyuan in my heart now.”

The whole dance could be simply summed up in two words.

He was “avoiding suspicion” with me.

In the third round, it was obvious that Lian Xin encountered a tough enemy.

When Mr. Abels announced the answering time, Lian Xin managed to hurry towards me anxiously:

“Taotao, he’s not…”

I looked at the person in front of me and had already answered firmly: “You’re not Qi Yuan. You’re Yuanyuan’s puppet.”

The person in front of me took off his mask.

He had the same face as Qi Yuan, but his eyes looked empty. If you didn’t look carefully, you wouldn’t notice it at all.

Yuanyuan’s other puppets were all like shoddy products, but this one was so lifelike.

It was as if… Qi Yuan had really been made into a puppet.

Yuanyuan walked over from the corner, with her red lips smeared with rouge, smiling sweetly:

“It’s just as you thought. I made my master into a puppet.”

She affectionately hugged Qi Yuan’s arm, and Qi Yuan didn’t move at all.

“Master only loves me now and will never change his heart.”

Lian Xin took my hand and cautiously moved a few steps away from Yuanyuan.

Yuanyuan covered her mouth and smiled. “You don’t need to worry about your little succubus. I’m not interested in her anymore. Alas, since ancient times, women always like to deal with women. I’m a bit tired of it. It’s better to make men into puppets, which is more once and for all.”

Her bright red fingernails got close to Qi Yuan’s chest, and Qi Yuan obediently held her hand back.

“Otherwise, this restless heart, even though it’s something you abandoned yourself, will still make you feel regretful. Little succubus, don’t you think it’s disgusting?”

I looked at the motionless Qi Yuan and thought that he actually looked a bit more pleasing to the eye than when he came to win me back with a shameless face.

“Then congratulations to you two. May you be happily married for a hundred years.”

Yuanyuan seemed to have found a bosom friend and was very happy. She tilted her cute little face.

“Come to think of it, I’ve seen your new master before. At that time, he was so obedient to his familiar, willing to give her the moon if she asked for a star. Such a man who still has someone else in his heart, should I also make him into a puppet for you?”

This time it was Lian Xin’s turn to be angry and amused.

“Please open your blind glassy eyes and see clearly. Do they look the same?”

Yuanyuan was finally surprised. She looked at my face carefully, then pursed her lips unhappily:

“Oh my god, how many points did you spend to get her a chance to be reborn? You’ve always loved the same person from the beginning to the end. How boring… She’s just an ordinary succubus after all.”

I couldn’t understand the topic they were talking about, and now it was finally my turn to interrupt and retort:

“You’re just an ordinary puppet after all.”

Yuanyuan’s face darkened, but there was someone with an even darker face on the scene.

Mr. Abels with the Satan mask went crazy:

“I’m not dead yet. Who allowed you to chat here without solving my riddle?!”

14

“Who said we haven’t solved it?”

Before he fired at us with the gun, I suddenly spoke.

Lian Xin stood with his arms folded, holding a dagger in his hand.

I bet that if Mr. Abels dared to fire at us, the dagger in Lian Xin’s hand would be faster than the bullets.

I organized my words and said:

“You want to know how to break the curse of the family, right? You invited us here for this very reason.”

The man wearing the Satan mask glared at me with fierce eyes.

“Get to the point. Don’t waste my time with nonsense!”

But I ignored his threat and said slowly:

“So you summoned all the deceased souls of the family and held this undead dance… Even though you clearly knew that it would disturb their peace, you still wanted to know the answer.”

I stepped on his sore spot, and the man was clearly unhappy.

“Yes, but neither they nor you have been of any use! I asked you to remind them of their causes of death and arouse their memories, but they still remained motionless like wooden puppets. What bullshit answer is hidden in the riddle? I don’t even know my own fate!”

I shook my head. “No, you’ll know soon.”

Abels paused. “What do you mean?”

“Literally. You summoned the undead, and there’s blood on the floor in the hall. Didn’t you think about the consequences?”

His face changed drastically.

The undead who took off their masks didn’t disappear. Instead, they turned around and stared fixedly at this unfilial descendant who had disturbed their peace.

“This is your fate. You’ve chosen your own end: to be torn to pieces by the souls of the dead.”

Those undead rushed towards him, and the gun barrel that Abels relied on for survival finally became useless.

He cried and begged for mercy. “Elders, please look clearly at who I am. I’m the last member of the Kane family…”

His screams were drowned out by the vengeful spirits.

“Evil will always be punished by evil.” Lian Xin put away his weapon and sneered. “When these nobles were abusing their servants at will, did they ever think of such a day?”

In the boxes outside the fitting room, there were many tools for amusement, which were often used by the nobles to abuse slaves and servants.

From horsehide whips to iron traps for catching animals, there was blood all over them.

A yellowed newspaper recorded the news of a certain month and year, telling the story of the fire that happened in this manor.

It was suspected that a servant set the fire, but in the end, no one was found, and they could only resign themselves to accepting the tragic deaths of four members of the Kane family.

The so – called answer was just their long – lost humanity.

The clearance prompt popped up.

“Congratulations on clearing the S – level dungeon: The Kane Family’s Manor.”

I looked at the shining teleportation array under my feet and didn’t step forward.

“Was what you said to Yuanyuan true? Did we know each other before?”

The bad guy smiled, showing his annoying canine teeth. “False.”

I nodded. “False, then let’s terminate the contract.”

15

Everyone thought that succubi were creatures that anyone could have.

No one knew that succubi were actually very loyal.

Once they fell in love with someone, they would be faithful to that person until death.

They would never allow the person they loved to have the shadow of others in their heart.

Lian Xin’s smile shattered.

He was completely panicked. He directly stuffed my hand into his pocket, as if he wanted to stuff me in as well.

“Taotao, I played 4,752 games to accumulate enough points to exchange for you to come back. Please have pity on me, okay? Hmm? You can be the master from now on. Is that okay?”

Bullet comments:

“What a look!”

“Unable to comment, 666”

“Lian Shen, where’s your fierce aura when you killed the enemies? Do you have to be so subservient?”

“Lian Xin, who asked you? You’re right, but there’s a small problem: Who asked you? I mean, who told you to speak up? I tell you, no one asked you. I’ve invited all the people who might have asked you to a party, and the number of people present is zero. Who asked you? WHO ASKED?誰が聞いた???????? Who asked you? I’ll come to help you find out who asked you today?”

“This player with the ID “Lian Xin” has your horror game annual report for 2024. In the 4,752 games you cleared, you had 10,063 times of outstanding performances. The words you mentioned the most to your teammates were “Hey, have you seen my wife?” The user with the highest intimacy value with you is “Sweetheart Taotao Sauce”. During the 1,080 days when she was offline, you sent 12,000 messages to express your longing for her. Oh my god, you must be awarded the title of the “Number One Wife – Watching Stone in the Horror Game”!”

Lian Xin’s face turned black. He gritted his teeth and said:

“Where did you all these idiots come from? Didn’t I turn off the bullet comments? Can’t you see I’m trying to coax my wife?”

“How can you talk to us like that, you bastard!”

Before they could start arguing, I said lazily: “I turned them on. I’ve been able to see them all along.”

This time it was Lian Xin’s turn to be stunned.

Finally, I couldn’t hold back the smile on my lips. I wrapped my arms around his arm with a beaming face.

“Yeah, that’s right. I can see them saying you like me, and I can see that you’ve been planning this for a long time.”

My tail, which was happily wagging around, was suddenly grabbed.

Lian Xin curled his lips into a smile, and his expression gradually became dangerous.

“Is that so? So the little liar took the bait willingly and still deliberately played with me. Since there’s no need to coax you, don’t you think you should be punished?”

Before bending down towards me, he turned off the camera for the second time.

=The End=

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