"Yeah, that has dark properties, so it might injure me if you take me with you. Though, I think the succubus can help with that,"
And as if it was scripted, the succubus came walking into the dining room, rubbing her sleepy eyes.
"What do you need me for?" She sleepily asked her voice just about managing to slip out of her lips.
"I need you to protect me from some dark properties while we use a dark property skill. Do you think you could do that with one of your skills?"
"Of course," She said and then gave me a kiss before sitting down at the table.
…
Later that day, we were about to leave as we had everything packed in just a single bag which I carried, but just as Arpious was about to activate the skill, somebody came running into the room.
"Huff… huff… huff… shit… I need to start working out again," The empress muttered as she gasped for air right in front of us.
"Is there something wrong?" I asked.