Waking up in the middle of the night, I opened my eye to see a full head of black hair in my face, and looking down and scooting over a bit, I saw a sleeping Zoe?
Oh, I forgot I asked if she wanted to spend the night.
Shutting my eyes and holding her in my arms, I went back to sleep, and dreaming of a land unlike this and or the one half of me came from; the land of winds.
Where the sky holds islands above the sea.
I want to go there one day, it's beautiful there.
. . . . .Half a day later: brought to you by Aster walking Zoe to the train station and bidding her farewell. . . . .
Back Room, Silver Moon Brothel, Middle Of Day
Sitting on the couch back there as Lex pulled a seat up In front of me; the girls were resting and he was annoyed because we have new people here now.
"Are you, mad?" I asked, he looked sour.
And sighing, he said "No. . .Though I wish y'all would have told me beforehand that Urusla was resigning and that we'd have new workers here," he said and I was shocked? Wait did he just say Urusla resigned?!
"Wait Urusla did what?!"
And looking at me lifting an eye.
"You didn't know? Oh, well yeah, she came to me and said she had no desire of working at the brothel as ah sex worker anymore, so I moved her to management"
He said and I was baffled, "What? I thought she quit" I asked and he shook his head, "She doesn't wish to be a prostitute anymore but she begged me to work here"
"She did? Did she tell you why, won't she starve?"
But then he flicked his finger at me and smirked.
"Yes and no, it all depends on if she's successful in hunting or not, but I do still have to look after her, an anyone else here at the brothel that's a succubus"
"Hm? Why?"
"Because they've all committed crimes against our nest and if I don't they're kind of on a black list to kill"
"They are?! All of them?!"
"Yeah, but you'll have to ask them if you want to hear about it, my mouth is sealed, but I will tell you, I made a deal with the nest to look after em, so I still have to do that, because I think of them as my family, kiddo"
"You do?"
"Most definitely~ Just like you, you will always be my son in my eyes, even if we get in a fight and you walk away one day, nothing will change, got it, Aster"
He said but hearing that it melted my heart a bit.
Awe, that's adorable. So hearing him say that I said back, "Honestly I thought of you as a big brother. But I'll take that if that's the case" I told em back truthfully.
And then we talked a little more after I said that.
. . . . .
But then he crossed his arms and said seriously.
"That's enough of that now, so listen up, before I even start lesson 1, I'll explain to you your current Incubism"
"Hm?"
Fixing his position in his chair, he leaned forward and then extended his hand out, growing sharp claws that grew inches in length, and it astounded me!
"Your a rank 2 Incubus now, so with a little practice you should be able to do this, Rank 2 of incubism is mainly going to be based on combat, let me explain"
Not talking to let him do that he then went on to say.
"Incubism has 3 set chain reactions when it comes to ranking up, the first rank is dead set on survival, then the next one is combat, and the last is seduction"
"When you awakened into an incubus you aquired all from the first set, well not all, but that of rank 1 which allowed you to survive, you gained 2 abilities and one skill, which we all get, and it's a tricky skill rarely used"
"And I say rarely, because we only use it when annoyed and or targeting someone specifically"
"And the 2 abilities you learned that comes to us as instincts, they're how we consume and continue to even exist, they're [Energy Drain] and [Charm]"
And hearing him say that, he sounded like a radicalist if I'm going to be honest, it was kind of funny?
"Basically, what your saying is Rank 1 is just my survival instincts getting awakened and the other ranks like, rank whatever next is survival is a boost?"
I asked him and rubbing his chin, "Practically"
But then he said, "The ranking works as SCS, Survival, combat, Seduction, and it goes in a pattern like that, so I guess your right, because after the first 3 ranks they're kind of like a boost with a skill addition?"
"That sounds awesome! What do I have for rank 2?"
"Rank 2 is combat, where you gain your natural Weaponry" he said but I didn't get it.
"Natural Weaponry? What's that?"
And moving his hand up in-between the both of us, I looked to his claws and that's what he meant?
"Your Natural Weaponry are these 3 things, your claws and tail, and even those wings you should be growing, and as for the skills, you have a few of them. I'll teach you, if you're willing to learn how to use them, Aster"
"Skills? Like how many? And hell yeah I'm willing!".
And hearing me talk, he smiled and his claws retracted, and then putting his hands together, he threw them both out and drematically said.
"Claw Retraction, a Powerful Bite, a Prehensile Tail, a Prehensile Wings, and finally Wing Blades which use magic to produce projectiles!"
"NOW those are the skills I'm talking about!!!"
He was enjoying this wasn't he? Hahaha, it's funny.
"Really, we can do that?"
And shooting up an looking down at me, with a wide smirk he said with nothing but sheer pride.
"Yeah! Now you ready to learn them Aster!"
Wow he really is excited about this?
"Sure... But what are the others?"
And hearing me he shouted.
"Rank 3: seduction, Enhanced Sex Appeal and skills! Rank 4:Survival, Enhanced/Supernatural conditioning! Rank 5: Combat, Demonic Energy Manipulation! Now get up I'm going to teach you everything I know!"
And hearing that and saving that knowledge in my head because holy shit I thought incubus's were and are completely sluts but we actually can do other shit!
I had no idea, and getting up, just as excited as him.
"What's first!"
I was ready to learn everything from him.
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Sunday, September 19th, Year 12