Kazuma couldn't believe how genuine everything felt! He'd never been in such a vivid dream before where all his senses were active. He could even pick up the subtle scent of lilac that Darkness usually had unless they'd been on the road for days. Succubus magic was amazing! If he didn't know all this was a dream, he would absolutely believe it was real life.

His cottage only had four rooms; a privy, a small kitchen with a wood stove, a living room, and a bedroom. Darkness strode right into the middle of his living room… with the open door to his bedroom right behind her. He thought about what exactly he'd written down in that form he'd filled out.

I want a woman who is a little older, but not really experienced. She needs to be attracted to me, but shy. I want her to pretend to be really embarrassed and shocked when I make my move, but secretly she wants it even more than I do. Once we actually begin, she needs to be totally into it and beg me for more. I want her to be submissive and go along with whatever I want to do! Most important of all, she has to have huge tits and be gorgeous!

When he'd written all that down the image he'd had in mind was Chris with a major upgrade to her chest. He adored his sempai and thought she was the most amazing girl he'd ever met. The fact he was so interested despite her being as flat as Megumin proved just how deeply he cared about her. Chris was definitely the girl for him!

That said… it wasn't like he didn't think Darkness was hot as hell. Her freaky tendencies and the crap she spewed all the time was a turn off. But when she was acting like a normal human being, she was the absolute best. He'd had plenty of lewd thoughts about her, that was only normal for a guy his age given how close they were and how much time they spent together and the way her body was made for sin. In real life there was no way he would ever make a move on her. All that masochist garbage was too much of a turn off. Plus, he didn't want things to get weird between them now that he finally had a party that actually worked, and where he was somehow the leader.

But this was all a dream, she wasn't really Darkness, and they could do anything he wanted.

'Darkness' stood there with her back ram rod straight looking him in the eye. "First, I must apologize for disturbing you so late at night, and for coming to your home without an invitation." She bent her neck.

Kazuma grinned. That was exactly how she normally sounded, Darkness was incredibly proper and polite. Except when her tendencies got the better of her. He could really appreciate how hard the succubus was working to make this as real as possible.

On a different section of the form he'd filled out he'd written:

I want to be the cool experienced guy who knows exactly what he's doing. The sort of guy who knows exactly how to make a woman fall for him with just a few words.

Back in Japan Kazuma had always been the quiet, shy kid. The one who never really fit in. He'd had no real experience with girls and had certainly never known what it was like to be popular. (Not including his experiences online where he was a rock star.) He'd always been jealous of the strong, confident guys who the girls always stared as when they walked into a room. The guys who were never nervous no matter the situation, the ones who always knew just what to say.

A big part of Kazuma's fantasy wasn't just to finally be with a beautiful woman. It was to do it as the cool guy that the girl just couldn't resist. He'd sort of tried that with Chris when he asked her out. It hadn't really gone that well. But since this was a dream, he was sure the results here would be way better. And no matter how things turned out it wasn't like there'd be repercussions or anything. He would just be more specific about what he wanted the next time.

So rather than just get straight to it, he wanted to win her over with his charm and wit and 'coolness.'

He deepened his voice. "So, what brings you to my home? Something you need from me?"

She frowned. "Why are you talking like that?"

"What do you mean? I always talk like this."

"No, you don't. Did you catch a cold or something?"

Kazuma felt a little disappointed. This was how he'd expect Darkness to react normally in real life, but he'd wanted her to be flustered and embarrassed trying to confess her feelings. I guess the succubus can't read my thoughts.

He coughed and spoke in his usual voice. "So why are you here? I don't remember ever inviting you to my home. Actually, I don't think I ever told you my address."

Her cheeks reddened and she avoided his gaze. "Ah, I asked Luna and she gave it to me. I told her it was an emergency and I had to speak to you right away."

Kazuma grinned. This is more like it. "I understand. The feelings in your heart were too powerful to deny any longer."

"What?" She replied in obvious confusion.

"Huh?" Kazuma was confused by her confusion.

"I'm here because of the sword, Kazuma. I know you plan to sell it off to one of the weapons shops in town tomorrow. I'm here to ask you to let me have it. You don't need to give it to me. I'll buy it with my share of the earnings."

Kazuma frowned. "Really? That's the reason you came here?" He went to the corner of the room where he'd left the magical blade and picked it up. "You came here tonight just for this?"

She nodded. "It is a truly fine weapon and it would improve my reputation. I would also feel more like a proper crusader."

Kazuma felt a vein in his forehead start to throb. What sort of kinky sex fantasy was this?! He had to deal with this kind of stupidity all the time in his real life! He didn't want even more of it when he was supposed to be getting his freak on!

"You can put lipstick on a pig, it's still a pig. And this sword wouldn't make you a decent crusader. That would probably require divine intervention!"

She gasped. "K… Kazuma! S… So cruel!"

"That's not cruel!" Kazuma snapped. "What's cruel is ruining a man's dream! This isn't what I signed up for! Realism is fine but this isn't what I wanted!"

Her mouth hung open. "I… I ruined your dream? How?"

"By being you!"

She stood there gaping like a fish.

Staring at her, a wicked smile began to spread across his lips. If this succubus wasn't going to play the flustered innocent, then he would just have to treat her like the masochist Darkness was in real life. That could be a lot of fun too. This was all just a dream after all. This would be his chance to finally get a little payback for all the times he'd been publicly embarrassed. That could definitely be fun. As he thought about what he was going to do Darkness gulped and took a step back from him.

"K… K… Kazuma w… why are you looking at me like that? W… What s… sort of p… p… perverted thoughts are running through your mind?"

He took the sword he was still holding and brought the point down, so it cut into his floor. "You want this sword, Darkness?"

"Y… Yes, but ah, perhaps I should just go. W… We could talk about this again in the morning." She skittered a little further away from him.

"Okay, well I'm not going to just give it to you, and I won't sell it to you either. But maybe there's a way you can earn it."

She gulped and he could see her start to tremble. "W… What would I have to do?"

XXX

"The good kitty wipes her face with her paws."

Kazuma was sitting in a chair. Darkness was on the floor in front of him, down on all fours. She had stripped off her armor and was wearing a black body suit. On top of her head were a pair of fuzzy cat ears and strapped to her butt was a fake tail. Her face was as red as a tomato and her whole body was shaking.

"K… K… Kazuma… w… why do you have these things?" She pointed at the ears and tail.

"Don't worry about it."

"B… B… But w… why are you making me-"

"Kitties don't talk," he shook a finger at her. "They go 'meow' 'meow' while they wipe their faces."

She gulped, then made her hands into fists and rubbed them against her cheeks. "Meow. Meow."

He nodded, then took a small bottle of milk and poured it into a bowl which he placed in front of his chair. "That's a good kitty. Now come over and have some milk.

She gawked at him but lowered her head and crawled over to the bowl. "Meow?"

He smiled at her.

She bent down and began licking up the milk.

"That's a good kitty." Kazuma reached over and ran a hand along her back, 'petting' her.

She gasped and stared up at him in shock.

Kazuma kept right on smiling and running his hand the length of her entire back. "Kitties like to be pet, and you're a good kitty, aren't you?"

She gulped. "M… Meow?"

He nodded. "Have some more milk, kitty."

She returned to licking up the milk as he continued to pet her.

XXX

Darkness came out of the kitchen visibly trembling and panting. Her black bodysuit was gone. She was now wearing nothing but a pink, frilly apron that only came down to the top of her thighs. Most of her legs and cleavage was on open display.

"K… K… Kazuma, d… do you really cook with an apron like this?"

"Don't worry about it." He yawned and stretched. "I've just come home from a long day at the office."

She swallowed and clasped her hands together. "W… Welcome home, d… d… darling! Would you like to have dinner? Or a nice bath? Or m… m… me?"

He smiled and it made her quiver. "I think I'll have a bath."

"Huh? But there is no bath here!" His 'bathroom' only contained a privy and a sink. His home had no running water, he had to get it from the local well.

"Don't worry about it. Now why don't you give me a nice back rub?"

She stared at him.

"But don't use your hands."

She hugged herself and let out an erotic cry.

XXX

"H… How did it come to this?!" Darkness cried out.

She was completely naked and lying face down on top of his bed. Both her hands were tied to the bed posts. Kazuma was sitting on the edge of the bed looking her over. He leaned in and whispered in her ear. "What would your family say if they could see you right now, La-la-ti-na?"

She arched her back and cried out.

Seeing the reaction Kazuma couldn't keep from laughing.

Darkness turned her face to him. "I always knew you were a beast! But to think you would go this far! To do something so p… perverted to your own comrade in arms! You really are a fiend!"

Kazuma laughed some more and shrugged. "Well, I guess you may have a point, but since all this is a dream it doesn't really matter does it?"

"So, this is your dream?" Darkness gasped. "Y… You've been wanting to do this to me since we met?! I can't believe it. K… Kazuma I am deeply disappointed!"

He leaned in close and whispered. "Oh? And what part of that disappoints you? That I like humiliating you, or that I waited so long?" He caressed the side of her neck with a single finger.

She shut her eyes and let out an adorable whimper. "I… I… I don't know what you mean. I hate this."

"Oh yeah?" He continued to slide his finger from her neck down along her back. "Then why'd you do every single asked? Why would you get naked? Act like a cat? Give me a full body message? Let me tie you up? If it was so awful why were you so obedient?"

"B… Because you said it was the only way I could earn the broadsword. For the sake of improving my status as a crusader I will endure any humiliation, no matter how deeply it may horrify me."

"Yeah, I can tell you're hating every second of this."

"I am! I h… hate what you are doing, K… K…. Kazuma! I beg you to stop!"

"Oh, okay then." Kazuma stood and grabbed the ropes on one of her wrists. "If that's how you honestly feel I'll let you go."

She blinked. "R… Really? You're going to just untie me? Now?"

"You sound disappointed."

"I am just surprised you would go this far and not…"

Kazuma smiled down at her. "Not what?"

She turned her head to avoid looking at him. "Y… You know."

"No, I've got no clue. What exactly were you expecting to happen?"

"W… Well, you're an absolute f… fiend c… consumed by lust. With me helpless, of course you would… I mean… I… I wouldn't be able to resist if you…. if you were to…"

"What?" He asked sounding confused.

"Have your way with me!" She half shouted.

Kazuma's grin was from ear to ear. He'd honestly never imagined torturing Darkness could be this much fun. Knowing her tastes made her such an easy target!

"Is that a request?"

"W… What?"

"Is that what you're asking me for?" Kazuma said as calm as could be. "For me to have my way with you?"

He watched her mouth open and shut as she struggled to answer.

As she did so he put his lips right beside her ear and spike just barely loud enough for her to hear. "I'll do it if you want, but you'll have to beg me."

"B… B… Beg? W… Why would I beg you to… to… VIOLATE ME!" She gasped and shuddered. Her whole body was shaking, and he could see her squeezing her thighs together.

"Oh? So, you want me to let you go instead? I'm going to do one or the other. I'll let you decide. Do I untie you and let you go, or do I spend the rest of the night violating you and making you scream out my name?" He licked the side of her neck making her whimper. "Which is it going to be?"

She stared at him wide eyed and struggled to breathe. "K… K… Kazuma, I w… want you t… to… to…"

"Yessssss?" He ran his fingers along her back. "Which is it? I need you to be nice clear."

She swallowed. "I… I want you to…"

There was a sudden knock on his front door.

Both he and Darkness were startled.

"K… Kazuma! Did you invite someone to join in?! You animal! You beast! I won't submit no matter what you do to me!"

Kazuma's first thought was to ignore it and continue. But then he reminded himself that this was a dream. If there was a knock at the door it had to mean there was a surprise waiting there for him. Hey! Maybe it's Chris with a huge rack and she just happens to be looking for Darkness! The possibilities made him rub his hands together as he headed to the bedroom door.

"I'll be right back with some company." He shut the bedroom door before she could reply.

Kazuma hurried to the front door and threw it open to find a loli succubus in a garter belt and black top. He was kind of surprised. He didn't mind having a sexy succubus join in, the blonde one he'd met before was much more to his liking than this little girl.

The succubus loli immediately bowed. "Please forgive this intrusion master, we usually prefer to remain hidden from sight while we work. Unfortunately, I've been waiting for over an hour now and you still haven't fallen asleep. So, I had no choice but to intervene directly. Is there a reason why you are still not asleep?"

"Huh?" He stood there confused.

She rubbed at her chin and looked equally confused. "You are aware that you have to fall asleep before I can perform the service? Are you suffering from insomnia?"

"What are you talking about? I'm already in the middle of my sex dream."

The succubus blinked at him. "No, master, you are most definitely wide awake."

Kazuma started to get a very bad feeling in the pit of his stomach. He pinched his arm and felt it. "Oh. Fuck. Me."

"I'm happy to master, but you have to fall asleep first."

XXX

A very confused and now fully dressed Darkness was standing in the middle of Kazuma's living room holding her brand new magical broadsword. In front of her Kazuma was on his knees, head touching the floor.

"Again, I sincerely apologize! I never meant to take things as far as I did!"

"So… it was all a test to see if I sincerely wanted this sword?"

Kazuma remained on his knees as he looked up at her and violently nodded. "That's right! I thought you just wanted it for show and so there'd be no point in you having it! It's not like you can actually use it or anything. If you could I'd have given it to you right away. But if it was just going to be a decoration then I figured it was better to sell it so that someone who really needs it could eventually get their hands on it."

"I see," she replied in a solemn tone. "I suppose that does make sense."

"Right. So, when you knocked on my door and woke me up, I thought I would just embarrass you a little and make you admit you didn't need a magical sword. I kept expecting you to refuse and walk away. So, when you didn't, I decided to keep escalating things. They got totally out of control and for that I deeply apologize!"

She nodded. "I understand."

"I realize that if you were willing to go that far to get the sword that it really mattered to you, so it's yours!"

She blushed and he saw her knees knock together. "So, it really was all just a test?"

"Yes! Absolutely!"

"And you never intended to…"

"No! No! No! I would never do that to you, I swear!"

"You don't have to be so happy about it," she muttered.

"Sorry," Kazuma said nervously. Since kicking out the succubus he'd been imaging her strangling him to death or literally beating him to a bloody pulp. "What was that?"

"Nothing," she said.

"So, ah, we good?"

She raised an eyebrow. "Why wouldn't we be?"

Kazuma breathed a sigh of relief.

She rubbed at her arm and avoided looking at him. "As usual, you have a very effective way of making a point. You truly are savage, but I suppose it was the only way to get through to me."

"Huh?"

"I… If you should ever require to teach me another lesson, p… please do not hesitate to use any methods you feel are necessary. I p… promise to endure them without complaint! Good night!"

Without another word Darkness bolted out the door. Kazuma felt all the strength drain from his body and stretched out on the living room floor, grateful to be alive.

XXX

The following morning Kazuma headed into the guild. He just wanted all the craziness from last night to be forgotten. He was surprised to see a small crow had gathered just outside entrance. As he approached, he was stunned to see everyone had gathered to watch Darkness training. She was wielding her new magical broadsword and using it to slice apart straw training dummies. She was actually hitting things with a sword!

When the other adventurers saw him, they all turned in his direction and applauded. Kazuma had no idea what was going on until Darkness ran up to him, sword in hand and looking pleased with herself.

"Kazuma! Kazuma!"

"Uh, yes? I'm Kazuma."

"I finally understood what you were trying to tell me last night. That if I want to carry a sword like this, I need to treat it seriously! That I have an obligation to put it to proper use rather than simply carry it on my hip. That's why I deleted Advanced Parry and have used the skill points to acquire Swordsmanship and One-Handed Fighting Style! Thank you for teaching me this valuable lesson!"

He stared at her a moment. "Uh, your welcome?"

As Darkness went back to training Luna approached him. "Kazuma, how did you convince Darkness to learn offensive skills? First Megumin now this! Everyone is saying you must be the greatest party leader in the history of the guild! What's your secret?"

"Apparently that dumb luck can solve anything." He headed inside determined to get drunk.