Chapter 2: A purple fascination

"Another day, another storm~" High above the clouds, one succubus could be seen merrily flying around without a care now that her jobs for the day was finished.

Long dark blue cape, beautiful flowy lavender hair complemented by her ivory upward horns, an outfit that may as well be a swim suit with how revealing it is, and faint red tattoo along her gorgeous body. She perfectly matches what a succubus looks like in their prime, she may as well be the living embodiment of a wet dream for most people.

Playing with the wind around her, she effortlessly reaches speed that would make other monster girls green with envy. Not surprising, considering she's one of the four heavenly knights. Those who stood as the very peak of their respective race, with the task of carrying out the Monster Lord's will and in turn punishing those who dares to go against them.

Although, if you were to ask her. The succubus would very much prefer to indulge in her pleasure as she so pleased. And so, after doing the very minimum of what she was asked to, she was well on her way to relax for the entire day.

"Who knows? Maybe I'll find a cute one I can play with today? Ufufu~"

Somewhere not far from her, a certain shy forest dweller sneezes out of nowhere, startling his dear friend sleeping on his head.

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'This is it.'

As a young man prepare himself for the day ahead, he began to hype himself up.

'Today's the day'

Grabbing his signature green cloak, he began moving towards his front door, his trusty companion waiting for him with her usual cheery smile.

'I'll try and befriend her today!'

Luka confidently took a step forward, his hand ready to open the door and achieve his objective for the day. Find Donna, introduce himself, and properly became her friend.

That is until…

He sighed.

"I can't…" Already loosing his confidence, the young man hung his head low in defeat.

"What's wrong Luka?" Said the wind spirit in confusion. One moment her friend was about to go outside, and then his body just slump down like a puppet with its strings cut.

"It's happening again…" He said gloomily. The fairy nodded her head at this, being an expert in the language of introverts she has deduce the problem her dear friend is having.

"Oh man, I really thought today was gonna be the day! You almost made it too." Having said that, "C'mon Luka! Let's go to the field today, maybe we can find a four-leaf clover! I'm sure that'll help!" She immediately tried to cheer him up, never pushing him to leave his comfort zone unless he wanted her to.

They have been through this before, if the young man wasn't ready then she'll support him until he is. That's what makes her a great friend after all!

The smile he gave her was fake, yet neither of them commented on it.

===0===

Luka was sure the vast field of flowers he and Sylph would occasionally go to has a name, but until he learns it, he has elected to just calling it 'The field' for simplicity sake.

The fairies would joyfully play around here as the wind spirit rushes over to joint them while the young man would hide himself and lie down among the flowers, basking in the sunlight until he either falls asleep or remembered having another chore for the day. Though seeing as the day has just started, he's probably going with the latter.

Walking alongside his dear friend, he couldn't quite hide his disappointment at himself. No matter how much he tried to, he just couldn't muster the courage to talk to anyone other than Sylph without running away.

Realistically speaking, if he were to try conversing with the elf girl and something bad were to happen, he could have just simply walked away and hide himself until the dust settles down. He was sure none could find him and his friend as long as they were to stay within his safe heaven.

This fact doesn't seem to stop his instincts from screaming at him to ran and hid himself in his room however. No matter how much he tried, he kept catastrophizing the situation in his head until he would froze from head to toe, not able to do anything except make a fool of himself.

He sighed, causing the fairy to look over.

"Are you ok, Luka?" She asked out of worry.

"…" His dimmed eyes stays on the ground, not meeting hers.

She flew closer, "Is this about what happened this morning? Don't worry! I'm sure you'll talk to her one day!" like the good friend she is, Sylph tries to lift his spirit back up.

"…" Still looking away, he made it clear he doesn't wish to talk about this now.

However, because she is Sylph, she does it anyways. Floating In front of him, her words came back with twice as much energy. "Don't look away from me, mister! Your friend is here and I'm not stopping until you're happy again!"

Her positivity is infectious, he couldn't help the way his gaze softens and his body became less rigid, the stress leaving him.

"…" He finally faces her. Somewhere, deep within, he wishes for her to resent him for how pathetically he has been acting, yet there was none.

"See? You're already bouncing back, next thing you know, you'll have hundreds of friends!" She energetically flies around, simply by the thought of her friend being happy.

His smile started to reach his eyes.

"That's a nice thought…"

He might have failed today, but he could always try again.

===0===

When they got there, Luka could immediately tell something was wrong.

The usual group of fairies that would play games with each other are nowhere to be found and the complete silence that greeted them was an unnatural one.

There's another thing though, very subtle, but he could faintly perceive a difference in the air. This… heaviness isn't something he has ever felt before. The young man is sure it has something to do with the state of the field.

"Oh man, where is everyone? I thought they said we were gonna play catch today!" cried out the wind spirit as she went to search for them.

With one hand raised, he called out to her. "Hold on, Sylph." She turned to him in question. "Stay close, something's not right."

Just as he said that, the wind informs them of another presence near their area. One that eclipse everyone else's, like a cloud blocking the sun, submerging everything in shadow.

Alarm bells inside his head started ringing. Yelling at him to grab Sylph and head home before anything bad could happen.

But… should he?

He knows that the world outside is dangerous, many bad things could happen to him and many more bad people that wishes to harm him. In that regard, he wasn't naïve.

Having said that… he's the one who has been trying to get better at socialising all this time wasn't he?

Sure, it's very potentially dangerous, not to mention dumb of him to try this now if all times, but if something badwereto happen, all he has to do was ran back with Sylph to his safe heaven where no one can find them and tried again with someone else.

Sensing the wind around them, he couldn't really feel any hostility coming from the other presence, so that was good. Maybe if he's lucky, they might not even want to get violent at all.

After taking a moment to think all of it through, he decided.

"Sylph," He called out to his friend, now hovering near him. "I… wanted to try something. Can you hide inside my cloak for a bit?"

At first she seems unsure of this, but her friend was looking better than before, so she just smile and nodded. Hiding herself behind the clothing they made together.

Now then, he wonder how far they are fro-

A sudden gust of winds greeted the young man as the monster drop down in front of him. Her long cape fluttering about theatrically before wrapping around her curvaceous figure.

As their eyes meet, he couldn't help but felt like a butterfly caught in a spider web.

"Ara~ what do we have here?"

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The vast field of flowers greeted her as she flew above them, leisurely admiring them at her on pace and using her magic to pick any that she thought would look great in her room.

Sure, she rarely, if ever, use the room provided to her in the Monster Lord's Castle but since it is her room, she might as well decorate it a little. After all, they do say the state of your living quarters is reflective of how you are.

"And I'm a very welcoming person if I do say so myself~"

Fortunately for her, the place hasn't been found by humans and the monsters living there barely ever bother to pick any so she's free to choose from hundreds of rare exotic flowers that she could find.

There is something more to this however. Seeing as the area that she's in as of now are near the Forest of Spirit, the queen of succubus is also on the lookout for any aspiring hero who has come to seek out the power of Sylph.

It wasn't very well known, but the risks of humanity learning about the Four Spirit at mass would no doubt causes a lot of trouble for them. As such it's mandatory for her and her fellow knights to check if any humans were to be snooping around the area where the spirits live once in a while.

So far she hadn't had an encounter with any of them but since she's around, she might as well milked two heroes with one tail and take a look around area.

"See~? I am doing my job. Wonder why everyone kept calling me lazy?" Said the heavenly knight as she leisurely floated around the field of flowers, trying to find any four-leaf clover if she could.

Not long after, she got bored and was about ready to leave.

That is until she senses something other than the few monster girls around, one she was well accustomed to. It's the present if a delicious new prey that she could play with~

Flying there was as easy as steeling a tofu from a kitsune cub and she landed as soon as she saw the boy standing at the edge of the field.

With long purple hair that reached his back, soft baby blue eyes, and a worn looking green cloak that hides the rest of his body from her. He seems both startled and expecting of her arrival.

All in all, she has found herself a well enough prey for the time being.

"Ara~ what do we have here?"

She took great joy in watching him trying to come up with something to say, his face scrunching up in fear and… oh, is that determination she's seeing?

"A-ah…" The purplette seems to struggle in starting a conversation. Not that she blamed him of course, it's not everyday that you get to meet someone like herself.

Crossing her arms under her breasts, she gave a seductive smile before asking, "What's wrong, dear? Have you something to say to me?" with how cute he is, she figured that she should play around for a bit before having her fill.

"I'm… my name is…" He appears to be forcing the words out, must be hard for him to do this then. Yet despite that, he didn't quit. "Luka, my name is… Luka. What's yours m-miss?"

"Oh me? I have to say. I'm quite sad you didn't recognise who I was." She said with fake hurt in her voice.

She cooed internally when he actually looks guilty about it. Not only is he tasty looking, but easy to tease to? That just makes it better. Though one thing the succubus could complaint about was that cloak of his – something about it doesn't sit right with her.

As if there was an audience, she dramatically bows before Luka. Her posture further exposing her cleavage to him and getting the desired effect she was aiming for. "My name is Alma Elma, the Queen of Succubus, it's a pleasure to meet you ufufu~"

His face explodes into a shade of red. Eyes doing their best to not stare at a certain attention-grabbing part of her body and failing miserably.

'Awwww~' How precious.

The thought of corrupting that innocent grows stronger as she approaches her prey. Hips swaying left and right, her swager accompany by the confidence of a monster girl who has been doing this her whole life.

"Well now, Luka was it? Why don't we-" She was just about ready to pull him to her chest when something unexpected happens.

Her hand touches nothing. There was no one in front of her at all.

"…" She blinks.

Before she could even form any thought however, a small voice calls out behind her. "Please don't do that." Gently but firmly, the young man told the succubus as he stood a couple foot away from her.

"How did you…"

Luka awkwardly fiddle with the side of his cloak. "Was it… a part of your custom? If it is then I'm sorry… I don't really like getting close to people I just meet…"

She stares, now thoroughly intrigue by the new puzzle before her.

As he saw her taking a step closer towards his position, he quickly held his arms before him in a placating manner, "I- I mean! Don't get me wrong. It's not that I thought ill of you!"

Closer…

"A-and beside… I'm-"

She pounces on him and her eyes widen as the same thing happened.

"-not really comfortable with hugs you know…?" Now standing to her right, the purplette finishes his sentence as if nothing had occur.

"Look here."

"Hmm?"

[Eye of temptation]

A shine appears in her crimson eyes. Immediately, a gust of wind came and blows against his face, making him close his eyelids on instinct and completely missed her attempt at seduction magic.

"Interesting." A full smile make its way across her face as intrigue turns into fascination.

'I want to see...

"…"

...how long we can play...

"Uh… m-miss?"

...before I got bored again.'

By now she has been staring at him for a while and as much as the succubus loves the way he squirmed under her gaze, she would love this more.

"Luka…" She says his name again, only this time it's difference. There's a lot more playfulness in her voice than before.

"That's me…" The purplette responded, looking out of his depth.

"I have an idea." Her eyes narrowed dangerously, "Let's play a game~"

END OF CHAPTER

Author's note: Here's another one, it took longer than expected because I was super nervous about writing Alma Elma. I didn't want to make her feel too out of character on accident.

Tell me if that's happening ok? I'll make sure to write her better next chapter.