Chapter 3: Ice Cream with a Strange Taste”

The train howled as it raced across the sky of the Demon realm.

From the window by the seat, one could clearly see the small villages and towns of the Succubus race arranged below.

It was indeed not very prosperous—no tall buildings, no shopping malls everywhere.

—Succubi had no need for such things when it came to desire and offspring.

Ye Lu stared blankly.

The train car was relatively quiet, with no one making a ruckus.

She still instinctively pressed her body against the window, her soft parts almost flattened.

If she didn’t press like this, she felt an inexplicable unease, and even more, she didn’t want anyone to see her face clearly.

Female Succubus.

Just being exposed like this was bound to attract those strange looks.

The train soon left the border of the Succubus territory and flew into the Academy District at the center of Demon Capital.

Demon Capital truly was where the Demon King resided; even the air was different.

Gone was the lingering dampness of her homeland, and she couldn’t smell that ever-present scent of privet flowers.

Outside the window, those glowing skyscrapers stood silently in the night, strange and beautiful.

Ye Lu silently gazed at this scene, having made a secret decision in her heart.

After graduation, she would stay here, live alone, and forever stay away from that hometown.

“Clank, clank, clank—”

The train began to slow to a stop.

The little fox attendant in charge of the car began to orderly guide most people to disembark.

Although Ye Lu really didn’t want to get up and face the troubles brought by her new body, she couldn’t cause trouble for others, so she stood up and walked out of the door with the crowd.

Just as she stepped out,

what greeted her

was an enormous gate, as tall as three stories, with a large plaque above it reading:

“Magic Capital Academy.”

In front of the gate, people were coming and going, all students wearing neat school uniforms.

The boys wore uniform-colored suit trousers.

The girls’ uniforms were relatively more revealing—mostly well-tailored short suit jackets paired with pleated skirts that accentuated slender waists.

Below, either bare legs, or black or white stockings for warmth.

Ye Lu unconsciously clenched her small fists.

In the past when she was still a guy, her build was tall and her uniform always fit loosely and comfortably.

Now her figure had become much smaller; the sleeves were so long they almost hung down, and she couldn’t wear them without folding them over several times.

But then looking at her chest… the strange feeling from this contrast was even more uncomfortable.

By the way, herself.

Even though she had become a woman, she was still wearing a boy’s school uniform.

Wouldn’t this… actually make her stand out even more?

After all, with a Succubus’s curvy figure that made men’s blood boil, who couldn’t tell her gender?

Ah… wait…

That person is?

As she was spacing out, a slender back slipped past her side.

That person was tall and straight, with a steady gait, and from behind she could see hair tied up high.

It was the vampire—Bell.

That bastard friend of hers.

Ye Lu subconsciously jogged after him, but after a few steps she abruptly stopped.

She looked down at her shameful body.

With curves front and back, and her little Succubus face that was cute yet naturally exuded a charm, it clearly wasn’t her previous appearance…

She hesitated for a moment and didn’t go forward.

Lowering her head and gritting her teeth in thought for a moment, she quickly chased after him again.

After jogging a few steps, Ye Lu was already slightly out of breath.

She stood on tiptoe and reached out to pat Bell’s shoulder, which now towered a full head above hers, a bit slender.

He turned around, and the moment he saw her face, a flicker of confusion passed through his eyes.

“You’re…”

“…Ye Lu!”

Bell suddenly realized, pointing at Ye Lu’s face—this uniformed little Succubus—and almost jumped up.

Ye Lu nodded helplessly.

Bell smiled slightly and asked,

“Still can’t manage it?”

“Yeah… This life is over. I’ll leave it to the next life.”

“Honestly. You practiced so long and still failed. Who would have thought your opponent was a rich young master trained from childhood?”

“Such a hard life.”

Ye Lu finally found someone to vent to, sighing repeatedly.

As the two walked to the teaching building, Ye Lu told him about many of her troubles.

After all, he was the only friend she had met since leaving the Succubus race at birth that she could talk to normally.

As they walked, her steps stopped by the training lawn she usually used, and she was momentarily lost in thought.

She felt strange.

This was supposed to be the only way to the Class 3 teaching building, but somehow the surroundings were filled with vendor stalls with constant hawking.

Only after asking Bell did she learn that it was the Opening Ceremony, so no wonder it was so lively.

“Make way! Make way!”

While Ye Lu was lost in thought, a man suddenly charged toward her.

Ye Lu hurriedly dodged to the side, but still got hit on one shoulder.

Stumbling a few steps, almost falling, her burdens jiggled turbulently.

She lowered her moist pink eyes, wrapped her arms around herself without a sense of security, and pressed her pink lips together.

‘If she were discovered… not wearing…’

But as one wave subsides, another rises.

Then… dozens of wild Beastmen rushed over from ahead, as if chasing the man who had just bumped into her.

“…”

This time, she dodged quickly.

Watching them leave, she clenched her fists in annoyance.

“Are you okay?”

Bell reached out to help her.

“I’m fine, just a bump. And you, don’t put on that concerned look. Don’t actually treat me like a woman.”

“That won’t happen. We vampire nobles are only interested in the blood of pure maidens.”

“Am I not considered one?”

“Can’t compliment that.”

Bell paused, his gaze sweeping over her obviously ill-fitting male uniform, the buttons that were about to pop off—the most unbearable sight.

“I know you still have a man’s heart inside… but like this, you actually look more like a uniformed Succubus, you know… the kinky kind…”

“If you want to look more normal, why not change into a female school uniform, file off the pink polish on your nails, dye your hair a normal color, wear a hat to hide your horns, and hide that swaying tail that others find so alluring—maybe you could even pass for a normal girl…”

“?”

“Okay,”

Bell smiled, pointing at his lips.

“Actually, as long as people see you’re a Succubus, they can’t help but get aroused.”

“You’re annoying too!”

“Okay.”

Bell stopped talking.

Ye Lu quickened her steps in annoyance, bypassing him and walking ahead alone.

She looked down at the gravel under her feet and couldn’t help thinking.

‘Maybe I should still go to the school and get a set of female uniforms? No, then…’

Just then, a familiar, sweet scent drifted over.

Her eyes widened slightly, she subconsciously swallowed, and turned to look left.

An ice cream cart was parked there.

Inside the cart, a Succubus clerk was holding an ice cream and continuously stuffing it into her cheeks.

Unexpectedly… that clerk was also a female Succubus, but much smaller than Ye Lu.

Her curves weren’t so prominent—she was the type of little Succubus, a female doll that could be picked up in one hand.

Judging by her appearance, it seemed she had only recently transformed.

As for her clothes,

that outfit, which revealed large areas of fair skin, was something Ye Lu could never imagine herself wearing in public.

While surprised at her ability to adapt even faster than her mother,

Ye Lu’s gaze gradually shifted to the ice cream in her hand.

Although she usually didn’t like sweets, this one seemed to have an extraordinary magic.

Just staring at it for a moment, saliva involuntarily flowed out, with a look that said “I want to eat it so much.”

But it really looked delicious…

Why hadn’t she felt that way before?

Beside the ice cream cart, a human male wearing a hood was leisurely leaning back in a deck chair.

His facial features were soft, the kind of warm boyfriend type.

Rather than the gluttonous Succubus, it was this boyfriend who noticed Ye Lu first.

“Lily, Lily… A customer is here.”

“Wuh?”

The Succubus had just taken a mouthful of ice cream.

She looked up.

The moment she saw Ye Lu’s face,

she almost choked, her expression incredulous.

“Ye Lu!”

she called out.

“…You know me?”

Ye Lu was also stunned; he didn’t remember having this female friend.

“I’m your cousin Keke! What a coincidence, I was thinking of going to find you during the opening. Yesterday I watched the whole thing, but… it’s a pity you lost, but it’s okay.”

“No kidding?”

Ye Lu squinted in disbelief.

“If you’re Big Brother Keke, why didn’t you come find me earlier last semester? Why wait until now?”

“This… do you even need to ask? I lost! After becoming like this, how could I show my face in front of my little brother? But now it’s fine, we both lost, so I’m not embarrassed anymore. I can come face you.”

“Heh…”

‘I really want to punch her.’

“Anyway, can I have an ice cream?”

“…Okay.”

“Wait a moment.”

The moment Keke heard that she wanted to buy one, she immediately perked up from her previous embarrassment.

With a hop, she went to the ice cream machine behind, stood on tiptoe to grab an empty cone, deftly operated it a few times, and a chocolate cone was ready.

“Here you go, no charge.”

“We’re brothers, after all.”

The Succubus grinned, putting on a loyal smile, and handed a snow-white ice cream through the window, still emitting cold mist.

“No.”

Ye Lu shook her head.

“Wuh?”

“This ice cream doesn’t look very tasty.”

“If it doesn’t taste good, why did you ask me to make it?”

“Ah…”

Thinking of something strange, Keke suddenly blushed.

She said in a small voice,

“Ye Lu… the one you have your eye on, could it be the one I’m eating…?”

“Yeah.”

Ye Lu nodded obediently.

The ice cream in Keke’s hand seemed to have a magic; anyway, it looked really delicious.

Ye Lu wanted to eat it.

“Not allowed.”

“Th-then… that one only I can eat…”

“Why?”

Ye Lu didn’t understand.

But the next second, seeing the boyfriend Keke’s arm was pointing at, she instantly understood.

Her face also flushed red.

She unconsciously lowered her gaze and awkwardly pinched her fingertips.

‘Oh, so it’s that. Damn instincts…’

“Although it’s not something precious… I can have it anytime… but I’m the only one who can eat it! You absolutely cannot!”

“……If you really want to eat it, you should try finding a boyfriend who loves you, like I did.”

“…”

“I’ll pass. You eat it yourself.”

Ye Lu turned around in embarrassment, casually glancing out of the corner of her eye at the shop across the street, where Bell was dryly waiting for the shopkeeper to fetch bottled blood.

She let out a helpless sigh.

But just in that moment of distraction, she wasn’t watching her step, and when she realized it,

although she quickly raised her small hands to shield herself, her entire face had already slammed into something hard.

“Mmph…”

Ye Lu covered her face in pain, looked up, and her demon body trembled.

“…Prince.”

“I-I’m sorry!”