I am not a Succubus! ch4: Lamia Under the Rain

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>The Yoshitsune Centaur Theory?

>The patron god of your shrine is a centaur, right, Chisato? You should have an idea, right?
>It's fake.
>It is true that there's been rumors since the old days about great men being ajin.

>Like Oda Nobunaga being a demon king~?
>Hideyoshi was a monkey!
>Ook
>That's a nickname!
>Moron!

>Yes. In particular, there's plenty of rumors about a military commander joining forces with a centaur.

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>However, in reality, centaurs took root in Japan after the Meiji Restoration Period, meaning that theory is highly likely to be made up.
>[Furthermore, the Yoshitsune Centaur Theory has its basis on him plunging head first into the battle in Ichinoya,]
>[but in regards to the battle of Dannoura, I think it'd be quite difficult for Yoshitsune to jump over eight boats.]
>Who!?

>Amazing~ You're so knowledgeable, Succu-chan!
>I thought history class had started.

>I-I like historical novels...
>Oh crap. My bad habit...
>I see~

>Nina's not gonna overlook that.
>Eh?

>Kyah!

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>A succubus like you has guts to be bragging about history in front of me,
>the president of the Historical Research Association~
>Historical Research Association!?

>It's called an association, but it's literally just Nina.
>Good for you, Nina. You have someone to talk with.

>You're not in any clubs, right?
>Then join mine.
>Then the association will forgive you.

>Th-This is no joke!
>Is the coffee ready yet?
>Then give me a shoulder rub.
>[A massage too.]
>She'll definitely make me her slave...!

>Hey, did you know that this school used to be a castle?

>...

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>Satomigaoka Castle, right!?
>A castle built from a naturally giant monolith created in the early Sengoku period!

>Also known as "Ajin Castle"!
>Since it was so steep, its kind was not a person, but rather a bird! Or so the story goes.
>That's gotta be fake too...
>Leave it. You won't get through to her.

>Oh crap! Not again...
>Right now, we're offering a guided tour of Satomigaoka Castle for trial members...
>How about it?

>I wanna go!

>If...
>If it's just for a little bit...

>B-But it's just as a trial member, okay! A trial member!
>Looks like we found Succu-chan's weakness!
>She's surprisingly cheerful.

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>Then let's get going right away.

>Eh!? Right now!?
>It's a Saturday and the weather's fine.
>Did you have plans after this?
>I don't, but being alone with Nina-san is a bit...

>D-Do you guys wanna come along?
>Sorry~ I have to help out later~
>I have art club...
>You two can just go by yourselves, since you like the same things.

>S-Sakura-san!
>I'll join you!

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>I'm so glad~

>W-We can't do this, Sakura-san...
>Not outdoors...
>I'm tired from all the walking.
>Give me a bit of your life energy, Ai-chan<3
>Ah...<3
>You can't...

>...Wait, huh? Sakura-san?
>They already left.

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>It really is perfect weather for a stroll~
>It ended up being just us after all...

>There used to be an estate where the school building is.
>>You are here
>>Central ruins
>>Jizo statue
>>Monolith
>>Yashagaike
>>Inner shrine
>>Satomigaoka Academy
>Everything from the inner shrine onwards used to be Satomigaoka Castle.
>Woah, it's surprisingly long!

>It looks pretty rugged from here on out...
>Am I gonna be okay dressed like this?
>If I knew beforehand, I would've made proper preparations...

>...Wait, huh!?
>Nina-san!
>She's that far up already...!?
>What are you standing around for? I'll leave you behind!

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>Oh.
>Took you long enough.

>Wah!
>We're so high up already...

>wheeze
>And this is just the halfway point...
>Hah...
>wheeze...
>It's just impregnable...
>wheeze...
>...

>Hey, you.
>Why do you like history so much?
>Huh?
>Hah Hah Hah

>Hah
>Hah
>Hah
>...What was it again?
>Hah

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>A while ago... I had a much weaker constitution than I do now and was hospitalized a lot.
>During those times, I'd get really on historic novels my parents would bring over.
>How should I put it? The people in those stories were really lively... At any rate, I was hooked.

>Once I finished with them, I wanted to try writing something myself... So I wrote a little at a time...
>I have no intention of showing anyone, though...

>Heh~ Then show it to me next time.
>No!
>I said I'm not showing anyone...
>Does it have naughty content or something?
>Like lewd stuff?
>No!

>What about you, Nina-san!?
>It was games for me.
>Y'know, stuff like "Asakura's Ambition" or "Suiko Warriors".
>>SLG: Simulation
>>ACT: Action

>To be frank, I don't have that much interest in actual history.
>Eeeh!?
>That certainly was frank!!

>So why...
>So I could get to know you.
>It's lonely by yourself, after all.
>Wh-What a pointless guided tour...

>But y'know, mountains really are cold. I wanna go home and play games already.
>W-Wait!
>Ater we came all this way...

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>I at least want to see that monolith!
>>Monolith
>Monolith?
>The one just ahead?

>A-Actually, I thought I'd write a novel about it...
>...In fact, I've already started... so!
>>Deceived by the Monolith
>>She's already decided on the title

>A-Alright, then.
>But are you sure? The road's pretty rough.
>That badly?
>What an embarrassing world...
>Ah...
>Th-That's why I want your guidance... It's no problem for you, right, Nina-san...?
>That, huh?
>I see.

>True, if there were 100 lamia like me, we could take down the castle in an instant.
>What's with this hellish illustration...?

>That's it! How about a story where the protagonist is a female lamia military commander!?
>Eh!?

>The Lamia Unit that can capture any fortress.
>Like the Saikashuu, there is nowhere her hired mercenaries can't reach.
>Be it Otawara or Osaka, there is no castle she can't topple!
>Uh... That might actually work!

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>Besides~

>In fairy tales, snakes are always depicted as despicable villains.
>>Yamata no Orochi
>Anchin-sama
>>Kiyohime

>So surely even you could write a story where a lamia is the heroine?

>...Well, since we've decided on your next topic,
>we better head to that monolith.
>Eh!?
>That's...
>That's what she meant!?

>!
>No way...
>It's so sunny and yet...
>...it's rainy.

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>Are there foxes getting married or something? [TN: Look up "kitsune no yomeiri"]

>Hey, you!

>H-Hurry up! We need to find shelter from the rain!
>Eh...
>Quickly!

>Wh-What's wrong? You don't have to worry that much...
>She's not like the usual Nina-san...
>Kh... It's surprisingly strong.
>There's no tall trees around, after all...

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>Ah...
>Over there!

>Eh... But that's...
>C'mon, let's hurry!
>Wah

>Hey... Nina-san!

>Kyaa!

>Hey, what are you tripping up, for?
>Th-That's cos...

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>Hah
>Pretty cramped, huh...
>Hah
>I can't fit my tail in...
>It's a jizo statue, after all...
>Sorry, Jizo-sama...

>...Geez, it's your fault that we're in this mess.
>Hah
>Hah
>I'm the one who should be saying that!

>You've gone and said it now, you lecherous succubus!
>Hey... Not in a place like this...
>!?

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>She's...
>really cold!?

>Hah
>Hah
>Y-You're exhausted too, right?
>You can cling on for a little if you want.
>Even suck my life energy
>Hah
>And she's shivering!?
>I thought she was breathing heavily because of the running, but...
>Nina-san's cold and shivering!

>Come to think of it, the other day, Naomi-sensei said...
>Lamia's have a complicated body make up where the top half is warm-blooded like a human's while the bottom half is cold-blooded like a snake's.

>So when the bottom half gets cold, it takes heat from the top half.
>>Hot blooded
>>Cold-blooded
>>Heat
>>Cold
>In the worst cases, their bodies become unable to move.

>Even during the warm season, there are cold rainfalls... It's a trifling matter to us, but it's a huge deal for lamia.
>So that's why Nina-san wears a scarf...
>I see.

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>Spring's only just begun so the air's still cold.
>And now there's this rain...

>She's trying to look tough, but this clearly isn't the usual Nina-san.
>[Considerably so...]

>It's my fault...!
>I wanna go home and play games.
>Wait!
>If we had just turned back then, we would've been back at school before the rain hit...
>Because of my selfishness...

>Hey, what are you tripping up for?

>Wh-What should I do...?
>What should I do?
>Think...
>Think, Sakura!

>...Hah! That's it!
>There was a scene in the novel I read where they warmed each other up with their bodies...

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>Eh...?
>What are you...

>You too, Nina-san.
>Take off those damp clothes.
>H-
>Hey...

>...Doing this will warm you up, right?
>Now's not the time to be embarrassed.
>Right?

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>Y-You...
>Don't worry... I've got a pretty high body temperature so
>I'll share it with you, Nina-san.
>Normally you need to wrap yourself up.

>Th-This really is
>something a succubus would think of...
>!

>Th-That's right... I'll give you my body heat in exchange for your life energy.
>On this occassion
>I'll put that stuff aside.
>It's convenient

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>...It's all exposed.

>You noticed that I'm really...
>freezing and about ready to collapsed...
>How pathetic...

>To think you of all people would save me.
>What a shock.
>Hah
>Hah
>Hah Hah Hah
>Woah...
>Nina-san's kinda cute...!

>Where is it coldest?
>Th-The tip of my tail.
>Alright. Leave it to me.
>Erm, what should I do...?


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>I know. I'll sandwich it between my body...
>Th-This is kinda...
>really lewd looking...

>Ah... It's warm...
>But now's not the time to be worried about that!

>I must give my all to warm Nina-san up!

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>Hah Hah Hah Hah Hah

>Th-That's enough...
>Thank you...
>Hah Hah
>Eh... really?
>Okay, she's fairly warmed up...

>...No...
>Hah
>hah
>Her breathing's still rough.

>Not yet.
>Hey...
>I'm fine already...
>This is embarrassing.

>Just leave it to me!
>Ng
>Ah...

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>Hah
>S-So much on the tip of my tail...
>Eh?
>You keep hitting the scales on my back...
>Hah

>Hah
>You really...
>are...
>Hah
>Hah

>Hnnnng

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>..
>How did it end up like this...?

>Come to think of it, back then...
>Also lamia are weak on the tip of their tail and the sides of their back.
>If you're ever coiled up by one, you can attack that to repel them.
>I won't do something like that!
>Geez!

>This is the same as that time with Ai-chan!

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>Seriously, what did you come here for?

>Well... this is...
>how a succubus sucks up life energy...
>Sh-She's pissed...

>You're the worst for attacking my weak spots.
>Th-That wasn't what I...

>But thanks to you, I'm all warmed up.
>Body and soul.

>Not bad,
>Succubus.

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>Y-Yet again...
>I've committed a crime...

>You're a strange one.

>What I said before wasn't a fairy tale.
>We really are feared and hated for being bringers of calamity.
>Both me, a lamia,
>and an arachne from the middle school department.
>Desu wa!

>But ever since I met you, you never resisted me. You kept still and let me wrap you up.
>Huuuh!?
>>(Stiff)
>Why!?
>I was really scared and hated it, y'know!?

>Well, I suppose succubi have more trouble being a bringer of calamity.
>Cala...mity...
>Oh?

>The rain...
>It's stopped...

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>Hey~

>Are you alright?
>Hayate-chan!?

>It was raining a lot just now.
>I was worried about Nina.
>Chitose and Ai-chan are on their way too.
>How grandiose.

>I'm fine. Thanks to that succubus over there.
>That's my Succu-chan!
>I-I didn't do anything...
>If only she had gotten here sooner...

>...

>Hayate, could you let everyone know I'm okay?
>We're gonna stop by somewhere first.
>Got it!

>Nina-san.
>What's this somewhere...?

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>The monolith, of course.
>Eeeh!?

>But the ground's still wet...
>The bellows are just fine.
>Hold on tight, got it?
>?

>Hyaaaaaaaaaah!?

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>This shabby road is nothing to her...
>Lamia really are amazing!

>About that Lamia Unit story from earlier.
>You can scrap that idea.
>Eh?

>You understand, right? Lamia are weak to cold.
>All it takes is a cold wintery shower from above to halt their movements and wipe them out.

>So you focus on that monolith story.
>Ah...
>Is that why she took me all this way...?

>Hm?
>Nina-san is surprisingly honest?
>Is that it?

>Hmm, I thought it'd be bigger, but
>it's still quite a spectacle.
>Wonderful! Truly wonderful!
>Even in this withered state, it's a piece of history!
>So elegant!

>Fufu...
>Historic tours might not be so bad with you around, Sakura.
>!
>Eh...?

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>Even during the cold period, I felt nice and warm.
>Ah, but
>I got my life energy taken in exchange.
>..

>...Just now
>she called me "Sakura"...
>It's usually just "you"...

>Forget about the association.
>Let's just play some games together next time.
>You got a PlayStation?
>Just a PC...
>A PC, huh...

>I-I'd...
>like to draw a story about the Lamia Unit some day...
>Huh?

>Having weaknesses just makes them more charming.
>Having that affinity makes it easier to picture their story.
>Did you think we wouldn't come
>on a rainy day!?
>I'm sure it'll be interesting...
>Although whether I can write it well is another story...

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>...So, if I do write...
>um... m-maybe I'll show it to you...
>S-Since we have similar tastes...

>She's sarcastic and stubborn, but...
>Alright, but I'm a harsh critic, y'know?
>A-Actually I'm fine!
>You'll make me cry!
>Just kidding!
>Really!?
>I surprisinly don't hate hanging around with her...

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>Oh yeah, Sakura said she's writing an erotic novel.
>Eeh!?
>I wanna see it!
>Wha...
>N-No!
>This damn snake woman!

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>I-I hugged Sakura-san
>really energetically...<3

>She...
>She was soft...<3

>ah

>Y-You can't, Sakura-san
>Ah
>Ah
>Payback, you say.
>>Her room
>Having a maiden's fantasy.