Chapter 14: Case #3 Significance of Genuine Affection (2)
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“Why should I stop? You’re not making any sense…” Aster said while letting go of the man. ‘His eyes, they really had murderous intent at that moment… but why?’ He wondered to himself while backing away just a bit. However he wasn’t ready to give up just yet. “You obviously like me, yet you act like this…” He remarked in a confused tone of voice.
“I said enough… Drop the act already, it’s getting annoying…” Ezikiel said as he glared at the man with a pair of unfeeling eyes.
“Drop the act? What are you talking about Ezikiel… He’s just trying to flirt with you like before?” Weiss might have been the one most confused out of the three as he asked and moved closer to the two men.
“No, that’s not Aster.” Ezikiel said in a quiet tone and the entire room fell silent for just a few seconds.
“What are you talking about? It is me… who else could I-” Aster’s excuses were cut short by the man’s domineering presence.
“Take it off. Stop pretending to be him, or I’ll kill you.” Ezikiel’s words held no amount of mockery or teasing sarcasm… If anything those cold unfeeling eyes were able to pierce through living and non living beings in a way that most people couldn’t.
“Damn… you really are as scary as they say…” The man said while his form slowly changed to that of Aster to one quite more lewd and alluring. The expensive suit now turned to leather lingerie and his short brown hair now turned to long blond one, his previously gloomy eyes were now sparking and filled with vitality. On the very top of his head stood a pair of horns and at his lower back, as if an extension of his spine was a tail that looked demonic, yet ended with the very tip of it in the shape of a heart… And finally a pair of wings on his back that seemed too small to support his otherwise large and muscular body. The man had an allure that could be akin only to a certain type of lewd beings.
“A succubus?!” Weiss said as he instantly took a step back. “Impossible! How did you know! Even I couldn’t tell!” He asked with clear surprise and what seemed like faint amazement at the other man’s ability.
“He didn’t have the same scent…” Ezikiel remarked as he looked at the incubus unbothered, yet you could clearly see the rage in his pupils at the man that was so shamelessly impersonating the person he liked.
“Hm? But my disguise should have been perfect?” The incubus wondered to himself while tilting his head to the side. “When I imitate the shape of someone, I also take on their complete appearance, voice, face, scent… everything… What exactly wasn’t similar to the man you desire?”
“Money… you don’t smell like it.” Ezikiel said with such a seriously threatening gaze towards the lewd being.
“Huh?” The incubus looked completely baffled, a silence befell them once more.
“Huh?!” Weiss on the other hand seemed surprised but if anything he was a bit amazed as well. ‘He really is so money hungry he can sniff out poor people…’ He thought to himself while looking at the scene unfolding.
“Are you… saying I don’t have any money?” The incubus shivered as if holding back his anger. “Then… you’re right.” He remarked while shrugging his shoulders. “I don’t have a need for money since I feed off of human energy. And besides I don’t have a need for clothes either since I can imitate anything I see and want…” He explained as he flew up a bit in the air but only a few inches away from the ground as if he was levitating.
“What is that?” Ezikiel asked as he pointed to the incubus with the same indifference he seemed to hold for most things in life that didn’t bring him financial gain.
“It’s called an incubus, it’s a type of male demon that aims to gain s****l energy from humans by indulging them in their most intense desires.” Weiss began explaining, the incubus only nodded his head in agreement. “The thing is… male incubi are supposed to be aiming for sleeping women… so why would he aim for you?” He questioned out loud.
“Eh? I can’t have my preferences just because I’m an incubus?” The man asked as he tilted his head to the side. His long black nails grazing against his skin as he slid his hand down against his chest to his abdomen. “You see… I like men and Ezikiel here seems like the perfect energy source… He could probably fuel me for the next year.” He said with a pair of lustful eyes.
“Sorry to tell you this but… he’s a bit weird, I wouldn’t be trying to seduce someone like him.” Weiss said as he sighed rather loudly, he sounded as if he was giving advice to the man. “There’s a very perverted werewolf out in the back if you want to try him.” He suggested while pointing out to the garden.
“Haha~ Why would I give up on someone I’ve already settled I wanted?” The incubus asked as he smiled gleefully. “Ezikiel is the perfect target, although he’s a bit difficult but still…” He moved closer and touched the man’s chest, caressing it gently, then pulled him in with his free hand. “I can be any being you want me to be… you just have to say the word… I’m a pretty good actor you know?” He said while sliding his hand down to the man’s crotch, feeling him up, but there was no response.
“Honestly? You’re not going to even twitch or anything?” The incubus looked a bit frustrated. “You can’t be serious…” He remarked in a low voice. The man in front of him was stone cold, yet it wasn’t because of shyness or stiffness, he simply didn’t care about the incubus’s advances and thus felt nothing.
Meanwhile Caleb walked in with a rather clueless expression on his face. “Eh??! Aren’t you dating the big boss?!” He asked in clear bafflement as he watched the incubus touch Ezikiel rather inappropriately. “You have a tail as well… a demon!?” He asked as he turned to Weiss.
“He’s a succubus… well an incubus more specifically--” Weiss was interrupted as the werewolf shouted in horror.
“A suck a bus?!” Caleb’s eyes widened as he stepped back as if he was scared.
“No, dumb-dumb…” Weiss remarked as he sighed heavily. “He’s a type of lewd mini demon that prays upon the s****l frustrations of thirty year old virgins like Ezikiel.” He explained while pointing to the man.
“Ohh! I see!” Caleb said as he moved a bit closer to the ghost, standing by his side. “Yet still… where did the big boss go?”
“Nowhere… it was the incubus that pretended to be him… He can shape shift similarly to how you change from human form to that of a big dog.” Weiss finished his explanation as he turned to look at the men.
“I’m not thirty yet…” Ezikiel muttered as if he was somehow sullen by the other’s words.
“Huh? Does that mean you’re a virgin though?” Weiss asked with a pair of wide eyes, though the other man didn’t answer him at all. ‘Is he?’ He wondered to himself before getting distracted by the incubus’s words.
“Hey! I hate to interrupt this cute little thing you guys have here but aren’t you going to pay some attention to me? I am still in your house and-” The incubus was interrupted mid sentence.
“That reminds me to ask you a few things before kicking you out.” Ezikiel said as he grabbed the incubus by the collar. “Are there others like you? That can transform into people I know and try to trick me?” It was a simple question but the way he spoke made it seem like he was extremely angry.
“Ha! Why should I tell anything to a mortal?!” The incubus seemed almost offended at the idea. “You have no power over me and what’s more if I can’t have your energy source I’m just going to get rid of you!” He said while stepping back and preparing to attack the man but he was grabbed again. “EEEK!! Let go! Let go of me! You brute! Stupid human!” The incubus squealed as he flailed his arms and legs, his entire body was in the air but not because he was flying anymore. Ezikiel was holding him up with a steady hand and empty gaze.
“I haven’t done anything to you yet, so shut up.” Ezikiel said as he held the man at a small distance from himself as if he didn’t want to breathe in the man’s pheromones anymore.
“Damn, impressive I’ve never seen anyone hold an incubus down! They’re usually pretty strong… or maybe this one is just a weakling?” Weiss wondered as he observed the struggling demon.
“I’m not weak! I’ll show you!” The incubus grabbed what seemed like a small pink bag from his back pocket and blew some pink dust into the man’s face. At that Ezikiel sneezed and let go of the incubus involuntarily, he stepped back…