Succubus' Life in Another World

Chapter 109: Arytte's Info Gathering

Pilia! I finally found you! Oh? Its you, Arytte! Its been a while! About 200 years, if I remember correctly? Really? Its been that long? No wonder the snacks have evolved!

I was searching for the spirit converting magic power into mana near the royal capital, Pilia. Pilia is the 12th ranked spirit, much higher in ranking than me, and was born 100 years before I was. Shes much more powerful than I am and is more knowledgeable than me.

And so that happened. Do you know anything about it? A posteriori demi-spirit, right? Sorry, but Ive never heard of anything like that at all. Even you dont know it, huh

There are three things I mainly want to ask Pilia. For starters, I asked her about the demi-spirit named Est, but as expected, she knew nothing about it. If even Pilia doesnt know about it, my only other chances are asking either the spirit king or the gods. Both are really unlikely to answer my questions, and in the first place, who knows where the spirit king is right now.

Oh, but I know something about that curse. It was likely from the sealed grounds north of this country. Still, I could have never imagined that humans would reach out for the power of curses of their own volition. The north? Is that perhaps the one where a town was destroyed in a single night? Yes, its that. The curse should have come from there.

Even after the defeat of the Demon Lord and the foundation of this country 800 years ago, its history was never unending peace. There were the wars against the Empire, stampedes of monsters overflowing from dungeons, and even power struggles between the royal family. Among these, the most disastrous tragedy was the magic power overload that happened 300 years ago.

Its cause was entirely unknown. Its commonly suspected that it was either a result of some nobles magic experiments or an overload of a dungeons mana, but we didnt have any part in the aftermath of it, so I cant say for sure.

Hmm, but still. Wasnt that place turned into the dungeon of eternal frost and sealed so that no one could enter it? It was, but its still a dungeon. Entering itself is possible, and since there arent any monsters stationed there, exploring it shouldnt be an issue.

That sounds quite sloppy. These kinds of things are why I dont like how the Creator God works. Whoops, that was a close one. Pilia puts the Creator God in high regard, so its necessary to make it so she cant read my mind.

Still, its unusual for you to be curious about these sorts of things, Arytte. Really~? Really~! After all, youve ne~ver shown interest in anything other than work and snacks. So whats the matter? Did something happen?

Was I really like that? Looking back on the past few centuries, other than when I collect information about people, I cant remember doing anything else other than my duties and munching on snacks.

Its exactly because youre keeping that lifestyle that your body turned out like thi~s, you know! Kyaa!?

While I was busy reflecting on things, Pilia pinched my belly. To be frank, Pilia is a beauty. All of us spirits are beautiful, but shes unquestionably beautiful even among them. In my case, I just have a bit of a belly sticking out, but I shouldnt be ugly. I think.

It would be better if you go on a bit of a diet, you know? Ill admit that human snacks are delicious and all, but just eating that all the time is bad for the body. That, which human told you that? We dont have material bodies, so worrying about health and lifespan like humans do is stranger if you ask me. Well, that is true, but still~

To begin with, since we dont have a fixed physical body like humans do, our appearances are mere symbols. If I wanted to look thin, I could do it at any time, and Im not really eating snacks out of necessity, its more like Im eating the feelings within them.

Human snacks are amazing. Theyre filled with feelings of consideration and the wholehearted wish of bringing happiness to those who eat it. While there is occasionally some gross arrogance mixed in, theyre made upon the wishes of happiness for the most part, and those taste exceptionally delicious.

Well, anyway. So, your other question is? A~h, right. Though rather than a question, its a report. Im going to take be off-duty for a while. H~m I see eh!? Hmm, Ill be away for about 50 years, I guess? I might come back to work earlier if I get bored, but I might even be out for even longer too.

I have worked as, in human terms, a spirit of travels, converting magic power into mana. The other spirits seem to have gone on breaks as they do their work, but since Im a high spirit and I didnt really have anything I particularly wanted to do that would require taking a break, Ive worked endlessly for the past several hundred years. So, there shouldnt be any issue with me getting all my break-time in one go.

W-well thats fine and all Rather, you work too much, so I definitely support your decision to rest for a while, but why so suddenly? Did something really happen?

Should I tell her I had a good encounter? After seeing something as interesting as that, theres absolutely no way that I can just ignore it and complete my duties like nothing happened. Still, Im sure that if I say this out loud, Pilia would probably poke fun of me about it, and thats going to be annoying.

Its a secret. Ehh, come on, say it~!

While dealing with Pilia as she leaned closely against me, I feel around for a specific presence. Geez, since Pilias going to be like this whether I tell her about it, I suppose not saying it was really the right choice. Still, its not like I dislike her or anything.

Just for a while, after rekindling our friendship for just a little while more, Ill see her again. So this time I can say Ill be tagging along with her for a while!