Hunting Target

And if he could truly succeed... then as his guide, I...

But it's impossible, isn't it?

Mo Rui's heart clenched as she regretted her impulsiveness again, sighing heavily.

Belphegor's trial, also known as the 'Sloth' trial...

According to the clan's legends, that great being wouldn't lift a finger for anything worthless...

Meaning, if the person entering the seal didn't satisfy Belphegor, she wouldn't even acknowledge those individuals.

The Deities monitored the seal with extreme vigilance. The seven Demon Lords had once issued orders to their people: only Demon Race members with sufficient power could enter the seal to undergo the trials of the respective Demon Lords.

This was because if there was too much activity within the seal, attracting those beings would ruin all their plans!

To prevent the plan's failure, every Demon Race member entering the seal had to be prepared to die.

Not a single Demon Lord would show mercy... Entering the seal was easy, but gaining their approval and emerging from it was by no means simple!

At the very least, in all the legends Mo Rui had heard, there were definitely many Demon Race members who entered the seal, but not a single one succeeded.

Those who considered themselves young talents, worthy of leading the Demon Race to revival, all perished within the seal, vanishing like mud into the sea with no further news.

And that guy... the one who deliberately angered her, the one who tricked her into throwing him into the seal...

He's not even of the Demon Race, how could someone like him be recognized by Lady Belphegor!!!

Was her first human friend going to die like this?

"Why are your eyes red? Is my absence that unbearable?"

A flippant, teasing voice sounded in the Succubus's ears again, causing Mo Rui, who was resting her head on the table, to gasp.

"You... you're out?!"

Wiping her eyes in extreme surprise, Mo Rui, certain that what she was seeing wasn't a hallucination, was almost moved to tears of joy!

Covering her lips in disbelief, Mo Rui could no longer control her emotions in her excitement:

"You were acknowledged by Lady Belphegor?! You passed the trial?"

Was this person truly the being from legend capable of saving all demons from the abyss???

In her elation, Mo Rui didn't even care about his offensive words anymore. Bright light shone in her eyes:

Her Demon Race had waited too long for this day...

"That's great..."

With her heart overflowing with emotion and joy, Mo Rui opened her arms, about to give her friend, whom she almost lost, a warm embrace...

"Whoa, don't come any closer, we're not that familiar."

Showing no regard for the beauty before him, Xuan Sheng, who had just emerged from the seal, stiffened and placed a hand on her forehead.

"Miss Mo Rui, you're a good person, and I'm very touched, but our cross-species romance has no future. Please allow me to refuse."

"I... you..."

Miss Succubus's face, which had been beaming with joy, turned purple. Her excellent mood plummeted...

She just wanted to celebrate out of sheer excitement... This guy...

"Can't you be serious for once?! You're supposed to be the hope of the entire Demon Race!"

"Can seriousness be eaten? Instead of that, why don't you quickly tell me where the seal page for the next Demon Lord is? I need to continue my unfinished mission..."

"...I don't know."

Speaking of seals, the Succubus's happy expression darkened.

"Huh?"

"After the Demon Lords were sealed, the Demon Race's power grew weaker and weaker, to the point where we couldn't even protect the pages that sealed them... Those pages were eventually lost one by one, their whereabouts unknown..."

"Ah... okay."

She hadn't expected that the rest of this mission's progress would depend entirely on herself... She couldn't receive any assistance at all...

"Really... are all demons nowadays as useless as pure Succubi?"

Xuan Sheng turned his head and muttered this in a very small voice before quickly returning to his room...

However, such a murmur couldn't escape the keen ears of Miss Mo Rui...

"You jerk..."

Being teased again by this glib-tongued fellow, Mo Rui's hard-won reverence instantly collapsed, turning back into the same unwillingness and indignation as when they first met:

Someone like him... someone like him...

How could she possibly fall for someone like that!!

The tenderness and affection in her heart felt like they had been fed to the dogs, leaving Mo Rui extremely frustrated.

No, this flutter must not be due to feelings, but purely curiosity and attraction!

The succubus, who had been ruthlessly rejected both explicitly and implicitly in matters of the heart, began to despair and decided to completely change her mindset:

It must be that I've been playing the role of a human for too long. I've never done anything a succubus should do, which is why I'm so pathetic, unable to even handle this kind of guy...

Mo Rui's face flushed red, and she could no longer maintain her composure. Gritting her teeth, her thoughts grew increasingly dangerous:

Even though it's a bit embarrassing, as a succubus, my first prey will be this detestable guy!

Once his strength improves a little... enough that he won't be hunted to death immediately...

I'll strike without mercy!

The affection she once felt gradually transformed into the excitement of the hunt. This unprecedented primal thrill, as a succubus, inexplicably aligned with the moral code of playing a human. This behavior, permitted in both identities, was so tempting... It made Mo Rui, who no longer had any reservations, curl her lips into a dangerous smile, transforming back into the composed and extremely confident demon race elite.

Whether thinking with the human education she received since childhood, or acting according to her succubus nature...

Love or predation...

I'll take him down first!!!

"Hmm, it seems she's calmed down... That's good."

Hiding in the room and peeking at Mo Rui's emotional changes, the young man nodded, marveling at his own cleverness once again.

Compared to a servant who only knows how to bow and scrape with a face full of respect, Xuan Sheng preferred a charming, confident, and capable boss lady.

That's why he didn't hesitate to provoke this succubus multiple times, thoroughly making her abandon her reverence for him, the so-called 'hope of the demon race,' 'deity of the demon race's future'...

He was already tired enough of being a deity in another world. If he were to be worshipped again in this world, he would surely have a mental breakdown.

He just wanted to live a peaceful life and do his part.

Now, it seemed the plan was a great success!

Mhm, in this way, it would be best if Mo Rui could calm down and see him as just an ordinary shop assistant.

No unnecessary admiration, no deliberate targeting.

Everything was as Xuan Sheng had hoped from the beginning: he would be his shop assistant, barely making a living in Lone Star City, and Mo Rui would be her shop manager, not doing anything she shouldn't.

That would be the best~

The delighted young man had no idea that his actions had completely activated the predatory instincts of a certain enraged succubus...

The peaceful life Xuan Sheng envisioned was unlikely to come true...

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