Just as when Aili had gone missing years ago, the disappearance of the little succubus Disfavored threw Severed Domain Town into a frenzy—chickens flew and dogs jumped, demons roared in uproar, and quite a few unlucky souls were twisted into pretzels on the spot by succubus marshals frantically searching for their princess.
Naturally, the succubi did not dare conceal such a major matter from their own lord. The moment Red Shroud received the news, she abandoned her pursuit of the Lady of Changes and the Keeper of the Gate and rushed straight back to Severed Domain Town.
Pallepheni's feelings toward this daughter had always been exceedingly complicated.
To borrow a rather trite saying from Blue Star: behind every fiercely individual soul lies an unconventional family of origin, and that misfortune is inevitably passed on to the next generation.
Even in the Abyss, it was impossible to say whether Pallepheni's birth had been fortunate or unfortunate. She was the offspring born of the union between Malkanth, Queen of Succubi, and Pazuzu, King of the Skies, and possessed bloodline and talent advantages that would rank among the foremost even in the Bottomless Abyss.
That spared her the fate of becoming cannon fodder or a sacrifice, but it also made her more valuable to exploit. Her mother used that connection to station her in Pazunia, the first layer of the Abyss, as a demon tool.
She had tried many ways to resist, but before her powerful mother and those Radiant Sisters that spread like tentacles, every one of her rebellions seemed so futile and laughable.
Until she encountered a devil disguised as a demon.
His true form was a handsome male lust devil.
Unlike the chaotic, illogical Abyss, the advancement of devil forms was harsh yet orderly. From the lowest lemure to the