How could the Incubus not know? Spider Queen Lolth was... as they would say in Free City, her idol!
Every ambitious female in the Abyss worshipped Spider Queen Lolth. Powerful, cunning, ruthless... a deity who had risen through schemes and slaughter.
If the Spider Queen Church hadn't accepted only Dark Elves, and if the death rate for other elves becoming Dark Elves weren't so high, the Incubus would have wanted to—
That can't be true!
The Incubus screamed inwardly at the thought of the Spider Queen holding Annan too.
She could never accept that Annan had actually... No, she could never accept that the Spider Queen had actually slept with a man!
But there was no denying the construction of the Spider Queen Church. What lord would build an Abyssal cult in their own territory?
The next day, the Incubus slunk back to the Wharf.
Her coworkers patted her shoulder and gave her looks that said, "We understand."
By the time the Incubus returned to her beloved Wharf, Annan was still trying to solve Evelyn's problem.
He couldn't expect her to tough it out by going without sleep like he did.
Annan thought of the Wise One in the Conch and had Ivana set aside a day to ask her about it.
He had only one condition: the answer had to be specific.
Ivana understood. Holding the Evil Spirit Chess, she asked, "Magic conch, tell me: who has been watching Evelyn in her dreams?"
An answer soon came from the Wise One in the Conch: "Lilith."
"Lilith?"
Annan and Ivana spoke in unison.
"You're saying the eyes watching me in my dreams belong to Lilith?" cried Evelyn, whom Annan had pulled from the Newspaper Office with a Summoning Spell.
"That's right."
"That can't be right..."
"Why not? Have those