Reincarnated Into A Hell Hound - Chapter 122

Before that wild Leonel could munch this devil to pieces I think better to interfere, so I go back to the subject at hand as if nothing has ever happened.

Yeah… let just ignore that from now… because I’m sure it might as well go back later to bite me in the ass; Especially for how bold Leonel seemed to be after we got separated for some time… and how I’m starting to reciproce such advances too.

“Yeah, I know what a succubus is but not on details, your kind feeds off of s.e.x.u.a.l desire right?” I ask, not liking that this conversation is turning towards that type of subject again.

If it had ever left that kind of mindset to begin with… as if seeing Leonel had turned a switch on and stucked it there, making my heart beat a little faster than usual by merely being close to him.

“Succubus for female, incubus for male, though we can transcend that… gender issue.” The demon continues explaining. “How do you know what a succubus is? You haven’t had any close experience with my kind now did you?” She asks with a mischievous look in her face that made her eyes shine, raising her eyebrows twice quickly.

Actually I dressed up as an incubus once in a Hallowen party, way back when I was still human, but of course I could not say that because beyond having to explain a lot of weird facts… well, let just say it wasn’t the most prideful moment of my life.

What the hell was I thinking of, dressing up like that? Teenagers, sigh… but never mind that, never mind!Let’s bury it deep down and totally repress it, yeah right!

Let just leave it at that ok? Ok.

“Can we just focus on the task at hand? What were you saying again?”

“Right…” She says, smelling something that was worth digging but not probing any further, however my ambiguous answer makes Leo narrow his eyes on the side and raise one eyebrow.

And that’s never a good combination.

We stay quiet for a little, both looking at me as if waiting for my questions to come, but they were so many that it was hard to choose which one I should begin with.

So first and foremost I decided to ask some important trustworthy related questions.

“So, Helraya…”

“Please, call me Hel.” She says, all flirty, but one glance to the side and a pair of cold eyes makes her lay back down and add shyly an: “S-sir.”

Let just ignore these two full of testosterone bulls and focus on the important information.

“Why are you here? Why did you betray your kind, your King?” Why should we trust you? Was the true question I’m asking here, and when I say the last words I can see her playful manner drop for the first time, substituted by a scorn and a sneer, pure disgust and hate on her eyes.

Seems like some Demon King is not as popular as he thinks uhm…

“Do you know why demons and magical creatures do not have a proper country or civilization like the humans and elves, Terror of mine?” She says, crossing her arms at the front and making me realize that her bat wings had twisted forward and blended in front of her, becoming a red-scaled cloth that hid her boson once Hel changed form. “Because is in our nature to not tamable, to not bow down, we are forced to do so by creatures stronger than us. It is rare to see loyalty among our kin, because most are forced to serve. You know very well what I’m talking about…As the same applies to magical creatures.” Of course I did, how many have I freed from such destiny?

“Cain…” She says, as if his name tasted bad in her mouth. “Is a Demon King and, by definition, uses force to subdued others. Any army, any fight for his kind, is just an excuse to have him in power, with power. But he is dangerous, much more than his predecessors, and I’m sure you know why…”

“Because.” She continues. “Different from them, he doesn’t need to whip people into obedience… he can break creatures from inside out and mold as he seems fit. The higher the level, the harder it gets, but for most… he can have utter control of their mind, even worst is that none fight back, because he is able to take away even that, he makes them love him and serve him as if by their own will…”

“But that doesn’t explain why you left, and why are you risking your life to give us information like this.” I say, still drilling into the question at hand.

This time she sighs, crossing her long legs in front of her, munching her plump lips, and finally saying: “Because my kind cannot survive in that kind of world.”

“What do you mean?”

“Well… remember when I said loyalty is rare? Bounds are hardly made between devils and demons, unless… you are the same kind as them. Demon is a very wide term, as magical creatures is you see, so succubus and incubus, for example, tend to stay together and protect each other, create communities, blend in society… Cain will destroy all of that.”

“Not only he is bringing attention to us, he… does not treat my kind fairly… because he cannot control us. We are specialized in mind control, manipulation spells, he is just a newborn of the arts with some good native skills.”

“But worst of all, he is manipulative, obsessed with control, and we are a wild piece on his board that does not obey blindly like he wishes…”

“So I came to represent my kind to ask for… exile.”

Wow, hold on, that’s far bigger than I had anticipated, I thought Hel had just messed with someone she should not have or something, but this… I can respect that, however the repercussions are far bigger than anticipated.

We are not that different in that regard… if her words are true that is.

I look at Leonel then, knowing that such request if far from my league, but he just shrugs, after all he did not have that power either; some influence earned with hard work and sweat, but that respect could only get him so far.

“Sorry but that… is not something I can give you. That is up to the elves to decide.”

“I know, I know.” She says, nodding, but I could see some of her thrilling energy fading. “Well, beyond all that too… What will of us if the control everybody? We will lose power…But enough of that!” Hel continues, clapping her hands as if trying to change the subject and not deepened our understanding of her kind… especially regarding that control she mentioned.

However, even if all she says is true, even if her kind is just a victim, hell, even if all demons have been compelled to obey, one thing did not change.

That she was willing to betray all of them of the sake of her kind, for them, she would go as far as getting on Cain’s bad side.

And if she deemed fitting, she would do it once more, over and over again, and it was only a matter of convenience for her to betray us now or later.

But I couldn’t blame her… after all I was the same.

I would do anything for those dear to me, and for the sake of my brother I start to ask the truly important questions; and even if they are all lies… I could always force the truth out later.

Because nothing is going to stay in my way too missy… only that I have the strength to support that mentality.