But Shafney said casually,
“If you dare to leave, I’ll announce to the entire Succubus City that you snuck into my room in the middle of the night.”
Shien froze, a sense of doom washing over him.
He slowly turned around, looking at Shafney, who was still lying there, staring coldly at him, forcing a smile that was uglier than crying.
“Y-You’re awake, Your Highness?” he asked cautiously.
Shafney sneered.
“You might be good at hiding, even I didn’t sense any intruders, but you used magic on me. Did you think I wouldn’t notice?”
Shafney should have woken up the moment Shien cast the [Dream Talk] spell. The reason she didn’t was because Shien’s Holy Sword enhanced the magic’s effect, and since it wasn’t an offensive or harmful spell, just a basic-level dream-talking spell, Shafney, not in her best condition, was briefly affected.
But as a Demon Lord, she eventually woke up and realized what she had revealed.
“So, you know now?” she asked, sitting up, her tone casual, as if referring to a trivial matter.
Shien chuckled awkwardly and remained silent, knowing it was best not to speak.
As expected, Shafney didn’t explode, but smiled sweetly at him.
“Do you feel like you’ve profited greatly? Even the captivating Succubus has fallen into your hands.”
Shien instinctively nodded, then shook his head frantically.
Shafney’s casual demeanor vanished, and she glared at him through gritted teeth.
“I, Shafney, have never suffered such a loss. Now that you know, tell me, what are you going to do?” She looked like she wanted to bite him.
But Shien wasn’t one to back down.
“What am I supposed to do?” he retorted, “I didn’t force you. Although I don’t know the details, based on what you said, it seems you were the one mostly responsible, right?”
“You…!” Shafney’s eyes widened.
But Shien also felt wronged and innocent.
“If you say I did it, then I’ll admit it. But I don’t even remember what happened, I didn’t even enjoy the process, all I got was a sore body. Who can I complain to?”
Shien’s voice grew stronger.
He genuinely felt this way. Although Shafney said he profited, and he felt the same initially, he also felt something was wrong.
How did he profit? He unknowingly did something that should be incredibly pleasurable, yet he didn’t feel anything, only left with an exhausted body that needed nourishment.
Moreover, he still didn’t know the details, only that he seemed to have slept with this Succubus both in his dream and in reality.
But why did she feel it when he did it in his dream, even making him sore?
Could dreams become reality?
How did he even do it?
And how did this witch enter his dream and end up being taken advantage of by him? Shien didn’t know.
Honestly, he was still doubtful, not entirely believing it was true. His memories were blurred by Shafney, and without knowing the cause or how things escalated to this point, it was unfair to ask him to take responsibility.
Unless…
“You’ll restore my memories,” Shien demanded.
“If I’m certain that I did it, then I’ll take responsibility, alright?”
These words stunned Shafney.
Restore his memories?
It wasn’t impossible. With their current relationship, she could “connect” with him and transmit the blurred memories.
But… wouldn’t that remind him of how he tormented her!?
This…
“No!” Shafney refused without hesitation.
Shien was instantly angry.
“You’re blaming me, but you won’t let me remember. Is that reasonable?” he asked, his tone aggressive.
“Or did you do something shameful that you don’t want me to remember, so you’re trying to preemptively silence me?”
Shien strongly suspected this.
This put Shafney in a difficult position.
What she did was indeed somewhat shameful.
Could she tell him that she initially just wanted to seduce him, to see if he was truly uninterested in her, but her plan backfired?
And the next two times, she was trying to take something from him, which was even more shameful.
Thinking of this, Shafney suddenly realized.
She was indeed trying to shift the blame.
Shafney knew that although she suffered a great loss, she couldn’t blame Shien. Ultimately, it was her own fault.