Chapter 05
Over the years, two things happened.
The first was that I made two friends, one was Hemo and the other Pen. Watching them grow up and mature into teenagers was interesting.
The second was the education I got from mom. There were many different intelligent races living on the continent. The major ones are the humans, the elves, and the beast men. As said before mom was a succubus, and succubi lived among humans. Besides the three major races were many minor races. Among them the Dryads, the Vampire and even demons who came from the other world
The less intelligible races included orcs goblins and the like. They were nothing but a menace to humanity and their origins were unclear.
On average, humans were the weakest, the shortest lived and the least magical. They were however, the most numerous and had the second most physical skill potential. Some humans could use magic, some were smarter than others but overall there was nothing that made them better overall except the fact they grew up faster and quicker than the other races.
Elves specialized in magic, and were the only magical race that had civilizations. The Beast men were bigger and stronger than humans. Both of their birth rates were far lower and even with plagues that killed humans their numbers were less than a thousandth compared to the number of humans.
Vampires, Succubi and a few other races lived off humans because they were so numerous. They were magical races that could reproduce with humans and couldn’t live without their existence.
This isn’t like the other world where vampires are unable to control their blood lust. Instead they pay for blood and there are many willing donors for the gold, though vampires could go years without drinking any and be just fine. They only need some of it to help them absorb the mana around them, or something like that. Mom explained that vampires use blood, Succubi use semen, or the presence of children can also help them absorb the mana to prevent them from harmful effects.
In essence, it’s not their food but a medium they use.
As for the boys I know in the village, nothing good was said to have come from Hemo or Pen. Hemo had all the girls after him because he was tall, strong and good looking while Pen had a certain sly charisma. As for me? I had idea of not acting like a slime ball. Maybe it’s because I was afraid of talking to the girls due to what mom said, but I didn’t have any luck with them.
She said I couldn’t be with anyone who wasn’t as beautiful or strong as she was… well there weren’t any girls in the village that were as good looking as her. What was I supposed to do?
Mom would always say that we were going to leave the village when I turned eighteen, and I’d be able to meet my older sisters as well. My older, succubi sisters.
It was few months before I turned eighteen and I was playing around in the small village with Hemo and Pen. We had got done with some of the jobs the farmers would hire us for. Farmer Brown was the one we worked for today. He handed me several copper coins.
Farmer Brown: “Roy, Hemo, Pen, here’s payment for today. Remember not to spend it all on girls. Hemo, I’m especially talking to you! I know your reputation.”
Hemo: “Come on pops, it’s not like there’s anything else to do in this village. Only thing we got is a small tavern where there’s drink.”
Farmer Brown: “You should be more like Roy, I hear he never gets into trouble.”
Way to put me on the spot… Mr. Brown…
Pen: “Roy is our friend but you know he’s still a virgin right? He hasn’t even bedded any of the girls in the village. HE’s the late bloomer of our generation. Even Charlie’s had a girl and he’s six years younger than Roy.”
Farmer Brown’s face twisted now as though shocked at me. I got those looks in my last world too when people found out I was in my mid twenties and had never been with anyone. I wish people would just stop paying attention to it.
I focused on my career okay!
I had a ton of debt. I was in huge debt when I died and got reincarnated here okay! I wanted to be debt free before getting into a loving and committed relationship.
I was a responsible adult… Okay!
Farmer Brown’s face turned to being solemn as though he was giving condolences for my pain.
Farmer Brown: “You boys should help your friend.”
Pen: “We try but he keeps saying he wants to become a responsible adult because there might be children if he does it and he doesn’t want an accident.”
Farmer Brown: “An accident? Hahaha! There are no accidents. You kids do it with each other so much that when someone gets pregnant she just picks the one out of all of you she likes to most to be the father. You lousy kids. If it weren’t for the birth control magic stone made by Miss Xeneva, Roy’s mother then all you boys would already be married except for Roy.”
What? Seriously? They’re all doing it except me? There is this familiar feeling of being left out within me. Well, I’m going to be leaving this place anyway so it doesn’t matter. I’ll be turning eighteen soon. I’ll do it myself after leaving this place! Mom would kill any girl who got with me here anyway wouldn’t she?
Roy: “There isn’t a need to help me.”
I was going to leave when I turned 18. There was no point in me trying to get with a girl here. I’m going to the capital or some other city. I’m going to have a different life. Also there was a promise that I would have some sort of ability by Dong Chen that was supposed to manifest but I’m not sure when it would.
Pen: “Don’t you like Mary? Come on Roy! I always see you staring at her.”
Mary was the only girl in town who was shorter than I was. She was a cute little thing. Besides her mom was the only one not taller than me. Mom the same height as I was. Succubi tend to be shorter than humans. From my lessons the Elves are the shortest, but they don’t need physical strength because they specialize in magic.
Roy: “Mary likes Killroy doesn’t she?”
Pen: “No, Mary likes you!”
Roy: “She does?”
Hemo: “Yeah Roy! Mary has always been after you since you were small. You just never made a move on her. Come on, I’ll go find her and you both can talk to each other. It’ll go well.”
I was easily convinced by this so I went along. Yeah! I am going back on what I just thought alright!
Roy: “Fine, alright.”
The evening came and Hemo had gone to talk to Mary on my behalf. I guess this is how people set you up in this world. Evening came and I met Mary. I didn’t go home first because there were a few more jobs I wanted to do to earn some spending money. When I went to the city there would be more to spend money on.
Mary arrived, she was wearing a simple dress like all the village girls do. They work during the day, most of them washed clothing or did house work while the men tend the fields, hunted or fixed buildings. It was a lazy village with almost zero crime. Perhaps not lazy since people worked, but there wasn’t much always going on.
Mary: “Roy, thanks for seeing me!”
She had a sweet voice. I wasn’t sure how to talk to her knowing she likes me. I’m not supposed to be a kid but for some reason I’m acting like a kid.
Mary: “I like you Roy. I wanted to know if you’d take me as your wife.”
I have to convince mom. Mary is a small petite girl with beautiful brown hair and red eyes. I wanted her, and even if she didn’t compare to mom at least she was prettier than 60% of the girls in my previous world.
Roy: “I have to get my mom’s approval first. I made a promise to her that she would approve, but are you fine with leaving this village?”
Mary: “I’ve always wanted to leave this village. There is nothing much to do here. If you leave I will go with you as your wife.”
Mary had a sweet smile on her face. When I look at mom’s face I feel like I’m losing out, but when I look at her face I feel as though it’s not too bad… Would the girls in the city be more beautiful than her? From what I’ve seen in the village, the majority of human women don’t have good looks. Mary just happens to be good looking which was why I wondered why she was more interested in me.
Roy: “Let’s meet here again tomorrow and talk about it alright Mary?”
Mary: “Yes.”
We both left for home and I wanted to talk to mom about this. Mom was making dinner, cooking in nothing but an apron. I had told her to wear more clothes but she kept telling me how a succubus prefers not to wear clothing when around those she is close to.
If only she weren’t my mom.
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