Chapter Four
Fauraliiithiliana studied the map on the floor of the Throne Room. She could see the layout of the dungeon, charting the ways her guide had led her through the space. Her ears twitched as the immensity of what she had done fell on her.
She had sworn herself to a dungeon builder.
If the world learned of her act, she would be reviled. If the Library found out, those fossilized scholars would condemn her for daring to put the pursuit of knowledge above all else. But it had to be. The dungeon builders had to be stopped. Whatever was summoning them had to be uncovered.
And destroyed.
"Neat, isn't it?" the succubus asked. She pranced on over, skipping in a childish way on her heeled, thigh-high boots. It was the only thing she wore. Monster girls had no shame. They were very free that way. Liberated from the rules that bound civilization.
Archaic rules that keep real research from being performed,
thought Fauraliiithiliana. Her ears twitched with her irritation.
The succubus's twin pigtails of black hair streamed behind her. She jumped, slapping her leathery, red wings once, and then flipped in the air to land with grace beside the elf. The succubus threw her arms wide as if celebrating her feat.
"TA-DA!"
The elven scholar turned her gaze back to the maze. The place looked so haphazard. No care or thought had gone into the dungeon at all. He just put things at random, or so it seemed to Fauraliiithiliana.
Perhaps there is wisdom in that,
she thought. She hadn't given much thought to how builders designed their lairs.
The succubus's cheeks puffed out and she looked annoyed. "You didn't at all seem impressed."
"You are a succubus," she said. "I would be more impressed if the animated statue had done that."
"Hagane doesn't have wings!"
"Exactly. That would make it impressive."
The succubus wiggled for a moment, her slender tail, tipped by the spaded point, slashing back and forth behind her. "Fine! Fine! So, you like my big bro's dungeon?"
"He is your brother?" Fauraliiithiliana asked.
"Yep!" She arched her back, thrusting out her small breasts with pride.
"I see." The elf wouldn't judge.
"Do you want to look around the dungeon and meet all the monster girls?" the succubus asked. "I bet you'd love it, Fara."
"I think I would," Fauraliiithiliana said.
"Then let's go, Fara!" The succubus hooked her arm with the elf's. "I'm Garnet. Garnet Baldwin!"
"Monster girls have family names?" the elf asked as they headed to the door.
"No. But I'm from the same world as my big bro." She smiled. "My big brother summoned me. Summoned all of the companions to here. All the dungeon builders do. Our souls get copied or something because there's another me still running around in that world. It all makes my head hurt."
"I... see..."
Another world?
thought Fauraliiithiliana.
How fascinating. I am going to learn so much.
"Tell me about this other world. What is it like there?"
"It's so different from here! There are cars and cellphones and YouTube and TikTok. I miss TikTok. I didn't have a lot of followers, but I had fun dancing like a goofball and practicing my Anime speeches."
Her words were like another language, but Fauraliiithiliana was a scholar. She filed the information away to write down later. She would study this other world. Perhaps, she would find clues to stopping more dungeon builders from coming to this world.
* * / *
Moroz spun out of the shadows and appeared, her frosty-blue hair spilling about a face similar to Snezhinka's. Moroz's lips spread in a big smile. She thrust her arms behind her back and arched her round boobs, mist spilling out of them.
"Lord Leo!" she gasped. "Ooh, it's so wonderful to be alive. Thank you for making me!"
"You are most welcome," I told her. "Snezhinka is on the floor. I'm sure she would love if you ate her out."
"That sounds lovely!" She whirled around and found the yuki-onna I had just fucked lying on her back. With a squeal of delight, Moroz fell to her knees and buried her face into her fellow monster girl's cunt.