King of succubus

‘These people are not normal. Despite their crimes, they are there waiting as if they were in their living room.’ Behind the window, Alice constantly watched Alvine and Reha while the tablet looped the videos recorded by the agent’s surveillance cameras.

“Inspectress Alice.” Suddenly, she was interrupted by a woman with hazelnut eyes and short brown hair.

“Were you able to identify them?”

“No, not the slightest trace of them. I sent the information to the main agency. It’s only a matter of time before they give us instructions. But they tell us not to interrogate them before they come.”

“…Sigh, I expected it.” She retorted with frowns. “But I’m still going to question them.”

“What? You know it’s–

“Listen to me, turn off the cameras, and do your best to stifle this case.” She said, tapping the shoulder of the girl who seemed to be a beginner who had just started her job.

“But, how am I going–

“I trust you, Léa. Make sure not to destroy my career as an inspector.” These were her last words before she got out of the room.

“… Sigh, she is getting crazier as she takes care of the dirty guys who go beyond the limits with their powers!” She retorted in a sore voice before also going out of the room.

But simultaneously, a stealthy shadow merged with her shadow from when she separated from Alice.

—

“What are you going to do now?” In the detention room, Reha nonchalantly asked Alvine, who had his eyes closed and feet still on the table.

“… Erase all our traces before taking care of my problems.”

“Why do you want to waste so much time? It’s not as if they could put obstacles in our way.” She frowns.

“They are not the problem, but you. I don’t want you to create more problems on this planet; it’s my native planet.”

“…”

Following Alvine’s claims, she no longer tried to convince him.

‘With my shadow crows watching closely, each agent in this position, I was able to learn more information than I expected. But what makes me more confused is realizing that we are in 2025.

Why?

I had doubts initially, but here it is to understand nothing. According to my memories on this planet, it should at least be in the year 2100~ 2125. Even taking Sofia, who probably died centuries after me, as a reference, it should have been at least 50 years.

And that’s not the only mystery. These people take us for the 0.001% of people who use supernatural powers, called Espers. Since when has the earth been home to holders of supernatural abilities?

-Click.

While he was deeply immersed in his thoughts, the door was slowly opened by none other than Inspectress Alice.

“My name is Alice Morgan, the inspector responsible for taking care of your case before the arrival of our superiors.” She frowns, looking at Alvine and Reha’s handcuffs on the table instead of being on their wrists as they had left them.

“… Alvine, Alvine Dragnar.”

“Alvine Dragnar?” She repeats these words with confused eyes.

“That’s my name; as you were so busy looking for us in your archives, consider it a form of cooperation on my part.”

“… Well, Mr. Dragnar, I’m not going to waste my time with useless subjects since all the evidence is against you and your friend here–

“She is not my friend.” He retorted with a sarcastic smile.

“…Oh, I see. But take a look at this.” She said, pushing her tablet towards Alvine.

“I don’t need it; I’ve already seen this video’s continuity.”

-Frown.

“Don’t feel annoyed, Inspectress Alice; contrary to what you think, we didn’t come here to create problems for you. It was just a misunderstanding, and my colleague behind me can tell you.” He explained himself by noticing the annoyance of Inspectress Alice.

“A misunderstanding? You mean that you kill people just for misunderstandings?!”

“No, it was just an accident. This woman beside me is like a problem magnet; you can’t know what I’m talking about until you’re around her.”

Hearing Alvine’s assertions and seeing Reha’s nonchalance, the inspector’s lips moved several times, but she did not find a suitable word.

“Are you drugged?” She retorted, grinding her teeth.

“Tss~ these substances will not affect me even if I drink an amount the size of a sea.” He retorted with an ironic smile on his lips.

“…”

“Inspectress Alice, before you finish your pun, I want to ask you a question.” He suddenly asked, following the silence of his interlocutor.

“Do you believe that demons and angels exist?”

“No.” She stared at Alvine’s garnet pupils while retorting these words.

“So if you believe neither in the existence of demons nor angels, what do you do in this room? Why are you here to check this?” He asked, leaning towards her.

“How–

“How did you know that? That’s the question you want to ask me. Am I wrong?”

“What?! Do you–

“Is I reading your thoughts? No, I don’t need to waste my time guessing the thread of your thoughts that are so obvious. Appearances are sometimes misleading; it’s not because this madwoman looks like an angel that she necessarily is; you’ve seen her yourself, have you? So I will be brief, remove all traces of our existence before I take care of you in her place.” While retorting these words, his pupils turned slightly dark because of his current mood due to his impatience.

But strangely, Inspectress Alice was still as calm as she became suspicious.

“Kuku, you are one of the people called Espers, right? I felt your mana from when you touched me to handcuff me, so stop playing with your puns and get straight to the point without wasting time.”

“?! If you know it, then you probably know that it’s not by threatening me so that you can leave here; I’m wrong?” She coldly replied, creating a fiery orb in her right hand.

“Hm? Do you intend to attack me with that? In a police station above all?”

Hearing Alvine’s question and seeing his confusion that she seemed to have misinterpreted in fear, her cold expression turned into a wicked smile.

“I am one of the ten inquisitors, the queen of flames, who care for bastards like you who think that everything has allowed them just because they have awakened supernatural powers.” She retorted, changing at 180 degrees.

“The queen of flames? What a bold nickname.” At that moment, Reha, who had been silent until now, retorted these words in English with an ironic smile while looking at Alvine.

“Audacious? It’s not me who is bold, but you two. Do you at least know why this minority that does not even reach 0.01% of the world’s population is hidden under the eyes in the shadows?” She shouted these words in a threatening voice simultaneously as her flames became fierce, as if they were related to her emotions.

“Why?”

“Isn’t it obvious? Everything that humans do not understand and control is a threat to them that they will want to exterminate at the roots. And given our infinitely small number, we may be people with supernatural skills, but we are not all-powerful. That’s why it is imperative to remain in the shades before provoking an uncontrollable war.” She explained herself unconsciously according to Alvine’s question.

Even if she wondered about her role, which was suddenly overthrown, she still couldn’t understand what was wrong with her.

“If this is the case, I can assume that you do not intend to treat us like others. Am I wrong?” He frowns at asking this question.

“… It’s true. My superiors will soon pick you up and take you to the main headquarters where people like us will be judged, who cannot be controlled by national security.”

𝗈𝑣𝐋xt.𝒸𝚘𝑚

“In this case, why are you in this room? What is your goal in coming here?”

After asking him this question, Alvine could notice a sarcastic smile on her lips.

“It is to measure your threat level before the trial and to know if you are the threat the oracle mentioned in her prophecy. Your strange appearance and that of your accomplice agree with the oracle’s prediction. But since demons do not exist, it must be part of your powers.!

“Huh? An oracle?”

‘This planet has turned out to be more and more interesting. To see the future, you must at least master a temporal law and that of destiny. If such existences are likely to appear on earth, then this boring discussion may not be a waste of time in the end.’ He murmured to himself by exercising more of his hypnosis powers on Inspectress Alice.

“Where can I meet this oracle?” He asks in an imposing voice.

“I don’t know; only the chefs know where she is.” She responds instantly.

“… All right, I have one last question. Apart from here, where did you send the surveillance videos?”

“Only at the headquarters. They will soon pick you up in twenty-four hours.”

“Well, now, sleep.” Following Alice’s answer, Alvine gave her this order.

And the next moment, she was overwhelmed by a sudden torpor that made her faint.

At the same time, Lea’s hazelnut pupils, watching their conversations in the control room, became dark, followed by her expression, which also became empty like a doll.

“Erase all the traces of the lord, Erase all the paths of the lord, Erase all the traces of the lord, erase…

As she constantly repeated these words, her hands moved by themselves, starting to delete all the videos and evidence they had on Alvine and Reha in their databases.

She was not the only one to have this anomaly; the fifty people also present in the establishment had the same empty expressions while executing the orders they received from Alvine through his shadow crows.

[Alteration of memories.]

He then murmured, manifesting a small black sphere above his index finger that fell into his shadow.

-Whhhhh!!!

The next moment, his shadow had a violetish shade at the same time as the agents’ pupils at the police station.

“… Well, now that it’s settled here, we will go to this seat. I have the intuition that this oracle will have interesting things to tell us.” He whispered after confirming that everyone was in a peaceful sleep.

He then focused on Inspectress Alice.

“Are you going to bring her with us?”

“Yes, even if it’s faster to visualize her memories before altering them, the best would be to let her accompany us. She will be our entrance ticket.” He murmured, waving his hand towards her.

-plop, plop, plop…

Simultaneously, Inspectress Alice’s shadow turned into a muddy liquid that sucked her inward, more precisely towards Alvine’s dimension.