Chapter 171

Upon learning that Broly had learned a skill from a succubus, Aqua threw a little tantrum, but after Broly used the dream skill on her, the situation turned into something else entirely.

"Can't finish it, simply can't finish it, and drinking here doesn't cost my own money either, the feeling of a free ride is so good, Broly, you kid really, you should've learned this dream skill earlier……"

Aqua, who was dreaming of drinking all kinds of fine wine, drooled from her physical body in the outside world as she spoke such sleep-talk.

Compared to her previous posture of being irreconcilable with the succubi, the sleeping Aqua's attitude now was completely that of an existence submitting to her own desires.

"Truly lacking integrity~"

After Aqua woke up the next day, Darkness ruthlessly roasted her true-fragrance attitude reversal.

"What do you mean lacking integrity, this is a pragmatist style, as long as the skill has a positive function, then even if the source comes from a succubus, I can barely tolerate it, compared to those inflexible old fogeys, I'm far more outstanding!"

Facing Darkness's roast, Aqua didn't mind at all; in the Axis Cult's doctrine, there is a line that says: 【Do not worry about the future, whether the future you is smiling, even gods do not know, therefore one should enjoy the present.】

Aqua herself abides by this kind of doctrine.

"Then how about I call a succubus to help you dream from now on?"

Yesterday, to soothe the tantrum-throwing Aqua, Broly stayed by her side without sleeping all night, manipulating her dreams until dawn.

Although going several days and nights without sleep has no effect on Broly, he couldn't bear Darkness feeling a bit distressed for him.

"Hah, if demonic power can take effect on me, then let those demons come try!"

Aqua is a goddess; theoretically, the methods used by ordinary demons are basically ineffective when used on her.

Only Broly has a higher spiritual value than Aqua, and he is merely a demon in boasts, not a real demon of this world.

Therefore, the dream skill he learned from a succubus could easily invade this goddess Aqua's dreams, and with Aqua herself not resisting, easily achieve dream manipulation.

"Fine, I'll go to the succubus shop later and buy you a super nightmare, so you can properly have a big nightmare tonight!"

"Hmph, I'll be waiting!"

Broly ate breakfast, not knowing why Aqua and Darkness had suddenly become confrontational.

At the side, Wiz had the look of a melon-eating bystander; she seemed to have a natural dull personality that enjoys watching the excitement without minding the trouble.

"Customer, our Sweet Dreams Shop does accept custom dream services, but only limited to customers customizing dreams for themselves."

At the succubus shop, the succubus shopkeeper who received the commission had a bit of a headache; after the good dream came a customer ordering a custom nightmare, and moreover the other party wasn't customizing such a dream for themselves, but for someone else.

"Eh, you can't take the order?"

The commission rejected, Darkness was a bit surprised.

"Of course we can't take the order; the reason we succubi can open a succubus shop in Axel Town is because we have a contract with the town management.

And the first clause of the contract is that we cannot actively launch night raids on humans, unless the customer themselves allows it; otherwise, behavior like yours, buying dreams for others, also violates the contract."

The succubus shopkeeper explained with a headache; the demon race places great importance on contracts, and if Darkness's identity weren't a noble lady, this succubus shopkeeper would likely immediately become a whistleblowing busybody and directly report Darkness to the town management.

"Then if the guy being bought the nightmare also agrees to you raiding her, letting her have a nightmare?"

Darkness asked.

"Ah, this, hmm……"

The succubus shopkeeper froze for a moment, thought carefully, then said: "If that's the case, then it doesn't violate our contract with the town management."

Although spring dreams are their main business, if someone wants a nightmare, it's not impossible either, as long as the money is enough it's ok.

"However, you must have that person voluntarily sign the custom dream demand form."

The demand form is actually a demon's contract, just not the long-term type, but a one-time service for customers who come to purchase, and the succubi collect a portion of money and vital essence from the customer accepting the service as a service fee.

"It's the smell of a demon, hmm, Darkness, you actually want me, a goddess, to sign a succubus's contract?"

When Darkness brought back the contract written with the nightmare content for Aqua to sign, Aqua immediately bristled.

"What goddess or not, I see you just don't dare sign, worried you'll be raided by a succubus at night, manipulated into having a nightmare!"

But under Darkness's goading, Aqua decisively signed her name on the succubus's contract.

"Hah, me, Aqua, afraid of a nightmare, let me tell you, I am the Goddess-sama, there is nothing in this world I fear, Darkness, watch, any succubus that dares night raid me tonight absolutely won't have a good end."

"Hey hey hey, she's a service industry worker, if you plan to use purification cheating methods to avoid the nightmare, then you're a shameless dog!" "I would never do that kind of thing!"

Aqua averted her gaze, obviously she really had been thinking of doing exactly that.

But now that she was seen through, there was no way.

Time quickly arrived at evening; because Darkness paid a lot, the succubus shopkeeper personally made the trip.

"This is the Aqua-sama who will have the nightmare tonight, right? Nice to meet you."

The succubus shopkeeper wanted to shake hands with Aqua, but Aqua directly slapped her hand away.

"Vile succubus, don't touch pure me, whatever tricks you have, just go ahead and use them."

Succubus Shopkeeper: "……"

Aqua's hostility made her feel a chill down her spine; it seemed as long as the High Priest before her wished, she could instantly deal with her, a Superior Devil — this was a demon's instinctual intuition, a feeling reminding her.

This person is dangerous, possibly more dangerous than many high-level adventurers, someone who could kill her.

However, a contract is a contract; since the custom dream service had already been purchased, she as the succubus shopkeeper could not back down, she represented the dignity of all succubi of the Axel Succubus Shop.

"Dream manipulation requires the dream-manipulated to be asleep, so, this pure Aqua-sama, can you fall asleep now?"

"Hah, you want me to fall asleep defenselessly in front of a succubus like you?"

"Aqua, cut the crap, if you don't dare have a nightmare just say so, I won't force you, just that from now on I won't let you order Broly around at will."

"Ah, Darkness, you're reversing black and white, know that? Broly is my disciple, I can order him however I want, and he's willing to be ordered by me, right, Broly?!"

This is a true mother-in-law vs daughter-in-law struggle.

"Actually……"

"Broly don't speak, this is between me and her!"

Broly just opened his mouth and was yelled back by Darkness.

"I'll sleep, and incidentally let you see just how I teach a lesson to this succubus who doesn't know the heights of heaven and earth, who wants to come challenge me, this Goddess-sama."

Succubus Shopkeeper: 「……」

She was just taking money to provide a service, so how did she become someone challenging the other side? "Not work, there's a succubus beside me, I simply can't sleep."

However, Aqua, who had angrily pulled up the blanket, did not sleep as well as Broly.

"Do you need some wine to help you sleep?"

Darkness said somewhat sarcastically.

And she herself did not quite understand why she suddenly wanted to target Aqua.

Perhaps, she simply did not want Aqua to be bossy toward her own boy.

"This works too!"

Hearing this, Aqua's eyes brightened, and she nodded directly.

Darkness brought the wine, and Aqua opened the bottle and drank.

As a result, she did not fall asleep, but instead went into a drunken frenzy.

"Succubus, watch me purify……"

However, before Aqua's drunken frenzy could be sent out in the room, Broly decisively struck first.

With a bang, Aqua fell straight onto the bed.

Everyone looked at the boy; Broly retracted his hand knife, then began to explain: "This is my recently researched sleep aid technique; you only need to gently strike the back of a person's neck once, and they can easily enjoy high-quality sleep like a baby."

Everyone Silent

Looking at Aqua, completely knocked out on the bed, they barely acknowledged the boy's claim of high-quality sleep.

Chapter End