Kazui decided to confirm the important information the woman had just revealed.
"You’re... a succubus?"
"That’s right. I’m a succubus... my name is Vice."
Kazui already knew about succubi. Part of that knowledge came from the many works of fiction he had consumed back in Japan that featured succubi as monsters, and part of it came from what he had been taught during guild training.
In Japanese fiction, succubi were imaginary monsters that had sexual intercourse with men and drained their life energy. But in the other world Kazui had been transported to — this world — succubi actually existed.
During guild training he had received a basic explanation about them. The real succubi of this world were monsters that engaged in sexual intercourse with men and drained their fundamental life energy — called "Enevitè."
Humans produced life energies such as aura and mana by converting Enevitè. In other words, Enevitè was the root life energy that served as the source of aura and mana, and succubi were able to drain it.
Succubi were extremely rare monsters that almost never appeared. Because of that, the training for new adventurers did not cover them in much detail.
However, the training did teach that if an ordinary adventurer encountered one, death was nearly unavoidable except for a very small number of elite fighters. They were also taught how male adventurers were killed by succubi.
Therefore, Kazui already knew that a succubus was an extremely dangerous being that a novice adventurer like himself would have almost no chance of surviving if he encountered one.
"For a succubus, ’eating’ means having sex..."
Vice reached down to Kazui’s crotch and touched his manhood. Fear had caused it to shrink, making it even smaller than usual.
"First, we need to make this of yours... bigger."
Hearing her talk about sex, Kazui recalled what he had been taught in guild training about how male adventurers were killed by succubi.
Succubi possessed a unique skill that allowed them to completely drain Enevitè from a man as the price for the pleasure they gave him during sex. That was why a succubus would violate a man, give him intense pleasure, and then drain every last bit of his Enevitè.
If a human completely lost their fundamental life energy — Enevitè — they would die. That was how men who were attacked by a succubus ended up dying after being completely drained.
Kazui had learned these basic facts about succubi during his guild training.
(Having sex with her... means getting killed!)
In a strong voice, Kazui shot back at Vice:
"You’re a monster, not a human! And I already know that if we have sex you’ll kill me! There’s no way it’s going to get hard!"
His words were completely sincere. Vice was attractive, but she was a monster, not a human.
Moreover, having sex with her would mean having all his Enevitè drained and dying. In a situation like that, Kazui couldn’t imagine his body reacting.
(Still... I have to be careful with those breasts. They’re the kind of tits that make you want to bury your face in them and do all sorts of things.)
Glancing at Vice’s large chest, Kazui warned himself. As someone who loved women’s breasts — especially big ones — her chest was extremely attractive to him.
He felt that if he let his guard down even a little, desire might take over, so he stayed on alert.
"Is that so?"
Vice stared at him with her faintly glowing, mysterious blue eyes.
"Oh... so you like breasts. Especially big ones... like mine."
She had hit the bullseye so accurately that Kazui’s eyes widened in shock.
"Even though you’re about to be killed, you want to bury your face in my big breasts and do all sorts of things to them, don’t you?"
Looking proud, she continued:
"With Sexual Appraisal, I can figure out things like that!"
(She can even tell that much?!)
Having his desire for her breasts so easily exposed left Kazui both embarrassed and astonished at the power of Sexual Appraisal.
"Sexual Appraisal can read not only a person’s sexual experience and preferences, but also what they want to do... and what they want done to them right now..."
Whispering proudly, Vice reached both hands to Kazui’s chest and began caressing his firm pectorals with lewd finger movements.
"Ah..."
The pleasant sensation made Kazui involuntarily let out a soft, almost feminine sound.
"I can also tell where you’re sensitive."
While toying with his nipples, Vice asked:
"You look surprised. Didn’t you know your own chest is sensitive?"
Just as Vice had guessed, Kazui had never realized that his own chest was a sensitive erogenous zone. Feeling pleasure from the caress of his chest not only taught him that fact, but also made him painfully aware of just how powerful Sexual Appraisal really was.