From the very first look, Wen Yang's student left a terrible impression on Ning Chu.
This little kid was probably only in the eighth grade—around thirteen years old. Yet, just by the look of it, he was already about 1.7 meters tall... towering over her!
Kids these days really are well-nourished, aren't they?
She glanced at her own 1.6-meter frame, with a baby face that could let her pass as a middle schooler without a hitch...
Ning Chu shot him a glare without saying a word and walked straight into the library.
"What's up?"
"Nothing." Wen Yang chuckled, throwing an arm around his student's shoulders. "Come on, time for class."
Seeing that Ning Chu was annoyed, the student, probably realizing he'd misread the situation, thought for a moment before curiously asking, "Teacher, is that your girlfriend?"
"..."
Wen Yang's smile grew even more smug.
As much as he wanted to agree, he knew he'd be in trouble if Ning Chu overheard.
"Teacher, that's illegal."
His smile froze briefly. "She's already eighteen."
"Really?!"
This library, located in the city center, was the largest in town. It took up a huge Western-style mansion and offered paid study rooms in addition to the regular reading areas.
As Ning Chu entered the library, she looked around at the European-style architecture, quickly scanning all the women in sight.
First up was a girl with long ears and white hair—possibly an elf? This was her first time seeing one. Then there was a girl with ram horns on her head.
She suddenly remembered a joke: supposedly, only male rams have horns, so the "beautiful ram" characters in past-life anime were actually gender-bent. But in reality, female sheep do sometimes have horns, and male sheep might not.
After scanning around, Ning Chu felt a bit more at ease.
A few girls with non-human traits, but clearly unrelated to the story.
Plus, none of the other girls had the level of beauty a main character's companion would have.
"What are you daydreaming about?"
Wen Yang and his student caught up. "I'm taking him to a study room. What about you?"
"I… I'm just going to find something to read."
Ning Chu paused, then suddenly took off her jacket and handed it to Wen Yang.
"Is it too hot?"
"No, just wanted to switch jackets. I think yours looks better."
"..."
The jacket was a bit short on Wen Yang; it didn't even cover the bottom of his T-shirt. But when Ning Chu wore it, it could cover her entire backside, with sleeves so long her hands didn't even reach the cuffs.
Ning Chu didn't mind. She just needed the jacket that carried the protagonist's aura to avoid running into any perverts in this library, where a lot of strange things tend to happen.
"I'll come find you later."
"Alright."
After showing her where the study rooms were, Wen Yang took his student and left.
Ning Chu's purpose today wasn't simple. Aside from keeping an eye on Wen Yang to prevent certain plot developments, she didn't want to stay in the dorm alone. Plus, she wanted to come to the library to look up information on Succubus.
Online, the information was all over the place, with most of it skewed towards those kinds of things. She figured it'd be better to find a book with professional information.
"Succubus, huh…"
Ning Chu frowned as she wandered through the bookshelves, worried.
"Aren't non-human girls supposed to be born that way? Why am I turning into a succubus all of a sudden? Is this some punishment for breaking the story plot?"
From what she'd learned, she was always supposed to be a girl—the extra part was just a useless accessory.
She might actually be a succubus by nature; she just hadn't displayed typical succubus traits before for some reason.
Wait! What about her mother in this world? Could she also be a succubus?!
As she contemplated the combined image of a mother and a succubus, Ning Chu didn't know what expression to make, so she pushed the thought to the back of her mind for now.
After about ten minutes of following the staff's directions, she finally found a book introducing Succubus.
Hugging the book, she squatted down, hoping to find a solution for her bouts of uncontrollable desire and figure out why she had suddenly turned into a succubus.
The book described pain transformation, sensitivity, and random bouts of intense desire... all of which were consistent with the traits Ning Chu had written in a succubus character settings, but beyond that, things started to differ.
A young succubus was no different from a normal girl; only in adolescence would they begin to change. As they matured, some would grow horns, others would develop heart-shaped tails, but all Succubus would eventually develop intricate markings on their lower abdomen during the latter stages of puberty. When these markings fully formed, it symbolized that the succubus had reached full maturity and was ready to "hunt" any male it desired.
Ning Chu instinctively touched her head.
Thank goodness—no horns.
She also felt around her tailbone but found no signs of anything growing there.
"Glad I haven't turned into a non-human, at least outwardly," she sighed, feeling a bit relieved now that she understood the situation.
"So, it seems the punishment for breaking the story may have only sped up my maturation..." She flipped a few more pages and found information on the succubus desire phases.
Unable to understand the dense technical terms, she skipped to the conclusion.
"If one suppresses it for too long, it can lead to a complete mental breakdown."
"Oh no."
With a look of despair, Ning Chu dropped the book onto the floor and plopped down in defeat.
Her mind was too overwhelmed to consider anything else.
Clinging to a final thread of hope, she pulled out her phone, opened her social app, and clicked on the chat icon of Lily, the succubus.
"You there?"
Though she usually hated starting a conversation like that, her hands were trembling from nerves, hoping for a different kind of answer.
"Mhm."
"Quick question... do you ever find it hard to control yourself?"
"I looked up some info, and it says if you hold it back for too long, you might lose control."
She clutched her phone tightly, anxious but hopeful as she waited for Lily's reply.
A moment later, Lily sent a shopping link.
Could it be a medication for suppressing desire?!
She eagerly clicked it open—then quickly blushed and closed it.
It was... a dildo.
Then, link after link popped up—about a dozen in all.
She clicked through each one: realistic, discreet, vibrating, heated... all in different shapes and forms.
Ning Chu, who'd never seen such an array in her life, was already blushing to the tips of her ears.
Trembling, she closed each link one by one.
Then Lily sent two more... explicit images, along with a gentle reminder:
"Try a few and see which suits you best. Remember to keep everything clean."
This was a far cry from the cool, quiet goddess Lily appeared to be in person. Online, Lily was practically a shameless pervert.
The power of the internet, indeed.
Lily sent one last link: "This site is amazing!"
Ning Chu responded with an ellipsis.
"..."
As she sighed, stood up, and picked up the book to return it to the shelf, her phone chimed with another notification.
Thinking Lily might have something else to say, she opened it to check.
It was from Wen Yang: Kitten-looking-confused.jpg
"!!!"
Suddenly, Ning Chu realized—
Her social app account was linked with Wen Yang's! Every message she sent and received appeared on his phone as well!
She'd been so flustered earlier that she hadn't thought about it!
She'd only considered using it to check whether Wen Yang was chatting up or getting chatted up by other girls but hadn't considered that he'd be able to see her private messages too.
Now, she'd be too embarrassed to ever look him in the eye again.