Volume 1, Chapter 1 – From Now On, I’m a Succubus!

Stella was completely screwed.

That was the conclusion she had reached after thinking it over again and again.

Screwed.

Just imagine it. Above your head hangs a chandelier made of bones, with red candles dripping wax. Beneath your feet lies an expensive carpet embroidered with the royal succubus emblem. All around you are demon girls with horns and pointed tails, dark red serpentine eyes, blood-red lips, and exposed fangs, watching you like predators eyeing their prey.

This was the entrance ceremony of the Thirteenth National Succubus School of the Abyssal Demon Realm.

And you, a former candidate for the Pure Saintess, now a succubus freshman, a cleric with S-rank Holy Light affinity, are standing among a crowd of succubi in a black Gothic school uniform with a skirt so short it barely reaches the tops of your thighs, clutching that damned admission letter in your hand.

Then you can surely understand exactly how Stella felt right now.

Screwed.

Allow her to introduce herself again.

Stella von Einzbern, fourteen years old, a Saintess.

And about to be screwed.

【Dear Miss Stella Darkfallen.】

【We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted for enrollment at the Thirteenth National Succubus School of the Abyssal Demon Realm.】

【Enclosed with this letter is a list of all required books and equipment.】

【The term is scheduled to begin on August 31, at the first full waxing of the Blood Moon.】

【Note: All students are required to reside on campus. Please ensure that your personal succubus traits have fully developed. If they have not, our school infirmary provides paid emergency development-induction services.】

【Yours faithfully,】

【Ms. Mara Nightsong】

【Vice Principal of Lilith Academy】

Looking at the shameless fake surname she had made up on the spot for her disguise, the corner of Stella’s eye twitched.

Strictly speaking, Stella wasn’t screwed yet, but the other Saintess candidates from her cohort probably all thought she was done for. Of course, she couldn’t really blame them. Who could blame them? Somehow, she had actually agreed to this.

Maybe before long, they would even hold a holy funeral for her, and her epitaph might read something like this:

‘Stella von Einzbern was the only Saintess in history to die inside a succubus den.’

That was right.

Mm… basically right.

“Damned Inquisitor.”

Stella clenched the hem of her skirt and muttered under her breath.

It was all because every profession in the Human Realm was absurdly competitive. She had originally planned to pass the Holy See’s civil service examination and secure herself a future. There was nothing wrong with living an idyllic life out in the countryside, but becoming a Saintess would naturally open up far more possibilities for her.

Unfortunately, she failed the civil service exam and was ultimately eliminated.

Normally, failing was failing. Worst case, she could just go back to the countryside monastery and grow potatoes. But then a gloomy woman who called herself an Inquisitor of the Holy See came looking for her.

“Stella, the Holy See needs you. Go to the Demon Realm and be our eyes. As long as you can remain undercover at the Succubus Academy until graduation and complete the assignments we give you, you’ll be promoted directly to Cardinal when you return.”

“I’ll provide you with the potion sequence formulas needed to disguise yourself as a succubus, so you don’t need to worry about being exposed. However, the potion can only give you the most basic racial characteristics. Remember, you need to take it regularly. I’ll also find a way to help you make up the Saintess curriculum, so you don’t need to worry about that either. In addition, I’ll contact you using a long-eared owl.”

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“There’s one more thing. Aside from the Holy Light, you must keep your mouth shut around everyone. Remember that.”

Calling it going undercover made it sound nice.

Calling it what it really was, this was delivering meat straight to the table.

A Saintess’ constitution in the Demon Realm was like throwing a juicy slab of meat into a pack of wolves.

One that glowed, at that!

Stella took a deep breath, trying to drive the image of that gloomy woman who had shoved her onto the train out of her mind.

It was too late for regrets now.

“Silence—!”

A languid voice cut through the clamor in the hall.

At the very front of the hall, an adult succubus pushed up her gold-rimmed glasses.

She was the vice principal, Ms. Mara Nightsong, an Archdemon known as the Dark Queen. Her brownish-black hair cascaded in waves down to her waist. A black one-piece dress outlined her figure, while the seven rings on her fingers reflected eerie glimmers in the dim light.

Beside Vice Principal Mara stood an ancient mirror two people tall.

Its frame was inlaid with countless twisted skulls. Its surface was not glass, but a swirling black vortex.

【Mirror of Desire】

The Sorting Hat ¹ I’m pretty sure it’s a Harry Potter reference. of this academy.

It could reveal the deepest desires in a freshman’s heart, as well as their deepest desires for demonic nature.

“As is customary, all freshmen must undergo an aptitude assessment upon enrollment.” Vice Principal Mara waved the teaching crop in her hand. “The magic mirror will grade you and assign you to a house according to your potential for seduction and the purity of your desires associated with the Seven Sins.”

“House of Pleasure, House of Domination, House of Proliferation, House of Terror and Slaughter…”

“And if you fail to qualify for every single house… hehe.” Vice Principal Mara licked her red lips. “At this academy, useless trash without any charm can only be sent to the rear grounds and turned into fertilizer for the Blasphemous Forbidden Forest.”

Every freshman present began trembling.

Stella felt as though she had fallen into an icy abyss.

“Next, Number 662.”

“Aptitude Rating C. Mediocre. Stand on the left.”

“Next, Number 663.”

“…E? That’s your desire? It’s as bland as plain water.”

“No! Vice Principal! I was just nervous! Please, give me one more chance—”

“Guards, drag her to the Forbidden Forest. The man-eating flowers have been rather picky lately. Hopefully you’ll satisfy them.”

“No! Help! I don’t want to die! Aah—!!”

“Next.”

The screams gradually faded into the distance.

The hall was deathly silent.

Testing desires?

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Stella’s head felt like it was about to split apart.

She wasn’t some shameless girl!

Desires…

Her head was filled with memorizing the entire Book of Holy Words and figuring out how to make potato stew taste better.

The moment she put her hand on that mirror, forget assigning her to a house based on her desires. The mirror would probably sound the alarm on the spot.

Then she would become the fastest undercover agent in history to get herself killed.

‘What do I do? What do I do?’

“Next, Number 665, Cheryl Valentine.”

Just as Stella was racking her brains, the girl standing ahead of her stepped forward.

She was a succubus girl with crimson curls. She seemed to be the eldest daughter of some prestigious family in the Demon Realm, and she carried herself as though she were walking down a red carpet.

Facing the magic mirror, she arrogantly lifted her chin and slammed her hand onto it.

Buzz!

A dense cloud of pink mist instantly erupted from the mirror, while seductive whispers echoed throughout the hall.

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♡ Aptitude Rating: S

♡ Core Trait: Tyrannical Queen

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“Hmph. Barely acceptable.”

Cheryl flicked her long hair and swept her gaze across the entire hall from the corners of her eyes, her expression filled with disdain.

As she stepped off the platform, she passed Stella as silently as a lioness and sneered.

“What are you standing around dazed for, mongrel demon? You’re next.”

“Next, freshman Number 666, Stella!”

Her name had been called.

Every gaze around her instantly converged on her.

Stella started walking. With every step, she circulated the magical power inside her body, desperately trying to suppress the dazzling Holy Light within her.

‘Lord, save me.’

‘If I survive this, I swear I’ll never sneak offerings off the altar again.’

“Put your hand on it, cutie.” The vice principal narrowed her eyes. “You’re the last one.”

Stella took a deep breath and stretched out a trembling hand.

The instant she touched the mirror…

Buzz—!

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The Holy Light inside her instinctively reacted against it!

Stella desperately recited the Book of Holy Words in her mind, trying to suppress that power.

‘Do not be wrathful, do not be prideful, endure all things, believe all things… get back in there, Holy Light!’

Stella restrained herself a little too hard. For a moment, the sheer force of her endurance made her expression turn cold and aloof. Her cheeks flushed as Holy Power flowed backward through her body, while her eyes grew hazy from the strain and then moist with fear.

The vice principal gave this succubus freshman a strange look.

The girl bit her lower lip. Tiny beads of sweat slid along strands of her silvery-gray hair and dripped onto her collarbone.

The sight of her desperately trying to keep something sealed inside herself was simply lewd to the bone.

Several seconds passed.

The mirror remained pitch-black.

Amid the silence, Cheryl let out a snort of laughter.

The light in Vice Principal Mara’s eyes cooled. She shook her head in disappointment and coldly pointed toward the doors.

“Guards, drag this piece of trash away and feed her to the flowers.”

Footsteps approached.

The guards’ shadows immediately loomed over her.

Just as Stella closed her eyes in despair…

Buzz—!!

The magic mirror began to tremble!

It wanted to sound the alarm. It wanted to display the result. But because Holy Light was such a pure and exclusionary form of energy, its magical circuits were instantly overloaded.

‘Her rejection…’

‘Her determination to maintain an aloof facade even when she could no longer endure…’

‘Forcing herself to appear completely unbothered before others, chatting and laughing as though nothing was wrong, while desire slowly seeped out from deep within her bones. That hidden suffering she refused to let show, that twisted feeling of desperately suppressing herself despite wanting it so badly…’

‘Without question, this is the highest realm of succubus aesthetics.’

‘Abstinence!’

The magic mirror attained enlightenment.

So that was it…

The legendary abstinent-type succubus!

Crack!

A fissure split across the mirror’s surface.

Immediately afterward, a beam of purple-gold light shot into the sky.

The entire hall fell dead silent.

Even the teaching crop in the vice principal’s hand dropped to the floor.

Several enormous lines of blood-red text shakily materialized in midair, as though the magic mirror had exhausted the last of its strength to force them out.

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♡ Aptitude Rating: SSS+

♡ Core Trait: Ultimate Tsundere and Abstinence

♡ Evaluation: Simply by standing there, she is the greatest temptation to all living beings.

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“…”

Stella stared at those words, her mind completely blank.

Before she could react, the vice principal had already teleported in front of her and seized Stella’s hand, her eyes blazing.

“A genius! A genius who hasn’t appeared in centuries! Forget assigning you to a house. I’ll teach you personally!”

An uproar erupted below the platform. Countless succubus freshmen cast looks of envy, jealousy, and resentment toward her.

At the front of the crowd, Cheryl stood in silence. Her blood-red eyes stared at Stella, Stella’s reflection filling her pupils.

Stella stared blankly at the scene before her.

‘Lady Inquisitor…’

‘Did you foresee this too?’

Translator Note

Hi, hi~ Your charming translator, Invisible Pain, is here~♥

This is my 13th translation, and somehow, I picked a non-TS novel again~ ><

I read the interesting premise in the synopsis and got hooked instantly~ A double agent Saintess! Or maybe… a double agent succubus? xD

Our innocent MC, Stella, was a Saintess candidate, but she failed the exam despite having S-rank Holy Light affinity. So, she found herself a backdoor route to becoming a genuine Saintess… But!

Her very first mission as a Saintess is to become a spy and infiltrate a succubus academy~!

With one bluff after another and misunderstandings piling up nonstop, Stella will somehow have to become a top succubus student and eventually return to her homeland as a spy—I mean, Saintess!

But if she spends every single day studying how to become a proper succubus…

Will her mind really remain as pure and innocent as it was before?

Can she stay loyal to her Lord and betray all the demons she has forged bonds with along the way?

Truthfully, I don’t know the answer either because I haven’t read that far yet! xD

So, let’s read, laugh, and watch Stella’s ridiculous spy journey together with me~!

…And maybe get frustrated together over all the misunderstanding plots too? ><

Anyway, enjoy the story of our master bluffer~! ♡