Everyone Else is a Returnee - Chapter SS10

The Gods' Marriage: Helliena's Story

"Oh my, look over there, Babe."

"Um?" Yoo ll-han's head turned to the side where Helliena was pointing.

At that moment, something pricked his cheeks, and it was Helliena's tail that flew quickly.

"Kyahahaha, are you surprised?"

Was it an old-fashioned joke that she had been working on as a succubus for a very long time? He wanted to ask, but she would probably pout, so he stopped.

Instead, he tackled other parts. It was her tail that pierced him.

"Hey, it's no longer a demon tail, so don't play with it lightly."

"What are you talking about, Babe? I'm a great dragon succubus."

Helliena made up another plausible new word. It was cute, so ll-han decided to listen to what she was talking about. Then, she roughly said what he was expecting.

"Succubus is the name of the race, but it is also the name of the job. Even if the race is changed, my job is still the same. You know what I mean?"

"Hmm, if you say it like that, I'll respect it."

"I'm serious. It's real. Look: This heart-shaped tail. Isn't it pretty? It's a vivid heart-shape."

A purple heart was really on the tip of her slender tail, stretching out from her buttocks. It felt soft and warm when ll-han touched it. Helliena turned red and had a bewitching expression.

"Uhhh, Babe. Actually, my tail is-"

"Okay, that's enough."

It wasn't clear whether Helliena's joke was a joke or the truth, so ll-han hurriedly let her tail go.

"Are you sure you didn't change it with magic?"

"You'll know, you can read the record, right?"

After reading it, it was surely a pure tail that was not enchanted.

Those whose job was decided by the race thought that when their race changed, their job also changed naturally, but was it ignored when Helliena became a Succubus Queen?

Or is it because of the power of a dragon embedded in this cute tail?

Looking at it, her appearance did not change much after becoming a flying dragon. The wings were originally made of velamen, and the color remained dark purple. A pair of horns sprouted on both sides of her head.

In front of the agonizing eyes of Yoo ll-han, Helliena fluttered her heart-shaped tail and wrapped it around him.

"This tail is now completely yours. No one can touch it other than you, but as much as I want — you can touch it more."

Looking at her expression, he knew it wouldn't end with only touching the tail.

Yoo ll-han responded firmly to Helena, who was expecting a lot.

"I still cannot, because the wedding is tonight."

"Tsk, you’re always strangely strict."

Helliena knew that her seduction has failed.

"As I remember, even if I seduce you, I always failed in the end."

"What are you talking about? If you can't seduce me, we won't get married like this."

Of course, he knew that the 'seduction' she was talking about had a deeper meaning, but he chose a remark to please her for now.

The effect was excellent. Helliena's purple eyes sparkled pleasantly, adding clarity to the change in her mood.

"Oh, you are really a family man. I would really have liked you when you were fresh."

"I've never been fresh. I was either rotten or matured."

"Yeah, you were definitely there," she said as she shook her head cutely.

ll-han doesn't remember when, so he asked, "What is it?"

"You were really cute and pure, but fufufu, it must be creepy the moment I dyed you with my color..."

He didn't know when she met him, but it seemed like it was true. So, Yoo ll-han decided to give her a rough nod.

"Yeah yeah, it's all because of you that I grew up with this distorted nature."

"Yeah. After all, are we destined? Should we thank Gabriel? Or Father God? I give 3333 thanks."

Helliena laughed and took Yoo ll-han’s arms.

The two continued flying together.

The wedding would be held tonight, but before that, she asked Yoo ll-han to follow her because there was a place she wanted to show him.

"Is this Heaven?"

"It's Elio Cartra."

"That's it."

Heaven and Elio Cartra were originally one world.

It was only briefly divided into two by God, who was the master of the world.

Now they couldn't be separated and were focusing on slowly dispersing their properties by returning to the Earth's sky.

Perhaps, as more verticals flow, the clear parts would go up, and the blind parts go down, blending naturally with the rest of the Earth.

"Are we going to Elio Cartra?"

"Yeah, most of the things that you might be reluctant to do are over, so you don’t need to worry about them."

Not too long ago, when all the top forces collided and only the dragons remained, many of them died, as well as the superior beings of other forces. In particular, the Doomed Demon Army was almost wiped out.

Those who turned to the dragon's nest early came out of heaven, and many at the garden at sunset crawled in and held white flags only after all the events were over, so there were quite a few survivors.

The Doomed Demon Army and the Legion of Radiance really fought each other so much that most of them were extinct.

Satan wanted to bury all other angels, including himself, anyway, so he did not care about the deaths of his subordinates. Since it was a depraved God Grid that led the evil forces of destruction, those who lost their leaders died even if they survived the battle.

Only the Succubus Queen, Helliena, approached Yoo ll-han early and stood beside him to avoid her downfall.

"Fufufu, but now, you notice me, don't you?"

"Yeah. In the end, the only thing that died that day was only the higher-ranking beings sharing the record of Grid."

Of course, even if the world had undergone a lot of evolution, even if it was the true spirit of a single force, there was no case of a superior being existing from the moment of its birth.

Darew, who had a lot of mana concentrated and shared Yoo ll-han's records, was only close to it.

In other words, what Helliena wanted to show him was...

"Lower-ranked succubus?"

"Nice answer!"

Helliena slowly flapped her wings and said, "Actually, it hasn't been a while since I found out that these children existed. The days I have lived with you feel light. So, I forgot about Elio Cartra and then... fufufu."

Being embarrassed, she grabbed Yoo ll-han's hand and put their fingers together.

"I'm going to get married, so I suddenly think of the old days. So, when I came here, I saw the newborn children who originated from me."

Yoo ll-han looked at Helliena, who was talking while smiling shyly, and quietly nodded. Riera and Na Yoo-na also had a similar thing. But they didn't say that they had children they didn't notice here. Yoo ll-han felt proud of himself, as he had grown up.

"You care about your people."

"I was surprised to find out that you feel that way. Is there a place for those children in the world you rule?"

"Every life born deserves to live, Helliena. I will find a place for them."

"Babe!"

With a thrilling expression, Helliena held his hand firmer, ll-han's consideration of others moved her.

This woman has changed a lot, too, Yoo ll-han thought, but Helliena suddenly asked, "Babe, you don't ask anything about me. Aren't you curious?"

"Asking about the Succubus Queen's past. Isn't that too cruel for me, who loves you?"

Helliena laughed and nodded when Yoo ll-han spoke firmly, which was not his style.

"So, you won't tell me that you are not interested in me? What a relief!"

"So, a person who is always confident is pretending to be weak today, huh? No man in this world would have no interest in you."

"Including you?"

"I'm also a man."

"Fufufu"

In the past, the only reason Yoo ll-han was able to withstand Helliena's seduction was that he had a spirit that she couldn’t bend. Even appearance, which seemed to embody a man's ideals and desires perfectly, was indeed admirable. And now, he was well aware of her affection, which was overshadowed by her radiant appearance.

"I guess it's because we're about to have a wedding. Honey, I really don't look like me today, do I? The Succubus Queen is dead. After Helliena folded her wings and rushed into his arms to hug him. Yoo ll-han felt her body trembling slightly and gave her a tight hug.

"It's so warm, I'm relieved. Half of my life would have no meaning if I didn't meet you."

"Yeah, you should thank me."

"Yes, thank you. I love you, Babe."

Obedient Helliena had a different charm. It might be the Succubus Queen's new tactic, but now Yoo ll-han had no reason not to fall for her seductions. Especially because today she was the most attractive woman to him.

"Ah, are we arriving soon?"

"Yeah. I tried to make the environment as good as possible, but it's still a very rough place... Ah."

They arrived at Elio Cartra's dark and poisonous zone.

It was a place where all naturally born monsters had an evil appearance and temperament, giving off overflowing mana and venom to each other, and they were fighting from the moment they were born to the moment they died.

On the other side of the world, more hellish than the abyss, the children were lying in a huddle.

"Oh, Lady Helliena!"

"It's Lady Helliena!"

"Kyaaaa!"

They were welcoming Helliena with a big smile, and when they saw Yoo ll-han next to her, they were all embarrassed and hid.

"Is... is it a man?"

"That is a man?"

"A handsome man!"

"I guess it is a man. What should I do?!"

"My heart is pounding. Kyaa! Our eyes meet!"

Somehow it was like they were just seeing a man for the first time in their lives. When Yoo ll-han looked at Helliena with doubt, she nodded.

"The kids born in this world didn't have a chance to see a decent man. These children are the children who have barely lived until now by extracting and eating magical power from the world."

"Well, but thanks for coming here, Lady Helliena. Because of you, I could ingest a male's affection!"

"Even though it was tasteless."

"He is also handsome, which made me excited!"

Dangerous remarks were coming from here and there.

"Don't get me wrong, Babe. I just caught some monsters and forcibly extorted them."

"Don't you think I would misunderstand even more upon hearing that?"

"That's why."

Helliena grabbed Yoo ll-han's hand and activated her ability. He didn't defend on purpose, but soon he could feel a little energy draining from his hand.

"Did you feel it? That's the ability all Succubi have."

"Indeed."

"Of course, as you imagine, getting affection in that way is the most efficient and best for growth, but letting these kids take care of those monsters is annoying in many ways, isn't it?"

Yoo ll-han listened to Helliena's words and quickly looked at the Succubi in front of him. At a glance, the ones with velamen wings and heart-shaped tails could easily be recognized as 'Succubus’, but the problem was their appearance. They looked like children who were no older than ten years.

"You did a really good job, Helliena."

"Is that so?"

The children were using Yoo ll-han as an experiment. When he was talking with Helliena, they approached him carefully and touched him without warning.

ll-han stroked them one at a time and looked with his own eyes to count how many they were. They were a little less than a thousand.

"Let's find a way to make use of the children's abilities to improve the records."

"Yes, it's your world. Do whatever you want," Helliena replied to Yoo ll-han's response with a smile.

It may be an illusion, but he thought she might have been waiting for him to respond like this.

"Can I see you next time?"

"Yes. We will follow you soon."

"Thank you, Lady Helliena!"

"Yeah, yes, but don't look at my Babe too much!"

After talking with Mystic, Yoo ll-han had all the Succubus children gathered and sent to the castle. But the moment when only the two are left, Helliena suddenly said, "I'm the origin of lust, Babe. Everyone called me that way."

"All of a sudden, are you going to be a big baby again?"

"Fufu, I just wanted to tell you about my starting point."

Her eyes seemed to trace back to the distant past, the moment when God was born.

"I was the talent that both the Doomed Demon Army and the Legion of Radiance wanted, but I ended up under the command of Grid. However, to become the Legion of Radiance, I needed to be an angel once. Satan invited me to infiltrate heaven and seduce the angels to corrupt them. "

"It was such a great talent."

"Isn't it? I've got to monopolize that great existence. It’s okay to be proud."

Speaking playfully, she added with a more serious look, "Everyone, both lower-ranked and higher-ranked, desired me. To protect me from them, or to protect myself, I had to pretend I was born for lust from the start."

"That means-"

"It was the first time I met you, and I thought that maybe I wasn’t like this at first."

"Isn't it weird that a higher-ranked being changes their ego?"

Helliena laughed warmly while saying that. Yoo ll-han felt a feeling he had never felt before, looking at her pretty smile.

He could have defined what it was in words, but the moment he did, it would make its value drop, so he dared not.

"Because you weren't tempted by me. Because you didn't desire me, I know what it is to love without desire."

"Really?"

Yoo ll-han smiled when he looked at her smile and said, "At least I like you right now."

"Yeah... I thought I should leave the children to you. That's it. I’ve changed, so I believed that I could also change the children that originated from me."

Suddenly, Yoo ll-han's responsibility became heavy. But in this wide world, anyone couldn't have any use for heavy hearts.

He shook his heart with all his power and authority.

"Leave it to me, to your husband."

"Yeah, you’re reliable."

She looked back at the space where the little Succubus had stayed with a look as if she still wanted to say something, but it was not long before she took her eyes off it.

Then, she sneaked close to Yoo ll-han, and there was a sparkle in her eyes.

"So, can I look forward to tonight?"

"Even though you said you loved me without desire?"

"Seriously? It means I've realized what love is because of you! And desire is part of love!"

Yoo ll-han laughed again at the sight of Helliena beating him on the shoulder.

Riera, the goddess of love, would have laughed a lot if she had just heard her. It was really funny.

That night, the wedding was held as scheduled.

Helliena, wearing a pure white dress, was truly beautiful, and the young Succubus, who had been specially invited, clapped and cheered.

They really didn't want to leave the officiating to Satan, but now everyone was looking forward to him officiating the wedding, so they had no choice and left it to him.

Fortunately, only two candidates were left, Ertha and Mi-rae, so they decided on the next order in a relatively peaceful way.

The protagonist of the fourth wedding with Yoo ll-han would be Ertha.