Well, she knew she didn't want to go dark. The game was too real and would truly corrupt her soul. She considered the neutral options for a minute, but both required quite a lot of whoring around, and as good as sex felt now she wasn't sure how she felt like that. The light options were very interesting though. The two that stuck out at first were Charmer and Shadow Dancer. Shadow Dancer seemed hella powerful, and Charmer, well, she just liked the idea of being prettier. But something told her to consider Exchanger, and so she looked up its evolutions, Harem Queen and Light Demon. The Harem Queen could apparently form bonds with people through sex, and through that bond she could convey benefits like magic resistance, as well borrow their MP for spells. The ultimate party build, if she didn't mind fucking her whole party. The Light Demon though, had the ability to convey a MASSIVE stat boost to ONE bonded target, and gained good alignment points as long as she stayed monogamous. Additionally, if she got married and went for the race change to half-angel, she would have the option to turn her familiar into a cherub, a lesser angel. Obviously if she wanted to marry Luke that was the way to go.
She thought for a long time before realizing that she just couldn't lie to Luke. She selected the blue "Truth" button and reality unfroze. Luke was looking at her expectantly.
She hesitated. "I want to trust you, but I'm afraid you'll see me as a monster..."
"You're no monster, Lillian, no matter what you are. I know a good person when I meet them."
She smiled back nervously. "Alright, the truth then. The truth is...I am a monster, of sorts. I'm a half-succubus."
A game message appeared.
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Key Choice Results:
Good alignment: +35
XP +400(Level Up!)
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She'd deal with the level up later. For now she looked into his eyes searchingly. Would there be judgement? Fear? Or acceptance?
What she saw was confusion.
"A half-succubus? What's that? I've never heard of a succubus."
She almost laughed. "Your dear sheltered thing. A succubus is a kind of demon that feeds on men through sex. We can entrance them with our Charm skill and then devour their souls to gain power."
"Wow." said Luke. "I understand why you hide it. If anyone found out, you'd be killed."
"You won't tell?" she asked.
"Of course not, Lillian, but tell me, have you Charmed me?"
"Oh no! I never would," she said. "I've only ever actually used it once, actually, on a Bandit who wanted to kill me. If you were Charmed you wouldn't have any choice in things at all."
"Hmm. Are you SURE you haven't Charmed me? Because it feels like I have no choice but to want to care for you."
She blushed fiercely. "No, you silly boy. That's just you being a big sweet romantic."
"Oh?" he asked. "Then am I falling in love with a demon girl? I'll have to trust you won't take my soul, because if you wanted it it'd be yours."
Wait, was he implying he wanted to have sex? Now she was REALLY blushing. He leaned in, aiming for a kiss. If she let him kiss her, would he end up inside her? The idea was enough to have her breathing heavy. She stopped him with a hand on his chest. "Wait," she said. "First there's one more thing you should know. I...do not have a very pretty past. In truth, I'm not from Allyville. In truth, I lived most of my life in the flaremouse district of Broadberg. I started out in the orphanage there but, when it closed down I...I had to become a working girl."
He looked confused. "Everyone works?" he said.
She sighed in vexation. Sometimes he was TOO innocent. "I mean I was a prostitute, Luke. I started at 13, doing whatever a bunch of old perverts wanted me to do. It was horrible." It was too horrible, really. If she was only Lillian, she might not have had the will to get out of it. She'd been pretty broken. But Alex wasn't. In truth, her being was probably more of a female Alex than it was Lillian, and that fact had saved her.
Alex looked horrified, but she could tell he was horrified for her, not of her. "Oh." he said. After several moments he spoke again. "Lily, I'm so, so sorry you had to go through that, and I understand if you have damage that may make it hard to be with me as a result. Just...tell me what you want."