Chapter 20: A Tail Tantrum and a Sweet Strategy
“What’s with you?”
Evening study hall.
Gao Ye sprawled lazily on his desk, eyeing the listless Luo Su. “You’ve been out of it all day. Took the wrong meds?”
“You’re the one on wrong meds…”
Luo Su sighed again. Her reputation in front of Jiang Ning? Probably done for. And in dreams… ugh, no chance either—without the phone password, she couldn’t delete that photo.
“Alright, alright.”
Gao Ye waved it off, used to her occasional emo spells. Last time, she was down for weeks, then vanished off-campus.
He always figured…
Maybe Luo Su got up to pee at night and fell into the toilet. What else could make someone that depressed?
“Phew…”
Luo Su gazed at the darkening sky outside.
The study hall lights shrank her shadow. What now? Was she doomed to visit them in dreams every night…
Her tail curled anxiously around her wrist at the thought, but breakfast money… she’d spent it all on candies!
Skipping breakfast sucked.
“Maybe… in dreams, I just tough it out?”
The thought made her shiver—her tail nearly came loose!
“Nope, still…”
Her eyes lit up, recalling the pink rope in Jiang Cha’s closet. “Tie them both up!”
Then she’d…
Her face flushed red, but her tail nodded honestly.
Perfect, let’s review!
Luo Su grabbed paper and pen. Known: her “spawn point” was close to the closet, but she failed to grab a weapon in seconds.
“Jiang Cha’s a light sleeper…”
She scribbled, “If I get close, she wakes up fast. Prioritize Jiang Ning.”
“What’re you doing?”
Gao Ye leaned over curiously. Luo Su, not looking up, mumbled, “Game strategy.”
“Fun?”
“Super—boring! Go sleep!”
“…”
When her ears finally had peace, Luo Su’s face was tomato-red. She’d just been thinking: after tying up Jiang Ning…
Do this or that…
Or both at once…
“By the way,” Gao Ye popped back, “weekend flyer job—you in?”
“In, totally in!”
Luo Su didn’t care about the scare. “East mall?” Their sample cakes and kanto-dango were so good.
Work and free samples~
“Yup!”
Gao Ye nodded, gesturing proudly. “Two days of work beats grinding in games!”
“Like?” Luo Su blinked.
Gao Ye grinned. “Two days, I grind out a Black Zetsu, add Yoruichi and Slug, and gross out everyone in the duel arena!”
Luo Su: “???”
What a guy! So vicious! Hehe, she’d borrow his account later.
After settling the job schedule,
Luo Su happily skipped out of class—as a day student, skipping one period was her privilege to bolt early!
“And…”
“Tonight, I’ll sound the counterattack horn!”
Luo Su was pumped.
She raised her wrist to the moon. The heart on her tail seemed pinker lately. “What’s with this…”
She poked it.
“W-wah!”
“Same old… feeling.”
Hopefully, no more weird stuff. Last time, that embarrassing sweet scent made her head spin.
Luckily,
No big issues by the time she got home.
Yawning hugely, Luo Su’s tiny frame aimed for her soft bed. But a round orange cat had claimed her pillow.
“Hulu, get off!”
She poked the cat’s soft, purring belly. “Pets should know their place!”
“Meow~”
Hulu flicked its big tail, sniffing her wrist before lazily flopping to the floor.
“Bad cat!”
Luo Su pouted, shaking her flattened pillow. So mean! She’d never squished it like that.
“But…”
Glancing at her slender tail, a wild thought hit. “No way… does Hulu think the tail’s its master?!”
She tested, loosening her tail,
Wiggling it in front of Hulu’s face. She didn’t realize—for a cat, this was irresistible…
So Hulu pounced!
“W-wah!”
Tears welled as Luo Su’s body twitched pitifully. “Bad Hulu, let go! You’ve got your own tail!”
“Meow?”
Hulu shook the taut tail, then rubbed against her innocently.
“Ugh…”
Clutching her ravaged tail, Luo Su whimpered, glaring at the orange cat. Finally, it let go.
Fuming, Luo Su chomped Hulu’s fluffy tail—only to get a mouthful of fur, nothing else.
“Meow~” Hulu tilted its head, coming closer.
“Wah!” Luo Su broke, shoving her pillow forward. “Take it, take it! Sleep somewhere else, no biting my tail!”
“Meow~”
Hulu got it, rubbing the pillow happily, spreading it on the floor, and curling up contentedly.
“…”
Luo Su’s face flushed, tears glistening, as she pitifully blew on her tail, especially the heart with faint teeth marks.
“Why, as a mighty succubus…”
“I can’t beat taller girls, fine… but even Hulu can bully me to tears?”
Okay, she’d already cried.
No need to guess—she was pissed. Sniffling, she studied her tail in the mirror—the only non-human part of her.
Now curled up pitifully.
“If it has no special powers…” She tugged the heart, muttering, “I’ll, I’ll…”
After thinking hard,
She flopped onto the bed, giving up. “Forget it, I’m too smart for this!”
Bullying her tail was just bullying herself!
No matter how mad, she couldn’t be mad at herself!
(Being a succubus is so hard…)
“Better treat myself with a candy~”
“Hmph!”
Luo Su’s pink tongue licked a candy, eyes sparkling, tail perking up. “So sweet!”
She counted carefully.
Over thirty candies—five a day, a whole week!
And…
This weekend’s job would earn tons, enough for breakf—no, more candies!
Luo Su did the math.
One candy could wipe out a night’s exhaustion. Normally, breakfast money could buy three candies!
Saving two-thirds!
“Hmph.”
Grabbing her towel, Luo Su decided to shower, then follow her strategy to exact dream revenge!