ec2 (lust, glutton)

Thus, the most terrible thing,

Is the desire of mankind…

                                                                                   

           

            “Now, shall we dance?”

~•~

            Have you ever visited Asmodean?

            On the top of a hill in Asmodean, stood a grand mansion. There was a dark, dark forest surrounding it, making the mansion invisible from downhill. However you can see it when the lightning strikes – it would then look like those scary, haunted mansions in horror movies.

            But it wasn’t haunted at all. More like…

            A devil actually lives in it.

            Could it be, that because of him, a lot of women went missing?

~•~

            A woman dressed in pink opened the heavy entrance door awkwardly and stepped in. It was grand and looked a little scary, since the lightning was dim. She looked around as the door closed by itself, as if a ghost was there to close it.

            “Today another beautiful woman has come to see me…”

            She quickly turned and she saw a purple haired man walking to her with a smile. She, too, smiled brightly as if she was in heaven.

            “Let’s dance together in this harem, shall we…?”
                                                            ~•~

            And today women from all across the country will come to see him.

            Some lost their wives, some lost their daughters, and didn’t know what to do.

            Every night he would bring the one he likes to his basement…

            And slowly builds up his harem…

~•~

            “Surely a lot of women is missing now, no?”

            “I wonder where they went…”

            “What do we do? This can’t be the work of one person, so how do we track them?”

~•~

The cases of missing women 1

Lukana Octo (20, tailor)

Mikulia Greonio (18, florist)

Lolan Eve (32, dancer)

Mirigan Adi (28, fortune teller)

Hakua Netsuma (22, unemployed)

Sonika Sonic (19, aristocrat)

Priema Soap (30, domestic helper)

Liluem Tarner (24, baker)

Teto Cetera (31, soldier)

~•~

                        Smoke was puffing up from the mansion’s chimney to the dark sky. Inside, Sateriajis was standing before a fireplace, watching something burning inside.

            “What’s that?”

            He turned and saw a green-headed girl standing behind him, smiling. He looked back to the fireplace as she walked closer to it.

            “Nothing, really…”

            “You should burn it outside, you know…”

            He ignored her and kept looking the burning thing inside. He could faintly see the picture of a purple haired man burning in the fireplace, but he didn’t seem to really mind…

            Yes, this me, granted with that hideous face…

            He turned to the girl, who was still looking at the burning picture. She didn’t seem to notice what it really was, though. His memory then flew back to a time from long, long time, ago…

            “Do you remember when you called me… eggplant? When we were younger.”

            “Ah, you still remember?” the girl asked as she turned to him. “Come on, forget it already. It’s the past, right?”

            “…”

            “Hey, Sateriajis, you know, you look like a girl! Cut that hair and show you’re a man!”

            “Yes, and like an eggplant too!”

            …

            Yes, and it was since then…

            “Don’t you wish they will stop, boy? Tee-hee-hee…”

            The power to charm any woman…

            Yes, so that I wouldn’t have to bear the humiliation anymore…

~•~

            Panic broke out in the streets…

            “What do we do?” “More women are missing now!”

            Sitting within the crowd was a blue haired man, drinking something from a mug. He put down his cup and sighed loudly.

            Yufina…where are you?

~•~

The cases of missing women 2

Gumina Glassred (21, aristocrat)

Meilis Belzenia (22, 3^rd princess of Belzenia)

Mikina Olpria (19, widow)

Ann Lee Sweets (62, florist)

Neruneru Nerune (19, spy)

Rindo Blume (nun)

Yuki Kaina (unemployed)

Josephine Francois

Yufina Marlon (26, queen of Marlon)

~•~

            Sateriajis was walking downstairs when he saw the main door opened. A blonde woman in blue dress entered the room awkwardly as she looked around, like all the women did. It didn’t take long for them to notice each other. He walked to her and touched her long hair lovingly.

            “What a beautiful long hair you have, young…”

            Suddenly he could feel a sharp pain in his chest. He pulled himself back and he could see red stains on his clothes, and he fell down to the ground. When he looked up, what he saw was…

            “Take that for taking away my love!”

            Shortly after that, he could hear a lot of footsteps and thousands of pairs of feet running past him. The harem he built was collapsing, along with the women who left the mansion. One of them was bringing a long sword with her. Another pair of feet ran past him, then she stopped before the main door and turned to him. He slowly and painfully looked up to her, and what he saw was…

            The green-haired woman from his childhood…

            “Wait…” Gumina…

            Nevertheless, she left the mansion, leaving him alone, dying. He could do nothing but stayed and let his life ran out.

            I haven’t told you I love you…

~•~

           

            “Now, let’s eat!”

~•~

            Another last dinner has started in the grand mansion. All kinds of food have been served on the table and they look delicious…

            But with such an amount, who wouldn’t be sicken? They seemed to be enough for twenty…

            But instead of having twenty people attending the feast, there was only one lady sitting in front of the table. She was already eating some salad with an evil grin, as if she was trying to tell that she could eat up to fifty people’s portion. Or even more.

            Honor and praise her, the great Conchita!

            Every food in this world belonged to her!

            She took a piece of leek with blue powder on it, but she didn’t seem to care about it and tossed it into her mouth. She then smiled, satisfied, as if the blue powder was nothing more than a spice.

            “Nice!”

~•~

            “Your banana ala flambee, mistress.”

            The chef put a plate in front of his mistress, then he revealed the food, which Conchita quickly approached. She cut a piece for herself and ate it, then she smiled.            

            “Make it for dinner, alright?”
            “Yes, ma’am…”

            She looked at him, and it didn’t take long for her to notice something in his eyes…

            Worry.

            “Something wrong, Joseph?”

            “No, not really, mistress,” he answered. “I’m just wondering…”

            “Yes?”

            “Can I take vacations, ma’am?”
            “Vacations?”
            She took another piece of the dessert and put it into her mouth.

            “Why, all of sudden?”

            “My mother… is sick,” he answered sadly. “I’m just wondering if you’ll let me visit her…”
            “Oh, is she? What’s wrong with her?”
            The cook smiled, relieved and happy, knowing that his mistress cared and that his chances of getting a vacation to visit his old, frail mother, has increased.

            “I heard she couldn’t move at all. I’m worried…”
            “Oh, that doesn’t sound too good, is it?”

            However, the lady smiled wickedly and only gave him a rather evil grin.

            “So, you’ll let me starve here?”

            He quickly found himself at the loss of words, but he couldn’t give any argument.

            “Um…”

            “That’s cruel of you,” she said. “But it’s alright. So you’ll still make food for me tonight, right?”
            “…Yes.”

            She turned to him with an evil grin as she swallowed the food in her mouth.

~•~

            Another last dinner has started in the grand mansion. Thousands of plates of food were lined up on the long, mahogany table, as usual, waiting to be devoured.

            But something was different that night.

            There was a special dish that night, served in front of the lady who seemed like she couldn’t wait to devour it. She quickly grabbed the fork and started to eat the food.

            It was a very, very special salad, with some blue vegetables cooked along…

            “It’s good.”

            She turned to her butler who was standing next to her with a smile. She smiled and pulled his tie, forcing him to lean down to her.

            “I wonder… how you taste like?”
                                                                   ~•~

            “The mistress is definitely crazy!”

            “How can you still cook for her, like that, Rin?”

            “Oh,” the maid said with a sheepish smile. “It’s a duty, right?”
            “Yes, I know, but…” "She’ll eat you, too, one day!”

            “I’ll find a way to prevent that from happening, Miku.”

            “But…”

            “Don’t worry,” the maid said as she kept stirring the soup, filled with pink hairs, bones, meat, and blood. “Our duty is to serve our great master, after all.”

~•~

            “The mansion is empty now…”

            She stood in front of the mirror, looking at herself. She hasn’t changed from the Conchita she once knew – she only looked a little skinnier. She looked at herself for a while, letting thoughts bewildered in her mind.

            “What will I eat today? There’s no more food…”

            Wait.

            She looked at herself on the mirror, then she looked at her right hand and smiled.

            There’s still food.

~•~

            “Is this the place they talked about?”

            The woman in cloak entered the mansion, then she came across a table. She could see a red glass sitting on it, in front of the only chair in front of the table. She took the glass and walked deeper in.

            “I wonder… who the vessel is?”

            She kept walking for a while, until she came across an open door. She peeked in, and, oh, my, she saw…

            A lady, wearing red, without legs and only her right arm left. As if she has blucked the other limbs. There was a pool of blood around her body – must be her own blood.

            “Banica Conchita…”

            She could only shake her head as she walked out.

            “How terrible…”