Dr. Magi's eyes slowly fluttered open.
His body felt heavy, his head spinning. His breath was weak and shallow. Every part of him ached, like he had been through months of endless pain.
He blinked and looked around.
He was inside his hidden base, a big laboratory — inside his personal room.
"Was... all of that a dream?" he mumbled to himself.
To check, he pinched his arm. Pain shot through his skin. His heart sank.
That meant it was all real.
Panic filled his chest as he sat up quickly, breathing hard. Sweat dripped down his face as he staggered toward the door.
"Hah… What a nightmare… There's no way she could find me here. Not even true dragons know about this place!" he whispered to himself, trying to calm his beating heart.
He ran as fast as he could, heading toward his brother — Dr. Raki.
Even if it was just a dream, he had to confirm it. He had to know whether it was just his sixth sense warning him or something even worse — a glimpse of the future.
But just as he was about to open the door, he stopped.
He heard voices — Dr. Raki and Asmodeus were talking.
"You're right… I don't need him anymore," Dr. Raki said, his tone cold and filled with disgust. "He's useless now. All he can do is help with the research and claim we're equals. It's better if Scarlett tortures him. She'll feel like she's getting her revenge and that'll make her stronger."
Asmodeus chuckled. "It's good that you understand."
Dr. Magi's eyes widened in shock.
"No... my instincts were right..." he whispered, stepping back in fear.
But as he did, he lost his balance and fell backward, hitting the ground with a loud thud.
His heart stopped for a moment.
He looked up — and saw them.
Both Asmodeus and Dr. Raki were standing right in front of him now, their faces twisted into twisted, evil grins.
Dr. Raki stepped closer, laughing.
"Haha… Doesn't matter if you heard or not, brother. You'll still be of some use."
BAM!
With those words, he lifted a heavy hammer and slammed it down on Dr. Magi's head.
Dr. Magi's world turned black as he fell unconscious, his body limp on the floor.
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Dr. Magi's eyes slowly opened again.
He found himself sitting on a plain white chair inside a white square room. The room was glowing with soft white light, though there was no lamp or bulb in sight. It felt like the walls themselves were glowing.
The cold floor beneath him was stained red — a large pool of dried blood.
His blood.
And yet, somehow, he was still alive. Not a single limb was missing. No pain, no wounds. He touched his body, confused.
He remembered now.
Scarlett had healed him each time, again and again, no matter how badly he was hurt. No matter how much he bled, she would bring him back.
His eyes trembled with rage as the memories came crashing back.
"Yes… I remember now…" he whispered through clenched teeth. His fists trembled.
"They betrayed me… That bastard of a brother… I'll kill him… I'll kill them all…"
He started to laugh — slow at first, then louder, until it echoed like madness through the white walls.
"Hahaha… Everyone will die… All of them…!"
His voice cracked, and his laughter turned into a scream of a man on the edge of breaking down completely.
In the corner of the room, someone was silently watching.
Kroenen stood there, leaning against the smooth wall, arms crossed and his face calm. His eyes, however, were cold — like he had seen this madness too many times.
He stared at Dr. Magi, who was now acting like a lunatic.
"Your ability, 'Perfect Dream', is terrifying," Kroenen said in a quiet voice. "And it's not even a unique skill."
A soft chuckle came from the other side.
"It's something all succubi are born with," Lunatic replied, stepping forward from the shadows with a smug look on her face. "Normally, it only lets us give pleasure in someone's dreams and take their energy to make ourselves stronger…"
She flicked her long, dark hair behind her shoulder.
"But I'm the succubus queen of this generation after all!",
That was the truth.
Everything Dr. Magi had experienced so far — the pain, the fear, the betrayal, the humiliation — none of it was real.
He was trapped in a dream.
A dream so perfect, so detailed, it touched all five of his senses. It was as if he had truly lived those horrors.
And all of it was created by Lunatic's 'Perfect Dream'.
Unlike normal succubi, who could only cause small illusions or emotional influence, Lunatic had taken his most memories and twisted them. She dug deep into his mind, pulled out his key memories, and mixed them with terrifying lies — making him live one nightmare after another.
She did it because she had a reason.
She wanted to know about Asmodeus and Dr. Raki's future plans. Scarlett had already told her everything about her own past, and after hearing it, Lunatic's blood had started boiling with rage.
But something was strange.
Whenever she tried to see memories related to Asmodeus or Dr. Raki, those memories were hidden — sealed off — like someone or something was influencing it from joy showing up.
It made her even angrier.
So she pushed harder. She made Dr. Magi dream of things worse than death.
She made him run from terrifying creatures with too many eyes and too many teeth.
She made him see his beloved human wife that he married long ago cheating on him — laughing while sleeping with Asmodeus and Dr. Raki, and sometimes with many men at once.
She made him dream that he had become a woman — only to be caught and used by wild, filthy orcs from the human kingdom. These orcs didn't speak, didn't think — they only lived to eat and mate.
She made him eat vomit. Crawl in mud. Chew on insects. Tear his own skin.
It was all a dream.
But it felt real.
Too real.
So real that even after Lunatic told him it wasn't, his mind refused to believe her. His body remembered every second of pain, every taste of dirt, every moment of shame and fear.
Now, Dr. Magi sat in silence, broken and confused.
He no longer knew what was real and what was not.
He was close — very close — to completely losing his mind.
But his suffering didn't end there. Kroenen was just as cruel—maybe even worse. He used Dr. Magi like a test subject. A human dummy.
He tested his deadly magic spells, practiced stealth killing techniques, and even tried out his unique skill on him without any hesitation.
Sometimes, Kroenen made him drink strange poisons, only to give him the antidote afterward just to see if there were any strange effects.
To them, Dr. Magi wasn't a person anymore—just a tool for experiments and torture.
His life had become a living nightmare.
He couldn't even tell who was hurting him anymore. It was like they were all taking turns.
Sometimes it was Lunatic, using her twisted dreams.
Sometimes it was Kroenen, with cold eyes and deadly methods.
Sometimes it was Scarlett, full of hatred.
And sometimes, someone else would show up and make things worse.
It never stopped.
To him, it felt like years had passed…
But in truth, it had only been two weeks. Just two weeks.
And then, Scarlett killed him again—calmly, without a trace of sympathy.
She stored his dead body inside her spatial inventory… and even trapped his fallen soul inside.
"Already? Did he get tortured enough?" Lunatic stood behind Scarlett with a pout on her lips and a sigh in her voice. "I wanted to torture him a bit more…"
But Scarlett slowly turned toward her with a chilling smile.
Even though her purple blindfold covered her eyes, anyone could feel the cold hatred burning behind it.
"End?" she said, her voice slightly higher than usual—but filled with deep anger.
"There's no way this is the end. I'll torture him every time I have a spare moment.
Whenever I'm bored, or free, I'll tear him apart again and again.
And not just him—I'll do the same to his precious companions.
Especially that bastard, Asmodeus.
As long as I'm alive, none of them will ever be free."
Lunatic shivered as a small chill ran down her spine.
"Scary…" she thought, swallowing nervously and saying nothing.
But at the same time, a strange feeling rose inside her chest.
She couldn't help but admire Scarlett even more.
"She's looks even more sexy when she's angry... I think I'm falling for her all over again," Lunatic thought, blushing slightly as a strong urge filled her heart.
She wanted to hug Scarlett, kiss her, and shower her with love on a soft bed.
But then she snapped out of it, shaking her head quickly, remembering even though she was half human and succubus queen, She was still a succubus who's topic Always ends on sexual things.
Meanwhile, Scarlett's expression returned to normal, calm and serious again.
"I've already kept Miss Lilith waiting for two whole weeks," she said to herself.
"I need to learn from her and grow stronger fast. There's still so much to do. I have to check on Aoto too… make sure everything is going well over there. No, this isn't the time to get lost in revenge. I have to focus on the present first."
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I actually wanted to write four chapters, and was supposed to continue the volume 2 yesterday but many things happened and I got late.
Also I had to cut down chapters to two, since I wanted to spare some things for future.
Btw I wonder if I done these two chapters right and it felt like he was getting tortured?
Also I'm thinking of starting volume two from the day after after tomorrow, Let's hope everything goes right.
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