The Incubus System Chapter 1306. I Plead The Fifth
The Incubus System Chapter 1306. I Plead The Fifth
“Exactly,” Mia said, curling tighter around my leg. “You submitted.”
Miranda didn’t let go. “You ghost us for days and now complain we love too hard?”
“I didn’t complain! I—okay, fine. Can we just move this inside before someone calls an exorcist or viral DikDok account?”
Ruby peeked from the hallway. “Too late.”
Larry sipped his drink. “They’re not wrong.”
I groaned. “Ruby, help me out here.”
She blinked innocently. “I am helping. I’m documenting everything.”
She held up her phone.
“Smile.”
Flash.
Camila deadpanned. “Delete that.”
“Nope,” Ruby said. “Archiving it for the next intervention.”
Elenna finally stepped back, hands on hips, glossy slime hair shimmering under the porch light. “Honestly, Ethan. We don’t ask for much. Just basic harem courtesy. Text. Ping. Magical soul-scream. Something.”
“I’m sorry,” I muttered. “I… honestly didn’t expect to be gone that long.”
“It was three days,” I added weakly.
Olivia grabbed my collar. “Three silent days.”
I gave up. Fully collapsed onto the floor. “Just take me now.”
Emma crouched beside me and gently kissed my forehead. “We already did. Emotionally.”
“That’s not comforting, but thank you.”
Camila finally took mercy. “Alright girls. Inside. Now. Before the neighbors call the cops for suspicious hot-girl loitering.”
Mia nodded. “And it’s getting chilly. Ethan, you’re warm. I’m coiling around you later.”
“...Noted.”
We filed inside like a circus parade. My living room, which had just barely survived a pizza/Uno war, was now overrun with high heels, suitcases, and bickering.
Buni leapt from Celia’s lap to sniff Elenna’s shoes. Red barked at Olivia’s boots. Rave was still on my head.
Tiffany looked up from the couch. “Wow. That’s a lot of women. You collecting a new set?”
“They came pre-packaged,” I muttered.
Celia handed me a tissue. “Fix your lipstick, lover boy.”
“I don’t even wear lipstick!”
“You do now,” Larry added.
Puriel stepped out from the hallway, blinking. “Should I bless the room or purify the air?”
“No,” I deadpanned.
We all eventually flopped into the living room, some on the couch, some on the floor. Pizza still warm. Drinks flowing. Chaos everywhere.
But it was… warm.
Loud. Messy. Real.
I looked around.
Larry telling Olivia how he almost died in Uno.
Celia and Tiffany sharing a soda while glaring at Ruby.
Foxy sweeping silently behind the couch, murmuring something about “too many hormone levels.”
Camila rubbing my shoulder like I was still in battle.
Emma sitting close, her head resting lightly against mine.
Miranda curled near my legs, Mia coiled behind the couch like a supportive sea bean.
Puriel calmly sipping tea she didn’t even like.
I exhaled.
And for once, I didn’t feel like a walking disaster.
“…I missed this,” I murmured.
Miranda smiled. “Then don’t vanish again.”
“Yeah,” Ruby whispered, her breath way too close to my ear, “or next time, I’ll drag you from your world. Chain and all.”
I cringed. Not even discreetly.
And then she winked—winked—like this was cute. Like stalking across realms was just Tuesday flirtation.
Behind me, Larry mumbled, “This is why I don’t date demon girl.”
I looked at him. “She was human.”
“She was never a human… I stand by my statement.”
Still, I tried to defuse the tension. “Look, I didn’t mean to vanish. I mean seriously—it wasn’t my fault. I even asked if you guys wanted to join our Uno game earlier—remember that? But you said Uno cards don’t work with this many people!”
Ruby smirked like a cat that already tipped over the vase. “That’s because you’re playing it wrong.”
Celia folded her arms. “Yeah. Uno isn’t chaos enough.”
“Too many rules,” Olivia added, her boot tapping the tile.
“Too slow,” said Pearl, flipping a tentacle like it was hair.
“Too mundane,” Diamond sniffed. “I demand bloodsport.”
“…What?”
“Joking.” Well, I didn’t think she was.
Then Ruby clapped her hands. “Let’s just play something better. Truth or Dare.”
Oh no.
The entire room went quiet.
Even Buni twitched one ear like he sensed a trap.
“Wait—” I started.
But too late.
They’d already circled the living room. Half of them lounging on pillows. The other half perched like sexy predators around the couch. Tentacles curling, tails flicking, eyes glowing.
And me?
In the middle.
Like the sacrificial lamb in a horror romcom.
I swallowed hard. “Fine. But we keep it PG-13. Agreed?”
Ruby pouted. “That’s no fun.”
I pointed to Larry. “We have a human audience, okay? A delicate, emotionally scarred, dramatic human audience.”
Larry was already curled up on the beanbag chair with a soda. “Please. I get nosebleeds just watching anime.”
Ruby gave him a look so sharp, it shaved off three years of his life span.
“I’m sorry,” Larry squeaked, shielding his drink like it would protect him.
“Okay okay,” I muttered. “Let’s just start.”
Celia pulled out her phone, opened a spin-the-bottle app—because of course she had that—and set it down.
The bottle spun.
It landed on me.
Immediately.
Of course it did.
Emma giggled. “Truth or Dare?”
“…Truth.”
Groans all around.
Ruby rolled her eyes so hard they nearly entered another dimension. “You’re so boring.”
Olivia grunted. “Let him warm up.”
“Fine,” Emma said, clearly planning my psychological demise. “Who do you think is the hottest in the room?”
My soul visibly left my body.
“Uh…”
Diamond leaned forward, cleavage practically a war crime.
Camila sipped the wine she brought from her car with the casual elegance of a landmine.
Ruby tilted her head, all innocence with knives in her eyes.
Mia’s coils tightened just enough around my ankle to say ‘choose wisely, Ethan.’
And then Celia, my sister, locked eyes with me like say ‘me, me, me! Choose me!!!’
I panicked.
“I plead the fifth.”
“There’s no fifth!” Pearl shouted.
“This is Truth or Dare, not court!” Miranda added.
“Fine!” I held up both hands. “You're all attractive. I am drowning in danger and beauty. Happy?”
Diamond looked smug. “I’ll allow it.”
Next spin. It landed on Ruby.
Emma grinned. “Truth or Dare?”
Ruby didn’t even blink. “Dare.”
Oh no.