The Incubus System Chapter 1552. Friend?

The Incubus System Chapter 1552. Friend?

I studied it. “And that's why you're hiding here? Because they rejected you?”

“Because I wanted peace.”

The answer came without hesitation.

I looked around the endless void.

There were no cities. No people. No laughter. No voices except ours. Nothing resembling a home. Only fragments of broken landscapes floating through an ocean of darkness. And this creature. Alone. For who knew how long.

I slowly exhaled. “You sacrificed yourself.”

The enormous eye remained fixed on me.

“You wanted peace so badly that you abandoned everything else. And now look at you.”

Several tentacles stopped moving.

“You're lonely,” I continued. “You have no one to talk to. Nothing to look forward to. No one waiting for you. You don't even have a goal anymore.”

The creature didn't respond immediately.

For a moment, I wondered whether I'd gone too far. Insulting an ancient being capable of crushing dimensions probably wasn't my brightest survival strategy.

Then it spoke. “I have a goal now.”

I blinked. “Oh? What is that?” I narrowed my eyes suspiciously. “Don't tell me it's peeking at my sex life.”

The enormous pupil focused on me. “Yes.”

I recoiled. “WHAT?!”

The creature remained perfectly serious.

I stared at it in absolute disbelief. Here I was, attempting to have a meaningful philosophical conversation with an ancient entity about loneliness, rejection, and the cruelty of existence. And apparently its grand new purpose was watching an incubus enjoy himself.

“I find your relationships fascinating,” he added.

“That doesn't make it better!” I argued.

“They willingly approach you. They touch you. They desire you.”

I closed my eyes. “Yes, because we have relationships!”

The creature fell silent. “Why do they not fear you?”

I lowered my hand. That question was different. I looked at its enormous body again. Maybe it genuinely didn't understand. Maybe after existing alone for so long, the idea of someone willingly approaching a creature considered unnatural was incomprehensible.

I sighed. “Some of them were afraid of me at first. But they got to know me. We talked. We spent time together. We learned about each other. That's how relationships work.”

The creature remained silent.

“You can't expect people to love you just because you exist,” I continued. “You have to give them a reason to trust you.”

Its tentacles shifted slowly. “And if they reject me?”

“Then find someone else.” The answer came naturally. “Not everyone will like you. That's normal. But hiding forever guarantees nobody gets the chance.”

For a while, the creature said nothing. Then its enormous eye softened slightly. Or perhaps I imagined it. “I do not promise I will help you.”

I raised an eyebrow. “Help me with what?”

“Your coming war. I have no intention of interfering unless I choose to.”

“Fair enough.” I wasn't expecting a cosmic bodyguard. Although… Actually, having something this enormous on my side would be incredibly useful.

Imagine Aurelion preparing some grand celestial declaration, only for a tentacle the size of a mountain to appear behind his throne. But I kept that thought to myself.

The creature continued. “However… I want a friend.” The enormous eye remained fixed on me. “You can be my friend.”

I opened my mouth. My immediate answer was no. I already had enough strange people in my life. I didn't need to add an eldritch monstrosity that treated my bedroom activities like premium entertainment. But then I stopped.

This creature had warned me about Nathan. It hadn't attacked me. It apparently understood the spaces between dimensions better than anyone I'd encountered. And despite its terrifying appearance, it seemed genuinely interested in something other than destroying the universe.

Besides… I looked at its enormous eye. There was something strangely pitiful about the request. Not pathetic. Just lonely. A being older than the three realms, asking someone like me for friendship.

I exhaled. “Fine. What exactly do you want if we're going to be friends?”

Its tentacles moved. “I will spend time with you.”

I frowned. “Doing what?”

“Whatever you do with your friends.”

I considered that.

Eating? Talking? Playing games? Watching movies?

Larry would either worship this thing or immediately challenge it to an anime debate. Possibly both.

“I will visit you occasionally,” the creature added.

I froze. “Visit?”

I slowly looked up. At its gigantic body, the countless tentacles, the smaller eyes scattered across its surface, the immense silhouette that made entire buildings seem insignificant. Then I looked back at its main eye. “In that form? No.”

The creature tilted its eye. “No? Why not?”

I spread my arms. “LOOK AT YOURSELF!”

The surrounding void trembled faintly. “You're bigger than half my city! Where exactly am I supposed to put you? My backyard? Do you understand what would happen if you appeared above the city looking like that?”

Its pupil narrowed thoughtfully.

I pointed at one of its tentacles. “That thing alone could flatten several neighborhoods!”

“I can shrink.”

I stared at it. “If you mean appearing in your usual form, with that eyeball hovering behind me wherever I go, that's also a no.”

The enormous pupil narrowed slightly. “Why?”

“Because people will be terrified of you!”

Honestly, imagine walking through campus with a floating eldritch eyeball following me around. I already had enough trouble maintaining my human identity without introducing a cosmic nightmare as my newest companion.

“I can pretend to be a creature from the Human World,” it replied. “Something small.”

I considered that. “Fine. But there's one more condition. You are absolutely forbidden from peeking at my sex life.”

“I find it interesting.”

I cringed. “Do you want a girlfriend or something?”

“No. I want a friend. I have no sexual desire to participate in activities like yours. However, I enjoy observing them.”

I slowly rubbed my forehead. Wait. So this ancient cosmic entity had absolutely no interest in experiencing intimacy itself, but enjoyed watching other people?

“Hold on. So you basically enjoy watching p*rn, but you don't want to do any of it yourself?”

The enormous eye tilted. “What is p*rn?”

I stared at it. Then sighed. “I'll assume that's a yes.”