Editing Monster Girl Encyclopedia World Guide I: Fallen Maidens (section)

==Monster Society (p62)==
===The monsters' jobs===
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|content = Most of the so-called “wild monsters” that live in forests, mountainous regions, etc. fundamentally don't have a specific job, however, those monsters that live in monster villages and monster-friendly states, etc. do have specific jobs, and many of those belonging to organizations such as the Mamono Lord's army, etc. have specific duties. It's possible for most monsters to use their high abilities and special powers to work highly efficiently, but we can't say they work diligently. Since their #1 priority is having sex with human men, they tend to neglect work, etc. and most monsters go home immediately to have sex with their husband as soon as the minimum amount of required work is finished.

Of course, many of them frequently take off from work to have sex with their husbands all day long, but those who also hardly show their faces in the first place, and basically stay at home having sex with their husbands every day, aren't few in number either. Perhaps because many of the monsters have long life spans, they have an extremely rough grasp of time compared to humans. It is said that oftentimes, several days pass while they are having sex before they realize it, when they were originally planning to only have sex with their husband until morning, and go to work the next day.

In this way, many of the monsters have jobs, but they lead disorderly lives; however, it is hardly ever viewed as problematic. For the monsters, it's natural to prioritize pleasure and sex with men. Also, since all monsters generally lead lives that prioritize pleasure and sex in this way, the same goes for everyone, so it can't be helped. Even those rare monster races that are overly serious and picky about time lose themselves once they're having sex with their husband, so that work, etc. totally slips their mind, and they end up holed up inside their homes continuing to have sex with their husband, so they can't be too hard on their colleagues.

There's another reason why they have so little interest in work. It's because they have little interest in “money.” For them, money is used for buying food, and products to improve their sex lives with their husband such as drugs, magic items, clothes, etc., and they also need it to negotiate with humans, etc. but it's possible for them to survive on just the energy they get through having sex with men in the worst-case scenario, even if they don't have normal food. Also, since most monsters think it's enough as long as they can live with their husband, the only other thing they need is a certain amount of goods for improving their sex life with their husband.

However, it's another story if the compensation for the job is a “human man.” For those monsters who still don't have husbands yet, it's the compensation they're most interested in. If it's for the sake of obtaining a human man, they'll use every ability they possess and work with extreme fervor.

For example, the knights, etc. of the Mamono Lord’s army are told that they can do as they please with captured male prisoners, and they pride themselves on high morale. If the soldiers of the Order attack, their first thought is that a bunch of good, rugged men are coming to become their husbands. They joyfully engage in battle using all their power to capture the soldiers. Also, there are brothels that help with finding a husband, inns aimed towards human men where it's possible to take home a monster employee, or conversely, where monster employees take home human male customers, and also restaurants, etc. They have a great reputation because monsters provide great service in order to charm men, and the prices are low, etc.

As of the present, aside from the many stores that exist in monster-friendly territories, surprisingly, there are even some in anti-monster states where the monsters disguise themselves as humans, and many of the men who visit these stores end up going off somewhere with the monsters and vanishing. However, in the case where a reward is a man, there is also a problem with needing to frequently replace staff because most monsters lose their motivation for the job entirely after getting a man.

We can't say the monsters are very serious about work, but in the Mamono Realm and monster-friendly states, etc. many individuals run shops to earn a little money and for personal amusement. Especially in the Mamono Realm, most of the shops strongly reflect the personal interests and tastes of the monsters who run them. For example, “[[alraune |alraune]]” confectionery shops sell desserts made from stuff like “[[Alraune Nectar|alraune nectar]]” and “[[Prisoner Fruit|prisoner fruits]],” etc. that are normally used to enhance the monsters' beauty and devilishness, “[[merrow]]” inns provide fantastic sleeping quarters that are almost like being at the bottom of a calm sea due to interior decorating with magic that reflects the sea and rooms overflowing with Poseidon's energy. There are also many other shops overflowing with the monster's individual character, such as the children's clothing store under the direct management of Sabbath, etc. They sell children's clothes enchanted with lewd spells that are made for the sake of putting adults to shame when it comes to seducing men. However, even in individual stores such as these, the monsters' disorderly nature rears its ugly head. Oftentimes business hours are short, and they take days off randomly.

In addition, although monsters neglect work to have sex with men, since their Mamono Lord has her mamono mana linked with that of all monsters. When the monsters have sex, obtain mana, and store power, the Mamono Lord’s power grows slightly more potent. Furthermore, every time the monsters gain strength and increase in number, the amount of mamono mana naturally released into the air increases, the Mamono Realm grows richer because of it, and expands rapidly. For that reason, we can even say that in a certain sense having sex is the monsters' real job, and they're doing one hell of a job as the Mamono Lord's subjects, aren't they?
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===The Monsters' Hierarchy and the Mamono Lord===
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Among the monsters, there are many individualists who think mainly about themselves and their husbands and many collectivists who mainly think about the group. For that reason, many of the monsters move variously according to what they want to do, and they have a hard time forming orderly organization and groups in the way that humans do. Yet even they have a firmly established hierarchy, and the relationship between the monsters and their absolute ruler the Mamono Lord is exemplary of that.

Monster society is basically meritocratic. The monsters can accumulate power by obtaining mana, but we can say that aside from some exceptional individuals, power is determined by race to a certain degree. For that reason, hierarchical status is generally often determined by the race of birth. For example, “[[mummy |mummy]]“ normally serve under “[[anubis]]” and “[[sphinx]]”, and “[[Baphomet|baphomets]]” almost always become bosses of Sabbath that rule “[[Witch|witches]]”. In addition, the members of the highest-ranked race of the lamia family “[[echidna]]” have higher positions than the lower-ranked races “[[medusa]]” and “[[lamia]].”

However, the hierarchical relationships aren't ones of absolute obedience like they were in the age of the former Mamono Lords. As of the present, the hierarchical relationships have become extremely loose. In the age of the former Mamono Lords, lower-ranked monsters were practically treated like slaves by the higher-ranked monsters, but in the present, it's entirely formal during times such as when maintaining a dungeon, capturing men as a group, or battling the forces of the Order. Outside of such situations, they mostly have a basically equal relationship.

But even so, organizations such as the Mamono Lord’s army and Sabbath, etc. do definitely observe a hierarchy, but although the monsters respect and love the higher-ranked monsters, the lower-ranked monsters don't absolutely obey the higher-ranked monsters, and the higher-ranked monsters don't restrict the lower-ranked monsters. Especially when it comes to squabbles over human men, rank is meaningless, and they compete equally as individual females for the right to mate first with the male. If lower rank monsters were given orders that interfere with them having sex with men, they would of course express displeasure, and it's also understood that the higher rank monsters should refrain from issuing orders that get in the way of the lower rank monsters having sex with men. In the age of the former Mamono Lords, lower-rank monsters would often kill higher-rank monsters and steal their positions, but as of the present, since the monsters' hierarchical relationships are loose, and they lack a lot of interest in things other than sex, such killing no longer occurs at all.

The “Mamono Lord” who is considered to be an absolute being by the monsters is an exception to the rule of vague, loose hierarchical relationships. She reigns supreme over the monsters. Fear and respect towards the Mamono Lord is imprinted in their instinct. All of the monsters are subordinate to the Mamono Lord, and they know from birth that the Mamono Lord's energy flows within them.

In the age of the former Mamono Lords, the Mamono Lord ruled the monsters through terror and fear using its immense power, but, appropriately for a succubus, the current Mamono Lord rules the monsters by giving them more pleasure and happiness. The current Mamono Lord doesn't bind the monsters through power and laws, but the Mamono Lord and the monsters are linked through mamono mana, and the monsters are strongly influenced by her, so it's possible for them to know her will to a certain degree. Formerly even the Mamono Lord position was decided by monsters killing each other. New Mamono Lords rose to power through rebellions, but the current Mamono Lord prefers pleasure, and doesn't like killing, and because of the way she rules, the monsters of the present have no desire whatsoever to rebel. They gladly obey her will, have sex with men, and enjoy pleasure. Most of the monsters indulge in pleasure every day and thank the Mamono Lord that they are able to become intimate with men, and many of them are also infatuated with her ideals. To monsters like that, the Mamono Lord is a being equivalent to a god.

In this way, the Mamono Lord is an absolute being to all monsters, but even though they're subjects of the Mamono Lord, there are also a few exceptions. Take the monsters that dwell in “Zipangu” for example. They have great respect for the Mamono Lord, but they don't identify themselves as the Mamono Lord’s underlings. Many of them obey powerful local monsters more than the Mamono Lord.

In the same way, monsters who are adherents of the “Fallen God” respect the Mamono Lord and feel grateful towards her, but their master is the “Fallen God”. Their thoughts and actions are based more on the teachings of the “Fallen God” rather than the Mamono Lord's will.
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===Monster related religions / gods===
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In this world, the most well-known god is the “Chief God”, who is regarded as the creator god. Most humans are zealous followers of the Chief God, but because her doctrine is hostile towards monsters, of course, there are almost no monsters who have faith in the Chief God. However, the Chief God isn't the only being that is called a god. There are various gods under the Chief God, and since they're not monolithic, they're not necessarily hostile towards the monsters. The neutral “God of Fighting, Ares” and “Goddess of Love, Eros” even have monster adherents. Also, these gods are said to grant blessings and protection to those who have faith in them, even monsters. In addition, many of the gods related to art and recreation are also regarded as neutral.

Quite a few of the gods have even taken the Mamono Lord’s side. There's the previously mentioned “Fallen God”, and the “God of the Sea, Poseidon” who is worshiped by all those who live in the sea, etc. These gods also have an extremely high number of monster adherents.

Additionally, sometimes not only divinities, but monsters are also treated as gods. It's especially common in Zipangu which is beyond the reach of the Order's forces. Many monsters are regarded as gods and worshiped by humans such as powerful “[[inari]]“, and “[[ryu]]” that are regarded as water gods, etc. Even in lands under the control of the Order's forces, there are a few monster faiths such as the “elemental faith” where monster elementals that changed into monsters from pure elementals, and even dark elementals are all worshiped as gods, and the “snake god faith” that worships “echidna” the mother of monsters as a god, etc. Many monster faiths are different than the faiths of ordinary gods. Many of them have a doctrine that's in line with the monsters' values. Human men are offered up as sacrifices to the monster gods, and in exchange for that, rituals, etc. are performed to convert the human women into gods (monsters). Monster faiths such as these are treated as heretical and blasphemous, and since they are fiercely persecuted by the Order, they are mostly practiced in secrecy underground and in hidden villages, etc.

Below I'll simply introduce the gods worshipped by monsters, and the doctrine of the monster faiths. Additionally, I introduce the snake god faith in detail on p.90.
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====Fallen God====
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A faith that is governed by the “Fallen God”, a high-rank god who became completely depraved and received mamono mana in her body, that believes the true form of living things is when they're drowning in pleasure and falling. The devotees of the Fallen God are humans and monsters that fell through pleasure and chose the path of falling even further. It's regarded as virtuous to expose all of one's desires or catch all of a partner's desires with one's body. Conversely, concealing desire and enduring through abstinence is regarded as taboo. For that reason, as for the subordinates of the Fallen God, “[[Dark Angel|dark angels]]”, and her worshipers “[[Dark Priest|dark priests]]”, when they spot puritanical humans, they thoroughly pleasure them and make them fall. If it's a human woman, they'll change her into a “dark priest”.

The female devotees’ desire is to aim their lewd desires at men, and have men aim their lewd desires at them. As far as they're concerned, the thick milky white stuff released by men is desire itself, an extremely sacred liquid. As for their black robes, they wear them because they like having their entire bodies showered with semen, and the white stands out most against the black, so they can strongly feel themselves being sullied, painted, and covered in thick milky white desire. As for those who awaken to the teachings of the Fallen God, many of them awaken to the faith when they are changed into monsters by having sex with her devotees and the doctrine is instilled in their bodies and hearts, but when adherents of the Chief God are changed into “succubi”, it is said that sometimes they're able to hear the voice of the Fallen God directly in their hearts, and they awaken to the faith of the Fallen God after being guided by that voice.

Eventually the monsters, devotees of the Fallen God who obtain a human man, head for their utopia, the Fallen God's holy land and castle, “Pandemonium”. Due to the power of the Fallen God, time is distorted in that land. It is said to be a space where the same moment continues eternally and there's no aging or growing hungry. There, they are promised days of having sex with men, forever consumed by unfathomably deep desire, and a bottomless fall with continuous indulgence in pleasure.
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====Poseidon, God of the Sea====
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A high-rank god that ended up betraying the gods and joining the monsters. She was originally a kind-hearted, gentle goddess who deeply loved all who lived in the sea, whether human or monster, but because of the Chief God, she was forced to shoulder the burden of causing storms and tsunamis to thin the numbers of the overpopulated humans. However, she ended up taking the Mamono Lord's side because at the same time she was being forced to kill her beloved humans with her own hands, the Chief God began persecuting her beloved monsters in the same way.

Sailors and fishermen who live at sea, and nearly all monsters who live in the sea are devotees of this god. Devotees are given blessings by her, and promised safety at sea, and a peaceful life. As of the present, she's become a monster that has mamono mana within her and left the control of the Chief God, so the storms and tsunamis she causes aren't for killing people, they're for hooking up human men with monsters who are looking for a man. It is said that most of the people presently thought to be missing at sea are actually living peacefully in the sea. In the case of men, they've become a sea monster's husband, and in the case of women, they've become monsters themselves. A portion of her power is granted to her faithful followers, the “sea bishops (encyclopedia I – p.116).” This power is used in rituals to save humans who've fallen into the sea, and modify their bodies so that they can live in the sea as husbands of sea monsters
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====Ares, God of Fighting====
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A high-rank god that protects those who place themselves in battle. Among the monsters that place themselves in battle such as “[[amazoness]]” and “[[lizardman]]”, etc. there are many worshipers. According to the god's teachings, “fighting” isn't for the sake of pillaging. The kind of fighting that this god sanctions is fighting to improve oneself, fighting to earn something, or fighting to protect someone, etc. For example, warriors who would risk their lives in battle, whether human or monster, would be granted the power to claim victory. On the contrary, those who fight simply for the sake of stealing lives will never receive blessings.

This god lends her power to many monsters in the same way that she does to humans. She is thought to play a huge role in the reason why casualties are extremely scarce in battles between humans and monsters. Concerning monster battles, it seems she likes it very much when a monster finds the man she loves most in the middle of combat, and the number of warriors who say they felt her gaze in the middle of combat is increasing, so it is supposed that she watches the battle after granting her blessings. Furthermore, according to the “amazons” who are zealous adherents, lately, it's not just when they're in the middle of battle. Even afterward when they're having sex, they sense a powerful gaze other than that of the villagers, plus, just as when they were fighting, their body is in great condition almost as if they had received the god's blessing, and they're able to feel strong pleasure, so it is supposed that the god may be watching over warriors and granting her blessing even at such times.
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====Eros, God of Love====
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A mid-rank god who governs love. She is a god who views the love that living things direct towards other living things as beautiful, and blesses couples of the opposite sex that are in love with eternal love. But on the other hand, she's extremely strict about betrayal and other things that destroy love. It is said that if one of her adherents performs infidelity, etc. not only will they lose her protection on the spot, they'll suffer her divine wrath and become unable to be loved by anyone for eternity. It seems she is very empathetic towards the monsters who are overflowing with love for human men, and it is said that she even actively grants them her protection.

It is said that in the spaces where her devotees spend time with the opposite sex, there is always a sweet atmosphere, and the bonds of love that her devotees share with their lovers of the opposite sex can never be broken. The monsters are granted even greater blessings. As for monster devotees, depending on the potency of their love, the pleasure they give to their partner during sex, and the pleasure they receive from their partner become stronger, and sweeter, thus enabling them to express their love more strongly. Because of this doctrine and blessing, lately the number of monsters becoming her devotees is said to have skyrocketed.

Also, there are times when she dispatches her subordinates to men who perform good deeds. [[Houri|Her angel subordinates]] are all extremely beautiful physically and spiritually, and they strongly desire to love human men. Their mission is to continue showering men who've accumulated good deeds with love as their wives until they die. One would think this behavior is close to that of the monsters, but no matter what, it's regarded as “a way of expressing appreciation for those who have done good deeds.” The Order views it with suspicion, but it isn't treated as heresy or blasphemy.
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====Inari Faith====
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Just as the name suggests, it's a monster faith that worships powerful inari. Even in Zipangu where there are many monster faiths, it's one of the most famous. Inari with many tails, especially the Kyuubi kitsune that have 9 tails, possess power that easily exceeds that of a low-rank god. Due to that power, they are worshiped by people who wish for rich harvests, or easy childbirth, etc. Sometimes young inari with few tails are also worshiped. They don't seek sacrifices or any such thing, but humans insist, so they never have difficulty finding husbands because there's no end to the number of human men who volunteer, or people who offer up their sons.

Also, inari have a custom of letting human virgin girls live in their shrines as Miko and help them out. The mamono mana of the inari flows into the Miko girls while they're spending time with them, and they end up getting changed into monsters called “kitsune-tsuki” that have the immense mamono mana and lust of the kitsune within their bodies. Girls who have become “kitsune-tsuki” are extremely lustful in the same way as inari. Soon after their transformation, they will do away with their virginity, but by transforming and doing away with their virginity, the Miko girls come to be regarded as the kin of a god, and this is extremely welcomed by the people of the inari faith.
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====Elemental Faith====
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They are those who worship the four great elementals that control the elements of water, wind, earth, and fire as gods who shape the world. They believe that humans are a part of nature, and should become one with nature which was bestowed by the elemental gods, and live in harmony. Because of that, their affinity with the elementals has increased.

Their objective is to make nature richer with elements and live together with the elementals by borrowing their power. They used to only worship pure elementals which hadn't changed into monsters, but as of the present, due to the appearance of monsterized elementals and dark elementals, they've split into two forces and begun fighting over whether or not they should be included as gods since they're monsters. However, unlike the pure elementals that have vague forms, the monsterized and dark elementals have a concrete form that's nearly human, and their power far exceeds that of the pure elementals, so many treat them as greater elementals.

Also, since those believers whose goal is nothing but to become closer with the elementals and make nature richer together don't think highly of the Order's forces who use the power of the elementals in battle, presently the force that includes monsterized elementals and dark elementals as gods has become extremely powerful.

Along with that, the progress of the monsterization of elementals, and monsterization into dark elementals is welcomed because their power is an order of magnitude greater and they become beings that can relate more intimately to humans. Also, the monsterization of the land is interpreted by them to be a result of nature growing richer. The Mamono Realm is even said to be the ideal form of nature that they and the elementals should aim for. 
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