Editing Succubus Notebook (section)

==Succubus Culture==
As stated previously, succubi have a powerful obsession with sex and pleasure. Just as culinary culture is born from the act of eating and results in the emergence of gourmands, succubi do not merely have sex with men. Instead, it has changed so that they come up with various schemes for arriving at the end destination of “sex”, and they endeavor to make it so that the pleasure they enjoy with their husband is as potent as possible. 

There are numerous aspects of succubus' culture that were born in that way, but one of the most ubiquitous and typical examples is “making a room” for sex. While succubi do enjoy activities such as having sex in front of others or having sex outside, in succubus culture having a “bedroom” in which they can pleasantly copulate without being disturbed by anyone is viewed as one of the most essential things. Having a “room” ready for when they obtain a man is considered part of proper succubus etiquette. Some will make a bedroom in their home beforehand and link it with teleportation magic, while others will prepare a room at the location where they are lurking. Powerful succubi can even create another dimension on a small scale and take their men there. 

The idea is a room that a man should return to, so naturally it may be a comfortable room with a calming atmosphere, the kind of place where one would feel like staying, or it may be overflowing with a sensual atmosphere, illuminated by alluring lights with pleasant, sweet-smelling incense burning, to get a man in a horny mood. These bedrooms, decorated and arranged by succubi dreaming of having sex with their future husband, largely reflect the peculiar tastes of each individual.

Developing further from this, there are “inns” and “brothels” run by succubi. The employees are succubi and other monsters, and the purpose of these establishments is to provide somewhere they can take men inside their bedrooms and have sex with them. Similar establishments exist all throughout the world. They are constructed near the entrances of mamono realms in the sort of places where humans visiting a mamono realm would want to stop and rest, and also, sometimes they even operate in human cities under the management of monsters disguised in human form, according to what some say. Additionally, even outside, sometimes there are secluded places artificially made invisible from the surroundings, cabins that have been kept tidy by someone, caves, and other such places, and some of these are places arranged by succubi so they can bring men there. Townscapes and structures made by monsters are dotted with numerous hidden alleys and tiny rooms which are meant to be used as places where they can bring men to have sex, and most of this is designed according to the plans of the clever succubi. 

The origins of this sort of culture can be traced all the way back to the age of the former mamono lords, a time when humans and monsters were mortal enemies who slaughtered each other. At the time, hardly any of the monsters had the forms of women, and they were monstrosities who just killed and ate humans. The succubi were no exception to the latter rule, either, and humans were nothing more than prey to the succubi of that era. 

Upon capturing a human man, in most cases, they would completely wring out every last drop of a man's essence, killing him. However, at some point in time certain succubi came up with the idea of keeping men as sex slaves, and started setting up prisons for that purpose. At first, even among the succubi, it was just some eccentric individuals who were doing this. Who knows what the succubi were thinking, but after that, the number of individuals who kept sex slaves in this manner began gradually increasing, and along with that, so too did the number of individuals who set up prisons. Prison hygiene, functionality, and so forth, also began to be considered highly important, perhaps for the sake of prolonging the lives of their sex slaves and milking higher quality essence, and these prisons transformed into “rooms”. Eventually, the current mamono lord took over, and after the monsters assumed their current forms, both ecologically and in terms of personality, the succubi stopped doing things like milking men to death. Since they started recognizing men as partners who they should share their lives with instead of viewing them as prey or sex slaves, their rooms also completely transformed from prisons for holding men captive into love nests for a husband and wife to spend time together. 

Other than this, there's a lot more to succubus culture concerning sex, but in most cases, since it is in their nature to actively become involved with humans, much of it has also been heavily influenced by contact with human culture. At any rate, they are beings devoted to desire who will directly pursue whatever they take a liking to. Basically, most of their desire ends up being directed towards sex with men. However, sometimes, their desire becomes directed towards other things as well. And in the case when those things turn out to be science, or arts and crafts, etc., the results are astounding. Succubi are avariciously and single-mindedly devoted to their desires, and it's said that they exhibit so much focus and ambition that it's as if the typical lazy hedonistic behavior were a lie. 

Sometimes the hearts of succubi are captivated by diverse and sophisticated handicrafts or works of art created by humans, and they end up studying under human craftsmen as apprentices. In fact, from what I've heard, there are also cases when technology and culture that was in the process of being lost due to the absence of a successor was salvaged by being carried on by succubi. 

But of course, being succubi, it seems that they always end up tying everything directly to sex, and it's said that when they see a wonderful work of art, their feelings of admiration and respect towards the creator will often unfortunately just end up changing into yearning and lust.