The Hero Became a Succubus, and the Only Way to Level is to… What?!

For most of Kanae's life growing up, she had been alone. Society might not have shunned her, but they would have. So, she shunned herself for being different. Crossdressing, repressing her overwhelming sexual urges to appear normal, working in a convenience store right out of high school to become another gear… then a woman with an offer dropped into her life out of nowhere. She didn't know at the time, that this bumbling idiot with more boobs than brains would make her so happy. 

As soon as Kanae regained her eyesight, she also regained the light in her life.

"Hey, you. Missed me?" Arenade smiled.

Kanae threw herself into Arenade. They both hit the ground, wrapped in each other's arms. She wailed tears of joy and relief. She clenched tight, afraid to let go and lose her a second time. However, the warmth was real. The fat boobs on her chest were real.

"Of course, I missed you! Do you have any idea how hard it was for me without you? I still can't believe you went and sacrificed yourself for someone you barely even knew! What about me? Us? Did you give any thought to how I'd feel? You're supposed to belong to me… you made a promise to be my sex slave, you… you stupid, good for nothing demigoddess!" Kanae ranted until she was out of breath, leaving Arenade was dumbstruck by the entire spiel.

The longer it had gone on, the more choked up she became, too. Arenade's eyes watered. Tears gushed down her cheeks. Snot ran down her nose. She never looked less like a divine being than ever, but to Kanae, Arenade was still the most beautiful person in the world.

"You think I wanted to die?" Arenade fired back in a quivering voice. "Or leave you? There was still so much to do, and… and… you're clearly useless without me! You never make your bed. When you eat, there's always crumbs on your face. I have to tell you to bathe, or you'd strut around covered in cum like a dirty slut!"

Kanae went beet red. "Th-That's not true at all!" She sniffed herself to be sure. "I've been doing perfectly fine while you were gone and dead!"

"Oh? That's not what you said crying all over me a minute ago!" she taunted.

"Look who's talking! Your face is a mess. I should commission a statue of your snot and tear-covered face!"

They glared at each other, both of their cheeks ballooned up and pouting. Neither of them could stay mad at each other. Instead, Kanae initiated a kiss. The two the other affectionately and stayed like that for what felt like an eternity. If it really did last that long, they might have been okay with that.

When they parted, Kanae broke the silence first.

"I love you," Kanae said. "I don't mean it like I want to fuck you for a month straight— I do— but, I mean it for real. Being away from you for so long made me realize… I'm head over heels in love with you."

"I never had a chance to be in love with anyone in my past life. When I was Arenade Ehmvier. All I succeeded in was throwing away my fortune and achieving nothing. For whatever reason, the Supreme One ascended me. I never felt like I deserved it, then I met you. You took a lot of my firsts, in the worst way possible mind you! But you showed me how to help people the right way. I wouldn't want to be with anyone other than you. I love you, too." Arenade rested a hand on Kanae's cheek and scooted up for another kiss.

That kiss turned into some tongue on tongue action, and they went into full make out mode. Kanae sucked on Arenade's lips and moved a hand up to grope her breasts. A sweet voice echoed across the chamber.

"Wait, not now! Wasn't there someone with you?" Arenade asked.

"Gold!" Kanae gasped.

"Gold?!" The fallen demigoddess searched the chamber with a glint in her eyes.

"Not that gold! The Knight of Gold! Petyr Stormcloud, the Lord-Major of Ortesia's invading forces," she explained.

Arenade's jaw dropped faster than a rock chucked into a pond.

"Ortesia's invading forces? What the fuck happened while I was dead? I knew you couldn't rule a country for shit!" Arenade grabbed Kanae's shoulders and shook her violently.

"It wasn't anything that I did! They decided to invade us because— Crap! Where's Gold?!" Kanae turned to where she and Petyr had wrestled for the One-Eyed Cross.

The empire's strongest knight wasn't there. In fact, she was nowhere to be found. Neither was the body of Ruedegard Ducante. They quickly grabbed their belongings and raced out of the sunken temple. Both armies were still standing around, and the Knight of Gold was just now crossing back to her side. The unmoving body of Ruedegard was slung over one shoulder.

"All units, attack! Cover mine and Avaline von Cleisseldor's retreat!" Petyr ordered.

Thousands of Ortesians raised their weapons and stampeded at once.

"It's over, Gold! You and the empire lost! Give me back my children and surrender!" Kanae shouted.

"The deal was the ankh in exchange for your kids, BITCH! You robbed me of my luxurious retirement. Now I'll rob you of what you hold dear!" Gold growled before an army of Ortesian soldiers shielded her escape.

"Our kids? What about our kids? Kanae Toyomi, you have some explaining to do!" Arenade stuck two thumbs into Kanae's mouth and pulled her cheeks apart.

"Mom! Mommy!" Kanade's shrill cry could be heard across the chaotic battlefield. She and Suvee were awake now. The two were held firm in Avaline's grasp, their arms outstretched to Kanae and Arenade, and the horse they were on quickly rode away.

However, even as Kanade and Arenade were being taken from each other again, relief still washed over them both. Tears flicked off their daughter's eyes.

"Don't let Avaline and Gold escape! Capture them and bring my—!" Kanae stopped short of finishing when an extremely bright light flashed her.

"HOLY ARMAMENT: FULL SUIT OF ARMOR, BIG FUCKING HAMMER, AND THE UNBRIDLED FURY OF A MOTHER WHO WANTS HER BABIES BACK!" Arenade roared, wreathing herself in gold and taking off into the sky at mach speeds.

The launch left a small crater in the ground where she had bolted up from.

"Fall by my blade, you succubus scum!" An Ortesian soldier was about to run Kanae through with a pike until a drakeling toddler jumped onto his head, pummeling him into submission.

"Raaaaahh!" Feraline bellowed, spewing fire from her maw.

"Good girl, Feraline!" Kanae patted her on the head and drew a fanged smile.

"Master, that light! Is that who I think it is?" Esta bashed through numerous soldiers to catch up to them.

"That's Arenade! We need to get Suvee and Kanade back. I don't know what the Ortesians will do now that we foiled their resurrection plans," she said.

A group of Rotandrix dragoons broke past the wall of Commonwealth soldiers. It looked like they weren't going to let them leave so easily. Kanae felt a gust of wind passing by her. A blur weaved through the dragoons, and they were suddenly unable to move a muscle.

Dalu'luna Mello appeared in front of them with an outstretched open palm. The instant she came in contact with the breastplate of one dragoon, a burst of air rippled outward and five of them flew away like ragdolls. The remaining two managed to break out of whatever hold was keeping them still, but Dalu dashed away from their strikes.

Instead, William Bellevue clashed with them in Dalu's place. His flanged mace was empowered with holy energies. A single, explosive hit knocked the rest to the ground.

"We'll take it from here, Amethyst!" Dalu exclaimed.

"You have your children to save, right? It's not Titan, but we brought another dreadmourn to help you catch up!" William directed their attention to a trio of Sisters and Lilith, leading the demonic stallion through the fighting.

"Leave the battle here to us, Mistress. We will not fail you!" Lilith nodded.

Esta helped Feraline onto the dreadmourn before climbing on herself. Meanwhile, Kanae grabbed the First Sister's hands and thanked her fellow Knights of Colors.

"Good luck," Kanae said, then flew into the sky.

Below, the dreadmourn charged past the Ortesian line. Sheer speed and strength of the stallion made it a tough beast to bring down. Spellcasters lobbed volleys of magic to knock Kanae down, but she was far too high for them to reach. Arenade was far ahead. Avaline and Gold were even farther.

They headed deep east. The Ortesians certainly searched far and wide to uncover Saint Rue's tomb. Too bad it was under their noses the entire time, likely wasting plenty of time and energy to find it. Now, their efforts had all been for naught. Gold had become a cornered animal snapping at everything in sight. That made her extremely dangerous.

Kanae spotted a massive encampment in the distance, almost as large as the one in Windy Bog. The empire did march 10,000 Ortesians into the Commonwealth after all. Some of those forces had split during their search for Saint Rue. Minestra, Labelle, and Claudia must be pushing for a pincer attack soon, but—

Like a falling star, Arenade crash landed inside the Ortesian camp.

"I guess there's no waiting!" Kanae slapped a hand to her face.

"We're going in!" Esta shouted, riding the dreadmourn through the palisade while Feraline breathed fire everywhere.

"Oh, my god. Don't give them another one of our children to kidnap!" she yelled and descended to join them.

Arenade was already inside, clobbering anyone who dared come too close with the comically giant mallet.

"Suvee! Kanade! Don't worry, mom is back and here to save you because your other mom couldn't!" Arenade exclaimed.

"Oh, come on! I've been doing my best!" Kanae landed and came face to face with Avaline, Gold, and numerous Ortesian infantry.

Feraline was about to throw herself into battle until Esta grabbed her by the scruff of her neck.

"Not so fast, daughter." Esta yanked Feraline back to their side.

"Wait, daughter?" Arenade squinted at them and noted the small, bat-like wings. "You two had a baby while I was gone?!"

"Y-Yeah…" Kanae scratched the side of her cheek. "This is Feraline. Feraline, meet your Aunt Arenade."

Their introduction stopped cold when Suvee and Kanade tried to break free from Avaline's grasp.

"I have a baby sister?" Suvee squealed from afar and waved. "Hi, Feraline! I'm your big sister, Suvee!"

Feraline instinctively reached as if seeking a hug, but Esta refused to let her run into the Ortesian army. However, the most touching sight of all was Arenade and Kanade locking tearful eyes.

"Is that really you?" Kanade asked in a shakey voice.

"It's me, sweetheart! Hang in there!" Arenade shouted.

Impassioned by the sight of her mother's return, Kanade struggled even harder to break free.

"Pleased to meet your acquaintance. I'm the grandmother, by the way." Avaline bowed slightly.

"You're about to face a lifetime of divine punishment if you don't GIVE ME BACK MY BABIES!" Arenade brandished the unwieldy hammer and nearly hit Kanae over the head.

"Fuck you, not happening!" Gold beckoned a few knights to her side, pushing both the kids and the body of Saint Rue to them. "Get to the portals now!"

Kanae and Arenade leaped into action, but Avaline was faster. She punched the BFH out of Arenade's hands, grabbed Kanae by the throat, and slammed them both to the ground.

"Bond!" Kanae connected with Arenade at long last, feeling her rage and desperation.

"Plant Growth!" Arenade summoned thick brambles that entangled Avaline and the Ortesian army.

A squad of clerics fired a unified Holy Fire at them. Esta jumped in to block the spell with the Dragonhead Greatshield. Gold and red flames seeped into the shield's open jaws, then shot it right back.

"There's too many of them!" Esta warned, putting her back to Kanae, Arenade, and Feraline.

"Did someone call the one necromancer army for reinforcements?" Edina's voice echoed across the camp.

Half a dozen death knights dropped from orbit, sending the Ortesians into disarray. Some of the hulking undead monstrosities had body parts stitched onto them. One lifted a giant warhammer and smashed away a dragoon using a familiar holy skill, Smite. Another that had a single fleshy eyeball in its right socket fired an arrow that split into Multishot, nailing a group of high elven knights. A dreadful roar turned heads to the sky. The dracolich soared over the camp and unleashed breaths of purple flames upon unsuspecting soldiers.

Edina herself landed next to them, stabbed the base of the staff into the earth, and snapped her fingers. Undead soldiers, bone brutes, and skeletal dire beasts emerged from portals to attack the surprised Ortesian forces.

"Ratwhore!" Arenade gasped.

"Cowtits!" Edina smirked and skipped over to clasp hands. "Thought I'd never see your ugly high elven mug again, but it's good to have you back. Kanae's been moping all day since you died. Sheesh!"

"Can we stop talking about me being sad? Of course, I was sad!" Kanae groaned.

However, Edina started choking up. She turned around and blew her nose into an undead mage's robe cloth. It grimaced at its own master's snot.

"Are you crying? Just be honest for once and say you missed me, too!" Arenade teased the squirreling.

"No, shit! Kanae's a shitty drinking buddy, and no one can enjoy a nice bottle of wine with me like you can. Enough sappy shit though. Let's finish up here so we can get a drink outta the Chalice of Endless Booze!" Edina spun back around and lifted the Pillar of the Damned.

With an undead army at their backs, they were able to fight the Ortesians on equal footing. Horns bellowed across the encampment without warning. Kanae thought enemy reinforcements had arrived, instead music from a lute filled the her ears and drowned out the horns.

A high elven knight Kanae was squaring off with collapsed to the ground. His eyes had rolled back, and his legs were trembling.

"Oooh… I'm cumming…"

"Kuh… my chastity belt… it's vibrating so much, I'll… ahhh!"

"Dance for me! Cum for me! Scream for me!" Labelle soared into view, playing madly on her lute.

Ortesians off Kanae's left flank broke off from battling undead to face something coming from behind them. Bodies were thrown left and right like a child flinging unwanted toys in the air.

"Where is she? Where's the one you call Lord-Major? Come out and hit me with your best shot again, I dare you! It's time for round four, and I won't lose this time!" Claudia slapped her own ass with the enchanted paddle weapon, bringing countless soldiers down like they just got spanked.

The Mistress of Debauchery and the Mistress of Pain brought with them an army of succubus, who descended upon the high elves. They were hungry. They saw cattle and let their ravenous appetite take over.

"We're out of time, huh? Petyr, we need to pull back and escape with DeSalle!" Avaline warned.

"Where do you think you're going?" Minestra raised earth golems from the ground to block their escape as she came cleaving through dozens of Ortesians. "I still haven't paid you back!"

"Kanae, we're under attack by demons and succubi?!" Arenade started violently shaking her by the shoulders again.

"Stop, I'm going to throw up! A lot happened. Long story short, we allied with Demon Lord Charron and Queen-Mother Zariah to deal with Ortesia's invasion!" Kanae explained.

"With… With Charron?" Her jaw dropped for the second time today since coming back to life.

They would have to say the explanations for later. Avaline and Gold already demolished Minestra's blockade, and the captors who had their daughers got a head start in running. Ahead, Claudia successfully intercepted the two—

"OUT OF MY WAY!" Gold transformed Shifting Steel into a hammer and bludgeoned a smirking Claudia.

A rippling wave of pleasure feedbacked to the Knight of Gold, but she stood her ground and headbutted the Mistress of Pain. In the same breath, Shifting Steel turned into a bow, and she fired a screeching, Smite-infused arrow at Kanae and Arenade. They barely dove out of the way, only for Avaline to whirl around and breathe fire in their direction. Esta arrived in time to blow fire of her own, joined by Feraline.

"Oh, they grow up so fast. You're so cute, Feraline! But grandmother has a job to do!" Avaline picked up a barrel lying on its side, hurled it towards them, and breathed fire again.

It exploded, but not before Esta shielded them with Dragonhead.

"Kanade! Suvee!" Arenade flew forth without caution.

"Go, Kanae! I'll keep these fuckers from railing you guys in the back!" Edina exclaimed.

It took Kanae's all to stay in pace, she was flying so fast. At the center of the encampment, only a trickle of high elves and drakelings were entering the open portal. The knights holding Suvee and Kanade waited for their commanding officers. Errenard DeSalle was there with Gretchen, who was in chains. He shoved her in.

"Viviren, close the portal permanently when the Rook and Lord-Major have entered! Your sacrifice will not be forgotten by the empire!" DeSalle, his jaws clenched, turned his nose to the sky and went in.

When Avaline and Gold caught up, they all entered at the same time. Vesh and the incubus entered with them, but the eldest brother offered Kanae a knowing nod before going through. The last thing Kanae and Arenade saw were their children's tiny hands stretched out for them.

"We're not going to let them take you! We're coming to get you no matter where you end up!" Kanae yelled at the top of her lungs just as the portal closed shut.

Viviren mage was all that was left behind within the teleportation circle. She wiped the sweat from her brow until Arenade angrily grabbed her by the collar.

"You're a Viviren! Open that portal! Now!" Arenade snarled.

"My cousin on the other side has destroyed the circle by now. It won't open even if you charm me," the Viviren taunted.

"Aaaahhh!" She picked the elven mage up and threw her into a horde of succubus to be feasted on, then collapsed to her knees. "No… way… Not the empire…" Infuriated, she shifted that anger to Kanae. "You promised me you would protect them!"

"It's not over yet. I know where they're headed. If the Ortesians are in full retreat, they have to be going back to their ships at Windy Bog. I remember the fleet was big enough to blanket the ocean. Radevic is in our side now, and we can still use Eliza's tower to travel there. Arenade, let's go get our kids back. Together!" Kanae grabbed her hand and squeezed.

"Together…" Arenade squeezed back and continued squeezing.

"Arenade?! Ow! Owowowow!"

"But you've got a LOT of explaining to do after we get Kanade and Suvee back, buster!" She glowered.