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

Kanae had given Claudia, Hilde, and Alicia some much needed alone time to catch up, but she didn't expect them to engage in a threesome for the entire day. Every time she returned to check on them in the high priestess' bedchamber at the cathedral, the echoes of their moans reached as far as the end of the corridor. It got the Sisters of Sin so riled up, some were shirking their duties to sneak off for some fun of their own.

The urge to join them was great, but Kanae resisted the temptation to let the sisters partake of each other. She had plenty of work to do around Ehmvier anyway. While directing repairs to the adventurers hall, a certain sorceress flew in from a distance.

"Amethyst!" Elizabeth Bedlam descended from the sky upon her flying broom.

"How was it? Did you manage to free everyone?" Kanae asked.

"Who do you think I am?" The sorceress recoiled in offense. "Of course, I succeeded. The magic is elementary. After all, Marwin and I have forged many artificial Rifts before. Well, the reality is Lapis walked through the chamber and dispelled all the portals. High Priestess Zadris and First Sister Lilith are currently taking count, as well as singing your praise. They estimate some odd over 3,000 inhabitants. Oh, and those centaurs? Many of them tried having sex with your disciples the moment they came out!"

That definitely sounded like the centaurs Kanae had encountered in the Rift… When she checked 

"What about the dwarven engineering you saw?" Kanae pressed her.

Eliza was a proud woman, spellcaster, alchemist, and enchanter. Her demeanor wrinkled, and she clicked her tongue. The sound of defeat. She levitated into the air and beckoned Kanae to follow her. They entered her tower currently situated east of the city, where it was in the process of being rebuilt by goblin laborers.

"When you look at this, what do you see?" Eliza gestured to the arcane engine.

"Uh… incredible engineering of magic and machinery?" Kanae answered uneasily.

"Wrong! Primitive! Primitive is what I see, compared to what the dwarves have built underneath that temple. It is incredibly complex. Much more complex than my Arcen, and I cannot fathom why or how." She started pacing around the room, frustration burdened her gait.

"I'll leave you to it, because this stuff is more than my succubus brain can compre—"

The sorceress planted a heavy hand on Kanae's shoulders, stopping her in her tracks at the door.

"I must learn the secrets to their engineering. There must be answers, texts, and schematics within the dwarven cities under Suvius," Eliza said.

"In case you've forgotten, Tortuga Forge is flooded with lava and Ha'Vavish is flooded with water! There's no way we're going to find anything, let alone would anything useful have survived. Besides, I have a meeting between Charron and the Grand Eye to set up, then a wedding!" Kanae exclaimed.

"We shall be quick. Just the two of us. Rosaline can provide us with potions of underwater breathing and fire resistance. I'll do anything, even as far as letting you make a sex slave out of me! Please, I must acquire this knowledge! This might become a new alternative source of power than consuming tons of magic crystals! Can you imagine it?!" She shook her enough to see stars.

Kanae muttered a Charm spell, putting a stop to Eliza's outburst and freezing her in place.

"Hold that thought, I'll get back to you after the wedding!" Kanae made a run for it out of the tower.

"Get back here, Amethyst! Progress cannot be stopped!" Eliza shouted.

As soon as Kanae touched down on the soft earth outside the tower, she breathed a sigh of relief. Life-threatening adventurers again so soon after the war didn't sound so appealing at the moment…

It was getting late. Kanae checked on the sisters one last time, and they were still going at it. She retired back to the castle instead. Back home, Arenade was sitting at the desk with her back turned to Kanae. A big stack of letters rested by her side. The fallen demigoddess looked conflicted over this letter, repeatedly dipping the quill into an inkpot.

"Save the letters for tomorrow. Those sisters have been having sex all day, so I'm in the mood right now," Kanae said, embracing her wife-to-be from behind.

"Ugh. I don't feel like putting out when I had Charron on my mind the entire day." Arenade grimaced.

Kanae glanced down at the letter. The address at the top read, 'To my dunce of a brother, Charron…' and the rest of the body was empty. This, and the stack beside Arenade, were all wedding invitations personally hand-written by hers truly. It seemed the only one she was having trouble writing to was Lord Charron, who, known to a very select few, was none other than her brother.

"Want me to write it instead?" Kanae offered.

"No, I really should do it. I can't believe I'm saying this, but I owe the oaf for his part in saving the Commonwealth and helping you resurrect me." Arenade grumbled, only to accidentally snap the quill in half and spill ink all over the letter.

"Let's put this down before you snap a vessel next…" She pulled Arenade away from the desk and led her to the bed.

It didn't take much coaxing before either of them started getting frisky. Kanae had trained Arenade's body enough to respond well to her touch. A kiss on the nape. Gentle caressing and hot, whispers into the ear. She was on top of her concubine, one knee parting the elven woman's plush thighs. When their lips connected at last, the tongue-play followed very soon after.

"Mm… Kanae… wait, don't…" Arenade murmured.

"That just means 'keep going' now, doesn't it? You used to not want it, but now… You want me down here…" Kanae traveled down Arenade's legs and kissed her inner thigh.

A wet snatch just beneath the modest carpet of gold awaited. Kanae gave Arenade's clitoris a long and slow lick. The elf responded with a deeply satisfied moan. She continued to eat her pussy, exploring the soaking cavern, teasing the entrance, and paying extra attention to the little pleasure button.

Arenade found purchase on Kanae's horns. The right one was still broken from her fight against Petyr Stormcloud, the former Knight of Gold. She had since filed it to a rounded blunt, and it would be some time before it grew back.

The more Kanae licked, the heavier Arenade's breathing became. Her feet kicked at the sheets. Her vise on the horns tightened.

"You taste so sweet… Promise me, you're never going to leave me ever again. I'm going to keep you by my side for as long as I can. You're my sex slave after all. Say it," Kanae demanded without charming her.

"I'm… your… sex slave— nngh! Kanae… I'm close… I'm— aaaahhh!" Arenade let go of Kanae's horns to grab a pillow, smothering her own moans.

Kanae climbed back up and pulled the pillow away. She kissed Arenade again, this time giving her a taste of her own love nectar. Exhaustion eventually seized hold of them, and they fell asleep wrapped in each other's arms.

In the morning, Kanae awakened to Arenade not at her bedside. She panicked for a moment until it dawned on her that the high elf was at the desk again. Thank goodness.

"Finally. I did it! A letter that Charron deserves!" Arenade exclaimed with pride.

"I thought your beauty sleep lasted until noon." Kanae climbed out of bed and shuddered to the morning chill. She threw on a light robe, then joined Arenade at the desk.

The letter that Arenade was so proud of was the same ink-stained parchment. There was a lot less writing than Kanae expected.

It read, 'To my deadbeat brother, Charron. You're invited to my wedding, but you don't have to come.'

That was it. That was the letter that Arenade settled on. She didn't even have the decency to write on a new parchment. Kanae slapped a hand to her face and sighed. Well, at least she wrote an invitation.

"Wait! I got to get this letter enchanted with Color Spray and Thaumaturgy. Have it shoot out some color and an illusory dragon when Charron opens it. That should show him!" Arenade giggled menacingly.

"What are you sending him? A wedding invitation or a declaration of war?!" Kanae panicked.

After failing to convince Arenade against her childish ploy, they went their separate ways for the day. Kanae visited the sisters again, and fortunately, there weren't any moans coming from their room. Unfortunately, one of the Sisters of Sin told her they had left the church earlier and were somewhere in the city.

"Great… I have three Queen-Mother succubi on the loose. I just hope they aren't causing any troubles," Kanae groaned.

It took the better part of an hour before Kanae found them at Rog and Lina's shop. A few citizens who had apparently looked at them the wrong way were charmed to kneel on the ground. Kanae dispelled the charm from them and entered the orc blacksmith's shop.

The three sisters were in front of a weapon's rack. Alicia wielded two sharpened daggers with a very fine blade.

"Hey, Kanae! Fancy seeing you here!" Claudia waved

"That's because I was looking for you all morning. I told you to stay in the church. You also could have told a Sister of Sin where you were going…" Kanae sighed.

"Alicia wanted to arm herself with weapons." Hilde pointed to the sister testing-swinging each weapon.

"I'm crowned a unique Rogue class known as Assassin. I feel naked without at least ten knives on me at all times," Alicia explained.

They were about to walk out the door until Kanae ran to intercept them.

"Wait, you can't leave. You have to pay for those— er, but you probably don't have any money…" Kanae went to pay the couple in Alicia's place.

"Aren't the country and people yours? Why pay for what you already own?" Alicia asked on their way out.

"Kanae treats the other races as equals. That's the gimmick of this country. Silly, isn't it? Hilde shrugged.

"Oh, come on. It's not that bad!" Claudia threw an arm around both her sisters. "Say, now that Kanae's here, why don't we all go back for round two— oouuggh!"

Alicia struck Claudia on the forehead with the pommel of her new dagger. She even reared back in pain, pressing a hand to her aching head. That came as a surprise to Kanae, since the former Mistress of Pain was such a durable succubus.

"Kanae clearly wants to speak with us on the matters of the Cult of Lust and Depravity. I think we've delayed her enough, haven't we? Save your libido for later, sis!" Alicia chided.

They saved the talk only after getting back to the private bedchamber at the church. The room smelled heavily of sex and sweat despite the window being open. Sheets and pillows were strewn on the ground. Some unmentionable wet marks stained the bed. These three… really must have been going at it…

Kanae lamented not having her own hot succubi sisters to freely have sex with at will.

"So, ask away. I'm sure you have a lot of questions." Alicia plopped down on a seat, legs carelessly spread open, and balancing a dagger with the pointed-end on her finger.

"Well… First, I'm curious as to exactly how strong you are? You hit Claudia earlier like it was nothing, and that's not an easy feat for me," Kanae said.

"Ahh. I was the Mistress of Pain before Claudia. Though, I was in the business of dealing pain and not seeking it. As an Assassin, I have a Legacy passive skill that makes all damage I deal ignore magical and non-magical defenses. You can say I'm this big idiot's antithesis." She thumbed back, where Claudia was hugging her from behind.

"Heh… hehehe… Alicia inflicts the most exquisite pain imaginable." Claudia drooled from the corner of her lips.

Kanae swallowed hard and tried not to imagine a round or two with Alicia while having Masochist on.

"Ahem. Kanae, there are more important questions to ask." Hilde cleared her throat and rolled her eyes.

"Y-You're right… Huh? Wait. Did you guys not talk this through last night? Don't tell me you seriously banged all day and didn't say a single word to each other…" Kanae squinted at them.

Alicia and Hilde pointed accusingly at Claudia.

"I was pent-up, alright? I haven't felt Alicia's touch in years!" Claudia pouted.

"How about the one on everyone's mind? What happened? We learned that you and a high elven House, the Sabochal, were killed. You were actually hypnotized by Ambrosia all along?" Kanae asked.

"Whoever told you of my death is clearly mistaken. Or maybe wasn't privy to every little detail. Years passed, I was Mother's personal assassin. I killed anyone who threatened her and her sisters' rule. That included upstart succubi and those prudish high elves. Mother wanted me to protect a herd of cattle being hunted by their own. The fleeing ones were as you named them, Sabochal. I failed. The Sabochals were captured or killed, and I fled. Mother was furious. I didn't know why at the time. I did later. That family of cattle would have helped us topple the Empire of Ortesia. As punishment for my failure and cowardice, Ambrosia hypnotized me to serve as 'custodian' of some temple. The 'Cult of Lust and Depravity and Satine' demanded my obedience, is what Ambrosia told me before sending me down there. For hundreds of years, I ensured the cattle inside those small worlds continued fucking to power the crystal. Then you showed up, and that's all I know."

"Amby, that bitch." Claudia smashed a fist through the desk. "I'll strangle her the next time we see each other!"

"Even among Mother's closest, the cult's existence was a secret kept even from us? Tch." Hilde clicked her tongue and bared her fangs.

"I've been meaning to ask. Kanae, are you a daughter of one of Mother's sisters? I don't recognize you though," Alicia said.

Kanae shook her head.

"It's hard to explain, but I'm not at all related to any of you. I can tell you that Queen-Mother Zariah is the only surviving sister. Much of the succubus race perished during a war to purge them a few centuries ago," Kanae explained.

"Hah! Ahahahaha! I love the irony. Maybe if Ambrosia and Mother didn't imprison me in that temple, I could have slaughtered their enemies for them. Serves them right." Alicia smirked with vengeful catharsis.

"What about the Cult of Lust and Depravity? Do you know anything beyond it being a sect of devil-worshiping succubi? You had to have learned something having been the custodian for so long," she said.

"Hmm…" The succubus furrowed her brows in thought. "I know Mother achieved Deification through it. I was expected to sing her name and the name of Satine's to those cattle. You called me 'custodian' but they actually meant Mother. And to be perfectly honest, I haven't met or seen any other succubus for centuries until you came along."

That was evidenced in Alicia's reaction when she first spoke to them down there.

"And the crystal? Its only purpose is to power the temple that no one was using anymore?" Kanae asked.

"I had a lot of time to think while imprisoned within my own mind. It came to my attention that the amount of magic taken from the cattle far exceeded what the temple needed. The magic went elsewhere. Stored elsewhere. Or siphoned by something else. Who or what, the answer escapes me," Alicia said.

The only one Kanae could think of was the devil herself, Satine the Lustful. However, they had since deprived the temple of its inhabitants and custodian. Was this Ambrosia's plan all along? If she was a disciple of the Cult of Lust and Depravity, why put an end to the operations of one of their own temples?

"Last question. The three of you are clearly refugees in my country. You turned your backs on the Queen-Mother. Who's side are you on now?" Kanae faced them with a serious look.

"You gave me my sister back when Amby, Labelly, and Mother would have let her rot inside that temple. I inflict agony in your name now. I think I might even join that Sisters order thingy. Zady and Lily sound like a lot of fun, despite being only half-succubi." Claudia licked her lips.

"I might not have relinquished my title, but it wouldn't surprise me if Mother finds a replacement. This country of cattle still offends me, but I feel more welcome here than around my old family," Hilde said.

"And I'm not going back to a family who forced me into service for centuries. I say, they can go fuck themselves. I also owe you for freeing me. I'll stay. For now." Alicia flashed an impish smile.

The weight on Kanae's shoulders lifted. Their staying meant the Commonwealth had obtained the strength of three powerful, Mistress-level succubi.

"Alright, perfect. In the meantime…" Kanae grabbed a broom and dustpan from the nearby closet and shoved it into their hands, and they stared at the cleaning tools with baffled looks. "Let me be the first to welcome you into the Sisters of Sin: you can start by cleaning up this room."

"Huh? Hey!"

Kanae shut the door in their faces on the way out. She returned to the main worship chamber and noticed more congregants than usual. Without even realizing it, she had been following in the Queen-Mother's footsteps all along. Creating a cult to gain followers and ease people into accepting succubi. How they went about it, however, couldn't be more different.

"I wonder how close I am now?" Kanae brushed a hand over her wrist sigil to check on the progress of Deification.

 

Religion:	Eminence of Sin
Ruler(s):	High Priestess Kanae Toyomi High Priestess Arenade Brightwind High Priestess Edina Hackett
Status:	Minor religion

 

Upgraded from major cult to minor religion, huh? Level 200. Check. Defeat three contenders, still two more to go. The number of followers had risen to… 99,253?! That was an incredible jump since the last time she checked. It was only a matter of time before she fulfilled a second condition, but finding two more individuals on the path to Deification proved difficult. Who else in this age was getting there anyway?

Kanae waved away the status screen and emerged from the church. Arenade, accompanied by Esta and Edina, was coming this way. All three of them appeared dressed for travel, with knapsacks on their backs and equipment in their arms.

"What's going on? Did you guys pick up a quest or something?" Kanae asked.

"We, and by 'we' I mean you included, are going to hand deliver our wedding invitation to Charron. He's cooped up in Highgreen, right? Eliza's arcane engine's gone kaput, but she carved up a fresh teleportation pellet for us for the return trip," Arenade explained, all ready to go.

"What?! This is so sudden! What about the kids? Suvee, Kanade, and Feraline are too young for us to leave them alone!" she exclaimed.

"Don't worry about the little ones! Nelly, Teana, and the others told me they were staying for another month before returning to Radevic for school," Edina assured her.

"Fear not, Master. I'll continue to protect you and everyone like old times." Esta nodded in eagerness.

Kanae sulked. They were hitting the road again. No rest for the wicked, it seemed…

"Fine… Let me just say goodbye to the kids first. We're also grabbing Titan and a couple of dreadmourns. My wings are so sore from flying around so much during the war," Kanae said.