The Hero Became a Succubus! - Chapter 151

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Chapter 151

When the party emerged from the Rift, they found Milton and his demons strewn about the ground in various states of defeat. The inspectator snapped awake. He levitated into the air, glaring at them with fury in his glowing, cyclopean eye. However, as his gaze fell upon Kanae, he turned bright red.

"What is this… strange feeling in my non-existent chest? I remember the pleasure yet I can no longer fathom it… This is your fault, you damn succubus!" Milton cried.

"If you somehow find a body with a dick, don't hesitate to visit me again. We can make love all night~" Kanae blew a kiss and winked.

The enraged inspectator let loose a frustrated howl. He shot a beam of fire from his eyestalk. Esta jumped in with her new greatshield and blocked the spell. Magical energy seeped into the metal head of the dragon, and its jaws opened to unleash that spell right back. Milton barely dodged it, his main eye staring at them and the eyestalk gazing behind him where the spell exploded.

Esta lowered the shield to peer back at Milton with a fanged smile. "Glentir has my thanks for this Consuming Dragon Shield. Before, I often had a tough time facing enemies with magic. This more than makes up for it. I'm now able to better protect my master."

Arenade charged up her Halo of Holy Radiance, and Edina summoned both death knights and the undead dragon. One by one the demons awakened from their unconscious states, facing the terrifying combined might of Kanae's party.

"It's over, Milton! Come quietly, and we won't be too hard on you. I have questions for you, like why Charron wants to kidnap a succubus for?" Kanae drew her whip and stayed on her toes.

"You only need to look at yourself and the Underqueen to know. A single succubus controls an army, an army of succubi controls the world. You may haVe defeated me this time, but there won't be a next!" Milton's eyestalk fired a spell into the ground, carving a magic circle reminiscent of the one Lady disappeared into at Duke Kroenig's manor.

A column of light engulfed the inspectator and demons, and they vanished by the time it subsided.

"Now we know for sure." Arenade clicked her tongue. "If those bastards are after a succubus, there's a good chance our children will be targets from now on."

"Hehe… Let them come. They will be met with an army of undead that spans the entire continent!" Edina cackled menacingly.

The other three stared at her with a perturbed look.

"I think we have another idiot to worry about," Arenade said, pointing at the howling necromancer.

"I-I'm sure it's going to be fine. We should get home and make sure everything is okay there," Kanae insisted.

Ehmvier was fine. Their hasty worries were unwarranted. Milton and his demons had only been an isolated incident at Toadstool Forest, but they needed to stay vigilant. Kanae gathered the Sisters of Sin to hold a meeting but was disappointed to find how few there were.

Taileen and Erin had been left in Talahurah to serve as high priestesses of the church there. The same was true of Tabitha and Meidina in Lograin, and lastly Eldora in Radevic. The Sisters of Sin were spread thin, but this was necessary to expand the Eminence of Sin's influence.

"Have you need of us, High Priestess?" Zadris asked as she and Lilith entered the room.

"It's time to expand the Sisterhood. I've already told the others this before I sent them off, but we'll have better luck in Ehmvier. I want you two to begin searching for suitable candidates for the Sisters of Sin. It's how we're going to stand against Demon Lord Charron and the succubus Underqueen. Start with fellow priests and disciples, then solicit our followers," Kanae explained.

The thought of having more Sisters lit both of them up, especially since the others had departed elsewhere. They vowed to carry out Kanae's order dutifully and left immediately.

"You're not turning more people into succubi just to have sex with them, are you? I know how that Feed the Queen skill works," Arenade said, sitting off to the side with her arms folded.

"Jealous? Don't worry, because you're always going to be first in my heart." Kanae flashed a teasing smile.

"Hmph." She looked away and turned her nose up to the ceiling.

It hadn't escaped Kanae's notice that Arenade was still clutching the gifted ring from the Rift. They didn't really have time to check it over, considering all that happened. Kanae fished out the piercings from her pocket. They were barbell piercings. At each end was a round purple jewel, and a gem-encrusted heart hung from a chain like a pendant.

The magical item pair was called Piercings of Impurity, and when worn, the wearer may… take off their clothes to flash someone?!

Kanae quickly stowed them back into her pocket and asked, "S-So, we finally got Edina her skull. Esta got a magic-reflecting shield. What did you get from the Rift?"

"It's nothing! That damn Glentir went and gave me some paltry ring with a magic spell. The nerve on him!" Arenade exclaimed.

It was a little too suspicious.

"You're hiding something, aren't you? What is it really?" Kanae advanced upon the high elf slowly like a predator on the prowl.

"Would you look at the time?" Arenade shot up from her seat and scooted for the door. "Better get back to those paperwork. The Commonwealth doesn't run itself, you know?"

Kanae allowed Arenade to escape, and sighed as soon as she was gone. It was probably best not to push it. Without much else to do at the church, Kanae went to visit Edina at her house of horror.

The necromancer was at the desk, flanked by her many undeads, as she mulled over tomes upon tomes with the Lich Lord's Skull beside her.

"Figure out what you need to do yet?" Kanae asked.

"Not yet, but it's looking like I need a tremendous amount of mana. The ritual's kinda like summoning the Pillar of the Damned into existence by sacrificing the skull. Gonna need a bit to really figure out the finer details…" Edina explained while wracking her head.

Not wanting to bother the necromancer and her research any longer, Kanae left Edina to it and promised to lend a hand should she need it. More succubus, a stronger undead army… a lot more preparations were in order.

Kanae was on her way back to the castle when she ran into Nelly. He was with her daughters, but not the usual group. Kanade was sitting on his shoulders, and Suvee was holding his hand as they walked. Both were still holding the wooden swords Edina had gifted them.

"Mommy!" Suvee let go of Nelly and jumped into Kanae's embrace.

"Unusual not seeing you with Teana, Nelly. Where are you three off to?" Kanae asked.

"Not sure, either the castle or adventurer's hall. Mother got passionate about something all of a sudden. She wanted me to look after Kanade and Suvee, so I'm bringing them to school to play," Nelly said.

Passionate? About what?

"Do you want to come with us to play?" Suvee turned to Kanae with beady eyes.

"Sure, sweetie." Kanae smiled affectionately. "I can take it from here, Nelly."

"It's alright! I'll join you. If Mother finds out I left them after promising, she's going to scold me again anyway." Nelly rolled his eyes.

They headed to the school together. Classes weren't in session. The school building was mostly empty and only foster students, under the care of Marnie and other in-house faculty, were playing around outside in the grassy knoll.

As soon as they got there, Kanade and Suvee, their toy swords in hand, sprinted off together to terrorize the other school children with their swords and magic.

"Is it… always like that?" Kanae asked, horrified that her daughters were chasing down kids.

"Yeah, where have you been? Ever since they learned how to walk, it's like the two made a pact to be tyrants to everyone but each other. Within reason, obviously." Nelly sighed in amusement at their antics.

Kanae and Nelly found an empty bench to sit down on. It had been a while since she had the joy of peace and tranquility. Or even the opportunity to see her children frolic. Then there were Charron's demons and lieutenants out there somewhere, plotting to kidnap them.

"How have you and Teana been?" Kanae asked.

"W-Why are you asking that like we're a thing? We're not, by the way!" Nelly added frantically.

"Well, I actually meant that to be an innocent question. You're the one who misinterpreted it, but now that you mention it, you should know my hearing is keen enough to catch Teana sneaking into your bedroom in the middle of the night, followed by Pan, then Revah," she teased.

Nelly's dark complexion took on a shade of bright red.

"The curse of growing up alongside succubus sisters…" He groaned, then gazed thoughtfully in the direction of the adventurer's hall. "Rest assured though, I'll do anything to protect them. Edina tells me all the time when we train, 'mom didn't raise no bitch!'. I hope I said that right?"

"True." Kanae stifled her laughter. "Honestly, hearing that puts me at ease. I guess this really does mean I'll eventually have a lot of grandchildren running around?"

"Oh, gods…"

Nelly buried his face into both hands out of embarrassment until he jumped to his feet. She followed his eyes to Arenade coming through with a gorag. The mighty beast pulled a wagon full of lumber and a toolbox. Arenade herself was dressed in some rugged work clothes and a hard hat.

"Mommy!" Kanade and Suvee came running back.

"Arenade? What's this all about?" Kanae asked.

"The girls asked for a playground, so I'm going to build just that. After catching a glimpse of your world, I know just the thing!" Arenade exclaimed excitedly.

"Is that what the passionate thing was about? But wait, you… build…? You don't build things. Hell, it's a fifty-fifty toss up whether you choose to fight or not."

"You got that right! That's what those guys are for." She thumbed over her shoulder to a large number of goblins unloading the wagon.

Kanae and Nelly watched Arenade spend the entire afternoon, bossing goblins around about what to build. The result? A poorly-constructed playground with a jungle gym possibly too dangerous for children to play on.

"Arenade…" Kanae sighed.

"What do you think? Amazing, aren't I?" Arenade rubbed the bridge of her nose.

"Oooh!" Suvee applauded her, but Kanade did so with pitiable intent.

When they jerked forward to try out the slide, Kanae picked her children up by the tails to stop them.

"Sorry, but there's no way the playground is stable. I'm not risking their safety until you try it out," Kanae said.

"What? It's totally stable! I think… Fine. I'll show you!" Arenade stomped up to the slide and climbed up the creaky ladder. It reached a maximum height of six feet, and her legs were shaking all the way up. She breathed a sigh of relief once at the top, planted her ass, and began sliding— then screaming. "Ow, ow, ow! My ass! It burns!"

Kanade cracked a smile and giggled into her hands at her birth mom's misfortune.

"That burn you're feeling? It's called friction. Do you think that's suitable for our kids?" Kanae asked.

"No…" Arenade moped.

"Swing?" Kanade tugged on Kanae's arm.

The swing the goblin construction workers had built was essentially two poles staked to the ground. Another pole connected the two from the top with a chain-link attached to a wooden seat.

"Oh, that definitely works! I'll prove it— hurrggh!"

Kanae charmed Arenade to stop before she hurt herself over the swing.

"Mother, I've never seen these contraptions before and even I know they look poorly built," Nelly tried to reason with her.

Of the two, Suvee looked especially saddened from hearing the news. Kanade patted her gently on the back. When Kanae saw them, she began to understand.

"We'll start over," Kanae insisted. "We'll need a lot more goblin workers. Bring several tons of gravel from the mines and mulch from the lumber mills. The smithy might be able to hammer out a metal sheet for the slide, and I'll need a medium-sized slime for the swings. Oh, and one last thing… Who remembers Old Barkskin?"

Construction on the playground in front of the school took two whole days of non-stop work by the goblins. As soon as they were done, it was straight to the brothels for them. Kanae and Arenade brought their two youngest, both brimming with excitement, out to see the completed playground.

Kanade and Suvee were awestruck. Children were already all over the amenities it had to offer. The ground had been layered with sand mulch for safety. Another side, walled off with a one-foot tall partition all around, was filled with sand from repeatedly crushing gravel. Kids took turns flying down the slide and into the soft bark below. The swing sets had seats made of slime to fasten children in.

However, the biggest attraction of all was Old Barkskin's skull that served as the playground dome. Kids poked their heads out from the eye sockets and slid playfully down the side of the skull. The long, serpentine spine snaked around the skull, each rib being used like monkey bars.

Kanae snatched up her two kids and brought them over to the swings. Those that were already on it saw them and ran away in terror, vacating a seat for each of them. She placed Suvee on one and Kanade on the other, then pushed them both at the same time. Hearing their playful giggles tugged on Kanae's heartstrings.

"How did you even know to build all this?" Arenade asked in disbelief.

"My dad was a civil engineer. He knew a thing or two about parks. You were trying to cheer Suvee up, weren't you?" Kanae returned curiously.

The dark elven succubus girl in question couldn't hear them, swinging like that. The rushing winds coursed through her hair. She smiled so brightly, her baby teeth reflected the sunlight. Arenade saw it, too.

"Kanade said Suvee misses her dad. Asked me if there was anything I could do to take her mind off it," Arenade explained.

"So, you took it upon yourself to design a whole park to cheer her up. Could've asked me for help from the start," Kanae said.

Arenade clammed up.

"Nelly, push the girls for me, will you? I'm taking Arenade to the slide." Kanae picked up the struggling high elf and flew over to the tallest one at ten feet.

"W-What are you doing! My ass is still aching from the last time!" Arenade complained.

Kanae embraced Arenade from behind and scooted forward until gravity seized hold of them. The way down made their hearts jump, Kanae laughing and Arenade screaming with tears flicking off the corners of her eyes. They crashed to the ground, kicking up bark and mulch.

Something glistened a few feet away from them. The two silver rings. Kanae picked them up.

[Rings of Destined Matrimony: —]

Arenade snatched them back before Kanae could read the rest.

"You… saw it, didn't you?" Arenade asked, her cheeks a deep red.

"I did…" Kanae nodded and felt the heat rising to her face, too. "But I only saw the name."

Arenade uncurled her fingers around the rings to show Kanae.

"Glentir, that bastard. I don't know if he gave me these as a joke or what, but the rings link two souls together. It's a mythical-level equipment. It makes it so the wearers will end up finding each other again in the next life," Arenade explained quietly.

"Do you not want us to be together?" Kanae asked.

"I do!" she exclaimed. "Of course, I want to be with you. You're the best thing that's ever happened to me, it's just… it was my fault for taking you away from your world to begin with. I don't want to take you away a second time…"

Kanae placed her hand on top of Arenade's palm which held the rings. "Take me. You're the best thing that's ever happened to me, too. All of this happiness around me is because you brought me here like an idiot. I'm not sure what the future holds, but if this means we can be together again no matter what, then take me!"

"I guess… this means the Supreme One gave me an extended vacation?" Arenade wiped the tears from her eyes and sniffled.

"When all this fighting is settled and done, maybe we can hold a wedding?" Kanae got up and gave Arenade a hand.

"Well… if you're insisting." She took it and began plucking the bark from her hair. "Then it better be the most extravagant event in history."