<~> Chapter 121There was a loud cheer from the girls at the entrance wheepped into the Ruby Vixen. Several of the men who were hanging around joined in as well, despite presumably having no idea ere. Raya grabbed me as soon as we walked in and led us towards the back of the room.

  "You're back! Did everything go well? It was getting dark so I was starting to get worried." Raya's fox ears twitched and turned as she looked over our outfits. "Did you get new armor? The two of you came back looking like knights."

  I looked down at my nete armor. It was a bit more expaha set I used, rather than just a breastpte it had full sleeves with gaus and attached pauldrons. It stopped at the waist or 'faulds' as I've been told they're called and they have buckles to attach tassets to if I wahem ter on. The material of the armor felt quite sturdy and was a signifit step up from the breastpte that got ruined by the featherjack. I also had a new sheath for my sword that thankfully didn't jingle stantly when I walked around anymore. A new kite shield hung from my back which would allow me to fight mgressively rather than as some kind of duelist or fencer all the time. The attached cloth was a dark brown that marked me as unaffiliated with any of the local armies or militias.

  Silva was also sp a simir set of armor with matg colors, though her cuirass was desigo leave her sve colr promily dispyed, a legal requirement for crime sves in most pces. She also chose not to carry a shield as she preferred to use her spear like a quarterstaff often, which required both of her hands to be free. Instead she had picked out a leather strap that attached to her spear so that she could hang it from her shoulder rather than having to carry it like a walking stick all the time. She chose to a helmet and I for a bit more obvious reasons couldn't find ohat would fit over my horns. I may have to special order one iure rather than having something off the shelf adjusted for me like most of ear. I already spent quite a bit on all of this, around 10 gold, and I didn't want to drain all of our funds quite yet.

  I ughed and looked back up at Raya. "o be so excited. We ran into another demon while we were out but even more importantly, we found a journal of someone who was ected to the attack. We took it to the guard before doing a little shopping. We've been meaning to repe of our old equipment for a while but we haven't had the opportunity till now."

  I looked around the room before looking back at Raya. "Why was everyone cheering whe back?"

  Raya got a huge grin on her face. "All of the girls here kno we were on food, they also know you were the ones who helped me bring some back. Of course they would want to show their gratitude! ...Some of them are also already drunk. To celebrate, the Madame loosened some of the rules on alcohol for the night." She finished with a snicker.

  I was still pnning on the succubus transformation to both Raya and Madame Oe, as well as anyone else here that was ied. The idea gave me butterflies though, it felt dangerous to reveal these kinds of secrets ters. ...It also meant that I would be them membership into my newly f family. But it could also be the start of something amazing, a sisterhood.

  Raya noticed my unease. "Are you okay Lilith? You look... flicted."

  I sighed. There wasn't much reason to hold off on this any lohan I already had. "Is the Madame free? I'd like to talk to you and Madame Oe in private... Maybe Grace as well if she's avaible."

  "This sounds important, are you sure you wao be included?" Raya asked hesitantly.

  I nodded. "Yes, it's important to me that you would be included in this versation."

  "...Alright. I'll go ask then, after bringing back food I'm sure she wouldn't mind speaking with you." Raya walked through one of the bas while we waited in the er.

  Man put a hand on my shoulder. "Are you really okay Lilith?"

  I smiled at her. "Yeah, just feeling a little nervous." I kissed her on the cheek and enjoyed watg her flush. She looked away but I could see the small smile on her face.

  I grabbed Bel's hand too, her resence always reassured me. She squeezed my hand bad let her happiness flow through our bond. She really ehese small shows of affe, especially out in public. I'm not sure if she meant for this to shihrough as well but she also was being more and more fortable watg me be affeate with Man. Though I'm not sure if it's because she's closer tan now too or if she was just slowly getting used to it.

  After a moment a still nervous Raya came back. "She says she would be happy to talk with you in private and Grace was already there with her. Do you want to talk with them now?" she asked.

  "Yes, that would be great, let's go then."

  Raya led us into the ba and through a door I hadn't been through before. Raya softly knocked before opening the door to reveal a study filled with books, ets, and a rge desk at one end. In the middle of the room air of couches with a small coffee table between them. Grace the e beastfolk woman I met this m and Madame Oe the naga had been sitting across from each race was gathering some papers together and moved to sit o Oe, giving us space to sit down across from them. Raya cast a nervous g me and my party before taking a seat on their side of the couch. We took the cue and sat down fag them, though Silva stood behind us instead.

  Oe smiled. "Lilith, I'm gd to see you return safely. I first want to thank you for helping us with our food situation, and right after Bel had helped us heal the remaining injured and sick girls this m too. I am truly grateful for your help. Now, what would you like to talk about? This kind of meeting is unusual, especially requesting Grad one of my girls be present as well. I'm curious what this could be about." She eyed our armor carefully and I only just realized how it might look to walk in wearing armor we hadn't had before. As smooth as her delivery was, she looked nervous, as did Grad Raya.

  "Ah, sorry about the new armor. We had been meaning to buy it for a while now. I didn't sider how it might look walking in here like this. This wasn't meant to be any kind of intimidation tactic, I actually want to offer you three something."

  Oe perked up a bit and her fear instantly faded. Like a switch her demeanor ged, I could see curiosity in her eyes now instead. She was quite adaptable.

  I cleared my throat. "But first, would it be alright if I cast a [Zone of Silenbsp;here? It's in our best i if everything we say tonight is kept in fidence."

  Oe tapped her fingers on the cou thought before meeting my eyes. "You may create one in the ter of the room but do end it to its ey. The five of you are armed, I thank you for asking but we are already feeling a bit unfortable about this situation. I would have already called for my security if I didn't trust you to this extent."

  I sighed. "That's fair." I cast the [Zone of Silenbsp;in the ter of the room while feeling a bit mixed about how often I cast this spell. It was my most cast spell by a fair margin now despite its... sour ins.

  I leaned back against the coud prepared myself mentally before fog on Oe. "I am a [World Traveler] with a unique race. Currently, we're limited to only three people but I have the ability to transform others, allowing them to bee one as well. The properties of my race could be many of the people living here but would require some unique... itments. There are pros and s to this decision but it requires sent."

  Oe leaned back against the couch. "So you're to... ge some of my girls into your race? Why would you offer this to us of all people?"

  "There are some aspey race that 't be ged and others that are a bit more fluid still. Of the things that 't be ged, people w in a brothel would be more likely to accept and be from over the average person."

  "So you want whores?" she asked bluntly.

  "Well, prostitutes, sure," I answered.

  She crossed her arms. "And what are the bes we would get out of it?"

  "Before that, I'd like to get something out of the way. I swear to Sorsette that I am not a demon and that I have the [Demon Huitle to further illustrate that."

  [Sorsette the Goddess of Knowledge and Innovatinizes Lilith's statement as truth]

  [Sorsette the Goddess of Knowledge and Innovatinizes Lilith as a follower of Sorsette]

  [You have acquired the title Follower of Sorsette]

  [You have been granted a boon]

  [You have been grahe Variant Are Magic Spell Zone of Truth]

  The entire room's widened eyes collectively so me. Man's mouth even hung wide open in disbelief.

  "Uh... which of those notifications did you guys get too?" I asked.

  Man pihe bridge of her nose. "I assume that means you got more than just the one about her reizing your statement as truth?"

  "I uh... It seems she also just reized me as her follower and granted me a boon... an are variant of [Zone of Truth]"

  Silva snorted in amusement. "Seems she didn't want you to swear things on her name all the time, you swore to her when you first met me as well."

  "Wait wait wait." Raya jumped in. "I must be fug drugged or something, did Lilith just say she was a world traveler and then not a mier gnized by the fug god of knowledge who firmed that she was telling the truth?"

  I scratched the base of my horn. "Well, she actually firmed I wasn't a demon, not that I'm a world traveler, though I promise that part is true as well."

  Raya gave me a ft look.

  Oe cleared her throat and spoke before Raya could say anything more, "So I suppose we should go back to the topic then. And since Sorsette deemed this versation important enough to personally step into it, I believe we should take this versation very seriously. What is it that we get out of being the same race as you? I admit, I'm quite attached to my scales. It would take a lot for me to accept being something that appears to be a sheep beastfolk."

  I shook my head. "The reason I wao mention at the start that I'm not a demon is that my race has some simirities to them. The main one being, that my race doesn't actually e in any one shape, Bel also shares my race, we are both Succubi. Another simirity is that all of us have some degree of shapeshifting avaible to us." I demonstrated by ging my fur color oop of my hand to red.

  I tinued, "There are two main advao being a succubus like us. The first and more minor be is that succubi literally feed off of the mana created during sex. Anyone who chooses this transformation would no longer o eat the traditional way, though they , they would no lain sustenance from it, only from sex. There is also the possibility of gaining levels and experience from sex, though I'm not sure how strong those effects would be in people other than myself."

  Oe tapped her fingers on the edge of the couch. "So you're us a way to solve or at least mitigate our food problem and level through sex? And this is the minor be?"

  I nodded. "That is one part of it but the bigger be is the seajor advantage. Wheransformation takes pce the person is transformed into their 'current ideal self,' then they gain some kind of racial specialization as well as a full stat point respecialization. These transformations are quite powerful, Bel here used to be human."

  The three of them all looked at Bel in shock. Bel nodded with a smile.

  "I also have reason to believe the transformation is a bit trolble so if the person being transformed wanted, for instao have more human-like hands, it would likely grant that to them if they were thinking about it during the transformation process." I looked knowingly at Raya who's eyes widened. "Even if that wasn't part of the transformation, with practid a mana reservation you could use our i shapeshifting abilities to adjust them." I shifted my right hand into an imitation of Raya's to demonstrate my point.

  Oe's tail flicked in thought. "Would your current ideal self be able to do something like de-age someone? Make them young aile again?"

  I hesitated. "I'm holy not sure, even if it did de-age someohe ges might be superficial and I don't have any idea if they would bee fertile again. None of the current succubi have ever been pregnant so I'm also not sure how easy it is to ceive or if we at all."

  Grace spoke up for the first time since we started. "What about rest a lost limb?"

  I looked her in the eye, having an idea of where this was going. "I'm not sure if that would work or not, though I suspect it would. But even if it could, the person would have to want the other effects of the ge. The reason why I'm telling you three about all of this is that I want help finding people who would want to feed on sex. Who would enjoy the kind of life this kind of ge would ate. To help me find new members for my new family."

  Grace looked down in thought for a moment before turning to Raya. "Honey, will you please bring Nadia here for me?"

  Saine

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