<~> Chapter 126I tightehe st of the straps to my new armor into pce. I was getting used to my new gear, it wasn't something I would be able to throw on quickly yet. Today Mimi was going to attempt to go with us into the castle. I wasn't sure how many other people or soldiers would apany us i it felt a bit risky. Mimi was adamant that she had her transformatioer under trol now so she would be able to blend it better. She knew better than I how well she could transform and from what she's said her racial bonus is focused on shapeshifting more easily and fortably.

  I was still worried but I figured I should trust her on this. It didn't feel right having her hide all the time. There were already times when some of us fot she was there, I have been guilty of this myself from time to time, so iing her introup sooner rather than ter was for the best. I just hope she will be okay. Then again, I be worried all I like but she's the one who has saved my life several times now, not the other way around.

  I sighed. I should check my notifications and status.

  [Vaginal virginity (receiving) was taken through sensual sex][Racial trait asm trol created][+20 Karmiergy][Level increases by 2][Sexual Appetite has increased to level 7]

  [asm trol - Racial trait]Your desire to pleasure your partners occasionally outweighs your desire for your own pleasure. This trait will allow you to hold back yasm for as long as you desire.

  A bit basic but something that would have been useful st night. It feels a bit underwhelming pared to a lot of the other abilities I've gained but I suppose beggars 't be choosers. The two extra levels I gained from my time with Man are much appreciated and I also got credit for [Sexual Appetite] even if I don't feel like I did all that much with Raya and Nadia... yet.

  Before I looked over my eatus holistically I decided to first allocate my free stats evenly into Strength and Magitrol, si made seo keep them retively simir to Magic Forbsp;before bonuses.

  [Status]Name: Lilith BaphometRace: Succubus [Race Hidden - Dispyed as Beastkin (Sheep)]Gender: FemaleCss: [Novice Magian] Lv. 9Level: 41

  Stat Spread:Strength: 80Vitality: 100Charisma: 10 (286)Luck: 20 (296)Finesse: 50Magitrol: 80Magic Force: 80 (125)Speed: 60 (80)Endurance: 10

  Karmiergy: 2764

  Unallocated Stat points: 0

  Skills:Haggling Lv. 15Swordsmanship Lv. 38Illusion Magic Lv. 4Light Magic Lv. 9Light Manipution Lv. 9Uuna Riding Lv. 13Linguistics Lv. 10Ritual Magic Lv. 10Drawing Lv. 12Mana Sense Lv. 4Luck Magic Lv. 1Enha Magic lv. 1

  Css AbilitiesMert Skill - CalcutionsProstitute Passive - Resist DiseaseProstitute Passive - Magigers

  Special Passives:Special drop rate upSightspeakDouble Down

  Innate Abilities:KarmiceKarma AwarenessKarmic ResonanceKarmic RetributionDominating AuthorityKarmic HypnotismBonded unication Lv. 6Induce Arousal

  Racial Traits:Infernal Heat Resistanfernal Cold ResistanceDarksightSexual Appetite Lv. 7Succubus BondSuccubus ShiftingSoulbound panionsLubrig SalivaPleasure Sense

  Titles:[World Traveler - Hidden Title][in of Succubi - Hidden Title][Dungeoroyer][First Explorer][Early Intervention][Demon Hunter][Follower of Sorsette]

  Spells:

  Light Magic:[Light Orb][Fireflies][Light Beam][Light Signal][Light Scribing][Light Burst]

  Illusion Magic:[Zone of Silence]

  Luck Magic:[Melee Hex][ Flip][Die Nudge][Bckjack]

  Entment Magic:[Fme Imbue][Bde Waltz][Focused Perception]

  Are Magic:[Are Variant Zone of Truth (Boon)]

  Not a whole lot of ges this time. I gained a few levels in soultouched e, I have more karma tha time I checked, and I see my name listed in my status now. The biggest ge is the new [Follower of Sorsette] title and the [Are Variant Zone of Truth (Boon)] ability I gai night.

  [Follower of Sorsette - on Title]The bearer of this title has been noticed by The Goddess Sorsette, domain of Knowledge and Innovation, and has been grahis title as one of her followers. The title bearer through their as has shown that their ethics align with the Creed of Sorsette and will hold this title as long as that is true. Upon receipt of this title, the title bearer will be granted a boon by their Goddess as long as they hold this title.

  Mmm, I was aware that I had been grahat ability as a boon but this firms that it be taken away from me as well. I also wasn't sure exactly how I felt about being sidered a follower even though I hadn't formally made any kind of choice about that. I suppose swearing on her name all the time had sequences. From what I've heard about this particur goddess I wasn't too upset about it though. As far as I tell I don't have any obligatioed to being a follower but it might be a good idea to have a versation about it soon. Perhaps Nathahe priest of Morkinnen I'm assisting today help me with that.

  I pulled the buckles of my breastpte nid tight, making sure it wouldn't move at all when I fought. I g the blue brigandine one of the caravan merts had dyed for me. I haven't worn it since I received it and I've already repced it now. The brigandine wasn't bad or anything but with my added strength and the kind of trouble I got into on a regur basis, I thought something stronger would be in order. I didn't trust the brigao hold up aer than my old breastpte had to something like the featherjack or one of the strohings I would probably fight soon. The brigandine would be good for Mimi though. She didly but it will help her blend in more.

  "Mimi e here." I waved her over.

  She enthusiastically came over. "What's up?"

  She was covered in golden blond and white two-tone fur again. Now that her eyes had shifted to look more like ours and she had a coat of fur, she looked much more like a beastfolk. It was a bit hard to nail down what her species was though, st time we spoke about it we agreed on calling her a Mimadora. I his would be fine. No one will know her species but I doubt people would assume she was a shapeshifter as long as no one saw her shift forms in front of them.

  "Since yoing to be going out with us today you'd better put on some armor. Even if it's less useful to you with your hard skin it'll help you blend in. Do you need help putting it on?" I asked.

  She smiled. "Sure! Is it hard?"

  "Nope, just pull this over your head and I'll help you adjust the straps." I helped her put it on and then helped her with the rge hooded cloak I bought from the equipment mert we fouerday. It was surprisingly well stocked for a shop in the middle of a city in crisis. The shopkeep was a bit of a scary guy though so maybe I shouldn't be too surprised. He lenty o us when he found out we were actually ers... not so much before that. I fastened on her sword belt with the spare sword we bought around her waist. She didn't strictly but if she was going to blend in, turning her arms into giant knives wouldn't be a good idea.

  I looked over at Bel who was fixing her pink dress. "Are you going to be okay today? You didn't get any sleep st night." I gnced over at Raya and Nadia who were fortably sleeping cuddled in our bed. Man was the only one of us who actually slept but she was already up agaiing herself ready to leave oher side of the room.

  Bel smoothed out her skirt before turning over to me. "Yeah I feel pletely rested, after all the... after st night I feel quite energized."

  I gri her. "After how enthusiastic you were with our friends over there you're still embarrassed talking about sex?"

  Her ears flushed pink a little. "It's different when I'm in the heat of it... but talking about it is embarrassing." She turned away from me to hide her expression.

  I ughed and shook my head.

  Man came over and sat down on the couch, apparently finished with her preparations. I kissed her on the cheek. "How about you? Did you get enough sleep? We were up te."

  She grinned, "I could have used a bit more sleep but holy I'm used to getting by on very little. It's another part of my training. Even with as busy as we've been I've gotten way more sleep since joining your party actually. Besides, st night was so worth it."

  The door opeorien and Silva walked through the door and sat on the couch across from us. Both of them looked normal, I wonder if they had been up as te as we had. Doubtful, I hadn't slept at all and they looked too normal to have been up all night.

  "How was yht?" I asked them.

  Torien blushed a little. Silva answered with a smirk, "Fine. We were up a bit te but we stopped before you guys from the noises we heard."

  I looked around. "Is everyone ready then?" I got a round of nods so we quietly left the room ahe two new Succubi get some sleep.

  It was rather early so we found Grace at the ter again. "Good m Lilith, girls."

  "Good m," I said with a smile. "Raya and Nadia are resting, we had a long night, best let them rest a while."

  "Of course, they were w st night and no one he room so they sleep there till the afternoon. Do you know when you'll be back today?" she asked.

  "irely sure, we're helping some of the guards clear aake the castle. We're not sure if there are still demons around but I wouldn't be surprised based on what we fouerday."

  Grace frowned. "Be careful out there, should I be worried if you don't e back tonight?"

  I tapped my fingers on the ter, thinking. "No, I wouldn't worry unless we don't e back by tomorrow evening. If something es up and I , I'll send a letter."

  "Do you think that is wise? Sending a letter to a brothel while w with the town guard?"

  "What would the problem be?" I asked.

  "...While our trade isn't illegal, many of the people in the guard find our work to be unsavory. They still help us with violent ers but they ignore any pints for anything less serious than that."

  I shrugged. "If they have a problem with it I don't really care. I'm doing them a favor in the first pce. The only reason they asked us to help is because most of us have the demon huitle."

  Her eyebrows rose in response. "Oh, I see. I hadn't known that about all of you. Your party must be more skilled than I had expected."

  I ughed. "Well, in this case, it was more that we were in the right pce at the right time. There's bound to be a lot more adventurer demon hunters around soon, a good hundred or so adventurers, including us, helped tain a demon-dungeon break before we traveled here."

  Grace's brow furrowed. "So the rumors about demons to the east are true then?"

  "I'm not sure which rumors you've heard but there are definitely demons in the east. And there are still demons in this city right now. roup killed some just yesterday. Luckily they seem to be mostly taio the areas people are already avoiding but you should be careful about being out alone and at night right now. The city isn't safe from crime or demons right now."

  She nodded. "Thanks for the advice. ...I was already sidering bringing my brother here, perhaps I should do so sooner."

  "Maybe. This pce seems safer than most. I'm really gd Raya brought us here."

  Grace smiled. "I'm sure many of the girls here feel the same. Be safe Lilith."

  I nodded. "You too Grace."

  Our party left the Ruby Vixen early in the m. The sun was only just ing up, leaving the city in twilight and partial shadow. The m was refreshing, it retty chilly out and the air smelled nice. Because of ing magic, this city's sewer system, and the ck of pollution I associated with city life, the pce was much er than it had any right to be. There was still garbage and litter here and there but it wasn't nearly as bad as you would expect a quasi-medieval town to be.

  A brisk walk ter and we were by the city gates. A line had already started to form in front of the closed gates and there were a lot of carriages and caravans headed towards Traehall. A bit surprising with all of the rumors of demons. Looks like these people have chosen to risk traveling that dire, uandable with the state this city is in right now.

  There was a group of guards f he gatehouse and I spotted Nathaniel chatting with a fancy-looking guard, probably the guard captain or something. Most of the guards here were humans though I noticed a few with animal ears poking through some of their helmets. I'm not sure what to make of that but it seems a bit low retive to the proportion of beastfolk I've seen walking the streets. I couldn't jump to any clusions, I could just be in a part of town with more beastfolk but it was something to keep in mind.

  When roup approached Nathahe guard owards us and the priest turo greet us. "Ah Lilith, great timing. Please meet guard captain Jasper. He'll be in charge of the operation today."

  "Good m Lilith and party." He said with a nod as he looked over roup. "I'm surprised to see that your entire party is made up of women, is that by design?"

  I shook my head. "ce mostly. It just happeo work out that way. We don't have any problem w with men if that's what you're worried about."

  "Oh, I wouldn't dare suggest that." Despite his response, I could tell my words reassured him. "Which of you have the [Demon Hunter] title?" he asked looking at each of us.

  "All of us except for these two," I said before pointing out Silva and Mimi.

  The priest studied Mimi. "I don't believe I met this one before, is she trustworthy?" the priest asked.

  I put my hand on Mimi's shoulder. "She's saved my life at least twid we've been together for a while now. I trust her with my life."

  "Good enough for me." The guard captain smiled.

  I was gd that none of them seemed to be focused on her looks. I wasn't sure if people would say anything when they saw Mimi clearly with her hood removed but I was happy none of them seemed to be calling for it. It would go a long way to show she wasn't aligned with demons if they saw her fighting them before they got a clear look at her. I hoped I was just being overly paranoid and didn't o worry.

  Guard captain Jasper turned away from us and signaled back at someone who caught his attention. "Looks like everyone's just about here and ready to get moving. Would it be alright if I split your party up a little? If each of you see demon miasma it would be better to get as much ce as possible."

  I looked at my team. I didn't love the idea of splitting up but I could uand his logic.

  "We only have two frontline fighters, two groups of three is as low as I'd like to go. You don't have any issue with two servants and a crime sve ag indepely of me do you?" I asked.

  He quickly sed my group before shaking his head. "I have no issue if you vouch for them. I'm not ed with things like that, especially right now when I have much bigger problems thaiquette around sves."

  I nodded. "Good. Silva, you're with the twins, Torien, you're in charge. Mimi and Bel, you're with me."

  Time to go explore a castle.

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