<~> Chapter 203I had just finished maintaining my armor and ing it up. It was still i shape, it was much better than the armor I had been using before. I'd gotteo donning it fairly fast and it was alretty fortable. I tested all the straps after getting my chest pie pce before looking over my status as I ced up my boots.

  [Status]Name: Lilith BaphometRace: Greater Succubus [Race Hidden - Dispyed as Beastkin (Sheep)]Gender: FemaleCss: [Novice Magian] Lv. 12Level: 50

  Stat Spread:Strength: 100Vitality: 100Charisma: 10 (735)Luck: 20 (745)Finesse: 70Magitrol: 100Magic Force: 100 (160)Speed: 70 (90)Endurance: 10

  Karmiergy: 7232

  Unallocated Stat points: 0

  Skills:Haggling Lv. 15Swordsmanship Lv. 38Illusion Magic Lv. 5Light Magic Lv. 11Light Manipution Lv. 12Uuna Riding Lv. 13Linguistics Lv. 10Ritual Magic Lv. 10Drawing Lv. 12Mana Sense Lv. 6Luck Magic Lv. 6Enha Magic lv. 8Flying lv. 7Intimidation lv. 1Internal Mana Manipution lv. 4

  Css AbilitiesMert Skill - CalcutionsProstitute Passive - Resist DiseaseProstitute Passive - MagigersProstitute Skill - Ease PainProstitute Skill - Freshen UpProstitute Passive - Tight FitProstitute Passive - Group DynamicsProstitute Passive - Go UnnoticedProstitute Passive - Resist SleepProstitute Skill - ter of AttentionProstitute Skill - Nightcap

  Special Passives:Soulbound panionsSpecial drop rate upSightspeakDouble Down

  Innate Abilities:Karmic RetributionBeing of Karma

  Racial Traits:Succubus stitutionSexual Appetite Lv. 47Succubus Boer Succubus Shifting

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

  Nothing had ged si time so I didn't dwell on it. In fact, parts like the css abilities were getting a bit long as well so I would probably start ign them uhey became relevant. Most of my css abilities were just prostitute things at this point. While they were useful in some situations outside their normal use, they weren't usually that impactful. Though a few would be useful in social situations amusingly enough.

  I sighed and looked over at the book Man had brought me. It was a long reference guide of ritual circle pos. The book had beely what I was looking for and was what Sorsette had given me as a gift. Unfortunately, I still didn't have time to study it. There were too many other things going on but I was dying to look through it and make my [Light Scribing] spell more useful. With a guide like this, I could probably even put together offensive spells and use them in bat. I wasn't sure how viable it really was but it would take experimentation and time I just didn't have right now. For now, I slid the book into my chest o the Book of Recolles I had been saving. I could already see the synergy, if I got good at it, I might even be able to build spells on the fly.

  "Alright Mimi, I'm doh my chest," I told her.

  "Sounds good!" she said cheerfully before whisking it away into her pocket dimension. She takes the security of our belongings very seriously, zealously so, and doesn't like to leave the chests out when we leave. I find it a little cute, if sometimes inve. She has such good trol of her abilities now though that the hard part has more to do with not revealing her ability to others than her actually using it. She's even gotteer at grabbing stuff out of our chests if we want them, but we don't do that very often.

  I looked over at the twins who had finished dressing in their matg maid uniforms. Their neck pieces looked odd without the colrs there. They left a pretty noticeable gap and the twins had been fussing over it a little this m, trying to adjust it without c their necks where the colrs would be, to avoid fusion.

  "Why don't you just leave the neck pieces off?" I asked. The twins both looked at me with a frown and I realized that I had just fucked up.

  Man replied with a tinge of hurt in her voice, "I know that you don't really... uand how we feel about this. But this neck piece that ed around our eans that we were reized for our value as... servants. It sighe trust you p us as your representatives. Even if we weren't your sves—"

  "You're not sves anymore," I interrupted.

  "Um... right. Even though we are no longer your sves, this neck piece still sighe trust you p us and we wear it with pride. It's... disheartening that it doesn't fit correctly without the colrs... like we lost a sign of your trust..." she finished.

  I walked over to her and pced my hand on her shoulder. "I'm sorry. I still pletely trust you with my life if that helps. Do you want to look for a tailor to adjust it for you today?"

  Her pout softened into a gentle smile. "I would like that."

  "Do... you still want to wear servant outfits now that her of you are sves? You could wear more traditional adventuring gear..." I asked. I hoped this wasn't as much of a ndmine as the st question had been.

  "I'm... not sure," Man replied before looking at Torien.

  Torien frowned back at her before shrugging. "We'll... talk about that ter. I'm happy with this outfit for now... maybe it'll be easier to wear it like nothing happened for the moment..."

  I nodded. "Sure, whatever the two of you prefer. Maybe we should buy some new clothes just in case regardless though." They both o me in respo didn't seem keen on tinuing down that train of thought.

  For now, they decided to wear the loose servant colrs as normal, even if they looked a bit odd without their normal colrs uhem. I'd make sure to make it a high priority to get it fixed assuming we were allowed to leave the embassy. I wasn't sure how this upiing was going to go.

  When I opehe door a dowairs, the rest of the group blushed when they saw me. "What?" I asked.

  Raya snickered, happy to be the first oo answer. "You left the bond open when you and Bel had your fun this m. I woke up to an asm after a nibsp;wet dream."

  I coughed and turned away. Bel looked mortified, her ears had gone pletely red. Before I could say anything, the door to the guest residence opened and a short female elf walked through the door. She was wearing a green blouse that atuated her rge breasts and bck dress pants that gave her a bit of a boyish look despite them. She had long blond near-white hair and purple eyes. Stig out of her hair, she had the telltale ears of an elf but looked a bit young for how she was dressed. I suspected her looks were deceiving from the way she carried herself though. She g me with a raised eyebrow. "I assume you are Miss Lilith? Am I to take it that you wish to meet with Master Tangleleaf while wearing your armor then?"

  "...Would that be impolite?" I asked.

  She hummed. "The etiquette is tricky on this one. Do you wish to present yourself as a merary or as a political ally first and foremost? If this meeting is meant to be more political, then perhaps formal clothes would be more proper."

  "Uhh..." I turo Cecilia desperately looking for help. She was wearing an outfit that looked very simir to the elf woman's though hers had a silvery blouse with flowers stitched into it.

  She shrugged. "It's up to you how you want to present yourself. I thiher would work but it depends on how much you actually want to tell them about yourself."

  The elf woman frow Cecilia's respo didn't say anything to that. Instead, she sed the rest of roup before stopping on Silva who was also wearing her normal armor. "I'm told that the rabbit demi-beastfolk was also asked to attend, but from the description of her character I assume she doesn't have any clothes to wear either."

  Silva shrugged. "I'm Lilith's... bodyguard. I don't need fancy clothes, she'll speak for me."

  The elf woman o her in uanding and focused bae. "You have a half-bell before the meeting but others have already begun to gather. Would you like me to lead you over now?" she asked.

  I scratched the base of my horn. "Uh, I actually think I will ge if you don't mind."

  She closed her eyes and bowed. "No trouble at all. I will wait here until you are ready to leave."

  "Mimi, will you e with me please?" I asked. She was currently transformed intolden-furred disguise again and wearing regur work clothes.

  "Sure!" she hopped up and followed me up the stairs. Once we were ba my room she instantly removed the armor I had spent all m maintaining and handed me the Noble's clothes I had tailored for myself. They fit rather well still despite the small amount of muscle I had put on. Stats hindered your ability to visibly beore muscur but I had apparently been so active that I had gained some anyway. Once I was fihe two of us walked back dowairs.

  When the elven woman saw my ge of clothes, she smiled at me. "Those clothes look fine on you Miss Lilith. I'm gd you decided to ge." She looked around the group. "How many of your fidantes will be joining you?"

  I looked around. "Everyone who wishes to attend I suppose."

  After a quick versation, the final group that would be going with me was Bel, the Twins, Silva, Cecilia, Talis, and Lorrieo iate the pantharian's escort to the Northern Greens.

  The rest of the group would wait for me to return in the guest quarters we had been put up in. Mimi likely wouldn't be able to tribute mud Raya and Sibyl felt out of pce here. I got the sehat they would have joined us if I had asked them to, but they felt like they didn't have any pce trying to help iate. I felt like they weren't giving themselves enough credit, it's not like I was a iator either, and Raya in particur could be very perceptive when she wao be. Still, they argued that they were just prostitutes and I didn't want to pressure them to e if they didn't want to. I didn't think any of us were in any danger here, Cecilia had made it clear to me that the elves were happy that the king was dead and wouldn't turn us in for it after taking us in st night. So we had that going for us. This meeting had more to do with our future retionship with them.

  The elven woman led us through the courtyard to the main building and inte meeting room with lots of spa the sides for sidebar discussions. There were six other people here already, four of them men and two of them women, and I noticed the woman who had escorted us here didn't leave, instead, she walked over to one of the men and began to talk with him. I looked around but I didn't see Master Tangleleaf yet.

  The elves were standing iy obvious groups. All of the men and women wore fine dress shirts or blouses in matg colors. The Tangleleafs wreen, judging from Cecilia, the Silvergroves wore silver, and there were also two wearing purple and two wearing dark red. It almost appeared as if they were wearing matg team jerseys based on political affiliation. The idea made me chuckle at the parison of such fancy shirts being the equivalent of team colors.

  One of the elven men walked over to me with the woman who had escorted us here. He was also wearing a green shirt with ivy stitched into it. He was a bit taller than she was but not by much. The elves of this world weren't cartoon-sized but they weren't as tall as modern fantasy elves were usually depicted either. I was taller than both of them, but that wasn't a surprise since I was taller than Tarklin as well.

  "Hello miss!" I could instantly tell he had a high Charisma and I snapped on the charisma bonus I got from [Being of Karma] as he held his hand out to me. I could tell the elf woman also noticed because her eyes widened just a bit.

  I reflexively adjusted my posture and took his hand. The bonus to Charisma made it easy to match his smile in iy. Just as I knew what to look for, he also instantly reized the effects of the ability I had activated.

  His grin grew wider. "I see you're not as out of your element as I had expected. It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance miss. I hear your name is Lilith, may I inquire if you have a surname?"

  "Yes, my name is Lilith Baphomet, it's o meet you," I replied.

  "Ah, I have not heard the Baphomet hough it sounds quite strong. I am Tealo Tangleleaf, Master Routil Tangleleaf's brother, and this here is my nieealli Tangleleaf. I hear you have— Oh, I suppose we'll talk ter, it seems we're about to start," without another word he turo the door just as it opened.

  My eyes widened when not only did Routil Tangleleaf, the man I had met st night, walk through the door, but Tarklin Silvergrove followed him in from behind. He looked just as he had before, other than his clothes. Like Cecilia, he wore an almost fmboyant silver dress shirt tucked into his well-tailored dress pants. When he spotted me he smiled wide and gave me a quick wave.

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