<~> Chapter 248I stared off into the distance as Goldeh came into view. It has been nine days since we escaped the capital after the raid on the sver's guild. Despite initial reluce, all of the former prisoners had bee succubi, excluding the women who had been non-responsive. Part of me was worried that I had put them all through areme peer pressure situation, but I came to realize over the course of the trip that what they wanted was a way to take their lives bato their own hands again. The transformation was able to do that for them. The transformation essentially let them assume new identities, ge their stat allocations, and gain unique abilities reting to Karma.

  None of the people I had transformed before had been as forthing with their new Karma abilities as these people were. Onelly had decided to publicly share her ability, they all did. Nelly's karma ability improved the qualities of her breastmilk based on how high her karma was, with healing as a baseline. Bottles of her milk had essentially bee healing potions. Which is just wild to think about. The others had abilities that varied wildly, were always useful to the person who gaihem, and none of them had the exact same ability. I wasn't sure if this was solely because of the succubus transformation or because of an outside influence. Perhaps the transformation worked this way because it only seemed to alter someone's existing race rather than repce it. I wasn't sure.

  Nelly had fided in me retly that she was ied in being a priest of Velenthel and wao know if I would be against that. Velenthel's domains were about healing and reination. Nelly felt that the gentle holy magic of Velenthel's domain would suit her well. I warned her that the succubus transformation may have restricted holy magi her, so we would have to see if it was even possible for her to bee a priestess. Velenthel wasn't a goddess I had cleared from being a member of the Tamin church yet, but she was ohat I had an i iing. Supposedly, she was responsible for me losing access to my memories when I was reinated so if I ever wahose back, I would have to gh her. Nelly would have turly invoke Velenthel's name if she wao use holy magic so taking a Velenthel priestess with us would be like taking a spy along unless we could clear Velenthel from being a member of the Tamin church. I had mixed feelings about the situation but I told Nelly that I would at least try a with Velenthel's priests. I was hoping for the best but I didn't know what to think about that goddess yet.

  The four women who had been non-responsive were showing some signs of improvement after the former prisoners had been w with them. Getting away from their prison seemed to have helped their situation. Two of the people who had spent the most time g for them had surprisingly turned out to be the hyena twins. Both of them were still hyenas after their transformations but now looked even more simir than they had looked before. Their transformation had been iing tan and Torien si mirrored their iions of transf while remaining reizable as siblings. The two hyenakin sisters were pnning on w as adventurers but were going to tih us to Traehall first.

  Most of the former sves had decided they were going to stay in Goldeh for a while and see what Oe could do for them. Perhaps unsurprisingly, every one of the former sves was now more ied in personal prote aing strohough their backgrounds had varied, none of them had been soldiers or adventurers and they had been mistreated when they were sves partially because of it. Most of the ones here had been illegally kidnapped and hadn't been able to defend themselves. All of them had been used in disturbing ways sihese people had not been valuable to the svers for different reasons. The ohat had been more valuable had already been sold off. Gwen had been regurly tortured and iionally scarred all over their body to delight the sadists who visited. Fellia had already been burned on much of her body, so for simir reasons, other sadists burned her even more until her entire body was covered. None of the stories I had heard from this group of former sves had been pleasant to hear. The others we had freed had beeed well by parison.

  Nelly and Kal'daeryn insisted they wao tinue on with us and for different reasons, Quinn wao keep following us as well. I got the impression that Quinn was still trying to make up his mind about the transformation. He had been thhly enjoying the ies we had been having so I wasn't worried about the sexual aspect being a problem, but he was on the fence about taking the plunge himself from what I gathered. He was around the same level as Raya so he made a good fit for our quickly f 'B team.' Sibyl and Kal'daeryhe only outliers and both worked well as guides to improve the group. Sibyl had a lot of fighting experie was g in wilderraining, while Kal'daeryn was the opposite. Her fighting style was fierd self-taught, which made it hard for others to replicate, but she had top-notch survival skills that could keep everyone safe. Her skills overpped with Torien's quite a bit, so having her oher team wouldn't be a loss for us either.

  Speaking of the twins, Torien and Man were now w with Lorriene on shadow magic training. I had unfortunately been absent from the versation, but from what I heard after the fact, she had beeatic to train them in their family's traditional magic style. Lorriene hadn't asked to bee a succubus yet either but her view of me had ged a lot iime that I've gotten to know her. She had started out quite suspicious of me but over time she's bee a lot more friendly. My stroionship with both of her nieces helped quite a bit I think. It was ohing to be told that I didn't treat them as sves, and ao see it. Not that any of them have colrs anymore, but the point remains. It probably also helps that I had decided to go on this mission, I think that may have reassured her that I truly did want to live up to the legend that her Order followed.

  Bel had been w to improve her nature magid had begun really dabbling in poisons quite a bit more tely. Her karma ability improved her healing and her ability to use poisons effectively but it's only retly that she's begun to feel fortable with that aspect of her magic. Of all of us, Bel was the oh the softest heart but the reality was that we would be fag monsters and demons that even she didn't have much sympathy for. The poisons would e in handy.

  I spent most of my time drawing, w on my ritual circles, and spending time with the new succubi. Since I already knew most of them were pnning on staying in Goldeh I wao spend a little extra time getting to know them while I had the opportunity. I felt bad for all of the succubi that I had been transf and leaving behind, but I couldn't take everyone with me. Even my 'inner circle' had grown quite a bit to include Raya, Sibyl, Cecilia, and now Nelly and Kal'daeryn.

  Fellia Wihorn and Gwen were kind of a different situation... Gwen had been a bcksmith previously and after talking with Tenna, there was talk of her taking Gwen on as a sed appre was obvious that Tenna was already pnning on being a succubus and it was for more practical siderations that it hadn't happened yet. I hadn't heard more from Kino one way or the other but I still suspected they might be ied. Fellia... wao be a mert. Fellia wants to maintain some distance from her elven family for the moment for a reason she isn't forthing about. Rather than going back to the elves, she wants to travel with us and help us make money ohings that we collect. Especially once we start delving into the dungeons. Having her on to iate on our behalf could be very lucrative for both of us.

  Though... I suspected it was because Fellia wasn't a fighter, yet still wao stay close to me. Her apparent infatuation with me hadn't rexed and... if I was being ho, her feelings were solidifying as love. It retty transparent to all of us who shared the bond with her. I did enjoy her pany, and she hasn't done anything that's crossed any lines with me or the others, but I couldn't help but feel like she was trying to force her way in. I was already pnning on sitting down with my lovers and talking about our pns regarding her. I wouldn't be against addiroup but right now she was a bit too singurly focused on me and that made me a bit unfortable. Ideally, she would love all of us, not just me. All of it still requires discussion, both with her and with my girlfriends but it hasn't happened yet.

  Raya and Sibyl have both been happy to spend time with the new succubi and their love for each other has only seemed to have increased. The slightly goofy awkward initial phase of their retionship has passed and now they have settled into something stable. They were still affeate with each other but it was a bit less saccharine and awkward. Sibyl doesn't get as shy when Raya teases her anymore and she seems to have accepted that she enjoys being cute. She's even turhings around and teases Raya back pretty regurly now. It was helpful that her of them seemed to be the jealous type. They both enjoy pying with others during the ies but always return to each other in the end to cuddle and sleep together. Both of them are very fortable with their needs and desires and have mao make things work betweewo of them so far.

  As roached the line of carriages leading up to the city gates iernoon sun, I could see that they were making progress on the farming outside the walls. It had been about three weeks since we had left Goldeh but they were still w on pnting the fields. There was rge amounts of farmnd outside of the walls but farming was a long tedious process and it was still primarily doh human bor. Skills and magic bridged that gap a little bit but they weren't as effective as the huge farming maes that I remembered from my previous world. Si was going to be dark out soon all of the farmers and people proteg the farmers had already gone baside the walls.

  We eventually pulled up to the gates and the guards approached us. I was sittio Cecilia, Raya, and Sibyl in the coach seat. One of the guards looked up and down e and fairly extravagant looking carriage with a raised eyebrow before sing across the four of us. "Do you have any refugees from the capital on board?" he asked.

  I hadn't really been expeg this. "A few, but we have somewhere in mind to take them. We're not just going to let them be oreet."

  He nodded. "Good, I get your name and identification please?"

  "Lilith Baphomet," I said while handing him my adventurer's guild identification.

  The guard's brows furrowed and he whispered something iher guard's ear. The uard shrugged and the first guard rolled his eyes before turning back to us. "Let me go cheething really quickly. I'll be right back."

  "Is there something wrong?" I asked.

  "No, you're not in trouble or anything. I just o check your ID against something." He walked away and I felt a little nervous.

  I didn't think we had been found out... did the capital guards suspeething and send word of us ahead? I thought we were in the clear. Uhe elves gave us away? Why would they though? I don't think it could have been any of the sves we freed, we were very careful not to use anyone's names in front of them...

  After a few minutes of anxious waitiurned with a smile on his face. "I'm gd I checked! You and any passengers y along are preapproved for entry into the city Miss Baphomet. o do any kinds of checks or searches of your things. I also have a few letters for you." He handed a small bundle of letters over and I accepted them a little dumbfounded.

  "Is this because of the work I did with the city guard?" I asked.

  "Huh? Oh no. You have special clearahrough the Ruby Vixen merary pany. But I did reize your name from the list of people we're supposed to look out for. I've heard good things about you, wele back to Goldeh. Please head in, I've wasted enough of your time."

  Raya and Sibyl sat up sharply to the hat somehow the brothel had turned into a merary pany since we've been go's only been three weeks, what had Oe and Grace been up to? Cecilia flicked the reins and her uunas began to pull us through the gate and down the road to the Ruby Vixen.

  "Looks like there's a lot to catch up on," I said.

  Sibyl snorted. "That's an uatement."

  End of Book 4

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