The Hero Became a Succubus, and the Only Way to Level is to… What?! Chapter 495 – When Morning Comes

Nine grueling hours into labor and the baby had yet to be born yet. It was dark out. Morning would co soon. Kanae had stayed with Alicia the entire ti, but she was getting worried. Kati and Naja assured her that things were going fine. They had taken care of hundreds of births before, and it wasn't unusual for so won to take longer than others.

Kanae had been spoiled though. Being a mother herself, she easily gave birth countless tis. Teana, who was her eldest daughter, faced only so difficulties. That was only because it was her first ti giving birth though. Arenade had an easy ti with Kanade, and Estaline popped Feraline out effortlessly.

In this late hour, Alicia had exhausted herself and fallen asleep.

"It's alright if you wish to take a break," Kati said, returning from taking a bath.

"I don't know if I have it in to leave until the baby is born." Kanae sighed.

"Worry not, Your Majesty. We have extra hands from the Sisters of Sin coming to help. Alicia will be well cared for. Treat yourself to a bath or eat sothing. She would want that for you," Naja insisted.

Charlotte hadn't shown herself after taking off earlier in the day. But who knows if she might co back. The city seed quiet despite the sickness that still ravaged the populace.

"Alright. Shoot a spell into the sky if anything cos up. I'll see it from anywhere in the city and hurry back," Kanae said.

Both of them bowed.

As Kanae left the room, several Sisters of Sin were on their way down the hall to go in. They also bowed to her as they crossed paths. She paused to watch them enter the room. Each of their horns were different, too. But they were all half-succubi she had transford. Was her and Alicia's newborn daughter going to be so different? So montous enough to warrant the Cult of Lust and Depravity to go after her?

"Which ans, the Queen-Mother's sisters were of different lineages then. I was almost mistaken for one of their daughters until they recognized my horn shape wasn't the sa." Kanae reached up to feel her boney upright protrusions. The cracked one had since regrown from getting cracked by Petyr during the Ortesian invasion.

When Zariah's daughter discovered that Kanae existed, they did treat her with animosity. A succubus with a brand new lineage posed a threat to their rule. So, for Ambrosia in particular, her control over the Cult of Lust and Depravity.

Kanae pushed the thought aside and went to take a hot bath like Naja suggested. The soothing warm waters washed away her stress. She thought of sothing happy instead, like the baby getting to et Kanade and Suvee soon. Or coming up with a na for the baby. But that honor belonged to Alicia.

"Your Majesty?" A servant's voice echoed from the grand bath's entrance. "Lady Gretchen Redbaron has returned from Goldridge. She awaits you in the throne chamber."

"Gretchen did? I'll be right out!" Kanae shouted.

Downstairs, the high elven half-succubus waited with a retinue of her own servants. They were mostly dark elves and common elves. Gretchen herself donned a beautiful silver tunic that matched her snow white hair, looking every bit regal. It didn't matter if she was part succubus. The blood of high elves dictated that she should appear as important as possible.

"Back so soon? Figured you were going to be busy." Kanae teased.

"That's the thing. I wasn't busy. I've been working my entire life, whether it was for the Lords Council, Archbishop of Radevic, or the Commonwealth's Inquisitor. Tornting Errenard and making love to my stallion every night has been thrilling, but I need purpose. I'll get antsy otherwise," Gretchen explained.

"Well, we're kind of— Wait. There is sothing you can do! Dust off your inquisitor's mantle, because I need your help tracking soone down," she said.

The high elf's ears perked right up.

Kanae explained to Gretchen what had happened in Ehmvier during her absence. Between the plague and the perpetrator Charlotte, the Mistress of Excess, she spared no breath to tell everything.

"So, the Queen-Mother's daughter was behind this. In other words, you want to find Charlotte?" Gretchen asked.

"Or determine whether or not she's still in the city. I have a baby on the way. I can't afford Charlotte making another attempt on Alicia or our daughter's life," Kanae explained.

"Consider it done! If the Mistress of Excess is still in the city, I will make her regret it," the inquisitor vowed.

Already Kanae felt a lot better with the presence of mind that Gretchen was on the job. If soone told her she might end up relying on the forr archbishop to this extent a few years ago, she would have thought they were crazy. Now, Gretchen was a vassal to the crown.

They parted ways from there after Kanae called servants to show her guests to open quarters. Kati and Naja hadn't sent for her yet, which ant things were quite upstairs with Alicia. She decided to pay a visit to the goblins in the anti.

The simulacrum was still out there sowhere, hopefully not causing a problem. Kanae still had no idea what issues one could cause. Elizabeth Bedlam didn't really say.

As Kanae left the castle, she frequently shot glances back expecting a signal from Kati and Naja. None. If anything, that should be a good thing. Alicia was getting the rest she needed.

Located east to be closer to the mines, the goblin communes were among the most bustling parts of Ehmvier even at night. They always liked getting up to so shenanigans. Their mud huts and wooden cabins looked like one bad storm away from being knocked over. Although they had every opportunity to live in sturdier shelters, goblins seed to prefer a place closer to the wilderness.

Unpaved roads, outdoor bonfires, and gaggles of goblins from different tribes were a common sight. A group was roasting a whole boar on a spit when Kanae arrived. They tore into the glistening at with their bare hands.

"Hey, hot stuff! How about we spit roast you like we did this piggy and make you squeal?" a goblin offered lecherously.

"Oi. That there's the empress. You gonna get us thrown in the dungeons talking to her like that." Another nudged him hard on the side.

"Wait, I know her. The empress is Mitty's girl! What're ya doing here in Dirt Town?" a middle-aged goblin asked.

"I'm looking for a goblin who might be new around these parts. Maybe he's acting a little weird or different. If you help, I might actually let you spit roast ." Kanae mid sucking dick and tugged Matron's Regalia to show her slit.

Roasted poor slipped from every single goblin's hands as their dicks grew erect behind their pants.

"Yeah, I know a guy!"

"No, you don't. I know a guy!"

"You don't know shit. I'm that guy!"

Kanae pressed a hand to her face and sighed. She mass chard them all to stop talking, calm down, and take a step back from her.

"You're all in this together. Either you all get to fuck , or none of you do. Now, I'm going to return so movent back to you. If you have anything worthwhile to tell , raise your hands." Kanae reeled in the charm spell and relinquished control of their upper bodies back to them.

Only one goblin with a red bandana raised his hand, and Kanae nodded for him to speak.

"There was one gob who strolled in here looking lost a while ago. Head in the clouds and shit. I went over and asked him what was up. Guy didn't know his na, where he was, or how he ended up here," the goblin explained.

"Is he in Dirt Town?" Kanae asked.

"Yeah. Been staying over there." He thumbed over his shoulder to a little shoddy shack in which the door was slightly ajar.

Slam!

Scratch that. Slamd shut now.

"Wait!" Kanae dashed past the goblins.

"What about the gangbang you promised?!" they cried.

Kanae reached the shack and threw open the door. No one was inside except a bedroll, and so chicken bones in a clay bowl. Cool air blew through from a window in the back, where tattered curtains fluttered from the wind.

When she went around back, the bushes behind the shack rustled loudly. Kanae gave chase into the wilderness. The silhouette of a figure fled deeper into the forest. They didn't appear very tall. Possibly no taller than the height of a goblin. It had to be the simulacrum.

"Stop! I want to talk to you!" Kanae yelled.

The shadow stopped. It looked like they spun around. Kanae thought they had actually listened until a raging fireball erupted from their direction.

"Oh, shit!" Kanae threw herself to the side as the scorching ball of flas destroyed a tree, showering fiery splinters in every direction.

Whoever they were had vanished. Kanae scanned the darkness to no avail. She returned her gaze back to the burning ss. Dried kindling were beginning to catch fire quickly, especially so since it was sumr.

Kanae abandoned the pursuit to cast Hailstorm over the area until not a single cinder remained. The figure was long gone now.

"A simulacrum that can cast powerful magic, huh. That fireball could've seriously hurt ." Kanae sighed.

A small squad of guards rushed out past Dirt Town.

"Y-Your Majesty? We heard an explosion! What happened?" One ran right up to her.

"Sorry, I was just practicing my spellcasting. I'm returning to the city. Can you spare a few minutes here to make sure nothing catches fire?" Kanae asked.

"Certainly!" They saluted her.

On the way back, a holy bolt screeched into the sky and fizzled out. The signal!

"Alicia!" Kanae gasped and unfurled her wings to take flight.

Please, let there be nothing wrong. They really should have worked on a spell type system according to severity. Kanae prayed hard that everything would be alright. She landed on the window to Alicia's room, and there were more people around just the midwives.

Arenade was ho, in her white sleeping gown and hair undone, between Alicia's legs with Kati and Naja. Kanade and Suvee were awake, too, sitting at her bedside.

"Girls, you should be in bed!" Kanae exclaid.

"We heard Alicia crying and wanted to co comfort her. We also want to et our new sister!" Suvee pouted.

Kanade nodded intensely.

"Your daughters have been very sweet. I appreciate their moral support…" Alicia panted, her face drenched in sweat.

Kanae ca around to the side and picked up a towel to wipe Alicia's forehead.

"The baby's crowning! I can see the head!" Arenade exclaid.

"Breathe through your mouth, Alicia. Slow, controlled, short breaths!" Kati cheered from behind.

"Kanae…" Alicia murmured through clenched teeth.

"What is it?" Kanae grabbed her hand and squeezed.

"I've thought of a na for her… our daughter. It's…" She shut her eyes and groaned.

"You're almost there! Just a little more!" Naja shouted.

The midwives gasped. Kanae thought sothing was wrong. There was no crying. Arenade lifted an infant, whose skin was as crimson as Alicia's own, while Kati patted the child on the back. The entire room fell silent, as did Kanade and Suvee, then…

Crying. The baby started crying.

"Congratulations, Alicia! Kanae, too. She's a healthy baby girl!" Kati bead.

Arenade wiped her down, swaddled her in a towel, and brought her over to Alicia's open arms. Kanae's girls were on their toes to get a better look. Sparse tufts of black hair covered the top of her head. Two nubs protruded slightly from the upper front of her forehead, but the bones weren't visible yet. When the horns inevitably grew in, they would be completely unlike Kanae's and Alicia's which began on the side of the head near their ears.

This was the birth of a new succubus lineage. Despite this…

"Soooo cute!" Suvee giggled. "I wanna hold her!"

"Her skin is so red." Kanade held her own hand up to compare their complexion.

"Suvee, Kanade. Give them so space! It's a very special mont!" Arenade scooped up and whisked away both girls.

"A true succubus, born with Demon Ancestry. Welco to your family, my little one." Alicia cooed and stroked her daughter.

"She definitely takes after you more than . What do we call her?" Kanae asked, kneeling down and wagging her tail for the newborn to play with.

Before Alicia answered, her eyes flicked to the open window. The early morning sun was rising. Its bright and warm rays stretched across the gray stone floor, finally reaching the bed to bathe Alicia and the baby in radiant light.

"I've decided to na her Dawn. You rescued from the cult temple and showed the light again. You did it again when we were in Savir. She's the light you have given ." Alicia smiled.

"You give too much credit, but… I think it's a beautiful na. Dawn it is," Kanae said.