<~> Chapter 12She stopped looking at the book and looked up at me. “Wait really? What does the description say?”

  I read the description of the title to her verbatim.

  [in of Succubi - Hidden Title]The bearer of this title is the in of all succubi and the first of its kind. The as and choices of this title bearer will guide how this race is shaped, perceived, and altered. Nothing is set in stone, your as will determihe fate of your new race. Innate abilities and racial traits will be adapted to the in. Hidden titles are only viewable by the bearer unless iionally revealed.

  “Hmm, first off you should ell anyone about this title. I would take the description of the title pletely at face value, your as will ge what this race does. I don’t know a lot about it but in titles are supposed to be ules and if it’s true that your as shape how the race works then some people will try to trol how you shape it. If for instahat rapist mao ensve you, your entire race, including me, could be shaped into aire race of subservient demon sves. I know for sure that some people would try to do that and then propagate the new race as a sve caste. Something like that… has happened before.”

  I was shocked, I already felt like I was fug up but this really put into perspective how big the stakes are. “What if I don’t propagate my race?”

  “I don’t know to be ho but if you were summohe way you were then others could be too. I don’t know if someone else would get the title after you died or if anyone who bees a succubus would just have what you have when you die.”

  I tapped my fingers on my arm for a moment before asking, “If I influehe way the race is formed then am I able to determihe powers and motivations of my race?”

  “Possibly but I wouldn’t know how you would go about it. Also, I think that si is based on something from your home world, whatever way the race is ged has to fit with how you view a succubus. I don’t think you could ge succubi into something else entirely.”

  “Hmm… you know, [in of Sucbsp;has already ged some things. I was thinking about how [Soul Collector] and [Soulbound panions] worked and was annoyed about even having the ability to take souls and then it turned into [Soultoubsp;which is a stripped down version that to my mind has all of the bes but none of the drawbacks of taking someone else’s soul.”

  “Ah, I got an ability called [Soultouched unication] at some point st night, but I don’t have anything else that refers to soultouch, so what’s it do?”

  I read off the text of [Soultoubsp;to her,

  [Soultouch - Racial Trait (Succubus)]Succubi value the independence of other’s souls too mud find the ownership of souls a burden on them but have ied the ways of other demons to empower and alter Soulbound panions. Willing targets of Soultouch bee Lesser Succubi, are transformed into their current ideal selves and gain one racial specialization. Soultouched panioain their own souls but are uo knowingly attack or wainst their mother succubus. When making deals and bargains involving soultouch, the succubus is uo lie or misrepresent the terms of the agreement and succubi are uo make agreements with people who are coerced into the transa. The soul taken by the in Succubus ot be undone. Soulbound panions are treated as Soultouched for the purposes of other abilities.

  “So it seems you kind of got grandfathered in, even though the two other skills merged into [Soultouch]. It’s kind of a relief that I ’t take any other souls by act now though.”

  “So all of that expins why I’m a Lesser Succubus but do you know what the difference is?”

  “Not really, my best guess is that you’re a Lesser Succubus because you’re derived from me rather than being born or summoned. It’s a little strahough because to me lesser just implies less powerful or inplete so maybe you’ll turn into a full succubus ter. What things do you have reted to succubi?”

  “I have [Racial Specialization: Healing], [Karmic Healing], [Karmiom], [Karmic Awareness], [Soultouched e] and something called [Sexual Appetite].”

  “Ah, you have that st ooo? It’s an iing one, I’m pretty sure it’s partly why I was so ravenous to sleep with you st night. I had thought you were hot the whole time but by the time we were aloogether I could barely hold myself baymore.”

  “That makes it all the more impressive you were still able to give me the ce to walk away based on how this skill description reads.”

  I blush a little. “Yeah… Anyway, What does [Karmic Healing] do? That’s the most important ohat I don’t have myself.”

  “I’ll read it out to you then.”

  [Karmic Healing - Innate Ability]You have shown your loyalty to your master by proteg her and now you wish to serve her through the healing arts. Karmic Healing augments healing magic by improving the effects on targets based on their positive ative karma. Karmic Healing be ied into [Karmiom]. Unlocks healing magid a reted affinity if not already known.

  “I got it when I saw how badly you were hurt after you were… Anyway! I wasn’t able to use much magic before this but when I really wao help you this and nature magic just unlocked for me on their own. And after healing you my nature magit up to level 3 right away. Healing magic is sorta rare so this should allow me to help you a lot! Also, [Karmiom] basically has the same effect as [Karmic Healing] but in reverse. Instead of additional healing based on karma it does additional ic poison damage based on karma.”

  I think about that for a moment and it actually gives me a pretty funny idea. “So say, now that you’ve turned into a woman, you should probably take a new name right?”

  She looked at me with wide eyes. “Oh! I… hadn’t actually thought about that.” Her brow wrinkled a little in thought.

  “Did you ever have a hat you wao call yourself if you were a girl?”

  “Well, I khat there might be magic out there that could do something but I’d hought it would be an option for me so I tried to put it out of my mind. Thinking about my body mostly just made me depressed so I never really thought about another name.”

  “Well, what if I suggested a name? Would you sider that?”

  Her eyes lit up a little. “Yes! That would be perfect, do you already have something in mind?”

  “Well this versation actually gave me an idea. How about the name Beldonna? Bel for short?”

  She smiled a bit. “It sounds pretty, what does it mean?”

  “Well in one of the nguages from my home world it trao ‘beautiful dy’ but it’s also the name given to a fl pnt. The pnt, roots, berries, and leaves be turned into medie. However, beldonna is also called deadly nightshade because it is also one of the most poisonous pnts known to mankind. [Karmic Healing] and its inverse [Karmiom] sounds like a perfect parallel, and you’re certainly a beautiful dy.” I finished with a wink.

  “I like how pretty it sounds but being associated with poison sounds a little…” She thought about it for a moment before shrugging. “Eh, lets go with it. I think it sounds nid it’s not like people will know of it here anyway. Just call me Bel then.” She finished with a bright smile befetting a far away look, after a moment her eyes widened. “Oh! I just got a message that says [in of Succub alters [Karmic Healing] into [Beldonna] and [Karmiom] into [Nightshade].”

  “Oh, that’s kind of weird, I thought it only affected my skills. How does the system work anyway? Where does it e from?”

  “I’m not sure, you’d have to ask a schor about that. You know, there might be someone who’s more familiar with demons that could give you a hint about the in of that book you have too but it would be pretty dangerous to show it off to anyone you didn’t trust. Most pces don’t take kindly to demon summoners, and likely less so to demons.”

  “Hmm… perhaps that should be my long term goal. Figure out where this book is from and why I was summohe only person who might have known was dead in the snow when I woke up. Does the idea of being a demon bother you?”

  “Well, I’d be lying if I said the thought didn’t worry me but you hardly seem like a demon at all. I’ve only heard stories of demons but they’re always said to be horrible mohat rip people apart and revel in their bloodlust. The idea that a demon could be anyone else at all, let alone free someone from svery and ask their sent for sex just seems pletely out of character for one. If you told me you were a demon I wouldn’t have believed you if my own status didn’t say I was ooo. Maybe what your world siders a demon is different from mine.”

  A sudden look of worry crossed Bel’s face. “Wait, I just realized, if you’re a world traveler does this mean yoing to leave the pne someday?”

  I smiled at her gently. “I’m not sure, I don’t even know if I want to go back without my memories, and regardless, I promised I would never abandon you. Your soul is bound to mine now and the price was that I couldn’t abandon you even if I wao. So looks like we’ll be traveling together through thid thin,” I said pyfully as I pulled her into an. I let go of her when I felt something spicuous poke my leg. It’s not that I didn’t want to go another round but it was about time we got up and got moving. There were clearly some things we o take care of.

  “Thank you Lilith. That means a lot to me.” Her voice was soft and she had a cute grin on her face as she looked down shyly.

  “For now there’s some stuff we o take care of.” I g the poodle bit the floor, she’s still asleep. asming as a newly minted woman as many times as she had st night must have taken it out of her. And then there was my cute deer girl, I didn’t mind dressing like a man so much but something told me Bel would really appreciate getting used to her new womanly form and what better way was there than dressing like one.

  Before we left I thought it would be a good idea to gh the poodle’s bag and taking iory of what she had. I got up and started going through it hoping to find some clothes or something. It was mostly camping gear, a folded up full body cloak, a bag with 8 of the ten gold I gave him, unsurprisingly two more unused sve colrs, and most odd of all, a couple scraps of cloth that looked like a cross between a bikini and a loincloth, clearly made for a woman. I held the fabric up to the light, it was made out h off-white fabrid didn’t feel like it would be very fortable against sensitive nipples, it was also almost transparent, giving it an almost lingerie feel.

  I pulled it out all the way and looked over at Bel with an eyebrow raised. “Who would wear something like this?”

  Saine

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