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The Hero Became a Succubus! - Chapter 59
🕑 Added 2022-05-12 00:21:26 +0000 UTCAlt link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/12q1PT_6ZwOwQiV2b4E4HkmwMxbJb9qq82puhgEQM138/edit?usp=sharing
Chapter 59
"Where's Will? Is he still asleep?" Kanae asked.
Edina glanced over her shoulders to the bedroom which Will was currently occupying, then shrugged and returned to her coffee.
"Dunno. I knocked on his door earlier to wake him up, but he didn't say anything. I kind of assumed he was still asleep," Edina said.
"Will?" Kanae rapped his knuckles on the door and listened in. "We're heading out. Are you not coming with?"
"I'm not coming! The Supreme One is clearly testing my faith, and I must resist temptation in order to find my way back to the light!" Will shouted back.
Kanae and Edina traded awkward glances.
"First Arenade, now Will. You have a way with giving someone a holy-life crisis," Edina snidely remarked.
"It's not my fault I'm a succubus! I haven't even had sex with Will since we saw each other again," Kanae retorted.
The necromancer pushed past Kanae to jiggle the doorknob.
"You were testing your faith since Orturic, banging Kanae like a lovestruck boy. Who cares? You're living under our charity, too, so get out of there already! This house of worship ain't free!"
When the door opened, a half-dressed Will showed up on the other side with bags under his eyes.
"I agreed to join you again to tackle quests and monsters, not dive into the dark depths of Lograin's criminal underground!" Will complained.
They accepted Renya's request and agreed to find out just what the hell Outriders were doing. Kanae had no reason to decline, especially since it might lead back to Bishop Rudo. However, Will didn't feel the same way.
Last night, Kanae offered to fuck his troubles away, but the paladin resisted. None of them wanted to risk losing Will like what happened with Arenade, so he decided against charming him. Now it was down to good old fashioned charisma.
"You probably don't see it yet, but you're going to be doing the Supreme One a favor," Kanae said, going behind Will to push him out of the room.
"By visiting more brothels and gambling dens?" He squinted suspiciously at Kanae.
"Think about it. Yesterday, we just found out Outriders were occupying the largest cathedrals dedicated to the Supreme One. That doesn't just happen without Father Morgan or Bishop Rudo knowing. If he's working with the Outriders, there's no way he's in this for the Supreme One or the city's best interests, right?"
Will's eyes lit up. "If you put it that way… you're right. Bishop Rudo is sullying the Supreme One by invoking his name while working with criminals in the shadows. Very well. I shall continue to assist you!"
After reaffirming Will's resolve, the three headed downstairs for breakfast. Renya's operation to infiltrate an Outriders' establishment wasn't going to happen for another few days. She needed to get things in order by putting her people in place, all the while making sure that her status as a Rown didn't get leaked to the public.
That left Kanae and his party some free time.
As they descended the stairs, Sellica hollered to Kanae from the central reception area.
"Good morning! All of the slime quests you put up have been completed," Sellica said.
"Th-They have?" Kanae recoiled with surprise from the news.
"Yep! That makes ten crates of dead slimes with their cores intact. We have them in our warehouse behind the main building. Would you like to put in more requests?" she asked.
"Wait. That was twenty quest notices to slay low level monsters. You're telling me people actually took my quests?"
"Well, not people in the sense that there were many parties, but one did take most of them…"
The centaur woman casted an inconspicuous look towards the west wing. Kanae followed her eyes to the tavern area, where Talis sat at a table and was stealing glances their way. They locked eyes, and the high level vanguard flashed a gleaming smile. He was with his entourage of female elves, all three of whom were staring daggers at Kanae.
Talis, huh?
"Sure," Kanae said. "Can you put another grand to slime extermination quests? I'd also like access to the crates of slimes."
"Of course. I will get right to putting up more slime extermination quests. Here is the key to your storage room in the warehouse. I'm not sure what you plan on doing with all that slime, but thank you for using our services nonetheless!" Sellica smiled, sliding an iron key across the counter for Kanae to take.
"What exactly are you using slimes for?" Will leaned in to ask.
"We run a sex toy business in Orturic," Edina casually answered. "But Kanae's the only one who can make 'em. So we gotta collect slime for him to craft."
"Sex toys?!" Will and Sellica— because the centaur woman had eavesdropped— exclaimed at the same time.
Their exclamation drew the attention of some people nearby.
Kanae cleared his throat loudly and glared at Edina.
"Oop. Sorry," Edina whispered.
"Could it be that you're the owner of Sexy Slime Goods in Orturic?" Sellica asked, blushing up and anxiously tapping her front hooves.
"Yes… it is." Kanae sighed, then raised a brow at her. "You know it?"
"Oh, well… I do… Being a woman of my size and stature it is difficult to find partners. A friend introduced me to your store, and so I purchased a product for myself. The minotaur-shaped one suits me quite nicely." She pressed both hands to her red cheeks.
Well, Ichi. It looked like he was rather popular with centaur women.
The experiment with setting up quests turned out to be a success. They would serve as a constant supply of slimes as long as Kanae offered a reward bounty. All he needed to do now was shape and mold them into sex toys, then negotiate a cut with Renya to transport the goods to Orturic.
It would be nice to open a store in Lograin, but if Rudo had his way in becoming mayor, then Kanae could kiss this business venture goodbye.
After thanking Sellica, the party headed to the tavern area to eat. The only table open this early in the morning when most adventurers were awake was the one next to Talis.
"So, I heard you were the one that took on all of my slime extermination quests," Kanae said, taking a seat and looking over his shoulder to the other group.
Talis brushed his bangs aside and flashed another beaming smile.
"I noticed your name on the quest notices. Who am I to turn a blind eye to a damsel in need? I thought you must hold a grudge against slime monsters. Of course, I was more than happy to alleviate your nuisances," he said.
"You didn't have to take them all on, but I appreciate the help," Kanae thanked him.
One of the elven ladies raised her nose to the ceiling much like Areande often does. Her hair was braided neatly and gathered to the front of her chest. She was dressed in green and black robes, and wielded a gnarled wooden staff without a crystal at the end like Edina's.
"Hmph. It was a lot of trouble fighting all that slime, you know? You should express your gratitude to Lord Talis more sincerely."
Lord? Was Talis an important person?
"Isla, there's no need. This is to be expected of adventurers such as ourselves! To help those in need," Talis declared. "And I hope it convinces you of how capable we are."
Will cleared his throat. "As you can see, we are a party of three and you are a party of four. We have no need to crowd ourselves with more, especially once we have regained our prie— eeest?!"
Kanae wrapped his tail around Will's penis underneath the table.
"The temporary member of the party shouldn't be going around deciding who should and shouldn't join."
"Will's got a point though," Edina chimed in with a mouthful of food. "Seven's a lot of people to split the reward bounties with. Sharing isn't in my name."
"Perhaps I may change your mind. My party and I have found a Rift," Talis said.
Edina choked on her food and quickly chased it down with water.
"You know what? Partying up doesn't sound so bad! Count us in!"
"So sharing is in your name?" Kanae fired back.
"Rifts are god-made dungeons that test an adventurer's mettle! There's crazy strong loot and incredible treasures at the end of it. We gotta go. We gotta go!" Edina grabbed his cloak and shook.
Strong loot? Like enchanted items from the Necro Lord's tomb? Kanae did end up losing the Robes of Far Sight during the demon invasion and gave Teana the bracelet for good luck. Their party was lacking in the magic equipment department, so it might be good to gear up to speed for their current level.
A group of seven tackling what they called a Rift must be better odds than four underleveled chumps in a Necro Lord's tomb.
"Alright, we accept," Kanae said.
Talis lit up, and even his groupies seemed relieved to have them join in the Rift.
"Great! We'll meet back here tonight. I cannot wait to fight alongside the hero of Orturic!"
Since the expedition into the Rift was going to take place later at night, that gave Kanae ample amount of time to craft sex toys out of the slimes. By the afternoon, his hands were sore and aching, but the crates of slimes were now ready to be used as they were meant to.
"Whew. Before we meet up with Talis, I'm going over to Renya's to negotiate a deal on the cost to ship all these," Kanae said.
"You, uh… You two go on ahead." Will inched his way to the door. "I'm not comfortable going over there, and I better check on Father Morgan after the other day's incident."
They went their separate ways for now and promised to meet back up once they had finished their tasks. Kanae and Edina returned to the Red Harpy for a third time, but this time they weren't led to the private strip show room. Instead, the two were led upstairs to a bedchamber.
"Oh? I believe we weren't due to meet yet," Renya said from the desk, keeping her eyes fixed on the paperwork.
"I came to complete our legitimate business negotiations. My merchandise is ready to be shipped," Kanae explained.
The pirate lord put her pencil down and gave them her full attention. Her hands came together just underneath her chin as the Rown businesswoman emerged in full force.
"Rown Shipping's standard cut is by the merchandise's total intended sale value. How you price it afterwards is none of our concern. 10% for the vehicles and mounts used in the transportation and 5% for the labor, coming to a total of 15%. You may add an additional 5% for insurance in the event of the shipment being stolen mid-way, but I can assure you that it will not happen."
"20% OF OUR SALE VALUE?!" Kanae and Edina exclaimed.
No wonder the Rown Company grew as large as they did. Those were predatory prices. After subtracting the costs of the bounty to get the slimes to begin with, paying his employees back in Orturic, that would come out to chump change.
"S-Surely, 10% from the wagons is a little much?" Edina stammered.
"Rown's beasts of burdens and wagons are cream of the crop. We run day or night, storm or snow— guaranteed satisfaction." Renya grinned.
"Okay, we don't need insurance. Can we maybe… drop the 15% down to 10%? I'm going to be a return customer. You know I'm good for it," Kanae insisted.
Renya thought for a moment, then got out of her chair to take a seat at the foot of the bed, one leg crossed over the other. With one hand, she began to unbutton her blouse.
"You're lucky it's hard to resist a succubus, but I won't be so easily convinced. How about we conduct some friendly business negotiations?" Renya asked.
