Three months after ingesting Alatreon’s Tear, the change was undeniable.
"Nyl...?!" Tariana was out of breath, and her hands were shaking slightly.
The Succubus Queen was standing a dozen meters in front of her. Tall and proud, she slowly turned around.
Tariana could barely believe her eyes.
A hundred Incubi had been defeated at once, and their headless bodies lay beyond the Succubus Queen, lifeless and withered.
Nyl, the Queen, had undergone a complete metamorphosis.
Her control over magic had gotten impossibly precise, while her mana reserves were now seemingly boundless.
"What is it, my dear Tariana?"
The two sisters, previously almost equal in strength, were now separated by an immense crater.
"Pregnancy..." Tariana gulped. "Looks good on you."
Nyl blushed a bit, surprised by the compliment, which lacked the usual sting Tariana loved to sprinkle over kind words, and caressed her stomach. It had gotten to the point where it was a bit noticeable.
"Thanks, hehe."
***
Over the next few months, Nyl’s strength only seemed to increase.
"Syndra, is everything ready?" The Queen asked.
"Already?" The Succubus scratched her head. "A-Are you sure we should be moving this often?"
"Yes," The Queen answered while rubbing her stomach. "Your cousin will come in a little over two months. We can’t risk getting into trouble now."
"You’re overexerting yourself, Nyl." Tariana interjected. "We used to move every couple of weeks, now we’re moving every other day! The Mana to teleport each one of us, as well as the whole castle... It’s too much for even you to handle at this rate!"
"It is not!" Nyl almost seemed offended. "I can handle this in my sleep!"
The Succubus Queen could not be convinced and, once more, her immense power was used to strengthen Syndra’s teleportation magic, and the entire castle as well as all those within it were transported hundreds of miles away.
"See?" Nyl said smugly. "It’s no big deal."
Unfortunately, someone did not agree. Someone who had not quite entered the scene just yet.
***
Once again, part of his energy had been used up.
’Again.’
Badump-
’Again, I am woken up.’
Badump-
’I’ve shared my energy to return the favor, as you have been sharing your nutrients with me. But this won’t do, Mother.’
Ethereal eyes of the deepest purple shone.
’I cannot rest in here comfortably.’
Badump-
’Not anymore.’
***
While Tariana and the Queen’s daughters were trying to knock some sense into her, the Succubus Queen had fallen completely silent.
Apart from slight squirms on her seat, Nyl was mostly immobile as well.
"I’ll take your silence for agreement, alright?" Tariana sighed while massaging her forehead. "No more teleporting everyone, not in your condition."
"My condition? What about my condition?" The Queen answered absent-mindedly, trying to keep her mind occupied from what seemed to be going on... Down there. "My condition... Tsk."
"Yes, your condition!" Tariana pointed. "You look like you’re about to burst! You’re even months pregnant. You can’t be exerting yourself and..."
Tariana’s words trailed off. She felt it, and so did the other two Succubi in the room.
"What... Was that?" Syndra asked with a gulp.
"That felt like..." Saphyra frowned, leaping to the windows. "That felt like a-"
"She’s coming!" Nyl shouted at once. "It’s her!"
The three around her exchanged a confused glance.
"It’s her, goddammit! My daughter! Your sister, Saphyra! Your cousin, Syndra! Your niece, Tariana! Goddammit!" The Queen held her stomach as she winced and grimaced. "Ooooh, she’s coming!"
The previously calm and collected Succubi immediately lost their cool, rushed to their Queen, and bombarded her with worried questions.
"Yes, I am sure! Yes, I can feel her! No, she doesn’t want to wait! She’s coming! Today! Tariana!"
"A-Alright! You two, out!" Tariana shouted before kneeling in front of her Queen. "Alright, so..."
Saphyra and Syndra hurried out of the throne room, closing the door behind them.
"Go call Zarath, Malika, and Naima," Saphyra ordered. "Now!"
"F-Fine!" Syndra, as the Queen’s niece, had to obey the daughters.
"And bring some milk as well!"
"Milk?"
"Yes, Nyl has been producing a ton of it in the last couple of weeks! We stored it, remember?"
"I know, but why?"
"I don’t know! Maybe the baby will want some, and Nyl won’t be... Ugh, why am I explaining myself to you? Just go!"
"Fine!"
Syndra’s fingertips came together, and she disappeared from the hallway.
Saphyra took a deep breath and pressed her ear against the door.
"I hope everything goes well..." She whispered in worry.
On the other side of that door, things weren’t going so well.
"AAARGHHH! GET ON WITH IT, TARIANA!"
"B-But... It’s kind of gross-"
"THAT’S WHY I’M HAVING MY SISTER DO IT! ARGHHH! QUICKLY! SHE’S...!"
"Alright." Tariana rubbed her hands together. "Alright."
The birth was unique in more ways than one, and that created plenty of problems and puzzles for Nyl and those surrounding her to solve.
"Alright," Tariana repeated, and a translucent mana emerged to cover her right hand.
Most Succubi lose their virginity at a very young age, and the way it happens can permanently alter the course of a Succubus’s life.
If the male being drained is weaker than or of the same strength as the Succubus, he will be drained, and the Succubus will move on to the next prey for nourishment, starting an endless cycle.
If the male being drained is much stronger than the Succubus, the latter will be unable to drain him to death, and the former will become that Succubus’s Master. The Succubus will be forced to feed on her Master exclusively, losing the ability to feed on others. However, feeding from her Master leads to much better gains.
Nyl is a unique case. A Succubus capable of draining other beings simply by their being in her proximity. The most she needed was the touch of a hand to drain a male to death.
Usually, the loss of virginity brings power to Succubi, but in Nyl’s case, it seemed to be the opposite. The longer she remained deflowered, the stronger she grew.
This was the heart of the problem.
By giving birth naturally, the baby would rupture Nyl’s hymen on its way out, potentially depriving her of her unique strength.
But that wasn’t close to being the whole issue.
If the being rupturing the hymen is weaker, then the Succubus can continue to drain other beings.
But what if that being is stronger? Because Alatreon’s Tear was powerful enough to cause Nyl’s pregnancy, the assumption that the resulting baby would be stronger than her was a logical consequence.
In that case, what would happen?
Would the baby become Nyl’s Master? How is she supposed to feed and drain her daughter?
Because it would be a daughter. There was no doubt about it, as Succubi can only give birth to Succubi, and Incubi can only sire Incubi.
Plus, it is impossible for a Succubus to use her draining ability on another Succubus! Just like an Incubus cannot use his draining ability on another Incubus! (Additionally, a Succubus cannot drain an Incubus, and vice versa.)
So, then, what would be Nyl’s fate, with her daughter as her Master?
It would be that of a Succubus abandoned by her Master, fated to wilt, wither, and starve to death.
Thus, Tariana’s unique magic comes in.
"Here goes nothing,"
"CAN’T YOU BE A BIT MORE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THIS! ARGHH, HURRY! I CAN’T HOLD HER IN MUCH LONGER!"
Tariana’s unique magic ability allows her to pass through matter. She can slip through doors, walls, and even let her enemy’s blade pass through her. Tariana can also pass through the bodies of living beings, such as trees, or Demons.
During the last couple of months, Tariana had trained herself to use her unique magic ability with more precision.
"Alright," Tariana nodded one last time.
Her fingertip hovered in front of Nyl’s stomach for a moment, before passing through it.
"IS IT DONE?!" Nyl shouted, eyes shut and teeth clenched.
Tariana didn’t respond, fully focused. More mana emanated around her eyes so she could see through Nyl’s body.
Once her hand made it right behind the baby, she undid the magic JUST around her fingertips so they would come into contact with the baby’s back.
A moment later, she applied her magic once again, both around her fingertips and around the baby’s whole body.
Sigh-
"Extraction successful," Tariana muttered, a drop of nervous sweat going down her cheek.
"R-Really?" Nyl gulped, unable to look down, gaze stuck on the ceiling. "Already?"
"Yep." Tariana nodded and rose to her feet, holding the baby in her arms. "She looks healthy, and has your eyes too. Purple... Very bright."
"Phew..." Nyl sighed. "I guess I skipped the hardest part of childbirth-"
The throne room’s door boomed open as four Succubi came running.
"Let me see her!"
"How is she?!"
"What does she look like?!"
Saphyra, Zarath, Malika, and Naima surrounded Tariana at once while the Queen chuckled awkwardly.
"Are you okay, Nyl?" Syndra asked shyly as she joined her side.
"Yes," The Queen nodded. "Thank you, Syndra." She turned towards the rest, and her expression changed at once. "NOW GIVE ME MY DAUGHTER!"
"Alright, you don’t have to scream." Tariana carefully handed the baby to the mother.
"Asmodeaaaa! Helloooo, Asmodeaaa!" Saphyra stood by Nyl’s side, peeking at the baby. "She’s so very cute!"
"I could just eat her up!" Naima nodded.
"For real," Malika clapped. "She’s going to be trouble."
"That’s for sure," Nyl chuckled. "My daughter is going to be trouble."
Syndra gulped, gaze moving from one Succubus to the next.
"Uhhh..."
"What is it, Syndra?" The Queen asked with a smile. "Do you want to hold your baby cousin? She’s cute, isn’t she?"
"I’m just um... Not sure what is happening."
"What do you mean?" Tariana asked, tilting her head.
All of the Succubi within the throne room stared at Syndra with confused faces.
"Well, um..." Syndra scratched her cheek awkwardly. "Well, you keep saying she and her and all but..." She pointed with a shaking finger. "That’s um... That’s definitely a... You know..."
"...!"
"...!"
"...!"
"...!"
"What the fuck?!" Tariana shouted. "What the fuck, Nyl?"
"C-Could that be..." Saphyra gulped. "Maybe... An overgrown... You know?"
"Uh, no." Syndra scratched her head. "That’s definitely a baby dick."