Corrupted Heroines

“I… you would give me this to me? You would?”

“I know it’s going to cost me a bunch, but if all the monsters down here just as nice as you and Sir in the previous room, I think you are going to need it more than I do.”

“This is fantastic! Let me try! Uhnf!” She raises the weapon over her head and hits the closest tree. It does make a bit dent in its trunk, but it is still a far cry from Kikori and her enhanced strength. Still, it is nice to see her try.

“See? you are getting the gist of it! Soon you will be clear of trees!”

“And I will see the sun again! I will! Thank you so much you nice Knight Lady! What is your name, what may it be?”

“I’m Kikori,” she says pointing at her herself. “And I want to be the best Knight ever! I want to measure up to my hero, Ember Soar!”

“Oh I see! What a nice goal! A nice goal of a nice hero! Yes it is, yes it is!” She raises the weapon again, but she just laughs and dances a little, as Kikori bathes in the spectacle of her wobbling breasts and wide hips.

She does start to feel a little heat down below, and it seems this does not escape her notice.

The Visage turns back from the trees to embrace her, squishing their breasts together. Hers are much larger, and they feel so warm over her skin.

“Oh thank you thank you! Is there anything I can do to show how grateful I am? Perhaps there is, there is! I think so!”

“Uh you see you are cute and all, but I don’t-”

Whatever she doesn’t stops to exist the moment the Visage sets her plump lips on her own. The kiss is electrifying, making Kikori’s nipples firmer the moment their lips touch and when Ardesia pushes her tongue inside her, all hesitation is gone.
“Hmmhnhf,” she groans against the monster’s mouth, amazed at how sharp her teeth are and yet how soft her lips are, how gentle her tongue is. Her hands gently set down the weapon and then she pushes her to the floor.

Maybe… maybe she does like girls.

A little.

They are so soft and so warm.

Kikori allows herself to get pushed down, mostly because she doesn’t really want to think now… she wants to feel.

She wants to feel how nice those fingers can be inside her needy pussy. she wants to feel how amazing that tongue can feel…

And Ardesia does not disappoint.

As Kikori lies down, panting, groaning, the other starts to kiss her neck, then her breasts, groping them, and then she draws a trail of kisses down her stomach, past her belly button to her needy and wet pussy. She takes in a big whiff.

“Smells good. Yes it does!”

To which Kikori lets out a moan, and then she dives in. Her tongue extends inside her like that of a snake, pressing all around.

“Haa-!” She did not expect anything like that! It’s so good it makes her toes curl!

And as her new friend licks her pussy, her snakes-for-hair untangle once again, slithering all over her skin. A few of them even gently nib at her skin. she can feel how sharp their teeth are, but between her enhancements and how nice it all feels, she doesn’t really mind.

She knows she’s safe.

“Hnnh, yess…!” She puts her hand atop the garden of snakes and pushes her closer, making her snake tongue slither in deeper even as the other snakes play with her asshole, teasing it, and brush against her hard and needy clit, making her see starts.

Kikori’s eyelids flutter and she opens her mouth to groan as she quickly feels herself approaching orgasm.

She wants to reciprocate, but she can’t reach for Ardesia’s body besides her hair, so she pets her head, and that makes the snakes purr.

“Haa…” Ardesia groans inside her. She likes it!

And so Kikori learns how to give just as nicely as she receives as she pats her head while she gets her pussy licked so nicely it makes her head spin.

One of the snakes then gently bites her on the clit, and she jerks up in a sudden wave of orgasm that makes her nipples shiver with how hot and firm they are. She groans as the climax engulfs her and once again, she feels like she’s falling, falling, falling…

+++

Kikori opens her eyes and she’s once again in her inner space, and yet many things have indeed changed since the last time she has been here.

The glass plane that used to hold this place up is now a scattered series of shards that reflect her shape, changed so much.

As she looks at herself, Kikori then glances at her tree: it does not grow like before, even though it’s now huge, dwarfing both her and its original form. The base is still covered in tentacles, and the bark looks so study and so tough now.

And then the leaves start to turn into metal. One by one, they shimmer into keen bronze, until the entire tree looks like a school of tiny metal fish, the colour of morning.

“Oh, holy Samash…” Kikori groans in awe.

And yet, she knows she is doing something that goes against the teachings of her Academia. She is getting and giving pleasure to a monster.

To more than one monster.

And yet she has seen what they can do, and what kind of people they are. She needs to regard them with respect and who knows, maybe even love.

That’s the point.

“I accept this,” she murmurs, walking on the shards of glass until she reaches her Haoma. she sets her hand over the surface and closes her eyes again. “I am a Knight, and a Knight always helps people. No matter their form.”

And as she closes her eyes again, the world slowly disappears around her.

 

+++

 

She wakes up on the floor. No trees around her, and from above…

Ah, it’s not the blue of the sky, not yet, but it is the same glowing azure light that signals she has indeed overcome this trial yet.

She looks at her body: it has changed once again.

Her skin is the same, surprisingly enough, but her nails are now sharp as knives, and the same golden hue as the leaves of her Haoma.

She scratches the floor to try them out and they cut through the stone like butter.

Sure, this looks like alabaster so it might not the best comparison, but… wow.

She has a feeling like these are better than ten swords and surely better than the axe she has given up.

“Hof! Huf!” Her new friend is meanwhile busy hacking away at the plants.

It looks like it will keep occupied for a while, but at least she has something to keep herself busy. It also looks like the trees have more or less stopped growing for good. Maybe it’s due to the fact she has overcome another trial.

She is going to miss her axe, but knowing it will be useful to someone else warms her heart.

“Oh, you are awake, you are!” Ardesia chirps in, turning to regard her with a big smile.

“How long was I out?”

“Not long! Look, I already cleared out a large enough are, I did!”

“Amazing work. Both here and… hmmm… before,” she says brushing with her hand against her breast. “That snake thing you can do is… amazing.”

“Hehe! Long time since I last tried it out, glad I am still good-”

“… yes, you are!” Kikori completes her line and they share a laugh.

“Alright… I suppose I now have to pass through the other door…” she gets a glimpse of it past the trees, a swirl of silver mist. “It’s dangerous for me to spend too much time here, is it not?”

Maybe this Visage is rubbing off her a little too much if she is starting to speak like her.

“I suppose so… I do.” Ardesia pulls down her weapon and bites her lip. “It was nice to have company for a bit. At least I will not have to go through all that rain all the time.”

“I would like to come back if I can. When I complete the Maze. How many layers do I still have to cross?”

“There is only one room left. You will meet with… no, I cannot say, I can’t!”

“It’s alright, I will face it bravely just like I did before! I feel like I am more of a Knight than I have ever been! Who would have guessed the trials would have been so easy?”

“They are not,” Ardesia replies shyly, wrapping one of her snakes around her finger. “They might seem only because you have a kind heart. You see, the person who was here before you, she made the forest grow like this.”

“Are you talking about Ember Soar…?”

“Ember? No, it was the other one.”

“The Herald then, Summer Storm.”

“She had red hair.”

“Then yes, it was her. What did she do? It does not sound like the Herald to cause trouble.”

“She was distraught. She was. She kept crying out about this Morningstar person. She tried to pass through the door without overcoming the challenge, and in the end she ripped through the defences. Powerful, very powerful. But the layer did not like that. Not one bit.”

“I see…”

But that does not really mean anything. Summer Storm… she is a rightful Knight of Ember, she would never do anything like that, it’s not her style and not the way she acts!

It does not make sense.

“Perhaps you will find more answers in the next room. I don’t remember much about the previous visit. I walked through the rain for too long, I’m sorry. I am. For real.”

“Now you have the means to bring your room back to the way it was.”

“Thank you so much! I am sure you will overcome the final challenge with ease! The layers and the challenges change for every person, and you have been amazing at them! I am sure you will do great, you will!”

“Thanks…” Kikori pulls her into one last hug. Feeling a bit like it, she gives her cute butt a grope, to which Ardesia replies with one steaming kiss, their tongues meeting to swirl against each other.

Hm, she is going to miss this Visage.

On her way to the silver door, she also wonders what went wrong with Summer Storm.

Why would someone like her get stuck in this place? She is the best and the strongest of the Knights of Ember! She even knew Ember Soar herself!

It really doesn’t make sense. But perhaps in this last door she will find the answers she seeks… she raises her now scale-nailed hand against the silvery mist and passes through.