"W-what just happened?" I asked. Moments earlier, I was in someone's home, and some boy, who was a "heretic" as that old man had said, was about to do something to me, I don't know what though. Now, all of a sudden, I was at a beach. I could feel the grains of sand underneath me. Waves crashed against the shore. The smell of salt filled the air.

"I had taken you to safety." Said a familiar-sounding raspy voice.

I immediately turned to see the old man right behind me, behind him was a huge cliffside, about the size of 2 cottages stacked on top of each other. "What? How? Who ar-?"Immediately, I was interrupted by another string of coughs followed by another splotch of blood flying out of my mouth and into the sand.

"My, it appears you are ill." The old man said. "Very ill in fact."

"You can say that again." I tried to get up but ended up falling over. My body felt so weak all of a sudden. Was it the disease?

"Here." The old man offered his hand to me. I took it and he lifted me up and carried me by the arm.

"Thanks." I said before I suddenly coughed up another splotch. I was so weak that I couldn't even lift my arm to cover my mouth.

"Don't worry," the old man assured, "I'll make sure you get the care you need, and proper clothes."

"Oh," I realized he was talking about my slutty outfit, "thank you, again." We walked along the beach's shoreline. "So you said I was a monster, right?"

"Yes, and I turned you back."

"But how? How did I become a monster? And how did you turn me back?"

"Well for the first question, don't you remember? Perhaps a monster assaulted you and made you into a monster?"

"They can do that?" I asked, "I always thought they just ate people."

"They can do that," the old man said, "but there are those who also take men and turn them into mindless sex slaves and turn women into more monsters. Regardless, all monsters bring humanity to ruin."

"Oh, well..." I tried to remember how I became a monster as the old man had said, but nothing came up, nothing on how I became a monster or of anything while I was a monster, "I-I don't remember anything, anything at all. Th-the last thing I remember is that I was sick like I am now and that my parents were trying to cure me with some kind of spellbook. Then it just suddenly cuts to me in someone's home with you and that boy."

"Hmm, must be because I had to cure your mind as well."

I looked at him, confused, "Excuse me, what?"

He stopped for a moment, "Oh, perhaps I should answer your second question as well." He reached into his cloak and into a satchel where he pulled out a magical-looking yellow orb. "This, girl, is what I used to cure you: The Orb of Absolute Reversion, capable of reversing anything into its previous form."

I stared at that orb in awe, "That orb turned me back to normal? It's so beautiful."

"Well yes, or, it turned your body back at first. However, for some odd reason, it appeared your mind was still that of a monster, so I had to use the orb to cure it as well. Regardless, I have cured you now."

"Oh, well thank you."

The old man chuckled. "Finally, you're thanking me! Well, in that case, you are welcome, girl."

"My name is actually Julia." I said, "Also, where did the orb come from?"

"Well Miss Julia, that's a very long story." He continued helping me walk down the beach, "I first learned the existence of the orb a long time ago. It was amongst several other magical artifacts that were created by... A-an ancient civilization, o-one that was wiped out by monsters!"

I looked at him strangely, the way he said where the orb came from seemed strange, but I continued to listen.

"Anyways, the artifacts had to be sealed in a mysterious vault in an unknown location. It's said that those artifacts would make the war against monsters very easy for us humans, and so the artifacts were sealed in the hopes that one day, someone would uncover them and use them to defeat the monsters."

"W-wait, if the artifacts were hidden, then how do you have them now?"

"Oh, well, I just found them, all it took was a little bit of luck. In fact, the sandals I'm wearing," He showed me his feet, which had said sandals on them, "happen to be another such artifact, one that can make anyone who wears them travel at high speeds, which is how we got here."

"Okay, well-" I was interrupted by another string of coughs followed by another splotch of blood flying out of my mouth, "Oh, when are we going to get to the doctor mister?

"Right after we cure my daughter."

"Your daughter?"

"Yes, my daughter. She was unfortunately turned into a monster, right before my eyes."

"That must've been hard," I said, "seeing someone close to you turn into a monster."

"Oh it was hard alright, but never less, I'm going to cure her now using the orb, then she would finally become the hero she was destined to be."

I was surprised at what he said, "You were going to make her a hero?"

"Yes, and if she did, she would've wielded those artifacts. Perhaps she would've even raised an army of many heroes, each one wielding one of the artifacts. Maybe you could be one too."

"Wait, really? You're saying I could wield an artifact of my own?"

"Of course, I could have both of you trained, once you get well, and you could go on the journey to the Overlord's castle while recruiting many people you meet on the way and saving settlements from the monsters. Together, you could all defeat the Overlord, save humanity from the monsters, and restore The Order to its former glory. And all we have to do is reverse my daughter's monsterization. After all, with Lescatie fallen, these artifacts are our only-"

"H-hang a second," I interrupted, "did you just say that LESCATIE'S FALLEN?! The number one hero-producing nation in all the Order?! How?! I mean, how long was I monsterized?!"

"I'm afraid I do not know the answer to either of those questions," The old man said, "but regardless when we manage to build a big enough army, we may start by taking back Lescatie using those artifacts. That'll show the monsters that humanity is always destined to win, no matter what."

I smiled at the sound of that, "Sounds like we'll be giving the monsters hell. Oh, and where is your daughter anyways?"

"She isn't far," the old man said, "in fact, she just so happens to be in a forest at the end of this beach, I found out thanks to another artifact known as the All-Seeing Eye. We'll be there shortly, then, once we cure her, we'll make sure you get the care you need."

I nodded. "Hey, I never asked for your name, could you-"

Suddenly, A loud crackling sound emanated behind us. Turning around, we saw a huge, greenish-brown bubble growing out of the ground, about 10 feet away from us.

"Huh, what's this?" The old man asked, he didn't have to wait long for an answer. Immediately as soon as it appeared, the magic bubble disappeared, and in its place were 5 figures: A cloaked woman with skin as white as a ghost, a man who looked to be a few years older than me with green eyes, another man, this one huge and bulky, another woman who had the horns, hooves, and tail of a cow along with huge breasts almost 3 times the size of my own, and a young boy; the same one who tried to do something to me, whom I escaped from thanks to the old man.

"Look, there they are!" The burly man yelled as he pointed toward us.

"What? How did you find us?" The old man yelled, before noticing something in the boy's hand.

Is that an eye?

"I-is that?" The old man stuttered as he seemed to recognize the eye. "H-how...?"

"That doesn't matter now old man." The man with green eyes yelled.

"Just give us back our friend, and nobody gets hurt." The cow-like woman added.

"Yeah!" The burly man yelled.

The old man hesitated for a moment, then all of a sudden, he let me go.

"What the?" I tried to yell as I fell to the ground, surprised at his sudden betrayal, but it came out weak as I was barely able to talk. It was followed by another series of coughs and another splotch of blood.

"Fine, have her!" The old man yelled, "She's just going to slow me down anyway.

"B-but you promised." I said weakly, referring to how he was going to get me cured and made into a hero. But he ignored me as all of a sudden, a pair of wings sprouted from under his cloak and he flew upwards, away from me.

"The Wings of Maat!" I heard the green-eyed man yell as he and the rest of his friends and that boy rushed towards my position, "It's another artifact of Ra's Rebellion, that's what he's using to escape.

"Let's just get Julia first darling." I heard a new voice say, probably the cloaked woman with white skin.

What, how do they know my name? And what's Ra's rebellion? I thought the artifacts came from a long-dead civilization.

I immediately turned toward the group. "N-no, stop, ge-" I coughed up another splotch of blood, "g-get away from me..." I tried to crawl away but to no avail.

The heretic boy got to me first, "J-Julia, it's me, Ash, p-please try to remember me."

"No," I managed to say, "I don't know who you are or what you want, but I'm warning you, I-" I was interrupted by another series of coughs followed by another splotch of blood.

"Y-you saved me wh-when I was escaping fr-from 'him', I tried to e-end my own life, but you st-stopped me. We became l-lovers and-"

"What the fuck are you talking about?" I interrupted, "What do you mean we were lovers? You're a heretic as the old man said, and I was always a devout follower of the Chief God except when I was forcefully made a monster and I am again after that old man saved me! There is no way we can be lovers. Do you hear me? There is no way we are-"

And suddenly, at that very moment, he kissed me, not just on my mouth, but he also thrust his tongue into my mouth. I could've just bit his tongue, force it out with my own, and screamed, but I didn't. Because in that very moment, something very weird happened.

I was seeing visions, ones that seemed so familiar.

"Julia! I need you to listen to me. Get out through the window and run!"

It's like they were memories. Are these the memories that I lost when that old man cured me?

"My name is Hazel."

"My husband and I found you outside of our farm, we couldn't just leave you out there."

"S-so all my life, I was lied to? The monsters are actually friendly?"

"I think there's only one way to save you now: you would have to be monsterized."

"I'll do it."

Wait, I chose to be monsterized?

"I want my life to have a purpose and won't let my parent's attempts to save me be in vain."

"So Julia, how do you like your new look?"

"It's... wonderful."

I even retain my humanity after my transformation?

"Looks like if I want a husband of my own, I'm going to have to go into Order territory."

"Here Julia, these will help you go there without getting caught."

"Hey!"

It was that boy, Ash. He was at a cliff, heavily malnourished and covered in scars. Some looked fresh, others looked years old. He looked as if he was about to jump. I couldn't have just let him.

"YOU GET BACK HERE RIGHT NOW! IT'S YOUR FUCKING FAULT WE'RE POOR! IT'S YOUR FUCKING FAULT YOUR MOTHER LEFT US! YOUR ONLY PURPOSE IS TO SUFFER!"

I pulled him back and hid him in a bush until the crazy man went away. Then we were in a cave, he was eating the food I had brought, both human realm and monster realm. He hadn't spoken a word since I met him. That's when I made my move.

"I don't know what that man did to you, but it must've been really terrible if it took away your ability to talk. But I know a way to make you feel better."

And that's when I revealed my succubus form. I remember wanting to ravish him like an animal, but I didn't want to traumatize him more, so I didn't.

"It's something I always wanted to do, but I couldn't do it alone, I need to do it with someone, someone like you. Do you want to feel good?"

The sight of my otherworldly beauty had paralyzed him, and he was already aroused just by looking at me. So having nothing left to lose, he accepted. Then we did it. We both lost our virginities and felt a pleasure of an unimaginable scale while I tasted the sweet taste of his cum for the first time. We kept doing it until he fainted and I fell asleep with his rod still inside and his head on my boobs. Then we woke up.

"Good morning. Did you like what I did to you last night?"

Then for the first time in what must've been years, he spoke.

"I-I..."

"Wait, you're talking now? You haven't spoken a word since I saw you at the cliff. Could you maybe tell me your name?"

"A-Ash..."

"Ash? That's a nice name. Well my name is Julia."

Then he sniffed and tears formed under his eyes.

"Hey, hey, it's okay." I hugged him with both arms and wings and kissed him. "I promise, you won't feel pain anymore, you'll only feel pleasure. I'll shower you with the most love you can imagine."

"R-really?"

"Yes."

"Th-thank y-you... J-Julia."

Ash. The boy was my darling, Ash; the same one I had saved from his father, the same one I had saved from taking his own life, and the same one I had taken care of all this time. I was more than his wife, I was like a mother to him, and I had slapped him. I slapped him because I had thought he wanted to hurt me, because I had my memories erased by that old man, because I had sacrificed myself to save both his and my friend's lives. I'm so sorry Ash.

Ash let go of me for the first time in what seemed like hours. "P-please remember, Julia."

"Ash?" I said as I came to, before my eyes began shedding tears. "Ash! I'm so sorry, I-"

"I-it's okay." He said as he gave me a hug. "Y-you're back now, it's a-all that matters."

I smiled and hugged him back. "Thank you." I whispered.