「Alec-kun! Are you alright? I heard you got trapped in a nest collapsing. Are you hurt?」
「Ceres. I’m fine. Only got a few scratches」
I showed her the cute and quiet cat-like monster. I got injured by their claws but the wound already closed down so it’s no longer an issue.
「This…」
「I caught it, I want it as a pet. As for treatment, could you help these two?」
Luvis-chan and Safira-chan got poisoned. After getting off the ground, their condition has improved, but it would be best to have Ceres-mama take a look at them.
「Right. You two come into this room」
Ceres-mama brings the twins to the back then Safira-chan stops walking.
「Alec-san.」 Please squat down」
「Hmm? Like this?」
I squat down and looked at Safira-chan in the eyes.
Pull…
–Chu ♥
「You’ll take responsibility, won’t you?」
A sudden kiss. Safira-chan’s smiling with a blushing face.
That’s a surprise. But of course, I’m not going to refuse.
「Of course, if that’s your wish」
「Yes ♥ Hmm. chu ♥ Hmmm ♥」
I hugged and kissed her lips, but she pressed her lips as if she had been waiting for it. Safira-chan hugged me with both arms.
「N-Noooo!!」
「Kyaa!? L-Luvis?!」
「Luvis-chan?」
Luvis-chan gets between us by hurling herself in. Then, she glared at me, trying to get Safira-chan in her arms.
「No, don’t take Onee-chan!」
「Eh? Huh? Me?」
Safira-chan’s surprised that Luvis-chan is desperately trying to prevent her sister from being taken away and that she’s in tears.
I didn’t also expect Luvis-chan to act like that so it surprised me.
「Luvis-chan…」
「Yaaaaaaaa!!! She’s mine!!!!! 」
She stretched out her hand and started knocking it around. Seeing her in tears and making a tantrum is so cute.
Safira-chan seems overcome with emotion as Luvis-chan embraces her, let’s not get in the way of the sisters.
I decided to leave the twins in the room and went to another room with Ceres-mama. I think their consultation will come later.
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「Taking this one as your pet?」
「Yeah. I’ll take care of it, please」
「Hmmm…Let’s see」
I try to show that the monster is just a stuffed toy and it’s docile. I’ll take care of it too!
「Ceres-san. Is there a rule where you can’t keep a monster in the dorm?」
「No. That’s not in the rules. However…
「Isn’t it a docile one? It’s disciplined」
「That’s not the issue」
「Geez, what’s the problem then? Just say it!」
「Alec-kun」
Ceres-mama has been giving out unclear answers in the face of Lina-chan’s questions, and she looked at me as if she made up her mind.
「You said that you’ll keep it, but will you love it even if it looks different from what it currently is?」
「Of course. I’m going to make it a cute pet」
I hugged the monster and showed that I was not letting go. It’s a good pet. I want to keep it.
「Is that so? Then, you have permission to keep it」
「Yay! Thanks!」
I got Ceres-mama’s permission, and now I can keep this monster my pet! Yay!
「Then, let’s go to the bathroom. Let’s wash ourselves first
「Got it!」
I took the monster in my arms and moved to the washing area in the hot spring.
I’ll make sure to clean every inch of its body.
「Alec-kun. Let’s first peel off the skin」
「Okay. Like this?」
I used a knife and thrust it into the monster’s belly. It penetrated the skin so easily.
「Gyaaaaaaaa?!?!?!?」
「Calm down, don’t move too much. Stay still..」
The monster tried thrashing around because of a hand shoved in its stomach but I held it down. Ceres-mama neutralized the poison magic the monster spread out. Seems like you can do tricks like this because they have similar attributes.
「There we go.」
Biribiribiri!!!
「Gyaaaaa」
I grabbed the skin with both hands and tore it to two. Then, a girl came out from inside its belly.
「Perfect! I got myself a cat-eared girl!!」
「Gyauu!? Fushaaaa!!!」
She’s got purple hair, pointy cat ears, a long tail extending from her waist, and her eyes are purple crystal color Apart from her ears and tail, she looks like a human.
The fur on its feet, the remnants of the stuffed cat made from magic matter has dissolved.
「Ah~ I see. No wonder the skeleton was so strange」
Mira-chan who was watching from behind seems to have figured something out. Well, those who know will get it. The gimmick was an elaborate magic where they put on a mascot costume on top but it still had a human skeleton, completely different from a cat, and I figured out it was a person inside when I hugged it.
「What’s going on?」
「T-This girl was pretending to be a cat?」
Lina-chan and Nasha-chan were watching the whole thing but they couldn’t seem to catch up. Well, this is a rare case so I get why they’re confused.
「No. It’s a monster. It’s something born between a monster and a human」
「Nyaa?」
Ceres-mama pats the cat girl’s head, and she turns quiet as if the fuss from earlier was a lie. Seems like Ceres-mama’s using her magic on the cat-eared girl.
「This happens sometimes. Raised by a monster parent, they start to think that they’re also a monster. The child creates an outer shell unconsciously using magic matter, like the fur from earlier, and even behaving like their parent」
「Nyaaa. Funyaaa」
Ceres-mama’s magic must feel good, the cat girl’s quiet and her eyes are closed now. Cute.
「We stripped off the fur it was wearing for so long. She’s probably not accustomed to outside stimuli yet. Alec-kun be gentle when washing her
「Got it!」
I took the soap and lathered both my hands. I washed her with my bare hands just as Ceres-mama told me to. Let’s get you cleaned up, cat-eared girl.
I’ll be giving you lots of love as my pet from now on, so let’s start with skinship.
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–Monsters. An animal with magic, drawing the blood of a Shinryuu.
Monsters come in all shapes and sizes, but there are rare cases of monsters born from a mix of a human and a beast. Some call them beastman, but the kingdom doesn’t recognize them as human and they’re treated as livestock or pets.
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–Within the kingdom, Kiryu, Junkiryu, and Zatsuryu are recognized as blood descendants of Shinryu, people with magic, but monsters aren’t the same.