Chapter 127 – Reverberations of Autumn.
They were able to reach the manor shortly after taking care of the silk moss breeding grounds, but there was still work to be done.
“They will be put in prison as you said, and the survivors will be accepted as territories after being checked according to the rules.”
The prison was using the building at the entrance attached to the wall, so they were taking over the criminals and the survivors at the entrance of the wall. Although they saved it once, the fact that they became the host of the monsters would follow them like a tag. You’ll have to check for quite some time to see if there are any monster eggs left in your stomach. I don’t know if they will be able to live a proper life in the manor, but this was the limit of what Donar could do.
A year ago, when he was a green dwarf, he had left the task to his colleagues. It’s a shame because they readily accepted it. Even now, when I go to check on him from time to time, he seems to be doing well.
“Rather than that, are you taking the author and Cathy?”
“Yes, it is something that the lord will have to check for himself.”
That way, they were able to return to the castle after taking over.
“I don’t think I’ve done much, but I’m tired.”
“It’s not like I haven’t done anything. You’ve killed monsters, haven’t you?”
And at the castle they arrived, Usher and Donnar were walking down the hallway side by side, talking about today’s work.
“It’s only one.”
Donnar sighed at Usher’s disgruntled words.
“It’s not just one. How many people die because of that one.”
I’m worried that asking for a real fight might have turned into an encouragement in the opposite way. Usher’s gaze moved behind them.
“So what are you going to do with him?”
What Usher was talking about was the Caitsy boy who was quietly following them. Now that Donard sees it, he wonders if he’s the guy who was so rambunctious in the first place. It wasn’t usually a fuss when he tried to get him out of the wagon with the suspicious person who had caught him this time. When he went in, there was no resistance, but when asked to come out, he refused, running rampant around the carriage. I was able to subdue him in the end, but I was at a loss as to how to bring him to Aiolos, who was busy struggling.
“Mister, are you still far away?”
Usher, wanting to see Catsy, poked his head into the carriage and ran into him. Didn’t the catsy boy then become quiet and just stare at him? He twitched his nose like an animal. I don’t know why, but being with Usher seems to calm me down. They were on their way to see Aeolus together. It was after handing over the person brought with Catsy to Aeolus who said he would interrogate him himself.
“Didn’t Aiolos-sama tell you? It would be good for us to take care of it for a while.”
“Kek, do you really have to live with us?”
It is true that Usher was fascinated by the first beast she had ever seen, called Catsy, and wanted to become friends with her, but she did not want to live with him apart from him. More than anything else, he’s just a nice guy, and even when I talk to him, he doesn’t say anything or respond. He doesn’t even try to talk at all, so he’s lost his desire to be friendly.
“I can’t help it. It’s really strange that Cathy is here.”
The Catsy, whom Donnar remembers for a moment, were a race that lived only in Parz. Even though there are various beasts and humans living in Parz, the reason why Parz comes to mind when thinking of Parz is because it is Cattsie that dominates Parz. But the Cattsie’s wouldn’t be able to get out of there. Aeolus decided that it would be better to leave it to a quiet person if he was with him because he had to find out why he was here and it was embarrassing to leave him alone.
“I don’t know where else it will be sold if left alone.”
“That’s a bit.”
Unfortunately, it was true. Beastmen are still a rare race, but Lantua is far from their territory and sphere of influence. Beasts may be superior in single strength, but this is a place where dwarves and humans make up the majority. It was safe to say that there was no way Caetsey, barely of adulthood, could live alone in a place like this. Usher couldn’t help but swallow his displeasure. He couldn’t tell him not to stretch his mouth any further when he owed it to himself. And when he walked into the room.
“Come on.”
As always, the girl was waiting.
“I’m gone.”
Donard sighed as Usher greeted the girl’s waiting, which he had grown accustomed to.
“Well, you guys have a knack for making people’s sides cold.”
He also has a lovely lover, but now his lover is busy with work, so Donnar only swallowed regret. Because of the nature of Sif’s work, I couldn’t greet him like Belka when he came home from work.
“Anyway, I can’t leave it like this. Usher, do you have any clothes left?”
The current boy was wearing nothing more than rags when he was captured, so he seemed to have to be dressed like Usher, who was similar in size.
“You know I don’t have that many clothes.”
“So why didn’t you buy some when Sif said he would buy it for you?”
In the end, it was when Donard tried to borrow clothes from among other vassals who were raising boys his age.
“Huh? Why?”
Belka caught him.
“It’s okay if you don’t.”
And what she brought out was a bunch of brand new clothes. What they had in common was that they were all similar in size, and it was easy to know who they bought them for. This was enough to give the boy all the clothes he had worn before, and it didn’t matter.
“Did you buy it yourself?”
Belka silently nodded her head.
“Well, isn’t it a good bride, no matter who might take it?”
Donnar stroked Usher’s head wildly, but he couldn’t look up. Soon night came.
“How was the actual game?”
“There was nothing special.”
There was a saying that Uncle Donard and Sister Sif were late because they had plans to drink with their colleagues. Normally, I might have done dirty things with Belka to my heart’s content during this time, but today I had an uninvited guest, so I had no choice but to get ready to go to bed early. It was also not pleasant to have other strangers in the room besides himself. As if to soothe him, the girl wiped his forehead with her hand.
“Tell me whenever you’re having a hard time.”
“Okay. It’s hard now. Let’s do it next time.”
“Oh, it’s not like that.”
Usher closed his eyes and laughed softly, feeling the pleasant sleep that came. Soon after, she saw him fall asleep, unable to overcome his tired body, and she lay down next to him.
“Good night.”
It was unknown whether the little girl’s words would have reached him who was already asleep. It was around the time that even the girl fell asleep, exhaling colorful breaths. Bright orange eyes flashed in the darkness. It pricked its ears as if it were checking the sound, then it slowly rose and stood beside them and looked down at those who had fallen asleep.
“…”
Of the trudging carriage, the cat thought. Where else is he being taken? Do. After he was caught by something he was afraid to remember and dragged to a strange and distant place, the cat was repeatedly dragged and dragged without a chance to adapt to the new world. He was dragged around by humans like an object, even though he didn’t want to, even though he didn’t want to. New places and new humans have become unfamiliar and fearful to curious cats.
So the cat wasn’t too happy when another human released him from the cage. Even though it was cramped and uncomfortable, it was more comfortable inside the cage. When you go to a strange place, strangers treat you as a pet and make you a target for venting your anger at will. Now, the repetitive time was boring and annoying. This time the human freed him from the cage, but the cat was not caught off guard or considered an opportunity. He mistook this gap for an opportunity and thought that if he ran away, he would be caught and beaten again by them.
So, even if the cat didn’t like the current situation full of humans around, he held back and focused only on the feeling of the wagon shaking. Then the wagon stopped and people slipped through the open door. I didn’t want to go out. Because it was outside that I didn’t know what kind of pain awaited me. But nobody waited for him to come out. If you see the door closing again, you must be heading to a different place from them. And at another place they arrived, they tried to drag him out.
The cat resisted desperately. I didn’t know what kind of pain awaited me if I left. But then, the scent he smelled for the first time tickled his nose. It was definitely the first scent I had smelled, but it was a strange scent that was nostalgic and fresh. The smell was wafting from a little human poking his head into the carriage. The cat felt more curiosity than fear at the scent for the first time in a long time. He seemed to be talking to the humans about something, but that wasn’t the cat’s concern.
He quietly followed the human because he thought he might know the cause of the scent. And it didn’t take long for him to see that he wasn’t wrong.
“Come on.”
Even though the words were not directed at him, the cat wanted to receive them instead. Luscious red hair resembling his favorite fruit. How nice it would be if golden eyes sparkling like honey and filled with affection would shine on him. However, what those eyes contained was not a cat, but a small human he followed. The little human I thought would be fine was quickly downgraded to something irritating. The scent was nice, but if the scent stuck to the girl like that and cut it, it was just irritating.
The cat waited all this time for them to go to sleep. Humans don’t know, but night was his time. Her ears kept eavesdropping on them even as she crouched down and pretended to be docile. Unlike him, humans really can’t pretend to sleep. All I had to do was listen to their breathing. And after confirming that they were finally asleep, I approached them. The little human was cradled in the girl’s arms like a baby burrowing into its mother’s arms. He didn’t like the look of it.
The cat carefully separated them, paying attention to their breathing. And when the two of them finally separated, the cat’s attention was caught on another thing. It was the white legs that stretched out from under the girl’s skirt. The girl’s clothes were simple enough that you wouldn’t have to look closely to see how they were constructed. Perhaps, just by raising this irritating cloth, the girl’s bare skin would be exposed. The cat licked his lips and did it without hesitation.
And the cat scanned the exposed bare skin of the girl. The unfortunate thing is that there were still pieces of fabric that bothered me, but even so, the immaculate skin made me want to lick it with my tongue. From this fresh scent, each and every one of them captured the cat’s nose and eyes and did not let go.
“Purr.”
The cat involuntarily made a satisfying sound and trembled and focused on the sound. He focused on whether they had woken up because of him or if someone was coming. Fortunately, the sound of breathing was still the same, and I didn’t hear anyone coming. The next place my gaze went was the pieces of cloth that covered my chest and private places. He raised his nails and carefully peeled them off. Then, what was revealed was a jar of honey with an unbearably sweet scent.
To the cat’s eyes, the girl looked like a deliciously ripe fruit. It was a sweet prey that I wanted to swallow right now. Before being brought here, I had learned what to do afterwards. Even if he hadn’t learned it, he could have known what to do by watching humans mating while being dragged around, but more importantly, the female now defenselessly bares his bare skin in front of him.
He wanted to make this female his own. But cats aren’t as stupid as humans think. No matter how stupid a human being is, he’ll wake up right away after doing that. The cat is dissatisfied, but has decided to be satisfied with a simple territory mark for now.
