Chapter 32
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 32
Chapter Title: The Proud Catfolk, Yuri (1)
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Heavenly Cats.
The Heavenly Cats, as the name implies, were the cats that supported the heavens.
Of course, they didn't literally hold up the blue sky. They were the Catfolk who protected their princess—the sky of the Catfolk race—and devoted their entire lives to her side.
The Catfolk held an event called the Sky Guardian Ceremony every ten years, generation after generation, to select the Heavenly Cats and Guardian Cats.
They evaluated the aptitudes of Catfolk children between the ages of eight and seventeen, who had yet to reach adulthood. The girl with the most outstanding qualities became a Heavenly Cat. The boy with the most exceptional talents became a Guardian Cat to protect the village.
In other words, from each decade's generation, the single most outstanding boy and girl were chosen.
Once selected, a Heavenly Cat could never take a lifelong companion. They served at the princess's side until death claimed them.
It was choosing honor over love, proudly becoming the pillar that upheld the Catfolk's sky—their princess—and marrying the future of their race.
Currently, there were twenty-four Heavenly Cats among the Catfolk.
Given their average lifespan exceeded 350 years, the number of Heavenly Cats had always been maintained above thirty in normal times, barring any special circumstances.
The reason it was only twenty-four now was due to the war five hundred years ago.
After the war, with fewer than a hundred survivors, the Catfolk refrained from selecting Heavenly Cats and Guardian Cats for the first 261 years. They focused solely on rebuilding their population.
Once stability was achieved—specifically, 239 years ago—they resumed the Sky Guardian Ceremony. One by one, Heavenly Cats and Guardian Cats accumulated, reaching the current twenty-four.
By now, the Catfolk had reached a considerable level of stability.
Hiding away and diligently increasing their numbers over the past five centuries, their population had already swelled to over fifteen thousand.
With such long lifespans and females typically beginning to bear children around age thirty, their numbers grew rapidly.
Magic that accelerated plant growth and high-yield crops ensured no shortages in food either.
Now that their race's population had grown substantial, the Catfolk were beginning to rise toward the world once more. They dispatched espionage teams of ordinary Catfolk and several Heavenly Cats beyond the village to gather intelligence on the state of the world.
Yuri was one such Heavenly Cat.
She had been dispatched to the Hakapia territory.
Concealing her race and status, she operated as an adventurer to gauge the flow of the world.
Though she ventured into the human world like this, if the Catfolk princess issued a recall order, she would return to her village at any moment.
As a Heavenly Cat, Yuri must not give her heart to anyone, nor serve anyone.
For the only sky above a Heavenly Cat was the Catfolk princess.
However...
Stroke, rustle, stroke—
"Eek, stop. Don't... pet my ears!"
The monster that had her bound was now trying to place itself above her.
Yuri glared at the monster before her.
Having finished its final release inside Rosa and laid the fainted woman beside the others, the monster had approached Yuri and was now slowly stroking her head and ears.
The pointed cat ears protruding from atop her head.
They were the most vital symbol of the Catfolk.
Catfolk ears were so sacred that even fellow Catfolk dared not touch them carelessly. Only those loved or served could touch them—the iconic seat of their race.
Catfolk never casually stroked another Catfolk's head, lest they brush an ear.
But the monster, as if utterly unconcerned with such matters, continued petting her head and fondling her ears.
- Aren't I to be your master and husband? Can't I even do this?
"What master of mine, or husband...! You monster... Nyaah!?"
Slurp—
This time, it suddenly nibbled her ear, gently sucking and licking it.
Yuri shuddered at the unbearably ticklish, bizarre sensation. She'd never had her ears sucked like this since birth. It was itchy and strangely lewd.
- Sharp skills, but your cries aren't so fierce? Nyaah? Adorable.
"Hyaa...! How dare a monster call me, adorable! Nyaaah!?"
Smooch, smack, slurp—
Yuri shot the monster a fierce glare, but it showed no hint of intimidation, merely sucking and licking her ears.
Proof that it viewed her utterly beneath it.
Sucking both ears at once while gently petting her head.
Yuri should have felt furious, yet her heart kept tickling, her mind blanking white.
Those hypersensitive organs.
Usually shielded away, untouched by any, now being caressed while she'd deeply inhaled the aphrodisiac floating in the air. Lewd sensations overwhelmed her.
"S-Stop... Hinyang!? Enough... for real, nyaaah! This is... a warning...!"
Yuri growled threateningly.
She thought it sounded quite sharp, but the monster merely chuckled.
- What kind of warning sounds like that? Just cute. If it's meant to threaten, I'd say your direction is way off.
"Hyaah, hng...! What do you take me for?!"
- A cute kitty? Future wife?
"As if I'd be your wife, you...! Ah, no! Don't— mm...! Slurp, smack..."
Without warning, the monster stole her lips, sucking them noisily.
Her first kiss. One she was meant to seal away for life, never giving her heart to another. Yet she'd shared it with a monster.
She resisted, protesting not to, but as its tongue invaded and stirred her mouth, irresistible pleasure and dizziness flooded her.
Having her sensitive ears sucked, head petted, and lips kissed felt oddly healing.
'Am... am I enjoying this? No way. Snap out of it. You want to end up like Rosa over there, passed out!?'
Yuri admonished herself.
She vividly recalled Rosa submitting to the monster, and her own cries of madness at the sight.
This situation was abnormal. All the monster's cheap tricks.
She tried desperately to calm her heart.
But it was no easy task.
On the contrary, images of Rosa's blissful expressions during sex, her vulgar climaxes, filled Yuri's mind. An ominous premonition that she'd end up the same.
Yuri strove to act nonchalant.
Slurp, smack, slurrrp—
Twitch—! Twitch, twitch—!
The monster's tongue coiled around hers, gliding softly. When saliva-slick tickles built, it sucked her ears for dizzying thrills.
Her head kept getting petted.
'Hyaah, f-feels so gooood...'
It was hopeless. Pleasure kept building, her body twitching, even her precious parts tingling.
For mere ear-sucking, kissing, and head-petting to feel this good against the monster—her body betrayed her for the first time.
Never dissatisfied with her body before, but so sensitive...!
Under the relentless caresses, Yuri's iron walls began to melt. Her face softened into something womanly.
- Or how about my pet instead of wife? You seem perfect for it, so cute.
"Haum, slurp, slurrrp, smack, smooch, paah... Who'd be...! Your pet... haum—! Mm, smack, smooch..."
- Isn't this exactly like a pet? Loving the head pets and kisses. Perfect pet material. Just call me 'Master' and it'd be spot on.
Master, indeed.
'Ridiculous...!'
How could she utter such words to this monster? She'd die first.
Only one could stand above her: the Catfolk princess.
No one else could she serve as master.
"Slurrrp, smack, slurrrp, paah... Think I'd say... that to you? Nyaaang! Hng! Nn, muum, smooch..."
As if expecting that, the monster sealed her mouth again with an intense kiss.
How many minutes had their lips locked, tongues entwined?
She couldn't distinguish its saliva from hers. Tonguetips bumping, prodding, made her feel as one with the monster.
She knew she shouldn't, but the kisses, the ear-sucking mouth—addictively sweet.
Her lower belly buzzed electric.
Her pussy clenched, leaking love juices.
'N-No! Not there, absolutely not!'
Yuri resented her pussy for getting aroused and drooling slutty fluids from the monster's caresses, but the monster relished it.
- Your pussy scent's gotten so thick. Want to do it with me?
"Nyaaah, no! Don't get the wrong idea. It's not— mm, slurp, smack...!"
Zing—
Twitch, twitch—!
She wanted it.
Her pussy itched madly. She craved something stuffed inside, pounding her to bliss.
The instincts of a female, not a Heavenly Cat, whispered to her. Get off quick.
But she couldn't.
She couldn't live as a woman. Her duty was as the pillar upholding the Catfolk's sky, not a female.
In the worst case, being raped was unavoidable. But she must never feel pleasure.
Even if her body was taken, her heart must remain guarded, given to no one.
'Please...'
Yet the ominous premonition persisted. If ravished by this monster, she doubted she could protect her heart.
'N-No. Think. How I became a Heavenly Cat...'
While others played ignorant, she trained from age five.
Gripping a sword, honing mana, polishing her talents to become a Heavenly Cat.
She learned combat from her renowned great-grandfather, one of the strongest Catfolk. She toiled without even gazing at her cute little sister's face. And became a Heavenly Cat, the star of her race.
Upon completing missions successfully, the princess herself petted her head. As the Catfolk's sky, the princess could pet any. Recall that thrill.
Compared to this monster's pets, how gracious the princess's were.
Far more fulfilling, far better fee—
'Me? No, actually not that great... This monster feels... Wh-what! No!'
For a split second, she thought the monster's ear-sucking, gentle head-pets, and lip-sucks felt far better.
Yuri desperately denied the thought.
'Y-Yeah. The princess's pets were way better...!'
Grinding her teeth, rewriting memories, but her body was honest.
Her pussy flooded, slutty nectar trickling down.
The monster rubbed its cock slickly against her leaking pussy.
'Ah, it's coming...'
Yuri trembled at the pleasure, her ears perking twitchingly.