Chapter 29: Beastmen, To What Extent You Go? (03)

  "Are you calming down?"

  "Yes."

  Only after I pced the small cat-like beastman (I thought it was a kitten, but it turns out it's a mun cat beastman, naturally small...) on my p to cover my genitals did I start to calm down.

  'I've heard that ordinary cats are aloof and don’t follow people...'

  The mun cat beastman on my p, kneading like making bread, urring and about to fall asleep, which helped create a more rexed atmosphere for us to talk.

  "Huff... Huff... Huff..."

  But this time, Dane couldn’t calm down at all.

  'This guy... is he into the Grandmother?'

  Of course, the Grandmother's twisted horns, rge breasts, and white hair were quite entig to men, but I wished he wouldn’t breathe hot breath down my neck from behind.

  "It seems he 't calm down, but as you're the brains ahe brawn, if you're okay, it shouldn’t matter."

  "Yes... You, turn your head away. I 't talk like this."

  "Just in case..."

  'I know you’re staring at the Grandmother's naked body, so back off a bit.'

  After giving Dane a direct sign, he moved a step away with a displeased expression; I could still hear his breathing, but at least his hot breath wasn’t on my neymore.

  "Let's start the discussion. Why do you want to decre independence from the kingdom?"

  To ensure I didn’t miss anything, I had gotten permission from the Grandmother to record the versation.

  Naomi was also creating separate dotary evidence, writing everything down as I spoke.

  "It's simple. We want to return to being true beastmen."

  "Aren't you already beastmen?"

  "Is that what you call it?"

  "Kyaa! Grandmother..."

  The Grandmother, who had touched Naomi's breast, now gently caressed her lower abdomen.

  "inally, beastmen here also had nipples."

  'Is she talking about two-stage beastmen?'

  "But look at the children born here. Take Naomi here, for instance; she only has two nipples, right?"

  "In front of guests, this is..."

  "Hmph, among animals, toug each other's nipples means nothing. You still haven’t shed your human ways."

  "That's..."

  "You should be angry about beastmen losing their ability to heir young, not about a rea fit for a human girl."

  Despite her words, the Grandmother eased Naomi's embarrassment.

  "tinue, please."

  "As you see in our vilge, we are too far removed from being true beastmen."

  "And so?"

  "Our analysis shows that this is due to interbreeding with humans, which dilutes our lineage."

  Indeed, I had heard in interspecies ecology css that the bloodlines of beastmehinning.

  If this tinues, beastmen could bee a subspecies of humans, with no more animal ears, just humans with thick hair and denser coccyges.

  Of course, this would only happen if interbreeding with humans tinued without beastmen marrying among themselves.

  "This is exactly why beastmen women seek out human men!"

  "......Yes?"

  "As you know, humans have rger genitals. Females instinctively seek males who impreghem easily."

  Dane and I looked at each other.

  'Really?'

  "Hah! You call us animals, yet you’re the ones sedug other species' females in the most lewd manner."

  Mentionimen made us somewhat embarrassed about our owals.

  "Moreover, most male beastmen have a mating season, and that’s the only time they are i. But females go into heat with just a little stimution from males."

  "Meaning..."

  Putting it all together led to this clusion.

  "So, human males are i all year round and have rger genitals, hence beastmen females prefer to marry them, thinning our bloodline?"

  "Exactly."

  This raised a curious point for me.

  'It hasn’t been long enough for our blood to thin to that extent...'

  "This doesn’t necessarily require independence..."

  "You're speaking out of ignoranaomi!"

  "Yes? What now...? Are you doing something strange again?"

  "e here! Don’t look so embarrassed when I'm making an important point!"

  As Naomi slowly backed away realizing the Grandmother’s mood, the Grandmrily called her while Dane and I watched the unfolding show.

  "Look here."

  "Grandmother... this is a bit..."

  "Beastmen!!"

  We could guess what came , aher Dane nor I, nor even Naomi, wao hear it, so we just kept quiet and watched as instructed.

  "Look at this perfectly smooth appearance!"

  Wow, truly pristine.

  "Nyah?!"

  The mun cat beastwoman on my p, who had been kneading like baking bread, was startled by my ere pokiomach, and she began to knead it with her hands.

  'Ugh... if she keeps stimuting me here, it's going to cause a huge problem...'

  It would be a diplomatic faux pas to ejacute on the Grandmother’s face or on Naomi, who was busily writing, during such a serious discussion.

  To escape this predit, I grabbed the mun cat beastwoman by the scruff of her ned sent her out of the Grandmother’s house, and quietly pressed my lower body with my hands between my legs.

  "Phew..."

  After dispatg the mun beastwoman and stabilizing the situation, I felt relieved and Dane approached me.

  "Hey, I didn’t see it. What was it?"

  "No, better you didn’t see it..."

  Sating Dane’s curiosity would have caused him to start panting again, so I decided to keep it quiet.

  "Is this the appearance of beastmen? Isn't even a human knight as u as you!"

  The Grandmother boldly critiqued, and Dane discreetly covered his own fur, though his bush was already quite exposed.

  "Is this what you call beastmen-like behavior!"

  Frankly, the Grandmother’s lower body was quite sparse in fur pared to her appearance.

  There was just a little down and a ly trimmed white triangle of fur...

  Daanding behind me, called out something, his breath heaving.

  'Stop ogling the Grandmother like that.'

  Traitor. Here stood a traitor of the Magiights.

  This guy would jump into a with a mana saber for the Grandmother if she asked.

  'Does he have any loyalty to the knights? As much as Naomi has fur, perhaps?'

  Deg to resolve the situation peacefully before deg what to do with this fool, I tihe dialogue with the Grandmother.

  "I uand your viewpoint. Let’s discuss potential solutions."

  "Just leave us be."

  "However, the royal court may view this independenent as a rebellion. Royal authority isn’t maintained logically or rationally, you know."

  There’s no point in expanding the Royal Guard fivefold to over 200 members and downpying the Magiights without the King’s iion being to weaken the increasingly fragile royal power...

  'Thinking this far is unnecessary for a knight...'

  After all, a knight has to do what he’s told.

  "’t you just leave us alone?"

  "It's possible, but... the way of life here is problematic."

  If beastmen wandering naked in nearby cities bee a problem, wouldn’t it potentially reignite debates about whether beastmen are se beings or just mindless monsters?

  "We live detly."

  "Ah, yes..."

  The idea of men and women living naked and calling it det was somewhat amusing.

  "For now, males are not in their mating season. Humans, however, would be i 24/7 if they saw nudity."

  Hearing this made me wonder if humans were more animalistic thamen.

  "This doesn’t seem like a simple matter to resolve."

  "I agree."

  It was expected to be a long-term issue.

  If it could have been resolved in a day’s talk, it would have been ha the civil service level, not by the Magiights.

  "It’s probably better to stay inside our territory than to go out and e back."

  "Uood."

  "However, we’ll need a pce to stay... there aren’t many suitable dwellings here."

  Just looking around the vilge, beastmen were living under fallen trees or, apparently, in structures resembling dog houses.

  There don’t seem to be many fortable pces by human standards...

  "And you’ll be less unfortable with familiar beastmen, right? So one of you stay with me, and one follow Naomi."

  "Just in case, I'll stay here. There o be thh surveilnce..."

  Dane decred this solemnly, though filled with personal desires, but his statement lost credibility due to his ere.

  'Fine, do as you wish.'

  "I am fine."

  After getting the Grandmother's permission, I paired Dah her, and Naomi and I verified the records together, signing them to prevent any fery.

  "If there's a o tact the outside, let us knoill send a beastman to vey it."

  "That's fine."

  There seemed to be o send any messages yet, so I deed for now.

  Wishing each other luck through sign nguage, Dane and I parted ways, with Daaying at the Grandmother's house, and I began to follow Naomi into the dark forest.

  'It's dark'

  Because we had entered deep into the forest, even though the sun hadn't pletely set, it was dark enough to cause visibility issues without night vision gear.

  Of course, the beastmen were looking at me with their eyes shining, seemingly unbothered by the darkness.

  "It's here."

  Naomi, perhaps because she lived the most human-like among them, resided in a house that was old but structured like a typical human dwelling.

  The only problem was...

  "What's... many?"

  There were several presences inside, and as I revealed myself, four pairs of vertically slit pupils, like those of cats, appeared in the darkness.

  "Naomi~ Surely you're not pnning to keep him all to yourself?"

  "That would be unfair~ We've been so desperate for a man tely..."

  "So... let's share?"

  Sharp cws visible in the darkness reflected the moonlight as they appeared.

  "Sir Knight... Could you step aside for a moment?"

  Naomi, too, frohe four cat beastmen who had invaded her space, drawing her cws in defense.

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