I wake up to a dimly lit room, I start to look around as I sit myself up. I was in a room I had never seen before but I was naked and so was the devil next to me. Upon feeling her presence I turned to see Serafall as naked as could be lying next to me peacefully with a happy expression. The sight was a grand one but I couldn't help but wonder where a duvet or blanket was, there was none in sight.
As my memory started to return to me, what happened in the rating game came to mind. I had sex with Serafall in the middle of the Rating Game … if there is no repurcussions from that then i'm going to be rather wary of her political power to be able to do that. Thinking about it, the Rating Game wasn't going to be a PG-18 event so kids would have been watching. I'm actually a little curious as to how they went about masking it, also is what the media would make of the situation.
The weird thing about this is that I remember absolutely everything and especially the fact that it was great but the fact that I remember it is weird. To get to that state, I become intoxicated in their aura or the fight. It basically acts like I have ingested a drug of some sort, they tend to mess with your brain cells which in turn fogs your memory but I remember it perfectly with nothing strange. There is also the fact that I went feral, I wasn't in the frame of mind to really make sure I remembered it. I was all about plowing ahead.
The only thing that comes to mind is a photographic memory but I don't think I have that. It's more than likely just selective memory or maybe even photographic memory when i'm like that. That would make sense, i'm not in the state to care or take things in so my memory could act on just seeing it to remember. It is plausible but I don't know why I wouldn't always have it. Brain processing probably.
With Serafall still asleep, I decided to go about my morningly routines of cleaning myself. As i'm in a place that's not my own, like with when I stayed at the Gremory and Lucifer castle I decided to clean myself in my cat form. All in all it's just easier for me. I can quickly lick my body clean and then walk around while cleaning my face. It's starting to become habit.
After finishing cleaning myself, I transformed back and put on some clothes. I then decided to go to the kitchen, wherever the hell that was. The castle was massive and if I wasn't a Neko I would have got lost multiple times but thanks to my nose I safely found my way there to the surprise of the staff there. It seems that no-one other than the chefs go into the kitchen.
Making my way into the centre of the kitchen, the staff looked at me in awe.
"Can I use a station?"
Almost like it was rude for them to answer me by voice, they nodded their heads furiously before bowing deeply to me.
I'm in the kitchen for near enough an hour being constantly watched by the chefs around me in the room. They all stared intently at what I was currently making. By the end of it, I had prime cooked salmon with whatever herbs I could find around. I'm too precise with the details with fish so the preparation takes much more time than is needed and in this case, double the cooking time. The chefs did go a little crazy at one point when blue flames enveloped a small area of the room. Watching professional chefs just make me love using alcohol in my cooking, wine and rum.
I also made extra pieces for the servants there and also Serafall, primarily by accident though. So much fish, I lost myself by looking at it. A nearby maid had a drenched handerchief afterwards. They all underestimated a cat's level of cooking fish, we all know how to cook and prepare fish to a master's level. Anything else is non-existant at the start.
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The hours following were very beneficial to both Serafall and myself. It was the next step towards our unification. Serafall had given me a copy of the bill which showed that the Devil Government had dropped the orders of 'Killing any Neko on sight' and 'SS-class stray devil' which meant that no devil was allowed to hurt a Neko without severe consequences. It would now also be an Underworld-wide thing to catch Kuroka if they ever saw her. A secondary part to that is if she resists then to let her go, that is to save the devils life really rather than Kuroka's.
Shortly after presenting me with these documents she took me to the basement of the Leviathan castle. In the basement was a prison that held 7 devils, these devils were frankly scared out of their minds. According to Serafall, they were the remaining devils of the family that Kuroka killed the heir of. Stemming from that action was the family's fear of Nekos. I now came to understand their reasons for suggesting the killing of all Nekos but I still couldn't see why it would be accepted to eliminate the whole race.
At this, Serafall just patted me on the back before joyfully skipping her way out of the room whistling. She really is a strange person and it's hard to pinpoint her at times. There was two ways to go about this, kill them straight or torture them before killing them. I wanted to torture them but I couldn't really stand watching them so I decided to do a torture where I wouldn't need to be there.
I encased them all in ice but with enough room for them to move around a little. This was to basically restrict their airflow, they'd get a few more minutes of air before they had no more and start to suffocate to death. The ice would then melt away once the devils inside were completely dead.
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With not being needed at the Leviathan castle any longer, I went to my own castle temporarily so I could do some sorting of things. I was greeted by an overly strong high-five from Hibiki and a punch to the gut by Katerea, a punch which she meant 100% and amplified it with magic. It hurt, it really bloody did and caused me to make a small red mess on the ground. Katerea has a really strong punch, I expected a slap though.
I did what was needed and teleported to the Gremory castle where I was met by the same fate although worse. I appeared to see both Koneko and Raynare directly in front of me. A Rook punch from Koneko with what felt like a hint of Senjutsuu and a punch from Raynare covered in 'Holy' magic, to top it off I was struck by lightning which was obviously owned by Akeno. I came out of that a little dazed and to see that everyone was frozen other than myself or Gasper who rushed over to me and hugged my leg.
"Gin-nii, you need to leave."
"Are they planning to kill me?"
I asked that in all seriousness, I know that the repurcussions of what happened could and probably would be rather severe. Gasper nodded at me after he shivered slightly, he must have heard what they were planning on doing.
"Ok, thanks Gya-kun. Give me ten seconds before you unfreeze them."
"Hai Gin-nii."
I patted his head before running away. I quickly left the room and closed the door quickly. I was able to turn multiple corners before I heard an explosion sound off from where I previously was. I hope they don't do something to Gasper for allowing me to escape. I might have to give him my crest so he can get to safety if he ever has to do something like this again which seems like it could be pretty likely.
I continued to turn corners and found a lifeline or more commonly known as Millicas. I kept my presence low until I caught him and hoisted him up onto my shoulders to which he happily squealed lightly, that confused me slightly.
"So where are we off to Mica?"
"To where daddy is. He called me and sent Mommy to get you."
"Then off we go Mica, point the way Cap'n."
I don't know how he did it but he summoned a pirate hat out of nowhere and placed it on his own head. This kid is more fun that I originally though. I'm actually pretty happy now that he calls me 'Gin-nii' so casually.
It takes us a few minutes to arrive at our destination mainly because we took the long way round as we were both messing around. We also decided to prank the maids but to what extent I didn't know. Millicas performed the pranks and I got us away quickly, i'm an accessory to crime because of a kid. It's not something you'd have heard before.
We both knocked on the door at the same time before walking in to confused faces. They all started wearing smiles once they saw Millicas wearing a pirate hat but Grayfia didn't seem that happy.
"Gin-sama, why does my son have a pirate hat on?"
"I called him 'Cap'n' and he summoned it, not sure it's good for his brain though."
"What would that mean?"
It would seem that I made a blunder. My choices are to get him in trouble briefly or deal with whatever repurcussion myself. I decided to keep quiet and let Millicas down, I gave him a wink as he ran off to his parents and sat on Lucifer's knee. Grayfia then started to show me a cold gaze to which I winked at before taking a seat next to Serafall who was here.
I looked around the rest of the room to see the Gremory family and the Sitri family only without the servants. It kinda felt like a possible intervention or maybe they are going to scold us for having sex on daytime television. It's not like it's directly my fault though, Serafall schemed up the whole thing.
"Gin-chan, is it ok if I start planning the wedding now?"
"I don't see why not, you've done your side of things so i'll stick to mine."
She smiles at me blissfully and takes a hold of my hands tenderly. Even though her hold on my hands were light, I could feel her hands shaking slightly. I could sense her emotions being slightly haywire, she was troubled.
"Gin, ever since we met during the meeting for KoG I knew you were the one for me. Unlike everyone else, you aren't careful around me. Being a Maou means nothing to you. Even with having a dislike to devils, you should have a wary attitude towards us but you don't. None of that bothers you."
I'm actually confused, where is she going with this?
"Even with my advances you've shown me nothing. I've had to work for it and make it happen myself. I know me being a devil isn't very appealing to you but I want to show you that i'm worth your time, worthy of kindness from you and possibly even showing you that not all devils are bad. You are one of a kind, in more ways than one. I want you to know that I love you and that I always will."
Her hands continue to tremble slightly as she smiles to me once again though this time I answer in earnest and lightly smile back to her. I actually feel happy that she feels this way about me. Her shaking worries me, i'm hesitant to know anything further but I need to.
"I'm happy to hear this but why are you telling me this? It's a little out of the blue, don't ya think?"
She nodded like a child that was being scolded by their parents. She then found her resolve out of nowhere and looked me straight in the eye.
"Gin, I'm pregnant."
What an ending! Well ... It's a cliffhanger at least :P
Now to allow you to understand why it's so quick. To begin with answering how she got pregnant while it's very hard for devils to become pregnant.
Nekoshou can control the flow of life basically meaning that they can make who they want pregnant if they want.
Gin went completely feral and i hinted at it in the previous chapter, his instincts are to mate and survive. Mating meaning produce offspring.
Next is to how Serafall knew it so quickly, in this instance the symptoms come quicker because feline pregnancy is quick.
On average a cat's pregnancy is a little over 2 months which is four times quicker than humans, so the symptoms start the day after.
I won't be going into it in the story so i will here. Why Serafall was hesitant?
As the last male Nekoshou and one of the few Nekoshou in general, he wants to mate to bring his people back.
This thought makes Serafall think that he may not be there altogether as he isn't very keen on devils.
Though if you put how he is with kids and the fact they'll be nekos too, her worries aren't necessary.
She is a woman in love though so she is worried on what would happen, especially with it being unplanned and out of the blue.
That's me for today, Ciao-nya.
