Chapter 106: The abandoned "prince"

「Kibadios, how do you know about Hana?」Teran asked, before frantically looking around.「Where is she now? What is she doing? Is she here among the refugees?」

「... What's the relationship between you and her?」asked Kibadios. In regarding to the former 13th captain of the Hyakki Yagyo, the hybrid had heard two completely different accounts: one from Uri, which explained how Teran turned his back to Hyakki Yagyo and Ashura, abruptly resigned from his post to fight to protect the land of the one he deeply loved. Yet, on the other hand, according to Yuusei's fuzzy memories, he had recalled his mother lamented how his father had raped her and gotten her pregnant with the mutant hybrid. Her hatred for Teran had scarred the young Yuusei, resulting in him suppressing his own growth to avoid looking like his father. Since he had read so many manga and fictional stories where misunderstanding had led to rather terrible consequences, Kibadios figured it was better for him to just outright ask the mutant ogre himself. Kibadios knew it was not his place to give Teran any "judgment" since he himself was guilty of forcing him onto many of his harem members, but if Yuusei wanted to do something about it, then it'd be Kibadios' duty as his master to back him up.

「... She and I… it's complicated…」 Teran tried to avoid Kibadios' piercing gaze, though his sight would find themselves voluntarily rested upon the mutant hybrid standing obediently next to Kibadios.「Is she here in Alsen?」

「Mother's dead.」Yuusei finally spoke up.

「What?」Teran's thrilled face quickly turned pale as he took his time to process what the mutant hybrid had just said.「... You're lying… Who… who are you?」

「Yuusei.」he answered.「Mother killed by Yuusei.」

「Stop kidding me!」Teran growled before lunging forward and grabbed Yuusei by his shirt collar「It's not funny! How can Hana be dead?」

「Yo, Teran, don't be like that.」Uri, who has been observing from the side, tried to intervene.

「Calm down, Teran.」Kibadios, in turn, grabbed onto Teran's wrist tightly, dark shadow creeping up from his feet, forcing him to let Yuusei go. Seeing Teran's reaction to the news of Hana's death, the hybrid could tell the ogre's feelings for Hana were genuine.「If what Yuusei's mother told him was correct, then he's most likely your son.」

「My son?」Teran looked at Yuusei again. Though the claim was rather ridiculous, he somehow knew it was the truth because ever since he first met the mutant hybrid hours ago, he had felt a strange connection with the boy.「Hana and I have a child?」

「Why would you be surprised? Did you not force yourself onto Yuusei's mother?」Kibadios straight up asked Teran.

「Force myself onto her? I would never…」

「He would never do anything inappropriate to Hana.」Ectharen walked toward Kibadios after hearing the commotion from the gathering group.「He had sacrificed so much to protect her peace, do you think such a man could have force his way onto her?」The beastman turned to look at Yuusei.「He's a mutant, just like his dad, isn't it?」

「Yes, though I've been cleansing his Miasma everyday, so he's clean.」

「You can do that? There's so much more to you than meets the eyes, isn't it, young master of House of the Horn?」Ectharen nodded with a smile before again turning toward Yuusei「... Knowing Hana and how much she loves Teran, it's not impossible to think that she fought to keep this boy by her side, despite him being a mutant and constantly emitting miasma. If so, it's most likely that her warped perception about Teran was because of the miasma poison she experienced.」

「... Mother was nice… but then mother tried to kill Yuusei.」The mutant hybrid explained, further confirmed the beastman's theory that Yuusei miasma caused Hana to descend to madness and forget the time she spent with Teran.「... Yuusei fought back…」

「Hana is really dead?」Any sparks of life seemed to have left Teran's hazy eyes. Teran wanted to be mad at Yuusei, but deep down, he knew the mutant hybrid was not at fault. If anything, it was him. Meeting and getting together with him was what ultimately killed the rabbit beastwoman that he loved so much.「It's all my fault… I… Hana…」

「Teran…」Both Ectharen and Kailos called out to their distraught friend.

「Yuusei… You too… because of me not knowing anything, you've been suffering.」Teran's trembling hands slowly reached out to his long lost son.「Please, for…forgive me.」

「Yuusei's fine! Yuusei have Master! 」The mutant hybrid rudely shrugged off Teran before instinctively clinged onto Kibadios. His anger had transformed him into his ogre form, which further showed how much he looked like Teran.「Don't you touch me! Because of you, mother give birth to Yuusei! Mother get sick! If mother don't meet you, there no Yuusei and mother be fine!」The mutant hurriedly turned away from Teran and pulled Kibadios to come with him. The mutant's action even surprised the incubus hybrid since he had never seen Yuusei acting spoiled like this. Ever since Kibadios picked him up, Yuusei always obediently followed the incubus hybrid like his shadow and never took initiative to dare to ask him to do anything. Yet, now, in his anger, the little mutant managed to pull and direct his master to come with him. Kibadios was going to say something, to ask the little mutant to stop and talk it out with Teran since he was, after all, still his father and given that he had done nothing wrong. However, Kibadios noticed this was one of the rare instances when Yuusei was showing some emotion. Seeing how he was on the verge of crying, Kibadios decided to come with him to calm him down first. A heart to heart talk with Teran could come later.

「... Yuusei…」Teran could do nothing but watch his young son walking away from him without glancing back.

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「Have you calmed down yet?」asked Kibadios as he patted the young mutant's head.

「...」Yuusei simply nodded. By now, both Kibadios and Yuusei were sitting by a large tree on the small hill looking over a small pond in the Northern side of the settlement.「Yuusei sorry, dragging Master like that.」

「It's fine. I don't mind running. It's a good exercise, you know…」Kibadios smiled, then stayed silent for a while before deciding to continue.「You really hate Teran that much?」

「... If mother don't meet him… Mother would still live.」Yuusei nodded as he reiterated.

「That's true.」Kibadios agreed, before pulling Yuusei onto his lap and hugged him from behind. Since he was now in his adult ogre form, his stature easily dwarfed his master as he sat on his lap, but the mutant did not seem to mind since he always loved to be able to sit on his master's lap, regardless whether he be in his shota or adult form.「But if Teran never gets together with your mother, then that would mean you won't be born, which in turn means you would not have met me. Would you still be fine with that?」

「NO!」Yuusei shouted.「Master is everything to Yuusei!」

「Also, think about it, had you not been born, you wouldn't have been with me when I dealt with Adela. And had you not protected Ryan as he casted his barrier, I wouldn't be able to emerge from that fight victorious and trapped her inside me. Then, you wouldn't be able to fight Uri to buy some precious time for Princess Yllaner, either.」Kibadios noted.「You see what I meant? They say a butterfly flapping its wing can cause a hurricane, and if your wish came true, if Teran and your mother never got together and she never gave birth to you, it's not farfetch to think I will be in much worse off situation.」

「Yuusei don't want that.」The mutant turned around to look at his master.

「I know you think your life is cursed, and that you only brought death and misfortune to others as a mutant, but to me…」Kibadiso pinched Yuusei's cheeks.「You brought nothing but goodluck… warmth and hope that I've missed too… So if anything, don't blame Teran for what happened to your mother, since after all, you can never change the past. Aren't you glad to learn that you were born out of love instead of hatred? Try to be thankful to him, Yuusei… At least I am, since without him, I won't be meeting you, my cute little hybrid. 」

「Yuusei understands…」He reluctantly acknowledged.

「I know it's hard. I'm not asking you to go over and hug him like a young child to his dad right away. But maybe gradually, you can change your opinions of him and get to know him better? After all, he's your only blood relative left…」

「... Yuusei will try.」The mutant pouted.

「Good! 」Kibadios pulled the mutant down for a long deep kiss, swirling his tongue around every corner of the mutant's mouth.「Since you said you'll try, how about I reward you with some quality time tonight, huh?」The hybrid teased, which elicited rapid nods from the excited Yuusei.

「Ahem! Sorry to bother you, Young Lord, but Kailos sama is looking for you.」A husky voice called out to the hybrid.

「Huh?」Kibadios turned his focus from Yuusei toward the muscular man approaching him. 「Who are you?」

「The name is Gyo, Young Lord.」The orange haired man, who appeared to be in his late twenties, happily introduced himself.「I'm your father's attendant.」

「Yves? Mutant Yves.」Yuusei, while still latching onto his Master, quickly took notice since it was assumed that any Yves should have at least been affiliated with the House of the Eyes instead of Kailos' House.

「My father's attendant? How did you find us?」Kibadios easily spotted the distinct third eye on Gyo's forehead, along with red marks running around his well-sculpted buffy torso up onto his rugged face.

「My mutated eye can do much more than just seeing like other normal eyes, Kibadios sama.」The Yves grinned, seemingly proud of his unique ability.「Kailos sama has been waiting for you.」

「For me? Why?」Kibadios slowly stood up as Yuusei reluctantly let go of his master.

「I heard you have been nominated to be a King Candidate. Kailos sama just wants to explain to you what the trial to become the King of Monas Kye entails.」Gyo explained.

「I see.」Kibadios nodded, while discreetly looking at Gyo's firmly exposed pair of breasts that were soaked in sweat. The Yves must have been working hard on something before father asked him to look for me , Kibadios thought to himself. What's this feeling? Why do I feel so horny? I just want to suck on those bara tiddies. I have not had this horny feeling ever since I saw Uri rush out of the guestroom back at Vernys.

「What's wrong, Young Lord?」Tilting his head to one side, Gyo innocently asked as he noticed something has been bothering Kibadios.

「... Ah, no, nothing.」Kibadios shook his head, trying to dissipate his erotic thoughts.「Please go ahead, Gyo, and show me where my father is.」

「Of course, Kibadios sama!」The muscular man smiled, not knowing that in the hybrid's imaginative head, his naked body was being devoured by Kibadios' cum dripping tentacles.

「Say, Gyo… san,」Kibadios added an honorific after a brief internal debate.「Why are you, an Yves, serving my dad? Shouldn't you be part of the House of the Eyes instead?」

「Ahh, I guess it's normal for you to wonder why.」Gyo scratched his head with a smile on his face, though Kibadios could sense a hint of sadness.「... You've met with Wylan, the head of House of the Eyes, right? He's my cute little brother!」

「You're his older brother? But you're the Head of the House?」

「Well, yeah, but I was born as a mutant, so as an infant I was discarded by the former head, my father, since he didn't want me tainting the reputation of the House.」Gyo explained.「Seth sama, your grandfather, actually took me in and raised me as part of his family after using Orcan to purify my miasma and keep its spread under control. Ever since then, I've been serving Seth sama to repay my debt to him. After he passed away in a battle with the Yin empire, I pledged my allegiance to your father.」

「I see. Although you were rejected by the House of the Eyes, you seem to have a really close relationship with your brother?」Kibadios asked since he was calling Wylan his "cute little brother"

「Yeah.」Gyo smiled broadly.「Unlike my father, Wylan've always accepted me even though I'm a mutant. He got into a lot of arguments with the old man because he hated how I was treated by the House. When he was old enough, he even got a tattoo to match my mutation markings. Once my father died and he became the Head, he promptly asked if I wanted to return to the House. Of course I said no, since I don't want to cause him any trouble with the other elder members of the House. Still, he's like the best little brother anyone could have asked for.」

Ha, such a brocon . Kibadios thought to himself.「So, say, between me and your brother, who are you rooting for to be King?」

「Haaa…」Gyo suddenly stopped as his face turned red from overthinking.「Arghhh, I don't know. On one hand, you're Kailos sama and Isis sama's son, but on the other hand, it's my adorable little brother we're talking about…」Gyo's head seemingly exploded with steam.「Argh, if I have to choose, I'd say I'll be rooting for you, Young Lord.」

「Is that so? I don't mind if you're rooting for your brother though. But I guess It doesn't really matter, since it will be me who will claim the title of King.」Kibadios confidently grinned.

「Ha, really?」Gyo smiled.「You know, your confidence and pride, reminded me of Seth sama. He was such a great leader. I'm sure you'll be one too.」

「Pride, huh? I guess… Is that a euphemism for arrogance?」

「A bit.」Gyo honestly admitted.「Though, who says that it's a bad thing? Sometimes, you have to be a bit prideful. It's a quality that most great leaders possess.」

「Agree.」

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「「「Master!」」」It did not take long for the three to arrive at the headquarters for the House of the Horns, where Kailos and the rest of Kibadios' harem were waiting for him. 「And Yuusei too!」

「We heard everything from Kailos sama. How are you now, Yuusei?」Rowan asked the mutant.

「Yuusei good.」Answered the boy.「Sorry making Rowan nii chan and others worried.」

「We're not, really, since we know Master was with you.」Ryan smiled.「But we're glad that you're feeling okay. If there's anything you want to talk about, just come to us, okay?」

Yuusei simply nodded in acknowledgement.

「And you, Master, you'll be King of the demihuman at Monas Kye?」Ryuu asked excitedly.

「Not king.」corrected Ren, with a frown on his face as usual.「He's a King Candidate. He has to take a trial, along with the other two candidates.」

「Potayto-potahto. Master would easily kick the other two candidates' asses.」argued Ryuu.

「But we don't know what the trial is about, right?」Yue reminded the dragonoid.

「Isn't that why we're here, father?」Kibadios asked Kailos.

「Yes. Let me explain to you what you have to do during the Trial of Eor Dungeon.」Kailos spoke up.

Gyo, the bara (second to last) harem member

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There, that's it! You have been introduced to all the planned harem members. Though the last harem member had been introduced, he had yet been introduced in his final form.