W2 (8)

Before Dina could however consider looking into it more, Feral felt something swift and sharply painful hit him accurately on his neck, knocking him out the next instant.

Genad glared at the frail figure under his feet that now had its face planted to the ground, probably from suddenly slumping to the ground. The short black hair was scattered across the back of his head and looked so soft Genad couldn’t help leaning over to caress it… it truly was incredibly soft.

Soft, silky, and smooth, which made one want to run their fingers through the black beauties every time, and exactly to his thought, Genad did. He, however, stopped suddenly when Feral turned over his face slightly and then his entire body, placing him out of the uncomfortable position with his face planted down.

Genad stared at him incredulously and seeing the small smile of satisfaction arched on the boy’s face, probably from getting comfortable, he almost couldn’t help chuckling. Feral Nathalie Kian was a special one indeed.

Genad picked the boy up from his hazardous position and only then did he notice that he had been naked all along, Genad didn't mind though, maybe because the male had conveniently had the clothes covering the ‘important’ side even when he fainted or due to their nature which made him more used to nudity.

‘He’s quite delicate, although unlike it looks, his skin isn’t soft at all… it’s tough but quite fleshy and he’s so pale… does he not go outside?’ Genad wondered as his eyes moved downwards. Even ‘that’ place was delicate- hadn’t he ever touched himself? Didn’t male humans suffer urges when they grow? Or was his knowledge quite old?

As a merman, it wasn’t that uh… they didn’t have that, it was just that it was more like a secret organ that they didn’t have access to until they went through their coming-of-age ceremony and then could easily retract and protract it at will while in merman form.

Thinking about it… it should be accessible at any time as a human, right?

“Hm,” Genad thought as he gently placed Feral down. Curiosity was an illness for almost every being with sentience and he, Genad, was no exception.

Zipping down his trousers to peer a bit in, he was a bit surprised. He wasn’t exactly sure how these ‘things’ were measured, but if he used Feral’s as a scaling then… wasn’t his TOO big?

“Maybe it’s because he hasn’t reached his coming of age yet,” Genad assumed as he picked up the boy again before his eyes finally picked up the ears.

Pointed.

He frowned slightly. It seemed their bond had permanently awoken his true form, which caused his ears to poke out. Then would his eyes easily turn red at an emotional outburst too? That’d be troublesome…

‘But if I can transform him into his landform whilst transforming, then hiding an ear is a simple business for me but I guess it’s better to leave it be since am going THERE.’

True to his thoughts, Genad was using transformation magic on Feral. Normally, transforming with the slave bond went two ways. Whenever one was in a human form, then the other would have their tails out and that was completely controlled by the master.

This meant by that rule, Feral should have his tail out by now which was usually one of the disadvantages of a slave contract as you’d have to haggle dealing with an extra body always but he was Genad and as long as something had a twist he would always find it.

Fortunately or not, he found one out pretty easily, just like he could easily hide his ocean-blue eyes with transformation magic. He could also use that on Feral.

Now, it might be argued that this magic was merely an illusion, and that was an answer that went both ways- yes and no. An illusion, yes, but for the beginner to intermediary stages which by normal standards most adults (ones who had already crossed their coming of age) would be in and still be considered geniuses but not for the advanced stages which no one had been able to cross into throughout history.

In advanced stages, one could remodel an entire body, and turn the external structure of a body into another as long as you were knowledgeable enough about that body.

Just like breaking a finger and then putting it back in place.

Truth be told he could transform into a human without the need for the normal routine if he wanted to but… he still couldn’t get it to last more than half a day after which the spell would wear off and one would need to recuperate in the waters for at least another half a day before the spell could be used again.

‘I’m still perfecting it and when am through, I’ll make sure to reach the stages where even the soul could be remodeled, and then turning into a human or mermaid or anything would be too easy and with no time limit needed,’ Genad thought with a small smirk.

This was indeed a powerful ability that was considered useless because all had thought making illusions was its only capability but he himself knew what was within him and after continuous studies he managed to figure out the way to increase his powers without the help of anyone. However, this also was mostly possible due to his bloodline.

Any normal person would have wondered why he didn’t broadcast his genius in order to get a royal sponsor or something, but why would he? If he did, he would just be used for his gifts and tossed away later due to his commoner status, plus revealing himself was too risky as he was one special phenomenon- a merman who wielded two abilities.

Not to mention, as one with the eyes of an angel, he would rather keep this ability hidden for various deadly reasons.

Instead, he paraded around his other ability- storms.

Ability to call down powerful storms which he had used to drag Feral underneath last time. It was a very powerful ability that people could kill for but he rarely used it when he was underneath as it unveiled his ocean eyes whenever he did which he would rather have hidden.

His fans had asked many times why he barely used his power even though it was so powerful, but it always remained a mystery as he had refused to say.

However, now that he was on land he could practice his abilities all he wanted but before that, he had to take care of something important. After all the real reason he was here was not just because of the coming-of-age ceremony but because of another very important reason.

He leaned down as he placed the undergarments and clothing Feral had scattered all over the floor on him. His hands brushed over the hair a few times more before he finally let go- he was done. Holding Feral up over his shoulder, he varnished.

***

“Mmmm,” Feral moaned softly as he stirred, only to pause for a second before suddenly shooting up in shock, "What the hell?!"

Not only was he on a very soft bed with the comfiest pillow and blanket he had ever felt, but he was also in a room! Surrounded by luxury!

Sapphire, rubies, Emeralds, Amethyst, Tourmaline, Citrine, Topas, Diamonds, Scolecite, Rhodochrosite! Beautiful minerals were all around him, not to mention the entire place was built with white gold- platinum! The walls, the floor, t-t-everything!

It was said that the brighter the jewels, the purer they were, and these ones were so pure its brightness cascaded into the room into a brilliant glow. The sun wasn’t needed, just its brightness at the reflection of the dawning of day was enough to awaken a person as its glow was even brighter than a burst of early morn sunshine and much prettier!

Just before Dina could question Zero if Genad was this rich in the novel, the door opened and Feral became instantly at alert but what came in left her speechless. It was a hamster but man… was it large!

Weren’t hamsters supposed to be tiny weeny? This one was almost the size of an adult lion! However, before Dina could ponder more on it, Feral was attacked by the big-sized cutie who fell onto him with its large size knocking him down.

He was about to go into a defensive mood when the hamster’s face zoomed in on his face and then... Dina realized…. IT WAS SO FUCKING CUTE!!!!!

Dina’s soft heart melted and the next instant she had a small heart attack from joy when the thing, the cute little thing, started rubbing its cheeks against her!!!

‘AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!’ Dina squealed internally, probably startling Zero. If there was one thing Dina liked, as in really truly liked, then it was…

‘CHEEKS!!! O. M. G! It smothered me with its cheeks, ah!!! All my fantasies have come through!! Although I had hoped a baby would do that, it doesn’t really matter if it was a giant hamster the main thing was the…. CHEEKS!!! AHHHH!!! I can die happily OH MY GOSH,’ Dina squealed within like a mad woman leaving poor Zero speechless.

Just as she was about to continue her play with the cute fluff, the door opened again and this time a young female of about 15-16, wearing a maid outfit, entered with a flustered face. Her back-length light blue hair was in a slight mess and her eyes were stained with tears. On sighting the duo on the floor, she exclaimed.

“Chucky! Young miss! Oh my gosh! I’m so so so sorry, miss! I was looking for him everywhere and didn’t know when he…. am so sorry miss, did he disturb your sleep?! I’m so sorry,” The maid became even more flustered as she bowed over and over again in a wild attempt to apologize.

‘Chucky? Seriously? Of all names to give such a cute creature, it’s one from a psychopathic/demonic doll? Really?’ Dina contemplated seriously but shook it off instantly to focus on the main thing.

Young miss? A Jeweled bedroom, a pet animal, a pretty little thing as a maid, and… those pointy ears. Dina instantly noticed that as soon as the girl walked in.

In truth, the pointy ears were what made the elves so conspicuous and it was almost always the first thing one would notice about them.

That was when Dina suddenly noticed, too…

*Gasp!*

Feral flicked his ears forward and backward, conveniently like he had always done, but there was one small difference- his ears were out and pointed!

What exactly was going on?!