A few miles from Love Beach, the coast of the cat-clan territory.
"Booooring…" A cat-girl on a board, floating on the water, exclaimed as she looks at the blue horizon of the vast sea.
Her partner, another cat-girl also on a board, swings her legs in the water. "Come on, Lua; this is good, right? Since Queen Eve has taken the lead of the Alliance, none of the clans tries to intimidate us anymore, let alone stupid pirates."
Lua shakes her head. "But everything is so monotone… The matriarch and her elite warriors were lucky to follow our Queen into battle, but we who are left behind will not share their glory, and we also have nothing to do here."
"Our job is to monitor this area, and this is something significant for our clan." The other cat-girl responds.
"But-" Lua tries to say something, but her partner continues.
"Just think of the women of our people who never leave the city or, rather, the males of our clan who can now only work as servants even if they were great warriors before."
Lua reflects on the words of her friend. She doesn't like to stand still and wants to live adventures around the world, but if she compares her job, which allows her to surf the sea, defending her clan, to domestic jobs, she can't deny that she is lucky.
She starts to laugh and throws water on the face of the other cat-girl. "I know, okay? But I just wanted something to happen… kinda…"
The other cat girl-wipes the water off her face and prepare to throw water at Lua too, but then she notices something on the distant horizon. "Sh.i.p.s !!"
"Yes, sh.i.p.s. I wanted someone to show up to make things more interesting." Lua doesn't understand her friend's warning.
The other cat-girl shakes her head. "No, Lua, your fool. See there; sh.i.p.s are approaching."
"Where??" Lua looks back and sees a small spot a few miles away. "Pirates?"
The other cat-girl forces her eyes to the max, trying to see something about the spots. "I can't see it yet, but they look like more than three sh.i.p.s, so I don't think they are traders or anything."
Lua stands on her board while talking to her friend. "Go warm the others. I'm going to stay here and awake the golems."
The other cat-girl quickly denies that. "No!! Look at how fast those sh.i.p.s are moving… damn! They are more than five. We have to go back now!!"
Lua starts to move her hands, which start to glow with a blue light as she wakes up the golems below her. "Go warm Nina now!! I'm going to slow them until the others come."
The other cat-girl does not want to let Lua try to face potential enemies by approaching them. Still, their job is to warn the clan about possible threats, and the golems, although powerful, need to be woken up with water mana to delay their enemies.
"I'm going to be quick!" The cat-girl prepares to use her water magic to propel her board towards the port.
"Wait!" But then both cat-girls hear a low male voice coming from above them.
"WHAT????" Lua and her friend look up while preparing water spells to attack the possible enemy.
But then they get shocked to see a handsome, or rather, the most stunning man they have ever seen, flying with two fox-girls in his arms. And is he just in his u.n.d.e.r.w.e.a.r? They immediately notice that the man has several demi-human characteristics such as wings and horns, but unlike anything they know and also, the fox-girls are apparently embracing him willingly.
"Who are you?!" The other cat-girl asks while pointing her hands at Lucien.
"We are not your enemies," Elsie responds.
"We are from the fox-clan," Anne completes.
While Lua gazes at Elsie, the other cat-girl continues to maintain a hostile stance. "I can see that you are fox-girls, but how can I be sure that you belong to the fox-clan? Were you far from the Alliance in the last few months? Are you with a… manticore-man??"
Anne and Elsie do not blame the cat-girl for mistaking Lucien for a manticore-man because of his big wings. Both fox-girls shake their heads. "No. He is a demon."
[A demon? Who presents himself as a demon? That can't sound good, right?] The cat-girl is confused.
But before she can say anything more, Lua talks to Elsie. "What's your name?
"Elsie, the swift blade!" Elsie speaks in a proud tone.
"Pfft!" Anne makes a mocking sound. "Who gave you that title?"
Elsie prepares to answer, but Lua speaks first. "Her fans of the arena. I heard a lot about you, and I also saw you beside the Queen when she came to summon our matriarch for the battle."
The other cat-girl makes a confused expression while talking to Lua. "But shouldn't Elsie be marching south now with the Queen and the others?"
Elsie nods while hugging Lucien's waist tightly. His scent gets more and more addictive the longer she hugs him, making her whole body get warmer, especially her low body.
"I was with the Queen, but I came back on her orders to warn everyone about her new allies. This information is so crucial that a simple messenger would not be worthy of bringing such a message." Elsie explains.
Lua and her friend make the same expression of disbelief as they look at Lucien. "Can't it be him, right? He's a m…"
"Man?" Anne completes.
Elsie quickly speaks. "Yes, he is evidently a man, but not a simple man… He is the Queen's brother."
[What the hell??!?!] The cat-girls have the same thought.
"Is this for real?" The other cat-girl doesn't know what to say.
Elsie nods. "Yes. Although our Queen seems to be an unstoppable force generated by nature, she is also a woman of flesh and bones and therefore has a mother and family as well as anyone."
Lucien can't help but be sad as he hears Elsie say that Eve has a mother. They did not discuss private things with others, and so they do not know much about the tragic life of the siblings.
The cat-girls didn't miss noticing that Lucien does have a similar face to Eve's, but his wings and horns make them doubt the truth.
They don't need to say anything because it is evident in their expressions that they cannot believe it.
Elsie makes a stern expression. "Do you doubt my word? My mother may not be the Queen's right-arm, but we are still the closest people to her. Do you have any idea how important this is?"
The cat-girls look at each other while Lua speaks. "She's Elsie… she can't be lying, right?"
The other cat-girl looks at Elsie. "I believe you, but let him and his sh.i.p.s enter our port is not a decision I can take alone. Our job is to keep an eye on this area and warn our people about anyone trying to go to our city."
Lucien understands the girls' position and speaks in a gentle tone. "Okay, I understand. We can wait here for a few minutes so go warm your superiors."
The cat-girl has a hard time not being charmed by Lucien's voice. She tries to remember Eve's ideas about women being superior to men as she nods. "Alright. I'll be back quickly."
She looks at Lua. "Don't stop waking up the golems; I'm going to warn Nina."
Lua nods. "Fine"
The cat-girl looks at Lucien's group again, and they smile gently at her, so she creates a wave beneath her board, propelling her forward at high speed as she heads for Oxard, the cat-clan main port, and capital.
Lua moves her hands inside the water, sending mana to the golems below her while looking at Lucien with a curious expression. "The golems are only for the defense of our people; they will not attack you if you do not advance towards the port."
Lucien continues to smile kindly, which melts the young cat-girl's heart. He can't help but find her very cute, though her beauty is still far inferior to Madelyn's, of course.
"Okay. We have no problem waiting for a while." He speaks while looking at his sh.i.p.s, which are getting closer and closer to them due to Madelyn and the other girls' incredible wind magic.
Lua is really mesmerized by Lucien. Everything about him is so incredibly impressive, whether his wings, horns, stunning face, and hot body… [Why the hell is he in his u.n.d.e.r.w.e.a.r??!?!?!]
Anne is already used to people looking at Lucien that way, but Elsie can't help wondering if she looks at Lucien that way too.
Elsie starts to have many thoughts that she didn't want to have. [Anne is so lucky to be his wife… all the women will look at her with envy… but that doesn't change the fact that Lucien treats her so nicely and lovingly… if I could also have such an amazing husband…]
While Elsie enjoys the feeling of being in Lucien's arms, Lua summons the first water golem from the bottom of the sea. The humanoid stone creature slowly emerges from the water using water magic to moves.
It is comparable to the golems that Lucien's girls made on Bluewind but with the difference of being inferior in combat skills and constantly needing mana to work.
Well, not everyone had access to the enchantment that Lucien even improved after studying so many books of magic with his incredible senses.
Lucien starts to descend from the sky towards the golem, and Lua quickly warns him. "Watch out! He'll attack you if you get too clo-"
Lua is unable to finish her words because she gets shocked to see the water inside the golem's stone body freeze, preventing it from moving.
[Ice mage?] She thinks at the same time as seeing a big ice bird flying over them.
"Not that bad…" Lena speaks as she flies around the frozen golem.
Lua can't help wondering about Lena's strength; after all, it is not enough to have the same level of power as a mage to freeze their golem. In fact, it is necessary for an ice mage to be much stronger than a water mage in order to completely contain their magic. Also, not all water mages can turn that into ice, and the contrary too, but in the case of Lena, Marie, and Angela, they have complete control over both elements.
"But it's not a big deal either." Marie mocks the golem as she flies on a giant ice flower. She is clearly trying to create something unique and different from a simple floating platform like Lena did with the bird.
Lucien lands on top of the frozen golem, but both fox-girls in his arms still refuse to stop hugging him.
He looks at Lua with an apologetic expression. "Don't worry; we won't ruin your golem."
"…" Lua doesn't know what to do or think. Though a part of her can't help but be excited. She was bored because nothing cool happened, but now it seems like Lucien's group has arrived to impress everyone and make things more interesting.
While the other cat-girl notifies her superior of Lucien's arrival, his sh.i.p.s arrive in their position, and his girls go to his side.
Lena notices Lua's board and cancels her ice bird, falling from the sky while creating an ice board under her feet. "I want to try this too."
Marie wastes no time in competing with his sisters, and they both start surfing around the frozen golem on the water while Lucien pats Anne and Elsie.
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