Until death?

by Andur

  “Get up Sharid. I will help you into the chair.” I pull Sharid to her feet. She has a shocked expression and doesn't resist at all.

  Somehow I manage to settle Sharid on a chair. “Aengus! Do you still like me if I look like this? It feels like have been defiled. And what about this!” She points at her belly.

  Then she hugs me around my waist. “It's fine! I love you no matter how you look! Actually it suits you! Of course it's okay! They are ours!” I pat her head while I glare at mom.

  “Tch! Fine! The pervert will just get more excited if I tune the serum. Welcome to the family! ~Daughter!~” Celes gives us a forced smile.

  Suddenly a deep vibration shakes the entire building.

  “What was that?” Sharid clings to me with a scared expression.

  “Daddy is outside!” “Yes!” “Lookie!”

  The triplets storm out of the room.

  Everyone follows to find Angrod with a relieved expression on the veranda. He is doing some minor stretching exercises.

  “What happened, dear?” Celes walks up to him.

  Angrod turns around and looks at us with a surprised expression. “Nah. Nothing happened. I just had to relieve some stress. This whole situation got me a little worked up.”

  “The moon....” -Ireth

  Angrod turns and looks at the sky. “Which moon?”

  “Where is the moon, daddy?” -Seria

  “Did this planet have a moon? I wonder....” Angrod turns and walks towards me. “SON!”

  Sharid jumps and hides behind me while grabbing my clothes. “You said he isn't dangerous! ~LIAR!~” She can't keep the balance with her new tail.

  Suddenly Angrod holds a package towards me. “You can put it to better use than me!”

  I take the package with a suspicious look. There is a headband with cat-ears on top of it. “What's inside?”

  “It's my highest quality cat costume! It's a legendary equipment. I even enhanced it a little with magic! First I didn't want to admit it, Aengus. But when I heard her screams I had to give up. You found the perfect wife, son. Put it to good use!” He puts a hand on my shoulder and smiles at me.

  Then he starts to snicker. “On the other hand we shouldn't expect less from one of my creations. Be thankful son! I ~ENVY~ you.”

  “~GYAA!~ Can't be! Those are from mom's best set! She described them at least a thousand times to me! The income went down by ten percent since they were stolen!!” Sharid wobbles behind me.

  ~~~Filthy Thief! Die a thousand deaths!~~~

  Angrod just smirks at her without an ounce of shame. “You should know better than to use Siren's Voice against me. I bestowed that skill on you after all. And I took those as payment in exchange for your abilities.”

  “Has that something to do with those girlish screams of yours? Talk!” Celes looks at Angrod like filth.

  “I may have picked up one or the other skill during my female reincarnations. I bestowed all my best powers which I brought to perfection during those times onto her!” Angrod spreads his arms and smiles at us.

  “~Honey bear?~” -Celes

  “Yes, sugar cat?” -Angrod

  “Just shut up and follow me.”

  Celes leads Angrod inside the house while the rest of the family stares after them with perplexed expressions.

  “Why did daddy make the moon disappear?”

  The triplets look at us with disturbed expressions.

  100 - This is my fiancé!

  Sharid's homeworld, a certain red light district.

  “~Uwah!~ Everyone is looking at us!” I hold tighter on Aengus's arm. He is walking me down the street towards the brothel of my mother.

  “Are demons somehow shunned on this world?” Aengus takes an interested look around, but everyone who is looked at quickly averts his gaze.

  “Not to my knowledge. Though they are a rare species without a country of their own. But there were no ill feelings towards them from my knowledge.” Though I wasn't here for quite a while.

  “We should have disguised ourselves. Like I said.” Aengus shoots another glare at a few thugs and they disperse into a side street.

  “Maybe you should do something about those menacing eyes?” I look into his snake-eyes which are actually very attractive to me now. Did my changes involve my mind too? I don't mind the eyes and the horn now.

  “I don't want to. Those perverted lechers who are looking at you can shudder in fear under some stone for all I care.” Aengus throws another annoyed glance at a shopkeeper.

  So nice! He such an envious guy!

  That's the perfect type of man! Good looking, lovable and easy to be manipulated. If it weren't for that family of his.

  The triplets are far too smart and devious for their age. Not cute at all! I couldn't get to terms with them at all. And it's frightening when they start to talk like one mind would control all three of them. How do they do it? I have no idea.

  The queen and the grandmothers are a few levels above me. Everything I can do in front of them is smiling and confirming their orders.

  I don't fear physical punishment by them. Actually I liked the queen's ~test~ ~Haaa...~. I have to get my hands on that medicine.

  Angrod was worse as I thought. He ~is~ a pervert and a maniac! And too fucking strong! I am actually afraid to do anything to him now. This wacko obliterated that moon like nothing because he felt like it!

  What happens if I play a nasty trick on him and flip his switch!? It will be my end!

  The other male members of the family didn't say much to me. They just congratulated Aengus on catching a nice woman. ~Mnnn~ I don't want to admit it, but it felt like I was treated like a pet!

  Then the brothel of my mother comes into view. Nothing has changed. We stop at the door to take a look at the statue above it. Aengus just grins and I enter with him through the main door. A lightly dressed receptionist freezes at our sight for a second.

  Then she turns and runs while screaming. “He is here! The demon is back! To your arms! Hide the dresses! Lock away the tools!”

  “What was that about?” Aengus gives me an inquiring look.

  “Haaah... I forgot that mother personally trains every employee to instantly take action in case that the ~Thief~ turns up again. I never thought that their indoctrination would run this deep.” My tail starts to twitch a little.

  We are alone inside the spacious room now. Normally the customers would be sent through various doors towards different rooms to be served.

  Then all doors burst open simultaneously and my mothers employees storm inside. They are armed to the teeth while being very lightly dressed. Some are just in their underwear.

  “Sharid... are you sure your mother manages a brothel? Looks more like an Amazon mercenary guild.” -Aengus

  “They are just alarmed because you look like your father.” I whisper back.

  An older woman walks past the armed employees and takes a look at us. I immediately recognize my mom! Then an expression of recognition comes over her face. “You are the One! Thief! But this time we are prepared! There is nothing for you to steal here!”

  Mooom! You recognize him before me? “Mom! He isn't the one from back then!”

  “Sh... SHARID!?”

  “~Hi, Mom.~”

  *PLOMB*

  Mom swooned!? The employees throw disturbed glances towards their leader, who dropped to the floor like dead. I jump to mother's side and pat her cheek. “Mom? Mom? Wake up!”

  Everyone is looking at me with disturbed expressions. Some of them know me because they are long time employees.

  “Sis?”

  I look up and see Soel, one of my little sisters. Oh, so cute. Before she can react, I hugged her and lifted her from the ground. “~Uwah!~ So nice to see you again! You got so big. It isn't possible to cuddle you any more.”

  “Mmmhtommbigmmm.”

  “Big Sis can't understand you if you talk like that. ~Nyhaha!~” I dance a small circle with my little sister.

 
Suddenly Aengus pats my back. “You should ….”

  Then I spot Niel, my other little sister, hiding behind a wall. So ~~cute~~! I drop Soel and charge for Niel who tries to escape. “Too ~slow~!”

  “Kyaaaaa!”

  The employees just watch me with shocked faces.

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  We are in mom's private living room. Mom is stretched out on the couch with a cold towel on her forehead. I admit that I overdid it with my little sisters. Soel is still out cold while Niel is hiding behind the couch.

  “How could this happen.... how.... my daughter got possessed by a demon.” My mother starts talking again.

  “Mom... I am not possessed. And I have to introduce my fiance. This is Aengus, first prince of Chimera. His father may be better known to you as ~The Thief~.” I take Aengus' s hand while I drop the bomb on mother.

  Now mother shoots up and looks at us big eyes. “F...Fiance? Prince? The Thief's son? No! Not even if he is the king of the fucking country! I never even heard of Chimera!”

  But Niel's eyes go big and she starts to search for something in mother's documents. “Mom! Look! Look!”

  Niel shoves my old status plate into mother's face. “Angrod, King of gods. Divine ruler of the realm of Chimera”

  “Actually I am not the prince of a puny country. I am the prince of a realm of gods. And this whole dirtball is under my father's jurisdiction. So please accept that I love your daughter. You can visit the marriage ceremony. Or not. It's up to you. I don't care.” Aengus gives mother a sadistic smile.

  “Uh.... What does a god want with my mortal daughter! Have mercy! I need her as an heir!” My mother doesn't want to give up.

  “Actually I am a goddess now mom! And I wont take the job! Having a family with Aengus is much better. The additions are already on the way anyway. And we want to go on a long journey together to have some fun before it's time!” Uhm. That might have been too hard on her.

  Mother lies down again and puts the wet towel back on her forehead.

  Then Niel jumps out from behind the couch and grabs my hand. “How do you become a demon, Sharid? What do I have to do to get out of here?”

  “~Nyhahaha!~ Nothing big! You just have to learn everything you can and travel the world. Then you need to get the favour of a god. Then you climb the highest mountain and pray there until you almost die of hunger and cold. Afterwards you need a god as your trainer. And then you have to almost die to ascend to godhood! When you managed that you are almost done. The last thing left to do is to fuck a demon prince and fall in ~love~ with him! Surviving the introduction to his family is just a piece of cake from there.”

  101 - Bad awakening?

  Sharid's homeworld, a certain red light district.

  I scratch my head while I look at Sharid who is playing with her younger sisters. They are treated like toys by her. Does she even realize her own actions?

  Sharid's mother is still on the couch while mumbling some incomprehensible stuff.

  Abruptly, Sharid turns towards me. “That's right Aengus! Do your thing! You know? The present!”

  Aaah. I almost forgot. “Sharid, I still don't think that this is a smart idea. Father said that he enchanted it. Who knows what abilities the thing has now.”

  I summon the box with the legendary cat costume anyway. I don't care. Whatever will happen, happens. They will learn soon enough how dangerous Angrod's toys can be.

  Unfortunately, I personally know that fathers magical and technological toys can be quite a problem if he didn't intend them for common usage.

  “Look! Mom!” Sharid grabs the box out of my hands and presents it to her mother. “We got our family heirloom back!”

  The eyes of the older woman show surprise and then pure bliss. “That's wonderful! I don't mind losing one heir if I get the heirloom back!” She grabs the box from Sharid. What a cruel mother! Casting aside one of her children for a piece of cloth!

  “The Sacred Treasure is back in our hands! Look kids! Can you appreciate that craftsmanship? The fine fur?” Mother shows the headband on top of the box to Soel and Niel.

  Soel recovered a while earlier from almost suffocating between Sharid's huge mountains.

  “I want to see it!” Niel reaches for the box, but Soel is faster. “No! Me first! I suffered the worst at the hands of big Sis!”

  Niel has an unhappy expression but doesn't object to her sister. There seems to be a silent understanding on that matter.

  Soel opens the box and extracts some arousing pieces of cloth with tiger stripes and cat paws. A tail with a dubious method of attachment is also included.

  “What's this?” Soel looks at the tail with an innocent expression.

  “Oh my. Looks like the set was modified by the Thief....” Sharid's mother has a troubled expression now.

  After looking at the thing with my own eyes, I have to admit that I am starting to get doubts about my father.

  But from one moment to the next, the tail comes alive in Soel's hands and starts wriggle like a snake. “Wah! Creepy! Is it supposed to do that?”

  Then the tail finds an entrance into Soel's sleeve and starts to crawl inside. “Kyaaa! Get it off! Get it off!”

  “W...Wait! I will help! Wah! It's strong! Hold still!” Niel jumps to her sisters aid.

  I watch in awe as the tail vanishes completely inside Soel's clothes. Their mother and Sharid also join the fray in an attempt to remove the legendary equipment.

  “IIIIIIIIIIEEEEE! HELP!”

  “WHAT'S THIS THING!”

  “KYAAAA!”

  *PLUG*

  “NYAAAA!” “HOLY SHIT!”

  *RIP*

  “Nyar! Get it out! Nya!” “I am trying, but it's wriggling too much!”

  *WHIP*

  “Ouch!”

  *WHIP*

  “Stop that!” “I cyan't control it. Nya!”

  *WHIP* *WHIP* *WHIP*

  “NYAARR!!” “Ouch! Nooo! No whipping!” “It does that on its own! Nya! Or do you think I would whip myself intentionyally! NYAA!”

  “THEN LET ME GO! IT'S HOLDING ME TOO!” “NYAA! I CYAN'T!”

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  I turned around and decided to look the other way when Soel's clothes were ripped apart by the tail, which had conquered her...... well... father... what can I say? Your creation defiled those young women....

  I am ashamed of you.

  Did you even attach some sort of mental control to that thing? Soel suddenly started to speak with strange noises when it claimed her...

  What did mother do to him in order to deserve that kind of punishment?

  The screams and moans lasted for a little while longer. I steeled my mind and watched the wall during that time.

  “Aengus, you can turn around again! I got it off.” Sharid informs me of the successful removal of the tail.