Storytime's over

Femto whistled. “Not bad. Yeah, that's pretty embarrassing, or utterly traumatizing is probably the better word for it. Cool, cool.”

I was of course aware that Femto cared nothing about this. Still, talking about all of it, in a way it was cathartic. “After that. I couldn't face my brother. I ran away spend a couple of months living off the money I earned in the preliminaries before finally steeling myself and using my Lucky Loser status to participate in the main tournament.”

“Well, it's pretty clear that you have a huge boner for humiliation. So guess that makes sense.”

“I-it's not that!” I blushed. “We need the money! I need it to...”

“Boring. I'm not your therapist, Mari.” The Devil stretched herself. “I don't care about your sister. I wanted something humiliating and I got it. So wanna head back? Or fuck?”

I opted to head back.

Beatrice was still fast asleep when we returned, not that surprising. Taking a glance at the clock not even a minute had passed since we entered the void. Clearly, there was some time distortion going on here.

Cassandra was awake however, nipping at some alcoholic beverage.

“Oh, morning, Cass!”, Femto chirped happily. “Or evening? I'm surprised you are already up regardless.”

“Fuck you”, Cassandra growled.

Poor choice of words.

Before the Huntress could even scream, she and Femto got engulfed in another Dark void. I let out a sigh. How did Beatrice manage to sleep through all this? And where was I supposed to sleep for that matter?

S-surely not right next to her, right?

Glancing at her like that, she looked downright innocent. Which felt like a weird thing to say, Beatrice was easily ten years my senior after all.

“Mari”, she mumbled.

I froze. “Oh, y-you are awake.”

“...gonna turn you into a kitty cat....hehehe...punishment yay...zzzz”

Yeah, I'm just going to sleep in the guestroom.

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Ugh.

I was a fool for letting my guard down. Of course retelling one measly humiliating experience wasn't enough to satisfy this greedy witch.

So, come next morning I was tasked with heading towards the cafeteria and bring a huge table full of Croissants, Jam, fruits, coffee and all kinds of exotic stuff back to the room.

That seemed to be a fair enough punishment, but of course nothing could be fair with these two.

-First: They doodled on my face. Making sure to give me perfectly drawn cat whiskers and a completely colored in nose

-Second: A Pair of ACTUAL CAT EARS. I'm not sure how she did it but on the top of my head where now a set of new and twitching fluffy ears.

-Third: I was wearing a skimpy pink apron and only a skimpy pink apron

My only salvation was that it was really early in the morning. I could only hope that I wouldn't encounter anyone I knew.

“Hey, Handsome!”

Eep!

There, with a very big smile on her face was none other then Speed Sylphid, quickly catching up to me. She wasn't alone either. Another rather tall girl, in full battle gear, was beside her.

Sylphid made a show of looking me up and down, while I desperately hugged to the wall, hoping to at least protect my backside from exposure. It was very evident that she liked what she saw.“Gotta say amazing outfit you choose today. Much better then your old rags.”

“I-I'm not wearing this by choice, meow!”

“Meow?”, asked Sylphid’s acquaintance with a puzzled expression on her face.

I blushed even deeper.

“I...I...I am supposed to say meow after every sentence, meow. Orders from my master, meow.”

Sylphid's hand slammed in the wall just slightly above my head. I almost jumped.

“Handsome...”, Sylphid said, her voice trembling and quivering. “I don't think I can contain myself. I have to take you to my room right now and RAVAGE you!”

“Sylphid, please”, the other girl let out a sigh. “Can't you see that he is terrified?”

“No way, Valk. He is super into this, look.” She pointed downwards. Where my dick forming a tent holding my apron up

Eek!

I desperately tried to bring it back down again.

“You mean to say being this exposed...arouses him?” The girl called Valk continued to look at me with that puzzled look. “How peculiar.”

“Some humans are like that”, Sylphid explained.

“But isn't it quite humiliating?”

Yes, very!

“Oh, Valk, you are so adorably innocent.” Sylphid chuckled. “But that's what I love about boys. With girls you have to pay all this attention. Look at their face, pay attention to their breathing, their heart rate, but with guys? No matter how desperately they want to hide it.” She smirked. “Their little friend will always tell me exactly what rocks their world.”

“Even if his member gives consent”, Valk continued. “I believe it is still important to take his feelings into account.”

“Oh, come on, Valk. You are such a stick in the mud...but that's what I love about you!”

“umm...meow..?”

The two girls brought their attention back to me. “Oh, what is it, Handsome?”

“I am kinda on an errand, meow. May I go now, meow?”

“Oh sorry, sorry!” Sylphid laughed. “Sure, go ahead. We accompany you for a bit. You never know what kind of predators lurk the halls. Good to have a bit of protection with you.”

Right.

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“What did I tell you, Handsome?”, Sylphid let out an amused sigh. “I told you the girls here are going to crush you. “I mean don't get me wrong. I'm super happy that you didn't withdraw, but I don't think becoming an apron kitty **** was on your mind a few days ago.”

“It definitely wasn't, meow”, I said sulking.

“Is she treating you right?”, Valk asked. “You appear to enjoying this, so forgive me if I am being presumptuous here but..."

Ugh...why does everyone think I'm such a pervert?

“Beatrice isn't that bad, meow. Well, she tricked me into selling my soul to a devil and then repeatedly murdered me until I surrendered but if you look past that she is actually quite nice, meow.”

The two girls exchanged a glance and sighed.

"So, would it be appropriate to say, you have no desire to be freed?", Valkyrie inquired and the question somehow made me blush even more.

"Valk's serious, you know", Sylphid elaborated. "It's literally impossible for her to leave a Damsel in Distress. So...are you?"

The martial artist gave me an inquiring look.

"I..."

No, I can't. I absolutely can not get these two involved in my troubles. I shook my head.

"Bummer", Sylphid sighed then pumped her fist. "Ah well, guess what it all comes down is making Witchie surrender so I can get my hands on you. Not that Witchie herself is anything to sneeze at. That mature charm of her really gets me going. Oh, and do you still have that sexy devil you used in round two? I never had sex with a sexy devil!”

This time it was Valk and me that sighed. “Is she always like this, meow?”

“Not all times. She is worse when drunk.”

“Hey! Will you stop badmouthing me in front of my future ****!” Sylphid pouted.

We finally reached the cafeteria. And as crazy as it sounds, I was almost glad that Valk and Sylphid accompanied me. There weren't that many people here, but the few who where immediately turned all their attention to us, and probably me. I heard a few hushed whisper and giggles as I made my way to the counter.

It probably goes without saying but there was no more wall to protect my backside. Sylphid was valiantly falling back and provided some cover for me, but I doubt her true intentions where that noble

Of course said counter was once again manned by an extremely cute girl. A freckled redhead to be precise who was dressed in a maid uniform.

Her mouth only slightly twitched as she gave me a polite bow. “Good morning, Sir. What can I get you?”

“10 Gold coins the cashier makes it through without laughing”, offered Sylphid.

“I accept the challenge”, Valk agreed.

I mentally steeled myself about what had to come next.

“I's wanna croissants and toasts! Lots of em! Meow! And lots of fruits and meat, meow! And loooooots of milk meow meow meow and lots of headpats! Nyah!”

The cashier looked at me with a blank stare then she wordlessly lifted her hand and gave my head a few pats. My ears twitched to the touch.

Then she started to tremble, retreated her hand towards her mouth and desperately tried to keep it in.

“He forgot the coffee”, Valk helpfully added and that broke the dam. The maid started laughing like crazy.

Even after a few minutes when she finally composed herself again, and apologized profusely, the girl couldn't help to giggle every few seconds as she processed the order. I made sure to gave her a large tip, while Sylphid grumbled something along the line of “cheater” and handed Valk her 10 Gold coins.

While Valk remained back to order breakfast herself(while apologizing to the cashier) Sylphid insisted to at least accompany me to the elevator.

I was somewhat glad for that. The tray I had to carry was huge and Beatrice specified that I also needed to carry one slice of toast with my mouth(why)I was also instructed to not set the tray down under any circumstances so pushing the elevator buttons would have been a pain.

“Give Witchie my regards”, said Sylphid politely walking a few steps behind me. I could feel her basically staring another hole in my butt. “I like the cut of her jib.”

“I dmpftn mempf..” I mumbled trough my slice of toast which only caused Sylphid to giggle.

“Just keep walking, kitty ****. I'm not sure how much longer I can resist the temptation to slap that ass.”

I rather not spill this entire tray in the hallway, thanks.

“Which floor? Six? Alright there you go.” Sylphid pushed the button and quickly stepped out of the elevator, but just as she did I noticed the very brief but distinct feel of somebody groping my butt. It happened so quickly that I wasn't even sure I wasn't imagining things. But Sylphid's grin as the elevator door came to a close said it all “Thanks for this amazing morning, handsome. See you soon.”

(Hey, just as heads up: the Beatrice path is not finished and will only be updated sporadically. Chiefly because this will be a pretty long branch and unlike with Aiju and Cassandra, Beatrice is in this tournament to win it. Because of that I don’t want it to run ahead of the main branch. If you haven’t caught up with the main branch. I would recommend reading that one first.)