The Emperor’s Daily Nitpicking

nd of pressure.

But he was ticklish ……

After all, nobody had had the guts to tickle him since the beginning of time, had they?

“You’re conscious?” Kevin asked, speaking with difficulty.

He attempted to hold his expression taut and act very serious.
Still, he was becoming tickled, so the expression finally settled on was slightly twisted as the two parts competed.

The celestial wolf, pressed firmly against him, withdrew his wings unskillfully on either side and lowered his head to stare at him with prey eyes for a long moment before suddenly opening his mouth, “You think I’m going to go crazy like one of those newborn Giant Beastman cubs who can’t control themselves?”

Kevin froze, “You can still talk like that?”

The question sounded a bit like a curse, leaving Oswald speechless.
He snorted disdainfully from the bottom of his throat and said, “Probably a credit to the half-blood.”

Kevin, who was pinned to the ground, now understood that the series of uncontrollable animal-like looks that the bastard brat in front of him had just given was deliberate.

Celestial wolf’s head pressed down a little more, his nose tip almost resting on the end of Kevin’s.
Oswald’s voice was low and deep as it travelled down his chest into Kevin’s, “What do I look like now ……?”

Kevin: “……”

“I’ll tell you if you take your head off a bit.” Kevin gave him a blank look and said unkindly, “It would be best if you could take your whole body away.”

Oswald, however, did not listen to him obediently; his transparent eyes stared into Kevin’s without turning and said, “No, I can see a bit of a reflection in your eyes.”

“There are plenty of puddles on the floor, so pick a big one if you want to look in the mirror.
I’ll get the knife if you keep staring like that!” Kevin was so overwhelmed that his words practically leapt out of his mouth.
The big man on top of him continued to play dumb and act as if he couldn’t understand a word.

“You just fiddled with the knife too ……” Oswald said evasively upon saying this.
His tone became odd at the mention of Kevin’s earlier actions, and he even sounded slightly menacing, obviously very bothered by it.

Kevin’s neck and ears were slightly red from the heavyweight he had to take to breathe.
“It was a subconscious move.
I was going to move my hand away when I remembered it was you, but you were already on top of me.
Do you know how much you weigh now? A weaker man would have been crushed to death!”

Oswald managed to see the general appearance of himself in Kevin’s eyes, and considering that Kevin, who was acting as a mirror, even had veins popping up around his neck, he finally gathered some conscience and moved his massive body to the side.
However, one front paw was still pressing against Kevin’s neck, unrelentingly, only easing up on the force.

“Whew-” Kevin finally came to life and took a few heavy breaths.
He slowly eased himself out of the crushing, suffocating feeling he had just felt, then breathlessly lifted his hand to flick Oswald’s paw to the side.

Oswald’s eyes turned to stare at him, watching the blood on his cheeks, ears and neck fade a little, and his breath slowly settled, but his hands still couldn’t get up the strength.
…… A sudden urge to do something came to his mind.

Kevin gave Oswald a slap when he failed to remove his paws after two tries, “Tch – that’s about right.”

He hit him with little force, but it strengthened the urge in Oswald’s head.
The young, immature emperor finally sighed inwardly, admitting that the so-called untamed nature of the Giant Beastmans was a bit hard to control.

Kevin, of course, had no idea what was going through his mind, only that Oswald’s eyes suddenly narrowed, and he brought the tip of his nose close to the side of his face and sniffed, rubbing his large, heavy forepaws over him twice like grinding circles, rubbing Kevin’s whole body.

“What kind of madness is this ……” He had just glanced at Oswald when he felt the creature move his paws a little further away before extending his tongue to lick at the joint between his chin and neck.

Kevin: “……”

The celestial wolf’s tongue didn’t have the barbs that the tigers and lions had, but it was by no means smooth either.
Kevin’s scalp exploded as the coarse touch slid down his neck.

When their nature got the better of them, these beasts sometimes would give two licks like this before snapping the neck of their prey.
The movement was full of danger and death signals, and the caught prey would be terrified by such a provocation.

But not now.
The beast in front of him was not likely to come and bite his throat.

On the one hand, Kevin felt that Oswald had become slightly feral.
On the other hand, the emperor’s usual appearance popped into his head uncontrollably.
When he thought about it, the action became extremely ambiguous……

Oswald nailed it perfectly, and as Kevin was about to speak, he very sensibly lifted his paws and moved to the side.

“……” Kevin glanced at him with a slightly complicated expression, not saying anything, and finally sat up without saying a word.

“What kind of animal is this? I’ve never seen one before.” Oswald pulled away without a change of expression.
But of course, it could be because he was wearing the face of a beast and couldn’t change his expression if he wanted to, with the advantage of natural feigned deafness.

“Celestial wolf.” Kevin stood up and straightened his clothes, explaining, “I’m afraid they’re only found in the ‘History of the Gods’ with illustrations, and not many in total have appeared.
I thought they’d gone extinct long ago, but I didn’t think a bit of bloodline was left.
A fierce beast’s body and the raptor’s wings combined to make a beast.
How wonderful.”

He was going to use it to bash the emperor, but when he saw Oswald’s current appearance, he couldn’t bring himself to do it, nor could he say something harsh.

This was an excellent example of how important it was to be able to hit his sweet spot.

“……” Kevin sighed and rolled his eyes, thinking that it was almost impossible to live with this situation.
He couldn’t even hit him as his hand was tied.

He was silent for a moment, gave Oswald a sidelong glance and said, “Since you’ve become such a beast, don’t expect to be a human until Bettan Days are over.
Resign yourself to being a mount.”

Oswald: “……”

The emperor’s transformation into a mount was a strange encounter that no one but Oswald could have experienced.
If someone else had said such a thing, Oswald could have killed them on the spot, but it was Kevin who said it, so he had no choice but to listen.

It had to be said that the speed of a four-legged creature was not the same as that of a two-legged one; with and without wings, the difference was even more significant.

With Oswald, Kevin could travel a thousand miles a day and chase after the army ahead of them like a godsend.
In less than a day, they saw the tracks left by the advance party.

But the tracks were not pleasant ……

It was a trail of soldiers’ bodies left behind in the tunnel.