Chapter 4

[Is it normal to want to kiss your own kitten?]

1F: Of course it’s normal. I feel awful if I go even one day without kissing mine.

2F: It’s only natural. Every time I kiss my kitten, I keep going until it starts whimpering and fussing.

3F: That round little head and pink nose—who could possibly resist kissing them? Sleeping kitten.jpg.

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The comments section turned into a full-blown cat-showing contest, with everyone posting all kinds of adorable photos of their own kittens.

Yu Chen scanned them expressionlessly and extracted the relevant information: wanting to kiss a kitten was perfectly normal. Reassured, she calmly returned her attention to the little black cat.

The adorable kitten had tilted her head slightly and was gazing at her with wide eyes.

Afraid of falling, her front paws clutched Yu Chen’s clothes tightly as she sat on Yu Chen’s stomach.

Fu Xin discovered that this human’s body was even softer than the bed she had slept on last night. She tentatively pressed down with her front paws. It was as soft as stepping on a ball of cotton.

“So adorable!”

Yu Chen swept the kneading kitten into her arms. Following the advice beneath her post, she caught the kitten and began kissing her.

The commenters had indeed been right. Whenever a human kissed a kitten, the kitten would make soft, whimpering noises. Yu Chen seemed to have discovered a new toy and amused herself endlessly.

Fu Xin was stunned by Yu Chen’s intoxicated obsession with cuddling her.

Compared to Fu Xin herself, this woman seemed much more like a succubus.

She started kissing at the slightest opportunity.

Fu Xin tried to push the woman’s face away with her paws, but the innocent little kitten succubus did not realize that extending her pink paws toward a human right now was practically an act of seduction.

Sure enough, Yu Chen immediately began squeezing her pink paw pads like mad.

Whenever she gently squeezed the thickest pad in the middle of the plum-blossom-shaped paw, the claws around it extended like a blooming flower.

Yu Chen squeezed it again and again.

All the while, she continued praising her. “I brought home an angel kitten. You’re so sweet and beautiful.”

“You even obediently let me squeeze your paws.”

“Kitty, you’re wonderful.”

Unable to resist, Yu Chen leaned in and kissed her again.

A dense shower of kisses fell upon the soft fur along with her words. Completely immersed in her delight, Yu Chen failed to notice the kitten in her arms growing rigid.

Fu Xin wanted to escape.

But she could not break free from this passionate, fervent embrace and could only endure it against her will.

The mechanical notification repeatedly sounded inside her mind, informing Fu Xin just how fiercely the other woman’s affection was rising.

Her affection points climbed relentlessly, soaring from the single digits all the way to fifty before finally stopping.

Fu Xin froze. She had not even begun ingratiating herself with or pleasing this human, so why was the woman’s affection rating shooting upward so dramatically?

Could this be the innate racial talent of a succubus?

Fu Xin had always lived with her clanswomen and had never ventured out alone. Only now did she begin to understand why Senior Qimeng enjoyed living among humans.

A succubus needed only to crook a finger to inspire powerful affection in a human. The feeling of accomplishment was irresistible.

Yet only a few scattered points of magic had returned to Fu Xin’s body, like a single stream trickling back into a dried-up ocean.

Fu Xin questioned the system in her mind. “Isn’t this conversion a little too inefficient?”

The Demon King System was currently feeling guilty. When it heard Fu bailiantales.comXin questioning it, it had no choice but to tell the truth. “The difference in energy during the conversion was absorbed by me.”

Fu Xin was astonished. “Absorbed by you?”

“The system must store enough energy before it can initiate a space-time jump.”

The mechanical voice continued, “Speaking with the Host also consumes a tiny amount of energy…”

Fu Xin felt as though she had boarded a pirate ship. “So all of that is deducted from the magic inside my body?”

The system did its utmost to reassure her. “Whenever the Host does not require my services, I will enter sleep mode. I will not consume energy while dormant.”

Fu Xin did not hesitate. “Then go directly into sleep mode.”

She now felt fiercely possessive of every trace of magic inside her body.

After saying that, she could not help developing a headache. Even if this human’s affection for her reached one hundred percent, the magic within her body might not recover by much.

Fu Xin hesitated. Did she need to find other humans?

She raised her head and looked at the human who had kindly brought her home. She had not stayed here for nearly long enough. The goat’s milk was delicious, and the kitchen was currently emitting the wonderful aroma of food. She wanted a taste.

And she had not even begun seducing this human yet.

Fu Xin did not want to leave her home so soon.

Besides, the system had said that no matter how long she remained here, only a few seconds would pass in her original world. She might as well accumulate enough magic before returning.

She would treat this journey as a fantastical adventure.

Before entering sleep mode, the system asked, “But if you don’t seek out other humans, how will you restore the magic inside your body?”

Aside from absorbing magical energy from the environment, a succubus could also find herself a master and feed on that person’s lust.

Lust concentrated enough could also restore some of a succubus’s magic.

Should she find herself a master?1

“How can one little kitten make such a complicated expression?”

Yu Chen continued nuzzling her head against the kitten. The sensation of its soft fur greatly soothed the exhaustion of her long workday.

She reached out and squeezed the kitten’s plump cheeks, feeling completely recharged.

In the dining room,

the housekeeper brought out the dishes and called Yu Chen to dinner. After announcing that the meal was ready, she said goodbye and left.

Reluctant to put the kitten down, Yu Chen carried her to the dining table.

Dinner consisted of cola chicken wings, lightly stir-fried choy sum, and a bowl of crucian carp and tofu soup simmered until the broth had turned milky white.

The freshly cooked dishes steamed beneath the dining light, their aromas drifting in delicate wisps toward the noses of the human and cat seated at the table.

Yu Chen did not put the kitten down until she had to wash her hands.

The moment Fu Xin left her embrace, she impatiently jumped onto the dining table and rushed straight toward the source of the delicious aroma.

Her pupils shone as brightly as stars in the sky.

This human had tried to fool her with those tiny black pellets, yet she herself ate this well!!!

The succubus, who had gone hungry for several days and survived on nothing but goat’s milk, swallowed repeatedly at the sight of the food. Only after making the comparison did she realize how poorly she had eaten before.

Whenever Meili cooked, she simply chopped every ingredient into pieces and threw them all into a single pot to boil.

To succubi, food existed merely to fill their stomachs. They would never spend too much time preparing it.

Feeding on the lust of their masters was the true culinary pleasure.

Fu Xin had never had a master, so whenever she grew hungry, she could only fill her stomach with unappetizing food. She had finally reached the age when she could begin feeding on lust, but before she could even learn how, she opened her eyes and found herself in this world.

She had always heard her seniors talk about how delicious [read the original at bailiantales.com]lust, sex, and the like were. But now, confronted with the fragrant dishes on the table, she could not help wondering whether they could possibly smell as good as the three dishes before her.1

It smells so good~

I want to try a bite so badly~

When Yu Chen returned with clean hands and a bowl of rice, the sneaky kitten was already reaching her wicked paw toward the plate of cola chicken wings.

The vigilant Fu Xin heard movement behind her and immediately turned sideways, presenting her back to the human.

Her paw hooked a chicken wing toward her. She tentatively licked it first, and the rich, sweet flavor struck Fu Xin’s taste buds perfectly. Abandoning all restraint, she took a bite.

Wuwu, it was delicious.

After tasting such delicious food, the kitten involuntarily began purring deep in her throat.

Her cheeks moved constantly as she chewed. Even with her back turned, Yu Chen could see the kitten’s puffed-out cheeks.

Her perception of the kitten was filtered through several layers of adoration. “How can you look so adorable even while stealing food?”

“Wait! Kittens can’t eat human food!”

Yu Chen rushed over and snatched the food directly from the kitten’s mouth. Ignoring the kitten’s attempts to stop her, she seized the chicken wing with a small bite missing from it and sternly said, “You can’t eat this.”

“Meow?”

Why not? Are you the only one allowed to eat delicious food?

Fu Xin’s teeth itched. She wanted to rush over and bite her.

Yu Chen placed the kitten’s personal bowl on the table. Not a single piece of cat food inside had been eaten. She pushed it toward the kitten’s mouth. “You eat this.”

Fu Xin angrily turned her head away and ignored her, deciding that she would steal more food as soon as the human stopped paying attention.

Then she watched Yu Chen gradually finish every dish on the table.

The kitten anxiously meowed from beside her, but even that failed to stop her.

Late that night,

Yu Chen closed her eyes and fell asleep.

Before going to bed, she had moved the cat bed into her bedroom and placed it beside her own bed, somewhere she could see the moment she opened her eyes.

Fu Xin lay on the soft cushion with her eyes closed, resting while listening to the breathing of the person in bed. Once she estimated that the woman had fallen asleep, she opened her bright, alert eyes.

She crept out of the cat bed. Her paws stepped across the floor without making the slightest sound. Since the bedroom door had been left open, the kitten brazenly walked straight out.

Fu Xin headed directly for the kitchen.

In the darkness of the night,

a dim violet light flashed across the pure-black cat as she walked. In an instant, she transformed into a graceful young woman and ran barefoot into the kitchen.

She was still wearing the same tattered brown dress. The hem looked as though flames had swept across it, leaving parts slightly charred.

Fu Xin had no intention of conjuring herself a new dress. She had to conserve the magic within her body. If she had not been unbearably hungry and needed to regain her succubus form to search for food, she would have remained a kitten the entire time.

When she reached the refrigerator, she recalled seeing the human open this “large box” after dinner and take food from inside it.

Imitating the human, she gently pulled it open.

The cold light inside spilled across her face the moment the refrigerator door opened, illuminating skin as smooth and lustrous as cream.

As Fu Xin gazed at the dazzling array of food inside, the curve of her lips grew wider and wider. Like a mouse that had fallen into a barrel of rice, she momentarily had no idea where to begin.

Her crystal-clear eyes swept through the refrigerator and accurately located the red can of liquid the human had drunk while sitting on the sofa.

Fu Xin immediately took one out. Imitating what she had seen, she slipped a finger through the pull tab, hooked it, and tugged hard.

“Hiss—”

Countless tiny bubbles surged upward. Dense foam produced a faint bailiantales.comfizzing sound as though it were about to burst from the can.

Fu Xin hurriedly lowered her head and took a sip. The instant the dark brown liquid entered her mouth, it felt as though tens of thousands of bubbles were exploding across her tongue. Then sweetness spread between her lips and teeth.

She swallowed with a gulp.

Coolness flowed down her esophagus and into her stomach, making Fu Xin feel as though she had just walked through a snowy field. Sweet, icy cold, and mixed with countless bubbles, the drink brought her an entirely novel sensation.

Delicious!

Fu Xin took one sip after another while continuing to search through the refrigerator. She had never seen the packaging on nearly any of the food, so she randomly selected one packet and grabbed an apple as well.

Fu Xin stood directly in front of the open refrigerator and began eating. The apple was sweeter and crisper than any she had eaten before, bursting with juice when she bit into it.

Holding the apple between her teeth, Fu Xin forcefully tore open the other package.

It was bread!

She eagerly took a bite. It was also the softest and most fragrant bread she had ever tasted, as fluffy as a cloud. As she chewed, the rich aroma of wheat mingled with the fragrance of nuts, giving it a much fuller texture and flavor.

Fu Xin treasured every bite, slowly finishing all the food in her hands. Only after filling her stomach did she wipe her mouth and quietly return to the bedroom.

The refrigerator door closed, and the world sank back into silent darkness.

In the corner, the pet-tracking camera continued glowing with a faint light.

The dutiful little machine had detected the kitten’s movements during the night and begun operating the moment Fu Xin left the bedroom.

It had diligently recorded everything that happened.