That device you ntioned, dont tell its the platform theyre sitting on
Thats right, the very sa. Those platforms are called Elental Segregation Platforms and are one of the greatest inventions in our clan history. Even though those words were clearly filled with respect, Anmis mood was still noticeably low: Unfortunately, because too much ti was spent on researching the platform, most of the already-dwindling Shadowcat population have already died from self-combustion leaving only the researcher and one other Shadowcat
Wide eyes blinking, Mo Na proceeded to spit out another trademark question of hers that almost made vomit blood in exasperation: Just two? What a coincidence for them to be a pair of male and female Shadowcats then.
no Clearly incensed by her disrespect, Anmi was about to berate the little devil but upon seeing the raised fists of No.3 and Big 4, he caved in once more and rely continued explaining in a defeated tone: Both of them were females.
At that point, Mo Na adorably gave a couple bat of her eyelashes before saying: Mamahow did those two female cats give birth?
Sweetie, thats not the point you should focus on
How would I know the answer to that and even if I knew, I wouldnt tell you. Speaking of which, how did those two female cats give birth? Perhaps theres a chance of a pure Shadowcat being born from two Purgatory Shadowcats?
Anmi rolled his eyes at the little devil: Because one of them was already pregnant
Initially, we only wanted to know why he was so vehently opposed to marrying the Princess but as the conversation dragged on, it sohow ended up straying further and further off course. However, Anmi wouldnt have ntioned all that if they were truly irrelevant
Did that an that the reason had sothing to do with all that? Hold on a second, can a Purgatory Shadowcat even bear a child with a Shadowcat? By mutating, the Purgatory Shadowcats have basically turned into a new type of Shadowcat. Although they might still have so traces of Shadowcat DNA, strictly speaking they arent even the sa creature anymore. In that case, if Anmi and Princess isian were to get marriedwould their child be a Purgatory Shadowcat? Or a Shadowcat?
Given that only Shadowcats can succeed the thronethats actually a very important question worth digging into.
Because the environnt within Purgatory was filled with fire elents, the platform itself had to be tuned up to a high setting. At that ti, a portion of the Purgatory Shadowcats tried to use this device to return back to being a Shadowcat but all of them failed; the mutation was irreversible.
Back then, there wasnt really much of a difference between the two species except for the addition of their fire elent so no one really minded the difference. Other than those two surviving Shadowcats, no one paid anymore attention to this matter.
As ti passed however, the difference between the two races beca more and more pronounced with the most problematic issue being that they lost their ability to Dreamwalk.
As the saying went, only by losing sothing will one realize how precious it was, only after they lost their ability did the Purgatory Shadowcats realize how much they relied on it. They were terrified, from the bottom of their hearts, they felt an overwhelming sense of fear. That one ability of theirs not only bestowed a wealth of knowledge onto them, it was also a part of their identity, their pride. With it, they felt a sense of superiority compared to the other races. Now that they had lost it, they felt incomplete as if a part of them had been wrenched out
In a sense, it was like having your favourite website taken away from you. Having browsed it everyday for god knows how long, one day you discovered that not only did the governnt block access to that website, they also fined anyone who had used itthat was exactly how those Shadowcats felt right now.
Just like that, the two Shadowcats who persevered in their pure-bloodedness suddenly beca objects of reverence. The Purgatory Shadowcats raised their status to that of a rulers and thus the first Cat King was born.
However, a tale when told too long tended to get dry. No.3, clearly bored and irritated by now, snapped at Anmi: Whats the point of telling us all this historical nonsense? What we want to know is why you do not want to marry isian. Will you die or sothing?
I think I get the big picture now I turned towards Anmi and sighed: It has to do with that platform doesnt it?
Thats right, at the end of the day, it has to do with that Elental Segregation Platform Anmi gave a bitter smile before continuing: I said so before, the main purpose of that platform is purge all fire elents from our bodies. But us Purgatory Shadowcats are mainly made of fire elents nowonce we lose that
In other words, standing on that platform would cause him sufferingas for how painful that wasonly he would know.
Because of their comparatively frail constitutions, the Shadowcats werent able to endure any elental imbalance in their bodies. That was why isian and that Eldest Prince would never leave their platform willingly.
Given that, should Anmi marry isianhe would probably have to spend his entire life with her on that platform. The problem then, was what about the fire elents in his body?
The platform would purge his body of said elents and cause him harm so how was he to spend an extended period of ti on that platform? That was the unsolvable problem facing Anmi right now.
So youre saying that by marrying her, you would have spend your life on that platform?
Its not to that extent, but after getting married, I would have to spend quite a bit of ti on it. At that point, he shivered uncontrollably: If I were to stand on that platform, the mana in my body would rapidly deplete and that sensationcan only be described as torturous
Still, theres one point that Im still rather curious about, if you were to marry the Princess The mont the word marry left my lips, Anmi shivered once more at which point I hastily explained that it was just an example, several tis in fact before he finally cald down: If you were to marry her and then have a child with herwill your child be a Shadowcat?
thatswhat Im most afraid ofif we didnt have to have a child, I could still accept this outco. After all, I wouldnt have to spend every single mont on that platform. But given how little Shadowcats there are, if
He abruptly stopped and banged his head against the floor several tis before he managed to calm himself down.
Purgatory Shadowcats are a mutation of Shadowcats so we still have so Shadowcat genes in our body. Ififisian and I were to do that togetherI would first have to spend an entire month on the platform during which I cant leave it, not even for a secondif that were to happen, my mana would be mostly sucked dry and my elental balance would be destroyedat that point, my shadow elent would naturally be the dominant elentand the child we bear would most definitely be a Shadowcathowever
You would end up as a cripple, wouldnt you?
MhmIll be ruined.
So thats whyhis choices are basically die or live a life worse than deathtruly a hard choice.
In that case, Prince Weiderly, should he desire offsprings, would have to find a mate from the Purgatory Shadowcats as well?
Precisely. After all, the only surviving female Shadowcat is isian and doing that with a sister iswell, even us cats cant do that.
Speaking of siblings I subconsciously turned towards Sasani and Sinmosa at which point they both awkwardly jerked their heads away. Just like that, the atmosphere suddenly beca a little awkward with their little action bringing even more attention to them instead.
Whats the matter? Noticing the stiff atmosphere, Anmi couldnt help but ask out of curiosity.
He only knew that the two Cerberuses were married but what he didnt know was that they were also siblings
Whats that proverb again There are no taels to be found here
(TL: The phrase There are no taels to be found here stems from a story where there was once a man called Zhang San. After expending a great deal of effort, he finally managed to accrue 300 silver taels and was naturally delighted by that. However, he lived in constant fear of soone stealing that fortune away from him so he found himself a chest. He stashed the three taels in the chest and then buried it behind his house. However, that still wasnt enough to allay his fears so he thought of an ingenious idea.
He took a piece of paper and wrote: There are no taels to be found here. Having done that, he stuck that paper onto the side of the wall and then walked off, fears completely put at ease.
Unbeknownst to him, his little action was discovered by his neighbor, Wang Er. In the middle of the night, Wang Er dug up those taels and spirited them away to his own house. In order not to get discovered however, he left a note on Zhang Sans wall, saying: Your neighbor, Wang Er, would never steal.
The next day, Zhang San woke up to find his taels missing and a new note placed on his note. It was then that he finally understood the error of his ways.
Later on, this story beca a way of mocking a foolish person whose attempts at hiding a secret ended up exposing it instead.)
Truly, that was a vicious slap to the two dogs faces but being out of the loop, Anmi had no way of knowing that. That however, just made the slap that much more painful
Now that the truth was out, we decided to let him off the hook for now.
It had to be said however, that had he not co clean with us, none of us would have ever expected that a simple marriage would belie such a calamitystill, how did he even end up as the potential son-in-law of the previous Cat King?
Seeking to change this awkward mood, I ever so naturally, turned the topic back to Anmi: Anmi, why did the previous Cat King choose you?
Thathonestly, it has to do with a bit of a dark history during my childhood As he said that, he lowered his head in embarrassnt.
Like that, I was treated to another tragic tale of childhood ignorance.
It turned out that the two cats used to play a lot with each other. In fact, it wouldnt be an exaggeration to say that the two of them were childhood friends. Because of that platform, isian didnt have any other playmates other than her two brothers so the little princess treasured Anmis companionship deeply. After all, he was only the one brave enough to stand on that platform and play with her
Even though his cat parents told him not to approach that platform, let alone climb onto it to playhe didnt pay heed to their warnings at first. Each ti he played with her, his body would feel extrely weakened, however it wasnt to the extent where it couldnt be recovered just by eating so food. Because of that, little Anmi didnt pay much attention to it either. It was only after he spent an extended period on the platform did he finally learn his lesson. One fateful day, after playing with the little princess for a longer ti than usual, he ended up losing too much of his fire elent to the point where he fainted on the platform
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