Chapter 338 – Cat Dad is Too Popular!!
Harvest Season, the notorious period of the year in the Mermaid Kingdom involved most female residents of this country.
During this period, most mermaids, sirens, lamias, and many female creatures were in mating season, and they were in dire need of a strong male with exceptional genes as their partners as their future children's potential and growth ceiling were on the line. As such, they often competed for a strong male and caused so many damage to structures because of their fights.
Because the competition was always fierce, Chang'e came up with a solution to eliminating the complications - She invented a tradition, which forced every man to mate with the female population during the season. Moreover, every girl in the city had the obligation to help the locals by extracting the male population's seeds so that they could gather them in the sperm bank to compare the quality of the seeds.
After filtering and careful examination, the best seed providers with exceptional genes were chosen after the festival. However, the chosen ones couldn't consider themselves lucky as the mermaid government officials always issued an arrest and forcefully extracted semen from the men until they fulfilled the quota for the year.
Senior sirens were always hired to join this event. Usually, they infiltrated every place in the city and sang their mating song, causing all men to be in heat. Then, the government officials and the hired prostitutes would catch the men and collect their essence.
Before the government's workers discovered Xiaomao, Undine pretended to be one of the staff members. She extracted Xiaomao's semen, and she marked him with her aura that his seed had been collected. Then, she pushed him underneath her clothes, hiding his presence.
"Hide your aura, Xiaomao. Actually, do me a favor. Make yourself as smallest as possible. Stay invisible!"
"Err, okay, munya."
Xiaomao glanced at the mermen that had been following them around. The prostitutes already caught them, and they got entangled in the public orgy.
Non-prostitutes and female visitors looked around in confusion at first, but they soon realized what was going on. Some of them took advantage of the intoxicated men and joined the orgy while the modest ones spectated the event from the sidelines.
The song kept going, and the parade passed the area in peace. For an hour, the sultry noise was the only thing everybody could hear in the area.
After the long hour of seed extraction, the men slowly came back to their senses. Some liked it, but a few grumbled as they didn't get to enjoy it to the fullest.
Although the crisis was averted, Undine kept pushing Xiaomao down, not allowing him to peek outside. As for Nymph, she ordered the mermaids to help the mermen up and feed them stamina potions.
The mermen looked a lot thinner after the deeds. Their glossy skin and scale turned pale and dry. The girls had to slap them a few times before they could come back to reality.
"It's over. Let's move on."
Undine ordered the group to resume their journey. As the event workers had collected the cones and straps out of the way, they could now travel through the intersection.
Because the team was in a hurry, they stood out in the middle of the town, where all men and women were still in the middle of the festive mood. Some men, who were attracted to Undine's beauty, started calling her out.
"Hey, pretty mermaid over there? Want my semen?"
Undine ignored the shouting naga and kept on going.
Because Undine ignored him, the naga was infuriated. He kicked the ground and appeared in front of the group, blocking everybody's path.
"Hey, bitch! When I offer you my semen, you must take it! Now, suck it, or else!"
Annoyed, Undine silently brought out the Poseidon staff from her inventory and pointed at the naga, whose level was merely 1,500.
"Know your place, Naga! SCRAM!!"
With just her pure aura and elemental essence, the naga's dantian churned, and he vomited several mouthfuls of blue blood. Nymph rushed toward him and slapped his face with her fish tail, sending him 500 meters away.
The crowd below, especially the prostitutes, laughed at the unfortunate Naga. They mocked him.
"Not all women join the Harvest Season, idiot!"
"What a pushover. Has he lost his mind because of the festival?"
"Yeah, Lady Alice's domain can break a man's sanity. He must have thought he's hot shit because we milked him for free."
The naga soon came back to his senses. Because of the humiliation, he glared at Undine and the prostitutes in the city. Then, he bellowed.
"Do you know who I am?! I'm the eldest son of the Ordu, the tribal chief of the Iske Clan! I'm-"
BOOM
A large fist suddenly appeared above the naga and pummeled him to the ground. Then, the loud voice of a woman, who had sung a song earlier, echoed in town.
"GO HOME AND CRY TO YOUR DADDY, FOOL! THIS IS THE MERMAID KINGDOM, NOT SOME WUXIA TAVERN!"
The crowd burst into laughter while the Naga stared at the mysterious fist in shock. After a few hits, he fainted.
The prostitutes cheered.
"As expected of Lady Alice, no hoodlum can thrive here."
"Yeah, I'm sick and tired of those cliché sons and descendants of clan chiefs. They must have read too many novels."
"I iZ riCH yOUnG mAstEr, yOU cAn't tOUch mE! Yeah, they all sound the same."
Xiaomao overheard the jeers and the mockery. While getting stuck in Undine's dress, he managed to peek outside through her cleavage.
Everything was a mess. White fluid floated freely in the ocean while many government officials were busy collecting them, putting all the white fluid in their game inventory.
"Xiaomao, stay still and don't look outside, PLEASE!"
Undine grew restless as if she was afraid of something.
Xiaomao pouted and turned around, facing Undine's round and soft chest. Taking revenge, he took advantage of her and licked her skin.
Sensing the cat's tongue, Undine got goosebumps. It touched her sensitive part, and it aroused her.
"Xiaomao, stop! Stop being immature for once!"
Being reprimanded again, Xiaomao stopped licking her. He buried his face in her bosom and softly purred, resting and recharging his mental battery.
Noticing that Xiaomao stopped being childish, Undine was relieved. She looked ahead and planned to continue their journey.
But when she looked up, a cute blond girl with two bat wings was floating before her, staring at Undine and her group. The girl, who seemed to be only 12, wore a blue gothic gown and wore a red rabbit-like ribbon. Despite being underwater, she carried a blue frilly umbrella around.
"I sense a catopus," muttered the girl.
Undine's face lost all color. She exclaimed, "L-Lady Alice!?"
"Oh, hi, Nameless Undine. I see that you haven't gotten an official name yet. Are you here to take the official exam to get a name?"
"N-No. I'm here for my dungeon's business. P-Please excuse me."
"Hold up!"
"…"
Alice smirked and pointed at the bulky dress of Undine, "Give that catopus to me. I want him."
At that moment, all crew's expressions turned solemn. Even Nymph and Undine began emitting killing intent.
"I'm sorry. Even if it's your request, I can't fulfill it."
"That's the order, Undine. Give him to me, or else!"
"He is not someone you can have as a pet. Do you want to anger Lady Chang'e?!"
The conversation got heated up, and the bystanders noticed them. They stopped what they were doing and observed the situation as this matter involved Alice, who was a big shot in the red-light district.
"Oh, is he belong to Lady Chang'e? Then, I can have him! Lady Chang'e said that I can borrow anyone I like as long as I'm working for her."
"YOU.CAN.NOT.HAVE.HIM!"
"BUT.I.SAID.SO!"
RUMBLE
The menacing malicious aura of Alice enveloped the town. Although she hadn't used her domain ability on Undine, the latter sweated profusely.
Duchess Alice, the Succubus Queen, Level 9999
Although Undine couldn't see through Alice's strength, she knew that only Cernun, Meowmeow, and maybe Titania could be her opponent. However, for the sake of Xiaomao, she swallowed her fear and confront the impossible foe.
Undine and Nymph were frustrated as they could have revealed Xiaomao's status and his relationship with Chang'e and Mao Miaomiao. However, they were afraid of the consequences as the Harvest Season hadn't ended yet.
However, the clueless catopus overheard the conversation and got curious. He forcefully slipped out of Undine's clothes and confronted Alice.
"Who the hell are you, munya?! Why are you stopping my wife?"
"Oh, ho? Your wife?"
"Xiaomao, NO!!" Undine and Nymph panicked.
It was too late. Xiaomao boldly revealed his status.
"I don't know who you are and why you want me as a pet, munya. But know this, I'm the son of Chaos Seraphim Mao Miaomiao! In a way, I'm also a step-son of Chang'e, munya!"
"!!!"
Alice, government workers, and every woman widened their eyes in astonishment and shock. They stared at Xiaomao and gasped for several reasons.
First, a catopus was a descendant of Cathulhus, one of the oldest races in the universe. Because of that, their blood essence was more precious than a legendary artifact.
Secondly, an adult catopus could obviously produce semen. As the women in season needed good seedlings for their children, the unique catopus bloodline was always on top of the wish list, and the sperm banks put a high bounty for any catopus semen.
And lastly, as Xiaomao carried the bloodline of Mao Miaomiao, aka the infamous lapdog of Mu-Nyang, his status sling-shotted himself to the top list of the most wanted husband in the country - No bloodline was comparable to the Chaos Seraphim's descendants!
The eyes of prostitutes, government workers, and spectators burned as they fixated on him as if he was the most delicious prey. Even Alice salivated, and her pupils expanded.
"M-My precious…"
"…"
Undine breathed in cold water as her worse fear became real. She turned around and shouted.
"RUN FOR IT! WE'LL CHARGE DIRECTLY TO THE PALACE!!"
Nymph and Undine each grabbed Xiaomao's tentacle and pulled him along. As the mermaids and mermen were slower than the duo, they tried their best to follow their leaders. Half of them turned around and attempted to be their rearguards.
However, their movement stirred the crowd. The female sea folks of all races bellowed and activated their domain abilities. The mermen and mermaid rearguards were quickly overwhelmed and pushed aside.