Chapter 62: Demon Tattoo [Knasch, 45%]
The paintbrush, dipped in paint, was dabbed on the palette a few times before being applied to the canvas.
“The color range of these insect race paints is quite comprehensive, most of them can be used directly.” He Yue preferred colors with lower saturation and had spotted this popular set of paints at the art supply store, finding them very easy to use, already having used up several colors.
His comment was met with a low whimper from the fox.
“It’s naughty to disturb Master while he’s painting. Don’t fidget, little fox.” Knasch knelt, a whole box of paints and a palette resting on his flat back.
The carving was rotating silently, the speed not slow. The female insect’s pre-cum dripped from the gaps of the carving, along with saliva dripping from his mouth, which he couldn’t close due to the crystal ball, and tears streaming down his cheeks.
He Yue painted quietly, his elegant, light movements filling the white canvas with color. He was in a state of flow, undisturbed by any sound, including the fox’s choked sobs.
Except for the constantly shaking paint box, which slightly affected his concentration.
“Don’t move, my brush can’t even pick the color I want.” The fox’s hands, braced on the floor, were clenched into fists, his body tense to prevent himself from shaking. He was forced to maintain a position that allowed He Yue to dip his brush into the paint box on his back, the static posture making his joints ache, and the dynamic rotation of the carving in his ass…
This fox was truly about to break.
He Yue, however, was in no hurry, seemingly deliberately slowing down the application of paint to the canvas, prolonging the painting time.
His absolute sense of color was a rare talent, and with his training, he could even mix colors directly on the canvas without having to rework it.
Knasch turned his head, his teary eyes seeing his Master slowly layering colors on the white cloth, making him even more on the verge of tears. He looked at He Yue with pleading eyes, unable to speak, only able to twitch his fox ears pitifully.
“Why are you crying so much?”
He Yue asked knowingly, drawing a horizontal red line on his face with the paint-stained brush.
The bright red paint on his cheek immediately smudged with his tears and sweat.
He Yue became interested, lifting his chin with one hand, the paintbrush in his other, and began to paint on his face.
Knasch’s body was in an incredibly difficult position, having to keep his back flat so the paint box wouldn’t fall, and also lift his neck so He Yue could paint on his face.
He whimpered pitifully, trying to elicit a bit of mercy from his Master.
“What did you say? I didn’t hear clearly.”
The fox, with the crystal ball in his mouth, of course couldn’t speak.
He Yue chuckled mischievously, receiving even more hot tears from the fox.
“Today is the last day of your punishment. Didn’t we agree that if you perform well, I’ll let you cum?” The fox nodded repeatedly.
“I’m almost done painting, just endure it a little longer.”
The progress of the painting was completely under He Yue’s control. Just as he could count down by repeating “two” countless times before finally reaching “one,” driving his fox to the brink of collapse, he could also drag out the last few strokes for hours.
Knasch felt he couldn’t endure it for another second.
“What should I write for you?”
He Yue leisurely wiped the tears from his face and thought for a moment, holding the paintbrush.
“How about I draw a demon tattoo with my name on it?” He Yue drew a smooth pattern on his cheeks and nose with a few strokes. “From now on, you slutty little fox, you’ll only be my sex slave.” The words, declaring ownership, even with their sick possessiveness, stirred a sense of excitement and pleasure in the fox.
He had been acknowledged by his Master.
Knasch nodded, his Adam’s apple bobbing.
If he could speak, he would definitely repeat these words after He Yue. But his freedom of speech was now restricted, and he could only nod continuously.
“Then try to stop your tears, little fox, the paint will smudge if it gets wet.” The fox, already filled with tears from the arousal and emotion, widened his eyes upon hearing He Yue’s words, trying to let the tears dry naturally.
He Yue was amused by this fox who believed his every word and took the palette from his back, patting his knee.
“Fox, come here.”
Knasch, enduring the discomfort of the carving, moved to He Yue’s feet, knelt on the floor, and rested his chin on He Yue’s knee.
“Look here.”
He Yue tilted his chin up, making him look at his new painting.
The fox’s body trembled violently, his nerves tense from trying not to cry and ruin the complete pattern on his face. The carving forced him to clench his ass, and after being forbidden for so long, he was at his limit.
He Yue calmly introduced his new painting, as if completely oblivious to the fox who was about to break.
“Don’t you recognize who I painted?”
The fox, who had finally let out a few tears, looked at the new painting through his blurry vision.
A few reflective iron bars divided the entire image into several sections, and in the gaps, a female insect with fluffy ears and a tail could be vaguely discerned, his neck and limbs bound with chains.
The fox in the painting was looking out, his gaze interacting with the viewer through the gaps in the iron bars.
The composition of the painting was very clever, only a small section in the middle was shown, the outer frame of the iron cage not visible, only the iron bars and the fox behind them.
“When you were looking at me through the gaps in the cage, did you feel like you were in the cage, or that I, the viewer, was in the cage?” A clever visual illusion.
It could be interpreted as the fox in the cage looking at the viewer outside, or the viewer in the cage looking at the fox outside.
He Yue looked down at the fox, who was crying from the torment of the carving, his face smudged with paint, and sighed softly.
“Never mind, your brain, ruined by pleasure, can’t possibly understand my question.” A neat signature was placed in the bottom right corner of the painting.
He Yue patted Knasch’s head. “Good boy, you performed very well, I’ll reward you with a cum.” Knasch shuddered in relief and collapsed, only prevented from falling to the floor by He Yue’s grip on his chin.
“What a pity, the demon tattoo on your face is all smudged.” He Yue untied the crystal ball’s strap and said with feigned regret.
The fox wiped the tears that had streamed down to his chin, his hand now covered in a mixture of red paint and tears. He habitually licked the floor clean of his own cum, smudging the red paint on his face onto the floor.
After following all of He Yue’s rules, he looked at He Yue with his red and swollen, teary eyes.
“Master… can you draw another one?” He said, his tears still flowing.
“Still crying? With the way you look now, it’s a waste to paint.”
Knasch frantically wiped his face, his arms and hands now covered in red paint.
“The fox won’t cry anymore… the fox wants Master’s demon tattoo, wants to be Master’s sex slave…” He Yue put down his paintbrush and replied with a smile, “Do you think this kind of opportunity is always waiting for you? You didn’t cherish it, and now you want another one, you wish.” The two upright ears drooped, and the pitiful fox tried to use his charm to get his reward.
“No.”
Knasch had no choice but to give up.
He clung to He Yue’s leg, his head resting on his knee, quietly admiring the new painting. As the afterglow of his orgasm faded, the quiet atmosphere and the peaceful scene were incredibly warm and beautiful.
The half-fox in the painting was abstract, only his azure eyes incredibly striking.
“When I was looking at Master from inside the cage, I was thinking…”
Knasch looked at the words and murmured to himself.
“I wanted to get out of the cage and go into Master’s arms. And I wanted Master to come into the cage, to the fox’s side.” The fox closed his eyes, feeling his Master’s hand gently stroking his ears.
“Either way, the fox loves Master very, very much…”
[Knasch, 45%.]
Not even halfway there…
He Yue silently complained upon hearing the system’s prompt.
He had heard Koeyle’s confession at 90%, and he hadn’t even heard a confession from Wien at 68%, yet this fox had said he loved him before even reaching the halfway mark.
“You say you love me so easily.”
“It’s not easy! I mustered a lot of courage to say it!” The fox argued earnestly and urgently.
He Yue chuckled. “I didn’t see much courage.”
“A lot!” Knasch raised his voice and moved to kneel between He Yue’s legs. “Just, the fox’s understanding is, if you like someone, you should be passionate, you should tell them sincerely.” He rested his chin on He Yue’s leg and wagged his tail, pleading, “I won’t cause any trouble for Master, please let me like you…” The mischievous He Yue deliberately teased the fox. “What if I don’t let you like me?” The fox was surprised by this answer and immediately knelt up, moving between his legs, his expression pitiful. “Don’t… please, Master… Master is the fox’s only Master, the best Master in the world, the Master of Masters…” He Yue covered his mouth.
This speech was so smooth it gave He Yue goosebumps.
“If you insist on liking me, I can’t just rip out your heart and make you not like me, can I?”
“Exactly, I love Master, and it has nothing to do with what Master thinks.” He Yue couldn’t be bothered to argue with him and got up to put away his new painting.
Was it because the values of love and submission were unrelated, or because the fox was passionate and open, boldly expressing his feelings, unlike the other two dogs?
He Yue put away his painting to dry, thinking about his mission.
After all, who could deny Wien’s unspoken feelings for him?
Madness was Knasch’s base color, his disregard for life, even his love was passionate and unrestrained.
He Yue chuckled and shook his head.
This animalistic nature was quite cute.
“Do we really have to eat a fitness meal with Wien?” Knasch picked at the food Wien had brought home, his face bitter. “Chicken breast and beef are the worst, I want chicken legs! Fish! Rabbit!!” Wien snatched the plastic bag full of fresh meat from him.
“A fox eats mice, go catch some on the street.”
“Hey!! You stupid dog! What did you say!”
Ever since Knasch found out that Wien was secretly doing a fluffy project to grow a tail, he had been calling him this.
Wien glared at him.
The fox had no choice but to retract his hand. He couldn’t beat Wien, even the current Wien, whose muscles weren’t as full, could still fill out his clothes with just his frame. Unless he found a chance to bite Wien’s neck with his fangs, or use a gun…
No.
Master said no.
Thus, the fox could only verbally attack Wien and seek He Yue’s protection, not daring to actually fight him.
“You should be grateful you have something to eat, little fox.” He Yue was indifferent to the type of meat, and his fox and dog could both cook well. “You eat Wien’s food, live in Wien’s house, don’t be picky.” Knasch pouted, but couldn’t refute, his fluffy fox tail drooping in displeasure.
“The fox will be obedient, the fox will go catch mice on the street.”
He Yue grabbed his ear and scolded with a smile, “Good fox, don’t be sulky.” Wien chugged a large glass of protein powder and rolled his eyes at Knasch.
“…You green tea bitch.”
“You, you say that again!”
Wien put down his glass and repeated each word deliberately, “You, green, tea, bitch.” “You! Stupid dog!” Knasch, exposed, was enraged, glaring at Wien. Realizing he couldn’t beat him, he turned and tucked the tip of his tail into He Yue’s hand, his soft ears twitching.
“Master… he’s bullying me…”
He looked like a pitiful fox who had been bullied, his crystal clear tears ready to fall, all he needed was to make a few fox-like noises to please his Master.
Some creatures were born to be vixens, especially a species like Knasch, fused with white fox genes.
He Yue played with the fox’s tail, stroking the fur, and said, “You two are fighting right under my nose.” If he weren’t here, these two would be at each other’s throats.
He Yue recalled the time at the base when Wien and Koeyle had fought.
“No guns, don’t bring the rules of the assassin organization into my house.” He Yue warned, pinching the fox’s tail, and then extended his hand.
Knasch obediently placed his chin in his hand, letting He Yue touch him as he pleased. He muttered softly, “I understand…” The fox was obedient in front of He Yue, using all his might to charm his Master, but behind his back, he was a ruthless, life-disregarding lunatic. He couldn’t beat Wien in a fair fight, but that didn’t mean he wouldn’t dare to shoot him in the head from behind.
He Yue’s warning was timely, bringing Knasch back to his senses.
He had said he would make a clean break, he couldn’t solve problems the old way anymore.
Unintentionally, He Yue had saved Wien again.
The beef cubes in the bowl tasted like wax to Knasch. He ate absentmindedly, glancing at Wien’s bland fitness meal, and sighed silently.
Nutrient solution was only enough for basic needs. To build muscle, protein and fat had to be supplemented separately. When it came to He Yue, Wien was determined enough to go to the gym frequently.
“The annual celebration is coming up soon, Master’s first annual celebration since birth. Do you want to go to the market?” Wien asked, chewing on the lightly seasoned chicken breast.
“What’s the annual celebration?” He Yue, who had only been in the insect world for a short time, knew nothing about their traditions.
Knasch chimed in, “Bored insects celebrating another three hundred days of life.” A new year? He Yue found a matching word from human society.
“Is there anything fun at the festival?”
“There’s a lantern exhibition, and a lot of delicious food and fun things.” Wien put down his chopsticks and invited him expectantly. “The research institute will be on holiday during the annual celebration. Master, let’s go together.” “I want to go too!” The fox, who had been expectedly excluded by Wien, protested.
Wien glanced at his fox ears, hitting him where it hurt. “If you walk around the market with those two ears, all the insects will stare at you.”
The two fox ears drooped at the reprimand. Knasch covered his ears and said in a muffled voice, “I’m used to being an outcast. Let them stare, I don’t care!” He couldn’t win against Wien and could only plead with He Yue. “Master, the fox wants to go too…”
The fox ears were certainly eye-catching in a crowd, and some insects might even look at him with malicious intent, secretly mocking He Yue for being so flamboyant.
He Yue chuckled. “Let’s go together, I don’t care either.”
The triumphant fox shot a victorious look at Wien, who completely ignored him.
This green tea fox, Knasch, would have thrown a tantrum to get He Yue to take him.
But on the day of the festival, the fox’s tail was vacuum-sealed in a bag and wrapped around his waist, his fox ears hidden under a loose, bulky hoodie.
Knasch, who had said he didn’t care, still didn’t want to hear any insects gossiping about He Yue because of him.
He Yue reached out and pinched the fox’s tail, which was wrapped around his waist, finding it incredibly amusing.
“Fox, can you use your tail as a swimming ring when you swim?”
Knasch’s face fell, and he pulled his hoodie down even lower, almost completely obscuring his vision.
“Master, don’t make fun of me…”
The festival was lively and crowded, with female insect vendors on both sides selling various snacks and decorations, the dazzling colored lights illuminating the entire city like daylight.
He Yue felt the festive atmosphere for the first time in a long while.
The New Year’s atmosphere, which was gradually disappearing in human society, was now being experienced in another world.
He Yue and Wien squeezed through the crowd, He Yue occasionally stopping to ask about the strange trinkets only seen in the insect world. If he showed even a hint of liking something, Wien would immediately buy it.
They didn’t notice Knasch silently following behind them.
The fox kept his head down, the black hoodie covering him completely, hiding his azure eyes, making him blend into the shadows. He was out of place in this joyous atmosphere, and after keeping his head down for so long, his neck began to ache.
Assassins were supposed to live in the shadows.
Knasch’s vision was mostly obscured by the hoodie, and he could only see He Yue’s feet and the swinging hands at the edge of his vision.
“…Ah!”
“Don’t you have eyes? Don’t you know how to look where you’re going?”
He Yue turned around and saw a pair of azure eyes staring blankly at the male insect he had bumped into.
“Sorry…”
“A masterless female insect…” The male insect was drunk, his body reeking of alcohol. He stared at the unique pupils with malicious intent. He had no qualms about dealing with the lowest-class masterless female insects. “Kneel down and apologize.”
Wien gently touched He Yue’s shoulder. “Master, this…” Masterless female insects indeed had no rights, but an insect acknowledged by He Yue, even without a bond, shouldn’t be interfered with by other insects.
Even though Wien disliked this green tea fox, he put his Master’s feelings first.
He was worried that He Yue would be unhappy.
“Shh, let’s watch a good show.” He Yue crossed his arms, a look of amusement on his face.
He was very confident in Knasch. An ordinary female insect might kneel, but this insect was Knasch, the top assassin who had killed countless female and male insects in the organization.
Knasch glanced at He Yue and understood.
He didn’t speak, but raised his chin slightly, his azure pupils filled with a dangerous killing intent.
“What’s with that look?” The male insect was enraged at being looked down upon by the lowest-class masterless female insect. “Just a masterless dog, I can fuck you right here on the street, make you bond with me.” He began to release his pheromones, trying to force the masterless female insect before him into heat.
This was the most common and effective method for male insects to control female insects, to maintain their status in the insect world. As long as the genetic imprint existed, female insects had to submit to male insects.
But Knasch’s genetic imprint wasn’t that a female insect had to submit to a male insect’s pheromones, but that Knasch was his Master’s sex tool.
“Master, you can’t…” The male insect’s female slave timidly tugged on his arm, trying to calm him down. There were many insects at the festival, and many masterless female insects in the vicinity. His pheromones would indiscriminately attack all of them, forcing them into heat.
The male insect roared and pushed his female slave away. “Get lost! I can’t take this insult.”
Knasch, on the other hand, chuckled softly and took off his hoodie.
The white fox ears were striking.
The cold gaze made his azure eyes even more eerie. Knasch smiled, a mischievous grin, and licked his sharp fox fangs.
The sharp fangs could tear off a male insect’s gland.
“You, you’re a monster!!”
“Sir, don’t try to provoke a monster.” A murderous intent filled his eyes, as if Knasch would pounce and bite off his throat at any moment. “Be careful, a monster can take your life.”
The male insect released more pheromones, but it had no effect on Knasch.
“You’re not a female insect, what are you!”
“Of course I’m not a female insect.” Knasch twitched his fox ears, which only surprised the male insect more. “Sorry to disappoint you, I’m a fox.”
The male insect took a step back, no longer releasing pheromones. He grabbed his female slave, his face filled with terror. “Let’s go, get me out of here. What bad luck! What the hell is this thing!”
“Emergency response! Isolate the nearby masterless female insects affected by the pheromones!” A female insect in charge of security shouted, quickly controlling the chaos at the market.
“Fox.”
Knasch heard the voice and immediately rushed into He Yue’s arms. A whirlwind of complex emotions washed over him, and he hugged He Yue, his voice broken. “Master, the fox was so scared… he was so mean, and he wanted to bully the fox on the street…”
His feigned voice was just right, not cloying or unpleasant, but rather amusing.
If He Yue hadn’t been watching from the side, he would have been completely fooled by his emotional performance.
“You’ve had your fun.” He Yue mercilessly exposed him and ruffled his ears.
A soft chuckle came from beside He Yue’s ear, and the fluffy ears nuzzled his cheek. His tail was still tied around his waist, otherwise, He Yue would have surely seen the fluffy thing wagging to the heavens.
“No, the fox was really scared…”
“You don’t look scared at all.”
Knasch affectionately nuzzled He Yue’s hand with his ears and murmured, “With Master watching, of course I’m not scared. If Master wants to see, the fox will perform for Master.”
He had almost made charming his Master a conditioned reflex, and he often played the pitiful card to please him, using his fluffy features to make He Yue happy.
And He Yue loved his pitiful look, having a strong desire to torment this fox. Whether he was the one bullying him, or the fox was the one wagging his tail and acting pitiful, he could enjoy the treatment of a king watching his concubine vie for his attention.
Thus, Knasch could mix in the truth, as a way to gain his Master’s concern.
Those gazes, those scrutinizing looks that didn’t belong to his Master, the mockery and contempt directed at the monster.
He was afraid of it all.
Knasch tightened his grip, holding He Yue’s waist tightly. He was very close to He Yue’s neck, and the faint floral scent washed away the unpleasant smell of the strange male insect.
“I have nothing to be afraid of.”
