Master of Masters 66

Chapter 66: Piercing

As soon as he entered the house, the strong smell of blood made Wien tense up. He rushed to greet the blood-soaked He Yue, anxiously asking, “Master, how did you… weren’t you at the club? Where are you injured?”

He completely ignored Knasch beside him.

Knasch’s head was hastily wrapped in an emergency bandage, now completely soaked in blood. He took this opportunity to lean against He Yue’s shoulder, long accustomed to excruciating pain, not at all concerned about his severed ear.

If his Master wasn’t here, he wouldn’t be crying so pitifully.

“It’s not me, it’s the fox who’s injured. Get the first-aid kit, it’s in the cabinet in the studio.”

Wien breathed a sigh of relief and went upstairs.

When the emergency bandage was removed, there were already signs of regeneration at the severed site, a short stub growing out, and the wound was still bleeding. The fox, taking advantage of being a patient, leaned against He Yue’s arms, his face pale.

“Sit properly.”

The fox, his trick exposed, sat up straight, his head lowered for He Yue to examine. The cool ointment, a precious medicine only male insects were entitled to use, its faint herbal scent gradually masking the unpleasant smell of blood.

It would heal even without the ointment.

Knasch thought to himself. Regenerating a severed limb was more difficult than healing a wound, but it was just a matter of a few days, and he didn’t mind.

“Why do you always solve problems this way?” He Yue’s words were laced with questioning.

The fox grinned heartlessly, hugging his fluffy fox tail, and said casually, “A problem that can be solved this way is not a problem. Leader Caines also often vents his emotions this way, occasionally shooting the fox, or breaking his bones to hear the fox cry…”

His pupils gradually lost focus, lost in memories. “But the fox doesn’t cry, he bites his teeth and doesn’t make a sound. Leader Caines thought the fox was boring and went to find other insects.”

So, the fox wasn’t a crybaby. He cried in front of his Master only to please him.

He Yue wrapped the bandage around his head, creating a white hat.

“You should be punished for disposing of your own body.”

The fox froze for a moment, then lunged at He Yue, knocking him onto the sofa, his arms wrapped tightly around his neck. The fox’s tail wagged behind him, occupying most of He Yue’s vision.

“The fox was wrong… Master, Master, don’t punish the fox… please…”

He knew He Yue wasn’t angry, and he also knew the limits of his coquettish pleading. His Master’s gaze was filled with pity for a severely injured pet, his tone a gentle reprimand.

At this moment, the fox could be mischievous.

He Yue patted his back and hugged him back. Being pushed onto the sofa by the fox gave him a sense of substantial weight, making the hug feel real and satisfying.

A faint floral scent gradually filled the room.

The male insect’s soothing pheromones filled his nostrils, more effective than any precious ointment. He Yue held the pitiful fox tightly, generously bestowing his soothing pheromones.

Knasch’s heart pounded, and as he held He Yue tightly, he felt as if his heartbeat was being transmitted to his Master’s chest. His nose stung, and he greedily absorbed the pheromones, his entire body warming up.

When had he ever had the opportunity to receive a male insect’s pheromones when he was injured?

“Master… the fox has a request.”

He Yue chuckled, their chests parting for a moment then pressing together again. “You’ve done something wrong, and you still want a reward.”

“Master…”

The fox’s tail wagged rapidly, and He Yue grabbed it in the middle. The fluffy tail was restrained, unable to wag freely, but its tip still swayed, brushing against the back of He Yue’s hand.

The fox’s complete submission had a crazed undertone, making one’s heart soften.

“Let’s hear it.”

“I want… Master to give the fox, a mark.”

The fox, holding He Yue tightly, felt his temperature rise a few degrees, especially his cheek, which was pressed against He Yue’s ear, gradually turning red and hot.

“What mark?” He Yue asked knowingly.

“It’s…” The fox was anxious, his tail struggling against He Yue’s tight grip, wanting to wag wildly. “Those male insects at the club, they give their female insects piercings, earrings, or other rings…”

He propped himself up eagerly. “It’s fine if Master doesn’t want to bond, but the fox doesn’t want to… be the club’s public property, please give the fox your mark.”

He Yue didn’t react. Compared to Knasch’s eager expression, he looked exceptionally calm.

The fox slid off the sofa and knelt beside it, holding his fox tail in his hands.

“The fox… just wants Master’s mark…”

The various decorations on those female insects, the rings with tassels or thin chains on their ears and chests, were all their Masters’ masterpieces. With those decorations, even without a bond, they were clearly marked as belonging to a Master.

The second time…

The fox lowered his head nervously, waiting for He Yue to speak.

This was the second time he had been mistaken for a masterless female insect and harassed by a male insect because of his conspicuous fox ears.

“Do you know what a piercing means for you? Just because you were harassed by a worthless male insect, you want to pierce your own body?”

“The fox knows, it means acknowledging a Master… the fox wants to acknowledge, please…” He gripped his tail nervously, trying to explain.

He Yue patted the back of his hand, calming him down slightly. “No, fox, have you forgotten? Your body can’t retain any scars. Even if I give you an ear piercing, or a piercing elsewhere, your body will heal at a visible speed.”

The fox, so intent on getting a piercing, had completely forgotten about his special ability.

“Then what about using a needle to keep it open? Don’t they use ear studs to keep ear piercings open when they’re healing?”

He Yue shook his head. “With your healing speed, even using an ear stud won’t work.” He lay back on the sofa and said, “You can even quickly recover from a knife wound to the throat, and you expect to have a pinhole in your ear? Using an ear stud to fight against your healing ability will torture you to death.”

Using his Master’s mark to fight against his healing ability.

What a tempting thought.

This made Knasch excited, his azure eyes filled with anticipation and passion.

“Do you really want to fight against it?”

“…?” He Yue looked at the excited blue eyes, puzzled.

“Master, let’s try it, alright?” Knasch held one of his hands with both of his, his pleading expression filled with tears. “Please… just try it… the fox also wants to fight against his instincts with Master.”

No matter how severe the wound, his body would always heal, leaving him pristine, like new. But the fox wanted to leave a mark, a trace of his Master, anything.

He Yue tilted his head and looked at him, his gaze gentle and calm, his clear pupils like a sunlit lake, bright and tolerant of the swaying tree shadows.

“Fox, are you worried that there will be more male insects like Oried to harass you?”

At the mention of the name, a flash of hatred and coldness appeared in Knasch’s eyes.

“He said the fox has no mark, that he’s the public property of the club, that anyone can play with him.” The fox couldn’t forget those words, his hatred deep.

He Yue’s hand cupped his cheek, his thumb gently stroking the smooth, new skin. He smiled and shook his head. “If that’s the reason, I won’t give you a mark. I will never set foot in that club again, and no one will say you’re the club’s public property.”

“Master…” The fox gently nuzzled He Yue’s palm. “I’m sorry, the fox gave Master a bad memory of the club…” He lowered his eyes guiltily, looking at the ground. “The fox was wrong… the fox shouldn’t have made this request. If you had taken Wien, this wouldn’t have happened.”

This way of thinking surprised He Yue.

He flicked Knasch’s forehead, eliciting a cry of pain.

“What are you thinking? This whole incident was a good thing. The founder of the club, when the dispute arose, chose neither the truth nor me. This isn’t the Castle I want, I won’t go back.”

He Yue had accepted the invitation, partly out of nostalgia for the concept of Castle, partly out of curiosity about the mysterious female insect. But this incident had shown him that this was just a place with the same name as Castle, with no connection to his Castle.

He hadn’t asked for favoritism, but if they couldn’t even uphold the truth and remain neutral, he wouldn’t have any lingering feelings.

The dog and the fox loved him so passionately, giving him endless favoritism, so why should he go out of his way to please them?

Not at all.

“Master is good, the club is bad.” The fox muttered, covering his forehead.

He Yue grabbed his face and brought it closer. “So, if you want a piercing for that reason, I won’t agree. You can’t obey their rules just because of that club that treated me badly.”

Not for the club…

The clever fox immediately understood, his azure pupils bright, his eyes filled with his Master.

“Master, I want to be your fox. Do you like your fox to have your mark?”

Not for the club, not for the possible mockery of other insects, but for his Master’s pleasure.

He Yue chuckled softly, quite pleased with the enlightened fox. He gently stroked his eyes, which were filled with devotion and deep love, his fingers brushing against his eyelashes.

“I like it. Let’s try to fight against your healing ability.”

The lights in the studio were at their brightest. Knasch lay on the cold iron table, his heart pounding nervously.

On the small cart beside him were various potions and tools, various blades and syringes, all from He Yue’s stockpile. Of course, the most eye-catching was the piercing gun, like a real gun, with a thick but sharp silver needle at the front.

“What are you nervous about?” He Yue tied Knasch’s limbs to the table with black straps, preventing him from moving. “Don’t you have confidence in my skills?”

Knasch knew nothing about the so-called skills. But he wasn’t worried about that. Even if it was done wrong, he could just do it again. After all, the fox had a special ability and was absolutely indestructible.

He swallowed, his nervousness unconcealed.

Just because He Yue was standing beside him, he felt that this small piercing was incredibly sacred, even though it was nothing compared to a dagger through the throat or a bullet to the heart.

“We can try with the ear piercing first. If the healing is uncomfortable, we can take it off.” He Yue slowly sterilized the piercing gun.

The fox stared at He Yue’s movements and pleaded, “Master, let’s do it all at once, the fox can take it… the healing is too fast, it will be a waste of time, it’s better to do it all at once.” He had never been so eager for something, just wanting to get all the piercings he could.

Fighting against the healing system was an incredibly painful process. Enduring the pain in several sessions was worse than getting it over with in one go.

He Yue held a cotton ball soaked in alcohol.

“Where do you think you can get pierced?”

“Ears, both pairs, and tongue, chest…”

The fox listed them, saying everything he could think of. He paused, his cheeks flushing. “Penis…”

His Master’s gaze made him blush, and he couldn’t cover his face with his hands tied to the table.

The newly grown fox ears were fleshy, covered in a layer of fine, short white fur. The severed fox ears had grown back, but the fox fur’s growth wasn’t controlled by the healing system, so his fox ears were now bald.

The fleshy ears drooped, covering his eyes, shielding him from He Yue’s playful gaze.

He Yue pulled aside his fox ears, his smile deepening. “You want piercings everywhere, I should just pierce your forehead.”

The fox blinked and said seriously, “That’s fine too.”

He Yue pinched the fleshy fox ear and scolded with a smile, “Are you trying to get yourself killed?”

The four ear piercings went smoothly, like a needle prick, without much pain, and barely any blood. He Yue inserted an ear stud through the new piercing and gently patted the fox’s forehead.

“Good boy, now for the tongue.”

He Yue’s gentle voice, calling him “good boy,” had a strange, mature tenderness, making the fox dizzy. He visibly became excited and bit down on the clamp.

The iron clamp held his tongue, forcing him to keep his mouth open, unable to retract his tongue. The scarlet tongue and the clamp created a special scene, and He Yue positioned the piercing gun, the needle aimed at the front of his tongue.

The pain of piercing his tongue was clearly more intense than his ears. The fox instinctively flinched, but a warning look from He Yue made him tense up.

The alcohol swab was first applied to his chest, the cold sensation against his sensitive skin quickly throwing the fox into a state of confusion. He looked at his Master’s eyes, which were also filled with lust, and he stared mesmerized at He Yue’s focused expression.

“Master…” The fox’s tongue was still a bit numb, his speech slurred.

He Yue’s hand paused, and he asked, “Are you scared?”

“No, not scared.” For some reason, the feeling of having a mark made the fox’s eyes burn, his voice filled with tears. “I’m… very moved, I want to cry…”

“Don’t cry, you’ll shake if you cry, and if I miss, I’ll have to do it again.” He Yue was amused by his comical attempt to hold back his tears. “Cry after it’s done, be obedient.”

After a crisp sound, a sharp pain gathered in his chest, then quickly spread. The fox was very tolerant of pain and endured it without a sound.

He Yue quickly pierced the other side.

The healing system had already started working, fighting against the pierced wound and the needle. The genetically modified hyper-healing ability pushed the wound to heal, but the needle blocked it, a mutual torment. The pierced area was red and swollen, the pain and numbness making the veins on his neck bulge.

He didn’t make a sound.

“One more place.” He Yue’s gaze moved down and stopped. “Want to continue?” He could see the fox’s pain, the guy biting his lip until it bled, yet still enduring without pleading.

“Yes, continue…”

Knasch had never resisted his abnormal ability in this way, and his vision was already blurring. He couldn’t see any clear outlines, only a jumble of colors.

Among the swaying colors, the fox could distinguish He Yue’s figure. He knew his Master was beside him, and along with the endless pain came a boundless sense of security.

“The fox is fine…” Knasch hadn’t waited for He Yue’s move. “Please, Master, continue…” The stubborn fox’s face was contorted in pain, every pierced spot abnormally red and swollen, yet he still pleaded with He Yue to make the last piercing.

He Yue folded his tail and covered his penis with it.

“It’s easier to find the spot when you’re erect, use your tail to masturbate.”

The fox’s hands and feet were tied, only his fox tail was free. Hearing his Master’s command, the fox wagged his tail, rubbing his penis with the fluffy fur.

“Mas… Master…”

He Yue held half of the fox’s tail, watching as he wagged the tip in front of him, gradually falling into a lustful daze. Just as the fox was about to lose himself, his command stopped him.

“Alright, don’t move.”

The piercing gun pierced his penis, the needle finding its mark. The fox closed his eyes, his body tense, still in the afterglow of his unfinished orgasm, a look of someone bravely facing death.

A pleasant chuckle came from beside Knasch’s ear, and He Yue placed his shirt in his hand, gently patting the back of it.

“Don’t be nervous, little fox, Master is here.”

With a click, the needle pierced the front, and Knasch shuddered violently, tears instantly streaming down his face.

He Yue quickly treated the wound and inserted a soft needle.

“It’s over, little fox, how do you feel?” He Yue untied his hands and feet, seeing the red marks on his wrists and ankles.

The healing system amplified the pain and itching of every wound, making the process of fighting it even more unbearable. The fox was pale from the pain, his lips trembling, and he grabbed He Yue’s wrist.

“The fox… is fine…”

He was afraid that if he showed any discomfort, He Yue would take out the needles, even though objectively, every wound was grotesquely red and swollen, something He Yue couldn’t miss.

He Yue knew this and didn’t expose his clumsy attempt to be brave.

“Take the anti-inflammatory and painkiller pills. If the pain is unbearable, I’ll give you an anesthetic.”

“Thank you, Master…” The fox’s voice was weak, his usual vitality gone. The powerful healing ability wanted to close the wounds, but the soft silver needles were in the way, preventing the new flesh from growing back.

He was a special case, and no one knew what the final outcome of this confrontation would be. He Yue guessed that the best possibility was that after a while, he would have piercings like a normal person. The other possibilities were inflammation, hyperplasia, or even the soft needles growing into his flesh…

“Tell me when you can’t take it anymore, I’ll take them out for you.”

“Don’t take them out…”

The fox, in a feverish state, didn’t hear what He Yue was saying. He was a stubborn mule, refusing to take out the soft needles no matter what.

This was his Master’s mark…

He Yue lightly touched the soft needle on the fox’s chest, eliciting a shudder from him.

“When the holes are healed, I’ll make you some beautiful rings. Weren’t you envious of the beautiful earrings on the female insects at the club? I can make even more beautiful ones.”

The fox’s ears were numb with pain, otherwise they would be twitching with joy. He absolutely trusted He Yue’s aesthetic sense and was already fantasizing about the beautiful earrings.

He Yue’s hand was much cooler than his face, and when he touched it, he let out a comfortable sigh. “Then I can use you for traction training again.”

“Alright…” the fox replied hazily.

“This is what my fox should be like.”

Piercing was a laborious and time-consuming task, not only dangerous, but also requiring careful aftercare, especially in the first week. Even so, He Yue loved this activity. He could design beautiful and functional rings, turning his slave into the way he liked, or playing some interesting games.

“Master, you must be tired too… do you want to rest?” He gripped He Yue’s hand, which was burning, his mind in a daze.

He Yue’s scrutinizing gaze fell on Knasch’s body, and the wounds that were starting to bleed again. “I’m fine. Your condition is not right, little fox.”

Knasch, forcing himself to stay awake, gently pushed He Yue away. His head was spinning, and he couldn’t stay awake for another minute.

“Master… Master, go rest… the fox, is fine…” His voice grew weaker, until it disappeared completely.

“Fox? Knasch, wake up!”

Knasch’s entire body was burning, his cheeks flushed an unnatural color, his mind hazy from the fever.

The anti-inflammatory pills hadn’t had time to work, or their effect was far from enough to deal with the forced healing and the friction of the soft needles.

He couldn’t take it at all, yet he was still trying to be brave.

He Yue felt a bit regretful. He truly felt that the fox and these piercings were a good match, but his healing ability was destined to keep his body pristine and new, always like a newborn…

Or, as if he had never lived at all.

The wounds were incredibly red and swollen, showing no signs of subsiding, and seemed to be getting worse.

He Yue sighed, injected him with anti-inflammatory and fever-reducing drugs, put on his gloves, and reached for the soft needle on his chest.

“No, don’t…”

The injected anti-inflammatory drugs worked quickly, making the fox slightly more conscious. He half-opened his eyes and gripped He Yue’s wrist, protecting the precious treasure with his life.

“Knasch, your body can’t heal piercings like other insects. Whether I take it out now or later, it makes no difference.”

“Don’t… please, Master, don’t take it away…”

He clung to He Yue’s wrist, his hazy consciousness crying out, “Don’t take away Master’s mark… please, the fox isn’t in pain… not at all…”

“Do you want to look at yourself in the mirror?”

“It will be fine in a while… really…”

He was a genetically created monster. Whether it was in a while, or a long time, he was destined not to endure this suffering.

“You knew you couldn’t take it, yet you said you could do it all at once. Are you a lunatic?”

The fox didn’t hear He Yue’s complaint, only muttering to himself, “I want it all… Master’s mark… all on the fox…”

A lunatic…

He Yue helplessly ruffled his tail.

This white fox he had raised was a lunatic at his core.