Reginald was confused, he assumed the guard was talking about him but "cutie" seemed a bit weird to describe him. *Cough*, he tried to ask him but he was voiceless, no words could come out of his mouth.

"The lil' lady's sick." The guard said with a sarcastic tone in his voice and some drool that seemed to inadvertently slide down his mouth.

Disgusted and a bit lost, Reginald started to think, he didn't understand why the guard was calling him "cutie" or "lady". But before trying to figure that out, he needed to try and remember what happened before him waking up.

Attempting to put in order the events, he supposed that after him almost drowning, some kind of mischievous merchant must have picked him up unconscious, although he didn't quite figure out why the cat-spirit was unconscious too or where he ended up. He then looked to an infinitely small window letting him see the sun setting through it which gave him what he needed to evaluate that 2 to 3 hours had passed.

"Whe-, *Cough* Where a- I" He tried to articulate with the little strength he still had.

"Why'd you care anyway, It's not like you'll get out any time soon. And if you do, it'll probably make your situation even worse." the abject character replied while laughing maniacally.

Reginald wasn't surprised by the answer of the guard. He wasn't surprised either by the water he had seen after retaking his breath from talking. He was startled by what he saw in the reflection of the water. He was a girl.

A cute cat-girl with dark blue hair comparable to the night sky and cat ears gradually turning into an enchanting dark purple. Her face was so delicate and smooth that it was impossible to see any bumps on her cheeks. In surprise she opened her mouth revealing sharp and long fangs accompanied by lips as soft as a cotton napkin. The rest of her body was worthy of the best looking model of her original world and on the right of her seamlessly perfect body was a purple tail agitating in the cute manner of a frustrated kitten.

She was so flustered that her cheeks were visibly turning red as she realized that she exposed her whole naked body without any resistance. She didn't know why realizing that she wasn't a man anymore made her so reserved even though she figured that it might have to do with her cat like features that she felt were "sacred" and stained by the lustful sights of the guards.

She screamed and tripped in the water splashing herself and shivering because of the cold contact of it.

The guard was admiring the beautiful spectacle happening in front him. He laughed and said "Wait for me to make you happy" with a lustful stare and then left in direction of the screams.

Seeing that she was alone, Reginald didn't have time to think about what she had become. She jumped on the cat-spirit still asleep. "Please wake up, I don't understand what's happening." in an alarmed tone. However this didn't have any effects on the spirit. She then tried to look for blue particles to figure out a way to escape using them but no blue particle were around, probably because of the lack of natural environment in the surroundings.

The guard came back in a hasty way with a big creepy grin, holding what appeared to be a whip and some chains with shackles.

"What are you going to do with that" Reginald asked with a trembling voice already knowing the answer

"Oh, you'll see... And feel."

The guard opened the cell in which Reginald was contained. He walked to her, with an increasingly creepy smile on his vicious face. He violently grabbed her hands and shackled them, not wasting an occasion to lick her fingers and touch her breasts.

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The cat-girl resisted and she pushed him away with all her forces, screaming in disgust.

"Oh, she wants to play it hard."

The guard locked the chains bound to the shackles on iron hooks located on the ceiling while the cat-girl was struggling against him, punching and kicking him with all her forces. The space between the hooks and the floor was perfectly calculated and put her in a position with stretched arms and legs.

After restraining her, the guard took the whip, and with the most ample movement possible, he struck her with all his forces, making an echoing sound across the prison. Followed by an atrocious, horrible and terrifying scream of pain.

The torture continued for what seemed like an eternity. An inhuman and cruel laughter coming from the cruel and inhuman guard.

And just before the guard was about to get to the next step, a mysterious noble in good cloths with gilding arrived. "What is happening" he asked to the guard in a menacing way.

"Nothing, nothing, she just screamed for nothing. I didn't do anything!" he responded in a scared manner throwing away the whip and quickly getting out of the cell.

The noble looked at Reginald and interrogated her with a forced smile and fake calming tone, "What's your name ?"

"Reginald..."

"That's not a good name for a girl and even less for one as good looking as you. I'll name you" he marks a pause thinking as if it was the most important choice he had ever made "Lilly."

Reginald, or now Lilly was completely shocked and traumatized by what had happened, she couldn't nor wanted to think of anything, the torture was so harsh that she had completely abandoned any resolve she still had. She slightly nodded to accept her new name as it was the only thing she could do in a such shocked state, her body was aching everywhere, covered in wounds almost bleeding.

The mysterious noble replied with a calm grin, "Good girl. You can call me Narfi", he then turned to the guard and pointed to a thick wooden door "Now follow me through here."

Seeing the now severe and creepy smile on the Narfi's face, the guard replied panicked and almost crying "No please, I didn't do anything, please don't !"

The mysterious man didn't budge an inch, still showing the way to the wooden door.

"I'll do anything, everything but that, please have some mercy"

Seeing that his lamentation didn't make the noble flinch and resolved to escape his fate, he jumped to the noble brandishing a rusty sword and yelling desperately, aiming directly in the heart with all his strength. But at the instant where the blade should have hurt Narfi, in what seemed like a fraction of a second, the noble had managed to break his arm, put him on the floor, and place his foot on his back.

"Tss" was the only reaction from Narfi after this desperate attack.

Lilly didn't notice what had happen, too shocked by what she had just experienced. The shock made her cry and scream, not being able to express clearly what was going through her head it was the only thing she could do.

The noble turned to her, with a sad face. He then quickly dragged the unconscious guard through the mysterious wooden door, and came to unchain Lilly.

She fell on her knees on the cold stone floor like if all of her muscles were sleeping. Not reacting to what happened, she just admired the floor still crying, contemplating what had happened to her she could only mutter "Why ?"

Narfi seemed to hate this saddening sight, and immediately ordered "Bring her the best clothes you can and quickly !", he touched her forehead, trying to feel her warmth but there was none.

"Why is this happening to me ?" Lilly asked herself not even wanting an answer.

"Well given your race, it was bound to happen." Narfi kindly answered trying his best to put up his most heart-warming grin.

The cat-girl was only half listening to this unwanted response. She was instead focused on the "me" in her own question which seemed out of place. It led up to more questions: Was she even herself ? Is Reginald her true identity ? But there was more questions than answers, the only thing that kept her having those thoughts is the most important thing of all. Is Reggie even real ? The doubt she had partially dissipated when she raised her head a little and saw the cat-spirit unconscious, it was the only thing remaining from before this event that was clearly real.

The guards arrived with clothes of the same sort of Narfi's own clothes and handed them to him. He took them and gently put them on Lilly, at least what he could put on her easily.

"Can you stand up ?"

She acted automatically, and tried to straighten her legs and stand up but she fell backwards and yelped in pain.

"It will take some time before you will be able to it seems" Narfi sighed as if it was a sight he had already witnessed and was almost accustomed to. He then just took her bare legs and slid the rest of the clothes trying to be as gentle and delicate as possible.

"Sadly it appears as though I will not be able to get you out immediately. They will not treat you kindly but no one will be able to do what you have already endured." He glanced menacingly to the guards to assure that what he said was to be respected.

Lilly nodded to show that she understood but she was still under the shock, only starting to realize the events.

"I'm gonna organize to get you out tomorrow, you should rest and make order in your thoughts."

The cat-girl nodded again and Narfi got out softly closing the iron door of her cell. The only movement Lilly made was to lie and hug the cat-spirit as it reminded her of Reggie, and she was sure it was real. She then closed her eyes and went into her thoughts, waiting for Narfi's return and expecting to get absolutely no sleep during the night.

Only a calming whistling was to be heard while she whispered "Good night Reggie"