[Alysha's Pov]

After leaving my hug pillow, I ran back to our house and climbed up all the way to the roof. From there, I simply sat down and contemplated.

I spent the next few hours looking up at the moon. I watched as the sun disappeared and the moon appeared, and saw as it reflected the light of the sun. (the moon doesn't produce light, it truly reflects that of the sun)

I don't think normal training will ever work for me. I can't get stronger by working out and I can't use normal magic. It's also gotten to the point where it doesn't matter wether I eat a couple hundred adventurers, they're all too weak for me.  

Looking at the moon, I realize just how beutiful it is. It's like the gem of the night, shining upon the world, not with it's own power, but stealing away the glory of the sun. The more I look at it, the more I feel a connection. I too steal away people's strenght, and the moon steals the light, we're somewhat alike.

Remembering some of the theory of magic, which states that we must will the magic to do what we want, I try to will the moon. How do I do it? I don't know. Does it work? Kind of.

After 30 minutes of concentration, I begin to feel something near me. Opening my eyes, I can see a silver mist surrounding me. Is this my mana? Or is this the moon's power?

I reach out and touch the mist, but nothing happens. It feels squishy and it's not very dense. I feel wierd about this thing, I feel connected to it more then to the moon. It's a truly wierd feeling.

I try to form it into something, but I can't make it do anything. After multiple frustrating attempts, I realize what I'm doing wrong.

The moon is a reflection. It's not a new thing, It's the same as the thing it copies. This gives me an idea.

I hop down from the roof and pick up a small rock. I then try to will the mist to form the rock, and it actually succedes!

Excited, I try to will it to copy a slightly bigger rock without touching it, and once again I succede, but the bigger rock evaporates the moment I lose concentration. I guess this is my downside huh? I will require time to cast this and it'll be hard to concentrate enough.

I spent the rest of the night trying out this mist. I could make reflections even without the mist, but it was easier to do so with enough of it. I had a couple ideas to try out, but I first wanted to see if my reflections worked in daylight too, which it should.

Sure enough, after I waited for the sun to hit me, I tried willing the mist to appear and it did! I was quite relieved, as a power that only worked at night wouldn't be all that reliable.

I spent the next few days either in solitude on top of roofs, trees, or whatever peak I could find or talking with the professor and asking for suggestions. He said that us unique magic users have to mostly work on our magic alone, as there are no equals in unique types of magic. 

After 5 days of this, I could finally make some actually useful things with my mist. First of all, I would never again have money problems, as I willed millions over millions of gold coins to appear and stored all of them into my bag, and as far as I know, unless I want them to they will never disappear.

Apart from that, I can now make weapons with my mist, but since I don't use them it's not all that powerful. I feel like I'm close to a new attack, but I still haven't figured it out.

I've also been visited by several friends, I think they were from the assassin's guild. I gently told them to wait in my room, where I'd gently experiment various torture methods and magic on them. I feel that this is the push in my magic that I've been searching for so long.

As I enter my room and lock the door behind me, I look at my little friends.

There is a girl, perhaps she is 13 or so years old, and is even tinier then me, which is saying quite a bit. I have a little~ idea for what to do with her...

there are also 3 men, I think they're brothers or something. I think they went under the nickname 'Hell Brothers', and are S-rank assassins. Too bad they chose too big of a target, even though I'm so small.

"Well hello dears~ It seems somebody has been veeeery naughty today~. If you can survive tonight I might actually let you go... Too bad that probably won't happend~" I giggle a bit at the end at their horrified looks. The girl looks like she wants to puke, while the brothers were murmuring with each other. I bound them all with iron ropes, so they won't be moving anytime soon.

"Well, little girl, I haven't seen you on the assassins guild's register book, who might you be? A newby perhaps dares to try to attack me~? Or are you perhaps a secret member~? Oh, it's useless to try and communicate my location using that wierd crystal in your pocket, I already broke it~" Her face pales at that. I think they were planning an ambush. How dumb. Aren't we in the most famous magic school in the kingdom right now? Are the guards even doing they're job?

I walk up to the girl and pick her up by the neck. I swiftly cut the ropes binding her and use my tails to catch her arms. I smile veeery~ gently at her.

I then proceed on my test. I start opening my mouth as wide as I can, meaning around 10 times it's normal size. I think I got this little feature from eating the snake 3 months ago, but I haven't yet tested it. I always wanted to eat someone alive, and now is the time to try.

The girl begins to struggle immensily, but can do nothing under my titanic strenght. I slowly pull her towards me and starting by her feet, shove her down my now giant throat. I think some of my bones broke from the strain, but I ignore it and continue. After a minute or so, only her head remains outside and I have a giant buldge in my belly. She was screaming and cursing and crying during the entire process, which I completely ignored. When she finally reaches all the way down, I close my mouth and my bones begin to regenerate. I can feel something moving inside of me, but after 2 or so minutes it stops and the budge slowly disappears. It takes 10 minutes for it to go away, in which I simply stood still, waiting. 

If I must say, my stomach acids must be quite impressive to decompose a body so quickly. I don't feel any different then if I eat a person piece to piece, but it's soooo much more satisfying to do it this way. Too bad I can't do it on big people, or I might explode. Not that it'd be a problem considering my immortality, but it'd be annoying anyway.

I turn and look at the brothers, who all had puked and pissed themselves. How disgusting, now I can't bring myself to eat them. I think I'll just experiment my magic on them.

"Well~ Now that that's out of the way, let's begin with you three." I say and pick two up with my tails and one with an arm. I then walk downstairs while shouting "I'm going to play with my little friends here~ I'll have dinner with them!" and run off. 

It's been a while since I've seen the hero in person. I wonder, will he still be a Pervert when he sees me or will he be disgusted by me? I hope he's disgusted, at least I won't have to deal with him anymore.

I arrive at a clearing without anyone around, or, should be no one around. I can smell someone hiding inside a building, and I think he's looking at me. I'll visit him when we're done. 

I put down the three snacks and begin conjuring mist around me. I then try and form a reflection of one of them. The mist slowly condenses and after a while, a moon snack appears. I will it to sit up and it does, so I try to make it do a split, and it does. The guy who I conjured screams out in pain though, which makes me finally realize what I've been missing.

The reflection and the first object are connected. If one of them breaks, so will the other. This gives me an idea, which I immediately try on the second and third guy.

I will the mist to form a mirror, and then reflect them inside of it. I don't know how it works, I just know I can do it. It's like there's a pocket dimension inside of the mirror, and I have absolute control over it. 

The two reflections of the snacks appear inside of the mirror, and I will the third moon snack to enter the mirror too. He simply passes through the moon glass. I try to put my arm through said glass, and suprisingly, I can. 

It's a wierd feeling, it's like I suddently know every tiny bit of information on my arm. How it's made, how many cells there are, what types there are, the chemical reactions, the magical power coursing through it, I know everything about it. This would normally make a human brain overload, but I'm not human, and my brain has the processing power of thousands of humans that contributed to my evolution. It also regenerates, so it's not a problem at all.

I remove my arm from the glass and punch it. This time, the glass shatters, and the three idiots fall down, dead. 

Isn't this like really strong? It probably only works on 5 or so people at once though, but it's still kinda wierd. I don't dare think that it'd kill anyone, but it probably would be pretty damaging to anything. 

I have one last test to try out, but I need a living target. The guy hiding might be good, but judged by his quick heartbeat and since I smell fear from him, he's probably a curious student. I turn to him and smile, and say "I know you're there. Don't worry, I won't kill you. Or rather, I won't if you come out now, and I will if you don't." 

He slowly comes out. He doesn't look like a noble judging from his clothes, but you never know. I then say "Well~ What do we have here? A peeker? Don't worry about these guys. They were from the assassin's guild. Thankfully, my tests resulted in a non-bloody enviroment this time, which is kinda~ rare. Wanna have a snack with me?" 

He looks confused for a second, but when I shove my hand into one of the snack's chest he falls down and pukes. What's up with these sheltered kids? Haven't they ever seen some blood? Seriously, you're learning magic to go fight, not to go and say 'Hi, let's be friends!'.

I munch on the tasty snack. Hearts are still my favourite dish, but my teacher says it's not a good idea for me to eat while others are around. Who cares? It's not like it's a secret that I'm a human-eating demonic monster cat. If they want to come and kill me for it they're welcome to try, they're only going to end up as my next snack.

After fishing out the other two hearts, I walk up to the boy who had a green face and give him one of the hearts. I say "Eat. It's healthy!"

He was terrified. I put the heart in his palm, and swiftly grab it back when he drops it. I look at him angrily and say "Hey! Don't drop it! It'll get dirty! And here I was trying to be nice and share my food with others. How mean, I'm keeping it now!" I pout like a kid, which by now I fully am. Hey, I get it, I'm technically over 60 years old, but I abandoned that life. Plus, it's fun to behave like a kid!

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I eat the hearts, then the rest of the bodies. The kid doesn't move and simply looked at me, his face getting greener by the second. I end up with bloody clothes, which is kind of annoying. My hair, ears and tails are also dripping with blood, which is very uncomfortable. 

I heard there was a hot tub in the school, but you had to pay for it. Since it's night right now I can't go, but I think I'll visit in the morning. I should probably also start attending some classes, as I think they've already started. Eh, not like I care wether I get good grades or not, as I don't need to be employed by anyone and if I do get employed they most likely won't care if I know the name of the king of this country or if I know math, which I'm probably better then even the best scholars in this world...

Speaking of king, I think he sent me yet another offer at marrying his son. It's quite funny how they're trying so hard to rope me in. I might actually go visit and check out said son. If he's strong enough and as bloodthirsty as me then maybe I'll give it a chance. I seriously doubt it though, but I'm curious about it. Might be fun to try!

Leaving the pale sna... student, I go back to our house to get a nice shower. As I enter, I take out a new set of clothes from my bag, which by now has literally everything I could ever need, and then put it in my secret spot in my room. It'd be a hassle to loose all my pretty and shiny gems, so I usually always keep the bag with me, but I'm not desperate enough to even keep it with me when I shower. 

Entering the bath, I remove all my clothes and neatly put them away for later washing. Luckily for me, most clothes are made of really good material, so they won't be ruined by only this much. 

I stay in the  for quite a while. Since I can't see the sun I can't quite determine hours, but I think it was at least 4 hours. Hey, since I'm a girl now I gotta take care of my body! It also feels good to comb my tails... It takes a lot of time to keep them nice and clean though.

As I get out of the shower, somehow, right the moment I was walking up to the towels somebody entered, and since I wasn't yet clear in the head due to the shower, I don't react fast enough. 

I turn around to see a red-faced idiot, luckily, it's not the pervert. Since I didn't care as long as it's not the pervert, I just shrug, still naked, and pick up a couple towels and begin drying myself. The idiot still hadn't left though, so even though I don't care all that much, I throw a towel at him and it hits him right in the face. He quickly leaves after that.

After I finish my body, I carefully groom my tails again and dry them too. I do the same for my hair and ears. I like to leave my hair free on my back, and I think it looks good like that.

I dress myself in a t-shirt and short pants and go downstairs. When I arrive, there was the professor sitting in a chair reading a newspaper, the elfling was chatting with the idiot and the Pervert was staring at her breasts as usual. All seems normal, which is good.

I walk towards them and as they see me, the idiot turns away with a tomato-red face. Hey, why are you even embarassed? It's not like I have that much to show anyway, idiot.

The professor looked at the idiot first, then at me. He then asked "Alysha, what did you do this time?" I pouted a bit and said "Nothing. He just entered the bath without knocking while I was inside and saw me naked." The pervert tripped while standing somehow and shouted "Lucky! Why is it you who gets lucky and not me! Damn!" 

My face does get a bit red at that and I slap him with my tails, then say "It's not like I have much to show either way so shut up, Pervert. Rather, if it was you I'd have ripped your eyes out, so consider yourself lucky."

I then walk away ignoring the pity looks from the elfling and decide to vent my embarassement on a new hug pillow. I walk around the school with people running the moment they see me, which makes it kind of hard to find suitable pillows. I still haven't had a good sleep since I left the personal hug pillow, so I need a new one now. 

I sneak around from rooftops and use my enhanced senses to search for someone/something cute. I finally find a suitable target who was eating in the school's lunch area. She was a girl of perhaps 10 or so years old, which would technically make her a genius since it's very hard to have a mana pool large enough at that age. 

I walk towards her, ignoring all the screams like 'Run! The 'Bloody Cat' is here!". Thanks for announcing my arrival, idiots. My pillow was hanging out with a boy and 3 other girls. It seems they must really like that boy considering they haven't ran yet.

I walk towards her, and when I'm perhaps 10 meters or so they finally notice me. The boy pales a bit and stands in front of the girls. That's cute! Remember to properly defend your harem my good sir! It makes me want to torture them all in front of him after having cut out his tongue. Perhaps I could use my 'Kiss that kills' on him in front of them?

Ah! I was daydreaming! I look at the boy who got me daydreaming. He and the oldest girl of the three were facing me, defending the two younger girls. They were all trembling though, I wonder why... Ah, right! The school said something about never in any case approach me whilst in an area alone. I don't know why though, I only eat students who annoy me or insult me.

"Hi there~ I'm here to pick something I reeeeaally need so could you please get out of the way~?" I say and they tremble even more. They don't answer so I simply wrap my tails around both of them and gently throw them five meters away. They end up with a couple broken bones, but that's their own fault.

The two girls barely could hold their urine. I walk towards the younger girls who screams when I approach. I pick her up with my arms and say "You're now mine for today. I'm sure the teachers will understand your absence~". I jump away towards a tree pretty far away and arrive there in less then a second. I quickly climb up, checking nobody knows where I am.

The girl hadn't yet shut up, but didn't faint or piss herself which is pretty good. After I reach the tallest branch I can find, I settle myself on it with the girl in my arms. Her futile struggle stopped when I started caressing her head. She was barely bigger then me, but she was 4 years younger then me. This made me cringe at just how small my body frame truly is... Why couldn't I be at least normal in size!? God, please! I thank you for giving me another chance, but at least make it a good one!

Whilst silently complaining, I lean my head on her and continue petting her. She stopped screaming, but didn't stop trembling. After 10 minutes of petting, I set her down from my lap onto the branch. It was wide enough for her to have no risks of falling off, so I wasn't very worried. 

I then put my head on her own lap while laying down sideways and look up at the sky. It's a nice day isn't it? The sun was 1/4 of the way through the sky, meaning it should be 8 or 9 o clock. The girl had stopped trembling and looking at me wierdly. She then finally managed to ask in a shaky voice.

"Y-your n-not going to hurt me...?" I look at her and shake my head slightly. I close my eyes and bring my tails forward for me to groom. 

She looks at me for a bit and after a while asks "... Why did you hit Frank and Lilly? They didn't do anything to you..." 

"Well, they were in the way, and probably wouldn't let me get you. I'm sorry if I hurt your friends. I made sure to not hurt them too badly though, so they should be fine." She falls forward a bit at that, but I catch her in time with my tails to not let her fall off. That'd probably kill her, and I don't want that right now.

"Not hurt them?! You threw them away like nothing!" I shrug at her accusations and say "If I really try, I could probably reduce a house to powder in less then a minute, so I really did hold back." She trembles a bit at that. Hey, I get it. I'm strong and bloodthirsty, but don't tremble everytime I say it... 

I stay in her lap for ten more minutes and neither of us talks. She then asks me "C-can I touch your ears? They look soft..." I nod at that. I have no particular problem with people touching my ears, but they have to ask first after all...

She shakily touches my ears, and I purr instintively. I mean, it feels nice... 

Apparently, this gives her confidence, making her pet my ears more decisevely. I purr even more. She continues for about 5 minutes, when I try to snuggle a bit into her embrace. I then move my tails and try to get them in her arms. After all, she's doing her job of being a hug pillow really well. Ah, she began to pet my tails too. I purr loudly and feel... kinda... sleepy...

[Frank's Pov]

Not many people know of my true identity. I was once the prince of a country, but then there was a coup d'etat and my family was killed. I was 2 years old at the time and successfully escaped thanks to a pair of guards, who then adopted me as their son. I learned of this 4 years ago, when my adoptive father died of old age. He told me my story during his last hour. I cried for weeks on end... and sometimes still do.

I've since then began planning my revenge. I first have to learn magic in order to get strong enough and make money. I will then be able to begin my plans. 

I joined the magic academy along with my childhood friend Jenna. I met two other nice friends there, and we quickly formed an inseperable group. They're one of the few people who know of my true identity.

I wasn't paying much attention three days ago, when they announced that should we see a beutiful cat-like demon girl we should immediately abandon whatever we're doing and flee. Apparently, she's an SS-rank adventurer but is considered SSS-rank due to her accomplishments. Her nickname is 'Bloody Cat' due to her bloodthirsty nature.

Why am I saying this? Well, at one point when I was having lunch with Jenna, Lilly and Greta, people around us began screaming. I wasn't paying much attention though, as Lilly was talking to me. She's my age and is really pretty, so I naturally felt attracted towards her.

However, I suddently felt a titanic sense of dread dwell up inside of me. I turned and saw the 'Bloody Cat' I just talked about.

She looked 14 or 15 years old, but she was even shorter then Jenna, who is only 10 years old. She had two long tails behind her and a pair of cute-looking cat ears. Her nails and teeth were although, extremely sharp-looking. She was as the teachers said, the most beutiful girl I've ever seen, but that couldn't clench the sense of terror inside of me.

Me and Lilly swiftly got in front of Jenna and Greta, trying to protect them. When she spoke, a mix of a demonic and angelic voice came out of her mouth. It seemed as if both an angel and at the same time a demon spoke.

"Hi there~ I'm here to pick something I reeeeaally need so could you please get out of the way~?" She says, and I confirm that she does want something from us. I couldn't stop trembling, but before we could answer her tails blurred and I suddently found myself flying. I ended up with a broken arm, which really hurt.

I heard a scream come from Jenna but it suddently stopped. I turn around and see that the girl and Jenna had disappeared. Greta had fallen to her knees, crying. I clench my teeth and try to stand up, but can't.

I won't lose yet another person close to me! I won't!

As I keep tellying myself that, I finally get up and walk towards Greta. She looks at me with crying eyes and says

"S-she said something about being hers for today, sh-she grabbed Jenna and disappeared! What do we do?!?" 

Lilly finally arrives, and she too has a broken arm. We look at each other and nod. We're going to find her no matter what. It doesn't matter if a demonic monster cat has captured her, I will save her!

I turn around and see that a group of teachers were running towards us. When they arrive, I can recognize the person at the front. I think he's the special class teacher. 

"I'm sorry, but we may not have much time. Can you tell us what happend? She usually never goes to populated areas so this may become trouble" He says with a short bow. I hurriedly say "S-she suddently came here, told us to go away but before we could answer she did something to us and we found ourselves with a broken arm, then she took Jenna and disappeared. D-do you know where she is!?" 

The teacher then asks a wierd question "Tell me, was the Jenna she took cute or adorable?" I look at him confused, then remember Jenna. She definetly looked like a cute animal sometimes, and she often made people want to cuddle her, so I nod at his question.

He sighs in relief and says "Good, then your friend probably will be back by tomorrow. If you're going to search for her, look for a tall tree nearby and search for her. For now, get your arm patched up before you do anything. I don't really have any authority on her, so we can't stop her. Do not attack her, or it'll end badly." I nod and the other teachers began to patch me and Lilly up.

After perhaps two hours, we begin to search for Jenna. We search for all tall trees we can find and scream her name. Finally, after perhaps another hour we hear her indeed from a tall tree. 

"Hi guys! I'm up heeeree!" We look up, but can't really see her. I then scream "You cat! Let Jenna go or I will never forgive you!"

I receive no answer though, so I hurriedly began to climb up the tree, and Lilly does too. She uses earth magic to conjure a platform for me and her to climb.

As we arrive at the top, the sight was somewhat unbelievable. Jenna was smiling and was petting the cat-girl, who looked like she was asleep but you could hear a silent purr coming from her.

"Hey guys! I think she just wanted some company. She already said that she didn't really want to hurt you. She's asleep now, doesn't she look cute!?" Jenna says with adoring eyes. The girl was indeed, as said before, asleep. Her face was in Jenna's lap and her ears would sometimes twitch in a cute manner.

I and Lilly were a bit dumbfolded. I expected her to be... More violent, I guess? I don't know if what I read about demons is wrong, but aren't they all supposed to hate humans and always try to kill us?

Lilly makes an earth platform extending from the tree all the way to Jenna and the cat. We follow it and arrive near them. At this point, the cat's eyes slowly open and she first looks at us and then turns to Jenna. She quickly gets up and grabs Jenna while screaming "She's mine for today! I'm not giving her back! Go away or I'll kill you all!" 

She jumps down from the tree and Jenna screams a little, but doesn't look hurt. The ground cracks as she lands, and she then disappears in a blur. It all happend too fast for us to see though, so we couldn't react.

That night, Jenna returned and said that she was carried to another tree nearby and was forced to sit there and keep company to the cat, who wouldn't let her go. She was finally released when the night came up though. She also said that her ears and tails were really soft. I guess that I'm happy that she's fine, but I had a little idea come up inside of my head... She might just be the key in my revenge against the kingdom...