Character Information - Who is who?

Because I have created quite a variety of characters, I will now create little cheat sheets before a chapter for the characters who will appear in the chapter, but not for those who haven't. Please open the spoiler if you need some reminders. (Be careful, it can be a spoiler for the chapter!)

Alexander K. Leonandra (Wolf-kin)

* Transmigrated from the Earth and the MC

* The fourth child of the current Leonandra household

* Golden eyes

* Snow-white fur and hair color

Narsiz K. Leonandra (Wolf-kin)

* The second child of the current Leonandra household

* Specialized in administration, economy, etc. (bureaucracy)

* Brother of the MC

* Golden eyes

* Golden-blonde fur and hair color

Aro Leonandra (Butterfly-kin)

* Head butler(servant) of the Leonandra estate

* Specialized in management, hr, and logistics

* Rainbow-colored eyes

* Black hair color

Anastasia I. Ramputt (Bunny-kin)

* MC's private teacher

* Specialized in teaching, philosophy, history, and politics

* Blue eyes

* Black fur and hair color

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Alexander's classroom

"This feels weird, Narsi."

"You don't say. I kind off feel like they are going to teach us how to defeat succubi."

Alexander sighed, "By the circle, I am only six, and they want to force me into a marriage? With whom? A four-year-old?!"

Narsiz tilted his head slightly in confusion while looking at his younger brother, "Yeah, it could also be a girl in my age range too. Nobody knows what grandmother is up to."

"Ok, got it. Grandmother is basically a mustache-twirling villain, but where is Sarah? I get that we are here since we could be manipulated easily, and Lorient doesn't, as she will probably beat the shit out of her future husband if he looks at her wrongly, but Sarah should also receive some lessons, no?"

"First, I don't get your weird references, but yes, she is a villain, and second, you don't know? This is new."

"Know what?"

"Females are... how do I say it nicely..."

Anastasia interrupted him, "No need to be nice..." She looked at Alexander, "...in certain noble societies, they are worth less since there is a clear disproportion in sexes like you know, and it would be a big surprise if Scarlett actually brings a fox-kin boy with her, so there is no need for Ms. Sarah to attend. Also, the more talented a male is at certain aspects, the more ladies will throw themselves at you for political power, more than the other way around."

Alexander looked to the side at Narsiz and back at Anastasia with a smirk, pointing with a thumb at his brother, "So, why is he here then?"

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"Ow!..." Alexander rubbed the back of his head, "...why did you hit me?!"

Narsiz looked at him sternly, "You deserved it, and an older brother needs to educate the younger one."

While rubbing, Alexander tried to counter, "Well, this is not what I remember. A couple of ye..."

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"OW! For what now!"

Narsiz looked at him, emotionless, "Because you are sometimes too annoying for your own good."

Both looked at each other in silence for a couple of seconds till they broke out in laughter.

Aro and Anastasia were in front of them and looked at the brothers with genuine delight but also with worry.

Anastasia thought, 'So easy, and if I were younger, they wouldn't be safe.'

She knew of the discrepancies first-hand since the bunny-kin had the same problems. Boys were valued more, and sometimes she wished to be born an ant-kin who had it the other way around, nine males for one female.

It wasn't also the case that she didn't like other beast-kin subraces as she could choose anyone to be her partner. It was more so that she, even though very open-minded, preferred to have a partner who was more like her, outside of the mating season, of course. She didn't know why she felt that way, but there were many theories behind such feelings.

'Well, never mind. First, I need to prepare the boys somehow.'

Anastasia talked with Aro the whole morning about what they should teach and decided to look at them more closely and then continue with a specific plan. What the boys showed looked like they needed to start at the beginning and show how easy they were to seduce.

It was not an unknown problem in noble society that talented noble kits, depending on the territory, either boys or girls, were used as leverage for deals or power. Since no one knew what their grandmother wanted, as she was unpredictable, it was always better to work from the worst case, which was not easy.

The Nine-Fire household was promiscuous, and the fox-kin male-to-female ratio was around 9:1. In Anastasia's mind, the previous lady could easily bring more than ten young ladies to the estate and overwhelm the boys.

However, with such a move, the current lady would just throw them all out since she had a very protective nature towards her kits.

But it wasn't even the worst-case scenario. No, worst-case, there would be a very manipulative and intelligent girl who could wrap either of the boys around her finger, 'Well, learning by doing is always the best.'

She approached Narsiz and sat down on the desk while protruding her ample chest. She looked at him with a seducing smile.

Of course, she didn't use any skills since they were taboo, especially in such situations, and could kill the romance immediately, like the user, if someone found it out. However, she didn't need to since Narsiz's face blushed slightly, and he looked shy away.

Even though he didn't go through his first mating season, it didn't mean he didn't find others attractive or sought closeness like cuddling. Only after going through it would his actual sexual drive become active.

She slightly touched his chin, turned his head towards her, and slowly let her hand glide through his hair. She won, and he looked at her like a helpless kit.

Aro interrupted the scene, "Mr. Alexander, if you saw such a scene, which I hope you understand what happens, what would you do?"

Alexander looked at Anastasia and frowned. However, this wasn't the time to congratulate a vixen, so he conjured a contraption, an ice spear, and held it close to her throat.

He smiled at her cordially to avoid appearing unmannered, "Back away."

This brought Narsiz back to his senses, and he backed away, but Aro frowned at this scene, "Not something this extreme, Mr. Alexander. Something more delicate and defusing without starting a war."

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Alexander nodded and dissolved the ice spear. He cleared his throat, "Ms. Anastasia, please move your voluptuous bottom from the desk before it crushes under your weight?"

Alexander had no experience being a wingman or going out to nightclubs. He had only a few very uninteresting relationships and only with those who he got to know from his school time. Even his fiancé was the one who made the first step at his graduation, which was his last relationship.

He also had only a few very good friends instead of many colleagues. He saw himself as the epitome of a boring small village guy, 'God, I am boring, am I?'

Narsiz cackled at this, and after being almost pierced, Anastasia nodded at the solution but was visibly not amused. She moved to Alexander, took a chair, and sat beside him. She slowly moved her hand toward his back, and the moment she touched him slightly, Alexander jolted and looked at her in disgust.

"Please don't touch me. I really hate it."

Narsiz became confused, "But we cuddled a lot? Did you hate it back then too?"

Alexander shook his head, "No, I loved it, but I hate being touched by strangers."

This particular quirk was something that he brought back from Earth. He loved the closeness to his loved ones but hated it if someone wanted to come close to him without building any relationship beforehand. This was also why he always avoided huggings and tried to shake hands, which made him a weirdo in the eyes of others while in university, where everyone was more open-minded.

Aro raised an eyebrow, "This is unexpected but also excellent."

On the other hand, Anastasia was much more confused than her temporary teacher colleague, "This is weird. Beast-kin are usually, by nature, beings with certain general traits. One of those is that others can easily manipulate us through closeness. That is why we teach every kit to be careful around people exactly trying to do what I did."

Alexander looked at her similarly confused, "So? Not like everyone is the same..." He turned to Narsiz, "...right?"

Narsiz sighed at this, "Don't look at me like this. I have a reason since I was poisoned and thus have trust issues..." He shrugged, "...I know this, but you are different."

Alexander raised an eyebrow, thinking it was ridiculous to judge him because he didn't like to be touched by strangers.

Anastasia saw this and wanted to prove her point. She looked at him with the perfect cute smile, "I am sorry, Alex, but you look so cute today that I couldn't resist hugging you and stroking your beautiful snow-white fur."

Alexander scooched a little away from her, finding it even more disgusting. Narsiz saw this and patted his little brother's head, "See? But even if you are weird in this case, I love you."

Alexander fully understood that the interactions with his family weren't specific to their closeness but rather a general quirk many beast-kin races did. He couldn't believe, though, that all subraces were the same.

If he could describe it metaphorically, it was like a bubble of intimacy around everyone with two layers. The outer layer was for hugs, cuddling, etc., while the inner was for more sexual interactions, love, etc.

His second and first layers were closer to each other and harder to reach for everyone. At the same time, if he took Anastasia at her word, it would mean that beast-kin usually had their second layer much easier to enter than his and were thus seen as more open.

He looked back at Narsiz, "I find the lesson incredibly weird since an old hag has been trying to seduce me, a six-year-old. What about you?"

Narsiz looked for a moment at Alexander and then laughed out loud, "Hahaha! I can't disagree with you."

Anastasia showed some discomfort but, in the end, nodded at this, "Well, Alex, you obviously don't need the lesson..." She murmured something barely audible, "...not like my ego is hurt or anything."

Aro ignored her mumble but agreed to the rest, "I think Mr. Alexander can leave. Anyone who tries to seduce him would rather bite at steel."

Anastasia nodded and stood up while her posture became more pronounced, "I think this too. Alex is weird, and I don't think the young ladies will stay long enough to bring down his barrier and would rather give up."

Alexander felt offended and answered without much thought, "Your tone sounds like I am some weirdo."

"..."

"You are, Alex."

"This is the case, though?"

He sighed, acknowledging it, "Fine, so, with this, we will probably not have any lessons till grandma is gone, right?"

Anastasia agreed, "Yep, we will put it on hold till I bring Mr. Narsiz to the point where he can hold himself against any seductions from teenage ladies."

Alexander smirked and tried to make a joke, "Why not bring Sarah in? She will probably know how to do it, and since she is young, she is more his age group."

Aro suddenly gasped, "Oh! Good idea, Mr. Alexander!"

"What?! Wait!"

They looked at him strangely at his outburst, but even Narsiz agreed with his suggestion, "Why? It is actually a good idea."

The former human inside the puppy became suddenly distressed, "Stop! Isn't it weird to get hit on by his own sister? Isn't incest bad?"

Anastasia understood what he meant, or she thought so, "Incest is bad as it doesn't grow one's political or economic power. You are right, but it should be fine since this is a lesson, and we are only simulating how Mr. Narsiz should act."

Aro went immediately outside to get Sarah. However, he stopped then Alexander slapped the table, "No! Wait! Doesn't incest bring problems to the bab... puppy? Like defects or other things?"

First, they looked confused at Alexander but changed their sight to Anastasia, who shook her head, "No. Such a thing never happened because someone mated with their family. Where did you read it?"

"So, it never happened in, let's say, the fourth or fifth generation if the siblings were engaged with each other repeatedly?"

Anastasia shook her head again, "No, there is even a noble family who only engages with each other for dozens of generations. They are all brilliant and physically fit. About what defects do you speak then?"

Alexander plopped again on his chair and lied, "Nevermind. I read a note from one of our ancestors and misunderstood."

Aro closed the door and went to get Sarah. At the same time, Anastasia tried to teach them while they waited, "We usually procreate with others outside our families for power, economic reasons, resources, love, and so on. Sometimes, like the family I spoke about before, has a very rare [Divinity Line], and they want to hold unto it with all they have, so they only choose partners inside their circle, even if it is not fully proven that [Divinity Line]s will be inherited."

"I get it. However, I find it very... not natural at all."

Narsiz looked at Alexander and smiled at him, "Don't worry, I love you as a brother and nothing more."

"Thanks, at least something. Love you too."

Suddenly, Anastasia remembered something, "Did you get your hands on Merlin's theory on familial and societal structures somehow?"

Alexander shook his head, and she continued, "He proposed to end incest in the book, but nobody saw his reasoning, and since his worries never manifested, it was dismissed. So, you are at least not alone in this... how weird. Two geniuses are against this... hm."

While she was in thought, Alexander was shocked. He first looked at everyone around him, who looked stunningly beautiful. Even though he called his teacher an old hag, she was actually his type through and through. There were no weird defects, only the bunny ears and tail.

However, he wanted to know, so he asked, "Teach, are you also from an incestuous relationship?"

She came out of her thoughts and nodded, "Yes, my mother was my father's cousin, and the only outsider was my great-grandfather, that's it. Why?"

'Ok, so she doesn't look like a three-eyed monster or has a third arm somewhere... well, she has bunny ears and... wait?'

He suddenly thought of something, "How are humans or other races in this sense?"

She raised an eyebrow, "They are practically more incestuous than we are. Why? Listen, Alex, what you are trying to do, is what Merlin tried, and his hypothesis about it wasn't true."

He waved his hands a little in panic, "Ok, ok. What about if someone with a more ge... diverse pool of ancestors? Are they in some way stronger or more intelligent?"

Anastasia sighed but thought nonetheless momentarily and answered, "Yes and no. Some prominent noble families build gigantic harems with females from all different beast-kin races. However, their kits are not more or less talented than the ones who had parents who were siblings."

Narsiz looked at his brother and frowned, "You are clearly distressed, is everything ok?"

Alexander wanted to scream No but stopped himself. While he found, because of his Earth-human self, incest apprehensive, he panicked about something different: Genetics and evolution.

He always understood intellectually that the genetic makeup and evolution were different in this world since there were literally other races and an RPG gaming-like window floating in front of his face.

Yet, it was somewhat different from having another significant change from his old world. This he could not conceptualize at all.

He could understand and live with certain things, but on the level of familial and societal structures, he, even though open, needed a lot of time to come to terms with it.

For the first time, he got a real culture shock. He was just baffled and couldn't say anything. Narsiz slowly patted his little brother's head, which relaxed him, 'Well, at least he is not into me.'

Alexander suddenly had another question but feared to ask it. He first needed to process the day's load of information.

He looked at Narsiz, "Thanks."

Narsiz smiled back, "No worries. Also, don't worry about it. Mother would probably kill anyone of us if Sarah, Lorient, or I tried to do something to you."

"It... weirdly helped a little bit, thanks."

He smiled warmly at Alexander, "You are welcome."

There were a lot of misunderstandings. Alexander didn't fear that they would do something to him but about society as a whole. But he found it cute how his brother tried to reassure him.

As always, he escaped to his bad jokes to avoid uncomfortable topics, 'There goes my variety of incest jokes.'

The door suddenly opened, and Sarah came in with all her elegance, "So? I just need to seduce Narsiz?"

Alexander twitched and stood up, "Well, I will leave now. Good luck."

Sarah tried to look at him seductively as he was by the door and winked. His only reaction was a shiver and his falling ears.

With this, he left with a ton of thoughts. He thanked the gods that he could relax for the day and think it through more clearly to come to a more thorough understanding since he would need to live in this world.

Or at least this was what he wanted to do before putting the whole thing into the back of his head, 'I should take a nap and then do some research.'