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Chapter 12: Coming of Age

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In human terms seven years on Orro means 13.5 years or so; that means I would have hit my teens.

However for a Knora it means I’ve hit puberty and even a half Knora Vnora like me is beginning to feel the flood of hormones.

Some weird shit is about to go down!

I’ve been informed that my assigned Royal Courtesan is a Vnora named Lenora Ramiv and her sister Morin will be taking care of Ovis.

The commoners get to choose their first sexual partner but Royals don’t get such luxuries, and they turn your seventh birth day into a spectacle; first there’s the party and in the middle of that party you’re whisked away by a skilled professional and you do the deed with everyone patiently waiting for the good news in the next room.

Yeah fun times!

I mean What the Fuck?!

If I didn’t have the memories of my genetic father or of being Human I probably wouldn’t see any thing wrong with being asked to perform sexually with my mother and the rest of my family in the next room.

So it can’t be helped that I’m a bit anxious; my birthday is days away and I haven’t been able to get the slightest Erection.

I mean nothing; nada!

Oh; and that Kodis apparently performed like a Rockstar 25 days ago. The show-off even came out of the room naked to show everyone that even after an hour he still had a solid Erection; much to the delight of Ovis and the other females.

Have some modesty damn-it!

I get the feeling that Knora males are supposed to be flamboyant.

Which means that there’s something wrong with me since I’m naturally modest and reserved.

Whatever is wrong with me is likely a consequence of my attempts to change the natural inclination of my psyche; there’s no undoing this, and the damage is permanent.

Even though I’m over 250cm tall now and days away from my seventh birthday I’m still a child by Knora standards and will remain a child until the 11 year old ranking.

The other humanoids of Orro are considered adult at age 8.

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The big day is here and Ovis is besides herself with excitement.

I on the other hand would have given myself an ulcer if the Knora didn’t have such a hardy physiology.

This is so unfair; why put so much pressure on the male?

It would be so much easier if I was female; cause you can’t fail that way.

Damn that Kodis for piling on the pressure!

Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!

No; SHIT! SHIT! SHIT!

I want to run away!

It’s nothing personal Lenora; I just can’t take all this pressure!

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No; I didn’t run!

Cause I’m a coward that’s why!

I simply don’t have the gall to go against the duties of a Royal and forever be branded as the one who ran from his obligations.

Besides; the worst that can happen is that I’m forced to perform with my tail.

So even now; half naked and alone with the beautiful Lenora I can’t get a reaction out of my male member.

Yet somehow Lenora is unconcerned.

Does she know something?

She does; doesn’t she?

Lenora : " Don’t worry; you’ll do fine. Everyone is nervous the first time.”

Novid : " But I can’t get a reaction from….."

Lenora : " And you’re not supposed to"

Novid : " Eh?"

Lenora : " At least not until your stimulated for the first time."

Novid : " What?"

Lenora : " Ahhh; you didn’t know? No one told you?"

Novid : " I was too Afraid to ask?"

Lenora : " As expected of the timid prince."

Novid : " Haaaa"

My heavy sigh let loose all the tension in my body and I finally began to relax.

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Well; that was eye opening.

As it turns out the first erection of a Knora male is caused by skin contact with the vaginal secretion of a Knora female. For that matter most of the erections throughout my life will be caused by said vaginal secretion. This is apparently one of the more animalistic Knora traits that my genetic father never bothered to research. The Knora are very female orientated as a species, and that extends to even the reproductive area; copulations occur on a female timetable.

I shouldn’t be surprised really; all the signs were there.

Haaaaaaa.

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As for my performance?

I think I did fine; not that the others appreciate my efforts.

Lenora was forced to provide an after action report to the awaiting audience.

She straddled me, guided me inside her and I ejaculated within 30 seconds.

Fortunately I didn’t loose my erection.

She allowed me to come on-top; which allowed me to demonstrate my youthful exuberance.

Being a Super my agility allows me to thrust in and out faster than the average youth.

Having properly trained I have Stamina in abundance.

Higher durability means that my penis doesn’t strain from sustaining erections even after multiple ejaculations.

My skill with the tail needs a lot of work.

All in all I’m a decent lover for someone my age; according to Lenora.

I’m a bit disappointed because the report given by Lenora isn’t the glowing review given by the courtesan who broke in Kodis; gentle, thorough and attentive lover is what I remember her saying about that Kodis. She praised his natural skill with the tail to high heavens and I’m being told that I need a lot of work.

SHITTTTTT!

It is what it is!

In all honesty I haven’t put any effort in the fine motor control of my tail, and the fact that I’ve neglected my tail has come to bite me in the ass.

Anyway Ovis and I are the last of the Royal Knora born Vnora to go through this ritual and I guess I don’t rank very high amongst the royal females. The whole reason we get these courtesans is to teach us to be good lovers; Lenora has a lot of work to do. Now that my less than impressive debut is over I can finally relax; it’s done. I don’t think I’ll ever be as good a lover as Kodis or the other royal males; I’m wired differently. I enjoy sex as much as the next guy, but I think I’ll enjoy it more within a loving relationship.

Giving pleasure to someone you don’t love feels like a chore to me.

I guess I’m a selfish lover.

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It’s been a moon since my coming of age and soon I’ll be going on my first home-stay.

That means I’ll be sent to live with a family of commoners for 2 to 7 moons depending on the circumstances.

Lenora has been teaching me this and that.

She gets along splendidly with Allegra; my royal guard.

Maybe it’s because they’re both green Vnora.

Lenora has clued me in on what’s happening in the castle; rumours and such.

Apparently I have the political outlook of a Knora when I should have the viewpoint of a Vnora.

Lenora says it can’t be help that I see myself as a Knora since I’m being raised at the heart of Knora power.

I’ve come to understand that there are subtle differences between Knora and Vnora culture.

The first major difference between Knora and Vnora culture is that the Vnora see marriage differently. The Vern are psychic and as such marriage involves psychic bonding and the Vnora are similar. The problem with psychic bonding is that it is most stable when it happens between a pair; thus removing the negative effects of competition for attention and the resultant jealousies. However the Vnora lack sufficient males to keep marriage between heterosexual couples so they created pairs within a family construct.

The way it works is that the female head of the family marries her preferred female partner and they both select a suitable male, and then the male is allowed to find a suitable female Psychic Partner. Thus the Vnora family usually consists of 2 or 3 pairs. A Psychic Partner is permanent and it is the most important relationship a Vnora or Vern will ever have; sharing a deep connection of the mind and Mana. A Psychic Pair can share Mana and are able to maintain a telepathic connection even when separated by vast distances.

The second fundamental cultural difference between Knora and Vnora is that the Vnora are not opposed to public education. While the Vnora can empathize with the Knora about the dangers of indoctrination the Vnora also see the benefit of standardized magical education. The green Vnora have tended to specialize in both plant magic and mind magic since being half Knora brought severe limitations to Mana manipulation. Magic however can only flourish with institutional Research and Development.

The Knora leadership has thus far been permissive of Vnora public education.

The Third fundamental cultural difference between Knora and Vnora is that the Vnora psychic bonding creates a type of shared consciousness and when used with complex mind magic in the form of compartmentalized information storage and processing it allows a form of parallel thinking. Put simply the Vnora like their Gvern ancestors practice complex mind magic that makes them acutely intelligent however when combined with a Psychic Partnership it makes them super-intelligent.

Gvern psychic bonding explains why the computers of Orro have not progressed beyond the level of 1960’s Earth. Basically rather than building ever more complex computers they are building progressively more complex minds. Unlike humans who have no appreciable magic the people of Orro have all manner of magic in abundance, and to make things worse Psionic Magic has proven capable of interfering with the functioning of non-magical machinery; consequently the governments of the Orro Federation are reticent to rely on technology the Psionic Magic capable Demons can easily subvert.

Since higher level Psionic Magic capable Demons are able to interfere with the functioning of non-magical machinery building networks based on such machinery is needlessly risky. However the magical equivalent of a modern computer is available in the form of a psychic familiar. The animal chosen for this role is the Qwelb queen of an aquatic species similarly to a jellyfish but with a hive mind and social structure. The Vern and any related subspecies have proven proficient at controlling the Qwelb.

Come to think of it these aren’t subtle differences?

God Damn-it these are major fault-lines!

There’s no way mother doesn’t know that Vnora are so complex; she knows and chose to minimise it so we would fit in with the Knora members of the family.

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There’s a Political Shit-Storm brewing between the Knora and Vnora; factionalism is coming to ruin the party for everyone.

Lenora and Allegra say that the Knora nobility are stirring things up because they realise that the rise of the Vnora would diminish the power of the Knora nobility.

Therefore rather than share power with the Vnora they are trying to factionalize the Vnora in a divide and rule Grand Strategy.

The Green Vnora are the only entrenched Vnora authority and they are set to lose a lot of influence with the rise of the new White and Red Vnora.

According to Lenora and Allegra things would go a lot more smoothly if the Green Vnora rallied around Ovis, but from the beginning the Green Vnora have seen Ovis as an attempt by the Knora to completely take over the Vnora Clan. The problem is that with the Green Vnora distancing themselves from the other Vnora it’s creating the space for the Knora nobility to gain influence with the rest of the Vnora population. The primary goal of the Knora nobility seems to be the fostering of Vnora factionalism.

Fortunately the Matriarch of all Knora foresaw the potential for factionalism and built the Vnora Academy of Magic. The Academy has instantly become a unifying centre for the emerging Vnora, and the school will make it difficult to split the White and Red Vnora along factional lines. I’m aware that my relationship with Ovis is another stumbling block for the factionalist since I’ve emerged as a popular figure for the Red Vnora given that I’m a direct prince and a high ranker in the ranking contest.

All of this is troublesome and I would rather not be involved.

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I’ve been recently told by mother that there is a possibility that my marriage will be fixed by the age of 11; by that I mean an arranged marriage.

Mother says that there have been calls to put me up as a prize during the ranking contest for the 11 year olds.

It would seem that the factionalists are trying to diminish my importance to the Red Vnora; at least according to mother.

If I had to say it out loud I would have to say that from the very beginning I had a preference for the Green Vnora, and I fell for that Ebba without hesitation; though it turned out that she wasn’t all that interested. If it was left to me I would probably choose a Green Vnora and that would likely lead to a waning of influence amongst the Red Vnora. Therefore for political reasons I have to choose a Red Vnora from within the royal family; preferably within mother’s bloodline.

Just think about it; I’m limited to my nieces, grandnieces and great-grandnieces.

Yeah; Fun Times!

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