"I'm Kuro"

The catgirl introduces herself as such. She has black hair, cat ears and a tail. Her eyes are beautiful and blue. She is about 1,5m tall and had a slender body built. As for her breasts, they were small. Right now she was wearing a black shirt and pants, but the shirt had been teared by the fatass, when he whipped her. The tear is on her back and she has a long wound on her back.

When Echo sees that, he tells"Okay Kuro. You need healing for your wound."

When he tells her that, she realised that she was wounded and the pain started to come back slowly, as the adrenaline in her body started to lessen.

Seeing her painful face, he went behind her and summoned his card, to use a [Heal] on her. While he did that, Skyeza said"Nice to meet you Kuro. I'm Skyeza and he's Echo."

She makes one last painful face, before he finishes healing her wound completely, without leaving behind a scar. As for the other scars, they can't be healed, because the wound has already healed and there is nothing to heal anymore.

As for her, she feels the pain on her back is gone and turns around to hug Echo."Thank you."she says, while hugging. As for Skyeza, she is looking at the sight with a warm gaze and asks"Kuro. Where do you live?"

"In a shop called 'Felira goods'."she replies, after letting go of Echo.

"Okay. We'll take you there."Skyeza replies and Kuro nods to her answers. They start to walk, with him following them.

'Thank you for asking me, Sky. Tonight I won't be so gentle.'

They soon reach a shop and Kuro enters first.

"I'm back sis!"she yells after entering and Skyeza with Echo follows her. In the store, dozens of everyday products are on the display and currently no one is behind the counter.

"Kuro. You're finally back."is said by a female in another room. Her footsteps get closer and from the backroom, another catkin comes out she has long black hair, like Kuro and her ears and tails are also black. But her eyes are yellow. She is about 1,8m tall and has a hourglass figure with b-cup breasts.

"Kuro. What the hell happened to you!"she shouts, as she runs to her little sister and immediately starts to check on her.

"Are you okay. Does it hurt anywhere?"she keeps asking her questions and Kuro finally replies"I'm fine now. They helped me."

Her sister now looks at the two and says"Thank you for helping her."

"No problem."Echo replies to her in a casual tone.

"I have to thank you somehow."She tells him and he replies"It's fine. Really."

"No no."she shakes her head and continues"That won't do. Mother always told me to show my gratitude. So I can't just accept that words Are enough."

"Well. How about dinner."Skyeza suggest to her and she thinks for a few seconds, before replying"Yes. That will do. I will get on it."

She starts to walk away, before she remembers"Sorry. I forgot to introduce myself. I'm Nina, Kuros older sister."

"Echo."

"Skyeza."

The tell her their names and she replies"Nice to meet you two. Now If you excuse me."

She walks away, leaving Kuro, Echo and Skyeza into the room.

"You can wait in the living room. I have to change."Kuro says and runs off, leaving only the two there.

"Why did you suggest dinner?"he asks her and she replies"Because it is getting late and the food in the castle is always the same."

"And..."he says and she replies"No and. Thats all the reasons."

"Sure. If you say so."Echo says in a slightly sarcastic tone, as the two go to the back room, where the two of them went to.

'I know what you're planning Skyeza and I like it.'

Later, all four of them are sitting around a table, with a delicious looking food on the table. Kuro had changed her clothes and now was wearing a short dress, while her sister Nina was wearing regular pants and a black shirt.

They start to eat and while eating, Nina asks"So what to you two do for living?"

"Mercenary."Kuro replies immediately to her and Skyeza follows"His partner."

"A mercenary. So you must travel around a lot."she says and drinks a little bit of her drink from the mug.

"Yep."he replies to her.

"Echo. You aren't around from here."this time Kuro says, while looking at him.

"What makes you say that?"Echo asks her and she replies"Your eyes. It is the first time I have seen gray eyes."

"Are gray eyes really that rare?"Echo asks oit loud and Nina replies"Yes. Well around here atleast. For me, you are also the first person I have seen with gray eyes. To be honest, I have never even heard about gray eyes."

"I see."he says and looks at Skyeza, who replies"I hvae said it too. I have only see gray eyes on you Echo. In my village, we only had red or black eyes."

"I see."he replies and drinks some of the alchohol from the mug.

'It's pretty good stuff.'

"But the answer to your question is yes. I'm from a far away place."he answers to Kuros question finally.

"Do you miss home? With you being far away from it."Kuro asks again.

"No."he replies to her immediately and now he asks"You have asked us, so now we can ask you."

"So what exactly to you do?"he asks Nina, who replies"I manage this shop and Kuro here usually helps around here too."

"And what about the fatty?"he asks her and both of their looks turn serious.

"He has harassed us for a year or so. Breaking our stuff, attacking us and the list goes on. All of that because we are beastkins."Nina answers.

"I see."he continues"Well at least he is dealt with now."

"What do you mean?"Nina asks him. When she asks him, he realizes that Kuro hasn't told her yet, about what she did.

"Oh nothing."he replies and finishes the mug.

When Nina sees that the mug is empty, she refills it immediately.

"Thanks."he tells her.

After they have finished breakfast, Echo says "Thank you for the food. But we have to go now."

They get up from their seats, but Nina stops them"No no. Please stay here for a night. We have an empty bedroom, where you could stay.

"If it is so, then we would love to stay here. Right Echo?"Skyeza tells and he just lets out a sigh and agrees.

"Thats great then."Nina tells them.

An hour later, Kuro has gone to bed and the three are still awake.

"Now that Kuro has gone to bed, we can talk more."Nina tells them, while sitting on the chairs.

"About what?"Echo asks her and she replies"Like about your pretty girlfriend. So how did you two meet?"she asks from Skyeza, who replies"He saved me from a slaver and helped me after that."

"Ooh. A hero rescues a girl. So romantic."she says and drinks straight from the bottle.

"So mercenary... what else have you done to the elf?"she asks him, while being drunk.

"My private life is a secret."he replies to her and seeing she won't get anything out of him, she turns to Skyeza"So.., what has he done to you?"

Skyeza doesn't reply and just goes completely red on her face. Seeing the embarrassed elf, she understands what he has done.

"Wow. Such things to her. I hope you're gentle with her."She tells them and drinks some more.

"He can be rough."Skyeza says in a quiet voice.

"Oooh. Really? Well I can see that he may be rough."Nina says and she slowly starts to sound more and more drunk.

They continue talking and drinking, until all threes mind starts to become hazy, until everything goes to black.