Epic Of Caterpillar

Chapter 2345: Mao Returns

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With Yerze's help, we teleported to a large modern hospital-looking room where the chimeras were resting. The Chimeras were beings I created using my various chimeric and creation abilities, born from my flesh and blood, they were originally nothing but chimeric creatures I summoned with no mind or intelligence of their own. But through a special ritual I had designed where I put a bunch inside some holes underground, the mightiest and strongest came out.

And that's how their whole team was made! Well, most of them, there were some outsider additions. But the big group was composed of Catterpillar, the cat-faced caterpillar and leader, Drabun, the half Dragon and Bunny, Ergo, the curse-casting Eldritch Goat man, Shiny, Catterpillar's most prized pet and ride, Kuma, a big bear girl with tentacles and wings, Chunky, a caterpillar insectoid girl with an armor of sharp spikes, Charcoal, a fire and darkness-wielding giant butterfly, Faire, a cute fairy with large mantis-like scythes and demon-like horns, Snaba, a half snail and half bat girl with a cute personality, and lastly Orbia, an eldritch mass of black tentacles and red eyes.

There was also someone else there, my cute Mao! She was one of my first ever summons, a skill I obtained from eating a summoner, that belonged to the first team of humans that invaded my territory back then, years ago. I had summoned her... or well, him, back then when he was but a mere lion chimera summon. Over time they leveled up and became stronger, evolving and growing more attached to me.

After that, I realized they could no longer grow, so I sued my chimeric and fusion abilities to attach several monster parts into their body and force an evolution, creating the Mao everyone knows, over time she learned how to speak, and I was surprised she was actually very smart and a very intelligent girl.

Summons and familiars in the world of Genesis, connected to the system, reincarnate continuously. It is as if the skill uses the same soul even if their physical body is destroyed, but this means they die over and over again, which is pretty horrible.

She had gone through all of that, but over time we bonded together, Mao became my loyal mount and pet, but once she evolved she gained much more individuality, and was always trying to show off in front of me.

Because of my busy life and my big family, she ended joining the Chimeras where she felt the most accepted, no longer being just a beast, she couldn't hang out with the other mounts that well anymore.

I do remember she always said she loved me, and that she wanted to prove her strength and show me she was deserving of becoming my wife... It was cute, and it has been honestly over two years since then.

I feel a bit bad I haven't seen her in so long, nor my Chimeras here, they were part of the army that got stranded in the spiritual plane originally, we were unable to rescue them in time before the event that made Abyss connect with it and suck everyone elsewhere again, so they ended in here, even worse than before.

But thankfully, I was able to find them, destroy the monstrosity they became, and healed them as much as I could. Seeing her cute black charcoal skin, fluffy black lion-like mane, and her golden horns, it made me feel slightly sad I had left her abandoned.

"My cute Mao, I'm sorry..."

I held her hand gently, falling in silence for a bit as I reminisced the past. Last time I remember, she had evolved into a powerful Beast Great Goddess of Shadows and Chimeras, I think.

She could also transform into a mighty Divine Black Flare Lion Chimera, although since then that I don't remember well much, she had gotten as strong as a Supreme Goddess Realm by now, and her Divinity seemed to have new elements to it.

Also she had a Developing Dao and several Dao Fragments she must have secured in here too... Damn, remember her being so clingy, she had been doing all of this on her own...

Well, with Catterpillar and the rest of the team, she probably felt welcomed and never truly alone, but remember how she always did everything for me and was so clingy... it makes me feel bad I ended forgetting about her.

FLASH!

I used my cosmic powers to quickly heal her and everyone else, rearranging their powers and fragmented abilities, and also quickly realizing that they had absorbed a lot of corrupted cosmic energy, Outer Energies that the Outer Gods use or their spawns, and also Spiritual Energies.

I quickly manipulated them, purified the bad things, and let their recovering bodies and souls assimilate these powers, suddenly giving them a tremendous boost in power. Though, just as Yerze said, they were too exhausted, and needed to sleep for several days at least.

"It's done, I've let them incorporate the spirit and chaotic energies into their bodies, so they've grown very strong. Don't be surprised if they wake up as World Devourer Realms later," I explained. "They ate such a ridiculous quantity of cosmic energy that it is totally possible they skip to it... somehow."

"U-Understood!" nodded Yerze. "Thank you so much for the help, Kireina-sama... Phew... Ah, right, the wolves too- Oh?"

Suddenly, as I heard Yerze's words while holding Mao's hand, I felt her fingers twitching a bit.

"Mao?!"

I looked at her, as she slowly groaned, slowly opening her cute eyes, glowing bright gold, her cute lion snout and her fluffy ears made her even more adorable than I remembered her.

"Hmm? Mwaster? Is... is that... really you?" she groaned, yawning. "Nah... I must be... dreaming again... master forgot... about me..."

"N-No! It's me! Mao!" I hugged her tightly. "I'm sorry..."

"E-Eh? EEEEH?! MASTER?! IS IT REALLY YOU?!"

Suddenly, she gasped as she fully woke up, noticing I was hugging her tightly, she looked at

me in disbelief, as tears started falling from her big, cute golden eyes.

"Mwasteeeerr! I missed youuuu!"

She started crying like a baby, hugging me tightly and rubbing her face on my chest.

"I missed you too, Mao! I'm so sorry!"

"Buaaaahh! Bad master! You forgot about me... You forgot about Mao your mount! I thought... master cared about me!"

"I-I do... I care about you! I just... so many things happened... I'm so sorry..."

"Sniff, really?"

She looked at me adorable, as I couldn't help but clean her tears and her snout, and then I

kissed her forehead.

"Yes, I remember now how much I cared about you and how much you also loved me," I giggled. "I've been so busy with so many things... But I know that's not justification. You've worked hard too, and done so much... What happened to you, I'm sorry..."

"Mwaster... Do you truly mean it?" she muttered, blushing a bit. "D-Do you love me back?"

"Eh?" I felt slightly embarrassed with that question. "M-Mao, I don't think you should be asking this right now, you need to rest and..."

"So you'll leave me again?" she continued crying. "Mwaster, do you love me or not?" "I..."

I guess it couldn't be helped.

I hugged her and then approached my face towards her.

"I love you and I was worried, and I feel so guilty I forgot about you..." I sighed. "I know it's hard to forgive me but..."

I gently lifted her chin as her breath became heavier, and then our lips kissed, I gave her a big, lovely kiss. Her lips were warm and soft, if not slightly dry, and she even put her tongue

inside.

"Hmm~ Mooch! Ahh! Mwaster! Kwiss me more gaoo!"

"Mao!"

I ended embracing her as we kissed for a little while.

"Um..."

Yerze was watching in silence, she didn't know what to do.