Wednesday, 5 November 2025

TBCTW Chapter 28

 (M) Chapter 28 - The Reptile’s Tongue

Chapter 11, Part 4

Novel Title: 獣はかくしてまぐわう (The Beasts Copulate This Way)

Author:風結子 沙野 (Fuyuko Sano)

Illustrator:小山田 あみ (Oyamada Ami)

Translator: K (@kin0monogatari)

Protagonists: 鹿倉 陣也 (Kagura Jinya -MC) & ゼロ (Zero -ML)

*Please read at knoxt.space, the original site of translation. TQ*

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If he showed even a moment of hesitation, it would only delight Kiriyama. So he stripped with deliberate detachment.

Yet as Kiriyama’s chameleon-like gaze slithered over his bare skin, a chill ran down Kagura’s spine.

“Lie down on the bed.”

Kiriyama peeled back the dark navy cover and blanket, revealing black sheets beneath.

Feeling his joints stiffen, Kagura lay on his back on the bed.

Although Kiriyama wasn’t wearing it now, Kagura couldn’t help but superimpose the image of the black goat mask over his face. Perhaps, in Kiriyama’s eyes, Kagura wore the mask of a lamb.

As he felt like a sacrificial offering laid on an altar, Kagura caught a glimpse of the nightscape through the window. Overlaying that view was the sight of Kiriyama, still dressed in his vest and slacks, crawling on all fours up from the foot of the bed.

If Zero was a four-legged predator, then Kiriyama was a four-legged reptile.

A massive chameleon loomed over him.

Kagura’s defensive instincts kicked in, his muscles tensing, ready to strike. The faint pain in his recently healed ribs reminded him to stay cautious.

In the reflection of the window, Kagura saw Kiriyama’s face inching closer to his. Instinctively, he turned his head away.

“Are you saving your lips for that man?”

“I simply don’t want to.”

“Who would’ve thought Detective Kagura could be so pure, clinging to something as trivial as a kiss?”

Kagura suppressed the surge of irritation, forcing it to remain hidden beneath the surface.  

"Let's see how long you can keep that calm expression."

A thin tongue slid into Kagura's left ear, slithering deep into the narrow canal and flicking around. With his right ear pressed against the sheet, the damp, visceral sound echoed in his head.

Kiriyama's left hand trailed over Kagura's right chest, pinching the nipple tightly as his tongue repeatedly probed and withdrew from his ear canal.

A wave of cold disgust spread from Kagura’s chest and ear, sending chills down his spine.

The tongue that had slithered out of his ear moved to his neck, then made its way toward his left chest—only to shift to his shoulder instead. Kiriyama grabbed Kagura’s left elbow, lifting his arm, and let his tongue glide slickly back and forth from his upper arm to his wrist.

"Open your fingers."

Kagura opened the fist he hadn't realized he was clenching. Kiriyama traced the webbing between his fingers with his tongue, outlining the shape of his hand. Then, he sucked on each finger one by one, biting firmly at their bases. Even his palm was thoroughly licked.

It felt as though the saliva seeped into his skin and penetrated his very bones. His left ear and arm alone had already driven him to the point of a headache born from sheer revulsion.

Kiriyama's tongue snaked back to his shoulder and then moved to his left chest. As their eyes met while Kiriyama licked his chest, Kagura felt a pang of recollection.

The last time his chest had been licked, he'd felt a strange, fleeting spark, but this time there was none of that. Back then, the overly dark eyes peering out from behind the Zorro mask had overlapped with Zero's, causing a confused, erroneous reaction.  

Now, it was simply a test of endurance, resisting the overwhelming disgust.

True to his peculiar sense of integrity, Kiriyama upheld their agreement. He refrained from touching Kagura's dick with either hand or mouth, nor did he expose his own genitals. Instead, he literally tasted Kagura's body.

After licking Kagura thoroughly while he lay on his back, Kiriyama flipped him over to his stomach and spent ample time licking his nape and back. He even licked from the calves to the backs of his thighs, leaving a trail of wetness.

It felt as though Kiriyama's saliva had formed a film over his entire body.

Kagura desperately wanted to jump into the shower, douse himself from head to toe, and scrub himself raw with an entire bottle of body soap.

Suppressing his nausea, he glanced toward the window. The dark indigo sky had begun to lighten, hinting at the approach of dawn.

Apparently, nearly two hours had passed since this ordeal began.

―――It’s almost over.

Today was a weekday, meaning both Kagura and Kiriyama would soon have to get ready and head to their respective workplaces.

As Kiriyama gently bit Kagura’s buttocks, he gripped Kagura's waist, forcing him to raise his hips in a kneeling position.

From this angle, Kiriyama could see Kagura’s dick, which was limp and dangling listlessly.

"You're not responding, I see."

"Of course not," Kagura replied coolly.

So far, he had successfully suppressed any reaction or expression that might have pleased Kiriyama. No doubt, this must have been a major disappointment for Kiriyama.

"You’ve had your fill by now, haven’t you—ah, ugh—!"

Kagura's body jerked violently, and his voice caught in his throat.

It happened again—his body convulsed as Kiriyama’s thin tongue began to writhe against the folds of his asshole, as if loosening them.

Kagura tried to pull away and glared at Kiriyama. "Stop… Not there…!"

"Is this area a sexual organ for you?" Kiriyama retorted, justifying his actions as adhering to their terms. He pressed his tongue against the same spot again.

Kagura gripped the sheets tightly. He glanced at the clock on the bedside table.

"Go get… ready for work," he growled through gritted teeth.

Amid the obscene sound of his asshole being probed, Kiriyama replied, "Ten more minutes, and I'll finish."

Kagura briefly thought he could endure it—but at that moment, Kiriyama pushed his tongue deeper, parting the folds and licking the resisting inner walls.

"...!"

Feeling Kiriyama within his mucous membrane brought on a wave of visceral disgust so intense he wanted to scream.

But he knew any reaction would only delight Kiriyama, so he gritted his teeth and held back, fixing his gaze on the clock.

When only five minutes remained, Kiriyama flipped Kagura onto his back.  

The early morning light had already crept into the room, making their figures clearly visible to each other. Kagura’s legs were spread wide, with Kiriyama’s hands slipped under his knees to bend his body into a curled position. His ribcage groaned under the strain, making it hard to breathe.

Between his legs, which were nearly angled toward the ceiling, Kiriyama lowered his face.

This time, the folds firmly resisted the intruding tongue.

"You’re rejecting me with everything you’ve got. It’s perfect."

Kiriyama whispered this and then twisted his pointed, thin tongue into Kagura’s asshole.

Seeing the act with his own eyes brought a renewed surge of unthinkable humiliation and rage.

...And yet, deep within his body, sparks ignited.

The man looking down on him as he violated him with his tongue had eyes so dark, even in the light of dawn, that they seemed to evoke the night—and that darkness connected back to Zero.

Battling intense headaches and nausea, Kagura felt an unwelcome tension solidify in his crotch.

The knots inside him were being unravelled by the tongue.

―――No… this isn’t Zero… don’t mistake it…!

He desperately tried to convey this to his own body, yet his sensitive inner walls quivered helplessly.

"Uh… ah…"

His lips curled back as a faint sound escaped him.

Against the backdrop of a sky tinged with pale purple and blue, pre-cum began to drip from Kagura’s dick, forming a glistening thread that stretched downward.

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*Translator’s Note: OMG. The licking play…how perverted *closes eyes*. -K

Next update: 2025.11.07

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Saturday, 1 November 2025

TBCTW Chapter 24

 (M) Chapter 24 - Feels Different

Chapter 10, Part 2

Novel Title: 獣はかくしてまぐわう (The Beasts Copulate This Way)

Author:風結子 沙野 (Fuyuko Sano)

Illustrator:小山田 あみ (Oyamada Ami)

Translator: K (@kin0monogatari)

Protagonists: 鹿倉 陣也 (Kagura Jinya -MC) & ゼロ (Zero -ML)

*Please read at knoxt.space, the original site of translation. TQ*

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He was here, and Zero was here.

The unsettling prophecy that had shaken his feelings suddenly felt meaningless.

―――…Over a mere kiss, what the hell is wrong with me?

Mocking himself for being so easily swayed, Kagura bit back at the weight of Zero’s tongue with equal intensity.

This provoked Zero, making his tongue movements even more lascivious.  

As the familiar power struggle unfolded, Zero closed the window while Kagura grabbed the curtain and drew it shut.  

Suddenly, Zero eased the strength of his tongue, softly licking the roof of Kagura's mouth. The sensation, teetering on the edge of ticklish pleasure, made Kagura’s tongue quiver.  

“Mm…”  

A sweet sound escaped his throat, which made Zero shake with triumphant laughter.  

Irritated and simultaneously provoked, Kagura broke free from Zero’s arms and dropped to his knees on the floor.  

“What’s this? Can’t even stay on your feet anymore?” Zero teased as Kagura unzipped the front of his leather pants. Pulling down the front of Zero’s underwear revealed something half-erect from just their kissing.  

Pressing his mouth against it, Kagura’s mind briefly wandered to Renjou. He recalled the time he accompanied Kiriyama to the ‘Invincible Castle’ and witnessed Renjou serving Kiriyama. His hands, as if acting on their own, mimicked what he had seen, using both thumbs to stroke the underside, coaxing it to full firmness.  

The hardness beneath his fingers grew rapidly, thrilling him. Running his tongue along the distinct ridges, he teased the defined contours, allowing his tongue to glide over the shaft and gently nipping at it from the side.  

Zero flexed his thighs, shifting his stance.  

Still stroking Zero’s dick with his fingertips, Kagura looked up and returned the earlier jab.  

Zero glared down at him, his expression sceptical.  

“This feels… different, doesn’t it?”  

Ignoring the question, Kagura opened his mouth wide and took in Zero’s taut tip. Following what Renjou had done, he tried to take it deeper, pushing it far into his throat. The suffocating pressure made his mouth tremble, a mixture of submission and defiance surging within him. His vision began to blur with flickers of light.  

“…!”  

Instinctively, perhaps as a defensive reflex, Kagura’s teeth bit down slightly on Zero’s dick.  

Zero pried Kagura’s mouth open with his fingers, extracting him off of him.  

“Ugh,” Kagura gagged violently as Zero zipped up his pants and knelt beside him.  

Zero’s gaze turned sharp and unyielding.  

“Where’d you learn that?” he demanded hoarsely.  

Kagura knew that simply denying it wouldn’t satisfy Zero.  

And now, he thought, there was no point in hiding it. Better to share the information.  

“I’ve accompanied Kiriyama to the ‘Invincible Castle’ several times to gather intel. There, I saw Renjou giving Kiriyama a blowjob. Toono seems to have ordered Renjou to entertain Kiriyama.”  

“Renjou? Entertaining Kiriyama?”  

Zero muttered incredulously.  

“I saw it happen right beside me. That’s probably where I picked it up—watching how Renjou did it.”  

“So, you stared hard enough to imitate it?”  

Renjou’s technique, paired with his face that could easily pass as a beauty’s, would probably captivate any man watching.  

“If you’d been there, you’d have stared just as hard,” Kagura retorted bluntly.  

Zero gave him a stunned look, then abruptly grabbed Kagura by the throat, tightening his grip.  

“I’ve told you not to get involved with Kiriyama. Don’t even try to claim you forgot.”  

“Kiriyama lent me an S-rank invitation card and gave me free rein.”  

Zero’s expression darkened dangerously, but Kagura pressed on, undeterred.  

“I needed to see the parts of the world you refuse to show me. There’s too much you don’t want me to see.”  

“That’s because it’s about the ‘Citizen’ and the ‘Non-citizen’—”  

“So, the ‘Citizen’ and the ‘Non-citizen’ can’t ever face each other as equals? Does that mean we’ll never be equals, no matter what?”  

Zero remained silent, further fueling Kagura’s frustration.

He already understood that achieving equality between them wouldn’t be easy. Still, he yearned for it, no matter how impossible it seemed.

“So, I’m just some pet you’re keeping and protecting?” Kagura spat the words, glaring at Zero. Zero returned the glare, and the two locked eyes, neither backing down for several long minutes.  

Then, suddenly, the sharpness in Zero’s gaze softened. At the same time, the grip on Kagura’s neck loosened.  

Zero muttered quietly, “That call earlier—it was an update on rooting out the Eastern Alliance’s informant.”  

“...So the Eastern Alliance’s attacks are still ongoing.”  

“Yeah. And while we’re hunting the mole, cracks are forming in Enwu’s network. Honestly, it’s taking a toll.”  

By revealing his weakness, was Zero trying to show that he, too, sought equality between them in his own way?  

“I’ll investigate how the Eastern Alliance is getting their intel on Enwu.”  

Kagura suppressed the turmoil flickering in Zero’s dark eyes. “This isn’t a suggestion; I’m just letting you know what I’ve decided.”  

When their gazes met again, the flicker in Zero’s eyes disappeared. “So I have no choice but to accept it?”  

“That’s right.”  

Zero sighed, but there was no rejection in the gesture.  

Zero had likely overcome countless hardships to build Enwu into what it was now. Yet, the current issue with the mole seemed to be an especially difficult obstacle, leaving him visibly strained.  

This was a man who had once shrugged off five gunshot wounds as ‘minor injuries’, but now he seemed to have lost that composure.  

Kagura wanted to encourage him. But knowing that he hadn’t yet achieved results sufficient to earn Zero’s trust, any words he said would feel empty.  

“Hey, Jinya.” Zero’s dark, piercing eyes searched deeply into Kagura’s own as he asked; “Tell me…there’s really nothing going on between you and Kiriyama, right?”  

“...Of course not.”  

“I see.”  

Relief spread across Zero’s face, but it sparked a stinging guilt within Kagura.  

The guilt wasn’t about the time Kiriyama had licked his chest.  

It was because, in that brief moment, Kagura had felt a spark ignite deep within his body—a sensation he couldn’t ignore.  

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Next update: 2025.11.03

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Wednesday, 29 October 2025

TBCTW Chapter 22

 (M) Chapter 22 - “Stay the Night”

Chapter 9, Part 1

Novel Title: 獣はかくしてまぐわう (The Beasts Copulate This Way)

Author:風結子 沙野 (Fuyuko Sano)

Illustrator:小山田 あみ (Oyamada Ami)

Translator: K (@kin0monogatari)

Protagonists: 鹿倉 陣也 (Kagura Jinya -MC) & ゼロ (Zero -ML)

*Please read at knoxt.space, the original site of translation. TQ*

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Zero instructed Kataware to take Kagura to the clinic, while he got into a car with Riki and transported Renjou and his companion away.

The bike was retrieved by Haiiro, and Kagura was taken to a clinic in the suburbs—the same one where Zero had previously been hospitalised.

There, he received treatment in the underground facility. His head wound was stapled in multiple places, bruises from his fight with Renjou covered his body, and two ribs were fractured. After a thorough medical examination, Kagura left the hospital just as dawn broke.

As he passed through the underground parking lot to exit, a three-legged dog ran toward him, growling. A security guard with a bruised face rushed over, grabbing the dog’s collar to restrain it. The mute guard bowed repeatedly in apology, looking deeply regretful.

Kagura crouched down and spoke to the growling dog.

“You’ve got a good nose for detecting intruders. You’re impressive.”

He then hailed a taxi on the main street and headed to his apartment.

In the taxi, he checked his phone and found a message from Arita. Apparently, Arita had been searching for Detective Aizawa, who had been unreachable. He discovered that Aizawa had been hospitalised after a hit-and-run accident, suffering a fractured leg. Relieved that Aizawa’s life wasn’t in danger, Kagura still deeply regretted that his actions had inadvertently caused the detective such a severe injury.

After stopping at home to change, Kagura went to the Metropolitan Police Department and reported to Takizaki, the head of the Organized Crime Division Section 2, that Toono Ryouji might have successfully entered the country. 

Kagura tried to dive straight into organising Toono’s apprehension, but Takizaki, noting his terrible complexion, ordered him to go home and rest immediately.

Reluctantly, Kagura returned home, collapsed onto his bed, and drifted into unconsciousness. When he woke up, it was past 4 PM.

Later, Kagura visited Aizawa in the hospital and found that Arita was already there. As always, the two were animatedly discussing fishing.

“I’m truly sorry, Aizawa-san,” Kagura said, bowing deeply.

In response, Aizawa apologised back. 

“I should apologise instead. I wasn’t cautious enough and ended up being a burden. My bad.”

Lowering his voice, Aizawa asked, “What about him?”

“It appears he’s entered the country.”

“I see... Well then, it’s time for a grand-scale dragnet.”

Aizawa’s usual straightforward demeanour lightened Kagura’s mood, even though he had come to apologise. Feeling a bit more uplifted, Kagura left the hospital.

On his way to the station, he noticed a Christmas cake being sold at half-price outside a bakery in the twilight. On a whim, he bought one and sent a message from his phone: “Sakura 1225/20.”

While drinking beer in the rendezvous apartment in Nakameguro, Kagura dozed off on the sofa. When he checked his watch, it was 8:47 PM.

“He’s not coming.”

Zero was likely too busy dealing with Renjou and planning how to capture Toono, who had entered the country. 

There was no urgent matter requiring them to meet. Kagura knew that, yet he had sent the message anyway.

"Did I fail to take revenge for the cake?" Muttering an excuse, Kagura took the whole cake out of the box on the low table.

The cake was bordered with strawberries and whipped cream, with sugar decorations of Santa Claus and a reindeer placed on top, along with a chocolate plate that read ‘Merry Christmas’.

It was a typical, picture-perfect Christmas cake.

As he went to the kitchen to grab a fork, the sound of the front door unlocking reached his ears. Stepping into the hallway to check, he saw Zero appear at the door, wearing a black leather long coat.

His expression was one of simmering displeasure.

Standing there, Zero asked, "What do you want?"

"Don’t get in my way. I don’t have the luxury to clean up after you."

Despite saying this in the hospital, Zero had secretly followed Kagura, and in the end, he rushed to help clean up after him. If Zero hadn’t appeared at that moment, Kagura would have certainly been killed by Renjou.

Kagura showed the fork to the man who had saved his life.

"Let me get back at you for the birthday cake."

Zero, still wearing a grim expression, took off his ankle boots and entered the room. Without removing his coat, he kneeled on the rug, extending his hand. Kagura placed the fork into his hand.

"It’s a half-price Christmas cake. You better finish it."

Zero glanced at it sideways.

"Half-price, huh?"

"You got a problem with that?"

"...No."

A subtle crack appeared in Zero's expression. Trying to hide it, he turned his back on Kagura and stabbed the fork directly into the cake. He dug into the sweet mass with quiet intensity, eating silently.

Just watching him made Kagura feel a little nauseous, and he moved from the sofa to sit on the rug to see what kind of face Zero was making as he ate.

Zero’s nose and the area around his eyes were reddened. His brows were furrowed in a gentle, almost painful expression, and there was a faint trace of tears in his eyes.

It was a look that struck at Kagura’s chest.

As he silently watched, Zero glanced up at him, furrowing his brows.

"Every year on the night of the 25th, I was forced to eat leftover Christmas cake as my birthday cake."

"Is today your birthday?"

"Who knows?"

A mixture of bitterness and nostalgia appeared on Zero’s profile.

"She used to say it was a Christmas gift from 'the prince’."

Zero's mother had been the daughter of a death-row inmate. She had become pregnant with the ‘prince's’ child but, feeling that her sinful bloodline would only drag the man down, she secretly gave birth to Zero. As a result, Zero was left without a family register.

...For her, Zero was certainly a gift from the man, a reminder of him. She must have felt happiness in seeing that man's bloodline in her son.

But perhaps, that meant she wasn't truly looking at her son?

If she had seen her son for who he truly was, she would have given him a proper family register, allowing him to live a life in the light.

Kagura drank his beer, trying to swallow that thought.

No matter what others might say, a child will savour the happiness of the birthday cake his mother gives him.

Realising that his own nose and the edges of his eyes were reddening in the same way as Zero's, Kagura turned his face away.

At that moment, Zero leaned in closer to examine Kagura's face.

Their eyes met.

The feeling was akin to awkwardness, but there was something else rising up inside Kagura.

Zero tilted his head deeply. His half-open lips had whipped cream on them.

Something about it reminded Kagura of a child's gesture, and in that moment, he vividly imagined a young Zero. For the first time, he could clearly picture Zero as a child.

The lips overlap, and a sweet, intense numbing sensation resonates in the wound on the back of the head.

What kind of kiss is this, exactly?

Leaving Kagura in a state of confusion, not knowing where to put his heart, Zero starts eating cake again.

After finishing off all the sugar candies of Santa Claus and reindeer, as well as the chocolate plate, Zero takes off his coat. And he says, "stay the night."

Kagura nods vaguely, not sure if he doesn't want to be left alone with Zero tonight, or if he doesn't want to be alone himself.

Kagura takes a shower first and lies down on the bed in a prone position to avoid aggravating the wound on the back of his head and the pain in his right ribs. A throbbing, feverish pain spreads from various parts of his body, and he feels like he's sinking into the mattress.

His eyelids are heavy, and his consciousness drifts away.

"Mmh... Ah..."

He wakes up to a sweet, hoarse voice.

"Ah... Uu..."

Realising it's his own voice, he covers his mouth with his hand, but the muffled voice still escapes.

"....!"

His body twitches.

His hips are deeply sunk in a sweet throbbing, and he is all sticky. Kagura opens his eyes and sees that his sweatpants and underwear have been pulled down to his thighs, exposing his buttocks.

Zero has his face buried in the crevice of Kagura's buttocks.

In the darkness, Zero's bloodshot eyes are gleaming.

The mucous membrane where the tongue has been inserted is pulsating.

Kagura must have been subjected to this act for a considerable amount of time. The perineum is soaked in saliva, and the inner thighs are wet.

Kagura reaches back and presses his forehead away. The sensation of the tongue being removed makes his hips tremble.

"If you're going to do it, then wake me up."

Annoyed and embarrassed that he was aroused while asleep, Kagura complains, and Zero leans in from behind.

"You can keep sleeping."

"There's no way I can sleep like this―"

Zero inserts his dick between Kagura's thighs and presses them from the outside.

"I'll be careful not to aggravate your injuries."

Probably trying to be considerate, but Kagura's abdomen tenses up, and his ribs cry out. The one-sided act of being used is strangely humiliating, and the rubbing of the rough shaft against his perineum is frustrating, as if he's being teased. Hot breaths escape his mouth.

"... So, if you're going to do it, then just do it..."

The throbbing ache where the tongue was inserted earlier is more painful than the injury.

Zero grabs Kagura's buttocks with both hands and kneads them. He spreads the crevice and inserts his thumbs.

"Ah..."

As his hole is stretched open and his perineum is gently rubbed, Kagura's fist loosens, and he grips the sheets.

He can feel his dick rubbing against the sheets, leaking endlessly like a broken faucet.

His drowsy excitement makes his head hazy.

"Haa... Ah... Ah..."

His breathing is mixed with gasps.

This was a completely different act from the usual competitive sex with Zero, where they tried to overpower each other.

Adrift in an elusive pleasure, not heading towards a climax.

Just as his consciousness was about to melt from the searing pain and the gradual excitement, Zero’s dick was suddenly pulled out from between his legs.

Zero let out a sweet moan, spilling a viscous liquid around his tailbone area. The fingers were removed from his asshole, and a small, gaping mouth was left, with semen dripping and clinging to it.

"Jinya…"

Lips were pressed against the nape of his neck. The heat of those lips made his skin prickle, and he shuddered to the core of his head.

Zero embraced him from behind again.

Using his hand, Zero pushed his semi-erect penis into the asshole.

The mucous membrane accepted it and naturally enveloped it.

Zero didn't move, just connecting their bodies, hugging Kagura from behind.

Their breathing could be felt quietly merging from the joined area.

Kagura opened his eyes, blinking faintly.

―――... What should we call this act, and what kind of relationship do we have?

Without understanding, he grasps the arms wrapped around his chest.

―――It doesn't matter... In the darkness, he just wants to feel each other for now.

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Next update: 2025.11.01

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TBCTW Chapter 28

  (M) Chapter 28 - The Reptile’s Tongue Chapter 11, Part 4 Novel Title: 獣はかくしてまぐわう (The Beasts Copulate This Way) Author:風結子 沙野 (Fuyuko Sano...