TBITW Chapter 29

 (M) Chapter 29 - A Foothold

Main Story 2, Chapter 4, Part 2

Novel Title: 獣はかくして交わる (The Beasts Intertwine This Way)

Author：沙野 風結子 (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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Kagura forces his tongue between Zero's lips. Thinking he’s already surrendered, Zero responds smugly, intertwining his tongue with him.

As Kagura delves deeper into his mouth, he strips off Zero’s leather jacket, letting his hands travel down his arms, gripping and rubbing his thick fingers.

When their lips finally part, Zero scowls sharply, looking down at his own hands.

His thumbs are bound together with a zip tie.

Kagura would have preferred to tie his hands behind his back, but this was the best he could manage in his moment of vulnerability.

"I've started carrying one around, taking a page out of your book."

Touching the zip tie, Kagura grins.

"You haven't tamed me. I'm the one who's going to tame you."

The ceiling light illuminates Zero, who lies face-up on the rough steel bed. His thumbs are bound in front, and his wrists tied with a necktie, securing his arms upward to a bar-like frame.

As Kagura pulls Zero's clothing down from his lower body, his already heavy, long dick is revealed, even in its flaccid state.

Zero, exposing himself without a hint of embarrassment, stretches his muscular legs, almost as if to flaunt his body. His expression remains as defiant as ever.

―――–I’ll break you down.

He’s always the one reducing Kagura to a mess, exposing his vulnerability.

Tonight, he needs to expose Zero’s loss of composure, to show him who’s really in control. If he doesn’t, their connection could slip away.

As long as Kiriyama is connected to Toono, Zero won’t allow Kagura to join forces with him.

―――–Like hell I’ll let that happen.

Kagura has to seize control and make him reconsider.

Kagura removes his clothes entirely.

He straddles Zero, pressing down, his crotch against Zero’s, pinning him. He slides Zero’s shirt up over his chest, exposing that thick, muscular torso, a blatant display of male dominance.

If there's a hierarchy of masculinity, Zero’s body is unquestionably at the top.

And Kagura’s own body has learned well the pleasures that this physique can deliver. He’d never once desired another man before Zero. But now, just sitting over him, an intoxicating blend of lust and expectation surges in his lower abdomen.

Suppressing that craving, Kagura lets his hands roam over Zero’s solid torso, probing for points of weakness.

But Zero’s muscle-armoured body seems devoid of sensitivity; not even a flicker when Kagura brushes his nipples or strokes his sides. Even his dick remains soft.

The frustration builds within Kagura, fueled by how often Zero has manipulated his body for pleasure in the past.

"Wasn’t taming me your plan?" Zero taunts, laughing through his nose.

Grinding his teeth, Kagura shifts, repositioning himself between Zero's legs. He takes the heavy, flaccid organ in his hand, dragging his tongue over it. He knows where Zero’s sensitive spots are here. He runs his thumb firmly along the underside, following the ridge, and flicks his tongue against the notch.

With his eyes closed in concentration, Kagura notices Zero beginning to harden, if only slightly.

"Haa..."

Kagura realises that his own breathing has quickened.

Brows knitted, he glances down at his own lower abdomen. Clear fluid drips from the tip of his dick.

Seeing himself so stirred just by performing oral makes his frustration spike. He shoots Zero a glare, surprised to catch Zero’s intense gaze on him.

There’s a predatory gleam in Zero’s eyes, like polished obsidian, directed at Kagura’s dick. Zero’s tongue darts out, wetting his lips.

Kagura glances down, seeing Zero fully erect.

―――–Did he react because he sensed I was feeling this?

A glimmer of victory appears.

If that’s the case, then he’ll just have to give him a show.

Kagura rises, kneeling over Zero in a way that positions his own dick directly in front of Zero’s face, their bodies entwined.

He hears Zero swallow audibly as he resumes the act.

Taking Zero’s impressive length into his mouth, Kagura feels fresh beads of arousal trickling from his own member. Knowing Zero can see it all from this angle makes his hips tremble.

The arousal he’s holding in his mouth grows even more rigid.

Kagura’s hand traced along Zero’s muscular legs, feeling the tension rising in them. As if the fire had spread everywhere, when he stroked Zero’s thigh, Zero’s leg twitched, kicking into the air.

With a wet, slurping motion, Kagura worked Zero’s dick with his mouth, making Zero let out a faint sound.

Feeling some satisfaction from that reaction, Kagura grinned slightly. But then, he was the one forced to swallow back a gasp.

Glancing down, he saw that despite his restrained position, Zero had managed to lift his head. Zero’s tongue was barely grazing the tip of Kagura’s dick.

“Ah…”

Just the faintest touch sent an intense, tingling pleasure through him.

With every lick from Zero, Kagura’s body trembled with a needy response.

Desperately, Kagura went back to devouring the man’s dick, determined to maintain control.

“Mmm… mm… mmm.”

Both his mouth and body tingled with excitement.

His body jerked when Zero’s tongue brushed across the sensitive tip. At this rate, he would reach his limit first.

Kagura shifted, turning away from Zero, and kneeled over his lower abdomen, aligning Zero’s dick between his thighs.

“Ngh… ah…”

The unprepared area stretched to accommodate the thickness pressing inside.

Even through the discomfort, a familiar pleasure began to surface. His inner walls, which had been tightening in anticipation, now felt filled and tingling.

Kagura must have looked utterly debauched. That’s why he chose a position where Zero couldn’t see his face.

“I can see you’re taking it all in.”

Zero’s voice teased him.

Clenching his lips to hold back any sounds, Kagura planted his feet on the sheets and slowly lowered himself onto Zero, taking him all the way in. His unaccustomed inner muscles gripped tightly around Zero’s dick.

He could hear Zero’s heavy breathing behind him.

Placing his hands on Zero’s solid thighs, Kagura rocked his hips against him, sliding up and down. 

The sensation of his inner walls rubbing along Zero’s lengthy dick sent goosebumps across his skin.

―――–More…

At some point, Kagura’s body began to bounce on its own.

Although he knew he needed to make Zero surrender, waves of pleasure surged through him from his hips to his head.

On the verge of climax, Kagura shot Zero a defiant glare over his shoulder and muttered.

“Hurry up and cum already.”

Zero, clearly enjoying himself, hadn’t broken his composure. Smirking with a glint in his eye, he replied, “You’re welcome to finish first, you know.”

“…You go first.”

“Then turn around and show me proudly.”

“...-”

He didn’t want to expose his flushed face and trembling body.

But if he didn’t, he’d end up defeated by his own desire.

Gritting his teeth, Kagura lifted his hips, feeling Zero’s dick slide out. His muscles trembled at the sensation. The thick tip nearly sent him over the edge as it withdrew, but he clenched his muscles and held back.

This time, Kagura turned to face Zero, straddling him.

He didn’t need a mirror to know his face was flushed. His own dick, wet and exposed, betrayed just how much he’d felt.

As he lowered himself back onto Zero, reconnecting their bodies, Kagura met his gaze with a glare.

Zero returned it, his eyes burning with a near-feral intensity.

Before Kagura could fully lower himself, Zero lost control and began thrusting up from below.

Kagura quickly grabbed Zero’s hips with both hands, trying to restrain his movements. But Zero shook him off, moving wildly.

“Guh… nngh… kuh…”

Short, animalistic grunts escaped continuously from Zero’s throat.

As Kagura was rocked around, he realised he might not have achieved total victory, but he was, at least, holding his own.

Zero’s intense, burning gaze was fixed on Kagura’s dick as it was tossed about, driven by Zero’s fierce movements.

―――– This man can’t be tamed unless I push him to his limit.

Even if it wouldn’t break him entirely, revealing everything like this would cause Zero to lose himself in the moment.

Kagura lifted his hips, making the connection shallower, but Zero only thrust harder and faster in response.

At an incredible speed, the tip moved in and out of him repeatedly, each stroke brushing against his insides, causing Kagura’s body to convulse.

“Ah―――!”

A howl escaped him, and Zero, too, let out a prolonged, guttural groan.

As Zero’s release spurted within him, Kagura also spilled his own. White fluid pooled onto Zero’s heaving abdomen.

He rolled off Zero, collapsing to the side. The remnants of their semen trickled slowly down his thighs.

“Do you think this means you’ve tamed me?”

Zero’s voice was thick and slightly mocking.

There was no decisive victory, but neither had lost. Kagura was certain Zero shared that same conclusion.

Staring at the ceiling, Kagura replied in a hoarse voice.

“We have the same goal, to crush the Eastern Alliance. I won’t accept anyone running away because they think we can’t understand each other.”

Zero also looked toward the ceiling, responding.

“Enwu and I will keep fighting against the Eastern Alliance and Kiriyama until we bring them down. That’ll accomplish your goal, too. Isn’t that enough?”

Kagura clicked his tongue in irritation, summoning the strength to sit up and place his hand around Zero’s throat, fingers pressing lightly. He glared into Zero’s bloodshot eyes.

“This is my fight.”

There was no way he could sit somewhere safe, waiting for someone else to achieve what he wanted.

“Don’t ever think of me as a liability. ‘Citizen’ or ‘non-citizen’, if the problem is understanding each other, then make me understand.”

Zero’s eyes turned cold, glancing at him with disdain.

“Do you really think we can understand each other?”

“There has to be some way.”

Their gazes clashed intensely, filling Kagura’s field of vision with Zero’s dark, unyielding presence.

Then, Zero’s voice broke through the silence.

“My maternal grandfather was on death row.”

His voice, dark and emotionless, continued.

“My mother was the eldest of three sisters. Her two younger sisters couldn’t endure the shame of being related to a criminal and ended their own lives, leaving only my mother. My mother met a man she thought was her ‘prince,’ and she became pregnant with his child. But the ‘prince’ was just a figment of her delusion. In reality, the man had probably just discarded her. Yet my mother believed that someone like her, with her ‘sinful blood,’ shouldn’t burden him, so she chose to bear and hide that child from society.”

As Kagura followed Zero’s story, it sounded almost surreal, like something out of a dark fable.

“She said she tried to abort me many times to avoid inconveniencing him, but she couldn’t bring herself to do it because it was a ‘gift’ from her ‘prince’.”

He couldn’t quite grasp what emotions a mother would feel, confiding such things to her child. He wondered what kind of expression Zero had worn, listening to his mother then.

“Every time she looked into my eyes, she’d say; ‘These eyes are the prince’s’.”

A bitter, contemptuous edge crept into Zero’s voice.

Kagura barely managed to grasp that sensation. He was finally able to take a steady breath.

“So… that’s why you were made unregistered.”

It was clearly a selfish decision by his mother and legally wrong.

But Zero already knew this a hundred times over, and putting it into words would be pointless and overly concerned.

“I’ve given you a foothold. Now, remove these.”

“…”

Kagura brought over a tool, cutting the zip tie and untying the necktie around Zero’s wrists.

As soon as he was free, Zero swiftly got off the bed and dressed. Meanwhile, Kagura, still naked, sat on the edge of the bed, replaying everything that had been said in his mind.

As Zero left the room, he didn’t bother looking back but threw out a parting remark.

“Knowing my background… did that make you feel like you understand me?”

It didn’t even sound like a question. Before Kagura could open his mouth to respond, Zero was already gone. The cold sound of the front door closing echoed through the room.

Kagura pressed his hands tightly against his face.

As a detective, he’d conducted countless interviews and interrogations, assembling pieces from a distance and feeling as though he understood them by categorising the details.

But even as he tried, he couldn’t make out Zero’s true self. His desire to understand Zero was spinning in circles, going nowhere.

―――Maybe sharing that ‘foothold’ was like a severance payment.

And it was probably to keep Kagura from getting dragged into an unlawful battle.

“If a point of light is born in a place of only darkness, I will continue to be ensnared by it.” 

Those words had proven to be true, especially considering Zero had assigned his team to tail and protect him.

Even during their encounter today, Kagura could feel this was real.

Zero clearly has a strong reaction to Kagura Jinya, who represents that point of light in his world.

And Kagura, too, is deeply bound to that point in Zero.

“...And yet, we can never truly connect.”

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*Translator’s Note: Why does this chapter make me feel sad somehow? -K

Next update: 2025.10.02

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