Reincarnated As A Lion In Another World

There was a clearing with nothing but short grass with a diameter of less than twenty meters. Surrounding this clearing were six slim and tall trees. The starlight shone from above into the clearing but that wasn't what was providing light to this place. It was the glow from the trees that lit up the dark surroundings. It was the markings on trees precisely. On each of the trees was a unique marking that glowed a different color from the other. The markings were intricate, yet simple, some of them were curved and wavy, like spilled ink. Some were sharp and spiky, like bush thorns. These markings, however, were not what caused Kael to be stumped. It was the naked person in the middle of this clearing. Standing near the middle of this clearing was a tall woman. She had brown skin with glowing tattoos on different parts of her body. Her hair was shaved off, exposing a perfectly shaped head. This woman currently had her back facing Kael so he could see that bubbly naked buttocks of hers. The way her figure formed curves that drew Kael's eyes like magnetic attracting iron filings was something he could not understand. At the end of her spine was the start of a long lioness tail that ended in a tuft of hair. Even this tail had a small red tattoo at the center of its length. Currently, this woman was weirdly waving her right hand while she appeared to be holding something in her other hand. Kael couldn't see what she was holding since she was backing him. From the scent he was receiving, Kael knew that this was N'bayé. Just then, the naked woman turned abruptly. Her two breasts jiggled, causing Kael's eyes to follow their every move. Her slightly hairy vagina came into view, looking like a perfect slit. Kael didn't know if he was to continue staring or look away. For some reason known only to men, it was taking longer for him to gather his focus and concentrate. How long has it been since he saw a woman? Even in his past life, this would be a forgotten luxury. The woman stood in a weird manner, she put all her weight on her toes while her soles were up. An oval-shaped head with a small jaw, small lips, a pointed nose, and long black eyebrows. On her shaved head was the blue tattoo that she had while she was a lioness. Her eyes were very familiar, the yellowish-brown eyes of a lioness with a dark pupil in the center. They were sharp and piercing as if they could look right through him. Her ears were positioned a little bit higher than normal humans would have them. They were particularly bigger and shaped like a lion's ears. They poked themselves from the upper left and right side of her head. In his past life, she would be considered of African lineage. "What is it?" N'bayé's voice sounded out in Kael's mind. Kael snapped out of his stunned state and immediately concentrated. "Your humanoid form?" He asked while keeping a poker face, he made sure to not take his eyes away from her face. N'bayé tilted her head to the side in a seductive yet intriguing manner, "Humanoid Form? Is that what it's called?" Kael blinked, "Why did you shave your hair off?" He asked, nicely dodging the question. From the memories, Bethel's memories to be precise, he knew that lionesses also kept long hair like humans when in their Humanoid Form. Still, her shaved head gave her a certain charm that wasn't seen too often in women who kept their hair. "I needed space for my runes, plus I didn't really like it," N'bayé said, not elaborating further. She said it as if she would do it again and again. Kael was starting to understand N'bayé's view concerning magic, which was the main power of Magus Lions. "So what are you doing here?" N'bayé's thin lips curved into a beautiful smile, "I'm experimenting." She said as she walked towards Kael. Kael gulped as his eyes subconsciously landed on the twin peaks before going back to her face. Now that he was more concentrated, he could see that N'bayé held a glowing object in her other hand. Firmly grasped within her palm was a rock. This rock had a green glowing engraving that was constantly blinking. Kael could see that N'bayé's fingers had short and pointy jade white claws. "What's that?" Kael asked. "Hehehe, I was expecting you to know," N'bayé paused in front of Kael with her abdomen right in front of his face. N'bayé didn't seem to know the concept of nakedness and could therefore not feel shy. Technically speaking, she was always naked, even in her lioness form. It would be weird if she still felt shy or uncovered in her human form. However, for Kael, a former civilized human who was used to seeing humans in some form of clothing, it was heavy on his psyche. He came from a society that shunned even the act of exposing some body parts, especially in women, even though a lot of people didn't really care. Open nakedness had still been a taboo that he would have to react to in one way or the other. 'So smart, yet so innocent…' Kael thought in his mind. "This is a stone, a very ordinary stone," N'bayé began, "But after I engraved it with runes, it can have different mystic effects." She reached out to touch Kael on his head. Kael instinctively retracted his head and got into an attacking position. "Relax," N'bayé said before moving so fast that Kael could not react quickly enough. Her finger dug through the dark gold growing mane, easily reaching down to his skin. Kael would have continued struggling but he felt a tingling feeling spread from his head down his spine to his whole body. This was a very sweet sensation that instantly incapacitated him. N'bayé scratched Kael's head slowly, a look of amusement covering her face as she observed Kael's reaction. Kael was on the brink of purring when he viciously pulled his head away, ruthlessly stomping on whatever feelings that was about to bud up. N'bayé didn't seem to care about his reaction, she turned away and walked back to the center of the clearing, her hip swaying sensually and her buttocks moving up and down. If Kael didn't know beforehand, he would think she was doing this on purpose. "I was able to detect your presence with the help of stones like this that I've scattered around the mountain." She said. Kael was now fully focused as he stepped into the clearing, observing each tree carefully. "Each stone is connected to one of the trees here. This way, the clearing serves as a center of control." "...center of control." Kael and N'bayé said the words at the same time. N'bayé looked at him with a strange light flashing in her eyes. But Kael was now more focused on the trees than on N'bayé's naked body. "This is impressive, how did you come up with this?" Kael asked. N'bayé shrugged her shoulders, "This is just what I used to learn more about my powers and how to use them. Countless experiments were made before I got to this level of expertise." "So you're self-taught? Truly impressive." Kael said sincerely. N'bayé smiled, "Thanks." "With this, you could literally lay traps, surveillance, and control the forest from the comfort of your home. How much area does this cover? Kael asked, excited for something else. "I have these marks inscribed on many things hidden in the forest, not just stones. So maybe a lot of area around the mountain is monitored by me from here," N'bayé answered truthfully. "If I'm not wrong, only creatures who have the same type of energy that you have will be able to operate this magic formation?" Kael asked. "Yes, you're right," N'bayé said excitedly, almost in the process of clapping her hands as if she were a teacher and Kael was the student. "This will be very useful," Kael said to N'bayé. "Useful for what?" N'bayé asked with her signature head tilting. "For my domain expansion, as the king, I should expand my kingdom, don't you think?" Kael stated N'bayé didn't react negatively, rather she was more amused, like she was expecting this kind of talk from Kael. "Don't forget that this mountain is occupied by other creatures," N'bayé gave Kael a knowing smile, "If you want to expand your kingdom, you have to kill kings, and you have to kill a lot of them," "And that's why I need you by my side. I need you to join my pride. With your skills and talent, I would be able to achieve a lot in a short amount of time." Kael hurriedly said as he walked up to N'bayé who looked down at the stone in her hand. "You just met me Kael, what makes you so trusting of me? You don't even know me well enough to be sure I won't betray you. You don't even know me well enough to identify my likes and dislikes. You're not even strong enough to force me into submission. You're not even experienced enough to know that asking a lioness to join your pride can be seen in many confusing ways." N'bayé talked with a frown slowly forming on her face. The blinking green light coming from the stone slowly became stable. She looked up to the sky, faced a certain direction, and pulled her arm backward. *WHOOSH!* She threw the stone hard and far, leaving behind a whistling sound. When she turned around, her eyes met with a glowing golden paper floating in front of her face. On the golden paper were scribbles and characters of a language she instantly understood. Kael spoke out, "I know things you don't and you know things I will eventually know about. Everything about trust can be talked about as time passes by. There is so much we can do and discover together. Why wait when we can start now." In his mind, Kael had no intention of allowing N'bayé time to think about this decision. Both of them were already calculating against each other the moment they met.