Catgirls And Dungeons (Yuri)-Chapter 140: Desparation and Love

In her long and storied past, Alter had taken a few wives. Some were fleeting companions. Others stayed for decades. But none of them ever reached the place in her heart reserved for one alone.

Princess Morvena.

She was the first, the most cherished, the one who had meant everything.

Her first love. Her first taste of what it meant to share a soul with another. That divine connection, fragile and radiant, was unlike anything Alter had ever known. It was Morvena who reached out to her when the world was nothing but cold shadows and endless battles. It was Morvena who pulled her out of that pit and showed her color again.

She had been the sun in Alter's sky, the warmth in her winter, the dream in her waking life. An angel, shining so bright, who brought joy to a heart that had forgotten what it meant to feel.

And in return, Alter had loved her more than anything.

More than the world. More than her name. More than her own life.

Together, they had fought side by side. Two warriors in love, defending their kingdom, their people, their fragile reality from the horrors that crept in from the dimensions above. They had faced gods and monsters. They had bled together, won together, survived together.

For years. Maybe hundreds.

However… not even the brightest sun could shine forever.

While Alter could still withstand the curse of demonic corruption inside her heart for some reason, the same could not be said to Morvena.

As her power grew, the curse grew too.

And soon, the frequencies of her going rampage, destroy everything, hurting even her beloved people was becoming more and more.

One rampage every 3 months now turned into once a month

And then once every week.

And finally, once every 3 days….

Her eyes would go dark. Her voice would twist. Her magic would explode, unstoppable and merciless. Villages were reduced to ash. Innocents torn apart. Even Alter, standing in her path, could barely bring her back.

It was only a matter of time.

At this rate, she would soon become a true demon, creature of ruin, a being of pure destruction with no memory of love, no trace of light, no hope for redemption. Just endless killing. Endless death.

The answer seemed clear.

Even though she hated it, even though the thought crushed her more than any battlefield wound ever had, Alter knew what had to be done.

She had to end it.

She had to kill Morvena.

It was the logical thing to do. The right thing. There was no cure. No mercy in delay. No miracle waiting on the horizon. The corruption could not be undone.

And so, Princess Felicia—Alter—raised the divine blade.

A sword forged to slay demons. A blade that had ended countless evils across countless realms.

She stood above her wife.

She lifted the weapon.

Her hands trembled.

But in the end…

…. she could not do it.

She could not drive that holy blade into the heart of the woman she loved.

Because…

After all…

How could she?

She loved Morvena so much.

She had been her light, her joy, her reason to keep fighting through all the centuries of blood and sorrow.

Without her, would there be anything left?

Would there be any meaning?

Would there be any hope and joy in this corrupted world?

The world... would not be worth saving anymore

And so…

With her final, desperate move—her last hope against a collapsing world—Alter gave the command.

Her voice rang out, a command that no one dared to defy:

"Smiths! Forge for me five divine blades. Swords strong enough to seal even gods!

Mages! Gather half of the kingdom's resources. I need them for a sealing ritual that must never fail!"

With this desperate move, she poured everything into it. All her strength. All her will!

With the divine swords in hand, with spells older than the stars etched into stone and blood, she reshaped Luminaris Academy itself. She used its foundations, its ancient leylines, its memory—transmuting it into a vast, arcane seal.

And so, this place… where she and Morvena first met.

Where Alter knighted Morvena.

Where they made the first confessions to each other… swearing love and loyal to each other…

She had turned it into a prison.

Not out of cruelty.

But because there was no other way.

And when the time came…

When Morvena, consumed by her curse, stood before her in silence, no longer recognizing the woman she loved…

Alter raised the five swords.

One by one, she drove them into Morvena's body.

And with each blade, it felt like she was tearing her own soul apart.

The pain was unlike anything she had ever known. Not the sting of blades. Not the bite of battle. But something deeper. More sacred. It was like breaking her own soul apart.

But at the very least… she had not killed her.

Morvena still lived.

The swords did not take her life, only her power. They sealed it. Locked it away, deep within the heart of the academy.

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And in that moment, Alter made a promise.

That no matter what happened… one day, she would return.

She would find a way to lift the curse.

She would save Morvena.

And when that day came, they would be together again.

They would smile again.

They would be whole.

….

But fate was never kind.

That promise would never be fulfilled.

The world Alter had fought for… was destroyed, crushed by higher powers, twisted by evils beyond even her understanding.

And her own soul… was shattered.

The shards of the old world scattered, drifting through broken timelines and fragmented worlds.

As the realm crumbled, Luminaris Academy was swallowed by the void. It drifted, aimless…

Until, by some miracle—or curse—it found its way to a new world.

To Terra…

Here, it latched on, and it began to emerge once more, becoming just another S rank dungeon.

But the seal… had already weakened.

For years, without Alter's power to maintain it, the demonic energy had begun to seep through the cracks.

And now, it is stirring.

If nothing is done… if no one stops it…

Morvena will awaken.

And this time, she will not return as a princess, she will rise as a true demon, a force of annihilation with no restraint, no memory of love, no trace of who she once was.

And at her power level… there will be no stopping her.

Not in this world, not with its current champions. Even S rank adventurers and heroes would be no more than mere ants beneath her feet.

No city will survive. No army will stand. Not Mistvale. Not Terra. Not even Faunae.

It will be a catastrophe unlike anything this realm has ever known.

And so—

"What? Do we have a choice?"

Alter's voice cuts through.

And in that moment, Eris probably knows the answer already.

No…

There's no other choice.

She must let Alter go.

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