Making a Cat Girl Queen
Part 3
"Wow!" Katia Managan the Dragon Queen exclaimed as she lowered herself into the Sultana's throne sitting in the middle of her palace, now filled with the victorious mage vanguards and a few loyal dragon servants. "This throne is SUPER comfy! No wonder the Sultana didn't do anything for like a month after sitting in this." Sinking into the super comfy fabric, she gave a start when a shriek sounded from the other room. The door slammed open and several burly vikings marched out of side hall, followed by a rather tall and muscular woman in heavy chain-mail and a battle skirt, fresh blood dripping from her bastard sword. Stabbing the bloody weapon into the ground, the woman removed her helmet to reveal a mess of long, blonde hair.
"That's the last of the palace guards," Aslaug Khanjstavir said with a hearty laugh. "With the rest of the Sultana's armies gone, I guess this war is finally over."
"Oh goody," Katia said gleefully. "I can't wait to start doing government things!"
"The deposed Sultana is a problem, though," the diminutive Elsweyr archmage announced sagely, lowering his hood for dramatic effect. "If she manages to convince the ponies to support her in a counter-revolution, our new regime could be both very short and full of excitement."
"That is not a problem," a bipedal, more human-sized dragon announced to the congregated usurpers as it entered the room. "I have just been informed that while the assassin the archmage hired did not succeed, the Sultana has been killed via crocodile. Several, in fact."
"What about Raul?" Aslaug said threateningly, fingers reaching for the axe hanging from her belt.
"He's fine, he's fine!" the dragon squeaked out in response at the large viking queen. "Since he's the last living representative of the old regime we're bringing him right here so he can officially surrender."
"And with any luck, drawn and quartered," the archmage grumbled, just out of earshot of the scowling viking woman.
Right on cue, the main doors burst open, as the magic vanguard dragged two men before the new Queen, both covered in shiny viscous liquid. The vangaurd threw them to the ground with extreme prejudice, the black-armored guard landing at the foot of the archmage, cracking his helmet in the process, and Raul Khanjstavir landing in front of the viking queen.
"...Aslaug?" Raul murmured, sounding equal parts shocked and relieved. Aslaug smiled coolly down at him.
"Hello, Raul. I hear you have been....EUUGH what are you covered in?" she shouted in disgust as he stumbled to his feet and wrung out one of his sleeves, draining the viscous liquid from it.
"Darling, you do not want to know," Raul said bluntly, looking somewhat nauseous. His eyes drifted across the menagerie of conspirators before resting on the Withhunter herself, grinning like a schoolchild waiting for a treat to be handed to her.
"So," Raul began, clasping his hands together in anticipation. "I don't think I need to prolong things anymore. On behalf of the late Sultana, once the regent of a thousand rives, now the repast of a thousand reptiles, the Sultanate hereby surre-"
"NYOT SO FAST!"
Everyone turned to look at the black-armored bodyguard in surprise. Scrambling to his feet, he removed his cracked helmet to reveal a feminine cat face and a mop of long green hair.
"My god, you're a woman!" the archmage sputtered.
"Nyot just a woman, archmage-san!" the bodyguard said excitably. "I am a super kawaii neko from Japan! And you have just played into our hands, bakka!"
With those words, the main doors flew open again, and a mob of Japanese-born anthropomorphic catgirls flooded into the room, enough to outnumber Katia's magical vanguard.
"Wait a minute, I'm confused," Katia Managan piped up as the most adorable mob in the world flooded into the throne room. "What exactly is going on here?"
"It's obvious, isn't it?" one of the cats piped up from within the mewing mob. "We wanted to take over the Sultanate too, but we are too kawaii to get involved in all these nyasty wars and stuff, desu."
"So we plotted to put Ms. Managan on the throne...then sneak in and take the nyation for our own!"
"WITH ROBOT DRAGONS, NYAAAA!"
"WE SEND FILTHY GAJIIN HOME!"
There was a cold silence that filled the room, broken only by the soft mewing from the Nyan immigrants.
"Wh-what do you mean?" Raul spoke up incredulously. "The dragons were from the Soviet blimp, they didn't-"
"OBSERVE, BAKKA!" the black-armored bodyguard interrupted, taking out a tiny remote control and clicking it triumphantly. All at once, every single dragon in the room, humanoid or otherwise, went limp and fell to the ground with a thud.
"We managed to sneak on board the Soviet blimp and hide a bunch of our lovely robot dragons in there for you to find through a process that a baka gajiin like you wouldn't understand!"
"And we staged the incident where you got zapped with a pew pew rifle, too!" one catgirl squeed excitedly. "You aren't part dragon, you're part ROBOT, Ms. Managan!"
"I am?" Katia Managan said, looking at her hands curiously. "Cool! I'm a robot-dragon-witchunter! This day just keeps getting better!"
"And you are no ordinary cyber-cat either!" a particularly moe catgirl squeaked from the back row. "You are partially made of GLORIOUS NIPPON STEEL!"
"SHARP LIKE KATANA!"
"FOLDED ONE OVER ONE THOUSAND TIMES!"
Alsaug scowled angrily, her fingers drumming on the hilt of her bastard sword.
"Y-you fiends!" the archmage barked at the mewing mob. "How dare you defile the good name of all catfolk with your technology?!?" There was something of a stunned silence from the mob, and the sound of a few sniffles at the accusation.
"W-we don't want to defile the nyame of all catfolk," the black-armored bodyguard said, tears welling in her eyes. "We were afraid that if the mages won, we would all get sent back home, or something even worse."
"Hey, wait a moment-" the archmage said, but was interrupted when all of the Nippon cats burst into tears, cowing him into a guilt silence. After several tissues were airdropped into the room and things calmed down a bit, the archmage spoke up again.
"I suppose I was misguided," the archmage said, hanging his head. "I have no love of technology, but I would never dream of oppressing a fellow catfolk. I was a cat before I was a mage, after all."
"W-we wouldn't do anything to you guys for using magic either," the black-armored bodyguard sniffled. "We were all cats before we were super kawaii robot makers. And besides, it is super awesome how you guys can, like, shoot fireballs and lightning bolts, nya."
"And I must admit, these machines you make are quite sophisticated and intricate," the archmage said, looking over the deactivated dragon-bots. "The work of a true master."
Katia's eyes brightened. "Maybe we can work out something, guys..."
-------------------------------------Some intense negotiations later-------------------------------------
"Right then," Katia announced to the small crowd, fluttering her wings excitedly. "I think that this treaty is just about done. Let's go over the major points one last time." She cleared her throat for effect and adopted a more regal sounding tone. "This treaty hereby affirms that the Elsweyr Sultanate is hereby disbanded, and in its place stands a new empire, dedicated to the protection of all people of feline disposition."
"We're renaming the Sultanate?" Anslaug asked. "What's wrong with the old name?"
"Well we have to choose something to represent all cat people, not just Khajiit." Katia explained. "One slight problem though..."
"What?"
"Well...I don't really have a name," Katia said with a guilty smile.
"Ooh ooh!" the black-armored bodyguard shouted, excitedly jumping up and down. "What about...the
Holy Neko Empire?"
"I like that!" Katia said, ignoring the groans from the rest of the onlookers and scribbling the name on the parchment. "So, the Holy Neko Empire will be established, with Katia Managan as the new Empress..."
"Getting rid of her royalty fear was my idea!" squeaked a voice in the back.
"Furthermore, this new government will respect the rights of mages to perpetuate their craft and will also allow the free use of technologies within legal parameters."
"Agreed," the arch-mage and the black-armored bodyguard said in tandem.
"Okay then!" Katia confirmed, scanning over the fine print. "Pineapple deregulation...milk subsidies...accordion bans...I think that's everything of note. Only one thing left to do."
Everyone looked over at Raul Khanjstavir, the only one in the room matching the height of his wife, the viking queen Aslaug. He cleared his throat before speaking in his droning, official tone.
"The Sultanate hereby surrenders to the forces of the Holy Neko Empire."
Viking, vanguard, and catgirl alike cheered at the announcement of this proclamation as Raul and Katia both added their signatures to the document and shook hands.
"Well Raul, despite the fact that you're a war criminal, I'm willing to offer you a pardon and a position on my staff, if you're interested," Empress Katia said with a smile.
"As tempting as it is, I've been away from home for too long," Raul explained wearily. "The pardon would be nice, though."
"Pardon granted!" Katia said happily. "I hope that the relationship between Scandinavia and the HNE will be as healthy as ever."
"Let's go home, dearest," Aslaug said gently. "We will host a great feast to celebrate our victory."
"Of course," Raul said with a loving smile. "I've been away from you far too long, my desert flower..."
"You will soon be much closer," the viking queen said sultrily as the pair of them, flanked by their army of vikings, departed from the great hall to head for home.
"That's so sweet," Katia said, swooning at the sight of Raul and Anslaug holding hands as they left. "And slightly nauseating."
"Oh Ms. Maaaaaanagan!" the black-armored bodyguard called out as she approached the royal throne. "I got those refugees you wanted me to find, nya!" Following her were two humanoid robots in very nice suits and strange helmets, one silver and one golden.
"They said that they would be willing to work for you in exchange for being awesome and granting them asylum from the Church of Goomy!" the neko-girl in the black armor said cheerfully.
"I thought they didn't talk?" the archmage inserted into the conversation
"I have my ways, you gajiin," the black-armored bodyguard said with a wink. This gave Katia an even better idea.
"What's your name, anyway?" she asked the girl.
"Marina Liteyears, Ms. Managan," she replied with a salute.
"How would you like to be on my council?"
Marina's eyes widened excitedly. "R-really?" she sputtered in disbelief.
"Certainly!" Katia remarked. "I need someone to advise me on technology issues and you seem like the best one for the job." Marina gave her yes response in the form of a squee that could shatter glass and ran off to tell all her friends. Satisfied, Katia Managan, empress of the Holy Neko Empire, reclined in her brand new throne and relaxed. This was going to be lot of fun, she decided. How hard could it be to run a nation anyways?
"Empress!" a vanguard shouted as he burst into the grand hall. "Someone has just crashed a landmass into our canal!"
A nearby bush shouted "PHRASING!"
Epilogue
"The plan was successful! The old Sultana is deposed and the Managan is now the ruler of their empire."
"Well done, my loyal disciple. The release of the crocodiles was distasteful, but you proved yourself by manipulating the Nippon cats and the mages to cooperate. Thanks to you, the fanfic will soon be fulfilled."
"Thank you, master."
"Now with Katia in power and the SADS threat pushed off of Nova Terra, we must ensure that the Holy Neko Empire survives and Katia remains in power."
"Because Connie Managan OTP?"
"Yes, my child. So long as the OTP holds, our plans will move forward."
"The enemies of the Empire are many, my master."
"Do not worry, my child. None will overcome the Illuminaughty."