Royal Archivist

By James Milne

A young nekan librarian encounters the new and terrifying empress.

• Language: English
• Publisher: James Milne
• Release date: Apr 14, 2023
• ISBN: 9798215759943

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Royal Archivist

James Milne

2023-06-17

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Author’s note: All characters depicted in this work of fiction are 18 years of age or older.

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The woman standing on the ladder, carefully balancing as she slid the books back onto the shelves, was a slight figure. Her hair was pulled up tight behind her in a threaded ponytail, showing a calico mix of black and gold.

Both tiny furry ears that poked out of the top of her head were black, though the insides were a pretty little pink. They were currently flattened as she concentrated on filing things in the correct order to match her system.

Her nose was crinkled up with concentration, causing her gold-rimmed glasses to slip further down, almost threatening to fall off, but not quite. She was too busy to even notice that she was no longer alone in the room, and the other catgirl was angrily tapping her foot on the floor in impatience.

Toofy’s going to fucking skin the cat alive if she doesn’t pay attention!

The woman let out a surprised miaow and fell backwards off the ladder. She landed lightly, before trying to grab at the books she had been carrying, which mostly ended up all over the floor.

She pushed her glasses up habitually as she scampered to grab and inspect the books, before putting them onto the stepladder. The woman thought for a moment, and then a look of abject horror crossed her face and she ever so slowly turned.

The other woman was black haired, and her cat’s ears were white. However instead of gold, her eyes were a deep and furious red. Eyes that were now trained on her.

She miaowed again, and bobbed her head, stammering nervously, Em-empress! She’s so sorry! So sorry! Millie is very, very sorry, empress. She’s a bad kitty. Very much an airhead, she’s sorry. She finds it difficult to notice when people are talking to her, and she always seems to -

Not know when to shut the fuck up. The empress interrupted, as Millie looked at the dragon teeth piercing the other catgirl’s head from her crown, as she realised they weren’t actually an exaggerated barroom tale.

She cringed and gave a nervous smile, Sorry.

Stop apologising. It annoys Toofy. The empress replied, She’s here because she needs to find something. Something hidden. Something old.

Millie pushed up her glasses, A book, your grace?

Toofy is looking for something that old emperor hid in the Archives. She isn’t sure if it is book or scroll, or even made to look like something else entirely. The catgirl mused, However, she heard from many people that the librarian has a system of order. Make it hard to keep something hidden, if it didn’t obey the system. Even if it did, the librarian would have a record of it, then.

The woman nodded quickly, She sees. Hmm. The Millie arranges things differently in the Royal Archives. Other places, like Temple, order things by acquisition date. However, Millie thinks that’s stupid. So she made an index, so that items could be arranged by type of document, then by topic, and then by other features such as author or publisher.

She sees. The terrifying empress who had eaten the heart of a fucking dark god said with disinterest, Toofy has spent long time in many libraries. All the secrets can always be found. But she doesn’t have much time today. Her Ink came of age today, and fucking elven blood has screwed up her hormones. So… Librarian… The fuck would we find what bastard emperor hid!?

Millie flinched, whining as she pushed up her glasses again. She scampered over to her desk, carefully putting down her