Chapter 31 (2/2)

“—Don't move!”

Arisa froze Gram's foot,

but Gram scoffed to it and smashed the ice with his foot and continued on regardless.

“Don't move! Do you want to die!?”

She froze him again, up to his knees this time.

In return, Gram looked at his legs in annoyance.

“Hm. How annoying…”

Afterwards, he looked at Arisa.

He was looking at her with a scowl.

Within his eyes were deep, murky, darkness settled.

His eyes showed every dark emotion a human can have.

“—Hii!?”

There are too much, and yet there are nothing.

Sadness?

Anger?

No.

Nothing.

What's in his eyes were only darkness.

“You see—Arisa dono, Dire Wolf girl, I've a little something in my mind.” Gram said, slowly.

“Recently, I was given a good product of a healthy Black Steel Wolf full of hatred from a friend.

It was a slave of misfortune. No actually, let's say it was a slave of fortune—but apparently there was an accident when carrying her over. You see, I was trying to search for her the whole time.

I was looking and looking and looking for her in the forest near where the accident happened.

After all, that was the thing I was looking forward to.

You know, someone I could truly face and kill each other.

After that, in the end I couldn't find her.

That slave had unusual black hair, beastly ears, and a great tail.

If it's that girl with that sort of characteristics, I thought I could find her quickly.”

After hearing his story until thus far—Arisa's eyes gradually widened.

“And then you came bringing that animal girl, Arisdono. I thought that she resembles what I was looking for to a T, so I gotta make sure, you see.

If I was correct, then this animal, before being Arisdono's disciple, she was my thing…right!?”

It can't be…this man…

It can't be.

It can't be…It can't be…It can't be…!

Thump! Thump! Arisa's heart violently beats.

Gram instantly destroyed the ice that restrained him, and he started walking toward Ellie again.

And then, as he raised his hand toward Ellie—,,

“——!”

—voom!

A slave crest appeared on Ellie's forehead.

A sign that says that Gram is Ellie's rightful owner.

“Hm, as I thought.”

Gram grinned.

As Arisa was left dumbfounded in such spectacle, that smile of his gets more warped than ever.

Chapter 32 >

TLC:

Sorry for the late update, still trying to figure stuff out.

Hope you enjoyed the chapter and have a good day!

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