31 Boss, You Are Righ (1/2)

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Tarou bit as hard as he could, making sure that it would leave a mark.

”Look for yourself! It was NOT me!” he squeaked at the human. Tarou hoped that Barca would be wise enough to understand his squeaks.

Fortunately, the bite did not injure the animal further but Nightmare was eyeing at him as if he wanted to stomp him to oblivion when he gets the chance.

Tarou squeaked as loud as he can to catch the attention of the human who seems to be caught in a trance.

'Is this human shocked because of how I bit the horse like a rabid animal?'

”Hey, human, I did not bite that horse!” he squeaked but stopped momentarily. He did bite the horse BUT it was a teeny tiny bite. Tarou called his attention again, this time with a louder squeak.

”Look! The bite marks are NOT THE SAME!!!”

Barca looked at the mouse with knitted his eyebrows. He eventually shook his head as if he just had an absurd thought. When the man stared at him again, Tarou couldn't help but squeal at the top of his lungs.

”It was not me!!!” he even used a paw to point at the hoof. ”Look!!!”

Tarou was finally relieved when the man examined the hoof again, this time focusing on the area he bit. The man also looked at the injured area as if comparing the two. From Barca's expression, Tarou saw that he was astonished.

The bite marks in the injured area were clearly deeper and bigger. Tarou's bite was smaller and it didn't penetrate deep into the hoof. Tarou couldn't help but give Barca a smug look, waiting for him to put the pieces together.

”You did not bite him.” Barca said slowly while staring at him before continuing, ”Is that it?”

Relieve Tarou nodded. ”Human, I like you!” he squeaked. ”You do not look intelligent, but you are not a bad nut!”

Barca seems to be taken aback by something and he looked at the mouse closely. Just then, the stable door opened, revealing the figure of a cat in the moonlight. Looking at the newcomer, Tarou squeaked excitedly, forgetting the human in front of him.

”Boss!!!”

Barca turned around looking at the cat and then at the mouse who ran towards it. Before Tarou greeted the cat, he noticed that the human looked to be confused.

”Boss!!! Where were you? How could you leave me again?” he whined through a series of squeaks.

”I heard Nightmare's alarming cries, so I rushed down here.”

Tarou couldn't help but react to the cat's reply.”Nightmare? You care more about that horse than me?” Tarou responded in an exasperated squeak before launching more protests.

”That animal almost stomped me to death!”

”You...this is unfair!” Tarou continued pointing a paw at Boss before focusing his rage on Nightmare.

”That...that horse called me a pest!”

”I almost died!”

”And all you care about is Nightmare!” he stomped his paw before walking out of the stables. As Tarou passed by the bewildered cat, he caught a whiff of something.