Chapter 12 (1/2)

Smack.

Splash-

I heard the jarring sound of flesh being ripped apart and something coating my body as I opened my eyes.

The first thing I saw was a large spear pierced inside the gryphon’s mouth. The gryphon died without the chance to even scream. Its large corpse fell onto the floor with a loud thud, covering half the room.

And I was on the floor drenched in blood.

My clothes were soaked while my hands and feet were sticky. Only a few amounts of the food I worked hard to collect over the past two weeks are still edible.

“Haa…”

A sigh came out.

I’m glad that I’m still able to sigh.

I threw the blue fruit that I held in my hand towards the gryphon’s corpse.

“Fwack!”

Fuck, that shitty piece of crap!

I never thought it’d be so pathetic to get help from Sharendt Crown. My body trembled from anger but then I felt someone staring at me.

I didn’t care about him staring at me so I continued to glare at the gryphon’s corpse, deliberately making sure to not turn towards him. If I could, I’d revive the gryphon and kill it over and over again!

“…cockroach?”

“…”

I was punching the gryphon’s corpse with my fists but when I heard that word come out of Sharendt Crown’s mouth I couldn’t help but turn towards him.

What, roach…?

Cock, cock… cock…

He just said the unthinkable thing. Who did he just refer to? (1)

It’s definitely not me. Is there a cock… is that thing nearby?

I quickly checked left and right.

It’s not here.

I turned my head to face the bastard. We stared at each other for a long time, neither of us breaking eye contact.

“Sharendt! The gryphon…”

We both turned our heads.

“Did you take care of it… why is that thing here?” (the baby)

What do you mean why?! This is my room!

I glared at them for a bit then crawled towards the fruits and stared at them. I purposely chose both ripe and unripe fruit so I could eat some now and save some for later.

A wave of sadness engulfed me.

“…”

The apple I had worked hard to obtain was also in a bad state. The food that I had worked hard to get despite my knees being in terrible pain.

It seems that it was harder for me to stuff down my emotions since I am younger now. But I couldn’t allow myself to cry so I stared at the apple and sat up straight.

Just because I couldn’t beat a gryphon, my precious food is all ruined.

I felt a strong gaze at my back but I blatantly ignored it.

Suck suck suck

Now that my sadness has subsided, I only felt annoyed and wronged. I shook one of my short legs and continued sucking on my pacifier.

“I asked why that child is here.”

“I don’t know since it’s not my business.”

Sharendt Crown’s ignorant comment made me furious.

I quickly turned my head and glared at him. A small smirk appeared on his face but then he turned away, seemingly uninterested.

“Also what happened to this room?”

“I don’t know. Maybe it was used as a hideout.”

Deshar Crown frowned at the way Sharendt Crown spoke. He then looked at me with a dissatisfied face.

I ignored him and grabbed all the food in my hands, sending the food to uneaten heaven, and mourned for them.

“Where is the maid in charge of her? She may be an illegitimate child but she still has Crown blood in her. What kind of state is that child in right now?! Kant, summon the maid in charge of her immediately!”

“Understood.”

“Why are you getting mad for that child, father?”

Sharendt Crown consoled the agitated Deshar Crown with a soothing voice.

He glanced at me, seeing the blood on my body and the food near me.

Did I get caught…?