Hunting Party (Part 1)

"Magus Menadion! It's short- I mean, such an honor to meet you." The Baroness regretted her slip of the tongue, but the delicate, petite woman in front of her didn't fit the legendary figure she had imagined at all.

"I know." Menadion grunted.

'Why is everyone taller than me?' She inwardly groaned.

"Sergeant Verhen." Trion was shorter, less handsome, and far less impressive than Lith. The Baroness couldn't find anything kind to say to him so she said nothing.

"Baroness." He replied just as dryly.

"And who's this young lady? Why does she wear a costume in the middle of the summer?" She pointed at Onyx's cat ears and tail.

"It's not a costume. I'm an Emperor Beasts. See?" She lifted her long, luscious hair, revealing the smooth skin on the sides of her head where her human ears were supposed to be.

The Baroness tried to touch one of the cat ears but it bent sideways, dodging her fingers.

"I see." She said right before fainting.