Sniper

"Well, technically no. I was given off by the elders of my tribe to the humans as a cub. Eventually, I become Croloe's 'tamed' beast and he had decided to take good care of me therefore I did not reject or resist the soul contract when it came."

"Really? And you still choose to keep their secret?" I asked, this time perplexed by his loyalty to them even after basically selling him off to the humans without reason.

"Yes. Please do not ask me about it anymore because the answer will remain the same. If you have anything else you want to ask me, you can do so but just make sure that it isn't about the topic of body arts." Hearing this, I reluctantly moved away from the lion as if I was promising to not talk about the same subject again

However, it seemed like I did not have to say anything further as I felt something move around 350 meters ahead of us alongside the sound of a heartbeat coming from the same direction.