Chapter 25

Leona grabbed my collar and dragged me around, but I couldn't even resist. She growls like a beast when she says anything, and when she tries to escape by force, she doesn't move. Rather, she held her tighter and restrained her from rebelling prematurely.

In the end, I felt like my clothes would be torn, so I gave up halfway and followed her wherever she took. Luckily, no one was passing by in the hallway.

towering-

When she finally reached the edge of the sparsely populated building, Leona stopped. At the same time, she felt the grip of her hand that had been holding her by the neck slowly loosen.

As soon as she let go of my collar, I took a couple of steps back and adjusted my clothes. With how strong the force was, the entire neck area became wrinkled.

"…hey."

As I was adjusting my clothes for a while, Leona called me in a low voice. Instead of the hard tone I heard in every lecture, it was full of threats. So, I had no choice but to stop and adjust my clothes.

After that, when he forced his stiff head up, he came into direct contact with the golden eyes of a beast. Before, she had blue eyes, but now she has the same golden eyes as mine.

As soon as Leona faced my face, she opened her mouth with a confident voice.

"Did you see it?"

"… …"

"If it wasn't for you, you wouldn't have acted like that. To be honest. Did you see it?"

Is there any reason to deny it? This was done to confirm from the beginning. However, the pressure from Leona is no joke.

I managed to calm my trembling heart and finally came up with an answer. But his voice trembled slightly.

"Look, I saw it. Something's sticking out of your head…"

"… …"

"…is that an ear?"

What I'm curious about is what I'm curious about. Leona gasped while raising one corner of her mouth at my cautious question. She and she responded with actions instead of words.

prick-

From Leona's auburn hair, triangular ears protruded out. It was the ears of an animal, not a human.

As I expected, Leona is a beast, not a human.

'Then why are you wearing pants to hide your tail?'

It was a time when I was thinking about a hypothesis that seemed quite plausible. Leona hid back her ears that had risen above her head, and she spoke cynically.

"Are you cleared of my questions now? Why, show me your tail?"

"Uh… no. It's fine."

It's still a conversation I'm not used to. The Leona I knew used to be a blunt, low-emotional student, and now she's just… She's a bad boy, i.e.

I even felt a sense of disparity as my tone of voice changed 180 degrees, even to the impression that it had changed a bit harshly.

"Whoa…"

Leona, as if her head was complicated, shook her head roughly and let out a deep sigh. I waited quietly for Leona to organize her thoughts.

She must have hidden her identity because she had her own circumstances, but I found out the secret. She must have twisted her situation the way she was. If she knew this, she would just pretend she didn't know and let her go, but her curiosity aroused her, and she did it.

"What do you do? It's too dangerous to get rid of rats and birds without knowing… Do I even have to threaten them? It's crazy…"

"… …"

Leona's murmurs entered my ears one after another. It's all the more frightening because it seems to be sincere and not empty words.

I had a strong foreboding that a big problem would arise in my life, so I cautiously called her.

"There…"

"What? Do you have anything to say?"

As soon as I called, Leona asked me with a cynical expression and tone of voice. I hesitated for a moment, then pulled out the words I wanted to say.

"That… I won't tell you, so you don't have to worry too much."

"If you were me, would you easily believe that?"

"Uh… don't you know? I don't know what's wrong with you."

A candid answer that did not contain any lies.

As soon as Leona hears my answer, ha! He vomited a fuss and said as if chewing.

"It's not that this bastard wants to joke around…"

"… …"

I just said it I gulped down my saliva with a feeling of numbness in my throat from the mere threat.

Originally, I would have kept my composure as much as possible, but for some reason, normal thinking is difficult now. Maybe it's because of the intimidation emanating from Leona?

"Whoa… No. It's okay. Anyway, don't ever say that I'm a beast. Do you understand?"

"…if you say?"

"I'm going to rip your limbs apart."

Leona said while growling like before. I was really afraid that it would, but I still had one question.

Why does Leona live her life at the academy while hiding her identity? Even if she asks this, she'll get nervous again, but it's well worth her question.

After calming my trembling heart as much as possible, I mustered up the courage to ask Leona a question.

"…I want to ask you something, can I ask you?"

"Do you have anything you want to ask in this situation?"

"I'm curious because I'm curious."

"Hey. I'm not even a Myo tribe, so why are there so many curious people? Yeah. I used to patronize it. Ask."

Leona folded her arms and shook her head. As she crossed her arms, her voluptuous body was revealed through her school uniform.

I opened my mouth, trying to avoid directing my gaze to the harsh place as much as possible.

"Why did you enter the academy even while hiding your identity?"

"I don't think I'm obligated to answer that far."

"Um… I see. So far, all that hard attitude is acting, isn't it?"

"That way you won't be suspected of being a beast. You humans think of us as beasts as a warlike and savage race, right? That's what you used."

I nodded at her answer.

As I said before, humans treat beasts as savages or primitives. Furthermore, there are quite a few people who think of beasts as slaves.

Also, there is a widespread perception that Suin is ferocious due to her aggressive nature. Because of this, we are judging that there will never be a Suin with a rational and hard personality like Leona. It is true that Leona used it well.

"Are you going to be like that forever?"

"Of course. It's something you have to endure in order to graduate safely without being discovered."

"Is it worth it?"

Beasts are a race with a stronger 'instinct' than other races. Unlike demons who fight fiercely with their inner evil, the beasts have no intention of suppressing their instincts. It would be appropriate to say that I can't be precise.

In any case, instinct is inseparable from beasts. No matter how well-controlled Leona is, her natural instincts cannot be suppressed. Even if you don't go far, your ears will pop as soon as I provoke you! And you can tell by looking at it.

Leona smiled bitterly as if she had been paying attention to that part too. It was a completely different expression from before.

"…I'm putting up with it because it's worth it. If it weren't for that, I wouldn't have entered here."

"It must be very difficult."

"Of course, it's hard… No, hey. Can you stop asking me? How long do I have to answer?"

too bad. I just did a little bit more.

Leona narrowed her forehead to see if all of my regrets were revealed on her expression.

"What makes you look sad? Do you want to die?"

"I'm sorry."

"Whoa… Anyway. Don't tell anyone that I'm Suin. Do you understand?"

"Okay. Oh, and one more."

"What else do you want to ask?"

Now, with a look of boredom, he is nervous. However, I did not give in and said what I wanted to say out of my mouth.

"Did you hear everything I said at the restaurant a while ago?"

"Yeah. I heard everything. Why again?"

"I'm curious what you think."

"Under?"

Leona looked at me with a puzzled expression on my question. What's with this kid on his face? That sentiment is fully contained.

"You're a beast. Of course, you can't see humans in a good way. That's why I was curious. I was curious, what would Suin think after hearing my story?"

"You really… Ha. You're worse than the Myo clan, this. Are all humans like this?"

"I'm a little curious. Especially for a heterogeneous race."

"What the…"

In the end, Leona shook her head as if she had lost to my endless curiosity. She seems to have given up. At that, I called for joy inside, but I managed my expression as much as possible.

Eventually, Leona looked at me with her arms crossed. I also waited quietly for her to open her mouth. In the meantime, as if she had controlled her heart, her golden eyes returned to blue.

how much time has passed Leona's tightly bitten lips opened and her signature cynical voice came out.

"Aren't you going to tell me?"

"Yeah?"

"I'm not going to tell you. Did you think I could answer you?"

Leona grinned while I panicked and strode towards me. She had never known before, but as she got closer, she noticed that she was quite tall. She's so much that I have to look up at her. She must be over 175cm tall.

Anyway, Leona stood proudly in front of me and slowly raised her hand. Then she pressed my cheeks tight and made her lips pop out.

"Uh boo? What is it…"

"By the way, why does our red cat have so many questions?"

Did I call him a red cat because my hair color is red? But for now, the priority is to shake off Leona's hand that grabbed my lips.

Of course, I didn't even budge even when I was shivering. The basic physical abilities of the beasts are excellent among all races, but it is difficult to overcome Leona's power like that. It's not unreasonable, it's impossible.

As I resisted, Leona kept a smirk on her face and issued the warning again.

"I warn you again, the moment I say that I am a beast, I will pluck out your tongue. It's difficult for me to rip off a limb, so I'll take care of you. Okay?"

"Yeah…"

there it is But I have no choice but to affirm because I am afraid.

Leona nodded her head with a satisfied expression when I said yes and let go of my cheeks. She held her for a moment and her cheeks tingled.

"Please, I hope your mouth is heavy. Before that…"

ugh-

As I rubbed my tingly cheeks, Leona leaned her head back and brought it closer to the nape of my neck. She was startled by her and tried to step back from her but was thwarted as she grabbed my wrist.

"Sniff. Sniff. Sniff."

After that, Leona put her nose on the nape of my neck and started sniffing. She felt her face reddened by the subtle sensation, and she tried to escape, but to no avail. All I can do is push Leona's head off.

But he didn't even move, so he had no choice but to shout. Confused, he stuttered to the end.

"What are you doing?"

"What is it? I'm trying to remember your smell. But the musty smell of books vibrates."

Leona sniffed and sniffed for a while, as if trying to remember my body odor, and then removed her face. And after a while she let go of her wrist that she had held on too. I hurriedly checked when she let go of her wrist.

When I looked at my wrist, I saw a bright red bruise engraved on it. I asked her with the nuance of incomprehension, stroking her wrist, giving the impression of being in pain.

"What are you going to do by remembering my smell?"

"I'm going to take a look at the useless things you're doing. How do I trust you?"

"… …"

"I'm done with the show now. I'm leaving now."

Leona tapped my head and moved vigorously. I caressed her wrist and looked at her back as she left, then I shouted Leona's name.

"Leona!"

"Oh, really… Why?"

As soon as I called, she shook her head and turned her back to look at me. Looking at her face, it's an expression that won't let her go if she talks useless.

I felt a little sorry that I had called for nothing, but I brought up the last question I wanted to ask and passed it on to her.

"Did you read Xenon's biography too?"

"What? Xenon's biography?"

"Yes."

"Under."

Leona heard my question and blew it out. She then wiggled her hand, and in a voice, she annoyed, she answered.

"I don't know. Something like that. I don't mind doing Xenon or anything because it's not fun at all."

"…okay."

"Then I'll go. Don't ask, I'll chew on whatever you ask. Okay?"

Leona started to disappear from my sight, leaving only those words.

I grabbed hold of my red, bruised wrist and looked at him blankly, then suddenly thought of a strange part.

"…Isn't that funny? Reading means reading?"

That was when I mumbled that.

pong-

You may have heard my murmur, but a pair of ears popped up above Leona's head.