The Strongest Daughter-In-Law Of The Black Lion Family [EN]: Chapter 170

#170.

“Who are you calling a cotton ball!”

“Keuheong―!”

Basil, enraged, shook his mane, but Larien was adamant. She bravely nipped at the paw she called a cotton ball.

“Hurry.”

It was hardly threatening, especially coming from someone without fangs.

But strangely, Basil couldn’t shake off that hand. Instead, it tickled in a weird way…….

[Let go.]

“Just let me touch your tail once.”

……You have no fear, do you?

I don’t know anymore.

Basil rose his heavy body. It seemed she would bother him until he let her touch it.

It would be better to close his eyes and let her touch it once. He didn’t realize the power of his tail back then, which made it possible.

At that moment, Larien’s eyes sparkled.

“Really? Really?”

It was very annoying to see her fidgeting on her knees with such reverence. It was the moment Basil turned around and offered his tail.

“!”

Larien’s hand gently touched his tail. She seemed to stroke it softly, but then she began to fondle it.

He started to feel strange.

‘S, stop it!’

Basil was horrified and shook his tail, but it was already in Larien’s grasp.

“Oh my, it’s so soft.”

“Keong, keoheong!”

“Hey, just stay still.”

Larien didn’t know Basil’s feelings and wouldn’t let go of his tail. Rather, she smacked his butt and scolded him.

Eventually, Basil couldn’t stand it and pounced on Larien. He was afraid of what he might do if he left it like that.

“Kya!”

Larien’s body tilted precariously under his heavy weight.

When the two stopped rolling, Basil’s vision was filled with Larien.

“Babi?”

Basil hesitated. How should he punish this sly female who dared to touch a male’s tail without permission?

Then, her slender neck caught his eye. A perfect spot to bite.

At that moment, Larien looked up at him with innocent eyes, as if urging him on.

“Why are you suddenly like this? Did you want to play rolling around?”

‘Now I’m completely treated like a pet.’

Basil somehow felt resentful and bit Larien’s neck. It was because he felt like he was the only one conscious of her.

“Aya!”

And then he ran away, afraid that Larien might notice his body swelling up on its own.

That day, he realized that Larien was female and he was male. And Larien was exuding a more attractive scent than any other female.

That day, Basil wanted to hold Larien. Once he realized that, he couldn’t stay in the same space any longer.

* * *

“You don’t go to Hebel [likely a specific location or territory] these days.”

“I’m in a bad mood.”

Basil glanced at Ebensev and answered vaguely.

In fact, it was the opposite. He felt good when he saw Larien, which was the problem.

So he was trying to keep a little distance. After all, Larien couldn’t leave Hebel. If he didn’t go to Hebel, he wouldn’t see her.

Honestly, no matter how crazy Basil was, he couldn’t live in Hebel. Everything became vulnerable there.

Which predator would want to stay in a place where they become vulnerable?

Basil was lying down sullenly when Ebensev whispered.

“Why don’t you use the method I told you?”

Ebensev tempted Basil with a snake-like, cunning tongue.

“Just close your eyes and eat it once.”

“I’ll think about it.”

Basil somehow felt uncomfortable with Ebensev. He had the same face as Larien but wore such a gloomy expression, and he seemed to have ulterior motives.

Yet, strangely, when he listened to him, he felt like he was being persuaded, which was frustrating. It was as if something was interfering against his will.

“Let me know if you change your mind later.”

Ebensev left those words and disappeared.

* * *

When Basil, who hadn’t been to Hebel for several days, visited Larien after a long time.

“Babi! Why are you here now!”

Larien greeted him with a bright smile. The Divine Beast was with her.

“Is that the one? The cheeky bastard who offered you his tail.”

The Divine Beast’s eyes were very cold. What was this feeling? It felt like being treated like a thief by the parents of a female.

Basil felt wronged. Strictly speaking, Larien had violated his tail!

“Don’t trust that guy. All males have only that in their heads.”

Leaving behind the harsh warning and disappearing, Larien put her hands together and apologized.

“I’m sorry, Babi. I didn’t know the tail was such a place. You have no idea how much I was scolded by the Divine Beast.”

Basil turned his head away, showing his displeasure. Then, he saw the bite mark on her neck and his eyes wavered.

Basil began to write letters on the floor.

[Why don’t you heal it?]

“Just because. Because I like it.”

Larien giggled and touched her neck. He couldn’t understand why she was leaving a scar even though she could heal it herself.

It was as if she was deliberately leaving his mark.

Of course, he might be mistaken because he was conscious of her. Still, he couldn’t help but feel good.

At that moment, Basil impulsively buried his face in Larien’s neck.

Larien was startled by the unexpected movement and fell backward.

“B, Babi!”

Basil buried his face in Larien’s neck and began to lick the wound. Among animals, they would lick the wounded area like this.

But Larien had an unexpected reaction.

As the hot, soft tongue swept across her neck, Larien let out a whimper.

“……Eup, euah! H, don’t.”

“?”

“It feels strange.”

“…….”

My tail is okay, but your neck isn’t?

Basil made a sullen face, and Larien said in a voice as small as an ant.

“T, that’s…… I think this is my tail.”

“!”

Larien blushed shyly and lowered her gaze.

Seeing this, Basil’s tail involuntarily stood up.

That day, Basil barely managed to stop himself from knocking Larien over again.

* * *

The closer Basil and Larien became, the more persistent Ebensev’s whispers became.

“Don’t you feel sorry for Larien?”

The woman who looked like Larien kept coming to provoke Basil.

A woman who had nothing in common with Larien except for her face.

It was the same appearance as the woman who had bound him in Hebel.

Zerachiel seemed to finally understand what that woman was talking about. The reason she was trying to act like Larien was probably because she wanted to be Larien, even if it was just like that…….

Then Basil said with a sullen face.

“Well, she seemed fine.”

“She’s pretending to be fine. That child is too kind to say anything even if the Divine Beast is obsessed with her.”

“…….”

“He even warned you, didn’t he? Not to hang out with Larien. It’s all because he’s jealous of the relationship between you and Larien.”

Basil became thoughtful at Ebensev’s words. As she said, the Divine Beast didn’t like Basil.

‘He’s not a guy I created.’

He treated him like a mutant. It turned out that the one who gave the Suin [Beast-like] pheromones was the Divine Beast.

But strangely, Basil had power from the moment he was born, even before he knew about pheromones.

‘Ominous.’

So the Divine Beast felt uneasy about Basil. In particular, he regarded his red eyes as ominous. But the Divine Beast’s evaluation was not important to him.

‘Really? They just look as pretty as roses to me?’

Larien said she liked them. So he didn’t care if others called his eyes bloodshot or ominous.

But Ebensev’s words were particularly bothering him because he also didn’t like the Divine Beast.

The Divine Beast kept preventing Larien from getting along with him.

Every time, the foolishly kind Larien was conscious of him. As a result, they were secretly meeting more often these days, so it was inevitable that Ebensev’s words were particularly bothering him.

In the end, Basil fell for her words.