The Strongest Daughter-In-Law Of The Black Lion Family [EN]: Chapter 10

#10.

Until yesterday, I thought their relationship was terrible, but I was surprised to see the father and son talking so normally. Of course, the content of their conversation wasn’t normal at all!

Then Jerarkiel said in a businesslike manner.

“Anyway, if you’re done with your business, can I take her?”

“Yeah.”

Zachary replied sullenly, frowning. He looked disgusted at a glance.

I was also mentally shocked in a different sense, so it was much later that I realized where Jerarkiel was taking me.

* * *

Jerarkiel headed to the medical room. Chichi seemed to notice that it wasn’t the usual direction and kept perking up her ears.

Her face was so wary that she looked like she thought he was going to eat her.

“Don’t worry. We’re going to see the doctor.”

“Chyu?”

“I think you have pheromones.”

Chichi’s eyes sparkled at the word pheromone. But her tail drooped at the following words.

“Of course, you’d have to know how to transform into a human to use them.”

Judging from Chichi’s reaction, she seemed to know what it meant to not be able to transform into a human.

‘Well, she must have heard something in the wild. Maybe when she was abandoned.’

Small carnivores like ferrets did not accept slow children for survival. Being slow meant being eliminated.

Her pheromone scent seemed weak on the surface, so they must have judged her as a slow child.

But Jerarkiel felt it clearly. Chichi’s pheromones were something special.

He was more sensitive to pheromones than other beastmen, so he could tell right away.

She definitely used pheromones as a last resort when she was about to be caught by him.

What was strange was that it was only felt but did not cause any harm.

Rather, he seemed to feel good, so he told her to bite him every time he met her.

Now, it’s because Chichi’s reaction is funny, so he does it on purpose.

‘She wasn’t ordinary from the beginning.’

Usually, the basic pheromone for ferret beastmen was stealth. It was to create camouflage with a small body to catch prey at once.

So, she should have hidden her body the moment she found a dangerous opponent in front of her. Not dancing like crazy.

So, he was going to check. If she was really a slow child, he would have to return her to the wild when spring came. But the hand that held Chichi, despite saying he would return her, had a slight force in it.

Meanwhile, Chichi wasn’t just drooping. She was perking up her ears again and looking around, and she seemed a little excited.

She probably expected to find out how to transform into a human.

‘She shouldn’t be disappointed.’

On the other hand, he also wanted to see her drooping in disappointment. Watching Chichi, who never stays still, keeps him from being bored. He was looking forward to everything.

Jerarkiel himself had not clearly defined his feelings for Chichi. It means he’s just doing whatever he feels like.

It was then. Every time her pure white ears twitched, a fragrant scent wafted gently.

Even though he had smeared his pheromones all over her, her pheromones were clearly felt. It was thanks to the Black Lion family’s unique sensitivity.

Jerarkiel recalled the confrontation with Zachary earlier and pretended to press Chichi’s head to smear pheromones on her. It was because he didn’t want Zachary to smell Chichi’s pheromone scent.

He usually wasn’t interested in his work, but he suddenly became interested in Chichi, which made him feel bad.

‘No. He was always fickle.’

In fact, it was almost the first time they had talked so peacefully like just now. Usually, they would pretend not to know each other even if they ran into each other.

The Black Lions, the Jabish, had a strong individualistic tendency, unlike ordinary lion families. They preferred hunting alone rather than in groups, so they were not interested in each other.

Family was no exception. Rather, the closer they were, the more they would hesitate to deal with a family member who had fallen into madness. The moment you hesitated in front of a strong opponent, it was over.

To think he would run into Zachary when he went to find Chichi.

Besides, he was dumbfounded when he saw Zachary teasing and laughing at Chichi.

Jerarkiel, who had almost been killed by Zachary when he was born, was very unfamiliar with his generous appearance.

‘Did he notice something different after all?’

Judging from the conversation just now, he only seemed to know that Chichi had pheromones.

But he said he had never been hit by Chichi, so he wouldn’t know that her pheromones were special.

In fact, he had never properly felt Chichi’s pheromones since the attack at their first meeting. Perhaps she had only used pheromones instinctively at the time and didn’t even know how to use them properly.

Still, just in case, he only let her bite him. So that no one else would know that fact and take his thing.

When Jerarkiel entered the medical room, Ivan was waiting.

“Have you arrived?”

Ivan smiled kindly, then immediately lowered his eyes to Chichi’s level and greeted her.

“As always, you’re small enough to fit in one bite, Chichi-nim.”

Chichi stepped back as Ivan opened his mouth as if to eat her.

* * *

Why are you picking a fight as soon as we meet?!

I was horrified to see Ivan’s teeth right in front of my nose and stepped back.

“Chyuuu!”

This kind of joke isn’t fun!

When I was disgusted, Ivan drooped his eyebrows and blurted out nonsense.

“Oh, I thought I could finally taste it this time.”

I couldn’t stand it and tried to kick him. Jerarkiel blocked my forepaw and said.

“You promised to only hit me.”

W-what?!

Jerarkiel, who even lowered his eyebrows sadly, made a hurt expression, so I lost my words, and Ivan didn’t miss the opportunity and chimed in.

“Indeed, you’ve already developed into that kind of relationship. I envy you, Jerarkiel-nim.”

“Yeah, so Ivan should try harder too.”

Jerarkiel said proudly and stroked my head. Then Ivan looked at me and said.

“Will there ever come a time when I can chew, tear, taste, and enjoy Chichi-nim like jerky?”

That day will never come!

“I’ll wait with anticipation. Of course, you won’t be able to draw a single drop of blood with your needle-sized fangs.”

Ivan went even further and held out his finger to my mouth. I covered my mouth with my forepaw at his excited face, telling me to try it.

For some reason, if I bite that, I feel like I’ll cross a river I can’t return from [a point of no return].

“If you want to be bitten that much, should I bite you, Ivan?”

“No, thank you. Jerarkiel-nim’s fangs don’t chew, they tear, right?”

Ivan fluttered his arms and pretended to tremble. Both of them knew that he wasn’t scared at all anyway.

Jerarkiel said.

“The cat?”

“I’ve escorted her inside.”

Ivan pointed beyond the curtain. Someone’s silhouette was reflected beyond the curtain.

‘If it’s a cat, is it a doctor?’

In the original story, the beastman doctor was a cat beastman. The human and beastman body structures were different, so humans couldn’t detect pheromones.

Also, among the beastmen, the pheromones of cat beastmen could accurately identify the pheromones of other beastmen.

‘I really have pheromones!’

I had been so busy surviving in the wild.

I thought I might live and die as a ferret forever.

But I have pheromones!

With a pounding heart, I entered the curtain with Jerarkiel.

But there was no one inside. There was a silhouette until just now?

It was when I was looking around. A brown-haired woman was trembling in the corner, using the curtain as a shield. Jerarkiel tilted his head.

“What is she doing?”

At this, the woman clutched the curtain preciously and gave an awkward smile. She was still hiding her body with the curtain.

“Ah, I’m sorry. I’m afraid of small animals like mice.”

A cat is afraid of mice?

That was as absurd as saying that a mouse eats a cat.