The Strongest Daughter-In-Law Of The Black Lion Family [EN]: Chapter 31

#31.

This was Hebel. Moreover, it was quite far from the forest where I lived. So, I never imagined I would run into Bianco in a place like this, and I was a little dumbfounded.

‘What’s Bianco doing here? And that outfit…….’

He was wearing the priestly robes of Hebel’s servants and hurrying somewhere.

Did he disappear and get a job in Hebel in the meantime?

Well, being able to humanize, it would have been ridiculous to stay in the forest.

He was the only one in the forest who knew how to humanize, and he took care of the beastkins [animal-human hybrids] abandoned on the streets. Among them, he treated me, who understood him the best, like a friend.

Of course, I might have been the only one who considered him a friend, judging by the fact that he abandoned me and ran away at the crucial moment.

As I stared blankly at Bianco, Ivan, who was following my gaze, asked quietly.

“Is he a beastkin you know?”

“Uh-huh. He helped me a few times when I was in the wild.”

“In the wild?”

“He was also an abandoned beastkin. But since he succeeded in humanizing, I guess that’s how he lives now.”

I don’t know why he robbed the Jabishi warehouse if he was going to come to Hebel like this. From Jerarkiel’s point of view, who caught him in the act, he couldn’t look at him kindly.

I muttered nonchalantly, as if I had just remembered.

“Ah, he was an accomplice too. He tempted me to rob the warehouse.”

Ivan’s eyes flashed at the word accomplice. I frowned, feeling resentful even after thinking about it again.

“He told me to keep watch and ran away. I was stupid to wait without knowing that.”

I lived and died being deceived like that in my past life, and I was a fool to be deceived again.

After a long time had passed, Bianco didn’t come out of the warehouse. I wondered if something had happened, so I went to look, but the warehouse was empty.

He quickly took the food and ran away, leaving me behind.

I realized I had been tricked too late and ran away, but I happened to run into Jerarkiel on the escape route. I was captured and became his pet, and now my status has been elevated to become his partner.

As the protagonist of this incredible story, I couldn’t help but sigh deeply.

“I was going to bite him if I caught him.”

I don’t know what his intention was, but I was furious that he used his friend as bait to escape, no matter how I thought about it.

‘What should I do with that guy?’

In the past, I would have tried to understand him, thinking he must have had his reasons, but I won’t do that anymore.

‘I’m going to pay back a hundredfold for what I’ve suffered!’

I was grinding my teeth, thinking about how to screw him over, when Ivan, who was watching from the side, shrugged his shoulders.

“Should I let you bite him now?”

“What?”

“Wait here.”

With those words, Ivan jumped out the window. Before I could stop him, he disappeared and reappeared a moment later, carrying a terrified Bianco in his arms.

“W-w-why are you doing this to me?”

Bianco said in a terrified voice. In response, Ivan replied shamelessly. His skill in threatening, even showing off his fangs on purpose, was no different from that of a street thug.

“Our young lady has something to say to you.”

“S-s-something to say?”

“Don’t worry, we brought you here *to* hurt you.”

“W-w-what do you mean!”

Bianco spat out a shrill voice, his face pale as if he was being strangled.

Hey, you crazy lion!

I couldn’t help but jump at Ivan’s shameless consolation. Not only did he kidnap a passing beastkin out of nowhere, but he also confidently said he brought him here to hurt him.

I wondered once again if staying in this family was the best thing to do. I rubbed my throbbing forehead and said.

“Put him down for now, Ivan.”

“Yes, Miss.”

Ivan obediently knelt Bianco down in front of me. I was embarrassed by the title of Miss, which he doesn’t usually use, but the situation unfolding before my eyes was the most difficult.

“P-please save me.”

Bianco was just trembling, his face buried on the floor. He must have realized that he had been caught by a lion-like guy, and he was scared.

“Raise your head.”

At my command, Bianco raised only his eyes and looked at me. Judging by his humble expression, he clearly didn’t recognize me.

Well, he only knew me when I was a weasel. There’s no way he could recognize me in this form.

Seeing Bianco in front of me, I had many thoughts.

‘It would have been nice if a smart kid like you had humanized.’

‘Chi?’

‘Even the gods are so heartless.’

Bianco would occasionally secretly share food with me. He was also the one who taught me how to hunt, as I was not good at it.

Thanks to him, I was able to survive the winter. If I had been alone, I would have starved to death or been eaten by a predator.

When my thoughts reached that point, my desire to take revenge on Bianco disappeared. Maybe it’s because my life has become quite smooth now, and I’ve developed a sense of compassion that I didn’t have before.

Even though he was annoying, I couldn’t ignore the kindness he had shown me.

I turned my back on Bianco and said.

“Just let him go.”

“Just like that?”

“Yeah.”

At the calm voice, Ivan looked back and forth between me and Bianco. After a while, he bowed his head lightly.

“If that’s what you want.”

Ivan was about to reach out to Bianco as if he was bored.

“What’s all the commotion?”

Just in time, Jerarkiel, who came in, turned his gaze to Bianco, who was kneeling.

“Who is this weasel again?”

“Ah, that’s…….”

Ivan was about to drag out his words.

Bianco approached Jerarkiel on his knees and suddenly grabbed his pants.

“P-please save me!”

It was an act of flattery, as he noticed that he was the boss at first glance. But Bianco shouldn’t have done that.

Jerarkiel’s golden eyes flashed.

“Huh? Keureureuk.”

Immediately after, Bianco seemed to let out a shallow exclamation, then foamed at the mouth and fainted. Jerarkiel had knocked him out with pheromones.

“Who touches my body?”

Jerarkiel shook his pants as if he was displeased. I stared blankly at the sight.

It was a completely different, cold attitude than he had towards me. Come to think of it, he hated anyone touching his body in the original story.

He hated physical contact so much that he always wore gloves.

It was only natural that he was attacked for grabbing and clinging to his pants.

‘I’ve really been out of my mind all this time.’

Recalling the times when I bit Jerarkiel’s finger and even slapped him on the cheek, my heart turned cold. Now I realized how specially he had treated me.

To finish off a weasel in the blink of an eye.

Leaving me, who was as stiff as a stone, behind, Ivan put a handkerchief on Bianco’s head and put his hands together.

“May he rest in peace.”

“He’s not dead yet.”

At Jerarkiel’s irritated voice, Ivan widened his eyes.

“Yes? Really?”

He seemed to believe it only after finally putting his finger on Bianco’s nose.

“Is it real?”

“You know very well that murder is forbidden in Hebel.”

“But our young master doesn’t think about things like that when he does things, does he? He has a previous record.”

Looking at it, Ivan seemed to be the beastkin with the biggest guts [courage]. It wouldn’t be easy to commit insubordination so naturally.

If it was the last time Ivan mentioned, it would be the incident with Heathcliff. The day I went into the well, Ivan grabbed me and complained about how much.

He made a fuss about how the agreement was almost broken and a war was about to break out. At the same time, he subtly cursed Jerarkiel so much that I got calluses on my ears.

I was also quite embarrassed to hear that Jerarkiel was trying to attack Heathcliff.

Even if Jerarkiel was crazy, I never dreamed that Heathcliff would respond.

‘I haven’t seen his face since then.’

To be exact, I hadn’t taken a single step out of the room. It was because the head of the family, Jakari, held me responsible for leaving without permission and prevented me from leaving.

Now, today was the last day of that. He said he would let me attend the banquet, so I would be able to say goodbye then. As I was thinking this, Jerarkiel smiled eerily and said.

“You make me not want to think when you say that, Ivan.”