“As long as I don’t put it in down there, it should be fine.”

With a flushed expression and panting hot breaths, the man hurriedly undid his pants. He lowered his dirty underwear and pulled out his er*ect c*ck. Olivia shook her head and tried to pull back, but she couldn’t escape the man’s grasp. Afraid she might bite him, the man squeezed her face so hard her jaw might dislocate as he tried to shove his c*ck into Olivia’s mouth.

“Awoooooo!”

Suddenly, the sound of dogs howling came from far away. Dogs barked from all directions, soon followed by people’s screams. The dark outside of the tent suddenly brightened, and the smell of burning quickly intensified.

“W-what, suddenly!”

The man who had been pushing his c*ck toward Olivia hesitated in confusion. He shoved her back into the bathtub and turned around to assess the situation.

“Aaaaargh!”

A human shadow that had approached the tent screamed and collapsed to the side. An unidentifiable liquid was sprayed onto the tent and dripped down. Though not visible, the chaotically collapsing shadows indicated that outside was in pandemonium. Unable to grasp the situation, the man frantically grabbed his falling pants and searched for his weapon.

“Which, which bastard dares!”

One side of the tent was ripped open. The acrid smoke made the torn tent flutter unsightly. The man searching for his weapon stood dumbfounded, staring at the monster entering.

“Found you.”

The blood-covered monster smiled brightly with gleaming eyes. Blood mixed with saliva dripped from between its gaping jaws. The man who had been holding a sword dropped it as his strength left his hands at the sight of the monster resembling a cruel demon.

“M-m-monster……”

The man sat on the floor and crawled, trembling. The monster’s heavy footsteps slowly approached him. Its enormous hand grabbed the man’s head and lifted him up.

“Are you the one who touched what’s mine?”

“U-uwaah!”

The monster applied pressure, as if about to crush the man’s head. Though the man kicked and struggled, it was futile. His face turned bright red, as though it might burst from the pressure on his head.

“Sister!”

Lime, who had followed behind the monster, momentarily froze in shock at the scene before him, then belatedly discovered Olivia leaning against the bathtub. When Lime tried to rush to Olivia, the monster tore off the head of the man it was holding while he was still alive.

“Ugh.”

The man’s screams of agony instantly disappeared. The headless body staggered and collapsed to the floor, twitching. Lime turned his head away from the blood spurting in all directions. The smell of blood was overwhelmingly strong. Though he had followed the monster to rescue Olivia, the unbridled monster was so uninhibited that it was difficult to remain nearby. Thankfully, it was the middle of the night, so they hadn’t encountered any ordinary people along the way. A dog they met midway had led the monster to the secret merchant’s tent. After arriving at the tent, it was literally a scene of slaughter.

Even the most cruel humans typically experience a moment of emotional turbulence when killing someone, but the monster’s actions showed no such troublesome hesitation.

The monster slowly approached the bathtub, holding the head it had just torn off. Red liquid flowed in a narrow stream beneath its feet.

Olivia, who had hit her head when the man pushed her into the bathtub, felt nauseous and dizzy, unable to regain her senses.

“Ugh……”

A deep shadow fell over her head as she retched with tears flowing. Olivia frowned at the falling droplets and raised her head. The blood soaking the monster’s body dripped down over the bathtub where she was.

“……”

Blue eyes flickering with strange desire stared fixedly at Olivia. The emotional whirlwind was so intense that even she, facing his gaze directly, couldn’t tell with what feeling he was looking at her.

“Olivia! Be careful!”

Lime urgently called out to Olivia. Even he couldn’t predict what the monster might do to Olivia right now. He had rushed here to find her, but he couldn’t tell whether the driving force was anger or some other emotion.

The monster’s lips moved. The low growling sound spoke words that couldn’t be understood. The monster threw aside the dead man’s head it had been holding. Then it extended its hand with sharp claws toward Olivia.

“……”

Olivia didn’t avoid it. She didn’t close her eyes in fear. She simply stared at the monster’s eyes as it approached her and reached out her hand to it.

“Alois?”

The blood-covered hand that had just torn through human flesh carefully touched her hair. The hand hesitated in mid-air, caressing the empty space, afraid that its sharp claws might hurt her delicate skin if it touched her face.

The rough breathing was unstable, mixed with growls. Olivia spread her arms, as though asking for a hug from the monster, which contorted its face in pain. After hesitating, not knowing what to do with his dirty hands, he finally carefully lifted her up. A precious and fragile life that seemed like it might break if touched wrongly nestled in his arms. After untying her bound arms, Olivia embraced the monster’s neck. He could feel the small body leaning against him trembling from the cold.

“Livi……”

“That’s enough now, let’s go back.”

“……”

“Let’s go back to the ducal mansion now, okay?”

His hands tightened around her hearing her suggestion to return together. The beast’s furry arms completely wrapped around her n*ked body, which was trembling from the cold, holding her tightly against him to warm her and shield her from others’ eyes. The duke passed by the dazed Lime and walked out of the tent where flames were flickering.

“Whine, woof woof!”

The dog that had guided the duke to the tent approached cautiously. The duke growled softly at the dog trying to check on Olivia’s condition. But soon he obediently retracted his teeth when Olivia gently soothed him.

“Your owner won’t be able to torment you anymore. You can go anywhere you want.”

Olivia lowered her hand and gently stroked the dog’s head. After briefly enjoying her touch, the dog quickly lowered its tail and moved away under the fierce glare directed at it. The duke quickly moved on, seemingly unwilling to allow anyone else near her anymore.

Lime stared in bewilderment at the back of the monster carrying her in his arms and escaping from hell as if flying.

* * *

He had a terrible dream. He wandered through darkness searching for her, who seemed within reach yet untouchable. When he finally found her and grabbed her hand, she disappeared from his grasp like a mirage mocking him. The fear that he would never recover her ate away at him. Cackling voices shouted from all directions. But Alois couldn’t give up. Even if he had to devour all the darkness, he needed to pull her back to his side.

“Alois?”

“……”

In an instant, the hellish ground beneath his feet brightened. The darkness surrounding him disappeared, and familiar scenery came into view. Alois raised his upper body and turned his head. Familiar furniture and curtains, and the soft touch of the blanket.

Most importantly, the voice calling him from his side.

“Livi?”

Olivia, who had risen with Alois while rubbing her sleepy eyes, rested her head on his upper body. Her breath tickled his firm chest as it brushed lightly. Though the situation wasn’t fully clear to him, he naturally stroked her hair and wrapped his arm around her shoulders.

“Mmm, has your heat cycle ended?”

Yawn. Her small yawn and mumbling voice were lovely. As he slowly examined himself, he saw that his body, which had transformed into a monster, had returned to human form. Alois’s memories brought back the chaotic past.

He had despaired when Olivia hadn’t returned, wanted to die, and wandered aimlessly, not knowing what to do, when the administrator fearlessly entered the forest. He mentioned Olivia, sprayed some strange drug, and then…

“I left the forest and killed people.”

Alois blankly stared at his hands. The memory of his monstrous hands mercilessly tearing apart and killing people in the tent was vivid. Covered in blood that seemed like it would never wash away no matter how much he scrubbed……

“Don’t you remember anything else?”

Olivia tapped her fingertips on Alois’s furrowed brow, trying to change the atmosphere as he grimaced in agony. Anything else? Alois looked down at her blankly. Olivia’s lips, which smiled gently as she looked up at him, seemed fuller than usual. His hand unconsciously rose to gently caress her lips. Her lips parted, and he could see her cute red tongue moving behind her white teeth.

He had pushed his c*ck into that small mouth. He had pushed his c*ck into that narrow space that couldn’t even accommodate half of it, forced her jaw open, and rubbed his gl*ns against the delicate mucous membrane deep in her throat.

‘Ugh, hff, hmph!’

Each time she tightened her throat from gagging, his gl*ns was stimulated, gradually melting his expression.