“errrrrrggg

I feel like I got at least fifteen concussions from that,” Shiryu groggily pulls himself up,

(I always forget my scales may be durable but that doesn’t stop brunt force,

It’s times like this I appreciate my beast body, had to go into partial hibernation to recover quickly…)

“Where am I now” Shiryu says out loud adjusting his eyes to the dim lighting,

On the three sides around him are thick brown wooden walls, and in front wooden bars

(Is this a joke?)

“A wooden cage?

Come on a child could break out of this,” Shiryu confidently grips a wooden bar–

Bumbp!

–And immediately slumps to the floor

(My strength…

It drained all,

I can barely move…)

“Keep your claws to yourself next time,” a masculine voice speaks from somewhere outside Shiryu can’t even move his head to see who or where

“Where am I?” Shiryu asks weakly

“Don’t worry about it beast, your life will be ending very soon”

“….

Wait, no, please I’m not actually a–”

“–It’s a waste of time and what little energy you have left trying to trick me,

I’ve been stationed here for nearly a month now waiting for you wake up from your nap,

Now stay quiet someone will be here soon to turn into a requiem.”

….

Stomp-stomp-stomp♪

A short flow of footsteps reverberates

Slamm!

Followed by a door shutting

(Damn, this is how I kick the bucket?

Drained and defenceless,)

…..

…..

Shiryu waits silent and solemnly

(The next person that enters I’m going to beg like never before)

….

….

Errrkkk♪

The door opens,

“Are you sure you’re up for this?” A woman’s voice asks

“Yes, I want to do it, please leave it to me” a somewhat timid female voice responds

“Ok.. then good luck.”

Bram!

The door closes

Pat-pat-pat-pat-pat♪

Soft footsteps approach Shiryu’s cell

“Recovery rain”

“?”

A small shower covers Shiryu and energy begins to flow through his body once more,

“Huh?”

Shiryu leaps staring across the wooden bars to the excited brown eyes of a petite girl, her thin lips in a wide smile that shows off her deep dimples in her rosy cheeks,

One of her hands is busy twirling a loose strand of pale pink hair tied in a dainty ribbon while her other hand is pointed at Shiryu as she says:

“Acid Rain”

Tssssshhhh!♪

“Ahhhkk!”

Shiryu raises his arms to cover his head from the magic raindrops currently melting through his skin,

“What are doing to me??

Stop!”

“Paralysis rain”

(Ahh not again)

Shiryu once again slumps down to the floor unable to move

“Ha~” the girl breathes out a sigh of pleasure

She pulls open the cage unharmed by it’s weakening effects and knees down by the boy, pressing her face close to his ear

“You can scream if you want, I made it so that your ability to speak wouldn’t be impaired.”

The timid tone that was previously heard in her voice all but gone,

This girl speaks with sadistic menace

“Wait, wait hear me out.” Shiryu pleads

“Ok, I’m listening”

“Im–

Owwwww!”

She sticks a blade into his bare flesh behind the melted away scales on his thigh

“I’m listening to your screams” she cackles

(This woman is crazy, I’m so dead😭)

“You gave me back my strength just to paralyze me again is sick work.”

“Thanks, I’ll take that as a compliment”

“Owwww! Owwww!”

She twists the blade into his skin,

“Your skin under the scales is very tender, what kind of beastman are you?”

You might be reading a stolen copy. Visit Royal Road for the authentic version.

“I’m a human…

I may not look like it but I am I got into an accident,

Please believe me…”

“Ok,

Name ten people then”

“Pardon?”

“You heard me,

Name

Ten

People”

(What kind of unreasonable question is that?

I can literally just make up random names)

“Ten people that I know by the way,” the girl adds as if reading Shiryu’s mind

“That’s not fair how will I know ten people you know?”

“My point exactly” the girl grins pulling out the dagger and sticking it back into his skin,

“nnnngghh!” Shiryu clenches his teeth trying to endure it,

“Don’t fight it, scream, I love hearing you scream”

“Wait! Give me something else please!”

“hmmm..

Ok, only because I want to spend a lot of time torturing you before I kill you,

Beastmen don’t have names,

So tell me your parents names,

And I’ll know if you’re making them up by the way”

(I was conceived in lab how the hell would I know who my dna donors were?

That angel Raguel also donated his life to me, does he count?)

“well?”

“…..

I don’t,

Wait, wait, wait with the knife!

I don’t know my mother’s name because I never met her, but my umm my father,

His name was Raguel,”

“….”

OOWWWWW!

Shiryu bawls out as the girls firmly wrenches the blade into his leg

“I told the truth I swear!”

“You beasts never tell the truth,

And I don’t like that name you used,

Don’t do it again.” Her sadistic tone switches to a more solemn one

(Does she know someone with the same name?

Or maybe…)

“I wasn’t lying,

Why would I make up name like Raguel?”

“Ok, you’re just begging to be tortured,” she pulls the knife out preparing for a forceful thrust,

“Raguel, is my father, his son Apollo is my brother!” Shiryu declares,

B-lingk!♪

The girl drops the dagger,

“How?”

(Hah! Thank Kage I hit the jackpot!)

“Healing rain” the girl conjures her rain that restores Shiryu’s health,

“You see I told you”

Sgyguucckk!

“Ahhhh-ahhhh-owww!”

She rams her dagger right back through his new healed leg the moment he stands,

Shiryu drops down to his knees, and the girl grips his throat aggressively pressing the dagger near his eye

“Are you mind reader?

You sick shit!

Don’t think you can fool me!

Look at me!

I said look at me if you want to watch my dagger then how about I shove it into your skull?”

(This woman is definitely a psycho)

“I’m telling the truth,”

“Chhh!” she spits in his face

“Apollo never said he an abomination for a sibling,

And Raguel, he went missing, I never met him, but where I’m from he was well liked,”

“Yes then we know the same person, kind eyes, reddish blond hair, angelic presence?

I even know Kage, she’s like family to me..”

“You mention Kage too?” the girl slightly lowers the knife

“I don’t know you’re truthful or a mind reader,

Kage you called him her?”

“Kage is a boy?”

“I don’t know, I never asked, now that I think about….”

The girl releases her chokehold on Shiryu,

“I’m going leave you alive for now,

Talk to queen first, she’ll deal with you,” she turns to leave in a huff,

“Wait, aren’t you going to heal me again?”

“Would you like me to paralyze you to numb the pain?”

“No ma’am.”

“Good, now don’t try to escape or we’ll kill you regardless of who you claim to be,”

“One more thing, umm miss?”

“What?”

“Your name?”

“Amelia of Furlheim City.”

Slam!

The door shuts behind her.