“I knew trusting someone like you would lead to this!” Angry beady brown eyes focus themselves on Pinoki then to Shiryu,

And mature man clutches a bow tightly with another arrow ready to shoot, his face stern and sinister, makes him look middle-aged but old simultaneously,

“Hey I’m not a–“

Fwick!!

The arrow fires into his skull

“Get out!” the man dressed quite elegantly for the situation is unwilling to hear anything,

From head to tows he is dapper in back and white checkered suit, as he pulls behind his back against a long gray cape to his quiver of arrows his eyes stay peeled on every minuscule movement from Shiryu

“What is all this about!” Aki pushes her way ahead of Shiryu blocking the man’s fire

“Who are you?” The man raises his aim over the short woman

“The chief of Bakufu and you had better put that weapon down before I detach your hands.”

“You are the powerful chief?” the disgruntled man lowers his bow slightly but not completely

“And you are quite a boisterous man, which leads me to believe you hold some authority here?”

“Yes, my name, Dexter the commissioner of the Order faction, I am the one responsible for keeping these people safe,

And that thing jeopardizes our safety!” Dexter raises his bow back up at Shiryu

“Commissioner, Shiryu isn’t a beast, he is actually one of us,” Claude speaks up in Shiryu’s defence, being somewhat familiar with the man

“Human or not that thing is threat, I have already had to compromise and accept the help of a potential insane person not whatever this ‘Shiryu’ is, get it out of here.”

“Evolved magic doesn’t make you insane,” Pinoki retorts realizing he was the one being referred to

“Get it out.” Dexter repeats ignoring the little man

By this time all the commotion the man was causing drew a small crowd to the front room,

On one hand it would be a pleasant relief to see that a good bit of people are surviving down here,

But on the other… right now for Shiryu it was an incredibly undesirable situation,

Horrified glances, and disgusted gazes came his way…

(I wish I had full armor on…)

“What is all this noise about Dexter?” a buff gentleman pushes through the faces

His brown forehead has a permanent wrinkle, in which his bald head does no service in hiding,

Dexter a man of average height looks as short as Aki compared to this buff specimen who towers over him,

“I don’t have to explain you see it right there Marshall.”

“A beast?” The man rests his dark orange eyes on Shiryu

“A human.” Protests Shiryu

“Shiryu is staying with us,” Aki adds,

“He is going to be a key component in helping us take care of your problem.”

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“If that stubborn old man Giichi hadn’t brought that requiem with him from your nation, we wouldn’t be having this problem.” Dexter snaps back to annoyance of Aki,

“If this humanoid creature is indeed hear to assist us then perhaps we should just leave it be for now,

I don’t we would be strong enough to fight against it anyway.” The buff man Marshall leans in his opinion

“Who are you now?” demands Aki not intimidated in the slightest by the man’s imposing physique and stature to hers

“Marshall, the boss of the construction company, my say holds just as much weight as Dexter here,” Marshall tugs away the bow from him as easy as snatching away a child’s toy

“Chief of Bakufu I offer my respects, we have no problem in letting you stay here, and if you say that beast is on your side then we cannot object it’s presence here, but….

I also agree with my colleague here, on it being a potential threat,

So I think for the best, the beastman can stay but outside…”

“I think no–”

“–Its ok chief” Shiryu cuts her off

“For the sale of peace, I’d rather stay in the yard, I don’t mind…”

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From entering the building with a sense curiosity and wonder, Shiryu now exits with shame and frustration,

He had always hated being a beast or at least looking like one, but this was the first time Shiryu truly despised himself as a beast

Around other humans he would hide his face normally be it Soterra or Tonbo, and the people that have seen him accepted his appearance in their own way….

Or maybe the ones who did accept it were just insane, and regular people still saw the monster,

From Zinnia to Aki, they all possessed evolved magic, their minds were clearly not that of normal people

(I wish I could just peel my scales off)

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Shiryu steps out onto the grassy lawn, the air of course is covered with fog, but still not as foggy as Shiryu’s mind felt right now,

(I know people would be terrified of me,

I knew this already,

But why do I feel so insulted by it?

Not a single spec of love to be found here…)

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Shiryu stares off around the asylum’s compound,

I wish I could describe exactly what he is seeing, but in truth, there isn’t much interesting,

Just a gray dull loveless fog stained yard of grass and a building that wants nothing to Shiryu’s existence

A building that denies his presence

(Maybe I’m overreacting about this,

It’s not that hard to understand that of course regular people wouldn’t want to near a monster,

I have always been aware of this fact,

Aghh.

But I hate it.

I feel like a pet like an animal,

Like I will never gain the love of others

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I wish I looked normal,

I wish—)

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