Chapter 1
Category:
Romance
Author:
ZoieWords:1044Update time:25/05/26 20:00:14
Today is Alvaro Berry's birthday banquet.
I arrived at the entrance with a gift box, hoping to surprise him.
To my surprise, as soon as I reached the door, I overheard him talking with other beastmen.
"Hey, Alvaro, why don't you want to bond with Noelle?"
"Yeah, Alvaro, she's so good to you. Anyone can see she likes you."
Alvaro scoffed and replied slowly,
"She? What does she have besides some money? If it weren't for her weak constitution, I could have transformed freely by now."
"After a while, I'll go to Carley Hunter and ask her to take me in."
There was a gasp from inside.
I froze with my hand on the doorknob, then pulled it back.
The quality of the master's constitution affects how soon a beastman can transform.
Carley is my sister, and her constitution quality rate is 79%, which is among the best in the country.
My quality rate is only 33%, which is pitifully low.
Back then, seeing Alvaro being bullied at the beastman shelter, I took him in out of sympathy.
The next day, my sister also went to the beastman shelter.
This means… he could have been taken in by my sister.
Because of my weak constitution, I always felt guilty towards Alvaro and tried to make up for his inability to transform freely.
This time, for his birthday, I spent a fortune on a top-notch transformation agent developed by a leading research institute.
But I didn't expect that he would harbor resentment towards me because of this.
I sighed.
Actually, he could have told me these things directly. I'm not indispensable to him.
And my sister…
In fact, she takes the most pleasure in torturing beastmen, deriving amusement from their suffering.
I raised an eyebrow.
Then, I turned and left.
I drove home.
Strangely, there was traffic congestion all the way.
I turned on the car radio and happened to hear a broadcast.
[Welcome to today's broadcast. Here's a breaking news update:]
[At 3: 19 AM, an SSS-class snake-man escaped from the research institute in Area A of Cloud City. Please remain alert…]
My heart skipped a beat.
SSS-class?! An escape by such a dangerous creature could be catastrophic!
Suddenly, it felt like the trunk of my car jolted.
A foreboding feeling surged through me.
The next second, a cold thing wrapped around my lower back, climbing up to my neck…
Hiss—
I didn't turn around, but I could already hear the sound of the snake's tongue flicking beside my ear.
In a panic, I quickly shouted, "Don't be rash! If you eat me, the police up ahead will soon find you!"
I wasn't lying.
Cloud City is currently on high alert, and I even saw the police patrolling up ahead.
It felt like dawn was just around the corner.
But the snake was exceptionally sharp and intelligent. It seemed to sense something unusual.
The long snake tail brushed against my leg…
With a chilling touch, it wrapped around the gift box I had placed beside me.
It was the shape-shifting agent!