" This mansion is giving me the creeps." Roan shivers. Everything is dark in the mansion and it is really cold. It sort of weird that the mansion is dark when it isn't nighttime yet. He finds a bedroom that a lamp that is already turned on. Roan didn't think too much about that, as he sits on the bed. " If this is my uncle's mansion. Why didn't he telling anyone about this before? And why did he leave it?" Roan ask himself.

He glances around the room until he sees a girl with short blue hair, amber eyes, a blue furry tail, blue fur arms, legs hands and feet, sharp claws on her feet and hands and blue furry wolf ears hiding in a corner. She is wearing a white dress that has been torn apart. Roan blinks a few times. This has to be a dream or someone gave him a drug, because the ears and tail looks real. The girl seems to be scared of him.

" Please don't kill me!" The girl pleads with tears in her eyes. " I'm not going to kill you." Roan reassures her. The girl starts calming down. " I don't remember my name. But I can tell you that I am a werewolf. I've been living here for a few days, because my pack abandoned me." The girl told him.

"My name is Roan Walker. Since you don't remember your name. I'll call you Selene." Roan introduced himself. Selene is surprise that he gave her a name when they just met. She didn't expect the man to be so nice to her. The werewolf's stomach suddenly growls. " You must be hungry. I'll go to the kitchen and cook something for you." Roan says with a kind smile.

He goes to find the kitchen. Selene is surprise at the man's reaction. He is a human, but he wasn't scared and he hasn't tried to kill her. " Why does he hate me? A lot of humans want to see me and other monster girls dead. So why doesn't Roan hate me?" Selene thought as she walks to the kitchen.


Once Selene got to the kitchen. She sees that Roan is already cooking a steak. Selene felt her mouth water at the sight. Steak is one of her favorite thing to eat. " Thank you for getting the salmon prepared, Selene." Roan thanks her. " Huh? This is the first time I've been to the kitchen." Selene say with a confused look on her face.

This startles Roan. Is there someone else in the house? Selene seems to have the same thought. " This is a weird day. First I heard about an elf traveling with a human child. Then I met a man who doesn't hate me. Now there's a mysterious person secretly living in the mansion, that managed to hide from me." She mumbles to herself.

Roan heard everything that she said. " Tell me about this child and the elf." Roan says. " I don't know much about that. But I do know that the elf seems to be protecting the child. It's strange because elves look down on humans." Selene told him. Roan is surprise at that.

The child must be really important to the elf. Roan finishes cooking the steak and he puts it on a plate for Selene. She thanks him and daintily eats the fish. Roan chuckles as he sits on a chair. He wasn't hungry for some reason. " Please don't stare at me like that. It's embarrassing." Selene says with a blush on her face. Roan apologizes since he didn't realize he was staring at her.

The werewolf continues eating her steak. " Are all monster girls friendly like you are?" Roan ask. " No. Some of them will try to rape you." Selene replies, before she realizes what he said. " Why do you think I'm friendly?" She questions the man. " Because you haven't tried to attack me." Roan replies.

Selene blinks at that. Roan is right. She could've attacked him, but she didn't. In truth that is why her pack abandoned her. She never wanted to rape men like the others. Selene was once a human and that part of her is still in control for now. That was the reason why her pack didn't want her around anymore. " Wait a minute! Why am I being so relaxed about everything?!" Roan thought as it finally dawns on him that he isn't dreaming or hallucinating. He muffles groan while silently cursing at his uncle.

He is happy to be alive. The thing that bothers him the most is that he doesn't know anything about this new world.


" Maeve. Are we near the town yet?" Mercy asks the elf. " No. It will be a few days before we get there." Maeve replies. She didn't want to admit that they were taking the long route to the town. Instead of a few days, it will take a week for them to get to the town. The reason for this is simple. There is an order outpost at the shorter route.

If they had taken that route. Maeve would be killed and Mercy would be taken to an orphanage. Maeve knew that Mercy would be an easy target for her pursuer if that happens. The elf briefly saw a Ratatoskr watching them. Maeve was considered an oddity in her village.

She pretends to be a human, so she can be a bounty hunter. When she first met Mercy. The little girl's parents were dead, and Mercy was terrified and kept telling Maeve to run away from the scary man. Maeve ignored the warning and she was about to take her to an orphanage, when she felt murderous intent approaching them. Maeve took Mercy and she ran until they got to a tavern. The person found them and he told everyone Maeve is an elf.

The tavern owner and the guests tried to murder Maeve in her sleep. Luckily Maeve and Mercy escaped when they realized the man was there. The two realize that the man is after Mercy. The little girl later told the elf that she doesn't know the man. She had been hiding in a closet, until Maeve appeared at her house.

The elf glances at her crossbow. She needs to find more weapons if the man is a wizard. There is a type of dark magic that wizards can use. It is forbidden since it involves killing innocent people to make the magic stronger. " Maeve. Can we stay at the mansion at the crossroads when we go past it?" Mercy asks the elf.

Maeve was about to shake her head, when she considers the possibility of staying there. They can't keep traveling with only a few moments of rest. The mansion has been abandoned since the owner disappeared. He probably left when he realizes he built his home at the crossroads.

The crossroads are different from normal roads. The crossroads has five roads that leads to the beach, the forest, the zipangu region, a cemetery and the mountains. Maeve felt some pity for any man who thinks that the mansion is safe. Mercy reaches put for Maeve's left hand. The elf sighs and gently grabs the little hand.

While Maeve used to pretend to be a human. She still isn't used to interacting with humans. She still doesn't know how to take care of a human child. Elf children were easier to take care of since they are well behave. Mercy is surprisingly well behave, but this is probably because she's scared.

Maeve tightens her grip on her crossbow that is being held in her right hand. If that man or dangerous animals appear. She is ready to stop them from hurting Mercy.


The next chapter has a minotaur and a centaur appearing at the mansion.