"Lord Subaru, please wake up." A high feminine voice followed by four rapid knocks on the door woke Subaru from his slumber. The sun shone in through the open windows, the curtains drawn open too, he was so tired the night before he forgot to close them. Although the cold air in the room nipped at his face, the warmth of his body under the covers spread a feeling of comfort through his body. He groaned and pulled one arm from the quilt, rubbing his sleepy face. His stubble itched against his palm, he hadn't shaved for a few weeks.

Sure, he's a teenager, hell he only turned seventeen years old five months ago. And facial hair took its damn time to grow, and he despised the mere thought of growing a moustache, let alone a beard. I need to shave soon. Another quartet of knocks snapped him from his facial hair-centred thoughts. "Yes, I'm awake!" He said aloud, his voice low yet it still cracked due to his not so divine awakening.

"My apologies, Lord Subaru, but a guest has appeared to see you." The feminine voice continued. After rubbing his eyes he recognised the voice. It was Eliza, his personal maid. Of course, he didn't feel he needed one, but when Reinhard explained to him that she would teach him to read and write, and also help him out with a few other things, he accepted. Literacy was very important if he was to become king. Especially since his main focus on winning the elections was by his extensive knowledge on 'otherworldly' concepts.

Now, sure, it was only from his homeland. Or, home planet. Home universe? He's not sure what to think. Is he even in a parallel universe? Or some different dimension? Either way it doesn't change the fact that not a single person in this world except Subaru himself knew what a blender was. It was in fact why he had gone to bed so tired : staying up late, to learn more about the alphabet, the language, the three versions of it.

"Subaru, I'm really not sure what this 'plum-ing' thing is you're talking about, but if you think it will help you win the election then I shall help you write about it" Eliza had told him to night before. Of course, he corrected her pronunciation of it, and she use that pronunciation to write it into letters. He briefly explained the concept. Water, in pipes, being transported around a facility or house, or wherever really. It used a force produced by something he hadn't decided on, and it served to infinitely power sinks, toilets and baths. He tried to explain showers, but stopped half way through when he saw her look of confusion.

"Never mind, but listen, this is really important from where I'm from. With this, I can change the world for the better." He insisted. She had shrugged and then continued his lessons on Lugunican language. Though neither of them had noticed, Reinhard was passing through at that time. Additionally, they didn't hear his thoughts. That is to be expected however, one nor the other possessed the Divine Protection of Empathy.

'He wishes to change the world? Introducing concepts and inventions from his own country. He truly must be a genius. His hands prove that is not a worker, I can tell he is young, maybe pursuing studies? What advanced technology does his homeland possess? He has to be a scientist. Or something of the sorts. If my first thought of him being a student, then it must be in science. He talks of plumbing, the transportation of water? In any of these cases, it is obvious he intends to rule the world and improve on it. I have to help him in any way I can, Od must have given me my last chance to not be a monster. I can't fail this time, not like I do with everything else.'

A third series of knocks snapped Subaru to reality once more, he had finished reflecting on the events the night before contained. "Yes, I shall be there in a moment." He replied, his voice a bit softer and less cracked this time round. The sound of footsteps moving away from the door indicated she had left. He sighed and got out of bed, the cold air seeping through the open windows bit at him. It was only September, yet the temperature had already changed for the worst. The sun stayed out, and it hadn't rained or clouded over once in the one month since he arrived. Wait, are seasons even the same here? It could be winter or something. Are there even four seasons? I don't know, I must find all this out. Thankfully Eliza has been nothing but patient with me, happily explaining the simplest of things. The excuse of me being from a very far away land helps a lot. Sure, no one believed him after he said he came from beyond the Great Waterfall apart from Reinhard and Eliza herself .

He cleared his throat and walked towards his drawers. Taking out the clothes for today, consisting of an orange dress shirt paired with black trousers and a black suit jacket, he reflected on the month he has gone through. Not much happened, he learnt a lot about the world, the Royal Selection and the other four candidates. Emilia being a candidate surprised him, and he was slightly irritated that he'd have to face her as rivals.

The beginning of the month was rather chaotic, he was not at all used to being treated like nobility. Yes, he was a shut in NEET, but he still did chores around the house. While his parents were away working, he would clean the house and often cook dinner for when they returned. And in his remaining free time, when bored of his usual games, he'd research some random things. He thanked his past self on several occasions in the past seven days. He had never expected to need to know how crop rotations worked, but thanks to five minutes on Wikipedia he possessed enough knowledge to begin an industrial AND agricultural revolution.

At least now I can dress myself in peace. Having maids dress me was rather embarrassing, I hope Eliza isn't too bothered by the fact I yelled at her to get out. I apologised afterwards, but it was unjust of me to do so. She was doing her job, what she was instructed to do.

He recalled it clearly. Eliza had began unbuttoning his night shirt while poor Subaru hadn't the faintest clue what was going on. Of course, the fact that she was still a young maiden didn't help the matter. He estimated her to be early to mid twenties, judging by the structure of her face. The lack of wrinkles, and the sparse spots on her forehead acted as further evidence of this. Her shoulder length midnight black hair -which was an uncommon feature, it was even more incentive to Reinhard to choose her as his maid- paired with her crimson red eyes made the situation too much.

Ah, hurry up Subaru, people are waiting for you.

"Ah, Lord Subaru, I am so pleased to meet you." A purple haired, generally good looking man donning a Royal Knight uniform knelt before the black haired royal candidate. Subaru chuckled nervously, before asking him to just call him by the name 'Subaru', the Lord part was unnecessary.

Cutting to the chase, the purple knight continued. "My name is Julius Juukulius, I am here to escort you to your meeting with Lady Anastasia." Subaru's eyes widened. Of course! How could he forget! Something had been eating away at him since he woke up, feeling as if he had forgotten something. The meeting with Lady Anastasia, one of the royal candidates.

"Ah.. Yes, I was just about to leave for that, yep." Subaru grinned, scratching his neck. If he heard Eliza -who was standing at the doorway, ready to follow her Lord- laughing then he didn't mention it. It appeared Julius was about to say something, but was interrupted by Reinhard's entrance.

"Ah, Julius. How are you?" The red head in question approached Julius, until close enough to shake his hand. Julius responded with a nod and a simple 'Yes I am fine, how about you.'

They made their way to the carriage, and set off.

Subaru looked at the Hoshin mansion in awe. It wasn't much different in size compared to the Van Astrea mansion, but the design was infinitely cooler. It looked to be based lightly off of Japanese architecture. During his studies with Eliza, he discovered the country of 'Kararagi' which had a very similar culture to Japan. Apparently, some man known as 'Hoshin of the Wilderness' appeared from no where and introduced many ideas and cultural concepts. It led Subaru to believe that maybe he wasn't the only one who came from another world. If there was a chance that someone else from Earth was currently alive, then he'd want to meet them. Thankfully, becoming King should hopefully help his search of such an individual.

After an incident with Julius's six quasi-spirits, who came out while Subaru accidentally switched to Spirit-tongue while thinking of something. Subaru ascertained that Julius is in fact a Spirit Arts user. He is rather famous, known as Spirit Knight or the Knight of Knights. Apparently he's rather close to the top of the upper-half of knights. Meaning his skill and power is not a force to be reckoned with. Subaru scoffed silently at how he always surrounds himself with people far more powerful than him, allies AND enemies.

Walking through the overly-massive doors of the mansion, his eyes scanned over the lobby. It was by all means, grand. The floors were tiled, with a black and white chequered pattern. Various types of plants lined the walls along with painting of landscapes. The sound of a voice focused his attention to the centre. He saw her. She had purple hair, reaching down to her hips, and vibrant dark blue eyes. She was wearing a fuzzy dress, with one of those winter hats which reminded Subaru of the Soviet Union. Except this one was pure white, with two pom-poms hanging by ribbon from it.

"Ah, Lord Subaru, it is a pleasure to make your acquaintance." She approached him, taking her hand in his and performing a brief handshake, then pulling away. "My name is Anastasia Hoshin, I believe you came here to meet me." She called him by 'Lord' even though she had no idea he was a royal candidate. Subaru made sure that Reinhard knew to not tell anyone about it. Only Felix, Reinhard, Subaru, Eliza, and Lord Roswaal knew about his candidacy. That isn't counting to uncountable staff of the Van Astrea estate, but he was sure they wouldn't leak the information, lest the Sword Saint punish them himself. Not that he would actually harm his own workers, but the idea of it did scare them.

"Yes, I am here to make a deal with you, however I think it would be best to discuss this. Somewhere more private? Also, please just call me Subaru." He said while glancing around the room. Although it was a mansion, there were quite a surprising amount of people walking around in it. Not just maids and butlers, it appears that a numerous amount of demi-humans wearing military costumes patrolled the manor. Maybe that's her security? I wonder why they're all demi-humans though, maybe she has a fetish like that Roswaal clown guy.

"Of course, in that case, you may call me Anastasia." With a nod, she led Subaru, followed by Reinhard and his trustworthy right hand maid, Eliza. Anastasia walked side by side with her knight, Julius Juukulius. It was then that Subaru noticed the spirit knight seemed to have a tic of coiffing his purple hair. Is he some sort of perfectionist? Or is he the 'finds comfort in running his fingers through his heavenly locks' kind of person?

On the way to the office, Subaru saw the heavily decorated halls. Mentally noting that she was probably trying to make a show of her wealth. A decent tactic, showing how powerful you truly are to other companies, making them more likely to make deals with you. Wait since when did I analyse every detail of everything? I think Eliza's habit of leaving no stone unturned is rubbing off on me.

They passed a group of demi-humans. Subaru figured they were some form of military or security force judging by the weapons they bore. A very large, both tall and wide, demi-human wolf was in front of the group. An enormous sword was sheathed in his holster, which was wrapped around his back. He was bare-chested, revealing some impressive muscles, while his lower half was covered by a pair of simple black trousers. Behind him stood three small cat demi-human, they couldn't be more than four foot tall and wore the same outfit. A white cloak with orange outlines, a red bow-tie along with two pom-pom hanging from their neck.

"Ricardo, Mimi, Tivey, Hetaro." Anastasia nodded to each of them while calling their names. They all responded with a salute and bright smile as they marched on by. A two by two line of demi-humans walked behind the first four, before marching around the corner. Is she trying to show off her security? Either leading me into a sense of security or trying to intimidate me. Hm, either case, I'm confident I would make it out of here easily with Reinhard by my side. Wait, why would I even consider harming Lady Anastasia? I'm here to make a deal with her, not perform an assassination followed by political suicide.

They entered her office, it was an average sized room. A dark brown wooden desk sat at the far end of it, with two six-panelled windows on either side of it. Several iron file cabinets were lined across the walls. Paintings hung on opposite sides of the room, and a candle-lit chandelier hanging from the ceiling. It was a pleasant scene to the eyes, a luxurious and comfortable setting.

Anastasia sat behind her desk, with Julius standing by her side. She gestured for Subaru to take a seat, and he did, on the other end of the desk. Reinhard took the seat to the left of him while Eliza stood on the right.

"So, Mister Natsuki, to what do I owe this pleasure?" Anastasia asked. Her voice was clear, but fused with enthusiasm. She leaned forward on the desk, resting her chin on her two hands, elbows pressing on the tabletop.

Subaru took a sharp inhale, letting the air stay in his lungs for a while then exhaling slowly. "I would like to make a deal with you. You probably don't know much of me, but I have some pretty advanced technology up in here." He finished that last part while tapping his head, before continuing. "I will bring these ideas to life, starting by some simple things. However, in exchange for selling you the ideas, blueprints, etcetera, I would like funding for me to experiment and create these ideas."

Anastasia sat back in her seat, pondering the proposition. 'It was not at all what I was expecting. When Reinhard Van Astrea of all people came to me asking an audience I was rather surprised at who this Natsuki Subaru could be. He didn't seem to be willing to dispatch any information about him. Even after sending a full blown investigation about him I found nothing. It's as if this Natsuki Subaru didn't exist. Now he's here, flesh and blood, telling me about 'advanced technology'.

Subaru could see the conflict in her eyes and sighed internally. "Lady Anastasia, I, of course, brought proof of my claims. I come bearing gifts, think of it as a freebie." He clicked his fingers and Eliza, his personal maid, stepped forward, pulling a bundle of papers from a bag which had seemingly appeared from nowhere, and then handing them to her master.

He took a brief once over of the papers, verifying it was the correct pile, then putting them on the desk. As he slid it forward, he began to speak. "This paper contains all the required information to create a concept from my homeland. It's called a Rubik's Cube. It is a toy of sorts, and a puzzle. It's a cube composed of 27 lesser cubes, with six different colours. The goal is simple, re-arrange the lesser cubes to the correct colour pattern."

Anastasia raised a brow and took the paper in hand, skimming over the information in front of her. The paper consisted of a dozen pages, the second half being sketches and blueprints. "This is quite a simple concept for your claimed 'advanced technology', Mister Natsuki." She looked back up at him, her brow still raised,

Subaru smiled in response. "I did have a feeling you would say something along those lines. As I said, this is just a freebie, of course I would give you one of the simpler ones. You have no idea about the information floating around my head. For a woman like you, I'm a walking and living goldmine. In my homeland we really had an automated machine for absolutely everything.

We had massive metal birds capable of transporting hundreds of people, that could travel hundreds of miles in a matter of a mere few hours. We had trains, which is one amazing vehicle. We used them to transport everything, even other vehicles, they could travel a hundred times faster than ground dragons quite easily..." He continued to ramble on about the wonders of his world. Of course, for him it was everyday things that he had taken for granted.

But for a lady like Anastasia Hoshin, it was revolutionary. It was something that would completely flip the nation on its head, and change everything for the better. 'Wait, Anastasia. How do I know he's telling the truth, and that he isn't either a liar or completely delusional? Well. Then again, he did just supposedly "re-invent" something from his world, so I doubt he's delusional. But, if he is lying it is entirely possible that he invented this Rubik's cube as a trap, to lure me into accepting the deal. It could be so that he could take the money and run off.'

In the corner of her eye, she could see Subaru and Reinhard looking each other, the latter nodding at him. Subaru spoke once more. "I had asked Julius earlier to use his Yin and Yang quasi-spirits to check if I'm lying or not. In hopes that your personal knight could convince you that I am serious." He paused to lean forward. "I'm offering you a deal of a life-time. If you say yes, all of my knowledge is at your disposal. I will try my best to recreate the machines that geniuses from my country invented, and I may not be able to do them all, but I can try my best to replicate the useful ones."

Anastasia looked over her shoulder, staring at Julius, her purple haired knight. He nodded. "Lady Anastasia, if I may, he has told the truth since the very beginning of this conversation. Excuse me if I overstep my boundaries, but I've seen his other works first hand. My intellect may be too low to understand them, but I could tell they were works of a genius. Some of the ideas he has, could completely change the scale of our trade." He spoke clearly, his voice not once abandoning the elegance he constantly adopted.

The princess merchant in question turned back to Subaru, deep in thought. For even her own knight to vouch for the usefulness of his inventions. It must be a good deal. 'Wait.. I need to think this through... Ahh what is there to think? If this goes wrong then I can cancel the deal, besides, he's living with the Astrea's, I doubt Reinhard would be so stupid as to allow someone in his own estate to manipulate Royal Candidates.'

"Please, Mister Natsuki, state the terms of the deal."

The deal went smoothly, almost too smoothly. The terms he demanded were rather simple. He got credit and funding for the research and reinventing, while the Hoshin Company received early access to all of his efforts. The company would also be the priority seller, and received 60% of the profits, while Natsuki Subaru received 20%. The remaining 20% he had decided to put into other matters, such as funding his campaign. Of course, the twenty percent he received directly would also be used to fund his Election campaign, it was more of a separate bank account with that sole purpose.

Getting out of the complicated stuff, he sat in the carriage. Eliza sat on his left, while Reinhard sat across him. "I must say, Subaru, that was rather impressive. You convinced one of the best merchants on the entire content to agree to your deal." He praised the black haired boy for his efforts.

"Thank you Rein, but it was only the first step to my plan." He grinned and winked at the red head across from him. "Eliza, can you hand me my note book s'il vous plait!" As he said the words, the notebook seemed to materialise in her hands, she handed it to him. In his peripherals, he could see the red headed knight smile at the usage of his nickname.

"Honestly, that Divine Protection of yours is so cool." He said in a lower voice, his concentration shifting to the book in his hands. He opened it and flipped to the middle page, crossing off the entire page.

Ah yes, her Divine Protection of Storage. A simple yet overpowered ability. She can store objects in an alternate dimension, being able to summon them at any time she wants. The only limit is the weight, she can't store more in the pocket dimension than she could physically carry. However, logically, if she used both her physical strength and the Divine Protection at the same time, she could carry twice the amount of her limit. Interesting.

"Subaru, you speak of a plan? Excuse my questioning, but are you implying that you planned all of this? You have a plan to become king?" Reinhard asked, tilting his head to the side at a certain angle. Subaru glanced over at him, staring into his baby blue eyes. He responded with a brief nod.

"Rein. I haven't just spent the past month learning the language. Sure, I haven't completely finished the plan, but that shouldn't be too hard. You told me that I have two whole years until the election actually takes place. And the Royal Selection event where I am introduced to the world is only in two weeks. I have many things to do and now is the best time to do so." He explained.

After all, if I want to become king, I have to prepare this carefully. Slow and steady wins the race. But kinda fast as well. Not too slow, but planned thoroughly. I'm just saying the same thing with different words aren't I?

In either case, I have completed step one. Anastasia has informed me that my first cheque shall be received once I send my next blueprints to her. That should be easy, I prepared a dozen of them. Ha! Hard work pays off! I feel like I should celebrate, the plan is in motion. The hardest part is over, I was certain the head of the Hoshin company would have been the hardest step, so I placed it first and planned it the most.

Most of the information I had extrapolated from the combined efforts of Reinhard and Eliza, I heard about Julius being a spirit knight, and Eliza vaguely taught me about magic when we were taking a break. I knew that Yang magic focus on mind, body and soul, and that Yin magic can manipulate spacetime. However, Yang is capable of duplicating objects. I am not entirely sure about how this works, it is entirely possible that it can cast mind/body based spells on actual items. Of course, casting a agility-enhancing ability on a block of iron wouldn't do much. However casting a rapid regeneration spell on it, then splitting it's body into two could then do the trick.

Moreover, Yin magic controls spacetime, that's already quite a lot to take in. Theoretically, I could break the laws of physics with them. Or I could bend them to my will, using my knowledge of science could help. Creating wormholes? Entirely possible, I suppose!

Ah! I keep sidetracking, maybe I'm too excited to think straight. I did just accomplish an impressive feat. I should celebrate.

The celebration was rather simple. They cracked open a bottle of champagne, and Subaru decided to have a glass. It wasn't enough to get drunk, but he could feel his cheeks warming and everything seemed a touch more funny than it usually was. The fun part of the evening was when they convinced Eliza to start drinking. When she was drunk, she abandoned her formal way of speaking, and referred to them casually. "Subaru bro" as opposed to "Lord Subaru". "Rein" instead of "Sir Reinhard."

Sadly, the alcohol didn't effect Reinhard in the slightest. Which is to be expected, the Divine Protection of insensitivity being apart of his hundreds of Divine Protections. As much as he wished he could get drunk, he couldn't risk deactivating his protections in the case that Subaru is attacked while he is incapable of defending him.

In the end, it didn't take much. Subaru decided to take a walk while his personal maid, Eliza, was being carried to her chambers by Reinhard after she passed out to the alcohol. He had to admit, she looked damn adorable when she had curled up next to him, between Subaru and the Sword Saint, on the sofa, soaking in the heat of the fireplace.

The cold air hit Subaru like a truck, but his warm coat kept his body heat from fleeting. It was late, the sun had long ago set, to be replaced by the moon high in the sky. The city was quite pretty at night, the lanterns gave a nice glow to the streets as he wandered down the stone paths.

But his walk was swiftly interrupted by him being grabbed and dragged into an alleyway. He was thrown onto the ground by an unknown attacker. Rolling over, he looked for the source of the invasion. He saw... Them.

The three thieves who tried to rob him on his first day here. "Well well well, look what we have here boys. It seems this idiot has decided to come back to be robbed."

Although in the dark moonlight it was hard to make out their figures, he could easily tell who was who by the distinct differences in their bodies. The short one spoke next. "And no silver haired chick to save you this time! You'll pay for the humiliation!"

The taller, and buffer one spoke last. "Those are some nice clothes you're wearing. You must be richer than we thought." They all shared a brief laugh.

Subaru's face was blank, his eyebrows raised hinting that he seemed to be concerned about something. But not a single hint of fear was displayed in neither his face or his body language. Honestly, these three. They could barely harm a fly I think, at least it's the only people desperate enough to rob me.

"Hey spirits, I'm in a bit of a tough situation here, care to lend me a hand?"

He had improved his spirit communication quite a lot in the past month. Every night, he opened his window and leaned out, then communicating with the lesser spirits. At first, they seemed to speak rather vaguely. They couldn't form sentences and only spoke in singular words. But now, he could hear them speak fully. Each spirit had its own tone, and way of speaking. He could feel the emotions radiating off the spirits, and the excitement he detected every time he opened his mind at the break of evening warmed his heart.

Not even a second after he called for the spirits, hundreds of bright orbs appeared in the air. It forced his eyes to squint, as his pupils had adapted to the dim lighting of the streets. It illuminated the street in a luminescent light, as if in daylight. He saw the panicked look on the three thugs and it he felt the grin forging onto his face. It fell apart though when all the spirits disappeared suddenly. His confusion was apparent on his facial expression as the light dimmed.

Master Natsuki Subaru, would you like to form a contract with me?

He turned his head around to find the source of the sound, and he jumped at the sight of it. In front of him, hovering six feet from the ground, only half a metre from his face, he saw a ferret.

I am Chroma, the Great Spirit of Yang, I am interested in forming a contract with you. I saw your battle with Elsa Granhiert, I saw your negotiation with Anastasia Hoshin. And over the past month I saw you using all the information you have to create a solution to your problems. Your friendliness towards spirits also intrigues me.

So please, Natsuki Subaru, form a contract with me!

The ferret, with it's paws, seemed to take a prostrated position. Although it looked kinda funny as he was in fact hovering in the air, but he didn't laugh due to the tension in the air.

What do I have to lose? Great Spirit of Yang? I'm overjoyed! I heard that there were only a dozen or so alive, and only six of them had official titles. One for each element. I know the Great Spirit of Fire is Puck, in Emilia's possession. The Great Spirit of Yin in somewhere in Lugunica, some forbidden library or something.

The Great Spirit of Wind is supposed to be dead, but a few recent incidents prove it's still alive and kicking. The Great Spirit of Water is in Gusteko, being worshipped as some deity. But the status of the Great Spirit of Earth is currently unknown.

Sure, I wasn't counting on forming a contract with all of them, just the one will suffice in my plan. But I wouldn't mind having one or two. Yin sounds great, warping spacetime? That's awesome.

"I accept your contract. From here on out, you are my contracted spirit and I vow to protect you with every fibre of my being."

Thank you! Thank you! Chroma flew around in circles, Subaru felt the surge of emotions irradiating off of them. Although, shouldn't I be the one vowing to protect you?

"Don't worry about it, for now, let's deal with these thugs. I know Yang magic focuses on the body mind and soul. But I don't know any Yang spells. Any thoughts?"

I know a few spells, I've been around for centuries. Did you know I was an athlete in my human life? That was cool. I used Yang magic to make myself run faster. Anyway! I'm going to cast a spell on you, it should greatly increase your reflexes and speed, along with your strength.

Excellent.

The effects of the spell were instant, and he felt a warmth flowing through his body. He felt at ease, calm. The anxiety and stress that has been nipping at him for the past month dissipated, to be replaced with tranquillity. The world around him slowed, as if he was in some slow mo shot in a Michael Bay film.

He started walking forward, only to realise he was in normal speed. He noticed that it wasn't just his mind that sped up, his entire body had. He walked over to the thugs, inspecting them closely. They had only just seemed to react to him moving fast, the one in the middle reaching for his knife.

Subaru had already taken the knife and threw it at a wall before the thug's hand had even gone halfway. The knife flew towards the brick at such speed it shattered upon impact.

Holy shit, Chroma really wasn't kidding with this speed stuff!

Well, guess it's time to leave. I'd fight them, but this sense of calmness seems to make it easy to not be led by emotions. I gain nothing by beating them to an inch of their life, I'm sure the scare of me moving at superhuman speeds is enough of a punishment.

See you later, folks!

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Which way is the mansion again?


Thank you for reading, I am sorry I took so long to write this, work has been a bitch this week. My writing style has changed a bit (or at least I think). It looks to be more compact.

Either way, I hope you enjoyed it and I shall see you next chapter.

Hehe, op Barusu.

Fun fact: Chroma is based off of my non-binary friend, so our favourite Great Spirit of Yang is obviously capable of shapeshifting.

Ferrets? Just something I find cute.

Anyway, au revoir!